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Posts by TGCF ‭

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Q&A Anatomically Correct Vanara

Apart of the Anatomically Correct Series Vanara The Vanara is a group of people who lives in the forest in the Hindu epic "Ramayana." In there, it describes them as human-like, with reference to...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by TGCF ‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by TGCF ‭

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Q&A How would a species similar to the Rito from BOTW evolve?

When I played Zelda: Breath of the Wild and met the heavily redesigned Ritos, I took an immediate liking to their designs. Although the fact that they're fully bird-like helps, it's mostly because ...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by TGCF ‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by TGCF ‭

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Q&A Anatomically Correct Oni

This is a submission for the Anatomically Correct Series. Image credit: japhers.tumblr.com Originating from Japan, the majority of depictions of Oni (Kijo to refer female Oni/demons) are hideous...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by TGCF ‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by TGCF ‭

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Q&A How could a shapeshifting species look zoomorphic and human at the same time?

For my a story I'm writing, I have 3 species that are from the same evolution line; Kitsune's, Tanuki's, and Bakeneko/Nekomatas. All three are familiar in the lines of shapeshifiting animals. Thei...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by TGCF ‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by TGCF ‭

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Q&A Could a humanoid species exist with vastly different heights?

Many mythological humans vary in depictions. Let's use Trolls from Scandinavia as an example. Some are said to be giants compared to humans (I'd imagine twice the height), and some, like Danish Tro...

7 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by TGCF ‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by TGCF ‭

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Q&A How could can humans evolve to have reptilian attributes?

In my world, all of my demihumans have evolved from the same ancestor from modern humans. This conceptually includes my version of Reptilians/Lizardfolk. For the most part I would have them share t...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by TGCF ‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by TGCF ‭

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Q&A How could a human be corrupted into a demon?

In many stories, the transformation of human to demon has been interesting to think about. This of course extends to mythology: In multiple folklore, it's said that Lilith became a demon of her ow...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by TGCF ‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by TGCF ‭

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Q&A Anatomically Correct Vodník

A submission for the Anatomically Correct Series. The Vodník (or Vodyanoy) are very interesting water spirits from Slavic mythology.They're described to have long green hair, and a face like a ...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by TGCF ‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by TGCF ‭

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Q&A Human-fungus symbiotic species

Researching a lot about fantasy, I've always had interest of mushroom humanoids, but I wanted to put my own twist on them. Instead of sentient mushrooms, I wanted to have a humanoid species infecte...

5 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by TGCF ‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by TGCF ‭

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Q&A Tusks of a Cyclops

It has been said that one of the inspirations of the Cyclops of Greek mythology was from a skull of a dwarf elephant. Being twice the size of a human, people interpreted the nasal cavity (for the t...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by TGCF ‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by TGCF ‭

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Q&A Can my mermaids work?

Looking to how I can make Nagas and Mermaids able to exist and evolve in my story, I came across this post which explains how Nagas could evolve from humans: Anatomically Correct Naga In the top a...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by TGCF ‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by TGCF ‭

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Q&A How can my android "die" permanently?

For this sci-fi story/world hat I'm building, I'm introducing my androids which, while having intelligence closer to a human, are still just machines in nature. Theoretically one can destroy the bo...

6 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by TGCF ‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by TGCF ‭

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Q&A Anatomically Correct Mandrake

A submission for the Anatomically Correct Series. The plant genus Mandragora as we know today are nightshades that contain highly biologically active alkaloids that make them poisonous, with the...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by TGCF ‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by TGCF ‭

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