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We've brought on a new Animator, and this month they'll begin work on the monster species we promised as part of the overall goals of the project, the Intersex Crab Monster. We're not sure which dungeon they'll be going into. As for those worried about what lays between her legs, never fear, this is the SFW view, the carapace will slide back to reveal what lays beneath when she wants to get intimate! We just wanted to make sure that even with her SFW view, it was perfectly obvious what she was and there'd be no complaints one way or the other.

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Aromatic Hyena

This picture makes me literally want to crack open her legs and eat them

PervMASTER

I like her.

한우 김

it's reminds me a crab people

Joel E.

shes cute an all but I think interbreeding with the others might be bad. I don't want them to get...CRABS (I think I just died inside)

Bass

Hey man, important thing is to try on the jokes whether they are good or bad.

Vilis

As a Cancer, I approve.

noeinan

Heads up, "hermaphrodite" is a really offensive slur for intersex people.

Artakons

By new animator, do you mean Diesel is leaving, or you are going to have 2 animators for now?

CloudMeadow

Two Animators. We've adjusted various funding goals based on project needs. Sethpup will be formally announced with this month's release, but you can see them stream right now.

Artakons

Yay, I'm so happy! Hopefully adjusting the funds won't impact all the other members though! It's awesome news, all the best :D

QuarterGamer

Wat? How the in the christ is this word now an offensive word also? I don't even get this shit anymore.

noeinan

It has always been an offensive word. Luckily, you don't need to "get" it because Team Nimbus is making the game and they are compassionate and respectful.

noeinan

And they're not alone. <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7xx73q/this-leading-trans-porn-company-is-wiping-slurs-from-its-site" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7xx73q/this-leading-trans-porn-company-is-wiping-slurs-from-its-site</a>

Jonjy

Hermaphrodite is a scientifically correct term for beings with both pairs of genitalia. Vice is not a credible source for rewriting English, they are very much propaganda paid by interests who have clear bias. Don't worry most of us trans don't actually get offended by correct usages of language. Only "trans activists" give a shit ;)

noeinan

Jonjy, I am trans. Just because something is a "scientific" word doesn't mean it's not a slur and hasn't been used in really, really shitty ways. Also, dyadic trans people aren't the authority on what is or isn't a slur against intersex folks. If you look at pretty much any intersex site, this slur is one of the first things they address in the FAQ. It is obvious that you don't care, but I wish you "didn't care" enough to not pick a fight about it, especially after the devs already commented. When S-Purple originally posted this image on his tumblr, he didn't use that slur, neither did the hwym blog, so I'm reasonably certain it wasn't intended.

zosa

thankyou for fixing it, but yeah noelnan is correct, herm is for both sexes being fully functional and developed while intersex people can have all sorts of degrees, it's like saying all non-straight people are 'lesbians' it's not really fitting and it's generalization has negative connotations in some situations and is untrue in others that all being said this is a hella cool looking npc!

BoogerBrigade

Chitin penis. Sounds awfully risky.

Jonjy

I am trans too and not offended, where does that leave us? You're allowed to your opinion but you don't speak for every trans person. Also don't assume I don't care about my own daily struggles lol getting offended over any and every word hurts the already fractured perception of trans and helps neither of us lead healthy and balanced lives. No one's picking a fight you're the one who started with your opinion. If you don't want be upset when people who disagree with you comment on what you say then don't post pls

noeinan

Hm, seems just posting a "heads up, this is a slur" is enough to get you offended, so I'm not sure you have room to talk. Good to know that bigotry against trans people comes not from, well, bigotry, but from "bad trans people" like me who dare to say things you disagree with. (Also, just honestly confused at why you keep conflating being trans with being intersex. They are completely different things.)

Jonjy

No, they are not "completely different things." "Intersex" is a vague blanket term that can cover literally anything from transgendered to ACTUAL hermaphrodites so there's no conflation, "intersex" as defined includes transgender as part of its definition. So back to the point, having fully developed breasts while also (what appears to be a hidden penis/vagina setup) would make these crab creatures hermaphrodites, and that should realistically offend no one. It's not a slur to be accurate about the biological sex of a fictional pixelated game crab. Also I never once said you were a bigot, I said you were wrong. I even said you were totally entitled to think that. I should note the whole reason I even cared to reply in the first place was becaude you linked Vice as if it were anything close to a credible, unbiased source lmfao it had nothing to do with the devs opinions, I'm allowed my own just as you are

noeinan

Intersex *does not* include trans people under its umbrella. It is a series of medical conditions affecting ones primary and secondary sex characteristics, such as chromosomes, hormones, genitals, gonads, and fat distribution. Intersex babies are often operated on in an attempt to make them "look normal". Most trans people are not intersex, but dyadic, meaning they are born with typical/common sex characteristics of one of the binary sexes. They are different things, both in definition and in common usage. Additionally, you have the definition of that slur incorrect. There is no such thing as a human "hermaphrodite". In biology, it means species with different reproductive systems, including fully functioning male and female primary sex characteristics. (Meaning a penis, vagina/vulva, testicles, and ovaries.) Second sex characteristics, like breasts, do not factor in. No humans are ever born with the "true scientific definition" of that word, because humans as a species do not have that type of reproduction. Most humans are dyadic, meaning not intersex. This includes most, but not all trans people, and has nothing to do with whether a person pursues physical transition or not. The term "hermaphrodite" has been used to dehumanize intersex people (due to the severe misconception that intersex people have "both"), cause non-consensual surgery to be done on them, and a slew of other abuse. It's generally not cool for non-intersex people to use that word because of its very ugly and bloody history. I posted Vice, because it was the only site that interviewed that porn company. Most large media outlets do not treat folks in the sex industry with enough respect to actually talk to them. A large trans-oriented porn company removing anti-trans slurs like "shemale" from their site is not only a monumental event, but also on topic to the discussion. You are more than welcome to find a different interview with that company on this topic, and if you post it I will read it.

noeinan

I'm not just saying they are different things out of the blue, this is the widely accepted consensus. Being trans and being intersex are different, just as being trans and being gay are different. Some people think they are the same, those people are misinformed. There are a variety of articles you can find on the topic, and I've included several here from different sources. (The language surrounding trans folk is not great in most of these, but I guess that's to be expected.) This article is from the Intersex Society of North America. You can look up other intersex sites and find similar definitions. <a href="http://www.isna.org/faq/transgender" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.isna.org/faq/transgender</a> Here's a post on Psychology Today covering this: <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/you-it/201604/why-intersex-and-transgender-are-very-different" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/you-it/201604/why-intersex-and-transgender-are-very-different</a> The Huffington Post: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.za/2017/02/08/intersex-vs-transgender-heres-what-you-need-to-know_a_21709480/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.co.za/2017/02/08/intersex-vs-transgender-heres-what-you-need-to-know_a_21709480/</a> The Guardian: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2014/feb/07/mind-your-language-transgender" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2014/feb/07/mind-your-language-transgender</a> There are a lot of sources on this, they are two different, although sometimes overlapping, things.

Anonymous

wow ! she just look so "wow" thx u i love this # 2 animator ! yea !!!

Boziik

I always enjoy your art. She's very nice btw.

zosa

dude, i am pretty sure jonjy is a troll who is fishing for attention. i cannot imagine anyone who is actually trans being so unaware of their own body as to not be able to tell the differences between trans and intersex persons even if they are so uneducated as to think herm and intersex might be the same thing. you'd save time to just let them go and goad someone else into talking to them

noeinan

I unfortunately have no trouble believing they are trans, but most likely a trans person who doesn't have access to other trans people or educational resources. A lot of newly out trans people, or trans folks from rural or conservative areas, have the same misconceptions as everyone else, because the only information they get is from cis people. (Ex. Using the word "transgendered", when trans is an adjective and not a verb, thinking trans people are intersex, etc.) And trans people aren't a monolith, so sometimes you just get trans people like Caitlyn Jenner, same thing as gay people like Milo Yiannopoulos, and women like Sarah Palin. Trans people can get sucked into harmful subcultures, same as anyone else. Though I guess it depends on your values and perspective, since they certainly pinpointed me as being a part of a harmful sub-culture of "oversensitive" trans people, lol. (Despite that, it really could be just a "heads up" and "oh, we didn't know" and was until folks had to spread the good word on why it's bad to give people heads up on this kind of thing.)

Gystes

I don't think it's actually a chitin. I believe this is the SFW version.

Gystes

So I'm mildly confused about this monster. Is the intersex crab monster an additional breed-able monster? As in there will now be 21 (potentially) farm-able monster added to the game?

zosa

so what, like parents who don't know sex leads to babies? because i did not know being trans was a thing that existed until highshool(which was years after i had to deal with being trans) and even i could suss out right away that there is a difference between feeling you have the wrong bits and actually having an extra set(even the most conservative of dictionaries can clear up the confusion as can a quick google search. not knowing is not excusable when access to educational resources are available and as someone with a capacity for reading and access to the internet this person has all the tools they need to look up these terms). i could believe that thought if this person was shuttered away from the outside world and forcibly disallowed to learn things that they could be this wholly ignorant of their own body and the bodies of others but with the clear availability of information it would be the same as if you told me a person was dying of thirst next to a public water-fountain. i simply cannot believe it's not intentional

noeinan

(Being intersex isn't having an "extra set" just fyi.) I won't say they aren't trans because I grew up in a rural area, where you didn't have access to information about being trans, and it took me time to learn a lot of things. Yes, Google exists, but it's not a magic tool for bringing truth. You can find a lot of bullshit on the internet, especially if you don't know the right words to look up. You can find a lot of bigots writing about trans people, and even trans folks posting with bad information. Or you may find an answer, only for people you trust in your life to tell you it's bullshit and everyone agrees with them. Figuring out what is good information and what isn't is more difficult than just typing out a Google search. Am I annoyed that a comment that could have been a quick "heads up" and then "we fixed it" turned into this huge long mess? Of course. But I've also known a pretty wide variety of trans folks, some of which didn't know some pretty basic things, and some of which believed some pretty fucked up things. But I don't want to deny who they are just because there's something they don't know or because I disagree with them.

Oni Garth

Do you want crabs? Because that is how you get crabs...