I don’t know if this was the intent, but the episode “Golden Claw” shows the ups and downs of Frogg’s experience with his claws that’s what he calls them, so that’s what I call them in a way that I really like. He’s developed a motor skill that no one else has because he’s had to adapt. He finally gets to do the kind of evil he was born to do, but only because a master criminal found his skills briefly useful.
But hearing him say, “But I’m no good with my claws; I’m only good with game claws.” That broke me a little, but he ended up using his skilled claws a couple different ways to get comeuppance.
I want to convey how much I loved this moment, and whole episode, but I don’t think I’m doing a great job so I’ll end this here for now.
I like the way they showed what would be considered a disability. Balanced. Casual and funny, serious when it needs to be, not inspiration porn. At least that’s what I took from it.
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Huh, never thought about NPC races and their furniture. What sort of furniture would a Shadow even have? They seem to just... exist and not have any need for things like beds or tables. Shadowy rock or wood chairs, I guess? Froggs would definitely have some sort of bathtub for a bed. Can't dry out while you sleep! And the Fenerox, they do have some dusty furniture already. I feel like they'd have better furniture somewhere though, something portable and light.
Hi Anon,
You're right, the Shadow are a bit of conundrum. I have nothing to back this up except for vibes, but I feel like they meditate rather than sleep, so they'd prefer soft cushions and blankets, and they'd meditate on the floor rather than on chairs as such. I know overall they seem peaceful and don't have guards, but I have a vague HC they hunt the Dark Balls (a type of critter only found in Midnight biomes), and use the pelts of these for "bedding".
So I'd like to see floor cushions and low tables at least, maybe chests made of shadow rock which recess into the floor.
Contrary to the implication in my story, The Fading Light, I don't think they eat people. But I would love to know what the intent behind the spooky shrines is. A dark god that sustains them? Ancestor worship? Because they look Cool™?
Fenerox only have three Dusty items, which I think is incredibly lacking - if Floran can have so many items, then so can Fenerox. It'd be nice if they could have a kitchen counter, storage, and other clutter/ decorations. Some indication of worship maybe, decorations or crockery made from dried cacti, wall-hangings to keep the dust out, or coloured/ painted stones. I feel like they're very family orientated, so some some indication of that, via lore books or beaded accessories with a description, would be good. Village dungeons that are underground warrens, or large family halls as well.
The Frogg are a bit better off with 5 Swamp furniture items, but their choices are still lacking IMO. The table is tiny, there's no flat storage in the same style. For Frogg, I'd love to see a bigger table and, again, cabinets. Bug and jungle flower displays, maybe, or "a canister of tasty bugs", and dried mud decorations.
Deadbeats have plenty of options - they could just do with more lore ^.^'
For Penguins, I'd like to see some weapons displays. Maybe a few expansions to the Industrial set? I don't have many other thoughts about them, I'm afraid ^.^'
There's plenty that could be added to the Non-Playable Races. If I was any kind of artist, I'd do so myself, but I have no idea how people like Asperrusual and Izzykuroneko make their sprites look so good >.<
This ask got a little bit away from me, sorry... I, ah, have a lot of thoughts about this, as you can see. Most of this comes from my New Protectorate build, and being very frustrated while trying to build the embassies for the NPC races. Thank you for the ask though, I hope it was interesting ^.^