Can I pick your brain on like if hybridization happens and how it might work, if it does happen, in like Kitsune and Selkie for example?
Like could a Selkie, a Kitsune, and a dragel have a kid together?
If they can, would the kid be specifically only one of those or possibly somehow all three?
How would elements work for that, like would the hypothetical kid be nameless?
A Selkie, Kitsune, and Dragel could have a kid together, yes. Selkie & Dragel can become a Dragel-Selkie hybrid, however Kitsune is a gene that is unable to hybrid. So you can either get the Kitsune gene and be pure Kitsune or you get the Dragel-Selkie hybrid gene (in this particular case).
A lot of it would depend on the Sire & Bearer on what gene would take. For example, let's use the combo of a Kitsune Sire, Dragel Bearer, and Selkie Third. This combo would have a 48% likelihood of creating a pure Kitsune child, a 48% likelihood of creating a pure Dragel child, and a 4% chance of creating a Dragel-Selkie child.
Elemental-wise, the child would primarily be a Water-type given the presence of a Selkie-Third which is who purely contributes magic to the pregnancy/offspring. There is a very low chance of the child being Nameless unless the child's Dragel Parent is Nameless, and even then the likelihood is small simply because of how strong the Selkie-Third's Water Magic would influence/contribute.
Now let's use an example of a Selkie Sire, Dragel Bearer, and Kitsune Third. There'd be a 90% chance of being a Dragel-Selkie hybrid, a 5% chance of being pure Dragel, and a 5% chance of being pure Selkie. Elementally, there would be a high chance (like 85%) of the child being Water-Primary as a Dragel-Selkie, 100% as a Selkie, and 50% as a pure Dragel. In this case, the Kitsune Third would have a strong influence on a potential secondary affinity. Keep in mind that Kitsune Elements are unique elements and the combinations would be identified more widely as Nameless (in Realms other than Kitsuna).
Having said that, Kitsune Elements when mixed with non-Kitsune Elements tend to be taken apart with one part/segment becoming more prevelant.
For example, the Kumo element when broken down is an even mix of Shadow + Air, with an elemental-wide propensity for propagation: to multiply, aka the ability to make copies of something. This means a non-Kitsune with a Kitsune parent, could develop 1 of 4 things: 1) a Shadow affinity of some kind, 2) an Air affinity of some kind, 3) a Nameless Talent for propogation, or 4) none of the above.
That was tons of fun to work out somewhere other than inside my head! Thank you! Let me know if you have any other questions and I'll do my best to answer them!
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