Centaurs, anyone?

centawro

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I'm a new member, a gay man in California, USA. I'd like to know if anyone else is interested in centaurs.
 
I'm a new member, a gay man in California, USA. I'd like to know if anyone else is interested in centaurs.


Welcome to the AH.
I don't think we've had anything on the Caentaur - so far.
I have a pet Dragon, but not a Centaur.
 
I'm a new member, a gay man in California, USA. I'd like to know if anyone else is interested in centaurs.

I can't reveal too much as it's a Real World project I'm working on, but a central (and pathetic - as in pathos) character in a mockumentary I'm working on is the unsatisfied front end of a pantomine centaur.
 
I'm a new member, a gay man in California, USA. I'd like to know if anyone else is interested in centaurs.

Definitely! Lots of erotic potential there.

Perhaps you could share details about what interests you about centaurs? Might lead to some plot bunnies!
 
I think that what interests me is the connection between the instinctual (horse) and the more conscious (human). Also, I'm intrigued by the fact that centaurs seem to fit so poorly into most human environments yet there should be some connections with beings that are part human. There are also issues of differing cultures to explore. Do centaurs have architecture? What do they eat? Did centaurs invent the green salad? Also, I will not deny that I find centaurs to be very sexually stimulating. So much to learn, to imagine, to share.....
 
So, have you written GM centaur stories and read any? Would be interesting to see what could be made of that. And have you posted this question to the GLBT forum here?
 
I'm a new member, a gay man in California, USA. I'd like to know if anyone else is interested in centaurs.
One of my favorite Centaurs was the one Supergirl had a thing for back in the early 60's :D He tended to switch between being a super powered, flying horse (Comet), a centaur (Biron) and a man (Bronco Bill). Here's an image (excuse the fuzziness—it's a scan of an old comic that I copied...)

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i190/thirteen1031/ScreenShot2014-05-17at94852AM.png

Those comicbook writers in the early 60's were either really bored or really wanted to be writing something else :devil:
 
I just went to the Norton Simon Museum in LA and saw a few centaurs and centaurettes, while I was there. They are always my favorites. If you have not read Tom Robbins' Jitterbug Perfume, I would highly recommend it. Pan is featured most lovingly.
 
Thanks to all who have responded! Now, if I could just find a gay centaur who was between boyfriends.....for research purposes only, of course.....
 
Just a question:

Since they are half human (?) can the male centaur impregnate a female human. I'm thinking no since the woman would be too small wouldn't she? And if she were impregnated would it be a centaur baby? Or a human baby?

And the flip side of that question, would a male human be able to impregnate a centaurette and would the baby be human or centaur?
 
Just a question:

Since they are half human (?) can the male centaur impregnate a female human. I'm thinking no since the woman would be too small wouldn't she? And if she were impregnated would it be a centaur baby? Or a human baby?

And the flip side of that question, would a male human be able to impregnate a centaurette and would the baby be human or centaur?

You could write it up anyway you like. It's all myth anyway.
 
Just a question:

Since they are half human (?) can the male centaur impregnate a female human. I'm thinking no since the woman would be too small wouldn't she? And if she were impregnated would it be a centaur baby? Or a human baby?

And the flip side of that question, would a male human be able to impregnate a centaurette and would the baby be human or centaur?
An author can invent whatever coherent biology they wish. Let's say:

CM+HF->CI - centaur male plus human female leads to centaur infant
and
HM+CF->HI - human male plus centaur female produces human infant

OR

The offspring of any human+centaur mating is a sterile halfling, with equine rear legs, vestigial front legs and hooves (within the body, like a dolphin's rear legs), and human arms and hands. Halflings look mostly human when dressed.

OR

The nature of the offspring of any human+centaur mating is quite variable and unpredictable (without advanced genetic testing). Offspring may be anywhere on the human-to-centaur axis.

OR

Human+centaur genetics are too incompatible. No viable offspring are possible. Sex is for fun only.
 
An author can invent whatever coherent biology they wish. Let's say:

CM+HF->CI - centaur male plus human female leads to centaur infant
and
HM+CF->HI - human male plus centaur female produces human infant

OR

The offspring of any human+centaur mating is a sterile halfling, with equine rear legs, vestigial front legs and hooves (within the body, like a dolphin's rear legs), and human arms and hands. Halflings look mostly human when dressed.

OR

The nature of the offspring of any human+centaur mating is quite variable and unpredictable (without advanced genetic testing). Offspring may be anywhere on the human-to-centaur axis.

OR

Human+centaur genetics are too incompatible. No viable offspring are possible. Sex is for fun only.

Thank you! I suppose the potential rules and results for mating could be comparable to those when looking at werewolf/human and vampire/human breeding.

It's all terribly fascinating to think about and imagine.
 
Rules? What rules? As long as you can be internally consistent within your own story and make it sound sort of plausible, you can have your own rules for any of these. You do realize these beings don't exist, don't you? That means the customary boundaries don't exist either--certainly not in terms of "rules."
 
"You do realize these beings don't exist, don't you?"

I thought her question was an interest one and I'm sure the poster realizes these beings don't exist. I'm just puzzled why you sounded so condescending? That's not necessary.
 
"You do realize these beings don't exist, don't you?"

I thought her question was an interest one and I'm sure the poster realizes these beings don't exist. I'm just puzzled why you sounded so condescending? That's not necessary.

Rules apply to things that DO exist. This is nudging into the area of BDSM, where a group of practitioners and pseudo-practitioners stake claims about what you can and can't do and can and can't write about in what BDSM is. The elements of BDSM are simply actions--which can be and are done by folks who have no knowledge (or care) about someone thinking there are rules for it. If you tie someone up during sex, that's bondage. No requirement that you use certain knots or have safe words applies. If you whip someone's back during sex, this is sadism. You don't have to have used a particular kind of whip. In this case we're talking about free-game myth.

This was the second time the poster nudged into the rules bit on this. So, whether you think it's condescending to more pointedly say there are no rules to writing about mythical characters as long as you construct your mythical story well and are internally consistent is really your problem, not mine. As is your ulttrasensitivity to discussions on what can/can't be written.

If she asks a third time, I--and maybe others--will repeat that are no "rules" to writing about centaurs as long as you can write plausibly and with internal consistency.

If I'm saying anything, it's stop looking for rules. If you want to be a writer, let your imagination free. The different forms of presentation rules can be applied later.

I'm also tired of this "condescending" charge when someone asks a question and someone with more experience in the issue answers it. Among the other myths of life is that every opinion slapped on the Internet is equal. It isn't. What the Internet provides is equal access, not an equalization of knowledge. Someone doesn't know more or less than they naturally do just by posting to the Internet.

I don't see that you have contributed anything to this discuss but backbiting.
 
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Thank you! I suppose the potential rules and results for mating could be comparable to those when looking at werewolf/human and vampire/human breeding.

It's all terribly fascinating to think about and imagine.

The key is 'potential' rules, and those are up to the author. For nonhuman/human pairings, there's no particular canon or anything. I've read lots of stories that have all kinds of variations. When it comes to pairing/sex/mating, there are plenty of possibilities depending on what you want to do.

The important thing is that whatever rules you decide to use, you need (as sr71 says) to be consistent with them. That applies to just about any story in general, too.
 
Create a plausible/believable world.

Perhaps the offspring would be satyrs? :)
 
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