Post by bitrot on Jan 13, 2022 17:42:48 GMT -5
let me start off by saying that ever since i was a kid, animal genetics have always fascinated me. (i would study to be a geneticist, but i'm horrible with every other type of science.) now obviously, petz genetics are far from a 1:1 recreation of real-life animal genetics, but they're still SUPER fun to mess around with. as soon as i figured out how breedfiles worked, i downloaded like 50 so that i could breed the weirdest combinations i could think of.
enter waffle iron.
yes, that's her name. her coloration reminds me of when my dad's waffle iron broke mid-cooking and there was half-cooked, half-burnt batter stuck in it for days. that stuff's impossible to get out when it's like that. (i mean this in a positive way. it was just the first thing that came to mind lol)
she's a mix of cierra's bedlington terrier breed and an FP keeshond, and even though she looks a little lumpy, i think she turned out rather pretty! ...which is why she's not the "glitchy blob" i'm referencing.
waffle iron wasn't weird enough. so i picked an incredibly lanky dog breed -- the WHK borzoi -- to be her mate.
(^ this is horse. if you've ever seen a real life borzoi, you'll know why i named him that.)
i'm not sure what exactly what i was expecting for this pairing, but whatever it was, it wasn't what i ended up getting.
introducing baby shape. i named him that because, dude, he sure is shaped like something, and it's not a dog. i love this guy. he doesn't have any ears. he's got three other littermates: pipe cleaner, dust mite, and accordion, but i don't have baby pictures for them. they're all big boys now.
"well, he doesn't seem so bad," you say. "he's a little funny looking, but not glitchy."
based on this picture alone, i'd agree with you. but, uh,
um. i guess you could say that fighting brings out another side of him? all of his littermates do this... whatever it is, but shape and pipe cleaner are probably the worst offenders. it only happens for a split second, too.
(shape all grown up!)
anyways, sorry that this post ended up being so long LOL i just love my sweet boy shape very dearly! also -- has anyone else experienced glitches similar to this? i'm interested to see if it's common or not!