Talk:Automaton/@comment-25097911-20170106114919/@comment-28358106-20170108052233

Yes, and the mages you hear about in folklore are hedge wizard hacks who just got lazy and were too stingy to hire a maid to do their laundry and wouldn't spring for better material than the mud in their backyard.

When you bring a creature made of magic material into this world, she doesn't have a choice how she appears or what she acts like. You owe it to her to make her a walking piece of art. Anything less, and you don't deserve her. And if you don't have the talent and money to do so, then you just need to take up another line of work, or at least learn to do your own laundry.