Kim, you are possibly the best writer on this site, can I add you as a co-owner on the eventual story, or can you at least submit that as a chapter?
Okay, A) -- that's blushing. That is total blushing. Ms. HammerCritic will confirm total blush. Wow. Thank you. B) Also, there's way too many amazing writers on here for that to be true, but wow it's nice to read. And C) ...well, yeah! I'm invested at this point. Whatever you can use works for me!
So you know each other IRL, interesting... I was including myself in that statement you know... I'm going to hold you to that, because I'm making the first half part of the introduction... (With a few trivial edits.)
In a manner of speaking -- at the moment I'm in poking distance of Ms. Hammer Critic. And have done so. (She's Mels, I'm Berry. We're Mels and Berry. We have a cat and an automobile and many, many Transformers.)
Ok, the story is created, but not yet published, does anyone else from the steering community want in?
Yes, I did, which is why I've added you as co-owner right from the start, speaking of which: can you edit the introduction chapter to alter its language to remove the references to specific ships, travel times, and star targets, but keep the overall tone and reformat it to match what you posted here?
Well, it's like breeding animals or growing plants. Just with the big difference of the fate of those who aren't chosen to be the next generation. (Though doing that to animals isn't any better) But well, some gene manipulated cloning would probably be much easier and in case of futanari also a possibility. (And scientists, they don't need 15") Actually, male and female hormones could alternate in their dominance. An overhang of female hormones would make them able to conceive while their cocks wouldn't even be able to get hard. An overhang of male hormones would lead to the exact opposite. In that case, self-insemination would be impossible. On the other hand, that could add some interesting aspects in terms of living as a futanari. As the cycles might not always match with a partner's cycle, the society might be more open-minded towards having sex with anyone. Additionally, it could make up for some interesting situations as someone could be quite dominant while on male hormones but totally different when on female hormones. Well, given that alien-plant-XNA could be all different, there might also be problems of total incompatibility of any nutrients. I think that the radiation level on the planet is not much of a problem after surviving it in space. Sure, if you only follow a small group, it's no problem if there are a more around. Though limiting it can lead to interesting events like "I hate that bastard but damn... I NEED IT!!" Yes, the total mass will be more but on the other hand, you have a lot of advantages. - You can each small ship as soon as it is ready. First colonists will be like pioneers. (Maybe there are 10 of them on the first go) - You're much less vulnerable against possibilities and bad luck. At least some of them will arrive. If one of the pioneer ships get sucked up by a black hole, the following ships would still have a chance to react. You prevent "all or nothing" situations. - You're most likely traveling using solar sails. The more mass, the bigger the sail (and they are BIG). The bigger the sail, the more structure is necessary to hold it. So smaller ships might be preferred. Again, all or nothing. And these dangers aren't any better for big ships. Even worse for the whole thing if it hits something essential.
Well, I think I wash my hands rather often and additionally avoid touching commonly used surfaces, so I guess I'm no standard at all. (So, no I don't think that's usual ) Though what I was going to say... if you would wash your hands before masturbating, you most likely would wash them as well before pushing your fingers all the way into your vaj.
Go play Seed-Ship, you will see how the new basis of the story works. I'm fairly sure it's moving at a much more sedate pace.
...I really hope that the ship's store of cranberry juice survived... (Yes, Mels. I know that's a myth.) Seriously, though. The insides are actually pretty durable for mucous membranes that have things slam into them by design and nerve endings designed to make you agree to it, but UTIs happen a lot just from (entirely hygenic) penises 'stirring things up inside.' (Which is something I see on the subtitles of a weirdly large amount of anime!) I actually do understand the point you're making, but please, please, please tell me Adameve wouldn't be self-fisting a baby into themselves? Because their hand could be sterile and they're still asking for infection. (Everyone knows the turkey baster joke, but everyone knows it for a reason. )
nah... don't need more distractions Well, I'd prefer the alternating of male and female cycles over A-ve selfing themselves as it would offer much more possibilities and twist. Though on the other hand, I'm not quite into futa... though that might be related with the third sentence of most futa stories being "her 15-inch long cock" (never heard of that (maybe that only works in English) and don't get it )
Ah... it's a stereotypical situation. A Lesbian couple wants to have a child, so one or both bring a man into their bedroom, but they don't want to have sex with the man. They just want his semen. So he's encouraged -- on his own or with help -- to climax into the end of a turkey baster, and then the woman joins her partner and impregnates her in a... really unromantic manner. The story was actually played straight in Lily Tomlin's one woman play The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. One of the monologues features the guy -- a gym rat who's kind of a dude's dude who had a wild night ten years back with this chick who was into this weird thing, and then slowly realizing that he might -- maybe even probably -- fathered a child after seeing a 10 year old violinist on television who looked a lot like him. This is counterpointed by monologues from both the mothers and the raising of the boy. And a ton of other things. It's a good play. "The doctor said my child was hyperactive, so they prescribed him Ritalin. I refuse to give my child drugs but it helps me so much when I take it myself."
Any particular reason you're asking about my personal practice outside the confessions thread? Both hands, alongside manicure check and maintenance. I also boil or otherwise sanitize cocks between uses, since unlike space futa, I'm modular. You? I can't seem to make this clear enough: the semen is moist. The semen is collecting crud all on its own during the time it's exposed to the air, and cleaning hands and cocks is not going to take away that vector. Clean hands without gloves will pick up their own crud between washing and contact with any surface. If you are a solo progenitor, you are not taking any chances with your own health or your DNA, and seconds count. This is part of why the colony concept is much easier to accept and work with: there is considerably more margin for error.
I still prefer 'cyborg' as a term. ...Mels... we could totally write Slipstream-finds-Ovyah's-lamp fic! But maybe this isn't the thread to discuss that.