#auraboas

[terra-tortoise]

rosy maple bonus art for fr secret sanra

[rubyzoisite-fr]

Greenies looking for new homes!

[the-broken-spear]

Undel made an addition to the locked thread:

[clanthorn]

ohhhohoho ive been in a big bug mood lately and oh my GOD im in love with scuttle

[shrimpmandan]

Honestly the Auraboas situation is so funny to me. Not because the racism itself is a joke, but because this is EXACTLY how I expected site staff to handle it. They got called out for racist lore before, so instead of thinking "hey maybe we should double-triple check our lore blurbs to make sure nothing comes off weird", THEY DO IT AGAIN? EVEN MORE EGREGIOUSLY THIS TIME?

They draw the line at references to cockfighting and even the slightest HINT of fictional dragon suffering, but they can't be fucked to care about actual real-world racist stereotypes? FICTIONAL DRAGON SUFFERING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ACTUAL RACISM?

bro.

[lindwur-fr]

oh my god???

[alum-fr]

Sorry if someone’s done this already, but here’s Undel’s response to the auraboa feedback-

(Transcript under the cut)

“Thank you for your feedback and critique. We wanted to let you know that we’re taking this under consideration; however, it is late and past work hours for most of our staff. We will be addressing this swiftly, but it cannot happen immediately. Our apologies.

Visually the inspiration behind the feathered crest is the Quetzalcoatl feathered serpent of MesoAmerica. The crests of birds also provided inspiration alongside traditional depictions of Quetzalcoatl, and served as a framing feature for the head. These crests are a part of the dragon and not external garb. We thank you for the critique and hope that this helps to explain the design choices for the Auraboa.

Regarding the story and the article, we appreciate your critique and absolutely see how parallels might be drawn. We are sorry. The original draft for the story had many ideas that were explicitly stated cut out for the sake of word count. The fact that the hatchlings were changed, but able to freely move between worlds was omitted and left (poorly) implied. We will use this as an opportunity to better our lore and restore much of this original context to make sure we are telling the story and building the world we want and intended to tell.

Thank you as always for your critique. If you have additional feedback, Contact us is the best way to get it to us!”

[wrathful-reptile]

I'm seeing the auraboa glottis snake post going around and saw something in the notes about teeth and that got me REALLY thinking, especially when paired with the official art.

Yes they're based on snakes, that's obvious, BUT they have fangs that aren't hinged and appear to be conical in shape suggesting the possibility of a few things

They could have a SECOND SET of fangs to inject venom as their rigid fangs dig in and hold onto the prey

They are very toothy-mouthed and their venom is similar to a komodo dragon's saliva. In which case they'd probably tear chunks off of their prey

Their fangs could actually function like a spider's fangs (perfect when paired with scuttle gene)

Either way they DO have some solid, and decently large teeth in their mouth

BUT REMEMBER! In the end, this is a fictional species so Really???? Draw them HOWEVER YOU WANT.