Quote Originally Posted by Alleo View Post
So why should the current Ixals, who never really knew the old Garuda, summon her as that and not as an overgrown Ixal woman? Yet Titan and other male primals (Ramuh is the only one looking more human) are way more beastly.
Because that's what the legend for them is. The story passed down through the generations have this image of them and it's not going to change. Changing that imagine would basically be heresy and would likely get the summoner killed, but since they have to have enough faith in that image in the first place, I don't see it happening. The basis of Garuda was human, all imagery and stories of her will be human like. She as become more ixali over the years, but her image is still very much human. The story of her existence hasn't changed much since then. Ramuh's image literally hasn't changed. He's in the image of Rhaelgar. And sadly, we don't know what Titan is based off of.