Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26516813-20190711012913/@comment-995426-20190921184229

I don't mind a reptile having mammalian anatomy if they are genuinely part mammal. So for example, Mirage Leatherhead, who was specifically identified as being part human, could have have plausibly had mammalian features. The same goes for the Rise Turtles who also have human DNA as part of their mutation.

That said, that is not usually the reason why non-mammal mammaries are A Thing&trade;. I remember reading about some of the worldbuilding for the film Avatar, and there was one and only one paramount reason for why Na'vi females implausibly had them: "She's gotta have tits." A significant portion of the audience wants the females they see in the entertainment to watch to be someone they'd want to bed, or they wouldn't want to see them.

For whatever reason the writers chose, Jennika lost her mammaries as part of her mutation. And it would have been fine with me either way, as long as keeping them was handled in good taste and not just to please an audience. Losing them doesn't make her any less of a woman, and her character development never relied on them anyway.

I would sympathize with her if she misses having them as part of the overall psychological adjustment in reconciling her altered physical form with her personal self image&mdash;sometimes it's about feeling comfortable in your own skin or with what you see the mirror. I wouldn't be surprised if it takes her longer to get used to it all.