trying to figure out how he ages 💫

yo whaddup ive been gone for a bit sorry bout that

But I just saw some star wars anatomy posts by @thatfunkyopossum​​ and it awoke an ancient star wars headcannon demon in my brain so here’s a diagram I drew up months ago on how I figure togruta’s crazy skulls work Anyway the way I (and many others) figure they work is that the montral/lekku system is what serves as ears for them. Kinda like human ears, there’s a bit of a transfer system involved, but unlike humans, togruta have all this on the outside. It starts at the top with the most sensitive sound receptors, travels down to the secondary receptors for clarity, and are dampened in the bigger chambers at the sides of the head. Most of the system is bone-protected except for those chambers, which just have cartilage.

As for the rest of the lekku I imagine it’s largely vestigial from when they used to gather auditory information through the ground, but they now serve as feelers and secondary sex characteristics. The one on the back doesn’t help so much with hearing as it does with communication, which is why I’m focusing on the front two.

But!! Because we’ve been blessed with Ahsoka Tano we can also see how it develops as a togruta grows up!!!! Which I also made diagrams for. I’ve slid some extra stages in there tho cause there isn’t any footage of togruta newborns.

At birth, the hearing organ is like a cushy lil helmet for the skull. They have an extra fontanel that wraps over the top of the organ, but it’s soft for now because. I can’t imagine giving birth to horns is fun. As the baby grows, this second fontanel will harden and fuse with the forehead to make a fancy little pocket for the organ, which will become the montral. Right now the baby’s hearing is very limited and the organ serves as more of a pillow than a hearing device.

By age 3, the hearing organ still isn’t very sophisticated, but has receded slightly from the top of the head for the leetle babby horns to grow around it. As such, the second fontanel has fully fused to the skull, but is still mostly soft. In some Togruta cultures, this is when they start helping the horns along by gently molding them over time. The lekku have also started to grow, but won’t be very long. At this age, their hearing still isn’t great but they can hear enough to start to pick up on language.

By age 8, the montral has fully hardened. Around now is when the secondary hearing organ becomes distinct and cinches off of the dampening organ, which tends to swell after this. Their hearing improves drastically as a result and their mastery of language will usually follow, but they won’t hear much from far away. The lekku are still short, but usually begin to curve away from the skull so as not to interfere with neck movement.

I imagine Togruta as generally longer lived than humans, and as such, puberty goes a little slower. At 14, they usually haven’t quite hit it yet, but are preparing for a hell of a growth spurt. The primary and most sensitive sound receptors have begun to form, and we start to see the lekku become longer. At this point, they can hear everything a human can hear and don’t have as much of a problem with hearing over distances anymore.

At 17, puberty is in full swing and the horns and lekku become much bigger. The primary sound receptors grow with the horns and the togruta can now hear some sounds that humans cannot. The lekku of togruta men don’t tend to grow much longer after about this length, but their montral keep going. Predictably, balance is usually a struggle at this age.

And at 25 the auditory system is mostly complete. For togruta women the lekku usually continue to grow with age, but sometimes they stop here. All their auditory receptors are fully grown at this point and can perceive lower and quieter sounds than humans. Whatever their sex is, the bones in the montral will continue to grow throughout their lives, but their growth tends to slow significantly after this.

This is the longest the sound system can take to fully mature. At this point the horns will continue to grow and the receptors may move a little to accommodate, but their development is complete. Togruta can now hear the fullest range of sound they ever will.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk, pic references are under the cut

Eeee!! I love your Welena art! Isn’t Webby’s crush the purest thing in the world?? Do you have any headcannons concerning their relationship? Maybe how they get together? Is they ever take a break? How Scrooge and co will react to them getting together?

I’m really ride or die for Webby’s giant gay crush on Lena, it’s just....extremely good and a big fat bright ray of sunshine in my life. She could have EASILY claimed Lena as a cool big sister by now, but she didn’t and that feels so deliberate and important to my aged, bitter lesbian heart. (I saw Dana Terrace and Sam King tweeting about this article  while I was at work and I literally sat down on the floor to read it; it made me EXTREMELY emotional.)

Is it weird for someone who’s already written three fanfics on the subject to not really have any headcannons? I’m one of those people who will read 500 separate fics about two characters falling in love/realizing they’re in love/mutually pining for each other with only minute variations and just fucking eat it up every single time, so like, that but copy-paste these two particular children in there to add their particular quirks/neuroses for flavor. Lena: resistant to the idea, guarded and in denial to even herself, believes she doesn’t deserve nice things because she’s been flat out told so for basically forever, and Webby: excitable, enthusiastic, had basically zero socialization before the age of 12 so she hasn’t figured out the difference between “EXCITED TO HAVE NEW BEST FRIEND” and “WOW THIS GIRL IS VERY COOL AND PRETTY AND I KEEP TELLING HER SO, MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY”. I love love LOVE the idea of Webby being completely up front and honest about her feelings to the extent that she understands them, which is not very, because she doesn’t have the context for them so she just says whatever big gay thought comes into her head because she doesn’t stop to consider what it might mean or if it’s unusual.

And like, I love them figuring this out as kids when they’re soft and stupid and pure, because anyone who’s known me for any length of time knows I eat that shit up. But I’m also a sucker for mutual pining, so watching each of them come to terms with their feelings very young and having a prolonged series of missed connections or regrettable misunderstandings until they’re significantly older is Also Good Good Shit. I live the slow burn life above all else, so Webby being Oblivious Gay and Lena being a little self-loathing and resistant to happiness until they’re Not anymore is probably where I stand on that front.

I haven’t really considered where anyone else stands on the situation because I don’t really care, I don’t really consider it relevant. I don’t consider things like “will my family be supportive or approve” when I think about fictional relationships because i like to live in a fantasy world where there’s nothing to be nervous about and queer kids don’t need anyone’s approval to be in love. The ONLY person I’ve considered is Mrs B because she has a particular history with Lena, but I have long assumed that Mrs B is a champion of neglected and abused kids, so once she becomes aware of Lena’s situation (which has gotten endlessly more complicated since the Reveal) there’s no question that Mrs B would protect Lena with her life. I had briefly considered that in the pre-finale versions i dreamed up where Lena assimilates into the McDuck extended family and she bunks with Webby, if they had a known relationship, Beakly would probably insist on Lena moving into her own room, which I didn’t want to address because 1) I didn’t want to separate them because I believe pretty firmly that Lena would be recovering from some dark shit that might manifest in nightmares and night terrors and Webby needed to be close by to comfort her and 2) I did not want anyone in any universe imply that it would even occur to them to do anything inappropriate because that’s not what I’m here for. So I dodge the issue altogether by not worrying how their relationship affects anyone else.

And man, I don’t even know what to do with Lena now, and I probably wont know until season 2 and we find out whats going on with her. Is she shadow mode like Magica was? Is she something else entirely? How long will she be stuck like that? Lena’s only just recently learned she’s a hugger, HOW CAN WEBBY HUG HER NOW?

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NAME : Weo Eldberg 
AGE : 22. SPECIES : Minotaur. GENDER : Female. ORIENTATION : Pansexual Polyromantic IDENTIFIES AS: Female. PROFESSION : Formerly assistant of printer’s company. Now a survivor, beefalo herder, and hunter.—————————————————————————- 
{ PHYSICAL ASPECTS } 
BODY TYPE : Curvy, bottom heavy, and petite 
HAIR : Thick red hair with large curls/waves depending on hair length EYES : Yellow, like sunflowers.. SKIN FUR: lighter red, almost orange. HEIGHT : 4″1 WEIGHT: 150-ish, fluctuates depending on season. —————————————————————————- 
{ FAMILY }
 FAMILY : Father - Thorgaer Eldberg Mother - Wisteria Eldberg Husband - Wilson (from @survival-in-numbers​) Wife - Willow (also from @survival-in-numbers) SIBLINGS : Brother - Jackson Walker (from @sky-captain-jack) ANY PETS? : yes [ x ] || no [ ] verse specific [ ]
 Beefalo - Pudgems Catcoon - Masqie —————————————————————————- 
{ SKILLS } 
Physical Prowess : Rather strong for her size, capable of lifting beefalo calves up to 2 months old. Most of her strength comes from her untapped magically capabilities, she just converts it into strength instead of using actual magic. Speed: Quite fast, being small makes her better at maneuvering, but slows down significantly with armor. —————————————————————————-
 { LIKES } 
COLORS : All of them SMELLS : Floral smells, and mountain rain, fresh paint. 
SOUNDS : Thunderstorms, gentle music, purring cats. TOUCH : Anything soft. 
FOOD : Chocolate banana beaver tails. 
DRINKS : Herbal teas, sparkling water, and guava juice. 
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES? : yes [ X ] || no [ ]
. She’ll only drink alcohol from her world, however. —————————————————————————- 
{ OTHER DETAILS } 
SMOKES ? : yes [ ] || no [ x ] || occasionally [ ]
 - She can’t stand the smell anymore. DRUGS ? : yes [ ] || no [ ] || occasionally [ x ]
 - If you count smelling paint and rubber glue. DRIVER LICENSE ? : yes [ x ] || no [  ]
 EVER BEEN ARRESTED ? : no [ x ] || yes [  ] || almost/detained [ ] 
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 Tagging: @sky-captain-jack @winona-the-lovesick @the-wanderer-willow @survival-in-numbers (only if you want to).