Talk:Gridmask/@comment-38504801-20190212171444/@comment-3126873-20190212174218

I don't see anywhere stating that they do, but if you can point those out I'll get right on the retcon train with it.

Gridasks, in function within the """canon""" of the site, act as the stand-ins for humans as to not overwhelm anyone attempting to jump into it. While it would certainly be much more interesting to have a species not designed as an expy of humanity as the most common species on the planet, it may make things much more difficult to understand than it needs to be, as the craft of the world is intended to be recognizable enough as an "earth-like" setting while still welcoming clashing elements of fantasy and technology. The gridmasks seemed the best way to execute this at the time, especially as the majority of them take a backseat role and a more derived cast takes the forefront.

By the way, welcome. Much of the content on this wiki is currently in a state of disrepair as the result of a multi-year plan to edit and fix things that admittedly isn't going well, particularly because we don't get many visitors and don't see anything as a priority really.