DENIZENS AND SOCIALISATION (illustrated By @svnkssr!)

✦ DENIZENS AND SOCIALISATION (illustrated by @svnkssr!)

Denizens first and foremost are animal people. Even if they appear as humanoids, wing-headed beasts, or nudibranch, their methods of communication can vary wildly from that of our own.

[ ko-fi / bsky ]

To break it down, denizen communication relies on speech, body language, and sensing. Different umbrellas prioritise these different methods in order to communicate, but that is only the tendency and not the 'law'.

For Humaine, socialisation is roughly like our own, speech and verbal cues dominating for them. After speech comes body language (specifically concerning the face), and then comes senses; a humanoid's sense of smell / telepathy is typically poor, and thus cannot always find information about another through any other sense than sight.

Kreyati tend to rely primarily on the body language of others. While they do utilise speech, a kreyati will immediately scan one's body language for certain cues to gleam crucial details. Unlike humanoids, they do not focus by default on the facial features of the creature. Body language is deeply important to them, to the point where different species have their own body languages (ex; curl devils exposing their throats via clothing or gestures to show trust, bristlebacks biting/licking/accepting objects with their mouths to show affection).

Mythocuertas do not actually have a set 'hierarchy' of methods for communication, as they are more abstract creatures in nature and it is more socially acceptable for different species and individuals to form their own or adapt those of others. Curiously, certain mythos species (EATRs especially) use senses like smell to understand someone faster than words could. an EATR's sense of smell is so powerful, they can smell if someone has cancer, if they are pregnant, who is related to them, what they had eaten hours prior, stress, and fear. While they cannot smell intentions, being able to smell out certain traits a skill that is not used lightly.

For these very reasons, it is integral for denizens to be socialised from a young age. While denizens are generally more open minded about discussions concerning their species and phenotype, this cannot be easily relied on. Missed or confusing bodily cues can send or recieve confusing signals and build relationships based on false pretenses or accidentally provoke someone without intending to.

An awful man, really!

Look at him please.

Ta-da! I'm working on a free expansion pack for minuet! This will include the majour species, their distinctions, effects archetypes have on phenotypes, and a lot more!

I plan to release this doc somewhere I can track how many people see it – not who they are, but just how many! I want to be able to gauge impact!

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New character I made the other day! He’s a dog guy.

✦ SALV(A/O) + EATR SPECIE

Hi! This is Salva/Salvo, an EATR! She is a drag king, and is my first attempt at drawing a larger character. He loves fashion, the colour white, and loud parties. Don't ask him to turn the music down, he'll make you a party animal overnight with her killer charm.

EATRs are denizens (MYTHOCUERTA), fauna, flora, and catabolics categorised as having a large head - commonly sans any type of lips, with an extended, broad face. EATRs are the species known for being the most 'malleable', their cells, DNA, and other biological samples most commonly used in laboratories alongside the common humanoid's.

EATR stands for 'Environmental Assimilation, Terrifically Rosy'. The beginning parts of the acronym comes from the initial fears due to how widespread their DNA is and how readily adaptable they are, it was thought that EATRs could potentially destroy entire ecosystems, if not replace all species within with offshoots of their own species. The rest of the acronym comes from the initial research team (including a few EATRs themselves) having an inside joke, because 95% of EATRs have a natural red/ginger colouration. An EATR's biological makeup has been described as 'nothing short of amazing', given that their species alone has such a wide grasp on both plant and animals. EATRs are the direct common ancestors for TRAVEL WHALES, LIVING HELMS, and most interestingly, the modern bristleback!

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