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Anyone else dislike imagining the human form?
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While I never had any problems looking at actors and faces and all that, I do kinda vibe with this.
I don't give very much thought towards human body language (including human faces). Animals though? Give quite a lot of thought towards that! I can get fairly detailed with characters emoting. Deer mice getting pissed, snarling their incisors and having their fur puff up. My author self insert character (a white tabby cat) gesturing with his front paws, facial expressions, the ears rotating around.
Thank you ma'am! Your comment has given me more to think about!
Animals emoting is ... something that comes up a lot among my friends. Especially the ears!
Oh yeah, the ears! The ears are a massive part of how animals emote!
Us primates are really weird for having largely static ears. Most mammals have a lot of tiny muscles attached to the ears for making fine adjustments. Their ears are also visually prominent on the face! They "ear-to-head ratio" is quite large, making for a large prominent feature on the head. Perfect for using the ears as "flags" to tell everyone else what you're feeling!
My writing be like:
Humans: "Lola slammed the table from being pissed."
Mice: "Paul, now very much intimidated, shrunk down, flattening himself against the ground, and kept his face pointed up at the pissed off butch lesbian that was bearing down on him."