A Guide to Ghouls
Curious about how ghouls work? (In my interpretation at least)
You've come to the right place! Below you will find a comprehensive guide (headcanons) to ghoul biology!
Helping to demonstrate the information in this document, is Mimic. Please be kind as he is nervous.
General Info
Let's start with the basics! Ghouls are similar to humans in appearance, but not at all in functions. Many of them are capable of minor shapeshifting. Mimic here, as the name suggests, is capable of more extreme.
Ghouls can typically change how their legs work. By that I mean structure. Often times they will choose to go digitigrade (on toes) or unguligrade (on toetips) though, when in public or for shows, they may choose to appear more plantigrade (full foot) to blend in better (or to fit into boots).
These are the most common leg types you'll find. Not to say that there aren't more. There are many variations!
Hoof: Most common in Earth ghouls, though also seen in others! Least common in Water ghouls, however.
Paw: By far the most common. Water ghouls tend to have webbed feet, like otters. This can fall under the "paw" category.
Talon: Not nearly as common as the other two types, especially in Earth ghouls. You will almost never see this in them.
Mouths are where ghouls differ from humans DRASTICALLY.
Ghouls have much sharper canine teeth than humans. Water ghoul teeth are often serrated. Tongues are usually fairly long and also vary in shape. They can be pretty basic or forked!
Ghoul eyes are slit, like a cat's, meaning they have excellent night vision.
On the topic of eyes, let's move on to the next part of our discussion.
Unique Adaptations
All ghouls have a layer of tissue in their eyes called the Tapetum Lucidum. If you've ever shone a flashlight at an animal in the woods and seen its eyes glow, that's what you're seeing! This "glow" is MUCH more prominent in Quintessence ghouls
Water ghouls have a nictitating membrane or "third eyelid" that allows them to protect their eyes from debris when underwater. It tends to make their eyes appear a milky white, like sharks.
Fire ghouls are extremely heat resistant. They can touch open flame or extremely hot surfaces and feel nothing.
Earth ghoul "antlers" are still horns! Some shed these horns seasonally, leaving a sharp needle-like horn core exposed. These are extremely sensitive and sharp. It's quite common for an individual to use caps to protect their horn cores while they wait for the horn itself to regrow
Growth
Young ghoul hands resemble paws, they even have little paw pads! This is to help them better grip things. As they grow, some may lose their paw pads. It isn't uncommon for a ghoul's paws to carry over into adulthood, though.
Young ghouls also resemble a small animal more than a human baby.
Out of character, this is entirely because I have a fear of small children. Genuinely. Imagining baby ghouls to be more kitten-like is MUCH preferred.
Baby ghouls have stripes, like many other creatures! Humans would also have stripes if we had fur. Most ghouls lose their stripes as they age, but, like paw pads, some remain even into adulthood! This is completely natural.
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... Y'all, what if I made a CCCC au where it's CotL?
Like, the trio would be the bishops, and Darrell replaces the lamb bc idc if he's fanon it works too well
And like, whole could be that nameless guy from the post-game stuff
Thoughts? (And prayers /silly)
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"BTW MY WATER BROKE"
— texting gojo, nanami, toji, geto, yuuji, and megumi that your water broke (f!reader)
a/n: I really wanted to post the pampering gojo one, but my mind is BLANK; I am so sorry guys
gojo, nanami, toji
geto, yuuji, megumi
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