#elf biology

[rateatingraccoon]

I believe in half-elves with full elven ears and human ears.

Why? Genetics.

Ramble under cut. Keep in mind I am going off of bg3 races and probably have no clue what I'm talking about. Also, I am a teenager who simply has an interest in genetics. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong or anything.

(TL;DR: When looking at stereotypical half-elf phenotypes (appearance), it can be inferred that the children of two half-elves have a possibility of expressing fully elven ears or fully human ears, despite still being half-elves.)

Anyway, we see in Baldur's Gate 3 that half-elves usually have pointed ears, however they are smaller when compared to those of a full elf.

The smaller-but-still-pointed ears implies that pointed ears MIGHT be the result of incomplete dominance (see the cream gene in horses), where one copy of the dominant allele (heterozygous) only partially displays the effects when compared to those who carry two copies (homozygous dominant). Hence the seemingly "watered down" version of elven ears.

I'm going to call this hypothetical gene E/e, with E being elven ears and e being human ears. This means:

Full elf ears: EE genotype

Partial/shrunk elf ears: Ee genotype

Human ears: ee genotype

This means that every first generation half-elf, assuming they are the offspring of an elf and a human, will have these shrunken elf ears they are displayed with in BG3. HOWEVER- I have found nothing that implies half-elves are infertile. And since elves and humans seem to be similar on a basic biological level (ignoring the lifespans), I have no reason to believe half-elves can't reproduce.

Which means half-elves can have offspring with other half-elves.

Now, I'm not about to make a punnett square for a tumblr ramble nobody will see, but I will lay out what this means.

These offspring will have a...

25% chance of having full elven ears (EE)

50% chance of having partial/shrunk elf ears (Ee)

and a 25% chance of having human ears (ee)

And half-elf x half-elf children will still be half-elves.

Which means you could very well have a half-elf character with those long, pointed elven ears or the subtle, curved ears of a human, and still have them be half-elves.

Even if the size is dependent of independent genes, I think it's still safe to assume the pointed shape is at the very least dominant. That still leaves room for possible human ears.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

#genetics #ramble #rant #biology #fantasy biology #fantasy analysis #elves #half elf #half elves #elf ears #baldur's gate 3 #dnd #dungeons and dragons #bg3 analysis #elf biology #rateatingraccoon #microbiology #autistic rant #but only maybe #im not diagnosed #very much adhd rant though #i like genetics can you tell #not my usual content #oh well

[crymeariveronceagain]

look okay i just realized something about the guilt stuff

it not that its the guilt that breaks them more of the idea of being human if that makes sense like what brant did was a very human thing to do.The Neverseen is fine because they believe the doing the right thing.Juline mind should have broken after freezing of Ruy's nails.

look and the idea that ALDEN said what he to keefe in flashback just my heart hurts.

mmmmm that is an INTERESTING TAKE, ANON

i like this idea a lot, and i think it requires more discussion

first, my refutal to this point is that Keefe Sencen's mind seems to be mostly intact. He's not like other elves. Likewise, Sophie. They both have been absolutely and completely fine with the idea as being percieved as imperfect or human. It hasn't seemed to do much mental damage to them.

However, I really really love the idea that guilt and violence cannot entirely be what causes broken minds....also i think in the case of Alden and Juline there is a level in which elves can shut off the desire to be guilty. It's difficult but it's definitely there.

To support your claim, I'd bring up Grady, tbh. He's willing to commit murder for the people he cares about, and at times he gets really really close. However, his mind seems to be intact. Forkle has done violent things, Linh, Keefe, Sophie, all of them have done horrible things.

And yet.

There is sanity, and there is unbrokenness to them.

That most definitely cannot be ignored.

#kotlc #kotlc thoughts #kotlc society #kotlc elf society #kotlc elf biology #elf biology #kotlc biology #thanks for the ask! #kotlc keefe #keefe sencen #sophie foster #kotlc headcanon #kotlc sophie #kotlc theories #kotlc theory #elf psychology #kotlc elf psychology #linh song #mr forkle #juline ruewen #kotlc grady #grady ruewen

[comment-exchange]

249. I've Never Felt More Alone (Feels So Scary Getting Old) (Dimension 20)

Title: I've Never Felt More Alone (Feels So Scary Getting Old) Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/37572019 Platform: AO3 Creator: YellowMagicalGirl Work Type: Fanfic Fandom: Dimension 20 Rating: G Pairing: Gen Word count: 903 Warnings: Mild Angst Number of comments: 1 Completion Status: Complete Short summary/description: Fig is a late bloomer when it comes to an important part of elf puberty: finally starting to trance instead of sleep.

#submission #d20 #gen #ao3 #ff #<1k #1c #complete #fantasy high #fantasy biology #elf biology #yellowmagicalgirl #dimension 20 #archive of our own #fanficton

[deletedelight]

canon is a fucking liar btw kabru and mithrun are best friends 4lyfers every once in a while mithrun comes knocking at his door like Kabru we are going fishing and he cant say no bc his weird fucked up bff finally found a new passion for life (going fishing every other day like a middle aged white dad)

#post canon mithrun wears plaid and has definitely managed to grow a stubble #which i think is very against elf biology #mithrun cargo shorts #i wrote those three tags while drooling and i think you can tell #mithrun #captain mithrun #kabru #kabru dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #ramblings #rambles #awesome anri tag

[morphimus]

#jmc #Morphimus' Art #elf #human #pregnancy #this came to me in a dream #tree #art #fetus #pregnant #fantasy #worldbuilding #speculative biology #comic #symbiosis #these aren't specific characters this isn't a fandom thing it's just generic fantasy #high note post

[ollyneanderthal]

back on my dwarf and elf bullshit - just gonna get weirder with each redesign

#ollyneanderthal art #ohm and the ineffable sea #dwarf #elf #creature design #monster design #fantasy art #illustration #speculative biology #magic #fantasy #redesign #xenobiology

[swanhild]

I like to think Celegorm left Huan with Maedhros while he recovered after Thangorodrim because having Huan around calmed Maedhros down and made him feel safer. Caranthir brought the pillows and the blanket is Fingon's. Helping Maedhros heal was a community effort that made them set their various grievances aside for the time being.

(credit for the idea goes to @outofangband whose worldbuilding and headcanon posts about trauma and recovery inspired this)

@tolkiengenweek (for the family/community/animals prompts)

#tolkiengenweek #maedhros #silmarillion art #silmarillion #tolkien art #huan #my art #silm art #(also please ignore any concerns regarding infection risk and so on #we're dealing with magical elf (and magical dog) biology here #so I'm just gonna ~handwave~ that)

[kirbyddd]

Despite its flaws, there has never been a more beautiful and faithful adaptation of Tolkien's work

#the hobbit #lotr #the hobbit 1977 #rankin-bass #the sheer fact that they incorporated THE SONGS #the joy and relief of arriving at rivendell to a chorus of elfsong is unparalelled #and bearded elrond with a crown of stars is GOAT #i love the idea of him retaining a beard as half elven #....though in all honesty i think having become spiritually full elf his physiology wouldve followed suit #as the elven form is defined by a half spiritual body... his physiology would've had to have changed alongside his spirit #aragorn retained a strong spiritual form as well due to his elven blood... but as man did not have the full simulatenous conscious presence #and tolkien’s theology certainly wasnt dualist despite depiction of tangible spirituality... it was more ’multidimensional’ than individual #so i think elrond's material form must've aligned to elven biology as well to posess such a spiritual nature... meaning no beard :( #but we can dream cant we #at least we got the shipwright and the ancient un-fallen elves in the West probably have beards too #they'll give elrond one when he gets there

[t00thpasteface]

A quick and messy rundown of my own elves, dwarves, and orcs. I loathe the "planet of hats" bioessentialism of most fantasy races, as well as blatant coding meant to parallel human phenotypes via highly limited hairstyle and skintone selections, so I wanted to buck those trends in my own worldbuilding. These elves, dwarves, and orcs can each resemble any type of human in their face, body, and hair (aside from their more fantastical elements like scales and horns), and they have no single personality or culture, either.

You may notice a trend of dinosaurian features in these; that's no accident! In my own little high-fantasy world, the fauna is a melting pot of Paleozoic and Mesozoic species, from Anomalocaris to Zuniceratops. As there are no animals from beyond the K-T boundary, there were no apes (or other large mammals) for human(oid)s to evolve from. Therefore, as an exercise in highly speculative biology, the common ancestor of these sentient species was a member of Dinosauria that diverged very early on:

Jury's still out on whether or not that means humans, etc., lay eggs, but the odds aren't looking good...

#art #sketch #orig #worldbuilding #original fantasy #elf #orc #dwarf #monster girl #dinosaur #speculative biology #<- i'm using that term VERRRRRY LOOSELY LMAO

[antiparticular]

everything i have on my original star trek species. it is extensive

i welcome, nay encourage, people to create their own z'lichte character (so long as I am credited)

#hiyaa please bear in mind that im a physicist not a biologist lol and also i wrote most of this when i was like 16 #so i know a lot of it isn't exactly scientifically sound #but hey this was born from me drawing a cool elf alien once and i think it's pretty sick how much i built on that #kind of ended up looking more like a vampire though LMAO #star trek #star trek oc #star trek fanart #z'lichte #speculative biology #oc: ensign tila'ave

[tin-f0il]

I feel like we're not talking about the fact that Wise Old Elf used to have a wand enough you guys

#ben and holly's little kingdom #bahlk #ben and holly #woe #that changes everything #elves can do magic???but other elves needed fairy dust??but he managed to make a machine that powers the whole elf factory with magic???? #what is the lore behind elf and fairy biology please Neville Astley prtty please #wtf did he do to it??? #did he throw it away? is it still out there?

[aut2imagineart]

This is a sort of blast from the past a bunch of my earliest drawings were reimagining of creatures from author Dougal Dixon's speculative biology books, in particular Man After Man which sparked my interest in the concept of posthumans. As much as I've enjoyed drawing them I've moved away from them to try to create my own ideas. That said is was nice to draw them again to see how my skills have improved since I started. Anyway, here's a brief rundown of the species shown here (they include labels I made for them). Woodland Dwellers (Orks of the west): fierce hunters who's lack of specialization allows them to adapt to most environments. They're also resistant to most natural poisons/toxins. Aqatics (Merfolk of the oceans): skilled fishers who can breath in and out of water. They've developed a tradition where they mark unique traits and significant life events with ritualistic scaring. Forest Dwellers (Dwarfs of the south): colorful and arboreal, they are remarkably strong for their size to move swiftly through the trees. Over generations, they've manipulated the growth of vines to create living pathways throughout the forests for themselves. Tundra Dwellers (Giants of the north): towering nomads who lead quiet lives traveling across the Arctic circle. Their great strength enables them to hunt exceptionally large prey who's blood they adorn their faces with after each successful hunt. Plains Dwellers (Elves of the east): Swift and long lived, they transverse the grasslands on long powerful legs while dark skin, large ears, and hair running down their backs allow them to tolerate intense heat. Initially herbivores, given bladed hands, replaceable teeth, and larger stomachs for eating grasses, they have since incorporated meat into their diet. Coupled with a longer lifespan, they became the first posthumans to redevelop culture. If I was to do anything with these guys (and gain the rights to them somehow), it would probably be a survival game similar to Ancestors: a human odyssey where you go through their evolution into sapience. Man After Man belongs to Dougal Dixon.

As always, comments and critiques are welcome.

#posthuman #posthumanism #creature design #Character Design #speculative #speculative biology #speculative evolution #human evolution #human #ork #merfolk #dwarf #giant #elf #dougal dixon #man after man #my art #digital art #digital color #Digital Illustration #spear #woodland #rainforest #tundra #ocean #plains #grasslands #Forest #future evolution

[vveedwacker]

Prosequendum Elves

No one played an elf in my campaign and I've been wanting to do some spec evo work on some elves for my world! Ft. Reaver(big) and Erin (smaller) a half elf and a high elf

(Reaver is my character I played in my partners campaign)

They are decent of unicorns and a nocturnal herbivores

#elves #dnd #dnd oc #dnd elf #homebrew elf #spec bio #speculative fiction #speculative biology #fantasy art #fantasy #digital sketch #sketch #my art #digital art #comic art #worldbuilding #dungeons and dragons

[synelven]

wuh-oh! star trek oc time again. haven't drawn her in uh. years. so here she is once more: ensign tila'ave

#sometimes i remember how i created an entire alien race using speculative evolution based on a real exoplanet. wild. #(this was so i could make a cool elf alien and have it based in science as far as 16 year old me could) #maybe one day ill share the 1000 word document describing every aspect of their biology and culture. idk how well it holds up though lol #also yeah shes wearing a modified lower decks uniform. i think it looks snazziest but ive always drawn her with the miniskirt uniform #so i made up a lower decks miniskirt uniform #also dont ask me where she is. somewhere high up in engineering. #star trek #star trek oc #original character #star trek fanart #oc: ensign tila'ave #z'lichte

[oofuri2003]

Another Naoni <3 this time with a personal focus on emphasizing his more creature-like features!

#naoni #my art #dxd #dnd character #my most blorbo of ever. always! #anyway. i will spare my passionate diatribe about elf biology that i have delivered to two ppl in the last few days #what i WILL say is that said set of opinions i just take and apply to naoni. well because hes the most specialest boy #this is how nelsharan elves are like 'supposed' to look features wise. like i named this file type specimen.png #normally im too lazy. and sometimes i like it when he looks more like a normal guy/your average run of the mill elf but purple. #so sue me. hes MY character. but this. THIS! is the truth. nelsharan elves are fundamentally more creature #you might be thinking 'this still just looks like some normal ass guy' you just wouldnt get it so dont worry about it #anyway not pictured: slightly clawlike nails + slightly elongated and widened canines #yada yada. whatever. haley. shut up

[ollyneanderthal]

figuring out the elves and dwarves of the ineffable sea, i want those archetypal fantasy races to have a very atypical and alien appearance 

here's what the bodies of the elves look like pretty much, i'm imagining the dwarves are stout (duh), covered in hair and have large digging claws like a badger 

elves are eusocial, they invented mathematics, music and archery. they have a massive sweet tooth, eating mostly fruit and nectar.

dwarves i still have a lot to figure out.

#fantasy #fantasy art #worldbuilding #speculative biology #xenobiology #elf #dwarf #creature design #character design #monster design #ollyneanderthal art