Monster Porn?

[hong]

As an avid student of both art history and erotica I would say that "porn" or erotica is the second most popular subject in all art from all cultures. Perhaps the first.

You're just saying that so you call tell people you only read Penthouse for the pictures.

I can't think of any art producing culture that didn't produce tons of porn.

One reason you may not be seeing all of it is ownership. The worlds largest collection of erotic art belongs to- (drumroll) The Vatican. Chambers and chambers full of Greek, Roman, Medieval, Chinese, Japanese and African erotica sit in the Vatican storehouses.

Look closely, no subkject has had such universal attention paid to it in art.

And all of a sudden, Clay's "monkey with popsicle" title and avatar pic make much more sense.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Hmmm.... 'I activate this wand of....' what happens???

Indeed, not much porn has existed throughout the centuries. There were a few lewd texts (Romans and Greeks had those) and pictures (think of the sculptures on some asian temples devoted to love gods).

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Porn is everywhere in history.

Rome gave out coins to its legions, showing different acts, the coins were exhanged for service. Pompeii was full of porn art when uncovered and so shocked were the finders they destroyed many. Japan has a yearly event that goes back a 1000 years, which includes the riding of log shape like a down a mountain side.

Also, what some see as porn now had more dealing with fertility. Which brings up a whole different objects.

 

[alsih2o]

You're just saying that so you call tell people you only read Penthouse for the pictures.


And all of a sudden, Clay's "monkey with popsicle" title and avatar pic make much more sense.

Hong, you never fail to bring a broad smile to my face....

 

[Wrath of the Swarm]

KRYTEN: Now why do you suppose that happened?
LISTER: Wwwwwhat were you thinking of at the time?
KRYTEN: Well, nothing in particular, sir. I was just idly flicking
through an electrical-appliance catalogue. I came across the section
on super-deluxe vacuum cleaners and suddenly my underpants elastic was
catapulted across the medical bay.
LISTER: You see, man, you're neither one thing or the other. You
shouldn't be getting erotic thoughts about electrical appliances.
KRYTEN: It was a triple-bag easy-glide vac with turbo-suction and a self-
emptying dustbag.

He wiggles his eyebrows in a highly suggestive manner.

LISTER: Kryten, I don't care what model it was. No vacuum cleaner should
give a human being a double polaroid.

RED DWARF, Series 3, DNA

 

[heirodule]

One reason you may not be seeing all of it is ownership. The worlds largest collection of erotic art belongs to- (drumroll) The Vatican. Chambers and chambers full of Greek, Roman, Medieval, Chinese, Japanese and African erotica sit in the Vatican storehouses.

That's actually false. An urban legend.

Snopes debunking

It was actually the Kinsey Institute, which DOES have the largest porn collection, that promoted the urban legend. Of course, Kinsey would have a substantial axe to grind in claiming the vatican housed porn.

 

[Gnarlo]

I think much of the truely alien monsters would have nothing recognizable as porn to us. Beholders, for example, are often described as finding any beholder whose shape and body form deviates even in the slightest from theirs as abhorent and an abomination, so they might be the world's greatest autoerotic narcissists. Imagine the puzzlement of a party wandering into a Beholder's "love nest" and finding a secret door and behind it -- only a perfect mirror.

 

[Blacksad]

Well, pr0n in the sense of something verboten is only a few hundred years old in our world; censorship laws only came about in what, the 18th century?

you do not need law to have censorship, I'm pretty sure that most painting of the Christ were censored before the 18th century (they added clothes).

There are a number of examples of the, erm, earthier nature of earlier eras. The oft-cited example for games of French peasantry (laughing at the arousal of children, to put it as obliquely as I can) may have been anti-French propaganda, but it points out that when the whole family sleeps together in one bed, everybody knows what goes on.

Where have you seen that everybody sleept together in one bed???? As far as I'm aware in many regions it was closed beds, and you could put 2 people max in them (1m50 in length or 5ft.)
edit: after a small research, the closed bed are specific to my region and Normandie, but I'm still curious of what you imply (and your sources, and their ages).

 

[alsih2o]

That's actually false. An urban legend.

Snopes debunking

It was actually the Kinsey Institute, which DOES have the largest porn collection, that promoted the urban legend. Of course, Kinsey would have a substantial axe to grind in claiming the vatican housed porn.

Well, more than an urban legend, especially considering who has said it, but very interesting

 

[KenM]

IMO monster porn would not be reconizible by the PC's, and it normally is not that important to the story.

 

[Sejs]

What about an illithid?

Illithid reproduce via parasite. Introduce illithid tadpole into a host, the little tyke eats the host brain and sets up shop, eventually growing up into an illithid all its own. It's not sexual, so I would imagine that illithids wouldn't have porn at all.


Gourmet magazines on the other hand... now that I could see. Oooh, recipies for duergar l'orange with spiced walnuts in this month's issue!