Just an itty bitty Hornet ramble
I like the idea that Hornet's hearing is god awfully incredible. Like, to the point where it'd be annoying.
I'm sure we all know insects don't really have ears like humans do; they use different sensory organs such as antenna and hairs to detect things like vibrations, chemicals and pheromones.
In the case of spiders, they use small hairs across their body referred to as "setae" (there are a bunch of different types and sizes but that's for a different day) to detect vibrations and basically "hear" the world around them (of course not like humans do).
Going back to Hornet, obviously she is half weaver, and thus would inherit at least some of her traits from weavers (e.g. silk production). I have always drawn her with "setae" across her paws and head, and underneath her mask draw her horns as fluffy extensions on her head.
(old drawings beneath for reference, one on the right is more accurate to the way I draw her now.)
As Hornet doesn't have any antenna of any sorts in my design, these horns in my opinion would act as another sensory organ on top of the "setae" on her paws.
The fact that there's so much "setae" on these horns however contributes to my idea that her hearing would be incredible, almost scary even, but also incredibly sensitive. In her youth I imagine her growing sick of being able to hear so much.
I also like to think that her mask helps to dampen the noise a bit, almost acting like earmuffs in a way. The "setae" on her paws would technically be enough to detect vibrations in the surroundings, and she would obviously be able to hear stuff (remembering that this is a strange alien bug universe), it'd just be a lot more tolerable with the mask then without.
Her tolerance would increase as she aged of course, I just feel the mask for her would be a personal preference, also acting as protection so that such a large sensory organ wouldn't get damaged, even if annoying, especially with how much combat Hornet would experience.
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