I always thought monster girl flight pretty much had to be magic assisted anyway
The design on the physiology of harpies is something i've always avoided since it makes little sense; being petite in build because they need to be light in order to fly, yet being able to carry men to their nests... Yeah.
I've only seen a handfull of satisfying harpy designs, and some of them being based off land birds rather than flying ones.
Raet wrote:For the harpy I am not sure, maybe there is magic, but magic shouldn't be governing a basic action though. A harpy is a bird woman, she should be able to fly without magic.
This, however, i'll have to agree. This is a core aspect of the monstergirl, just like Mermaids and Sahuagin can breathe underwater whithout the aid of magic. Making it so the flight of a monstergirl is partially reliant on magic while she is supposed, at least, to be a creature adapted for flying is beyond a very poor choice for world design.
Kaijin wrote:
And various girls that lacked thumbs in the online profiles now have them, ones like anubis and sphinx.
If it's the second...Why? Why would they even need that? They don't have human hands to begin with... Their paws gain no benefit from that
Because they were drawn with three fingers, whilist they should have four, and it's not a fully functional thumb, but a stiff one.
Technically speaking as well, Felidae also have an odd finger that could work as a pseaudo-thumb.
Kaijin wrote:(the only one who could potentially gain something out from such a Promestinian "evolution" is a certain Lescatian character that is 33% elf, 33% lycanthrope (because of...yeah) and 33% Soul Edge)
Werewolves don't have paws in this setting. They have clawed, fur-covered hands.
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Raet wrote:With regards to the harpy my feelings are similar, I do love how she has been drawn. My only issue is I don't see those wings carrying her as they are not big enough
I just noticed the fact that her wings are folded inwards in a similar manner than the Wyvern's are, which, when extended, could most likely give twice the wingspan. Yet the fluffy feathers, indeed, will not take her anywhere regardless, with air going right through them.