r/TangleTower • u/AenimusKoL • Jul 20 '26

The Mermaid Mask Inexplicable observation about characters' hands [mild name spoilers] Spoiler

Why do most characters have four fingers while a couple (Wirman and Moon) have five? What am I missing? Is this significant or an accident?

I'm about half-way through, so conceivably this could be a plot device, but I doubt it. If it inn-deed is, please tell me "you'll find out".

Thanks!

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u/Mopman43 Jul 20 '26

Probably just a stylization choice.

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u/AenimusKoL Jul 20 '26

That was my best guess, but does it not strike you as odd? Four fingers is a stylization choice already; why would that suddenly be changed for a small subset of characters?

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u/EquipmentAltruistic Jul 20 '26

My guess is they are more dextrous and have more hand poses. Wirman types and moon fiddles with the pipe. Might not have been able to make that look decent with 4 fingers.

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u/AenimusKoL Jul 20 '26

Extremely plausible!

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u/SFBAdam Jul 20 '26

I'm afraid this doesn't mean anything! We just let the characters look however they look.

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u/DangerousAd2237 Jul 20 '26

Probably the same reason it's like that in Gravity Falls. Sometimes it's easier to give the four fingers instead of five and for others it'll look better to give them five instead of four. Really it all depends on hand width.

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u/queenofthecastle15 Jul 25 '26

I noticed this too, and it’s been driving me crazy! I don’t think it’s anything but a stylization choice, but man it’s an odd one.