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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#42826: Dec 13th 2016 at 10:48:08 PM

What kind of feline would he be anyway?

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#42827: Dec 13th 2016 at 10:50:03 PM

He has to be a housecat like his wife and daughter are. According to the Wo R video the only way for Blake to be the same Faunus type as her Mom was if her dad was also a cat Faunus. If he was anything else Blake would be a random Faunus.

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BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#42828: Dec 13th 2016 at 10:59:56 PM

[up]Wait, what?

I thought it was "same faunus type" not "same exact manner".

If anything, Ghira strikes me as some kind of big cat.

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#42829: Dec 13th 2016 at 11:02:36 PM

I think it is just same type. Qrow says with cat without going into specific breeds.

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#42830: Dec 13th 2016 at 11:03:23 PM

Housecats and big cats aren't different breeds, but entirely different species. They're not even in the same genus.

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BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#42831: Dec 13th 2016 at 11:06:45 PM

[up]They're both members of the Felidae family, or you know, cats?

I think the "different faunus types" means something like a Tiger Faunus and Wolf Faunus, not two Faunus whom are both based on members of family of animal.

edited 13th Dec '16 11:08:54 PM by BlackSunNocturne

VutherA Since: Jul, 2009
#42832: Dec 13th 2016 at 11:08:32 PM

They already blew the label species by regarding Humans and Faunus as separate ones that can reproduce together, though.

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#42833: Dec 13th 2016 at 11:12:35 PM

Eh. I'm still going to assume housecat until otherwise stated. Though I admit Gira being a Panther would make more sense given his namesake.

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VutherA Since: Jul, 2009
#42834: Dec 13th 2016 at 11:22:46 PM

I certainly can't prove it wrong. But theme park genetics is probably safe to assume from precedent.

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#42835: Dec 14th 2016 at 1:07:55 AM

Given by the sudden springing out of Sun x Kali, we can be sure she's a Cougar Faunus.

Ghira eludes me. I've seen theories that he's masquerading as a Faunus, but that kind of ploy would likely be noticed on ex-White Fang leader.

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#42836: Dec 14th 2016 at 5:47:27 AM

He could be of Faunus descent.

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#42837: Dec 14th 2016 at 6:00:08 AM

Ghira's namesake is a panther, so I suppose he'd be a panther faunus.

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#42838: Dec 14th 2016 at 6:18:45 AM

When is it going to be revealed that Blake has an adopted brother?

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#42839: Dec 14th 2016 at 6:19:31 AM

[up][up]Yeah, that would make sense.

Except that panthers aren't an actual species. He'd have to be a leopard/jaguar faunus and have melanism (basically reverse albinism) for that to be the case.

edited 14th Dec '16 6:19:44 AM by ArilouLaLeeLay

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#42840: Dec 14th 2016 at 8:39:01 AM

[up]Beat me to it. "Panther" isn't a thing. The image of a big cat with pure black fur called a panther is actually either a jaguar or a leopard with a particular gene that affects their coloring. There closest thing to "panther" as a taxonomic thing is Panthera, which is a genus that includes several big cats like tigers, lions, jaguars, and leopards. (Fun fact: the defining trait of the Panthera genus is the ability to roar.)

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#42841: Dec 14th 2016 at 8:40:06 AM

Every time I see Ghira's name, I auto-correct it to "Ghirahim."

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AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#42842: Dec 14th 2016 at 8:59:46 AM

They're both members of the Felidae family, or you know, cats?

Housecats are felis, large cats panthera. No crossbreeding is possible.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#42843: Dec 14th 2016 at 9:13:00 AM

They already blew the label species by regarding Humans and Faunus as separate ones that can reproduce together, though.

Eh...that's not the only definition of species. There are some animals regarded as different species that can reproduce fertile offspring together. There are just usually other reasons for why they don't, and even that's not universal.

Plants don't even have that barrier a lot of the time.

Though, yes, in this case considering the Faunus a different species does seem pretty arbitrary based more on society than actual genetics. Hey, maybe that's intentional.

edited 14th Dec '16 9:16:24 AM by LSBK

BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#42844: Dec 14th 2016 at 10:06:30 AM

Just gonna point this out: RWBY isn't the first fictional series to have different "species" cross-fertile.

Lord of the Rings and ANY fantasy series also has that.

Housecats are felis, large cats panthera. No crossbreeding is possible.
You are missing the point. When Qrow in the Word of Remnant mentioned "different types" I don't think he means "nope. even if they're both felines, they have the be the same type else it'll always be random".

'cause Kali is clearly a house cat, whereas Ghira's most likely a Panthernote . Both felines, which is the same "type" of Faunus.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#42845: Dec 14th 2016 at 10:10:21 AM

Yeah, but in those fantasy series the differences are usually more prominent than they are here. Faunus are defined as having a single non-human trait, and are apparently identical to humans in literally every other aspect.

edited 14th Dec '16 10:11:39 AM by LSBK

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#42847: Dec 14th 2016 at 10:15:34 AM

Maybe, but I don't think we were speaking specifically about elves, and more in general.

Anyway, differences don't have to be readily apparent. I've been reading something recently which had (some) demons that appeared human but clarified a major difference that isn't readily visible: they have seven hearts.

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#42848: Dec 14th 2016 at 10:26:45 AM

It's not clear whether different "type" of fanus means a different species, or general family of animal, but I suspect it's the former. If a tiger fanus and a lion fanus had a kid, I'd been that the child would be "random type" not "either tiger or lion, but we don't know which".

It might be that the randomness is within the general type (ie, a tiger and a lion fanus would have a random feline child, a feline and a canine fanus would have a random mammalian child, etc), but that's pure speculation.

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#42849: Dec 14th 2016 at 10:39:22 AM

According to Qrow a combination like Wolf + Bull could result in a Snake child.

BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#42850: Dec 14th 2016 at 10:42:02 AM

[up]That still doesn't answer if Small Cat + Big Cat = Bat, which is what we're discussing [lol]

edited 14th Dec '16 10:42:18 AM by BlackSunNocturne


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