Monster Porn?

[hellibrarian]

Think about this. You find a Tome and as you flip through the apparently blank pages, you are hit by disticntly differnt odors coming from each page.

Many animals are stimulated by phermones (ie. my cats loving my "sexy feet" or as someone else mentioned their dog and thier slippers). The Red Dwarf quote made me think of this. Remember the Cat book Dave was reading/smelling.

On this same track, what if other senses were used, say hearing or tactile sensations. (I have to type it 'aural sex' ) It's not all going to glossy mags and videos.

 

[jessemock]

Think of it this way.

Why would a race who aren't ashamed of their bodies have any pornography: or writings about whores?

Perhaps because pornography doesn't necessarily have to do with shame and whores?

 

[D+1]

RED DWARF, Series 3, DNA

Series 4 actually, but...

LISTER: What am I supposed to say?
KRYTEN: Well is that normal?
LISTER: What? Taking pictures of it and showin' 'em to your mates? No, it's not.
KRYTEN: But is it supposed to look like that?
LISTER: Well, yeah.
KRYTEN: It's HIDEOUS! That's the best design they could come up with? There were choices and somebody said, "There. That's the one I want. The last-chicken-in-the-shop look!" Shakespeare had one? Einstein? Perry Como sang Memories are made of this with one of those stashed in his slacks? No wonder Humans don't have a "zoom" mode.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

I think for the humanoid races, it would almost be the same.

For races that often don't wear clothes, the pictures would be a bit more... explicit. Somehow I don't think a picture of a naked sea elf would be considered that special by another sea elf. (They could make a lot of money selling their ordinary artwork to humans.)

But as for dragons... never mind the gold. Pictures of gelatinous cubes would do the trick

 

[Wrath of the Swarm]

I stand corrected. That quote did indeed come from Series 4. Must have been a typo on my part.

I must agree that we wouldn't necessarily recognize the pornography/erotica of the more nonhumanoid creatures. Heck, even humanoids who have been deprived long enough have been known to obsess about some pretty normal stuff.

Lister: D'you think Wilma's sexy?
Cat: Wilma Flintstone?
Lister: Maybe we've been alone in deep space too long, but every time I see that body, it drives me crazy. Is it me?
Cat: Well, I think in all probability, Wilma Flintstone is the most desirable woman that ever lived.
Lister: That's good. I thought I was going strange.
Cat: She's incredible!
Lister: What d'ya think of Betty?
Cat: Betty Rubble? I'd go with Betty, but I'd be thinking of Wilma.
Lister: This is crazy. Why are we talking about going to bed with Wilma Flintstone?
Cat: You're right. We're nuts. This is an insane conversation.
Lister: She'll never leave Fred, and we know it.

 

[the Jester]

First of all, sorry I haven't been able to get back to this thread- I'm actually out of town on a business trip.

Secondly, thank you for treating this thread appropriately!

When I have a moment to read through this, I will- right now I'm actually in a training class on a very slow computar, so I don't have time right now!

We'll see... anyhow, continue to be gentle here and I'll post more prolly Friday evening after I get home.

 

[Dark Jezter]

while Elves may focus greatly on the foreplay aspect of sex.

"Dobby knows all of the tantric arts, master."

 

[Gez]

That's so wrong that's hilarious!

 

[shilsen]

For races that often don't wear clothes, the pictures would be a bit more... explicit. Somehow I don't think a picture of a naked sea elf would be considered that special by another sea elf. (They could make a lot of money selling their ordinary artwork to humans.)

Or the exact opposite. For a species where full frontal nudity is the norm, deviancy could lie in hiding the body. So sea elf porn, to use your example, could consist of pictures of sea elves with what would look (to humans) like tastefully and strategically placed clumps of seaweed and other objects. And the worst kind of sea elf porn would have them actually wearing clothes like surface dwellers! Ewwww!

 

[kipling]

Or the exact opposite. For a species where full frontal nudity is the norm, deviancy could lie in hiding the body. So sea elf porn, to use your example, could consist of pictures of sea elves with what would look (to humans) like tastefully and strategically placed clumps of seaweed and other objects. And the worst kind of sea elf porn would have them actually wearing clothes like surface dwellers! Ewwww!

If you've read John Varley's short story, "The Barbie Murders," it features a future cult where everyone has undergone biosculpturing to look identical. The perverts use things like makeup and wigs to look...different.