Thread:Somnium Fluxus/@comment-4280197-20140304074733/@comment-8621178-20140304215901

That's how hybrids are supposed to work. In fact, if hybrids worked as you desire, then there should be no difference between an Arrancar and a Visored, no?

That alone does not accurately explain the problem, however. What you have with this compound concept is like oil and water in how the sum of its parts are mixed together. To provide clarity, let me tell you that I happen to be designing a Quincy-Nefas hybrid character—a character who was born a Quincy, but later obtains Nefas powers. Once Nefas powers are combined with a separate type of spiritual power, they are completely assimilated into it, which means that, generally, a Nefas hybrid (more specifically, anyone not born a Nefas) cannot use Nefas-related techniques in their pure, traditional form, instead relying on the power of their birth race to invoke the power of a Nefas. Going back to using my character as an example, becoming a Nefas actually made her temporarily weaker, not stronger; this is because her Quincy powers (the powers she had before the transformation) were modified as a result and she had to adjust to that change. She did not simply gain an entirely separate set of Nefas-related powers (because, after all, that wouldn't be mixing the two concepts together). If she were a Nefas before becoming a Quincy, the result would have been the opposite, which agrees with the Visored-Arrancar difference.

If the race in question describes a biological offspring of an Arrancar and a Shingami, then the logic still holds—they should not simply possess every power of both races, existing as completely separate sets of abilities. If anything, Shinikamen should then be a race identical to Visoreds in terms of abilities, since they are only a quarter Hollow.

With that said, it's very important that you explain their origin, rather than just leaving it a mystery. I acknowledge that you may have already done this, but have simply chosen not to reveal it yet; however, in this particular case, I'd say that's ill-advisable, since a detailed origin can make the race more believable.