Poll: Interspecies Relationships: Wrong?
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Throughout history, many groups of people have been discouraged or outright forbidden to be romantically involved with one another.
Over time those barriers have come down and here in the Western world we have a society where for the most part, people are allowed to engage in whatever romantic relationship they want.
I don't know if aliens exist, or if they will ever come to Earth. But if they do, and we have any real interation of our cultures, we'll have to acknowledge the fact that something like cross-species relations will happen.
When it does, we have a choice to make. Do we tell these people that it's not going to happen, thus continuing the long line of narrow-mindedness that has dominated much of human history? Or do we learn from the mistakes of past generations and say right from the start that we have no problem with it?
I don't know about the rest of you but as for me, you can put me right in the latter camp.
Over time those barriers have come down and here in the Western world we have a society where for the most part, people are allowed to engage in whatever romantic relationship they want.
I don't know if aliens exist, or if they will ever come to Earth. But if they do, and we have any real interation of our cultures, we'll have to acknowledge the fact that something like cross-species relations will happen.
When it does, we have a choice to make. Do we tell these people that it's not going to happen, thus continuing the long line of narrow-mindedness that has dominated much of human history? Or do we learn from the mistakes of past generations and say right from the start that we have no problem with it?
I don't know about the rest of you but as for me, you can put me right in the latter camp.
I seem to recall a theory (which is probably bullcrap) that syphilis started due to bestiality.
So this, i imagine if we started integrating an alien species into the umm... pool?.. we'd be getting a fun new host of diseases.
So this, i imagine if we started integrating an alien species into the umm... pool?.. we'd be getting a fun new host of diseases.
As long as both parties are firmly aware of what they are doing I see no problem with it. And we shouldn't be there with video-camera's to capture it all...
I quit playing WoW a long time ago, but I will use it to make my point..
I get the chance to date a dreanei hottie? HELL YEAH, I would hit that like the FIST OF GOD! ... I see no problem there as long it doesnt come with physical problems that might arise over the natural course of a relationship.
I get the chance to date a dreanei hottie? HELL YEAH, I would hit that like the FIST OF GOD! ... I see no problem there as long it doesnt come with physical problems that might arise over the natural course of a relationship.
There's parts of me that says it's disgusting, parts of me saying if both parties agree etc, and theres another part of yelling YOU ROMANCED TALI IN EVERY MALE ME ACCOUNT YOU HAVE! HOW CAN YOU NOT AGREE?
At first I thought this question was actually about bestiality, and was looking forward to a hilarious flame-war. Personally I think you should be able to have sex with anything, as long as no harm is done to anyone ? physical or emotional. That is, you can wank off with your neighbors curtains if you want, as long as your neighbor consents (to avoid emotional damage to the neighbor), have sex with any being with human-level intelligence as long as he/she/it consents (again, to avoid emotional damage) or a cow as long as you don?t harm it physically.
Some might say it isn?t fair to the cow, since it can?t consent, but really, we slaughter, eat and occasionally wear cows. I can?t see how sex could be worse than that. I mean, being some human?s bovine mistress, loved and cared for doesn?t seem half bad in comparison.
That said, I hated ME2?s relationships because the asari was, from the beginning, established as some sort of sex-creatures, who had evolved in a way that let them mate with any other species. They even explained how the whole thing happened telepathically, so physicality wasn?t even an issue. Farfetched perhaps, but not more so than interstellar travel.
In ME2, however, you can hook up with anybody, and seemingly have hot, steaming monkey-sex, and they never address how! I mean, the relationships are fine, but I would have loved it if, rather than simply imply a sex scene, Bioware would have implied said sex-scene and then immediately have cut to a scene of how female Shepard and Garrus sit on the edge of her bed, and the turian explains how he thought humans procreated using spores as well? or something.
It might even have made for a great moral choice. Do you stay with the alien who loves you, but will never be able to actually have sex with you? Do you suggest an open relationship? Do you suggest adding an asari to the mix, so that both of you can get satisfaction that way? How would Garrus feel about that? How would Tali?
Anyway, that got way too long. TL;DR: Fuck whatever you want and ME2 dropped the ball.
Some might say it isn?t fair to the cow, since it can?t consent, but really, we slaughter, eat and occasionally wear cows. I can?t see how sex could be worse than that. I mean, being some human?s bovine mistress, loved and cared for doesn?t seem half bad in comparison.
That said, I hated ME2?s relationships because the asari was, from the beginning, established as some sort of sex-creatures, who had evolved in a way that let them mate with any other species. They even explained how the whole thing happened telepathically, so physicality wasn?t even an issue. Farfetched perhaps, but not more so than interstellar travel.
In ME2, however, you can hook up with anybody, and seemingly have hot, steaming monkey-sex, and they never address how! I mean, the relationships are fine, but I would have loved it if, rather than simply imply a sex scene, Bioware would have implied said sex-scene and then immediately have cut to a scene of how female Shepard and Garrus sit on the edge of her bed, and the turian explains how he thought humans procreated using spores as well? or something.
It might even have made for a great moral choice. Do you stay with the alien who loves you, but will never be able to actually have sex with you? Do you suggest an open relationship? Do you suggest adding an asari to the mix, so that both of you can get satisfaction that way? How would Garrus feel about that? How would Tali?
Anyway, that got way too long. TL;DR: Fuck whatever you want and ME2 dropped the ball.
I think Mordin Solus had the last word on this with Fem Shep and Garrus.
I love Garrus, he's a brilliant character. I don't really get the whole attraction to him, thing, which personally churns my fucking stomach...
but that's really because of the physiology thing. Chafing, for fuck's sake. *shudders*
On the other hand, my Shepard went after Tali, as Tali is a sweetheart with a shotgun.
I rather regret allowing Shep to shack up with Liara as I find her exceedingly whiny... but that's a personal preference.
We're always going to be cool with human/humanoid shaped species. Anything else and we experience a reaction akin to the one where bestiality is discovered.
You just know some sick fucker tried to romance Legion.... *shudders*
I love Garrus, he's a brilliant character. I don't really get the whole attraction to him, thing, which personally churns my fucking stomach...
but that's really because of the physiology thing. Chafing, for fuck's sake. *shudders*
On the other hand, my Shepard went after Tali, as Tali is a sweetheart with a shotgun.
I rather regret allowing Shep to shack up with Liara as I find her exceedingly whiny... but that's a personal preference.
We're always going to be cool with human/humanoid shaped species. Anything else and we experience a reaction akin to the one where bestiality is discovered.
You just know some sick fucker tried to romance Legion.... *shudders*
I agree with the "Hell Yeah I Would!", and the "Adults of all species should do what they want option."
As long as the other species can give consent. Right now only humans above certain ages are considered capable of consent.
Many game protagonists are essentially human with a flavorful skin, so they are consenting. But many others are gray areas (like slave species and the like)
Many game protagonists are essentially human with a flavorful skin, so they are consenting. But many others are gray areas (like slave species and the like)
If it is with another species that is capable of understanding the implications of a relationship, then I see no reason why it would be wrong.
Needless to say, such a species does not currently exist on Earth besides our own.
Needless to say, such a species does not currently exist on Earth besides our own.
first post hit it on the nail.harmonic said:
personally i could care less, love who ever you want.
however when it comes to procreation, (just like how incest is wrong) i think steps need to be checked before you have a baby hybrid of a krogan and a human..that would look horrifically bad..human skin with huge ass krogan head and eyes...
fucking weird.
in real actual current life...NNNOOOOOO!!!!
something sci-fi-ish like some cat girl or a star trek alien babe, certainly!!!
something sci-fi-ish like some cat girl or a star trek alien babe, certainly!!!
I went with the "no, that's too weird" option. Sorry, I know everyone on these forums are liberal, freedom loving whiners, but I draw I the line here. Not just animals, but any species that isn't an extremely human-like mammal with higher cognitive abilities. Seriously. And the chances of finding another species that matches that description are incredibly slim.
Sorry for the double post, but I would love to see a photoshop image of that. Quickly, to 4Chan!gmaverick019 said: