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Sep. 1st, 2011 06:36 amI think the evidence is pretty good that dragons, at least divine dragons, can switch gender at will (Narga in FE4 appearing as a "beautiful maiden," Xane in general) and they might not even have a "set" gender (Narga reincarnating as Nagi).
Which brings me to this: are divine dragons capable of parthenogenesis? After all, we hear of Tiki’s father, the aforementioned genderbending Narga, but we don’t learn of a mother. Add to that the way that Gotoh in FE3 implies that saving Tiki equates to “saving our tribe.” Now, I realize applying standard genetics to FE biology results in massive fail, but—genetic bottlenecks aside—Tiki doesn’t really have options. Her fellow tribe members consist of 1) Gotoh and 2) Xane, neither of whom can transform because they chucked their dragonstones. Those two are stuck in humanoid form, so if transformation is at all necessary to dragon reproduction, they’re really SOL. And Xane goes running off somewhere in any event.
So… assuming that other divine dragons don’t somehow resurrect a la Nagi, what’s a last-of-her-tribe princess to do? Well, maybe she doesn’t need any help. It’s as plausible as anything else we’ve got.
Which brings me to this: are divine dragons capable of parthenogenesis? After all, we hear of Tiki’s father, the aforementioned genderbending Narga, but we don’t learn of a mother. Add to that the way that Gotoh in FE3 implies that saving Tiki equates to “saving our tribe.” Now, I realize applying standard genetics to FE biology results in massive fail, but—genetic bottlenecks aside—Tiki doesn’t really have options. Her fellow tribe members consist of 1) Gotoh and 2) Xane, neither of whom can transform because they chucked their dragonstones. Those two are stuck in humanoid form, so if transformation is at all necessary to dragon reproduction, they’re really SOL. And Xane goes running off somewhere in any event.
So… assuming that other divine dragons don’t somehow resurrect a la Nagi, what’s a last-of-her-tribe princess to do? Well, maybe she doesn’t need any help. It’s as plausible as anything else we’ve got.
