Wait, are you talking about aliens? Or an Earth species? If you're talking about, say, dolphins, and assuming dolphins are sentient and could consent to interspecies sex... then I don't know.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Jun 02, 2011 12:35:13 pm PDT #10984 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
§ ita § - Jun 02, 2011 12:36:00 pm PDT #10985 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think it should matter. Sentient and consenting is sentient and consenting.
Calli - Jun 02, 2011 12:38:33 pm PDT #10986 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I hope so. Otherwise the Smallville fic I've been reading lately takes on new overtones.
tommyrot - Jun 02, 2011 12:39:28 pm PDT #10987 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't think it should matter. Sentient and consenting is sentient and consenting.
Yeah, that makes sense.
It seems part of the reason bestiality is considered immoral is that animals can't consent to sex with humans. Which is obviously not an issue with a sentient, consenting dolphin.
Kathy A - Jun 02, 2011 12:42:55 pm PDT #10988 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Which is obviously not an issue with a sentient, consenting dolphin.
"So long, and thanks for all the sex"?
§ ita § - Jun 02, 2011 12:46:23 pm PDT #10989 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think the problem with dolphins is that they don't care so much about consent, really.
Damn, I left my smoothie in the car. And I'm too lazy to go get it before my three o'clock.
tommyrot - Jun 02, 2011 12:47:20 pm PDT #10990 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Huh. Googling "sentient and consenting" (with the quotes) comes up with 816 results, mostly sci-fi-related.
Now I'm thinking there should be a porn site called sentientandconsenting.com....
Strix - Jun 02, 2011 12:52:46 pm PDT #10991 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I agree with the sentient and consenting rule, but if a person is a shapeshifter, and their non-human form is not sentient, then it's bestiality. Sex in the beast form, that is.
My standards, they are high.
§ ita § - Jun 02, 2011 12:58:12 pm PDT #10992 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What if they gave you consent before they shifted into their non-sentient form?
-t - Jun 02, 2011 1:00:17 pm PDT #10993 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
But if you are both shapeshifters and have sex while you are both, say, wolves, that wouldn't be bestiality. I'd say.
I agree, bestiality does not apply when there is sentience for everyone involved (and communication of some sort - if you don't know the other party is sentient bestiality might still be an appropriate label).