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some little hcs for hearthian parenting :] in dot points because i am sleepy. happy to elaborate on anything if need be! cw some kinda weird specbio stuff

it is not at all defined by blood/biology. genetic links are 100% recorded for health reasons, but they do not determine social relationships. this doesn't mean it's impossible for someone's biological offspring to be their quote-unquote hatchling! just that this is either pure luck or some sort of Circumstance™ and has nothing to do with who made them (ie, in the case of my hatchling bes and gossan, it was a case of them comes out-of-season following a pretty rough period, meaning that the bio-social role of Caretaker went to whoever had most recently had eggs at the time. ie gossan)

on the topic of caretakers! young tadpoles (the first 5 or so years of their life) are looked after by specialised members of the community who will groom and feed them (having the anatomy and instinct allowing them to do these things—since young babies rely on crop-milk for a bit, like pigeons. lala i love pigeons please don't be weird about this). think of it like sex-changing in some fish species. a lack of a certain "role" will lead to certian individuals undergoing certain changes, thoufh in the case of hearthians these are generally temporary and change with hormonal fluctuations etc.

a "parent", then, is less of a caretaker and something in between a teacher and mentor figure. a hatchling will imprint onto an adult or group of adults and learn from them, which includes eating with them, sleeping with them, and generally forming a close bond. it's much less strict than a nomai parenting bond, and contains both less and more work, in a way, since the care of young tadpoles is up to village caretakers and the teaching of skills is up to what i call "parents". which may not even be the best term but it sounds cute

solanum, in my au, does understand this. however due to her nature as a nomai, who have much stricter and more enclosed familial ties, she sort of latches onto one parental figure to feel secure. this is gossan, naturally having been (semi begrudgingly LMAO) babysitting duty. she's their hatchling, technically, since they train her, though they haven't the foggiest what she thinks of them as. they have w couple chats, work something out, and they agree to ... whatever it is. the thing it's some sort of job title. it sort of is.

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i NEED to draw fiddler porphy SO BAD theyve been infesting ny brain for seven million thousand years

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full of soup meme with gossan and porphy but they're normal sized so porphy is just holding them like a particularly large fish. by their harness. me and mmy beautiful fishfriend who is full of soup and love thanks to me or something

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thinking about updating and reposting some of my hearthian specbio sheets, and maybe doing my own giant post about my tadpole/egg/reproductive hcs because i trust people here to be normal ::] who would be interested in hearing about nonbinary fish people eggs

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i do NOT want to make this post lmao but guys. pals. just checking. we do know that when i joke about gossan having middle aged baby fever it's like ... a joke, right? like a side thing? right guys? we understand that's not their entire personality right? and ... they still have a job they care about? they just have a soft spot for hatchlings?right guys?

it's a minority for sure but ive gotten some odd comments 😭 no hard feelings at all but oh god guys friends buddies folks please no quote-unquote domesticated tradwife gossan in my direction thankyou. okay? 😭 🙏

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does anyone have any questions or suggestions related to my au solanum & gossan thing. just so i have an excuse to draw them

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IM FREEEEE EXAMS ARE OVER I CAN FINALLY ANSWER ASKS !!!!!

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stares with giant wet eyes ,,,, outer wilds mutuals 🥺 do any of you want to ..... art trade? 👉👈 perhaps? maybe? 🥺

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i want to draw some momma goose for my birthday ,,, ideas welcome :)

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I WANT TO DRAW GOSSAN DOES ANYONE HAVE SUGGESTIONS !!!

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maybe i should draw some murderbot .......

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i want to do a little ask game for my hatchling oc bes but i cant find one ::C so im going to say if anyone has utterly random questions to ask about them i would LOVE to hear. kicks my feet

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oh my oh my! some entirely unprompted and unexpected asks!!! thankyou so much for these asks that i definitely didn't get y'all to send!!! ill work on a post :)

thinking about updating and reposting some of my hearthian specbio sheets, and maybe doing my own giant post about my tadpole/egg/reproductive hcs because i trust people here to be normal ::] who would be interested in hearing about nonbinary fish people eggs