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Birrin Families.
🕑 Added 2019-06-30 15:40:43 +0000 UTCI am working on the ancestral birrin family unit for the book. Matriarch-led polyandrous packs is the current thinking! Females tend to be larger and stronger, whiles males are lighter but far more nimble. Males are depicted with their display wings raised.
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Alex
Yes I dropped the sequential hermaphrodite idea. I was unable to find a good animal model that suited the story I wanted to tell
have you given up on the idea of "males" basically being young females, and the gender binary really about age?
Alex
And reading about weirdo bird/monkey families :P
Alex
Yess!
ZCochraine!%
So thats where the Birrin equivalent to Mr. Miyagi is hanging out, only its not just life skills (or whatever the protagonist needs to learn), it’s also girl advice.
Anastasia
Matriach-led polyamorous packs sounds rad af
John
In "modern times" I can see a compound/small village built around a small cabal of matriarchs, running the town and keeping things in line. But it's mostly young males and females, with lots of children running about. The older, beta males leave and join the bachelor life, such as it is, living out of caravans and other vehicles, trying to land a cushy spot at another town.
Astro-Aladfar
Another example of your impressive attention to detail and outside-the-box approach to sentient alien design!
Alex
Depends on the male, but they form a part of expressiveness so they may be lightly flapped often
Beautiful! How often would the display wings be used normally?
ZCochraine!%
This is just so cool.
