A succubun’s ears should look the same in doll form as they do in bun form, though they may be depicted with more detail. Please review the Bun Ears page for more ear-related rules.
Placement
A doll’s ears are positioned in the same place as human ears. This means that they don’t start on top of the head, or as high up as they do on bun form.
Size and Length
In doll form, a succubun’s ears hang a little bit past the shoulders. The exact length may look different depending on different artists' styles and proportions, but doll ears must reach past the shoulders, and cannot reach as far down as the elbows. They cannot be wider than the head.
Depending on the stylization, shoulder-length ears may look too short, elbow-length ears may look too long, or ears the width of the head may look too wide. Please try to keep the sizes proportional to your style.
Canonically, succubun ears are all the same length (save for with the Long Ears trait); when drawing two dolls together in the same style, their ears should be the same, rather than having one with shoulder-length ears and one with elbow-length ears.
Long Ears
With the Long Ears trait, a doll's ears can hang down to the hips. Please note that these ears cannot get any wider, only longer.
Perky Ears
With the Perky Ears trait, succubuns can have ears that stand upright instead of the typical lop ears. These ears maintain the same placement as human ears, and should be the same length and width as standard succubun ears. This trait can be applied to just one ear, but Perky Ears cannot bend or flop in the middle.
Ear Styles
Succubun ears can be tied up in a variety of ways as a form of self expression. Ear styles can be easily changed, and do not have to be the same between bun and doll form.
You can review the Ear Styles section of the Bun Ears page for a comprehensive explanation of how ears can be styled.
Keep in mind that even though succubun ears are soft, floppy, and flexible, they're still sensitive organs made of cartiledge; tying them up isn't the same as tying up hair or a piece of fabric. If they're tied too tightly, it can cause pain or interfere with hearing.
When designing a succubun with tied up ears, the ties holding them in place need to be clearly visible, and the ears need to obey gravity. The way an ear is tied and what it is tied to must be visibly clear and make logical sense—i.e., you cannot tie an ear to sloth horns, and a single ear cannot stand up on its own without being tied to anything.
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