Speaking of the cup, I just have to ask. Is it truly irrecoverable / impossible to recreate? Or is this something Quentyn might consider pursuing to gain support from the elves?RHJunior wrote:Mind, the long-lived elves (ones who'd already drunk from the Cup) didn't all die out immediately...
Maybe, but my guess is they'd do pretty much what humans instinctively do: Gather around the strongest, or meanest, most charming, or most arrogant member of their group and form a tribe. it takes about ten minutes, and generally speaking, it works. Tribes of humans survive better than do individual humans.jwrebholz wrote:I've seen what happens when you leave a bunch of teenagers even semi-supervised (like in high school). The "society" they build for themselves is anarchy. With no adults around at all it'd be a lot worse than Lord of the Flies. Within two generations I'd say those elves would have eradicated themselves.
Quite true, however there also was a high mortality rate for young wemon who die due to complications during labor.You're making one tiny assumption:
A medieval birthrate similar to a modern one.
Remember, there are no condoms here. There's no Pill, no diaphragm, and though there are certain herbal prophylactics (storkpepper) they'd not likely to be in common use among the feral, uneducated and childish elves.
In medieval times, you married at a VERY young age, and started having as many children as you could. The elves, being raised essentially as savages, would not have even that level of social taboo against "young teen mothers."
Assuming an elven female could start bearing children at 13 or 14 (and those that didn't would not tend to survive, for obvious reasons) that's about 7-8 years of popping out babies one right after the other. And as most every elven female would tend to be sexually active early on (again, for obvious reasons), they could maintain their replacement numbers quite readily.
In a medival society about two out of three people die before age ten. I think it would be higher among elfs because of reduced parental care. I don't know where to find data on human fecundity so I'm going to pull a number out of my hat. Let's say an average of six months between pregnancies and average reproductive lifespan of six years (12-18) That's five kids 1.7 of whom will reach age 10. Presume everyone who reaches age 10 reaches age 18. You still can't maintain your population.RHJunior wrote: Assuming an elven female could start bearing children at 13 or 14 (and those that didn't would not tend to survive, for obvious reasons) that's about 7-8 years of popping out babies one right after the other. And as most every elven female would tend to be sexually active early on (again, for obvious reasons), they could maintain their replacement numbers quite readily.
Aaarguenick012000 wrote:No offspring, but all that means is that Tab A can go into Slot B with no worries about getting her knocked up.
You have soiled my mind, and tainted my sole. 
Figures someone would say it sooner or later...
<salute> On the money, Ralph.RHJunior wrote:May I point out that to her, he looks like a talking pet-store refugee--- and that to HIM, SHE looks like a pointy-eared monkey with the mange?
It's the thing the bad fanfic writers (and by "bad fanfic" I mean slashfic) always overlook on the grounds that otherwise, they wouldn't be able to get the characters in bed together. All life is partly xenophobic: You don't generally get the urge to shtup something that's incredibly different from your species norms. There are exceptions, sure, have been since time immemorial. But they're drastic exceptions.
Heresy, sir! Heresy, I say!StrangeWulf13 wrote:
Relax, guys. Men and women can sleep in the same area without jumping each other's bones.
One thing though. In driver's ed you are learning to avoid getting into a pile-up.EdBecerra wrote:Heresy, sir! Heresy, I say!StrangeWulf13 wrote:
Relax, guys. Men and women can sleep in the same area without jumping each other's bones.
Any man and women who can sleep in the same bed and NOT feel the urgent desire to jump each other are either incredibly unattractive, or a threat to the human race (due to their lack of a reproductive urge).
Of course, that's just my personal opinion. I'm a firm believer in the concept that sexual education in high school should be like driver's education. The ultimate goal of Driver's Ed is to get you behind the wheel of a car before you graduate. So, the ultimate goal of Sex Ed should be...
It's also the reason I'm irked at that recent bit about the school teacher who "raped" a male student. Feh. Seduction isn't rape.
But, as I said above, it's just my opinion.
