Egyptoid Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? all you nay-sayers are killin Spock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escafarc Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? all you nay-sayers are killin Spock In the Star Trek universe most if not all of the Humanoid Races are related because of The Progenitors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapsedgamer Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? I fully understand where you are coming from, and my goal in the various postings I have recently been doing about aliens, alien biology, alien language, etc has been to help me discover areas where I need to do more thinking about in order to have a better campaign to present to my players. Gamers and fanboys, like those on the Hero forums, are a good resource for picking out flaws and places needing to be filled in. My original alien idea has slowly evolved with the assistance of comments from a vaguely generic concept into them being Neanderthals taken from Earth thousands of years ago. Those original ancestors were experimented on and genetically modified into a slave soldier caste (the females) and a technician/priest caste (the males). Those lost children of Earth have now returned, bringing advanced technology with them. They are now integrating into our culture and finding their place among us. I'm really grateful to those posters in my various threads who have given thoughtful comments. I probably should have taken a look at the other thread. Sorry to harsh your mellow. I was basically just looking at the question head on and trying to have some fun with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? Love conquers all! (Hey, if we're talking mate-able aliens, we might as well truly embrace the fantasy.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
薔薇語 Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? If these Near-Human Aliens look anything like the Near-Alien humans I've seen, the answer is no. ^^ Besides, I'm already interested in an alien species (woman) - So I have enough issues as is. ^^ La Rose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenAge Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? Do they have any hidden extra teeth anywhere? --- What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? If these Near-Human Aliens look anything like the Near-Alien humans I've seen' date=' the answer is no.[/quote'] Which ones have you seen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? Which ones have you seen? people of walmart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nexus Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? people of walmart That is hysterical. Not sure what this adds to the conversation, but as I get older personality has a much greater effect on my desire than pure appearance. When I was younger, if a girl was hot enough, I could overlook A LOT of personality flaws, now not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Smithen Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? In the spirit of my favorite starship captian James T. Kirk. Hell Yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? How about this lass? [ATTACH=CONFIG]38180[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? How about this lass? [ATTACH=CONFIG]38180[/ATTACH] they have navels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizza Man Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? It would depend on the girl, but yes, I would marry a near human. She would need to be attractive, at least to my standards. And more human like, as opposed to the picture above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? I'm not sure I'm NOT a near Human alien Lucius Alexander The palindromedary is definitely not a near human alien, unless hanging around with humans counts as being near them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranxerox Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? I suspect that pheromones and major histocompatibility complex interactions play a much larger role in human mating than we tend to be aware. So unless their near humanness includes interactive chemicals, I suspect that relationships would be pretty platonic even if visually they were attractive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naanomi Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? I suspect that pheromones and major histocompatibility complex interactions play a much larger role in human mating than we tend to be aware. So unless their near humanness includes interactive chemicals' date=' I suspect that relationships would be pretty platonic even if visually they were attractive.[/quote'] True, plus it takes very little cranio-facial abnormality from 'human norm' to make someone appear very unattractive... just take a look at any human with mutational genetic disorders (or fetal toxicity syndromes of a variety of types) and see how off-putting socially and (especially) sexually a little deviation can be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted March 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? I suspect that pheromones and major histocompatibility complex interactions play a much larger role in human mating than we tend to be aware. So unless their near humanness includes interactive chemicals' date=' I suspect that relationships would be pretty platonic even if visually they were attractive.[/quote'] Well, the alien race I am creating for my campaign are descendants of Neanderthal man, so they would be close cousins of mankind. I read through the article, and I noticed that MHC dissimilarity is theorized to be an aspect of sexual attraction, in order to improve the species. They would have such chemicals, so this would not be a barrier to attraction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? True' date=' plus it takes very little cranio-facial abnormality from 'human norm' to make someone appear very unattractive... just take a look at any human with mutational genetic disorders (or fetal toxicity syndromes of a variety of types) and see how off-putting socially and (especially) sexually a little deviation can be.[/quote'] *Deviation* being the key word here. For aliens, such similar features are the norm. Some just not like deviation within their OWN species, but be fine with others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsider Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? If they're of the "good looking human with some light makeup on" variety*, then no, I dont think I'd have any attraction problems. Social/cultural problems could be a different story. *Most humanoid Star Trek Aliens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaGeek Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? That depends. Does she look like this: [ATTACH=CONFIG]38200[/ATTACH] Or this: [ATTACH=CONFIG]38201[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? Or this? [ATTACH]38202[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? You consider [ATTACH=CONFIG]38204[/ATTACH]Near human? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsider Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? Two legs at the bottom, two arms at the top, two eyes above one mouth... pretty close if you look at it from a really alien alien's perspective... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? Two legs at the bottom' date=' two arms at the top, two eyes above one mouth... pretty close if you look at it from a really alien alien's perspective...[/quote']Do we have any really alien aliens reading this forum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranxerox Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Re: Would you marry a near-human alien? Well' date=' the alien race I am creating for my campaign are descendants of Neanderthal man, so they would be close cousins of mankind. I read through the article, and I noticed that MHC dissimilarity is theorized to be an aspect of sexual attraction, in order to improve the species. They would have such chemicals, so this would not be a barrier to attraction.[/quote'] Yes, the alien you are describing would likely be chemically speaking hawt. Close enough from a histocompatibility standpoint to be able to make the appropriate chemical handshakes, but different enough that no matter who you were they would come across as exotic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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