GarfunkeL
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Definitely too much effort, plus it's usually completely useless since the people who populate those boards will just go: "LA-LA-LA-LA CAN'T HEAR U, LAIDLAW AND GAIDER SAID LA-LA-LA-LA"
It's actually not a bad screenshot. And I kind of like the brown. Origins was too green and lively (Korkari Wilds, Brecilian Forrest), too contrasted. I think those new landscapes have a darker, more realistic look.
I do believe, ladies and gentlemen, that we can safely declare this the Year of the RPG.
After pondering it with a few of my friends, I've come to the conclusion that there's no logical reason for asari to be equipped for penetrative sex. Granted, many will say that there's no logical reason for the asari to be, period, and they wouldn't be totally wrong; personally, I believe they were artificially engineered by someone. However, even with that, considering that their reproductive processes are mostly mental and they bred with each other for thousands of years, they have absolutely no need to be receptive to penises.
Thus, I contend that the asari birth canal, though located in a similar spot to the human one, is not a pleasure zone or adapted for penetration. It's possibly comparable to the human cervix, a valve meant to enable passage only one way; even if it wasn't actually painful for anything to enter it, it'd likely be odd and uncomfortable.
Argh.
>rummages around through notes<
Ah, here we go. Originally part of a different discussion, but applicable here.
Well, since asari breasts serve the same function as they do in humans, I'd imagine them to be similarly sensitive, and be at least a semi-erogenous zone.
I imagine that the folds and other structures on the backs of their heads under the fringe are pretty dang sensitive. I've assumed that there are lots of extra nerve structures in there to facilitate their melding, since they need to "become a single unified nervous system" with their partner according to the codex.
Since asari reproduction does not, evolutionarily speaking, involve any kind of sexual penetration, I'd imagine the "azure" has nothing to do with the area between their thighs, the way most people assume. I doubt that area is an erogenous zone, period, or any more sensitive than any other area (heck, if its only function is as a birth canal, then it's highly likely that it's less sensitive than other parts of the body, cause childbirth is just not very pleasant by all accounts). If the "azure" was what Shepard touched in her cabin after LOTSB, it seems to be located over the tailbone just above the gluteus muscles. Which would also make sense, with the asari having highly developed nervous systems and that being a nerve cluster even in humans.
In order to induce actual fertilization, I've imagined that there's also an erogenous zone on the front of the asari body, low on their belly just above the pubic bone (possibly extending up to the navel during arousal). This area would probably need to be stimulated at the same time as the one on the rear to induce fertilization. This could be the "azure" as well, or perhaps "azure" refers to both simultaneously.
I figured that sometime in their evolutionary past their reproductive cycle became symbiotically linked to certain kinds of bacteria, much like the Wolbachia bacteria does in certain species of wasp here on Earth. The nervous system must pass current through both the rear and front of the azure to stimulate them to induce fertilization of the asari egg cells.
I do love how we all think about this so ... deeply
The major issue of course, is that this will most likely never get a Word of God clarification to it.
I agree, Xilizhra. This is one of the reasons as to why I dislike the DudeShep/Liara pairing, and believe that Liara should have realistically been a FemShep-exclusive LI. I think that human sexual intercourse would be deeply uncomfortable for the asari, and possibly even quite painful.
Coyote said:Hey guys, what's going on at the Bioforums today?
After pondering it with a few of my friends, I've come to the conclusion that there's no logical reason for asari to be equipped for penetrative sex. Granted, many will say that there's no logical reason for the asari to be, period, and they wouldn't be totally wrong; personally, I believe they were artificially engineered by someone. However, even with that, considering that their reproductive processes are mostly mental and they bred with each other for thousands of years, they have absolutely no need to be receptive to penises.
Thus, I contend that the asari birth canal, though located in a similar spot to the human one, is not a pleasure zone or adapted for penetration. It's possibly comparable to the human cervix, a valve meant to enable passage only one way; even if it wasn't actually painful for anything to enter it, it'd likely be odd and uncomfortable.
Thread. It's telling about Bioware's fanbase that the first response is "You know, I actually pondered this myself." Some more highlights from before I made my will save versus :
Argh.
>rummages around through notes<
Ah, here we go. Originally part of a different discussion, but applicable here.
Well, since asari breasts serve the same function as they do in humans, I'd imagine them to be similarly sensitive, and be at least a semi-erogenous zone.
I imagine that the folds and other structures on the backs of their heads under the fringe are pretty dang sensitive. I've assumed that there are lots of extra nerve structures in there to facilitate their melding, since they need to "become a single unified nervous system" with their partner according to the codex.
Since asari reproduction does not, evolutionarily speaking, involve any kind of sexual penetration, I'd imagine the "azure" has nothing to do with the area between their thighs, the way most people assume. I doubt that area is an erogenous zone, period, or any more sensitive than any other area (heck, if its only function is as a birth canal, then it's highly likely that it's less sensitive than other parts of the body, cause childbirth is just not very pleasant by all accounts). If the "azure" was what Shepard touched in her cabin after LOTSB, it seems to be located over the tailbone just above the gluteus muscles. Which would also make sense, with the asari having highly developed nervous systems and that being a nerve cluster even in humans.
In order to induce actual fertilization, I've imagined that there's also an erogenous zone on the front of the asari body, low on their belly just above the pubic bone (possibly extending up to the navel during arousal). This area would probably need to be stimulated at the same time as the one on the rear to induce fertilization. This could be the "azure" as well, or perhaps "azure" refers to both simultaneously.
I figured that sometime in their evolutionary past their reproductive cycle became symbiotically linked to certain kinds of bacteria, much like the Wolbachia bacteria does in certain species of wasp here on Earth. The nervous system must pass current through both the rear and front of the azure to stimulate them to induce fertilization of the asari egg cells.
My favorite part is that this poster apparently thought the prior discussion on Asari erogenous zones was important enough to save. Plus, there's the fact that they've had a prior discussion on Asari erogenous zones.
I do love how we all think about this so ... deeply
The major issue of course, is that this will most likely never get a Word of God clarification to it.
Of course. That is the major issue.
I agree, Xilizhra. This is one of the reasons as to why I dislike the DudeShep/Liara pairing, and believe that Liara should have realistically been a FemShep-exclusive LI. I think that human sexual intercourse would be deeply uncomfortable for the asari, and possibly even quite painful.
Your opinion is noted, cross-dressing dude, but why should that preclude a male-asari relationship? After all, if asari don't have pleasure zones in the typical places, wouldn't lesbians also oh god why am I debating this.
Oddly enough, though, that's the most reasonable part of the thread. Where it really starts to go full derp is around pages 4-6+ when the political correctness/feminist male apologist brigade invades in full force. The chile avatar guy is obviously parodying the other posters, but jlb, adneate, rynluna, and the rest are clearly seriously butthurt.
This is the sort of thing that makes me remember why I like the Codex.
Bah, shield.Angthoron said:
That... actually... beats trolling. In the end the effect will be the same, but at least we'd end up as the better looking side which may sway some lone misguided individuals with their brains still intact, and effect being the same means we'll still get lulz and butthurtz aplenty.Angthoron said:Guys, maybe we should start posting reasonable criticism into retarded threads so they can be locked down? How about that.
They are still tugging in extremely right way in this thread and they do mention PS:T. What's not to love?http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/t ... ambiguity/
"Oblivion vastly improved over TES 3 in many fields. But when it came to plot and story-telling, it seemed like TES3 was analagous to a Christopher Nolan or Coen Brother's film, and 4 seemed to be like a Van Damme or Chuck Norris movie."
I think picking one director and different works of that director would be a better analogy as the games were made by the same people too.
Memento, Prestige ~Morrowind.
Dark Knight, Inception ~Oblivion.
The rest of this thread is still about Morrowind being the more immersive game, attempts at analysing why and wanting the immersiveness back.http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/t ... immersion/
Oblivion's quests were better presented, and NPCs actually felt (somewhat) like they had wants and needs, due to voice acting. Even if they may have had fewer unique lines, the voice acting gave them more life than simple topics you click to read about.
That's actually the kind of 'sperging that can give a fictional universe a life on its own. It's a good thing even if it's based on biowarian... umm... wank-fuel which isn't exactly the most fertile soil for this form of fanwank (unlike other forms of wankery). It's actually encouraging to see some sort of loremaster-wannabes seeking intellectual rather than just fetish fuel thrive even in such unfavourable conditions.Coyote said:Hey guys, what's going on at the Bioforums today?
After pondering it with a few of my friends, I've come to the conclusion that there's no logical reason for asari to be equipped for penetrative sex. Granted, many will say that there's no logical reason for the asari to be, period, and they wouldn't be totally wrong; personally, I believe they were artificially engineered by someone. However, even with that, considering that their reproductive processes are mostly mental and they bred with each other for thousands of years, they have absolutely no need to be receptive to penises.
Thus, I contend that the asari birth canal, though located in a similar spot to the human one, is not a pleasure zone or adapted for penetration. It's possibly comparable to the human cervix, a valve meant to enable passage only one way; even if it wasn't actually painful for anything to enter it, it'd likely be odd and uncomfortable.
Thread. It's telling about Bioware's fanbase that the first response is "You know, I actually pondered this myself." Some more highlights from before I made my will save versus :
Argh.
>rummages around through notes<
Ah, here we go. Originally part of a different discussion, but applicable here.
Well, since asari breasts serve the same function as they do in humans, I'd imagine them to be similarly sensitive, and be at least a semi-erogenous zone.
I imagine that the folds and other structures on the backs of their heads under the fringe are pretty dang sensitive. I've assumed that there are lots of extra nerve structures in there to facilitate their melding, since they need to "become a single unified nervous system" with their partner according to the codex.
Since asari reproduction does not, evolutionarily speaking, involve any kind of sexual penetration, I'd imagine the "azure" has nothing to do with the area between their thighs, the way most people assume. I doubt that area is an erogenous zone, period, or any more sensitive than any other area (heck, if its only function is as a birth canal, then it's highly likely that it's less sensitive than other parts of the body, cause childbirth is just not very pleasant by all accounts). If the "azure" was what Shepard touched in her cabin after LOTSB, it seems to be located over the tailbone just above the gluteus muscles. Which would also make sense, with the asari having highly developed nervous systems and that being a nerve cluster even in humans.
In order to induce actual fertilization, I've imagined that there's also an erogenous zone on the front of the asari body, low on their belly just above the pubic bone (possibly extending up to the navel during arousal). This area would probably need to be stimulated at the same time as the one on the rear to induce fertilization. This could be the "azure" as well, or perhaps "azure" refers to both simultaneously.
I figured that sometime in their evolutionary past their reproductive cycle became symbiotically linked to certain kinds of bacteria, much like the Wolbachia bacteria does in certain species of wasp here on Earth. The nervous system must pass current through both the rear and front of the azure to stimulate them to induce fertilization of the asari egg cells.
My favorite part is that this poster apparently thought the prior discussion on Asari erogenous zones was important enough to save. Plus, there's the fact that they've had a prior discussion on Asari erogenous zones.
DraQ said:The rest of this thread is still about Morrowind being the more immersive game, attempts at analysing why and wanting the immersiveness back.
DraQ said:That's actually the kind of 'sperging that can give a fictional universe a life on its own. It's a good thing even if it's based on biowarian... umm... wank-fuel which isn't exactly the most fertile soil for this form of fanwank (unlike other forms of wankery). It's actually encouraging to see some sort of loremaster-wannabes seeking intellectual rather than just fetish fuel thrive even in such unfavourable conditions.
The topic of this sperging is but it's not infrequent for 'spergs to not get caught up on such trivial details as the fact that they are discussing species created explicitly to "fill the "green alien girls" motif" and to provide gender-indifferent love interest for creepier part (majority) of the playerbase, and were never supposed to actually make sense.
?Coyote said:
Couldn't you just have quoted the derp parts then? You know, The Best Thread Ever material.TBH, as I said the most retarded part of that thread wasn't the Asari anatomy lesson, but the excessive PC wankery that follows.
Which one would that be? Sounds like it's just the kind of webcomic I like.I know what you're saying about the 'sperging, too; there's one webcomic I follow where an archaeologist/biologist posts paragraphs-long musings for many strips going into real-world analogues and explanations that enrich the overall experience of reading the comic itself
I was somewhat active on TESF in lore topics and even took part in some rather elaborate discussions regarding mineralogy of Vvardenfell and some of the more exotic materials available in universe with one intelligent and knowledgable dude. It was fun. Then I got banned for inane reasons.and the TES lore community used to be a pretty interesting place to drop by on occasion for similar reasons (might still be; I haven't been by in a while).
DraQ said:Then I got banned for inane reasons.
TES lore (pre oblivious) handles all consistency problems very nicely as it is composed entirely of fallible sources. They create visible consistent outline of bigger picture without requirement of strict consistency between each of them. This also has the advantage of player not having out of character 'world of god' knowledge and of lore being easily expandable and flexible, at least until you go full derp like bethesda did from oblivious onwards and manage to break even something this sturdy.sgc_meltdown said:DraQ said:Then I got banned for inane reasons.
Was it for criticising TES lore inconsistency or correcting someone?
DraQ said:This also has the advantage of player not having out of character 'world of god' knowledge and of lore being easily expandable and flexible
This. TES lore, up to and including Morrowind generally consists entirely of various fragmentary, biased, often conflicting accounts.sgc_meltdown said:DraQ said:This also has the advantage of player not having out of character 'world of god' knowledge and of lore being easily expandable and flexible
Hmmm, like the vampire background fluff in the World of Darkness setting where Bloodlines is set in.
To learn more about the clans you look at their clanbooks, where what backstory lore you get is written from the point of who else, someone in that clan and very much eager to provide incontrovertible logic on why their clan is the best there is and the rest of their allies are untrustworthy stupid bastards and their enemies helpless before their might.
All this reminds me of ancient military warfare accounts in real life really, where you get several different people from several sides saying what really happened, which is fun.
Biotech double classing as CompSci.Mangoose said:What do you do IRL, Draq? Historian? Just curious.
DraQ said:?Coyote said:
Couldn't you just have quoted the derp parts then? You know, The Best Thread Ever material.TBH, as I said the most retarded part of that thread wasn't the Asari anatomy lesson, but the excessive PC wankery that follows.
Which one would that be? Sounds like it's just the kind of webcomic I like.
I was somewhat active on TESF in lore topics and even took part in some rather elaborate discussions regarding mineralogy of Vvardenfell and some of the more exotic materials available in universe with one intelligent and knowledgable dude. It was fun. Then I got banned for inane reasons.
DraQ said:Long-time fans of the series doubtlessly felt disgusted and enrage
I believe you wouldn't like me phrasing my posts so as to use NAND logic exclusively.Coyote said:DraQ said:?Coyote said:
Just having fun with the triple-negative.
Bah. Contrary to the first impression we may create, not every single person on these boards is an easily amused moron.As I said in the first post (edit: crap, never mind, must have deleted that part), it's too diffuse to post here. I'd have to quote 3-4 pages of posts. And I figured people here would probably get more lulz out of the asari stuff than your everyday oversensitive feminists and persecution complex lesbians, anyway.
Maybe they consider Krogans quite manly.Never mind that they're also attracted to, say, krogans.
Well, personally, I've spent several years on a (now defunct) furry forum.Digger. Don't let the wombat protagonist put you off - not that it would in your case, this is more for the benefit of anyone else reading who clicks this and thinks "yet another furry webcomic", which it's not.
Bluescale (or Blue-Scale) and Wierd respectively.Not sure if I'd remember any names, but who were you over there? And who's the guy you're talking about?
Extremely cool thing about the 36 Lessons of Vivec is that they are a palimpset of meanings - a single fragment of text has several different meanings depending on which layer you focus on, it's a distorted historical account, metaphysics, instruction manual of sorts addressed to future Nerevarine and even, at times, a collection of easter eggs poking fun at engine deficiencies of previous games in the series.I remember there was one guy who did some insanely in-depth analyses of the belief systems throughout Tamriel, trying to weave a coherent cultural narrative out of Vivec's sermons and such and place it within the context of the environment in which the Dunmer existed.
Coping mechanism, cut those guys some slack. Imagine what codex would do if MCA came and made a PST2, retconing TNO to be an attractive lesbian female elf pursuing immortality and made the gameplay focus on killing hordes of demons in the popamoliest style imaginable, with entire game featuring maybe a page or two of dialogue text (no descriptions at all).sgc_meltdown said:DraQ said:Long-time fans of the series doubtlessly felt disgusted and enrage
I've seen people have long discussion threads regarding Oblivion lore and what it all means when integrated with what we know from Morrowind and Daggerfall.
I kept thinking of beaten wife syndrome.
Coyote said:
Well, the assburger was strong in this one, that's probably part of the reason why our conversations and discussions were so interesting, normal people often get all butthurt over the zaniest things, misinterpret what you're saying and can't really keep their attention on the interesting stuff.Admiral jimbob said:I remember Wierd, he spent about a year dedicated entirely to screaming about peak oil in Community Discussion before politics discussion was banned (fossil fuels are known for their political beliefs or something). Think we might have an Assburger detected...