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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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is the virus transmitted by reproduction? what sort of offspring might he have and would it make any difference whether he was making himself human at the time? or is that just a no-go once you have glatni?
Aaaand, it's complicated. Basically, no, those with glatnism can't have kids. Genes are too messed up. There is a fear that if you did manage to conceive, at best you'd have an aborted fetus-thing, at worst the zygote would start producing the virus and horribly kill the mother.
Interesting thought, though, on which form was being used at the time. Funnily enough, glatni in monster form have no reproductive bits, because they are biological servants to their virus, which is only interested in its own reproduction.
Sitting on the tail MIGHT be possible.. I mean some people sit on their heels and whatnot.. but still.. the overall impression is not very comfortable
He has such a good balance of realism, expressiveness, prettiness, awkwardness and all of it well thought out, I could just zone out in your gallery for a month.
I don't think cartoon physics need to come into his ambipedality, particularly if you made his arms just a little more slender. He seems to have a sort of muscular fish / snake / whale body meant for undulating up and down, which is probably quite adaptable to standing upright. I am a little confused on the picture how his shoulders rolling back works with his skeletal and muscular systems there, however? Maybe I'm just confusing myself...
Other than sight, how are his senses? (
DOES HE HAVE LATERAL LINES) Is his human form entirely identical to how it was before, or do traits (i.e. somewhat worse eyesight) carry over, and does this change as he begins to identify more with his big monstery self? How sharp are his claw-nails?You are too kind, thank you for such high praise. <3
I agree with the oddness of that ambiguous shoulder. You know, what I should do is keep his arms human at all times, after all, we can walk on our hands just fine.
No lateral lines! Though I did strongly consider them. So many points to you for knowing what those are. His hearing is comparable to humans' but clearer under water, touch is dulled slightly by his thicker skin, and taste and smell have been modified somewhat so that fish, even raw, tastes and smells like a dream, while red meat and dairy gross him out (surprise surprise, they make his monsterself sick).
The only thing that's physically changed in his human shape is some blue, bruised scar tissue 'round the old infection site. You have to promise never, ever to tell him this, but I may be planning for the slow breakdown of his human form late in his life. He may look less human and more monstrous until his body's 'forgotten' his human shape entirely. Then again, I may not be so cruel.
I should do a detail of his nails sometime. They're quite blunt and seem to mix seamlessly with his skin color as they're largely covered with a waxy cuticle of sorts, something like the topcoat to his skin. Of course the undersides and very tips are exposed keratin, or they'd be worn that way very quickly.
Thank you for the excellent questions! (:
Hm, but later in his life hardly seems cruel enough. That'd be when he'd be most equipped to deal with it in a logical fashion.
You're certainly welcome!
I think he can eat most of his fruits n' veggies still. I'm debating whether or not his system can handle grains very well, I suspect they're gonna be a problem. He does have a taste for seaweed, but then again, he did before. :3
Penny and Cornelius are from a very big, very wet island nation, kind of like if Hawaii was the size of Australia, sans the giant desert in the middle. It is itself probably The Best Place in the Network for sushi. Penny keeps trying the vegetarian thing and relapsing. Coming from a seaside culture I'm thinking she'll never quite be able to give up seafood.