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Re: PSA: spn_hardcore_bb

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ayrt

I don't think I've ever read any story that actually spent time considering tentacle physiology and biological repercussions (not to mention social repercussions).

Come to think of it, huh, I don't think I've seen a fic that did much digging into the biological stuff either. There's been some good work on the social/psychological implications of being a person with tentacles on modern-day Earth, though -- did you read the Jared/Genevieve one last post? It was adorable. :DDDD

You ask some really good questions, some of which I don't know the answers to yet. So the ones I don't answer here, the answer is "Hmm, food for thought."

If he's immune to most toxins, can he get drunk?

Nope!

Does he do okay in crowds, like sporting events or theater performances?

He was adopted by humans who homeschooled him out in the middle of nowhere and he is completely unused to crowds. They're easiest when they're all doing the same thing. A bunch of humans in a park walking every-which-way is confusing and disturbing, a stadium doing the wave is no big deal.

Does he use the school's swimming facility ever because he finds it comfortable or does he avoid the hell out of it?

He's pretty much the best possible swimmer, but he is not natively aquatic; he's generally dry to the touch. He may come from a world with a soupy-thick but not actually wet atmosphere and appropriate gravity for him to be able to "swim" through it -- a small pressure-cooker world, say, which I guess answers the question about whether heat is an issue for him. Or he may be arboreal or something. He actually doesn't know.

Re: PSA: spn_hardcore_bb

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ayrt

I really really love your last paragraph and probably in the story it's unlikely that we'll see this murky alien world that probably affects his other senses besides just heat but in terms of the ones under discussion — in that case, does he do very poorly in extreme cold? Or is the world wet but contains locales of cold seeps (okay, I know cold seeps are actually warmer but work with me here) or other areas of deep cold within their general biosphere? All these questions basically pointing to whether he reacts in a different way to various temperatures. And how those tentacles feel and/or react with human skin.

I guess on that note if his sensory experiences are wildly different from your average human's if therefore sounds in crowds affects him or if it's just alarming and confusing to be surrounded by a lot of activity. I'm quite sad for him to hear that he'll never get to enjoy the effects of, say, a good margarita, but maybe he can at least appreciate the taste.