I have this line that I'm going to find a place to use, somewhere. Character A introduces herself and says "I'm a half-elf."
Character B raises an eyebrow and says, "Oh yeah? What's the other half?"
Makes me chuckle every time, but it brings me to my point. Half-orc, half-whatever, the other half is always human. Knock that over and see what you get.
Half-orc, half-dwarf.
Half-troll, half-elf.
Half-dwarf, half-halfling. *chortle*
If that last one has a child by a full dwarf, the child is what, 3/4 dwarf?
It gets rather silly, doesn't it?
Also, how does this work? Not so much the actual sex act, which I'm willing to allow is going to be pretty similar across bipedal mammals of similar size, but where's the attraction? For the most part, species do not inter-breed. There are exceptions, but for the most part. What would attract a dwarf to an orc? Or a human to a dwarf? How does the romance work? Are the conventions for love and courtship the same across species? Seems unlikely.
I'm also thinking that the issue of such unions would, for the most part, be regarded with revulsion--unless you build in some socio-cultural reasons why they wouldn't. Coming up with scenarios, both for revulsion and for acceptance, sounds full of writing promise.
Does anyone know of stories that have explored this?
Character B raises an eyebrow and says, "Oh yeah? What's the other half?"
Makes me chuckle every time, but it brings me to my point. Half-orc, half-whatever, the other half is always human. Knock that over and see what you get.
Half-orc, half-dwarf.
Half-troll, half-elf.
Half-dwarf, half-halfling. *chortle*
If that last one has a child by a full dwarf, the child is what, 3/4 dwarf?
It gets rather silly, doesn't it?
Also, how does this work? Not so much the actual sex act, which I'm willing to allow is going to be pretty similar across bipedal mammals of similar size, but where's the attraction? For the most part, species do not inter-breed. There are exceptions, but for the most part. What would attract a dwarf to an orc? Or a human to a dwarf? How does the romance work? Are the conventions for love and courtship the same across species? Seems unlikely.
I'm also thinking that the issue of such unions would, for the most part, be regarded with revulsion--unless you build in some socio-cultural reasons why they wouldn't. Coming up with scenarios, both for revulsion and for acceptance, sounds full of writing promise.
Does anyone know of stories that have explored this?