Something I have in a lot of my books (subconsciously, I swear!) is romance between two different species, normally human and something else.
Human and angel, human and Nephilim (a winged person, not the same as angel), human and vampire, human and elf, angel and elf, etc. etc.
Do you, as readers, find this sort of thing okay (they are, after all, all humanoid) or just weird?
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50,020 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2008 - 19 09
Well, considering my romance is between a human and a humanoid alien. I'd say she's just fine to me.
'sides: All's fair in love and war.
50,101 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2008 - 19 20
I have no problem with it at all. After all... I had romance between two different types of demons in my NaNo for this year - a fox demon and a bat demon. XD I think its more accepted if they are both of the same species, like humanoids or mammals.
51,010 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2008 - 22 56
...I think it depends on the species.
52,500 / 50,000
Dec 1, 2008 - 00 49
I'd have to agree it depends on the species. Immortals and humans really tend to annoy me. It just doesn't seem quite realistic, the differences are too big inbetween them to make for a believable happy ending for the couple. However MOST other things are okay, unless you're looking at a talking squirrel or something really strange...
43,326 / 50,000
Dec 3, 2008 - 01 21
I think it's fine. Personally, I like romances where the couples are divided by some difference, be it age, race, religion, society, species, etc.
I'm planning one with a gryphon and a dragon in a world where gryphons and dragons are mortal enemies. Talk about a doomed relationship.
54,201 / 50,000
Dec 3, 2008 - 20 00
As long as it's not true bestiality, why not? Doesn't love conquer all?
50,106 / 50,000
Dec 11, 2008 - 14 49
Just replace the word "species" with "race", and I think you'll have your answer. As long as they're both sentient and reasonably compatible, I don't see a problem.
50,166 / 50,000
Dec 30, 2008 - 13 23
I can see how some people might have a problem with it, but I certainly can't say anything about it, as I write about it all the time. In my NaNovel, the two protagonists were different species of alien, and they eventually fall in love. My current project has a human falling in love with a genetically modified "hybrid." The immortal (or extremely long lived) and mortal romance is rather tiring, though, as I seem to see it everywhere nowadays.