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SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: HookshotHotshot wrote: @Someone

His horns, assuming they are his Faunus Features would be his ONLY features, so I have no idea why the 'for starters' applies here in the first place.

I think they make sense from a Biological standpoint. ..... -In case one wants to use a "Faunus act like their animal at times" argument. He hasn't acted particularly bull-like either. Blake has at least done so once or twice, not counting Chibi. But, given how the Faunus trait is the starting point, I say "for starters".

-Regardless, they are nothing like a bull's horns. Which was my point. Why assume he's a bull faunus when his one faunus trait is nothing like a bull? Whatever biological explanation for it is completely irrelevant. And if it was relevant, it would bring the question to other Faunus traits: What's the biological explanation for some Faunus having 4 ears?

Besides, given how evolution works, unless it was a harmful random mutation, if a Faunus had heavy horns, their body would be designed to be capable of supporting them naturally. In the same way that Sun can support his entire body with just his tail (and I assume he's heavier than a normal monkey).

Also, size=/=weight. They could be big but relatively light, like an empty cardboard box (and don't tell me those things are heavy, I've lifted these things easily and I'm much weaker than the average joe). Of course, that would also make them rather useless to headbutt people with. You make some good points. I'll answer them to the best of my ability, but I'm not RT, so don't expect perfect answers.

1) Bulls are aggressive animals, and Adam found it necessary to convert the White Fang that was originally the head of peaceful protest into an all-out terrorist group intent on eradicating all of humanity. Aggressive? Yeah, I'd say so. Adam also wanted to 'destroy everything that [Blake] loved' for betraying him. He's asserting his dominance over her, just like any aggressive male animal.

2) Four ears can be explained as well. In fact, Phantom made a post defending them, but I can't seem to find it. Basically, if I remember correctly, either add another route to the Auditory Receptors on the 'human' set of ears or add another set of Auditory receptors. And what would you like for a visible bull Faunus trait? A bull's nose, complete with nose ring? Anything else couldn't be seen, and I get the feeling that you would deny that Adam is a Bull Faunus unless his trait can be clearly and completely seen at all times.

3) True, evolution may have provided Adam with a means of supporting those horns (ie Neck Muscles), but look at his neck and shoulders. Adam isn't a broad guy, he isn't the White Fang Lieutenant with a neck the size of your average manhole cover. His build looks pretty normal, so instead of changing his neck (which obviously didn't happen), evolution changed his horns, tilting them upwards.

4) I know size doesn't mean weight, but horns are keratin with a solid bone core. They aren't hollow or paper-mache, they're solidly built. That may not mean they're insanely heavy; they wouldn't need to be. He has to support those things all day, constantly fighting gravity. It's not easy, so evolution, as I mentioned before, turned the horns upward.