How Is Gender Seen Amongst Uniimas Or Even Any Other Sentient Species, Do They Take An Example Of Humans?

how is gender seen amongst uniimas or even any other sentient species, do they take an example of humans? do they even have a concept of it. srry if this is strange

Not a strange question, very good question actually.

For uniima c, our concept of gender is something of a taboo. Just like us, they are bi-sex, but unlike us, they have 0 sexual dimorphism and it's impossible to tell someone's sex on sight. This means that they also don't have a concept of homosexuality or heterosexuality but many pairs can't have children. Adoption is very common and families will trade eggs or get them from the community "birther".

There's nothing like our gender in Uniima c society but they do have ranks and gender-like stereotypes based on "courting traditions/rituals/skills". It's usually an artistic expression that is inherently romantic.

(Uniima ll have a very similar system but in some areas they have less rules and take some sloman inspiration)

For O.s, sexual gender doesn't exist at all, and in non-humanoid O.s no gender exists. For human O.s however, the concept of femininity and masculinity exists and they often choose an identity based on this. It is partially their own invention and partially inspired by elven/slomen.

For Slomen gender is actually less binary than for O.s. The females are usually bigger with bigger authority and males have bigger display features (I have not drawn that at the time of this post) but transgenderism is not a new concept in any way and is in most places accepted as nothing unusual. The average recognized set of genders is about 5. Some genders have spiritual meanings as well.

The stars are not yet very developed by me but they are very strict about sex and gender.

It's Merilin the human Ifey, yey!

Merilin, one of Prof. Faulkner most recent students who mostly wants to learn sound amplification. That is because great things are expected from her.

Just like many of the other humans studying under Faulkner, she's something of a noble, which is very uncommon for any ifey, who are often treated as disposable by their colonies.

Her real name is long code describing her position in society, time of birth, family, number of her family Ifey at her birth etc., but she got to pick a nickname. That is partially because her family (a small colony) is pretty supportive of all their members, partially because her family is a protected political entity and partially because she was born by her "queen" on a political visit to the slomam/elven territories. Being born on such occasion made her assumed to become an O with a great future and a great colony of her own.

She's very evergetic aaand naive but even with her inaccurate view of the world, she wants to be a good person and leader, helping people she sees as below her. While it's nice of her, she very often misses the point of a problem and her help becomes more of an annoyance.

just things

I'm still suffering with uniima ll design but I will likely end on the one I posted last time and skelly boi

or I will enter another cycle of suffering

it's not all I drew but this was on one canvas and easy to crop

Here is my current redesign of Uniima LL because they really needed it with the world changes.

For anyone who doesn't know Uniima LL are very closely related to Uniima C. They are an evolutionary branch that traveled to the lower deserts of Foru where they experienced welm... changes.

Just like Uniima C, their eyes are immovable and to focus they turn their heads (around 200°). Their expressions are also much like Uniima C (not the expression language but the system), with them moving their face markings in specific ways. This will sometimes lift other muscles with the markings, making them appear as smiling, upset, etc. to other humanoids.

They share a lot more with other uniimas than with the elven or human O.s.

The most common Uniima ll's believe of why they humanized is that their Designer wished for peace with the sloman Designer and gave them the ability to speak sloman(elven) language and soul.

Oh boy, the start of a probable series. The collector encounters an Uniima fellow!! (Uniima C sophonts belong to @/yellosnacc ) he would probably find their faces quite silly, always “grinning”.

I think a general exploration of a bunch of alien cultures would be fun for colly. But I’ll probably mainly stick to mine and mutuals sophonts so I don’t confuse random spec artists haha. But if anything I could save that for personal entertainment

Various bugs a acquired by trading

Bugs were traded with

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