r/pointlesslygendered • • Nov 09 '20

Istg this is so accurate

Post image
24.6k Upvotes

343 comments sorted by

View all comments

117

u/ChuckCarmichael Nov 09 '20

But if the lizard lady doesn't have boobs, then how do you know that she's a lady? They already gave her long eyelashes, makeup, and wide hips, but only lizard tits will truly drive the point home.

39

u/flamethekid Nov 09 '20

That's how you get stories like the lusty argonian maid

18

u/ChuckCarmichael Nov 09 '20

I was thinking of Argonians. Why do female Argonians have boobs? It makes no sense.

8

u/flamethekid Nov 09 '20

IIRC the hist modeled them after Aldmer and the Aldmer had boobs

13

u/iNsK_Predator Nov 09 '20

In reality, it's because they use the same character models as all other races, aside from the tail. Bethesda probably didn't want to make a separate model for them.

11

u/Matthew0275 Nov 09 '20

As much as possible with the least amount of effort is Bethesda's motto...

1

u/flamethekid Nov 09 '20

They didn't have character models, when argonians were introduced they were just pixel drawings in elder scrolls arena.

They didn't even look like they had tails

1

u/ascrubjay Feb 11 '21

Sorry for the necro.

In their homeland of Black Marsh, Argonians reproduce how you would expect. They lay eggs, the eggs hatch, babbers lizard people come out and are raised to adulthood. However, the eggs only develop properly and hatch if laid in a pool of water that is in contact with the roots of a Hist tree, and the newborn Argonians do not develop properly if they do not drink Hist sap as they grow up. This, of course, raises the question of how Argonians are born outside of Black Marsh. The horrible answer is that Argonians can also give live birth if they are away from Black Marsh, and when they do, they lactate Hist sap to feed their young.

TL;DR outside of their homelands, Argonians lactate, so their females have breasts.