#audiomorphs

Been listening to the Audiomorphs podcast, which is basically one utter nerd reading to a bunch of other utter nerds.

Anyhow, it got me thinking about the design of the andalites and my peeves which how the are drawn. Most specifically, why the hell would they have a jawline??

They wouldn’t, that is entirely an eating apparatus. No jawline.

Also, the eye stalks are described as being rigid, like the forms of a goat or giraffe. Not tentacles with eyes at the end. There is a configuration of bone that can fill both the stiffness and the mobility that we are already aware of: forearms and wrists.

It got me thinking about how that would evolve, and realizing that the sensory apparatuses are all glommed together around the head. So that could explain the arms and weak hands: they were never mobility tools, they were sensory tools, extending the sense of touch out into their world.

... I just realized I forgot about drawing ears. Gah.

1) It depends on if your library has them; mine does not.

2) Every SINGLE person reading this should go get their local library's Overdrive, Libby, and/or Hoopla app and (if you're lucky) never patronize Audble again.