Thread:AngryLance/@comment-37028137-20200128044919/@comment-39280634-20200709161041

Good day, Weary. How have you've been ?

Yeah, to try to come back to this topic after I decided to get a break from here. I spent some time thinking, reflecting (and worrying over a numbing feeling in my right arm that persisted for some days now). I'd like to say that, due to my more "biggoted" beliefs, I felt guilty towards an open minded person like you. You know, that nagging feeling that 'you're secretly being a horrible person' (I've felt like this many times before with no way to know what to do).

"The fact is there is are biological components to sexuality, as well as gender. Now be very clear on this sexuality is different from gender. Gender is what you are born as male, female, intersex, non-binary etc. (Intersex by the by, is where a person is born with both male and female organs. In the past the parents would choose which gender their child would have. This is now being discouraged as it is believed an intersex child should be allowed to grow into themselves and then choose their gender. They then choose their gender at 15-18 years old after they gain the mental maturity to make the choice.)"

Didn't knew they do that. It makes sense yet it still sounds... odd (likely because they don't really do this sort of thing in my country).

"Now everyone falls into this spectrum at some point most folks fall around the mid-point. No one is 100% Heterosexual or 100% Homosexual so there aren’t clusters of folks on either end. There are several outliers that lean more towards one or both sides (such as those who are Bi) That’s why you can look at a good looking guy and think “Oh he works out that’s a nice body” or a woman can appreciate another woman’s beauty. We admire physical prowess it’s ingrained in our mentality. That’s the whole physical identification method which is how we as a species survive by choosing the most virile mates to pass on our genetics but that’s another story entirely."

I never thoight of it like this and it also makes sense. Though I'm not fond of that "most virile mates" statement simply because it reminds me how... 'insufficient' am myself.

"Anyways the point here is that we as Humans are indeed malleable. Adaptation is a survival tactic, to adapt to our circumstances is a necessity so that we can pass on our traits and continue the survival of the species."

This. I don't know why but I always viewed this from a 'body-horror' perspective for some reason. That, or it's this ingrained fear of 'shapeshifters' that I kept hearing about (you, the uncanny-valley thing).

"''You know I think about it this way in a medical context: If a person identifies as female but was born male, they can have reassignment surgery in today’s age. They, for all intents and purposes now have a body with all the working parts, which reflects how they see themselves and what they identify as. They are fully female in mind and body full stop no debate.

The Alp is the same way. If a man sees himself as a woman trapped in the wrong body then in the MGE setting they become an Alp through DE. This liberates them from being confined to a form that does not reflect who they are on the inside.''"

Again, that too makes sense and it's a fitting analogy. However, that doesn't aleviate a certain bizzare 'culture' or art on the internet about genderbending. I mean crap like changing a man to woman through diverse, spontaneous and forceful ways just for the sake of it, just because the gender switch in itself is used as fetish fuel. And I'm talking about men whom, in context, never desired it in the first place yet were fine with it afterwards, as if their brains were freakishly rewired to like it, despite being technicaly forced into it, very unlike Alps who, as I now understand, at least wished voluntarily (yeah, I know; I surf for hentai God-knows-where and often times wade through tons crap just to find those one or two gems of artworks).

"My twin sister is a lesbian or gay or whatever terms you’d prefer. She knows about MGE and Monster Musume and whatever else (we have similar tastes). So she’s familiar with these settings. She doesn’t like the idea that women cannot express open love for one another except as ‘best friends or whatever’ her words because of the limitations of the setting. So she stays with a blend of Monster Musume, D&D and her own setting when doing her own things."

Your sister sounds like a pretty cool and fun person. Though, where does she mean that about 'women not openly expressing love to other women' ? MGE or real life ? Because I thought Mamonos can romanticaly love eachother with no problems (as long as there's always a guy with them of course).

"I feel that gay people should be allowed to exist openly in the setting, but not being the author I cannot change that fact. I believe these limits are simply those beliefs of the author KC on his own setting. What we do agree on is that the Alp is most likely KC’s soft attempt at a gay or Trans character."

That has to be the best explanation; I can see KC trying to appeal to as many people as he can, not to mention try to be open minded himself. So yeah, that is pretty soft and restrained, all things considered. Although, I feel he should also set some limits from here on out, as harsh at it sound. Else I fear the setting might turn into something really gross. It's... one of my biggest fears, actualy: MGE becoming one of those insane fetish settings that only appeal to the most extreme. I'll explain a little later...

"Frankly I considered going back to Monster Musume but the girls there are far more bestial than Humanoid. (The centaurs only having a rear vagina being a really sore spot. I mean it would probably spice things up but you know Ugh.) And the fact that there are Monster Boys. Part of the appeal of MGE was the fact that the Mamono were all women and it didn’t matter what you were like. I have a few physical insecurities from my disability, I mean I’m in good shape, and am very physically fit from the waist up simply for the fact that my legs are a twisted wreck. Because that little voice in my head says “You’re already screwed up as it is, and have so little left to work with. If you don’t take care of what’s left then you’ll just end up a burnt husk of a Human being!” So I have my own demons and nagging thoughts to the point that the idea of competing with these Adonis-like Monster Boys was unappealing…But there’s my bias talking."

Oh nice, I love Monster Musume too. I'd love to talk about that some more after I clarify some aforementioned things. And yeah, regarding that last part: I know how you feel; I'm don't have any handicaps (not that I know of) but I'm simply... not an impressive or interesting guy (go figure :/ ).

Thank you for hearing me out again and I'm sorry for my bias. While I'm still not into Alp, at the very least I don't have the urge to "maim-burn-kill" anymore because...

"As a Psychologist I work with Trans-gender, and Gender reassigned folks and let me tell you something that is good to know just for life in general: They are good people and they are doing the same things we are. People are people no matter where you go, what background they come from, their race, their gender, religious beliefs, or politics. At the end of the day in all walks of life the main concerns come down to work a good job, take care of my family, and make sure there’s a roof over my family’s heads. Intrinsically there are more things that bind us together and unite us than divide us."

...this. In my misguided disgust towards an odd fetish, I completely forgot that Alps are people too. And since this is MGE, they are still loving Mamonos at that. Hell, just as a comparison, Matangos are often said to be deserving flamethrowers because they shed spores everywhere. And apparently, this what I've been kinda doing myself towards Alps. Again, I'm still not into them, but I don't hate them anymore either.

Let me know if you wanna talk about Monster Musume (or the thing that which TRULY scares me).