This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Morgan Wick: Duplicates Half-Human Hybrids. Edit: Wait, the author links to that trope, so is aware of it. This appears to be about the relationship, HHH about the... result. But still...
Zeta: Interspecies romances don't always lead to Half-Human Hybrids, especially in more hard-science fiction where there's no real reason an alien or a robot should be able to reproduce with a human.
Lale: The offspring isn't really ever an issue with this trope; the focus is on the relationship.
Servbot: I wonder if The Little Prince counts (Little Prince x Rose, which is just a rose) >>
Lale: That's symbolic- not a literal romance. They don't kiss or get married or anything; it's to show how Love Hurts and Growing Up Sucks.
Kizor: Trope and discussion restored from Google cache following the Crash of '08. But trope not formatted yet - sorry, but I just do not have the patience on replicating the intricate details of a porn trope when the scavenger hunt has a limited lifespan. I saved a HTML file so that it'll keep.
Greenygal: I'm unfamiliar with Mass Effect, but are the Asari actually asexual, i.e. not possessed of a sex drive at all? The rest of the entry seems to contradict that...
- Lightice: the Asari aren't asexual, but monosexual - they have only one gender, but are capable of having sex for social purposes, even though it's not necessary for their procreation.
I wonder if this page really needs so many examples of human/vampire and human/werewolf pairings? In nearly every setting I can think of (Discworld and Xanth being the exceptions), neither "vampire" nor "werewolf" are species in any sense of the word, but rather "humans with a condition". If a werewolf is simply a "human bitten once and cursed to get really angry when the moon is full", it should not come as a surprise that he/she is still quite able of "pairing" with a non-cursed human. — Spark9
Keenath: I agree with that. Even in settings where werewolves can't transmit their "condition", they're still basically augmented humans. Same thing with cyborgs.
Kizor: I removed a Sector General example about a deeply loving interspecies pair that will never have sex because it's "abnormal." From what I know of the series, the relationship is chaste first and foremost because of completely incompatibile means of procreation. For a suitable terrestrial analogy of the incompability, imagine being in a relationship in sentient dolphin and trying to crawl into its womb as a way of having sex. Better yet, don't.
Greenygal: I'm not putting it back, but "we're not sexually compatible" is not what the book says. I mean, they're probably not (although something might be managed if they were prepared to be very flexible) but the author doesn't leave it at that; "abnormal" is a direct quote, and moreover there's a weird bit of business about not even wanting to touch each other unless absolutely necessary, just to hammer in the point that there will be none of that going on.
Kizor: Argh! My bad. Hit me with a fish if we ever meet. It's not even in the article history anymore. Argh! For future reference, is this Mind Changer or Countercharm we're talking about?
Greenygal: Mind Changer; the business in Countercharm can't really be called a relationship. Sector General is weirdly touchy about interspecies sex, given that the hospital was literally founded in order to create better interspecies relations and that it's such a big point throughout the series. But no sex, uh-uh, that would be scandalous. (Also physically unlikely in most cases, but the reaction whenever it's mentioned seems to go beyond that.)
Jaabi: Oh my god how can this trope have so many examples?! *shudders*
Darc Discordia: Looks like we've had a Bluenose Bowdlerizer come through and replace every mention of sex with asterisks. That's irritating.
Greenygal: Fixed.
Sylvia Sybil: I edited the formatting on the Literature example of "Wet Goddess", but it still needs help. Mostly because no, that is not enough said. I suppose "Dolphin Lover" implies this trope but it would still be nice to have some clarification. Also, new examples are supposed to be added to the bottom of a subsection, not the top.
