Something I notice about a lot of “plausible” alien designs that try to get away from Star Trek rubber foreheads is basically none of them ever have fur or much hair to speak of. Something about furry critters that’s too inherently familiar when you’re trying to make something truly alien, I guess?
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Ex, I look at an elite and go, "that's an alien" while a brute makes me go "that's a weird gorilla". Shave the brute or fur the elite and I'd probably have different responses.