#nevadean specbio

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crosshair anatomy lessons!

these guys r so alien and icky n strange To Me. a little note that me usually stylizing them as the simple plus shape isn't inaccurate- they usually look like that anyways, you have to get pretty close to see the little eyes! and they + the pits of the crosshair r black anyways

also neglected to mention it in the text notes but the center pit is for extrasensory stuff like electromagnetics (like a shark!) nd other weird stuff that doesn't rly fit nicely into the job of eyes/nose/mouth 🫶 if dilated too far it can cause them to start picking up on stuff they aren't exactly.... equipped to comprehend! (this is why the Maker has that baller ass galaxy crosshair- that's the pit, heavily dilated to show that they can sense and comprehend all that shit)

as a bonus have a gif i made forever ago of a nevadean visibly sniffing around

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i don't subscribe to the idea that "animals don't exist in nevada" because the thought of an ecosystem with literally just one creature being self-sustaining somehow makes my specbio brain ache

plus krinkels directly contradicted himself by putting flies, moths & bats in M:PN anyways so???

i DO think it's metal as fuck that they have the synthetic meat farms grown from grafts of actual nevadeans though they can keep doing that with animals around. They're just weird on purpose 💖

(side note i feel like very few people in this fandom appreciate specbio beyond 'giving the characters pawpads' and it makes me sad :[ nevadeans have REALLY WEIRD anatomy to play with!!!)

I want animals to exist in Nevada because I want to see Hank petting a cat

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SO I FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW I WANT TO STRUCTURE MY NEVADEANS, LIKE, ANATOMICALLY. ive always had a vague idea in my head BUT what always gave me the most trouble was the legs.

THAT BEING SAID, HERE'S TWO DIAGRAMS OF A MORE "BIOLOGICALLY ACCURATE" NEVADEAN THAN MY USUAL STYLE- ONE LABELLED, ONE NOT!

they r STRANGE critters. used mainly rabbits, penguins and horses for reference here figuring out the legs/paws... im MAD proud of this though, i think it looks really fucking fun n im excited to experiment w incorporating it into my style in the future

ALSO, IMPORTANT INFORMATION: THEY DO, IN FACT, POSSESS THE RIGHT RANGE OF MOTION TO LOAF.

it's considered a little rude to just Do it anywhere since it's such a comfortable position- its like kicking your feet up on your desk in the middle of an office, yk?

side note: shld i make a tag dedicated to my nevadean specbio to make it easier to find? I feel like i shld maybe do that. scratches my big noggin

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some nevadeans i drew over frames of an armless cat bc they have very similar anatomy

Unpleasant little siphonophore men . i lieky them

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whiteboard stuff, practice w my specbio anatomy on some guys (namely science team)

click 4 full versions n better quality, yk the drill

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i totally didnt forget to type up the nevadean specbio post until just now WHAT!!! you're crazy

SO EHM. YES HALLO. today ill be chattering abt the various headcanons for nev anatomy ive amassed over the years, feel free to steal from them it would mean the world to me!!! ✨

lemme get this outta the way too- i dont refer to them as "grunts", because the term "grunt" to me is in reference to the cannonfodder clones of the AAHW and similar corporations. nevadean refers to the actual species. it's a helpful distinction imo :} (not to say grunts aren't nevadeans, either- that'd be rude! genetically, they belong to the exact same species, the only physical difference is how they were produced.)

nevadeans are a species built around hyperviolence. all throughout their evolutionary history theyve been bent on finding new and innovative ways to rip eachother to shreds- which is what resulted in their extremely simplistic appearance! the + sign or crosshair on their face is actually a sort of divvet which holds some of their sensory bits- smell along the vertical line, sight along the horizontal line! (fast fact about nev eyes, the eye holes in their skull are vestigial! their actual eyes are small and numerous, lining the length of the horizontal line until the center. since the eyes are still relatively in the right position, this is why they can still wear glasses and goggles over that area!)

the nerves converge in the center of the crosshair, creating an extremely sensitive spot, a natural weakpoint that can disarm someone very promptly if touched. their ears are internal, like a snakes- but the skin overtop them is much thinner, allowing them to still hear pretty well! their mouths typically lie flush to their face unless they're purposefully being moved into a shape- ie while they're talking (or sanfords little meanmug <3)

it is completely unclear why or how their hands are detached from their bodies- creatures in their world can and do have arms, but this is typically a trait reserved for things considered "monstrous" or "beastly", similarly to having large, visible eyes! there is still a bit of a force connecting between their shoulder and hand- if you stick your hand between the empty space, there's a sort of ambient static feeling, like pins and needles. the base of the wrist and socket of the shoulder are both uncomfortable, sensitive areas to touch- very electricity based sensations! the scrapeface incident was a very extreme example of what might happen if a nev is forcibly separated from their hands- in most cases, the hand simply snaps back to the body after a strong shock causes them to let go of whatever it was holding on to.

nevadeans are not exactly mammals. they do not produce milk, nor give live birth- they reproduce asexually like planarians, by taking a very specific graft of a large portion of their skin and letting it grow into a whole new baby- this means that there is no real concept of a "nuclear family" in their society, it's purely based on whatever survival tactics work best. (no gender, either, since anyone can bear a child!)

most people prefer to be given instruction by a medical professional if they want to have a child, so they can be shown precisely where and how deep to cut without injuring themselves or screwing up the baby- it's not necessary, perse, as the reproductive tissue does have a distinctly different texture from the regular skin and can be felt out- however, it's definitely higher risk. to each their own!

(and no, surprisingly, this does not mean babies are just getting up and walking out of corpse-stricken battlefields-- the exact graft one needs to take to produce a child is very specific for this reason alone, and once the cells of the body are medically dead, it can no longer produce children anyways!)

as a consequence of their widespreadness, violent nature and resulting tenacity, nevadeans, when presented with the necessary conditions, can undergo a process known as 'spontaneous evolution' or 'spontaneous adaptation', which is exactly as the name implies! when their simplistic body plan is pushed to it's limits for an extended period of time- weeks, months, years- they may begin to evolve specialized traits to help combat this. the most common one is a tail for balance- observed in construction workers, performance artists, MAGs, zeds, any scenario you can think of that might suddenly and consistently force you to balance your body in a new way! but there's plenty of other examples- webbed paws, brush tongues, changes in vocal range, bioluminescence, a coating of fur- the sky is truly the limit!! if you can reasonably explain what caused them to evolve that trait, there's probably a good reason why they have it!

and some do, in fact, try to take advantage of their bodies by putting themselves on routines to trigger a certain type of evolution, opening up a whole new submarket of body modification culture!!

nevadeans are very social creatures by default. they are most efficient in large groups, working towards a shared ideal or common cause- this makes it very easy for original S-3LFs to rule over them, as they like the sense of unity that pledging their collective loyalty to a single person brings! they have an inherent desire to be physical with their fellow comrades- largely expressed through playfighting (or 'sparring', perhaps more professionally) and social grooming. they make all manner of strange vocalizations at eachother- each individual has their own, unique range of sounds!

everyone can purr, though.

no matter how it sounds.

all of them can and will purr in some capacity.

huhuhu....im sure i forgot a few things but this will do nicely for now :} im morimay and i hope you enjoyed the broadcast! signing off ✨