This will go into some darker subject material, so if you dont like that kind of stuff, I’ll give a quick summary upfront. As well as a read more for people who are interested in reading a hypothetical scenario I cooked up! Basically the HC I thought up, Is that SkekLach lost a part of her tail. Why do I think this? I’ll elaborate some!
The main inspiration for this HC is that Her counterpart, UrSen the Monk seems to have a stubby tail. Very rare for mystics. I personally enjoy drawing Lach with a short tail, and that may be all it is… But what if there was more than that? It’s interesting to think that she may have lost a part of it during some season of her life. And if this is the case, I have an idea for what might have done it. Do you remember when the Skeksis were discussing forms of punishment to put the Scientist under? The Gourmand suggested a Bizzare sounding punishment called “Dangle the Tail”
This punishment is what I believe did the job.
Now the torture itself isn’t meant to remove a skeksis’s tail. Heavens no! It is only meant to humilate and cause pain to the guilty Skeksis for a while. They are then removed from their restraints while the other Skeksis mock and jeer. Unfortunately, for the Collector, this didn’t end as nicely as it could have for her. I’ll leave the read more here for sensitive content and slight gore, descriptions of torture, and storytelling/speculation.
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That, and making things unintentionally cute are my two talents!