You don't have to like it. I don't take offense to that. It was a bit of a style experiment, and I'm not the least bit surprised that people don't like it.
The reason the face is there is because it's based off Samus from Metroid Prime 3. The nose isn't pointing left, it's pointing forward, but it's hard to tell because I only outlined one side. It looked crappy with 2 outlines.
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