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Let's hope that when Sazu inevitably betrays her and takes over that she does it properly.

whey on earth would she do that? Sazu needs the political legitimacy Maxima brings and while Maxima is a terrible queen she is a fantastic champion and general, and more importantly willing to leave the parts of her job she is bad at to her partner.

again, as loveless political marriages go this one seems to be a better fit than most.
 
Philosophically, a God of Conquest could make fecundity and proliferation a sub-aspect of his domain if he embraces "reproductive conquest". One could argue that there's little point in conquering something if it falls apart after you die (like Alexander the Great's empire), requiring heirs to create a dynasty of rulers.
I think there's an unspoken 'military' in God of Conquest. I'm not particularly comfortable with a protagonist who is literally a god of rape, and I imagine the rest of the thread feels similarly.
 
Question: Is there a word for when the DNA of two women is fused to create an offspring?

If there isn't one, OL or Grayven should invent a new colloquialism, as there are at least one pair of Amazons who took up OL's offer. Socially, if OL doesn't take initiative, someone will come up with an unflattering phrase or slur for it. Every scientifically-accurate name I've thought of sounds way too sexist or chauvinistic.

Sazu: "Why do I have to be the one to bear our child?"
Maxima: "And ruin my perfect body? I think not!"

On the other hand, it could be funny if Sazu used her pregnancy as an excuse to be pampered and take a vacation from her administrative duties.

P.S. Bonus points if the genre-savvy OL refuses to get into an elevator with a pregnant woman or share a car with one.

OL: "The moment I get into an enclosed space with a pregnant woman, there will be a power outage or a traffic jam, then she'll go into labor, and I'll have to help deliver a child."
Cordy: "You're paranoid, that'll never happen."
[(one childbirth later)]
Cordy: "Wow, what are the odds?"
OL: :eek: (traumatized by 'the miracle of life')
 
I think there's an unspoken 'military' in God of Conquest. I'm not particularly comfortable with a protagonist who is literally a god of rape, and I imagine the rest of the thread feels similarly.
Actual Grayven could probably use 'create a ruling dynasty' to do it, if he really knew what he was doing. Our Grayven isn't anywhere near there yet though.
 
May want to edit that. Mods might see it as sniping specific users.

How is it sniping? It's well-known that they dislike Grayven. I didn't place any judgment on their opinion; I simply noted that they would protest Grayven being referred to as theirs in what was intended to be a humorous manner. Is there an implication here that I'm missing? Genuinely confused, here. :???:
 
How is it sniping? It's well-known that they dislike Grayven. I didn't place any judgment on their opinion; I simply noted that they would protest Grayven being referred to as theirs in what was intended to be a humorous manner. Is there an implication here that I'm missing? Genuinely confused, here. :???:
I don't personally think it is. I'm saying the mods might.
 
That should be "untiger" actually. "Inhuman" starts with an 'i' rather than a 'u' because the word "human" starts with a 'u' sound.

Of course, if you like "intiger" you can just ignore this. But "untiger" should be clearer.
If it helps with the decision I honestly couldn't tell what intiger meant and had to guess based on context. Honestly I think both intiger and untiger have problems as choices. Intiger is strange enough that only a bare few people will recognise it, and untiger brings to mind the un-men which is sub-optimal.

... So apparently I skimmed past some stuff earlier today, because I have no idea what this is all about.
 
Question: Is there a word for when the DNA of two women is fused to create an offspring?

There's precedent for it in science fiction, but the terms are slipping my mind right now. One of the parents is called the "fama" IIRC but I can't remember the other one, and I forget which of which is the one that carried the child.

EDIT: Got lucky in researching it. I'm remembering Vandread. It's "oma" and "fama" and the latter is the one that carries the baby.
 
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There's precedent for it in science fiction, but the terms are slipping my mind right now. One of the parents is called the "fama" IIRC but I can't remember the other one, and I forget which of which is the one that carried the child.

EDIT: Got lucky in researching it. I'm remembering Vandread. It's "oma" and "fama" and the latter is the one that carries the baby.
I actually think you're remembering earlier on Themyscira when OL was explaining the concept to a couple of potential mothers.
 
Actually figuring this one out in fiction is going to be relevant in real life sooner than you think. We already have a process for transforming human bone stem cells into sperm cells, a process which should work on female cells as well as male cells. Someone's going to actually do it sometime.
 
This makes me wonder: As Paul has clearly watched Vandread, shown by his use of terms from it, what did he think of it, of the themes and plotlines that were presented? Some really weird stuff happened in that show...

(It's actually one of the few anime I got through with a minimum of ADHD 'breaks,' come to think of it.)
 
Actually figuring this one out in fiction is going to be relevant in real life sooner than you think. We already have a process for transforming human bone stem cells into sperm cells, a process which should work on female cells as well as male cells. Someone's going to actually do it sometime.
My main problem with this idea in reality is that if you get two MALE donors, then you have a 50% chance of a boy, a 25% chance of a girl, and a 25% chance of a horrifically disabled baby with poor chances of survival.

Now, if we could nondestructively check the chromosomes in the resulting haploid cell, we could address this problem by only making ova with X chromosomes, but we CAN'T -- all techniques currently available to us would destroy the cell.
 
Seriously. It's just like Jupiter Ascending. It's not like it's that hard to produce deoxyribonucleic acid with modern tech much less space age. Same with cloning body parts.
To my knowledge, we can't clone organs right now. We can only clone homogeneous tissues. We also can't artificially assemble DNA in any scalable way; we mostly rely on hijacking existing organic processes (bacteria) to accomplish the task.
 
To my knowledge, we can't clone organs right now. We can only clone homogeneous tissues. We also can't artificially assemble DNA in any scalable way; we mostly rely on hijacking existing organic processes (bacteria) to accomplish the task.
Actually there's some promising work being done using cloned stem cells and 3d printers. They can already make livers and are going through safety testing for hearts. As for the DNA it proves it's possible and if they have the tech to harvest entire planets and use the incredibly different dna for gene therapy to the level that it reverses aging they can probably grow their own.
 
Actually there's some promising work being done using cloned stem cells and 3d printers. They can already make livers and are going through safety testing for hearts. As for the DNA it proves it's possible and if they have the tech to harvest entire planets and use the incredibly different dna for gene therapy to the level that it reverses aging they can probably grow their own.
Huh. That combination of technologies DOES sound like it'd address the relevant issues. Of course, livers are fairly straightforward and the complexity of a heart is mostly just the three-dimensional structure (which the 3D-printed scaffolding helps to address)... I'd like to see, say, a pancreas.

But yes, you're right, given another 50 years we'll probably have it licked.
 
Batman's the leader, isn't he?
Batman does all the administrative, financial, logistical, and infrastructure duties, as well as keeping all such transactions hidden from enemies and the government.

Superman is merely the field leader and symbolic figurehead.
Got lucky in researching it. I'm remembering Vandread. It's "oma" and "fama" and the latter is the one that carries the baby.
Okay, let might be more specific: "What do you call a lesbian couple that have merged their DNA to create an offspring?"

Orange-ists? As in "my neighbors aren't just lesbians, they're a pair of Orange-ists".

Fun fact: Neologisms, scientific principles, and social phenomenon are often named after the person who either discovers it or is the first one to successfully implement a concept.

Kid Flash: "What's the big deal? Lots of guys would like to have something named after them."
OL: "Like a building or national park, not a paradigm-shifting social unit that challenges civilization as we know it! "
Kid Flash: "You say that as if it's a bad thing..."
OL: :rage: "I'VE BECOME A VERB! LIKE RICK SANTORUM!"
 
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