>>46181185Kinda, yeah. If it wasn't there then the entirety of the design below its beard would be just a blank fill of white with no detail or shapes and make it incredibly bland to look at, but at the same time it'd clearly meant to be a fairly monotone design (both visually and to complement its theme) so you can't just slap a pattern or new colour in the middle. A fluffy crotch is probably one of the best ways they could have gone about breaking up the dead space.