Anthros, aliens, elves, vamps, and other nonhumans

[sunandshadow]

The non-human story category is probably my favorite here on Lit, and I also like to read furry erotica, and erotic fanfiction starring various kinds of non-humans. I think the reason I like it is that it's an invitation to imagine what life would be like if I, or everyone, was a bit different from our boring and flawed human selves. It can also make familiar plot problems seem new because nonhuman characters might have different instincts, cultural beliefs, and physical abilities which might cause them to take a different approach to a problem than a human would.

That and heat cycles, nest building, egg-laying, etc. are just hot.

What kinds of non-humans do you all like, and why? Personally I'm not as much of a fan of vampires, other undead, elves, dwarves, or that kind of thing. I prefer aliens and anthros and less-physically-human fantasy races like centaurs, satyrs, gnolls, nagas, etc.

 

[danigrl84]

That is a very interesting explanation. I would probably have to fall under the (assuming) majority.....in that I am a vampire fan. I suppose this probably has to do more with bloodletting and domination than their being non human, to me. I had never really thought of it as falling in that category, but having read your post, it makes a lot of sensem
I also enjoy stories where monsters, or some sort, take advantage of a woman.....
Ill be definitely checking back to see what peeks others interests.

 

[sunandshadow]

That's the same reason I don't like vampires, I guess - I find the domination part unpleasant and don't really care about the blood. One of the reasons I like alien romances is often the alien men are portrayed as valuing women much more highly than real earth men do (treating women like queens = acting a bit submissive), as well as actively wanting children the way real men rarely seem to. But on the other hand I've seen BDSM alien romances too - it seems like 1/3 of all romance novels are BDSM-flavored any more. The popularity of that baffles me a bit, but eh, whatever makes somebody happy.


Oh btw, please excuse the nitpicking, but in the phrase "what peeks others interests" the word you want there is piques, as in piquant (spicy).

 

[Kojote]

I've never been into vampires or (dark)elves much.
From the perspective of a RP gamer they are too jaded.
The raw and animalistic power of weres and other 'beasties' is appealing to me on the other hand. I like the 'every once in a while bursting into violent outrages' thing as much as the primal power of the concept.
And I like canines in general.

But I prefer the humanoid types. The more alien they get, the less appealing from the sexual point of view they are.
The ‘less-physically-human’ fantasy creatures you mentioned fit right into my humanoid likes. Except for the Naga. Giant octopi or Blobs from outer space don’t.
Talking about films the ones who fit in almost perfectly are the ones from Predator and it’s sequels.

 

[Stella_Omega]

I have a couple of favorite BTVS fan fiction writers who do the vamps. One writes mostly Spike/xander, exploring different ways the dominance/submissiveness can go when one partner is supernaturaly strong and a hundred fifty years older than the other-- or not, in some cases.

The other writes Buffy and Spike, where Buffy is the dominant-- at least Spike never questions her dominance.

It isn't entirely about the blood, although that becomes an important metaphor in a lot of writers's work.

i have a concept for aliens that have a penis inside a cloaca-- so that they look female to humans-- unless they happen to get a hardon, which is just confusing to see for some humans-- and can take a human penis too .

There's a terrific sexy alien species in John Varley's "titan" trilogy. They are hermaphroditic centaurs...

 

[Star of Penumbra]

I've always liked the idea of a non-human sexual partner. When I was younger this meant things like elves or nymphs, and as I got a little older I got into vampires (this was like the late 90's, long before Twilight made vampires incredibly lame.)

After a while I discovered I wasn't alone- among the things I discovered was the whole furry fandom. With the internet being as commonplace as it is, and so many artists having galleries online, it's not hard to find porn of strange things (aliens, demons, tentacle monsters, female tentacle monsters, naga, angels, ghosts...) The folder I have dedicated to nonhuman pics (not counting 'furry' art) has quite a few pics.

I've tried writing about stuff like this a few times, but I can never really get the motivation to progress beyond a certain point in the story, which is why I don't contribute more stuff to the archives.

As for what I like? it varies from day to day, really. My most consistent favorite, though, would be anthropomorphic animals ("furries.")

 

[KoPilot]

Me. (Furrydom doesn't interest me one bit, though.)

Robots and monsters, definitely. Why? Dunno. Probably because most giants or physically larger males are often portrayed as big, dumb Hulk-types. They're either mentally-lacking and innocent, or mentally-lacking and violent. There is very, very little to be found outside of that. What you do find outside of that in media, though, are non-humans.

I like non-humans (only of the macro variety because I'm weird like that) because they're symbols and metaphors. Their alien anatomy usually means an exotic situation/interaction due to something that's just biologically inherent is likely to happen (or the idea that something similar could happen is equally as enticing), like the possibility of culture clashes and stuff. This is especially useful for people like me who are also BDSM-inclined. I'm drawn to alien body-types that read as "capable of doing horrible things"... not that I want them, to, of course. (None of my fantasies result in hospitalization or even blood.) The possibility is what's important.

To me, it's just a different flavor, and depending on your creativity, it can present a whole different world of sexual opportunity. ;B

 

[Stella_Omega]

Thanks for that little essay, kopilot. Its given me some ideas!

 

[frostyghost09]

elves. think tolkien-esque, just not Orlando Bloom. *gag*

 

[KoPilot]

Thanks for that little essay, kopilot. Its given me some ideas!

When your biggest turn-on is impossible to to realize, you do end up getting lots of crazy ideas from all the thinking you've gotta settle for.

 

[KoPilot]

I'm with KoPilot.
No interest in furries, love aliens and robots for the unnatural things they can do

Yeah, I only liked vampires and furries in middle school. In hindsight I guess they were gateway drugs to bigger and more fearsome things.

 

[sunandshadow]

I'm with KoPilot.
No interest in furries, love aliens and robots for the unnatural things they can do

It's fairly common to see furry aliens/alien furries. Invader Zim for example, those are insect-based aliens. Avatar aliens are based on a mix of animals, but cat makes up a large percentage of the mix.

 

[vrosej10]

i am very turned on by fairy art and fairies. They are totally gorgeous but only the female ones.

 

[KoPilot]

It's fairly common to see furry aliens/alien furries. Invader Zim for example, those are insect-based aliens. Avatar aliens are based on a mix of animals, but cat makes up a large percentage of the mix.

I dunno, I think being "into" furries is a pretty specific thing. To me, at least. I spent a lot of time on macrophile.com, which is a macrofur site (unfortunately... I don't like that they took a domain name that entails the ENTIRETY of the fetish when in fact they only comprise, and accept, a small portion of it). My mecha art got a little attention there, but my stuff featuring humans was completely overlooked, understandably. I thought I could fit in, but I ended up feeling completely out of place and not really enjoying any of the work that anyone else posted. And yet, here I am, still attracted to animal-inspired aliens. Like, would you consider Mass Effect's Turians to be a race of dragon/reptile furries?

To me, a big distinguishing feature (though not the only one and not always true) is the pronounced face of a lot of furry characters, versus the more flat, humanoid face of most SF sentient alien species.

 

[sunandshadow]

I dunno, I think being "into" furries is a pretty specific thing. To me, at least. I spent a lot of time on macrophile.com, which is a macrofur site (unfortunately... I don't like that they took a domain name that entails the ENTIRETY of the fetish when in fact they only comprise, and accept, a small portion of it). My mecha art got a little attention there, but my stuff featuring humans was completely overlooked, understandably. I thought I could fit in, but I ended up feeling completely out of place and not really enjoying any of the work that anyone else posted. And yet, here I am, still attracted to animal-inspired aliens. Like, would you consider Mass Effect's Turians to be a race of dragon/reptile furries?

To me, a big distinguishing feature (though not the only one and not always true) is the pronounced face of a lot of furry characters, versus the more flat, humanoid face of most SF sentient alien species.

Yes, I'd consider Turians to be reptile anthros (scalies). I looked them up in the mass effect wiki and it says one of the human characters in mass effect compared turians to an evolutionary link between dinosaurs and birds. It's true that there is a pronounced difference between animal-face races and humanoid-face races, but kemonomini (animal ear characters) are anthros despite having mostly or entirely human faces. Werewolves, centaurs, nagas, and all that are also commonly considered anthros.

Whether something's popular is different from whether it technically fits into a category though. There are always idiots who will bash anything that doesn't appeal to their personal kinks, and stuff that is simply a niche that doesn't interest a lot of people.

Me personally, I like size differential couples, although more on the scale of a 5' tall person and a 6'6" person than differences so extreme they would prevent penetrative sex. macros aren't really one of my interests but I know several people who like them. In terms of art I'd personally have more interest in a human/nonhuman couple than a human/human couple because I've just seen so darn many human couples in my life; it's difficult to make something interesting that's so old hat. But I can sympathize with being frustrated with creating work and having it ignored, I've done that many times.

 

[sunandshadow]

I'm not certain I would hold the idea of being attracted to an alien that didn't evolve from a primate the same as being attracted to furries.

Erm.. but many anthros are supposed to be intelligent beings that evolved from animals other than primates. Sorry if I'm being dense but I have no idea what the difference would be there.

 

[KoPilot]

call it a personal aesthetic.
I think that, when we see a person or creature, we see certain characteristics as being primary (fur, or muscles, or facial configuration, for example) and others as less so (number of digits, height, and so on).
There are characteristics that, to me, say 'anthro'.
If you have the face of a horse, that, to me, is anthro, because there's no way I can look at you and not think 'HORSEY!', which I feel no sexual desires towards.

Yeah, I agree. There's a difference... can't QUITE pin down why, but the difference in faces has something to do with it. It probably also has a lot to do with how we (collective we) would define "alien" versus "anthropomorphic animal" in our heads.

And I know there's gotta be a difference because my libido says there is.

 

[sunandshadow]

Hmm. Well, I guess that difference doesn't really exist in my head - I like human faces but I draw no distinction between a cat-person anthro and the aliens in avatar. To me the definition of "what might possibly be sexy" is that it has to think and talk like a human (and preferably have a penis ). But I can see how it could be different in someone else's head. Viva diversity.

 

[aussiecumslut]

The non-human story category is probably my favorite here on Lit, and I also like to read furry erotica, and erotic fanfiction starring various kinds of non-humans. I think the reason I like it is that it's an invitation to imagine what life would be like if I, or everyone, was a bit different from our boring and flawed human selves. It can also make familiar plot problems seem new because nonhuman characters might have different instincts, cultural beliefs, and physical abilities which might cause them to take a different approach to a problem than a human would.

That and heat cycles, nest building, egg-laying, etc. are just hot.

What kinds of non-humans do you all like, and why? Personally I'm not as much of a fan of vampires, other undead, elves, dwarves, or that kind of thing. I prefer aliens and anthros and less-physically-human fantasy races like centaurs, satyrs, gnolls, nagas, etc.

I have massive massive massive fantasies about being fucked by alien life forms .