Well it's not that I didn't enjoy Heidi Arnhold's artwork in the manga I mean I
thought it was good but yeah I noticed that too they very often lacked that
Gelfling shaped face they very often just looked like humans with pointed ears
(and wings in the case of the women). However you could see it in some scenes
like the first chapter when Lahr gets knocked on his ass by a garthim and he's
looking down you can see the Gelfling muzzle but you're right for the most part.
Which sucks because I happen to think that the animal like face(cat?.. mouse?..
some kind of animal anyways.) that the Gelfling have is one of the things that
makes them so cool. I dunno maybe why, perhaps it's because humans tend to have
an affinity for animals in the first place so perhaps that is why Gelfling faces
are so much more visually stimulating as opposed to other pointy eared races
like elves that appear in other fantasy stories who just have normal faces.
Also too unlike elves Gelfing ears aren't just pointy but they move, you know
like animal ears move.. Like the scene where Jen is in the swamp looking at the
shard and he hears a noise and as he raises his head his ears also perk up.. I
know it's tiny detail but it's cool as all hell to watch.


--- In CrystalCorner@yahoogroups.com, "anarchic_q" <AnarchicQ@...> wrote:
>
> Yeah, I figured that if you take Dreamfasting into account,
> Gelfling (or maybe even any sentient creature on Thra)
> were especially Force sensitive. But then again, I can't
> really imagine a lightsaber wielding UrRu. UrSkek, yes. UrRu, no.
>
> Thanks for the compliments on the 'muzzle'. That was something
> that truly bothered me in the Dark Crystal Manga, they looked
> like people, basically. It gave me a sort of disconnect.
> "These aren't gelfling! C'mon guys, you can do better!"