Your coral and tsunami post has been sitting in my mind all day, and while it seems you have designs set for both tsunami and orca, it got me wondering if they looked very similar to each other- do you think that would intensify things in a way from coral’s end? in a way, having her lost daughter back (in another sense), and seeing this as a second chance? :0c
:D im so glad you like them!
tsunami and orca don't look too terribly similar, but they both have a floppy head fin (inherited from gill). when coral compares them, it's more about their personalities and how she viewed them as her heirs. orca was a respected general and an intense person to be around - tsunami is similarly intense, with big opinions and a lot of presence. coral sees orca and tsunami as her true heirs, though she has other daughters.
in fact, tsunami destroying orca's statue could be seen as her rejecting her place as heir and coral's view of her... she feels disillusioned with royal life as a whole & needs a couple years to think about who she is and what she wants. orca's statue was created to let a queen rule without challengers, and tsunami is destroying that power.
