tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post5384224052019695785..comments2024-03-28T12:46:20.637-04:00Comments on alien romances: Want sex... with Wolverine?Rowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-551472058604482482007-09-03T14:17:00.000-04:002007-09-03T14:17:00.000-04:00I agree with the previous two posters - its a grea...I agree with the previous two posters - its a great concept and if properly written will make for an exciting story.<BR/>Just consider that even today women will and do love men with prothetic limbs or even no limbs at all. A warhand sounds to be just one step up from that, after a it's the man not his apprearance we fall in love with :Dfelinewyvernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13728861458087960056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-26070521627099913462007-09-02T15:29:00.000-04:002007-09-02T15:29:00.000-04:00Yes, I think he should have a warhand. The implica...Yes, I think he should have a warhand. The implications mentioned by Jacqueline will add intriguing layers to your story. Anyway, as I see it, what's the point of creating "alien" characters unless they have traits alien enough to challenge the reader's expectations? In a paranormal romance newsletter I subscribed to some years ago (before e-mail newsletters got going), one essay suggested that there are limits to how inhuman a romantic hero can be; for example, nobody could make scales or tentacles sexy. I wrote back, in effect, "What about mermaids? What about the Sime-Gen universe?" Treated properly, almost any trait can become attractive (although the slime that was discussed on this blog a while back does challenge that premise quite seriously).Margaret Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293021955480708191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-13209006918839220852007-09-02T12:25:00.000-04:002007-09-02T12:25:00.000-04:00It's a good concept and will sell -- BUT it can't ...It's a good concept and will sell -- BUT it can't be decoration. It has to be central to the plot and to the story at the same time. <BR/><BR/>You have to CONVINCE your reader that this is a seamless extension of what it means to be human -- that it has emotional implications and content beyond what anyone today can imagine.<BR/><BR/>What you're talking about doing is exactly what I did with Sime~Gen.<BR/><BR/>First tentacles are introduced as killing organs - dangerous and disgusting and revolting and HORRIFYING.<BR/><BR/>By the end of the book you can't wait to be caressed by a loving tentacle tip. And the female lead gets that pleasure. <BR/><BR/>You need to develop the psychology of the war-handed person from the cradle up. What caresses you in the cradle is what you seek as an adult. <BR/><BR/>Jacqueline Lichtenberg<BR/>http://www.simegen.com/jl/Jacqueline Lichtenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613040740264804278noreply@blogger.com