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[beholdingslut]

in absolute tears about the pride module at my work

[dikdikpronouncedxylophone]

[bigfoots-biggest-fan]

HOLY SHIT GUYS, I WAS INSPIRED BY THIS POST TO TRY MAKE THE SONG AND YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE THE SCREAM I SCRUMPT WHEN I DRAGGED THE TRAINING AUDIO OVER THE BACKING TRACK AND IT LINED UP PERFECTLY

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Tempted to actually put this on spotify so I can secretly stream it at work...

Tagging @batshit-auspol because as an Australian you're the only big account I know who might share (sorry).

[punkrorschach]

happy first day of pride everyone

[citrusfly]

Random event. They bicker, I’m not really used to writing that so this is practice.

Ben’s spells often manifests as items, his current favorite being a baseball bat for hitting stuff and the (aesthetic only) mic for humor.

Ghostfreak is exactly the same as in canon no changes, this is because he is a magic aligned alien (with his rituals and mana colored eyes) that the prototype Omnitrix is glitchy/has trouble with and Zs’Skayr being kinda alive isn’t able to be gender bent, the greyskin form is gender neutral enough Gwen technically doesn’t register it, but Gwen feels even more off than Ben prime does transforming into Ghostfreak and uses him even less.

Ben and Grandpa Max notices the avoidance but Gwen can’t properly explain why.

I guess for now, I’m calling this the 10tennysons Au since Gwen’s side of the family (4) +Ben’s side (3) +Verdona+Max+Sunny = exactly 10 Tennysons will show up here

[lostinpubwe-deactivated20220705]

[gondorrevealparty]

baseball interviewers will ask "how do you throw the ball so good" and Mariners players will casually drop that they have a headmate who plays the game for them

[amouvve]

Rudo sniffing baby atlus's head like all those moms who go crazy 4 that newborn smell, send tweet

so true. everyone expects amo to be the crazy clingy new mom (she lowkey is) but rudo has atlus strapped to his chest 24/7 cuz he’s got leftover wolf brain that goes “baby. our baby. protect. protect cute tiny baby”. he’s sniffing atlus’ head and amo’s like “y’know what why am i surprised?”

[amouvve]

the rumolings

[amouvve]

The voices in my head say that Atlus can smile normally, but he prefers to keep a serious face to look like his father, But Blosso couldn't smile without looking creepy (to me she'd have protruding fangs), so she just gives a lip smile without showing her teeth.

i love the concept of atlus having his dad’s “scary” face but a charming natural smile that he trains himself not to show cuz he thinks it makes him look like a softy vs blossom being known as being a beauty like her mama only to have the most off putting surebrec smile

[amouvve]

big brother and baby brother

[amouvve]

new parents and baby atlus

[drtrinitysantos]

sdxfcgvzdxfcgvhzdxfcgvhbjnkmlcgvhbjnk science

[dizzyhslightlyvoided]

#the reason that lab safety regulations are the way they are is because literally all chemists are like this #as in 100% of them #no exceptions (via @prokopetz)

[greatness942]

I know "Humans are Space Orcs" is a popular trope, but here's one that doesn't get as much mileage.

Aliens reacting to our wildlife.

Because, god, if they think we're Space Orcs, wait until they see the shit that could scare or amaze us.

Like:

Alien: "Human, I was looking over my notes..."

Human: "I have a name-"

Alien: "Your closest living ancestors are of the genus Pan, yes? These "Chimpanzee" and "Bonobo" creatures."

Human: "Uh, yeah. Funny story, they wouldn't be living nowadays if it wasn't for NATO signing the ENCR Preservation Act-"

Alien: "In 2031, yes, I know, that's not what gets me. What gets me is, uh...I was unaware your empathy and barbarism was genetic. Chimpanzees enter into societies and build tools, yet also cannibalize weaker factions and have "hair-trigger" tempers."

Human: "Yeah, Chimps are fucking terrifying."

Alien: "...They're what?"

Human: "They're...fucking terrifying?"

Alien: "They scare you?!"

Human: "Why wouldn't they? They have super-strength and sharp teeth, not to mention the grey matter. Piss off a Chimp and you could, literally, lose your face."

Alien: "YOUR KIND ROUTINELY BUILDS SUPERWEAPONS AND INGESTS POISON FOR FUN, AND YOU'RE SCARED OF YOUR PRE-SAPIENT RELATIVES?!"

Human: "Wait 'til you find out how we feel about bears!"

Alien: "HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT WHATS?!"

[coldcoffierattowl]

It's so personal to me that us mammals naturally want to hide in a hole when things get too cold or too stressful, burrowing in a dark closet with lots of blankets is such an innocent tick that makes us instantly feel better...

Imagine how weirded out some other sapient space species would be when their ever-active human shipmate just randomly hides in the storehouse and stays in silence for a full hour under a blanket

[i-only-speak-hieroglyphs]

Humans are Space Orcs Recs (Could also be used as general Sci-Fi recs)

READING:

So Much For Stardust by Cringe_Is_Dead (A_Plethora_Of_Peters) - THIS IS PEAK! You can read this on Ao3, it's technically a Life Series fic but honestly you don't even have to know what that is to enjoy/understand this. To quote the description, "According to Council Records, the Fulger Ovium Zedaph Pleighs and his two co-workers - the Ignis Petra Tango of the Tek Clan and the Inferni ImpulseSV - are officially called Sapience Outreach Specialists. They jokingly refer to themselves though as the First Contact Crew. It's up to them to determine the sentience and sapience of all races that either volunteer or are brought to them by the council. And recently the council brought them one hell of a challenge: determine the sentience and sapience of a recently discovered species called Terrans using an individual they named Blue. Meanwhile, Skizz just wants to be treated like a person by the aliens that abducted him and go back to Earth. . ." This one is SO GOOD!! I'm not joking I've genuinely had dreams about it getting a new update before because I'm so obsessed with it. As stated in the tags, the main focus of it is hurt/comfort and it's so cute and so angsty at the same time. Plus this one is really popular so there's a TON of fanart made for it, and the author has put them in the text in accordance with each scene, and all of the artists are all SO FREAKING TALENTED!! You seriously NEED to read this, trust me it's so entertaining. Out of everything on this list, I would say this one is the most humans-are-space-orc-y.

Humans Don't Make Good Pets by u/guidosbestfriend on reddit - OH. MY. GOD. I love this one sm, it follows a human after being abducted by an alien race known as the Corti, used for cruel experiments as he's transported farther and farther away from home. . . Until he gets recused (?) that is. He awakens to tall giraffe-like aliens looming over him after being sedated by one of the Corti, unbeknownst to him they're a well-meaning yet oblivious family running a cargo ship. Tnnxz wants the thing off his fucking ship, but his kids are giving him just the biggest puppy dog eyes and asking if they can keep it. . . How can he say no? Thats how our main character finds himself the new pet of this odd group, although it won't be for long. . . This one is a must-read, it's very comedic and written from multiple perspectives with a wide range of characters. My favorite thing about this one is the sheer amount of plot twists it has, seriously you CANNOT guess where it's going to head. Anything that could possibly happen to the main character WILL happen to him; it's such a fun read. Just like the next story on this list, you can also read this by going to YouTube and listening to NetNarrator read it.

Humans Don't make Good Familiars by Garret Copeland - You can buy this and read as a physical copy (I would recommend) BUT you can also read it by going to youtube and listening to Net Narrator read it, I used to pause the video and read it because he puts the words up as he reads, before I bought the physical copy. To quote ArcAngel98 from RouteRoad "Suma, a mage from another world, accidently summons one of the most powerful familiars her world has ever seen. . . A normal British teenager. Born with a natural affinity for Chaos Magic that manifested itself once entering her world, Jake becomes a caring friend to the young mage, and a formidable enemy to those who dare hurt her. But Suma's world is plagued by war, and Suma has been drafted." This was one of the first HASO stories I ever read and it's honestly so fun, once you read the first chapter you can't stop yourself from reading. The story is super fun and engaging, if you like the Iseki trope be sure to check this out. I also think you can read this on reddit.

VIDEO/MEDIA:

Alien Abduction by Macaldla Reye on YouTube - OH. MY. GOD. I love this one so much, it's TECHNICALLY an ASMR series but it gets so action packed and tense you will NOT be relaxed, just invested in the plot. (Beginning is lowkey buns ngl) It starts out more on the ASMR side but honestly you can just skip the ASMR sounds and go to the dialogue if you want, it's what I did. It follows Acktreal Domma, an Enxion from a eons old multi-species society working on a search and study vessel whose goal is to classify humans as livestock, pets, or as the listener hopes, a sentient species. However, after the ship is sabotaged by a rouge crew member, everyone is put into danger. I'll try not to spoil it too much but there may or may not be character death. . . There's an insanely huge cast of characters considering it's an ASMR series, I think it ends up being about twelve in total. It has themes of feral instincts, prejudice against carnivore species, addiction, evolution, love, betrayal, and an insane amount of world building that could make Tolkien smile from his grave. Theres a video posted of all fourteen parts (Yes fourteen parts because this woman is dedicateddddd I love her sm) that you can watch on her channel, HOWEVER if you look at the thumbnails for the individual videos, there's art and character designs for about five of the characters. The artist who made all of them is called Kazumi Takashi and has an account on tumblr called Shinurusi, she's SUPER talented. I know the series may seem like an intimidating watch because of how long it is, and I will admit it has a little bit of a slow start, but trust me I wouldn't be glazing it this much if it wasn't peak. The series is absolutely amazing, it's a must watch for anyone with a functioning brain. (If you can't tell, this is my favorite story on this list.)

ALSO!! (Just in case this entices you a little more) ToasterAlien on Tumblr made an amazing piece of fanart for it that I absolutely adore, I think they've most likely abandoned their account by now, but the link to their post is here. https://www.tumblr.com/toasteralien/748104386713157632/oh-wow-this-took-me-absolutely-forever-but-my?source=share

Alone With an Alien by Macadla Reye on YouTube - This is technically a spinoff of Alien Abduction, but don't worry, you don't have to watch Alien Abduction in order to understand this. It follows our human listener and their crew, traveling through space in order to retrieve a lost vessel long abandoned. However, everything goes haywire after they encounter an alien within the supposedly empty halls of the shuttle, everyone but the listener managing to escape. When the listener awakes, they're strapped to a chair being questioned and presumed to be a pirate, informed the alien is an officer of the law. This one is super fun, it's much more lighthearted than Alien Abduction and much shorter too, although it's still very tense at some points. It expands on the world building tremendously and handles the building relationship between the alien and listener super well, it doesn't feel rushed, but it also doesn't feel slow either. ALSO, this one isn't ASMR, it's an audio/visual novel so it gets straight into the plot and is story-driven from there. Kazumi Takashi did all the artwork used in the video, and it's a lot of artwork given there's multiple backgrounds, multiple characters, and oh- did I mention in this one the character's expression and pose changes too? It's genuinely so impressive what they managed to create with this; the video is pretty much a movie at this point I love it sm! Theres about five characters in total, all with different voice actors too! I would recommend watching this one if you're contemplating watching Alien Abduction (Or just don't want to watch a series that long) in order to get a taste for it and see if you like it, and trust me, you WILL like it.

Alien Researcher Encounters a Space Orc by Nightwatch ASMR - This is a two part series, again it’s an ASMR but more story-driven and not the type of thing you would fall asleep to. The plot centers around our viewpoint character as we awaken to the sounds of an alien researcher vigorously taking notes on our biology, only to panic as we soon awaken. Protocol dictators that one of the best strategies to keep Terran’s calm is to… converse? While we share an “enlightening” conversation with our new alien pal Hull-Dean, he starts to learn we might not be as… barbaric as some claim we are. This one has a second part comprised of our viewpoint character being abducted yet again! Only this time by Hull-Deans friend who is instead a researcher of human culture, seeking to interview a Terran for one of his projects. The entire thing is a very enjoyable watch and a recommendation to anyone who enjoys the trope humans are space orcs, this two part series is one of the items on the list that leans into it more than others.

That’s the end of the list!!! I rlly hope you enjoyed and that this helped you— NOW GO WATCH ALONE WITH AN ALIEN! Bye-Bye and have a good day/night!

[bringmethepeculiar]

Human brains being the envy of the musicians of the Galaxy due to the fact that music of all things comes to us so easily.

Human brains pick up rhythm and patterns so quickly compared to other species and alien musicians are heinously jealous. That’s not to say alien species don’t have music in any capacity, of course they do, but it’s less omnipresent in their cultures compared to ours. Music and singing to aliens are held to the same standard as sculpting marble. It’s a very difficult and precise art form that takes years of practice to get ‘right’.

And then there’s human children singing with each other as they jump a skipping rope. Using the beat to keep perfect time.

Humans sing to show each other every emotion under the sun. They sing to show reverence to their gods or ancestors or spirits. Humans will sing to anything that will listen and even things that won’t. Hell, Humans sing to pass the time. They sing when they can’t get a song out of their head.

That’s right, humans are so perfectly wired to understand music that their brains get hooked on musical stimulus and continually loop it. Involuntarily. Sometimes for days at a time. To the point of annoyance of the human.

Humans use music and rhythm to help them remember things because remembering something with a beat is easier than remembering something without one.

That’s like solving rocket science equations for fun to aliens.

[el0wyn]

Okay fuckers I'm back again, this time with a completely different idea and a short story to go with.

Let's mix mermaids and aliens.

So this idea came to me because I love looking at stuff about how the world would look realistically if we had fantasy creatures like fae or whatever, and I decided to run with it- so what if the aliens discover us and we're not the only intelligent species on our planet?

~~~

Frixe will never get used to the stories of Terra. The flora, the fauna, the natural disasters. It sounded almost unliveable. And these new creatures, the humans, speak of it so casually like it happens every other orbit. It probably does, Frixe figures, though they respected the love the humans had for their planet despite the dangers.

But still. A water planet, and it was ruled by land walkers? The idea was insane to Frixe, who lived on a simple desert planet that was the same from nearly every side. Frixe had to know more.

Luckily there was a small group of humans nearby, talking to some other species Frixe was familiar with. They were all currently on an artificial planet that was built for the purpose of bringing all the different discovered species together, so there were probably over a hundred planets' worth of creatures currently visiting it. Including the newest group, the humans.

Frixe waved one of their four limbs at the pack of humans, a gesture they learned meant a friendly greeting. A human waved back, and made space for Frixe to sit near them. They recognized her, her name was Avery.

"Hello Avery", they said simply. "I hope I'm not interrupting, I was curious about your planet."

Avery just smiled, avoiding baring her teeth as it was discovered to be a hostile gesture to most species besides humans. There were three other humans in the circle, and multiple other different creatures as well. It seemed like they were telling each other stories.

"Oh course! Gruogol here was already asking us about our oceans." Avery said. "He was asking if we can drink all the water, and the answer is actually no. The majority of our oceans are made from salt water, and we can only drink fresh water, which makes up about 2.5%."

"Wow, you can't even drink the majority of the water on your water-planet?" Another creature asked.

"Nope, not without it harming us. Ironic isn't it? And we're made of 70% water ourselves." A human next to Avery piped up.

"What is it like in your oceans? Such huge bodies of water must have incredible creatures in it." Frixe asked.

"Oh yeah," Avery started. "There's some wild things down there. The further down you go the more weirder they get. And we don't even know everything that's down there. We haven't even explored a quarter of our oceans so far."

Frixe balked at that. "What? How? You have the technology to travel through the vacuum of time and space yet you haven't even discovered all of your own oceans?!"

All the humans nodded solemnly. "Exploring space is easier than our oceans."

A human male turned to Avery. "Though, we do get a lot of help from the Maris. They like to gatekeep some stuff from us however."

Avery just nodded like he didn't say a word no one else understood. "The Maris can only go so far down themselves, they don't even know the entirety of the oceans yet."

The non-Terra residing aliens from the circle just glanced at each other in confusion.

"Ah, Avery?" She looked up at Frixe. "What is the "Maris"?"

Avery and the other humans froze for a second, and glanced at each other in an odd synchronization Frixe figured was typical for their sociable body communication.

"Did we never bring up the Maris to the galactic federation? I figured they would've added them to the database of sapient species."

"There's ANOTHER intelligent species on your planet?!" A creature next to Frixe shouted.

The humans just looked at each other again. "Oh god, we never told them about the Maris."

Frixe didn't know what happened next, but suddenly they found themselves at an even bigger circle, with the heads of the galactic federation at one end and the suddenly sheepish looking humans at the other. The head of Frixe's planet rubbed their face exasperatedly.

"So you mean to tell us there's not one, but two sapient species residing on your planet?" They spoke in a tone that faintly resembled an 'oh spirits there's two of them?'

The humans nodded, and the federation gestured to them to continue.

"We call them the Maris, which is an old word meaning "Of the sea." They resemble us both anatomically and biologically, but instead of legs for walking on land, they have tails for swimming."

The creatures in the room made noises of awe and bewilderment. It was rare but not unheard of for a planet to have more than one intelligent species, but for a deathworld? And based on the human's description, they were basically physically identical to the humans beside the tails. So now there's two sets of humans that exist? Frixe thought with exasperation.

"Tell us more about these Maris. Why haven't we heard from them until now? If they're a sapient species they must join us up here."

Avery continued with the explanation. "We must've overlooked explaining them. We have a far bigger hand in space travel as we can walk out of water. They can only be outside of water for short periods of time, so it'd be extra hard to bring any of them out here. There would have to be some accomodations." Avery looked around.

There were water planets, of course. And there were some of the species of those planets here already. But all of them are able to walk on land in some way shape or form. Frixe is sure there are other planets out there with undiscovered intelligent species because they cannot make it through space nearly as easily, so the issue makes reasonable sense.

So the galactic federation set to plan with the humans to bring some of these Maris to meet with the rest of them. Frixe couldn't hide their mixture of excitement and terror.

Humans with tails! Humans that are water-bound, that swim instead of walk, that know more of the oceans than the land-humans do. Frixe is so curious how similar and how different these beings must be to their bipedal cousins.

But also, humans have quite a reputation up here. When they started making their way through space, they accidentally got mistakened for animals and got themselves domesticated by a neighboring reptilian planet. For about 2 years they struggled to prove their intelligence to a species that would just pat and coo at them. Then after they got out of that, they made names for themselves by infiltrating alien ships just to mess with the machinery and either make it better or worse. They'd run straight into danger, and once accidentally caused and ended a single war in the span of 6 lunar orbits.

So doubling that, just with aquatic tails? Frixe wonders if they all should be worried.

~~~

Frixe was at the front lines, excitedly waiting for the human ship to dock and open. It has been a couple of lunar orbits, and the humans with the help of multiple other species, were able to function water pods to allow their aquatic friends to travel by spaceship. The federation also had multiple pools and aquaducts built into the mechanical planet for these new creatures to travel around.

Frixe noticed Avery first, and she was pushing out a large circular pod on wheels. It had an open top, and when they got off the landing pad, that's when Frixe saw the head pop out.

It just looked like another human.

It's hair was wet, and it was looking around sporadically, but it didn't look much different from Avery other than the obvious individual features.

But then as they got closer, Frixe noticed it. Their skin was significantly paler, with a blue hue to it. Their teeth were sharper. Their paws (or hands as humans call it) had thick webbing between each digit, and their nails were sharper. And when Avery brought them up to Frixe, they saw as the creatures pupils thinned into slits instead of the tiny dots humans had.

Avery smiled at them. "Hello Frixe, meet my friend Saorise."

The creature, Saorise, grinned big at Frixe and offered her hand in a handshake like she didn't make Frixe fear for their life. Avery quickly whispered in Saorise's ear, and she must've told her of the fangs problem because she covered her teeth. Frixe felt a little better.

"So, now that we got them here, do you have any questions?" Avery looked at Frixe. Behind them were more pods being carted off the ship.

And oh yes did Frixe have questions.

~~~

"Okay, ask away. We'll be as specific as we can."

Avery, Frixe, and Saorise found themselves in a group of multiple other interplanatary species researchers, all thrilled to ask questions about this new life form.

"How far back does your species' relationship go? You have to have a common ancestor, right?" One kicked off the conversation.

Saorise nodded. When she spoke in human dialect, it came out deep and more gravely, not as smooth as other humans. Frixe could assume that this meant her species was used to communicating through sounds coming from the chest rather than windpipes.

"It is thought that we both have an ancient ancestor that was aquatic, but some of the species moved onto land and became terrestrial. My side were the ones that remained in the water." She said.

Avery nodded. "We have a lot of very old bones and fossils that imply that Maris and Terrans are about as equally old as each other, so we're not sure who was here first. Terrans are higher in population numbers though."

Frixe nodded in fascination. The more they looked at the two side-by-side, the more differences they noticed. Saorise's build was a lot more toned and slim than Avery's, likely attuned to swimming. While Avery held more muscle in her arms and chest- possibly because Fixe has seen her climbing diligently before. They heard primates were excellent climbers, so it was likely a skill Avery was well practiced in.

There was also the difference in skin. Avery's was much darker with a noticeable pink undertone from the red blood flowing through her veins. Saorise also had a hint of pink, but it was mostly overshadowed by the blueish gray tint. It must be because of the difference of natural sun exposure.

Another alien made a comment. "Your two groups seem to be quite friendly together, you must've had a fluid relationship through your history?"

Saorise and Avery turned to look at each other before nearly breaking out in laughter, leaving the rest of the group confused.

"Ah, I'm sorry- please don't take this as insult. It's just, we used to hunt each other." Avery smiled in amusement.

"Still do in some places." Saorise nodded.

What.

"Oh yeah, nothing has ever been easy on our planet. We fight within our own species' enough, you have no clue how brutally we've treated each other in the last multiple millenia. It goes back to the caveman eras, they made paintings on the walls of our fights. Both land and water caves." Avery smiled.

"You- you've killed each other for centuries?" Frixe couldn't help but ask in astonishment. But they seem so friendly with each other!

Saorise smiled with her sharp teeth. "Oh yes, they would hunt us in their boats with spears and arrows, we would drag them down and rip them apart with our bare claws. We have sharp claws and teeth to our advantage, they have mobility and flexibility to theirs. It's gone on so long we've even made up myths about each other. They used to say we had mind-controlling voices that would lure them to their deaths. And we said the same things about them!" She laughed in delight.

"Ah yeah, it's quite ridiculous if you think about it. We used to say you were controlling us with your impossible beauty, and to find out you thought WE were just as beautiful, it was like a really really long and violent form of flirting. It was so ridiculous." Avery laughed in turn.

Frixe shook their head in wonderment. "So I'm assuming these wars are not an active issue anymore?" They said hopefully.

Saorise shrugged. "They are in some places. Depends where on Terra you go. Avery and I both live along the beach areas of two countries that long established peace and collaboration between our species, which is very beneficial for resource trading and scientific research. There are some areas where they still fight and hunt like in old myth. It's a tale as old as time."

"There's also a bit of culture of meat exchange." Avery mentioned thoughtfully. Frixe really REALLY hoped she didn't mean what they think she means.

"What do you mean by meat exchange?"

Avery answered. "Ah, while most advanced countries both in and out of water have long banned eating each other, there's still situations where the fresh bodies of Terrans fall into the ocean and Maris wash up on shores. The only reasonable thing is to use the remains so they don't go to waste. Sometimes this means eating them if they're fresh and good enough."

Oh dear, she meant exactly what they thought she meant.

"That... can't be healthy or ethical, can it?" A other piped up. Frixe couldn't help but agree. Though a couple other species in the group nodded in understanding of the humans. Frixe supposed it could be a waste to just leave the meat, but seriously?

Salrise hummed. "One would think. Cannibalism within our species is considered a social blight, and is only considered acceptable in absolute grave situations. It's hard to say whether eating each other outside of our species is fully cannibalism, but between the two of us it's happened so long it's culturally embedded at this point. It's about as normal as eating a large predator like a lion or tiger. Weird and mostly unthought about, but still a thing that happens sometimes."

Avery piped in. "There is the risk of prions disease between each other's species since we're somewhat related, but you can mostly avoid that by not eating the brain. I've had Maris tail before, wasn't the most impressive thing I've tasted."

Saorise scoffed in mock offense. "Well the Terran liver I've had wasn't anything to brag about either." She crossed her arms. Though when the two looked at each other they just broke out in giggles like they weren't confessing to literal half-cannibalism. Frixe didn't know whether to be sick or laugh with them.

"Could we perhaps move this conversation from consuming each other please?"

The Earth women smiled at each other and nodded. "Sure, what other questions do ya got?"

The creature next to Frixe raised their hand shyly. "I know you humans are a bit sensitive about this subject, but for the sake of research would it be alright to ask if your species are compatible reproductively?"

Hmm, a reasonable question to ask. Though from what Frixe heard humans were very private about their mating habits so they didn't blame the other for treading gently. Luckily Avery didn't seem bothered at all by the question.

"Oh sure. We are compatible reproductively actually." Hums of curiosity piped up. Could there be little mixes of Terran humans and Maris humans out there?

"It doesn't always work. We've done and are still doing extensive research on mixing. Both Maris and Terrans can carry a mixed child to term, though it often requires they stay attuned to the other side's domain a bit. That means a lot of fish and crustaceans for pregnant Terrans and a lot of fruits and veggies for pregnant Maris. " Avery laughed.

Saorise nodded and continued. "The chances of miscarriage is heightened, not horrifically but it is by a lot. So it's not impossible to carry a mixed child to term, but it is considered rare. When they come out they may have mixed resemblance of both parents as normal, but physically they only take the biological characteristics of one. So they're either born Terran or Maris, there's been none with a half tail half leg situation so far. They may have the smaller features of the opposite species, but that's the extent of it."

"Yeah," Avery finished. "I met a little mixed kid that had Terran legs, but he still had the sharp little teeth and claws of his Maris mother so it was obvious he was mixed. There are plenty that come out only resembling one species though, which makes it easier to hide."

"Hide?" Frixe asked. "Why would they hide it?"

The two women grimaced at each other. "It's only recent that mixed ones have been accepted. In history they were not treated well at all. Sometimes even killed off at birth, no matter who's domain they took to. And they are almost always infertile, because of how different our species is none of them are able to conceive themselves. Most don't consider it worth it to have a mixed child because of that, and most interspecies relationships will instead choose to adopt or surrogate."

Frixe supposed they understood. They would feel selfish bringing a youngling into the world with the certain knowledge that they would grow up mistreated and never allowed the choice of having their own family. It sounded like a hard decision to make.

"At least your species seems to be doing good now. You both seem quite friendly with each other."

Saorise sighed. "Oh yes, with the advancement of science and social justice it's significantly easier. I'm very honored to have the chance to be up here and be amongst the first of my kind to meet you all." She gave a throaty chatter, that Avery explained was a sign of respect and connection for everyone there. Frixe smiled. These two new discoveries were quite the wonderful find, they thought. They couldn't help but feel excited for what they would bring to the future.

[metalichotchoco]

Misunderstanding mammals

A lot of earth life forms would be so genuinely confusing to aliens i feel but I think that the subcategory would be really funny, like some mammals are hairless, one can fly, one can lay eggs and some other categories have their own form of milk too. Not to mention the whole can of worms that humans are just biologically speaking

[gronknuts]

rocky hunting grace while hes working like heh. going to pull big prank on grace. stupid human hearing so bad very bad and only 'see' with light-sense organ in one direction at a time. eridian best hunter on all erid, evolved best hunting veeeery quiet. scare grace a lot. very funny.

rocky is HORRIFIED mid stalk when grace suddenly stiffens and turns around to stare directly at him. HOW GRACE DO THAT HOW GRACE KNOW HOW GRACE KNOW