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That is a neat bit about their biology, it reminds me of mers in my headworld- they loosely have two sexes, but they both can carry out either parental role. It still takes an A part and a B part to make a baby, but either parent can carry the eggs as they fertilize. As such, they have almost no differentiation between the sexes and have ungendered pronouns, and are also on the evolutionary route to having one sex that can have a kid with any individual of their race.
Nice change of setting with how the green elves are, one would think green like nature and think they were very anti-tech, but these ones take a very different approach
The abiogenesis bit is nice, it's way different than what most people do with elves and covers the diversity issue that asexual reproduction has.
Nice change of setting with how the green elves are, one would think green like nature and think they were very anti-tech, but these ones take a very different approach
The abiogenesis bit is nice, it's way different than what most people do with elves and covers the diversity issue that asexual reproduction has.Comment ID 93125
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Oooh your mers sound very intersting.
And thanks. My partner is ace, and I think I fall somewhere on the asexual spectrum myself (it's complicated), so I wanted to create a race that not only blatantly defies the sex/gender binary, but doesn't require a sexual act to reproduce. They can "mate" with a partner, but like I mentioned it really just involves taking a bit of genetic material and placing it in the body in a particular place.
RE: anti-tech, tbh I've always hated it when nature-loving races were adamantly against modern technology. Like it doesn't really make a ton of sense when you examine the logic there. Instead, I wanted to have a fantasy culture that embraced the natural world, technology, and magic in equal measure, recognizing the importance of each and what each brought to the table, and how they could be used in synergy with each other.
And thanks.
My partner is ace, and I think I fall somewhere on the asexual spectrum myself (it's complicated), so I wanted to create a race that not only blatantly defies the sex/gender binary, but doesn't require a sexual act to reproduce. They can "mate" with a partner, but like I mentioned it really just involves taking a bit of genetic material and placing it in the body in a particular place.RE: anti-tech, tbh I've always hated it when nature-loving races were adamantly against modern technology. Like it doesn't really make a ton of sense when you examine the logic there. Instead, I wanted to have a fantasy culture that embraced the natural world, technology, and magic in equal measure, recognizing the importance of each and what each brought to the table, and how they could be used in synergy with each other.
Ace people are under-represented, it's nice to hear about more people like myself~ I appreciate when people make efforts to add unique things like that to their races instead of passing it off skin deep with different colors and weird ears or something basic.
The anti-tech trope is pretty overused, and it doesn't make sense why the people wouldn't want to make advancements that benefit both nature and themselves, like, isn't that what weapons are? If they want to seriously be all natural, say good-bye to person-made shelters, clothes to keep you warm in winter, cooking to keep your food fresh, and on and on. It's good that you thought a way for nature loving people to keep up with science~