Tag: interspecies relationships

Most F***able Aliens on Science Fiction TV Shows

Star
Trek (of course)

Star
Trek DS 9

“In
the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, the Federation space
station Deep Space Nine guards the opening of a stable wormhole to
the far side of the galaxy.” (IMBD)

The
Star Trek universe is filled with aliens doing humans doing other
aliens doing so much space drama. Anyway out of all the different
Trek series Deep Space 9 was always my favorite because:

  • all
    the characters were morally gray
  • a
    minimum of Star Fleet self righteousness
  • my
    favorite shape shifter Odo (Any shape. The
    possibilities!)
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  • the
    Cardassians. My favorite was Gul Dukat who had a villainous crush o
    Kira Neris. Very problematic. I loved it.

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  • Kira
    Neris who had a canon relationship with
    Odo and the very hot villainous crush thing with Gul Dukat.
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Babylon
5

“In
the mid 23rd Century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon 5,
located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political
intrigue, racial tensions and various wars over the course of five
years.” (IMBD)

A
space station full of morally gray and therefor very engaging
character? Also hot aliens? Sign me up!

My
favorites:

  • Lennier
    (poster child for looks like a cinnamon roll but could kill you)
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  • G’Kar (virile lizard man) and his archenemy/buddy Londo Mollari (tentacles!)     
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  • canon relationship between ambassador Delenn and commander John Sheridan   
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Defiance

“In
the year 2046, it’s a new Earth – with new rules. Over thirty years
after various alien races arrived on Earth, the landscape is
completely altered, terraformed nearly beyond recognition. To the
town of Defiance, on what used to be St. Louis, comes the mysterious
Nolan (Grant Bowler) and his charge, Irisa (Stephanie Leonidas). As
they settle into town – overseen by the mayor, Amanda Rosewater
(Julie Benz) and filled with residents like the powerful Rafe
McCawley (Graham Greene), enterprising lounge owner Kenya (Mia
Kirshner) and the ambitious, alien Tarrs (Tony Curran and Jaime
Murray) – events begin to unfold that threaten the fragile peace this
border town has fought for.” (IMBD)

My
favorites:

  • Successful
    human father/alien daughter adoption story 🙂 They have so much fun
    together, especially with guns.
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  • Murderous white haired space elf mafia family. Very defunct, very engaging, I love them. 
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Alien
Nation

“A
flying saucer crashed in the Mojave Desert and its inhabitants turned
out to be alien slaves, bred to be super intelligent and strong, and
controllable by their Overseers. These Tenctonese, or “Newcomers”,
have been assimilated (sort of) into the population of Los Angeles.
One of them, George Francisco, is a police detective with a human
partner, Matthew Sikes. George and Matt fight crime together, while
learning to respect the other’s culture, and question his own. They
also fight prejudice, as personified by the Purists, and fear, in the
form of the unseen Overseers, who seek to regain control over their
slaves.” (IMBD)

Note:
There’s one movie from 1988 which predates this TV show and 5 TV
movies which take place after the events on the TV show.

My
favorites:

  • It’s
    structured like a buddy cop police procedural just with an alien as
    one part of the buddy duo.
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  • canon interspecies relationship
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Star
Gate, Farscape, Andromeda

I
was never heavily into these but I guess they belong on this list.

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Honorable mention: Futurama

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I
included only TV shows with aliens that have a more or less inhuman
appearance.

Feel
free to add more shows 🙂

aelia-likes-monsters:

horrorlovergirl:

ever-hungry-aria:

aelia-likes-monsters:

Did you like District 9? Did you wish it had about 200% more alien fucking?

If so, have I got a book for you. 

Cottonwood by R. Lee Smith

The cover doesn’t really do it justice. It’s dark. It’s got depth. It takes its time building the plot so when things really get moving you care what happens to the characters. 

It really is dark. It’s got violence, references to rape. People get attacked and assaulted. It’s not fluff, but it’s so good.

This book was so intense, it literally gutted me and I LOVED IT! It was also recommended by @fuck-yeah-monsters-and-villains and I’m so glad I’ve read it.

But seriously, this book is really dark, it had me crying a few times so be prepared to suffer!

Hey guys, they’ve also wrote a book called The Last Hour of Gann. It’s one of my favorite books of all time! It’s about a plus size woman on a pilgrimage with a badass religious lizard man and a bunch of incompetent human assholes. She writes some of the best character you will Fucking loathe. The main character Amber is my spirit animal and her lizardman Meoraq does not put up with human’s bullshit. Plus, it’s HELLA long. You have time to get super invested in all the characters.  I love it. 

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 However, I need to warn that if anyone has suffered from sexual abuse they may want to skip this read. It’s well written, but there is an entire chapter that will trigger some people. Smith’s books are always VERY dark and not for the faint of heart. That chapter is very uncomfortable, but if you can get past it then please give this book a chance. 

I was kind of looking at The Last Hour of Gann (Which is over 1,000 pages) and also Heat* (about 600 pages). Both are by R. Lee Smith. All the books by this author look somewhat heavy, and like they deal with darker themes; the shittier sides of humanity, rape, torture, and brutal deaths, so honestly if you want happy fluff please steer clear.

As one person described it in their reviews; “If you’re used to reading romance, it’s going to be really dark. If you’re used to reading horror, it’s about average.” 

And yeah, like @ever-hungry-aria said, I think I also heard of Cottonwood because of @fuck-yeah-monsters-and-villains and I’m glad as hell they shared their recommendation. 

*Heat gets its own disclaimer as being extra dark even on the scale of this author. One of the main characters is an evil sadist. Tread carefully.

I can absolutely confirm everthing that’s been said about this author. I’ve read three books by R. Lee Smith so far and I have to say that there are hardly any writers out there that got me invested that much in their characters. The plot, the descriptions, the world building, actually everything is unbelievably good.

Imagine my surprise when I started The Last Hour of Gann for the space lizard-man alien erotica but got so much more. But yeah, it left me emotionally drained. The themes and descriptions are VERY intense.

Cottonwood was a light fun read in comparison. Although this still might not be the the book for you if you are easily triggered. 

The third book I’ve read was The Land of the Beautiful Dead. 

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Unfortunately this one fell a bit flat for me in comparison to the two other books. The writing is still top notch, I simply wasn’t overly invested in the main characters. The male main character has a harem (yes, yes he’s lonely and tortured and a man’s gotta cope…) and the heroine is a mix between a “sacrifice everything for the cause” and a “stand by your man” type. I’m into neither of those things. Still, great writing, far above the average fare within this genre (or any genre, actually). Don’t let my personal taste deter you from reading! 😉 

I thought about trying The Scholomance next.

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From Goodreads:

For centuries, there has been a legend of a hidden school where magic is taught by the demons who dwell there to anyone who seeks them out, but they ask a terrible price: Anyone who reaches the door of the Scholomance may enter, but the Devil takes every tenth student who tries to leave.

A hidden school. Demonic masters. An inescapable fate for one out of every ten graduates. But Connie would do anything to have the magic her best friend was born with.

And Mara would do anything to get Connie back. 

X-rated Harry Potter but with a female protagonist and demon sex? Yes, please!!! 

As far as I could glean from the reviews on Goodreads this might feature a love triangle, a trope which I normally loathe (unless it ends in a three-way, then it’s fine). But if there’s one author I’d trust with the execution of a love triangle it’s R. Lee Smith.

Has anyone already read this one? 

@ever-hungry-aria @aelia-likes-monsters @horrorlovergirl

TRANSMISSION LOST by Stefan Mazzara

Jack Squier is a civilian cargo pilot in a future where humanity has begun colonizing other worlds throughout space. This period of expansion has led to prosperity, but has also led to the unfortunate realization that humanity is not alone in the universe. Humanity is now at war with the Ailian Ascendancy, a fiercely territorial empire that does not take kindly to humanity encroaching on their domain. Over this decade-long conflict, humanity’s ships have been spread thin across space as they fight to hold back the Ailian fleets.

With military ships becoming such a precious commodity, civilian pilots like Jack find themselves pressed into service running supplies for the UN Navy. On one such cargo run, Jack encounters the enemy in the worst way possible, and sets in motion a series of events that will change the future of humanity. 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27236475-transmission-lost

Teratophilia recommendation by @winged-wolf-tsuki who shared some relevant information for monster lovers: ”It features a female character that is not only stronger than her human partner but much taller. The start of it has some similarities between Enemy Mine and Starkissed but then it starts to branch out a bit more. I found it a unique read.”

More books with monsters as the love interest: HERE

The Sorceress’s Orc

ever-hungry-aria:

I finished reading The Sorceress’s Orc and I loved it! I didn’t expect some things in this book, especially not being it a fucking terato love story, I had a filthy grin on my face while reading some parts. I mean, I though the book just featured orcs, but along the way I was like “Hold on, wtf, it’s like every orc story on Tumblr I’ve read so far!!” (maybe not as NSFW but it’s not for minors as well ;D)

“At the beginning of the story, Vervain, Mistress of the Magical Sciences, is assigned an orc bodyguard, Riyu. She is less than happy that this is considered necessary, but soon finds out that the prejudices she had about orcs are not true, and Riyu is actually rather pleasant company. When the university where she teaches is attacked, she saves the live of her students, and is in turn saved by Riyu. When it is found that one of Vervain’s colleagues has gone missing, she insists to go on a mission to find him.

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The orcs in the book are awesome, they have very expressive, long and pointy ears, an honour codex, green skin and the main orc character, Riyu, is just so awesome, a fierce warrior, huuuuge, but so gentle and caring towards the main character, Vervain.

Thanks again to  @fuck-yeah-monsters-and-villains  for finding this book and recommending it to me 🙂

@momolady @orc-lady-unabi @teradoration

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Check out this book on Goodreads: The Sorceress’s Orc https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11099269-the-sorceress-s-orc

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Although I recommended the book (because I knew it featured Orcs) I haven’t actually read it yet. Well, after this review it certainly moved up on my long list of books to read.😀

I remember I found this book while I was looking for fantasy and science fiction books that feature a strong romantic element, a heroine that doesn’t conform to established beauty standards (this one’s a bit older than the usual fantasy heroine) AND possibly an interspecies relationship.

…..yes, I’m picky and finding stuff that caters to my tastes is not easy.😉

BRIGHT (Netflix 2017)

Thirsty for Orcs and Elves? That movie has lots!
Thanks to @ever-hungry-aria who brought it to my attention.

I’m not entirely uncritical of this movie but it features one of my all time favourite scenarios in the science fiction and fantasy genre: A society where different species live together.