At 5/17/14 02:32 PM, Viper wrote:
At 5/17/14 11:06 AM, AcetheSuperVillain wrote:
Where do centaurs sleep? Do they lie down?
In beds.
Right, so what is a centaur bed like? Does it need to be L-shaped or are they flexible enough to lie down on their backs or straight on their sides?
How do centaurs go to the bathroom?
Like a person would. But more difficultly.
Would a urinal work for centaurs?
What kind of clothing do centaurs wear? Where do they keep their genitals?
Mainly t-shirts. No pants for some reason....
I feel like one of the basic prerequisites for civilized society is wearing clothing that covers the genitals. A race of space-faring centaurs that walk around with no pants on would be at least as weird as a race of space-faring humans or elves that walk around with no pants on.
What sports do centaurs play? Can they dunk?
...soccer (or football as it's called in the rest of the world)
What are centaur martial arts like?
Mostly kicking I'd assume.
I'm not sure. I don't think a centaur can kick above his head like a human can, unless it rears up, I guess. Assuming they are faster than humanoids, they might rely on clotheslining or tackling
What are centaur cities like? or things like space colonies and ship interiors?
Well if they're super advanced I could see it being space colony-like.
But what makes a centaur space colony different from an elf space colony or a dwarf space colony? An elf colony would have a lot of gardens and plants growing everywhere, a dwarf colony would be built into a rocky mountain or asteroid, but what would make a space colony feel like it belongs to centaurs? For example, if centaurs walk everywhere instead of relying on vehicles, their cities might have giant pedestrian conveyor belts like airports do, or if it's easier for them to run long distances than it is for humans, they might have running lanes in the streets, so that slower pedestrians don't get run into. Centaurs might look at a road full of cars causing pollution, costing money and getting into car accidents and think "Pffft, stupid two-legs..."
What is centaur religion like?
Seabiscuit is their lord and savior.
I realize this is a joke, but would centaurs from the centaur planet not worship centaur-shaped gods? If all the gods are centaurs and the only sentient species are centaurs, it might exacerbate the culture shock of meeting two-legged sentient races once they begin to explore space. Would they feel doubt about their existence? Would it make them feel special? Perhaps superior?
One of the concepts behind this space fantasy universe is that all of the various races have their own collection of myths and legends about other mythical beings. For example, Elves have myths about humans, dwarves and centaurs, Dwarves have myths about elves, humans and centaurs, and so forth, which is one of the mysteries that space fantasy scientists try to solve. I haven't yet decided if the mythical peoples are remembered in centaur legend as having 2 legs or 4.
What do centaurs keep as pets?
Humans.
Another concept behind this space fantasy universe is that it is meant to be happening alongside current history. The planet Earth does not have a nature source of magic energy like the other homeworlds do so while humans are stuck on their rock with nothing but science, the other races have been exploring the universe since the first time they thought to make an airtight magic carpet. Where, when and whether humans culture collides with the magic-user aliens is up in the air.
If aliens have already visited Earth and abducted human beings, why couldn't those aliens be centaurs and why couldn't centaurs have taken their abductees back to Pelitar to be pets? Maybe the Bermuda Triangle is actually a centaur snare to catch people to take back as pets. If the pet trade has been going on for long enough, the centaurs may even breed humans to suit their needs. There might be race-humans and work-humans and factories that turn humans into glue and fast-food chains that accidentally put human meat into their burgers.
