SAIYAN TAIL BODY LANGUAGE
I wish we had more media showcasing the body language of saiyan tails. Only having the classic, the minuscule amount that appeared at the beginning of Z, GT (which isn’t even considered canon), and the smallest amount that appears in DBS: Broly. That may read out like a lot, but it’s actually very little
-I didn’t forget about SDBH but that ain’t canon, and most of the time they’re scrapping so we only get to see how the tail would swerve around while in battle, not really the body language side of things
No matter, I still analyzed (to the best of my ability) all the media showcasing the body language of Saiyan tails, and compiled it to a chart of sorts for myself so I could keep tabs on consistency for my art whenever I draw the silly tails
It’s extremely brief and messy of what it could be, but I thought to share it with you guys. Maybe it could provide useful for some
Something people often forget about Saiyans is that, being that they're based on monkeys and presuming from that, spider monkeys as well, their tails are entirely prehensile and— seeing as they're sapient— controllable in a way you don't get out of typically cat-type or fox-type characters. Most catgirls you see in anime, for example, their tails just exist for the sake of cuteness, and they mimic cat tail behavior because, again, "cute." With monkeys, it changes the dynamics a bit. And seeing as humans are primates, monkeys are probably the closest analog to use, but even then it's pretty scattershot because the monkeys that have prehensile tails are few in number and pretty distant from us even on the simian evolutionary line.
If humans had prehensile tails, we probably wouldn't use them in the same way, and the nonverbal and unconscious behaviors we'd show with them would be far more subtle and nuanced than we what we see with cats and dogs.
And also our society would be way more based around tails. Just imagine our infrastructure being redefined around them!











