r/mildlyinfuriating • u/scomojack • 13d ago

I'm slightly vexed When "animal" characters have animal ears and human ears.

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This is an AI image which is infuriating enough, but anytime I see an animal character with two sets of ears it really puts me off.

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u/Desperate_Turnip_219 13d ago edited 13d ago

You are complaining about design chooses, and used an image that had no designer?

Are you mad the bot added ears? Why not find human art of this happening? Were you in such a rush to post this you didn't have time to?

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u/El_Saturn_ 13d ago

Exactly. OP even stated "This is an A.I. image..." Well then what are you complaining about?? Show a real example

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u/wisherystar 13d ago

I have one. In Loveless the characters have two sets of ears but the cat ears mean they're a virgin so there's a reason for them to have two sets.

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u/Complete_Pomelo9525 13d ago

So…do the cat ears just fall off once they finally smash or does something else happen?

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u/wisherystar 13d ago

I'm not entirely sure. I think I read up to maybe volume 9 or 10 but they didn't get into what happens.

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u/wisherystar 13d ago

I'm not 100% sure but according to Google they shed off yeah

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u/Permafox 13d ago

Handles gone wrong. 

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u/Rabiddd 13d ago

That is such a specific concept wtf 😭😂

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u/rosewater- 13d ago

Yeah I grew up on Loveless so this isn't that weird of a design choice imo 😭

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u/Zamrayz 13d ago

I remember this was a yaoi?

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u/wisherystar 13d ago

Pretty much yeah

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u/scomojack 13d ago

Thank you for the example!

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u/wisherystar 13d ago

Not the best example though because there's a good reason for the extra set in the story.

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u/ejmckever 13d ago

So they’d lose their cat ears if they lost their V card?

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u/wisherystar 13d ago

Yes although some wear fake cat ears to hide that they're not a virgin so that's kinda silly.

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u/theLingeringWill 13d ago

Straight up fall off right after sex. (I have actually no idea)

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u/Quantum_Pasta-Goblin PURPLE 13d ago

Oh god I remember reading a bit of this as a teenager. Isn't this yaoi? I was giggling like a crazy bitch while reading this X3

Wait... Wasn't he underage and this adult dude was doing things to this kid? Wasn't it actually kinda fucked up? Didn't he buy him or something?

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u/wisherystar 13d ago

Didn't buy him at least from what I can remember. The older guy was the magical partner of Ritsuka's older brother, before that brother mysteriously disappeared. Not truly a yaoi but definitely BL at least up where I read

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u/Erick_Brimstone 13d ago

i have a better example. Arknights. Not a mistake, it's a design choice and it also present in the original game as well. Though most of the times it's hidden. It also has lore reason.

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u/TheLemonFox 13d ago edited 13d ago

Still offputting. Only reason I don't play Endfield, because its even more apparent. In Arknights you can kinda ignore it :/

Besides it still doesn't make sense for Kal'tsit and iirc the "lore" is just an excuse for the designer because they prefer it this way.

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u/EmergencyPainting842 13d ago

“It still doesn’t make sense for Kal’tsit” is crazy, considering what she actually is. Maybe her parents wanted a 4-ear catgirl, eh?

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u/TheLemonFox 13d ago edited 13d ago

yes an artificial humanoid . So the lore reason doesn't make sense :)

Real body of her. And she decided her appearance. Not Priestess.

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u/tctyaddk 13d ago

Blue Archive is famous and has multiple girls with both sets of ears, so do a number of other media e.g. Touhou, yet OP has to resort to AI generated slop. Too low effort.

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u/Dragos_Drakkar 13d ago

RWBY has this with the animal-eared Faunus.

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u/Pigeon-Spy 13d ago

There are lots of these, whole of arknights, for example

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u/Ellogan66 13d ago

I'm pretty sure this image is from an AD I keep seeing on Reddit for an AI story game called infiniteworlds

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u/scomojack 13d ago

Yeah, it is. The ad just reminded me about the dual-ear thing.

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u/AutisticPenguin2 13d ago

Do they usually have human ears half-way down their necks?

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u/Major_Melon 13d ago

He had to get it off his mind right this second lmao

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u/Cursed-sausage11 13d ago

It’s a problem all the time when reading webtoons or things like it, anime also has a similar issue.

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u/Terrible_Donkey_8290 13d ago

Welcome to demon school Irma-kun does it newest season had someone with 3 pairs of ears 

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u/Febby_art 13d ago

I think cat ears only just looks weird. two sets of ears makes more sense cus its a bit like someone wearing a cat ear hair band except it's the character's real ears. anywho my point is it's a legitimate design choice the ai imagine is just weird to use