#tlos apes

Something I realized: people have been speculating for over a decade on where the female Apes are. IRL, female mandrills and baboons (which the TLOS Apes were based off of) are often considerably smaller than the males We may have been looking at female Apes the whole time.

It’s really interesting how in TLOS, the Apes have traditional sea boats powered by oars and use Dreadwings for air travel, while the Skavengers, who are much less numerous and much less centralized from what I understand, have a massive technological leg up with their airboats. They can also travel by air using Skurvywings. I dunno, it’s just interesting to look at the little details in TLOS.  

I’ve been watching playthroughs of ANB and Cynder’s blades/face are EVERYWHERE in the design of the place. Cynder was always an aesthetic™️ goth, especially in the design philosophy of her Tantrum Castle. I headcanon that the apes assigned under Cynder’s command back in the day came from the same families as the dragon-hunting squads, because they were the only ones who had up-close experiences with dragons and survived. The dragon-hunters had a betting pool on when their cousins would finally snap and mutiny against Cynder, but it never happened. Cynder knew how to cultivate an impression and keep her subordinates in their place.