Sonja Teh Trapper.7012 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 now i remind myself why is gorrik reffering to the skyscale as she? is she a reflection of aurene in different form? i am just curious on the anymore info from gorrik ? like the beetle was named pete as gorrik told us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westenev.5289 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 I don't think there's much to say. As a biologist who seems to specialise in exotic animals, one would hope Gorrik would be able to tell the difference between boy parts and girl parts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derd.6413 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 > @"Sonja Teh Trapper.7012" said: > now i remind myself why is gorrik reffering to the skyscale as she? is she a reflection of aurene in different form? i am just curious on the anymore info from gorrik ? like the beetle was named pete as gorrik told us! because she's a girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witch of Doom.5739 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 > @"derd.6413" said: > > @"Sonja Teh Trapper.7012" said: > > now i remind myself why is gorrik reffering to the skyscale as she? is she a reflection of aurene in different form? i am just curious on the anymore info from gorrik ? like the beetle was named pete as gorrik told us! > > because she's a girl Yep, it's just that simple. Funny how in games when mounts etc. are referred to as "he" no one says anything, but when it's a "she" it's suddenly worthy of comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosleepdemon.1368 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 > @"Witch of Doom.5739" said: > > @"derd.6413" said: > > > @"Sonja Teh Trapper.7012" said: > > > now i remind myself why is gorrik reffering to the skyscale as she? is she a reflection of aurene in different form? i am just curious on the anymore info from gorrik ? like the beetle was named pete as gorrik told us! > > > > because she's a girl > > Yep, it's just that simple. Funny how in games when mounts etc. are referred to as "he" no one says anything, but when it's a "she" it's suddenly worthy of comment. Uh oh, just 4 posts in and somebody has already taken offence! I wonder, would you similarly be offended if somebody questioned why another mount was a he? Video games folks: They are Sherious Business! OP apparently castrated male horses are easiest to control, while female race horses are more difficult but perform better. Maybe the Skyscale is female to reflect its fiercely independent nature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 > @"Westenev.5289" said: > I don't think there's much to say. As a biologist who seems to specialise in exotic animals, one would hope Gorrik would be able to tell the difference between boy parts and girl parts... Especially since the whole skyscale collection started with Gorrik studying their lifecycle and reproduction. I had been wondering if everyone's skyscale is a female or if it's random, but either way it's convenient for me since I'd already decided mine would be female. (In the absense of any in-game info I'm aware of my raptor, springer, jackal and warclaw are male - and the beetle of course - and the skimmer, griffon and skyscale are female, mainly to fit the names I gave them.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witch of Doom.5739 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 > @"nosleepdemon.1368" said: > > @"Witch of Doom.5739" said: > > > @"derd.6413" said: > > > > @"Sonja Teh Trapper.7012" said: > > > > now i remind myself why is gorrik reffering to the skyscale as she? is she a reflection of aurene in different form? i am just curious on the anymore info from gorrik ? like the beetle was named pete as gorrik told us! > > > > > > because she's a girl > > > > Yep, it's just that simple. Funny how in games when mounts etc. are referred to as "he" no one says anything, but when it's a "she" it's suddenly worthy of comment. > > Uh oh, just 4 posts in and somebody has already taken offence! I wonder, would you similarly be offended if somebody questioned why another mount was a he? Video games folks: They are Sherious Business! > > OP apparently castrated male horses are easiest to control, while female race horses are more difficult but perform better. Maybe the Skyscale is female to reflect its fiercely independent nature? I wasn't offended. Just making an observation. Edited to add: Who else remembers the Samus Aran reveal in Metroid in 1986? :smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosleepdemon.1368 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 I think though that you have wilfully misinterpreted the OP, they are wondering about the lore surrounding the Skyscale, but English is perhaps not their first language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Dragons Tail.3760 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 > @"nosleepdemon.1368" said: > I think though that you have wilfully misinterpreted the OP, they are wondering about the lore surrounding the Skyscale, but English is perhaps not their first language. There really isn't any, per say, lore to go by. The Skyscale is a new species created from the mysts. I can't remember exactly where in the study of the creatures by Gorrik it says that. But I do recall in a comment he makes that they came to be. because of what Kralk did. Or at least something in that general idea. But since there are eggs and most species on Tyria are male and female to reproduce, then one can gather from him saying 'she' that there are male and females. So by him referring to it as a she we have to conclude that this hatchling just happened to be female. And by taking into account that Gorrik named the beetle Pete implying male then like Danikat says he of all Asuran's would know the difference of a male or female of a species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Spiro.9745 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 > @"Danikat.8537" said: > > @"Westenev.5289" said: > > I don't think there's much to say. As a biologist who seems to specialise in exotic animals, one would hope Gorrik would be able to tell the difference between boy parts and girl parts... > > Especially since the whole skyscale collection started with Gorrik studying their lifecycle and reproduction. > > I had been wondering if everyone's skyscale is a female or if it's random, but either way it's convenient for me since I'd already decided mine would be female. (In the absense of any in-game info I'm aware of my raptor, springer, jackal and warclaw are male - and the beetle of course - and the skimmer, griffon and skyscale are female, mainly to fit the names I gave them.) Was it intentional that all the land based mounts are male, while all the flying mounts are female? Just an interesting observation, I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Spiro.9745 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 > @"Lost Dragons Tail.3760" said: > > @"nosleepdemon.1368" said: > > I think though that you have wilfully misinterpreted the OP, they are wondering about the lore surrounding the Skyscale, but English is perhaps not their first language. > > There really isn't any, per say, lore to go by. The Skyscale is a new species created from the mysts. I can't remember exactly where in the study of the creatures by Gorrik it says that. But I do recall in a comment he makes that they came to be. because of what Kralk did. Or at least something in that general idea. > But since there are eggs and most species on Tyria are male and female to reproduce, then one can gather from him saying 'she' that there are male and females. So by him referring to it as a she we have to conclude that this hatchling just happened to be female. And by taking into account that Gorrik named the beetle Pete implying male then like Danikat says he of all Asuran's would know the difference of a male or female of a species. There is also the distinct possibility that as a magical species literally built of nothing, and spawned from nothing, that they are all female and reproduce asexually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiningSquirrel.3751 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 I prefer to think of him as male so I can name him "Bob". Or if necessary, "Bob-ara". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianna.3092 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 > @"Kal Spiro.9745" said: > > @"Lost Dragons Tail.3760" said: > > > @"nosleepdemon.1368" said: > > > I think though that you have wilfully misinterpreted the OP, they are wondering about the lore surrounding the Skyscale, but English is perhaps not their first language. > > > > There really isn't any, per say, lore to go by. The Skyscale is a new species created from the mysts. I can't remember exactly where in the study of the creatures by Gorrik it says that. But I do recall in a comment he makes that they came to be. because of what Kralk did. Or at least something in that general idea. > > But since there are eggs and most species on Tyria are male and female to reproduce, then one can gather from him saying 'she' that there are male and females. So by him referring to it as a she we have to conclude that this hatchling just happened to be female. And by taking into account that Gorrik named the beetle Pete implying male then like Danikat says he of all Asuran's would know the difference of a male or female of a species. > > There is also the distinct possibility that as a magical species literally built of nothing, and spawned from nothing, that they are all female and reproduce asexually. technically they were spawned from the mists... not "nothing" but yeah... they were created from kralk tampering with the mists which is why they were unstable and we had to go thru that entire collection to stabilize them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witch of Doom.5739 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 > @"Kal Spiro.9745" said: > Was it intentional that all the land based mounts are male, while all the flying mounts are female? Just an interesting observation, I thought. Now, that IS interesting! Remember The Dark Crystal? "Wings? I don't have wings!" "Of course not. You're a boy. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 > @"Kal Spiro.9745" said: > > @"Danikat.8537" said: > > > @"Westenev.5289" said: > > > I don't think there's much to say. As a biologist who seems to specialise in exotic animals, one would hope Gorrik would be able to tell the difference between boy parts and girl parts... > > > > Especially since the whole skyscale collection started with Gorrik studying their lifecycle and reproduction. > > > > I had been wondering if everyone's skyscale is a female or if it's random, but either way it's convenient for me since I'd already decided mine would be female. (In the absense of any in-game info I'm aware of my raptor, springer, jackal and warclaw are male - and the beetle of course - and the skimmer, griffon and skyscale are female, mainly to fit the names I gave them.) > > Was it intentional that all the land based mounts are male, while all the flying mounts are female? Just an interesting observation, I thought. Nope, I didn't think about it along those lines. I was already referring to my raptor, Bitey, as 'he' before I got the others and started actually thinking about it, then I called my springer Totoro and I'm pretty sure Totoro in the film is referred to as male. So then I decided the skimmer should be female to balance it out and since she's called Manaurai after a fictional sea it worked. My jackal could have gone either way too (and I assume sand jackals are asexual) but I eventually decided to call him Link. The griffon is called Willow after both a bird and a cat, so she's female. The beetle of course already had a name and implied gender, and I called my warclaw Charlie (after another cat) so he's male. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edelweiss.4261 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 It would be interesting if skyscale were like seahorses or earthworms. These are brand new creatures made outside of evolution, so they could have all sorts of weird methods of reproduction and sexual morphism. You can literally believe whatever you want about them until the devs say otherwise(and, even then, that's just a minor deterrent). I'm going to choose to believe that they reproduce asexually purely through manipulation of their magic because that's more interesting than two dragons boning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Dragons Tail.3760 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 > @"Kal Spiro.9745" said: > There is also the distinct possibility that as a magical species literally built of nothing, and spawned from nothing, that they are all female and reproduce asexually. I had thought of that too. But this is just my perspective on this. Being the only thing that anet distinctly said 'she' that they meant to imply something by using she. Now it could be that they got it off of Jurassic park and that all are female and like you said reproduce asexually. But to me pointing out she is an odd way of anet saying there are male and female so they can reproduce. But with anet anything is possible. Knowing of them, the only reason they used she is because the first dev to comment on the skyscale said she and they went with it. LOL Edit: oh and forgot the main reason for the comment was more in the line that there is no lore to go back to for the skyscale since they never existed on Tyria till they came out of the mysts. So any of the above mention reasons could be the correct one, well until anet comes out and says. And whichever theory is correct on why it is a she it still remains that Gorrik called it she because he more then like has an idea on how to check this on unusual species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BattleRattle.5420 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 > @"Kal Spiro.9745" said: > Was it intentional that all the land based mounts are male, while all the flying mounts are female? Just an interesting observation, I thought. The raptor we get is a female too however. At the very last instance of PoF you can talk to all the mount masters, and the guy that gives you the raptor refers to it as 'her'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daishi.6027 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 You can head canon whatever you want, I doubt it will be brought up again outside this collection, and maybe for trinket (I haven’t done it) Once we have skins I’m sure there will be more variants you could consider more masculine and feminine to suit your fashion wars 2. But hell, the amount of skysclses some have trying to hold you up gliding, cuddle with as a chair, or roll around in vegetables, even if you are unable to separate the collection one as female being 100% canon; you can just say it’s one of the others after growing up. The way I understood the quest is that you saved the species. I don’t think there is a particular aurene connection? Unless we get a skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianna.3092 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 the skyscale is connected to kralk not aurene... they were born from kralkatorics magic tampering with the mists... it had nothing to do with aurene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianna.3092 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 the skyscale is connected to kralk not aurene... they were born from kralkatorics magic tampering with the mists... it had nothing to do with aurene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konig Des Todes.2086 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 > @"Danikat.8537" said: > > @"Westenev.5289" said: > > I don't think there's much to say. As a biologist who seems to specialise in exotic animals, one would hope Gorrik would be able to tell the difference between boy parts and girl parts... > > Especially since the whole skyscale collection started with Gorrik studying their lifecycle and reproduction. > > I had been wondering if everyone's skyscale is a female or if it's random, but either way it's convenient for me since I'd already decided mine would be female. (In the absense of any in-game info I'm aware of my raptor, springer, jackal and warclaw are male - and the beetle of course - and the skimmer, griffon and skyscale are female, mainly to fit the names I gave them.) The sand jackals would be genderless as they're magical constructs. Possibly warclaw too, that one's a bit weird in what it is. EDIT: The raptor is also called a she in the story: Tasa: Outlander! You're back! PC: Thanks for the raptor. Aksim: You bet. It's the least we could do. I know you'll take care of her. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Small_Victory_%28Epilogue%29 AFAIK, the other mounts aren't given a pronoun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alatar.7364 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 > @"ShiningSquirrel.3751" said: > I prefer to think of him as male so I can name him "Bob". Or if necessary, "Bob-ara". I am gonna sit back and enjoy the show of you getting eaten alive when some of the hyper-sensitive-correctional folk steps in here and sees this comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayakaru.6583 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 > @"nosleepdemon.1368" said: > > @"Witch of Doom.5739" said: > > > @"derd.6413" said: > > > > @"Sonja Teh Trapper.7012" said: > > > > now i remind myself why is gorrik reffering to the skyscale as she? is she a reflection of aurene in different form? i am just curious on the anymore info from gorrik ? like the beetle was named pete as gorrik told us! > > > > > > because she's a girl > > > > Yep, it's just that simple. Funny how in games when mounts etc. are referred to as "he" no one says anything, but when it's a "she" it's suddenly worthy of comment. > > Uh oh, just 4 posts in and somebody has already taken offence! I wonder, would you similarly be offended if somebody questioned why another mount was a he? Video games folks: They are Sherious Business! > > OP apparently castrated male horses are easiest to control, while female race horses are more difficult but perform better. Maybe the Skyscale is female to reflect its fiercely independent nature? No one is offended. It's just an observation. The only reason the skyscale we raise is female, is because Gorrik told us. I don't even know why it's worth a topic in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dami.5046 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Does it matter? Yours can be a male if you wish. Mine is a girl called sooty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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