why do sylvari females have breasts?
Because they’re mimicking the anatomy of the humans the tree grew over. It might not be functional as a set of mammaries, but they have them simply because the base model (humans) have them.
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To put is as blunt as possible, and to answer any other hidden questions. It’s the same reasons males have a “banana” and the females have a “pitcher plant”. It it to visually mimic humans by look alone. in the end males have a stick, females have two clumps and a pit.
We do know why they mimic human appearance
The main key to the design was developing an obvious anatomy that clearly described the race as plant rather than an offshoot of human. However, because the race tightly relates to the essence of human due to the Pale Tree’s influences from Ronan, the overall form has a human silhouette. But if you look more closely, you’ll see the forms are really quite alien. They are a collection of abstract notions the Pale Tree had about what made up the human, as she really only saw the surface. They are a tree’s interpretation of humans.
The real question is: Why does Malyck look humanoid?
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Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
The real question is: Why does Malyck look humanoid?
There is no other tree. Malyck is in cahoots with the Pale Tree to teach her children a lesson!
We do know why they mimic human appearance
The main key to the design was developing an obvious anatomy that clearly described the race as plant rather than an offshoot of human. However, because the race tightly relates to the essence of human due to the Pale Tree’s influences from Ronan, the overall form has a human silhouette. But if you look more closely, you’ll see the forms are really quite alien. They are a collection of abstract notions the Pale Tree had about what made up the human, as she really only saw the surface. They are a tree’s interpretation of humans.
The real question is: Why does Malyck look humanoid?
I think he looks human, for the same reason Elementals mostly look human. It just works
Yello > Well, the males can also have beards. And they all got what looks like a bellybutton. So, why not breasts ? It’s not like all parts of their anatomy are supposed to be useful. :’p
Jake > Sure, but the weird thing is how he is perfectly similar to the other Sylvari. If he was humanoid, but slightly different, then yeah, the whole “it just works” argument could pass. But nope, he looks exactly like any other Sylvari.