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more on this series on Poe and his intrepid exploration of the Fuckable Sentients of the Galaxy
It’s sort of important to me, okay, that Poe is kiiiiind of a nerd. He’s from an Outer Rim backwater (Yavin 4 sounds important because shit, the Battle of Yavin was so important they restarted the calendar after it, buuuut, it’s in the Outer Rim and isn’t near any of the major hyperlanes– it’s off the side of a side-lane off the side of the Hydian Way, at best (on this map, zoom in a little, near Mandalore)– and it’s really kind of isolated actually) and he desperately wants to be Cool, and he’s so goddamn earnest, and he’s smart enough to know that pretending aloofness is an easy way to avoid getting made fun of but he’s stubborn enough that he’s going to try earnestness anyway.
Inter-Species Studies Logbook, day/month/year
Species: Human
Situational observation/context: I didn’t have this log book when I had this experience but I thought it was relevant, so much later I’ve come back to add this entry. My sexual debut was with another human shortly after I arrived at the Academy; a female fellow-student my own age from Corellia
Pros: am also a human, so anatomical compatibility was pretty well guaranteed. No significant cultural barriers to overcome and no difficulty in determining genital configuration or significant rituals. No unexpected considerations in either disease transmission or possible successful mating; it’s easy to know what to do to avoid negative outcomes.
Neutrals: thinking you know what’s going on can kind of lull you into a false sense of security
Cons: both parties expect certain things out of an encounter, and so there’s more pressure than when you’re crossing a species boundary; parties may separately expect quite different things.
Notes: I had received a great deal of false information via pornography and similar sources as to what would be expected of me, and it turns out I had absolutely no idea how to make effective love to a human female. The encounter did not go smoothly, but was eventually enjoyable for both parties. She had no more experience than I did, and did not know how to correct my misinformation, as well as having some similar misconceptions on her end. We both learned a lot and had a good time, but I took it as a wake-up call that I was going to have to study some more before attempting it again, and made a point of keeping my next few encounters with like-minded individuals a little more basic and less intense, which helped a lot with increased success at mutual satisfaction, to put it euphemistically. I’m not going to write log entries for all of them and I don’t think anybody needs me to write an essay on the topic, as I think it’s pretty well explored, but if I can figure out a way to get a grade and credit I’ll write just about anything.
more on this series on Poe and his intrepid exploration of the Fuckable Sentients of the Galaxy
It’s sort of important to me, okay, that Poe is kiiiiind of a nerd. He’s from an Outer Rim backwater (Yavin 4 sounds important because shit, the Battle of Yavin was so important they restarted the calendar after it, buuuut, it’s in the Outer Rim and isn’t near any of the major hyperlanes– it’s off the side of a side-lane off the side of the Hydian Way, at best (on this map, zoom in a little, near Mandalore)– and it’s really kind of isolated actually) and he desperately wants to be Cool, and he’s so goddamn earnest, and he’s smart enough to know that pretending aloofness is an easy way to avoid getting made fun of but he’s stubborn enough that he’s going to try earnestness anyway.
Inter-Species Studies Logbook, day/month/year
Species: Human
Situational observation/context: I didn’t have this log book when I had this experience but I thought it was relevant, so much later I’ve come back to add this entry. My sexual debut was with another human shortly after I arrived at the Academy; a female fellow-student my own age from Corellia
Pros: am also a human, so anatomical compatibility was pretty well guaranteed. No significant cultural barriers to overcome and no difficulty in determining genital configuration or significant rituals. No unexpected considerations in either disease transmission or possible successful mating; it’s easy to know what to do to avoid negative outcomes.
Neutrals: thinking you know what’s going on can kind of lull you into a false sense of security
Cons: both parties expect certain things out of an encounter, and so there’s more pressure than when you’re crossing a species boundary; parties may separately expect quite different things.
Notes: I had received a great deal of false information via pornography and similar sources as to what would be expected of me, and it turns out I had absolutely no idea how to make effective love to a human female. The encounter did not go smoothly, but was eventually enjoyable for both parties. She had no more experience than I did, and did not know how to correct my misinformation, as well as having some similar misconceptions on her end. We both learned a lot and had a good time, but I took it as a wake-up call that I was going to have to study some more before attempting it again, and made a point of keeping my next few encounters with like-minded individuals a little more basic and less intense, which helped a lot with increased success at mutual satisfaction, to put it euphemistically. I’m not going to write log entries for all of them and I don’t think anybody needs me to write an essay on the topic, as I think it’s pretty well explored, but if I can figure out a way to get a grade and credit I’ll write just about anything.
