edenfalling replied to your post:Speaking of homicidal uteruses, how do human women in this universe handle such matters on long space voyages? Practically, I hope.
Wouldn’t it be simpler to use hormonal birth control to skip the whole mestruation business? Implants, pills without a “now you bleed” week, shots, whatever. No blood, no pain, no waste. :)
Yeah, definitely! It would be an option for a lot of people, and I imagine there would be fewer risks than there are today. I was just answering specifically about if someone started menstruating while they were on a spaceship.
Speaking of homicidal uteruses, how do human women in this universe handle such matters on long space voyages? Practically, I hope.
Haha I was sort of considering this earlier. Obvious TW for blood and menstruation.
It depends what kind of space voyage! Are they in a transport from point A to point B that will probably only last a couple months? Is it a long-range military ship that might not see friendly territory for up to a year? Or are we talking about one of the generation/colony fleets where people might go their whole lives without stepping foot on solid ground?
Transport ships are more likely to use relays—stations that power massive wormholes. These stations are obviously big trade hubs with lots of support. So people in transport vessels are more likely to have trash pods that they empty at relay stations or dump out in space (either to burn up on entry in an atmosphere or, if they’re assholes, just let their refuse float).
Generation fleets and permanent space stations have full processing facilities that handle biological waste. Space stations, however, are usually near a planet. So they can afford to dump trash and bring in new resources. Generation ships can’t go through most relays. They absolutely have to recycle everything. In the case of menstruation, they would have to use recyclable materials in their pads/tampons or other reusable products. Maybe some kind of space magic tampon that doesn’t leak or kill you.
The military ship is more difficult. They can’t really pile up trash and dump it to the same degree that the ship on the four month trip can, but they also can’t devote space to a massive recycling facility. Water and air recycling, definitely, but that’s about it. Reusable products, again, would be really handy. That way all that the ship has to deal with is water purification. The less material that they have to put in a trash pod the better. In some ways the options are better here than on the generation ship. Someone on a military vessel can choose their own preferred kind of blood absorber/holder/what have you. Bring it aboard when you’re stationed and just make sure you don’t leave it out or dirty when inspection comes around. Generation ships are limited by what merchant vessels bring them and what little they can produce. So if you live in a gen fleet and really want a diva cup but all that’s on the market are cloth pads, you better get used to the idea of washing your uterine lining out of cloth.
Are there going to be more drawings/info of ur oc trolls? I really like them so far :)
Thank you, Anon! There may well be. Drawings happen whenever I feel up to it, which isn't that often recently. Most of the info I've posted is in response to asks, I think.
I should update the OC info on here to include the newer ones at least. I try to limit the number of side characters to what I think is necessary, but they're probably still confusing to some people.
Feynaz + Dremra: what do you make of your current circumstances?
Chyurl Dremra: it is An embarrassment. we’re trolls, Not cavebeasts. i am Giving my all to make the best of it. that’s Really all anyone can do. i Yearn for the night when i don’t have to gather bugs for someone else’s meal.
Cahill Feynaz: ♯i woulD stAB my ClArinEt throuGh somEonE’s throAt For somE sopor♯
Sollux: So are you going to need to have someone check the inside of the Human's ship for some poor bastard wired into the engines before you go to them for help, or have you just not thought about asking them to help you with your little satellite project yet? I mean, they have a spaceship-even if their systems are completely incompatible, they might be willing to fly you up to get direct hardware access.
ii wa2 almo2t done wiith the 2atelliite project before ii wa2 rudely iinterrupted by KK and biiology. ii don’t need 2ome aliien2’ help.
2o what iif they have 2ome p2iioniic iin theiir 2hiip? that’2 how 2pacefliight work2. iif they try to 2tiick me iin there they’ll have a fiight on theiir frond2 but ii don’t giive half a 2hiit about aliien helm2men.
be2iide2, the liittle 2hiip that landed here ii2n’t biig enough two be an iinter2tellar vehiicle. iit liikely u2e2 a combu2tiion fuel 2ource. why wa2te a helm2man on a diinghy?
Nreeve, if you were to ask the humans for something, what would it be? Building materials? Food? Luxury goods? Help warding off any potential raiders? Or something I haven't thought of?
hmmm if thE aliEns arE magical wish fairiEs i will ask thEm for a giant trEE fortrEss and a bug that will constantly buzz in my kismEsis's Ear whEn hE triEs to slEEp. :-)
morE rEalistically spEaking, food would bE vEry nice. thE kind that is in air sEalEd containErs so it will kEEp! thEy sEEm to know about troll mEdicinE so i assumE thEy know what kinds of food wE can Eat.
mostly i want to know what thEy ExpEct us to do! arE wE supposEd to sit hErE and quiEtly not join thE flEEt or do thEy want us to hElp fight thEm?
