




Can’t stand it when people half-assedly anthropomorphize animals that have no need to be anthropomorphized at all
(This is coming from an autistic person who LOVES molluscs so uhhhh yeah)
These animals are absolutely adorable and wonderful to look at on their own without any enhancements. Their appearances are dissimilar enough to humans that they work on their own without it being uncanny to see them move around and talk as cartoon characters. But when you stick cartoony, forward-facing human eyes and mouths on them, it knocks them right into the uncanny valley, stripping the cuteness away without adding any to them. It’s like how a roomba is endearing and seems to have a personality, but putting ChatGPT on it to make it talk would just make you want to kick it. If you’re going to make them more human-like, you might as well go full furry and just make a mostly humanoid character *BASED* off one! Jeez!