I want to explain some things regarding the characters who show as half impostors in the character post I made, which by the way the names will be revealed when the bios get collected, and regarding the three half impostors together, i will reveal some very important things for them when the time comes, but here is some about it, and hey, if anyone wants to ask Reginald or Ellie, please do. My inbox is nearly empty, but i also have very little wiggle room with what's there, so i need some more questions.. Some potentially sensitive topics are brought up so check tags for theme warnings!
Anyways.. impostors are able to crossbreed with humans, it's an evolutionary adaptation they have developed over time to be able to breed with other species. Doesn't just apply to earth. They can normally be regarded as a parasite species, pretending to be human for the first couple years of their life. They even look exactly like humans when they are born, their instincts, and traits don't become noticeable until about 5 years later, and they already know how to hide them.
True impostors are hatched from eggs, while hybrids are liveborn. Hybrids are a bit of a strange bunch though. They have a 50/50 shot of being either crewmate/human, or impostor. Normally that is personality, and behavior based, but can also be based on which parent species they were raised by. The more docile hybrids are more likely to stay human (while carrying impostor dna, of course) while the bolder, more aggressive ones are more likely to become impostors (still with the dna of the opposite species) and while they are not as strong as true impostors, they are still just as dangerous.
Henry is an example of the crewmate/human variant. He doesn't even know he's half impostor. His father was a true impostor (yes, one that came before Reginald), his mother was human. His father left him, and his mother couldn't care for him so she had to send him to an orphanage because she didn't have enough money to support them both, but she still loves him dearly, unlike his father who just bailed. Reginald also knows Henry is half impostor, and he knows who his father was, and he hates him. (His father, not Henry) Henry is also a royal, like Reginald is, just significantly younger, and inexperienced.
Crewmate variants should not be underestimated, however. Their impostor dna is only dormant, not gone. Like a volcano, a series of certain events can make it activate, and that gets very dangerous, very quickly. They usually can revert once they calm down again. In rare cases, they can't.
Crewmate variants can also fly under the radar more easily, and dna tests cannot pick up the dormant impostor dna, no matter how advanced they get. It isn't a disguise like with true impostors, or impostor variants. Crewmate variants are genetically human as far as dna tests go. It takes very close observation, and lots of experience to find out they aren't human.
Other Updates
In other news, Reginald got another redesign. His original design was not mine initially, the person i had been working with made his original design, and since she is no longer helping me on the project, i had to change it. The design i posted a bit ago, i had updated his wings. The tail was still from his original design, and now that has changed. His new tail functions a lot better too.
I took inspiration from Toothless' tail in httyd, but i put my own little twist on it to also keep its' original function. His original tail was used as a weapon, so to keep that function, i took further inspiration from stegosaurus' tail. Each finger on the tail has backward facing claws in order to inflict critical damage to the target. The tail also has spines along the sides above, and under the tail fins to protect them from being broken in combat, amd also add a little weight to the tail for more damage. The tail fins fold in, leaving the claws facing outward. So when he swings his tail, not only does he inflict deep scratching, but the hooked claws cause heavy bleeding by cutting cleanly, and easily through blood vessels, which can, and often does lead to the target bleeding out, especially if they get hit multiple times with it.
I apologize for these topic mentions, but this should've been addressed for the future of the blog. There is going to be blood, and yes, some children will be born, but of course i will not show the child births, and there will be theme warnings in the tags for those particular things. Nothing explicit will ever be shown, i promise. The only things that will be shown is blood when someone gets hurt, and there will always be a theme warning for those.