Would you date fantasy "demihumans" or sci-fi races

[Dr TPK]

The death of Leonard Nimoy made me think... His best-known character Spock was half-human and half-Vulcan. There are plenty of half-elves and half-orcs in fantasy, and the list goes on when you bring science fiction into play.

Would you consider dating and marrying humanoids that are not human if there were such a possibility?

[themaque]

Yes? Depending on the setting, many are very human. I don't see why not. But WHICH demi-human or alien would you be willing to date?

[souffle_girl]

I don't see why not.

[VincentTakeda]

Oh absolutely. Without hesitation. Certainly I'm working under the supposition that I find said race (or particular member of that race anyway) attractive... Given that? No problem.

[factotum]

It depends on the race in question, surely? I mean, if we're talking typical fantasy elf (basically a very attractive woman with slightly pointed ears) or a Mass Effect asari (a blue-skinned human-looking female with flat tentacles instead of hair) then I wouldn't have the slightest problem with dating one. If we're talking female orc or Kzin, probably not so much!

[blacklight101]

Agree with above posters, I would under most circumstances.
Asari? Sure.
d&d elf? Yup.
twilek? Why not.
ork? Probably not, unless its a chibi ork

The list can go on, in sure. Unless its something crazy, I don't see the issue.

[Scarlet Knight]

Date? Certainly. Fun can be found everywhere.

I mean, Klingons expect combative foreplay with some blood letting...while the Thermians from Galaxy Quest may be squids but have great skill in the art of , um, love.

[Kalmageddon]

If it looks mostly human and it's attractive, why not?

[Dodom]

If it's mentally human-like* and has a sympathetic personality, I don't even require it to have a humanoid form.


*: I wouldn't exclude alien psychologies, but we have to communicate well enough to know their consent means something!

[themaque]

Green Martian from DC universe. Mostly human mindset plus the interconnectivity of being in a relationship with a psychic combined with the fun of being with a shapeshifter. Why not?

Unless you are just REALLY REALLY keen on snuggling by an open fire, It seems like a win to me.

[Lentrax]

Would I? Absolutely.

Humans have been absolutely terrible to me. I would love to date someone or something else.

[Bulldog Psion]

If it's close enough to human to be attractive, I don't see why not.

The more you get into weird mental setup, all-over fur, tusks, odd secretions, bizarre morphology, radically different size from human, etc., the less likely it would be, of course.

[McStabbington]

The death of Leonard Nimoy made me think... His best-known character Spock was half-human and half-Vulcan. There are plenty of half-elves and half-orcs in fantasy, and the list goes on when you bring science fiction into play.

Would you consider dating and marrying humanoids that are not human if there were such a possibility?

Yes, but being quite honest, their dateability in my eyes would largely be a function of how human, for lack of a better term, they were. Your typical elf is basically a thousand-year old supermodel with pointed ears. I could date that. A Klingon woman? I had a thing for Lursa and B'etor growing up, I think in retrospect based largely on the Powergirl principle, but we would first need to set some ground rules about violence in the bedroom that a Klingon, at least as they were often portrayed, might not want to agree with.

A Hydran from Star Fleet Battles? For those of you unfamiliar with the game, the Hydrans have bodies that are about 1.3 meters tall, fairly cylindrical in shape, walk about on three stumpy legs, use tentacles instead of arms, breathe methane, and have three genders: male, female and a barely-sentient third gender that takes the sperm and egg from the ovipositors of the male and female and incubates the young. More sensible in their morphology than an Ocampa, certainly, but dateable? That would be a profound stretch of the imagination when you realize that even if I got the right gender, I couldn't kiss her without suffocating her simultaneously.

[Coidzor]

The death of Leonard Nimoy made me think... His best-known character Spock was half-human and half-Vulcan. There are plenty of half-elves and half-orcs in fantasy, and the list goes on when you bring science fiction into play.

Would you consider dating and marrying humanoids that are not human if there were such a possibility?

So, laying aside the improbability of getting anything like that which isn't just a genetically modified human in the first place as a result of transhumanist speciation...

*shrug* Depends on how poncy those elves really are, I suppose. Certainly physically I'd have no objections as long as they don't look like Mialee the purple mutant frog (except when she's orange).

Would I? Absolutely.

Humans have been absolutely terrible to me. I would love to date someone or something else.

Anything that's human enough for you to date would still have the relevant flaws and foibles that have led you to be misanthropic in terms of lovers.

chibi ork

Well that's just a disturbing thought. A chibi violence fungus monster. So it can look cute while bashing your skull in for a laugh.

[Scarlet Knight]

Green Martian from DC universe. Mostly human mindset plus the interconnectivity of being in a relationship with a psychic combined with the fun of being with a shapeshifter. Why not?

Unless you are just REALLY REALLY keen on snuggling by an open fire, It seems like a win to me.

I would not want to date a psychic. Our home life would be along the lines of:
"Sex? Really? Again? Do you ever think of anything else? Since the last commercial you thought of the Yankees, eating twice, and the rest of the time ...oh, now you're just being a pervert!"

[Ravens_cry]

Sure! I'd date a Horta if you gave me an acid proof suit!
OK, maybe I wouldn't go that far, but there is plenty of species in science fiction and fantasy I could plausibly be attracted to, and I see no moral or ethical qualms about such a relationship.

[themaque]

I would not want to date a psychic. Our home life would be along the lines of:
"Sex? Really? Again? Do you ever think of anything else? Since the last commercial you thought of the Yankees, eating twice, and the rest of the time ...oh, now you're just being a pervert!"

Growing pains to be sure, but if you manage to work it out that is an amazing relationship.

To know she would know everything about me, no secrets at all, and still love/want me? To accept me who I am at the very core? To be able to know HER at a level beyond talking? That's something worth trying for, it's what I'm trying for NOW step by step and slowly the old fashioned way.

[SiuiS]

In a heartbeat. Whatever trepidation I may once have had was wiped away by thrikreen fanfic.

[Lentrax]

Anything that's human enough for you to date would still have the relevant flaws and foibles that have led you to be misanthropic in terms of lovers.

Maybe, but considering my general dislike of 99.9% of the human race at this point in time, I can and would rather deal with figuring out a new species' views on dating, relationships, and sexuality.

[themaque]

Maybe, but considering my general dislike of 99.9% of the human race at this point in time, I can and would rather deal with figuring out a new species' views on dating, relationships, and sexuality.

Than I am sincerely sorry for the negative experiences that have lead you to be so bitter at your fellow man. I seriously apologize and hope that you can find at least a small portion of people to help you restore some miniscule portion of faith in humanity.

[Chronos]

Assuming we're interfertile, sure.

[Jaycemonde]

Take a wild guess.

Anything with a human face plus built-in head ornament need not apply, though. That leaves out most of the Star Trek races.

[YossarianLives]

If it's only of the stereotypical 'humans with points ears' races, definitely. I'm not even that picky. I would start to hesitate when it came to insectoid aliens or horrible masses of tentacles.

[golentan]

If it's only of the stereotypical 'humans with points ears' races, definitely. I'm not even that picky. I would start to hesitate when it came to insectoid aliens or horrible masses of tentacles.

That's kind of how I felt about humans when I first came here.

Hypothetically yes. Right now, no.

[JBPuffin]

If it looks enough like a human, yes. I maintain the right to break up with them if they try to kill/eat me &/or part of me and fail (looking at you, Succubi and some versions of Vampire ), but otherwise it's close enough to dating a human that I'd be down.

[Crow]

I guess I'll be the one to go against the grain here and say "probably not". In theory, I'd like to say I would if they were human-looking enough. D and D elves...probably. Twílek....maybe. Dragon Age elves...hell no. Klingon...we'd prolly be pals but nothing else. Orion...nah. Bajoran...no thanks. Togruta....eh, ask me later. Kel-dor...um no. Xenomorph Ripley....nope.

Realistically though, and knowing myself as I do; I have a hard enough time dating outside my own cultural group, let alone cross-species. She'd have to be a pretty amazing person.

[Coidzor]

If it looks enough like a human, yes. I maintain the right to break up with them if they try to kill/eat me &/or part of me and fail (looking at you, Succubi and some versions of Vampire ), but otherwise it's close enough to dating a human that I'd be down.

Generally things that view humans as a food source would be out to begin with, but, yeah, I suppose some people never learn the lesson of the scorpion and the frog.

[golentan]

Generally things that view humans as a food source would be out to begin with, but, yeah, I suppose some people never learn the lesson of the scorpion and the frog.

"I can swim."

[Coidzor]

"I can swim."

How droll.

[PallElendro]

It seems like a bit of a stretch considering that it's most likely that cultures differ, so there are different ideas regarding entertainment, or even romance, if such a thing exists in said cultures. That being said, if we're compatible and happy with each other's company, I would gladly date a fantasy race.