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I have never written science fantasy before. My closest to science fantasy is a world which is dominated by reptilian species in all environments. Even then, there is a lot of science to back up the species, so I would consider it science fiction(which is the genre most of my stories are in).

So, I'm building this world where most of the lifeforms, for one reason or another, are reptiles, or at least reptilian. Now, I know there have been reptile dominant periods in Earth's history, so it isn't impossible for the modern ecosystem of another planet to be predominantly reptiles as...

See, what I think would happen is that because people sleep so close to each other on the generation ship and have sex on a regular basis(Yes, even those women on their period have sex. I mean it is possible to ovulate so close to your period or even on your period and have the egg be fertilized...

It is for protection of society. It is 1 thing to have an adolescent adopt a baby and induce lactation months before that. That is viewed as perfectly fine. But an adolescent becoming pregnant is viewed bad to the same degree murder is. Adolescents in this society are known to be reckless when...

Keplerians and their culture They have wide differences in culture but 1 thing they have in common is that they live part of their time underground. Kepler Bb Here they are a mostly stone age society that progresses rapidly. Why do they progress rapidly? Well they have their friends on a...

With 44000 people for genetic diversity reasons, it is inevitable that some will be ill. Now the types of illness allowed would differ. Take viruses for instance. A cold virus like this rhinovirus: Would be no big deal. It would just cause a cold. Ebola on the other hand would be a huge deal...

Well I have thought of threats they would come across and how different predators would attack. If they are crossing a wide river in an area that is hotter for longer in the year, there are likely to be predators that hunt in a similar way to that of crocodiles, by surprise and doing a death...

I am planning to have a mass migration in 1 of my stories and I thought of a few structures for different areas. Each layer around is different people. I have no idea what would be best for crossing a lake or a deep river. But others, I think I have a pretty good idea of what is best. So here...

Yeah, being arbitrary for which words have which gender is exactly what natural languages do. While seeing if any languages have their translation of pregnant being masculine or neuter, I noticed that the English word gravid has its roots in Danish where gravid means pregnant both in the sense...

I am making a conlang in which the writing system is based off of Arabic but the grammar is not all that similar to Arabic or English(more justification for calling it a conlang if grammar has little similarity to the languages it is based off of). I plan for it to be agglutinative but not...

This is 1 thing that I really think is obvious, whether my aliens should grow algae or fruits and vegetables. But here are the pros and cons: Algae Pros: low maintenance for hydroponics Cons: Aliens don't eat algae Most humans would be grossed out just from seeing algae Very few...

Actually most anaphylaxis is in adults. While allergies in general might be more common in children, those childhood allergies are often outgrown. And only a minority of people with allergies get anaphylaxis. I am 1 of the majority that don't. I did once have a pretty bad nasal allergy to...

I didn't say throughout the whole pregnancy. I said throughout the first and third trimesters. There is a difference. And just because the second trimester is typically asymptomatic doesn't mean it always is and along with acid reflux, I would say that pain is a common second trimester...

Okay, so mood swings are a normal thing during pregnancy but here is how Lisa knew she was pregnant: She bled a tiny bit after ovulation, not near a full blown period but enough to be noticeable. A week after that she has breast pain and her period is still 3 weeks away(their month is 7...

Well you see, I separated those from direct contact not because they aren't direct contact but because in those 4 cases, the infection doesn't start in the skin. And a vector is an animal(insect or not) that transmits disease from an infected person or animal to an uninfected person or animal...