#specbio

[harefemme]

was anyone else thinking about rocky & adrian's hypothetical babies? no? no ?? really? okay. notes (canon-based headcanon by myself and my bf) are below the cut. the notes written directly on the image are down there as well.

THOUGHTS & NOTES: - this is their first litter post-mission. they raised two litters previous to rocky's mission departure. - each has a true eridian name as well; listed names are for grace's sake, and only brave's name is a 1:1 translation. - litter of 5 is canon-average, so 5 it is! - it is reasonable to assume that eridians are raised communally due to communal egg laying. rocky did not mention his offspring during the mission due to uncertainly regarding social taboo and being unsure if mentioning them would somehow upset a very aroace ryland grace. it decidedly would not have. - grace babysits them frequently (technically he has a hand in raising them) and therefore they are weird little children by eridian standard. they hug and perform other eridian atypical social behaviors. i get my canon information from this document, posted by andy weir himself. go give it a read! it's awesome!! LITTER INFORMATION: lazuli: named for her color. grace gendered her as a "she," and it stuck. iggy (igneous): tall! brave: 1st of their litter to hatch, named for grace; rocky insisted. robbie: grace's third rocky reference logan: grace's fourth rocky reference

[wanderingokali]

Don't think I've ever posted the stuff from the aquarium game on its own... here's the sprites i had exported as gifs, although im missing a couple from whats in the full game. If I remember, i'll post their lore pages later as well!

[koegama]

Hanasei have a hard keratin helmet on their heads, where horns sprout out of — also called the crown region. The crown develops as early as 1 month into the larval stage, but horns only start sprouting 4 years into their child stage. The growth plateaus around the mid 20s, and horns only grow once.

If a horn breaks mid-growing, there are a few outcomes: Growth can presume as usual, though lagging behind the normal horn, resulting in a "dwarf horn". The horn may also off shoot in different directions, depending on how it was broken. Finally, the rarest outcome is a different style of horn sprouting from the stump — often a result from a gene dominance flicking on/off.

Their horns were used in fights for dominance and to showcase health and fitness. Nowadays, their horns are rarely used outside of fighting tournaments. In fact, most view it as a canvas for personal and artistic expression — carvings, shavings and even cutting them off and replacing with caps or different models (often made with clay, but metals and synthetic keratin are also popular) being common modifications.

a. Unaltered horns of an adult hanasei. b. Horn carvings. The markings shown depict the dry and full phases of a river in Yomi culture. c. Horn caps. The symbol adorned is religious, from the Obá religion. It signifies faith and daylight.

[troythecatfish]

[heartofpromethea]

abandoned or orphaned pegasus foals will usually die, either by starvation or predation, especially from other adult pegasi. its also extremely taboo to even get near a pegasus, adult or juvenile.

[beastwhimsy]

get weird get weird get weird get weird. kiss your sophont friend now

[ordheist]

desert scrambler