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Sorry for all the SWTOR posts lately. I've finally acquired Doc, and I'm surprised to find that I actually like him. :lol: However, my sentinel is a twi'lek and I'm not sure if they and humans can mate. I don't necessarily mean have children, but just get it on.

I have read that in the past, the two were not compatible as far as procreating, but the Clone Wars TV series has some half-human half-twi'lek hybrid children. No, they're not the clone's children, but it's said that the previous father (who abandoned the family) was in fact a human and the clone married the twi'lek lady and adopted her hybrid children.

Sooo, is it okay for me to have a relationship with Doc, or should I just forget about it? I mean, I want to, but it's going to bother me if I blatantly ignore lore. I guess I should've made a human or something. x_x

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I think in SWTOR all the playable races are so similar and humanoid that their sexual anatomy wouldn't be different enough for it to not work. And even if there was an issue there, you'd still get the fade-to-black cutscene regardless, because they don't want to punish people who go for certain romances by making their race incompatible with their only LI.

I'd also have to guess that if there really is some boundary the two can't cross, that maybe since this is in such a different time period those boundaries aren't there yet, somehow or another.

Besides, you only get one companion LI, might as well go for it, lore or no. Unless it's one of the lame ones (which brings me toooo, Corso has a mad cute romance).
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Thank you, Fievre! I have been thinking about it, and the way I see it, unless GL comes out and states that twi'lek have 40 chromosomes instead of 46 like us, then we have no way of knowing that reproduction won't work. And, twi'leks (and the other playable races) are so similar anatomically (breasts, body size and shape, etc.) to humans, that one could safely assume that they're pretty similar all over.

Nawara Ven married a human lady, too (and resigned to "start a family"), so I suppose it's safe to at least surmise that human/twi'lek couples do occur, just not very often for one reason or another. :) I mean, I can't imagine that they'd get married and then not consummate it somehow.

And, like my husband said, in Mass Effect, you can get funky with all kinds of aliens. My femshep has a relationship with Garrus, for crying out loud. I know the universes and stories are completely different, but I guess I'm just saying that turians and humans look way different than twi'leks and humans.

Edit: I have a scoundrel that I haven't gotten very far with. The funny thing is that I created her because I had read about Doc, and didn't think I'd like him. I wanted to play a character with a LI I'd like. Well, the sentinel ended up being way more fun to me, so I just stuck with her and figured I'd wait until they release more companions before pursuing a relationship. Well, then I met Doc, and I was like :3 He's so cheesy, it's great. And as of right now, Corso annoys me a little. He's all, "Don't kill women under any circumstance OMG!" Um...she was shooting at me? :lol:

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Rhyela wrote:And, like my husband said, in Mass Effect, you can get funky with all kinds of aliens. My femshep has a relationship with Garrus, for crying out loud. I know the universes and stories are completely different, but I guess I'm just saying that turians and humans look way different than twi'leks and humans.
Also noteworthy is the fact that Mordin Solus is there to detail the races' *ahem* incompatibilities.

As Fievre already pointed out, all SWTOR races are humanoid, which means presumably, they can all have some sort of physical relationship without some sort of massive fallout, though whether said couple can actually reproduce is another question entirely, since that sort of thing just hasn't been discussed officially as far as I know.

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Rhyela wrote:Sorry for all the SWTOR posts lately. I've finally acquired Doc, and I'm surprised to find that I actually like him. :lol: However, my sentinel is a twi'lek and I'm not sure if they and humans can mate. I don't necessarily mean have children, but just get it on.

I have read that in the past, the two were not compatible as far as procreating, but the Clone Wars TV series has some half-human half-twi'lek hybrid children. No, they're not the clone's children, but it's said that the previous father (who abandoned the family) was in fact a human and the clone married the twi'lek lady and adopted her hybrid children.

Sooo, is it okay for me to have a relationship with Doc, or should I just forget about it? I mean, I want to, but it's going to bother me if I blatantly ignore lore. I guess I should've made a human or something. x_x

Also to note if you're doing the Republic trooper storyline you WILL encounter a Human Male whos wife is a Twilek female. ;) The game has different race couples so why shouldnt you?

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Rhyela wrote:And, like my husband said, in Mass Effect, you can get funky with all kinds of aliens. My femshep has a relationship with Garrus, for crying out loud. I know the universes and stories are completely different, but I guess I'm just saying that turians and humans look way different than twi'leks and humans.
I don't see a problem with different species who can speak the same language developing a relationship with each other. Maybe the parts aren't compatable for procreation, but there would always be multiple ways to "help" each other.

Just instead of having your own kids, you'd just adopt maybe?
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Vulpixen wrote:Also to note if you're doing the Republic trooper storyline you WILL encounter a Human Male whos wife is a Twilek female. ;) The game has different race couples so why shouldnt you?
Ah, I didn't know that! I have read some more sources that say that, for example, Darth Talon slept with Cade Skywalker, so it appears they can at least have fun. And I've read that Suu's children are human/twi'lek hybrids (and evidently the Clone Wars canon trumps previous canon?), so I think it's safe to say that they can at least have an intimate relationship. :)

I appreciate everyone's input, truly. These sorts of things tend to bother me until I find out the answer.

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*whispers something about Turian-Human babies*

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I hate my anal-retentive self sometimes. I think the fact that most canon/stories/lore/etc. say that humans and twi'leks can't reproduce is going to bother me to no end. I really don't want to go through 40 levels again just to make a human, just so that I can have a relationship with someone, but I'm the type of person that gets that worm in my brain and it gnaws at me until I take care of it.

Blah. My husband's going to hate me, lol. Well, he works later than I do, and he usually has friends over on Saturdays, so if I play very seriously and don't mess around with professions until I'm higher, I might be able to pull it off and catch up to him. Maybe.

I need psychiatric help. :lol:

Edit: I sheepishly told my husband what I'm thinking of doing, and surprisingly, he was cool with it. Last time I restarted a character he about had a heart attack. Granted, I had restarted like eighty million times. :lol: Hopefully, if I do this, it'll be the last time. And from here on out, I'm going with the more human-like species. Although, I did read somewhere that Rattataki and humans can't interbreed. Lawl. That's what my Sith lady is. I love her, though, so she's not changing. She's not the type that would want children anyway.

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-peek- This is late-ish, but that's okay: I think Corso is adorable xP He's got this sense of adolescence about him that just works for me. I've never been a big fan of the whole 'country boy' thing so sometimes that irks me, but it's nothing major. I was basically won over when (spoiler incoming?) he's drunk and hits on you, and when/if you're like, oh let's go somewhere else, he's like 'Omg no, I can't do this, I was just trying to be like all the other guys but I can't, I don't know how to this.' Or something like that, it's been a long time so I can't remember exactly.

The whole romance is just really cute IMO. I think the SI x Andro romance is really awkward sometimes though. >.> I definitely was wishing there was more than one option for all the classes - not counting the less-permanent NPCs, like the one in the SI story who dies - because a lot of them just weren't my cup of tea. Definitely had a strong preference for Corso and Aric and... didn't care much for any of the others, honestly.
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I, too, was a bit disappointed that there was only one per class. I thought I had heard that there were a couple of classes that had two options, but that might have been old assumptions before people actually started hitting 50 (and finding out that some of those were actually temporary romances and therefore don't "count").

I haven't gotten Andronikos for my SI yet. I'm level 24 so I'm hoping it's coming up soon. One thing that irks me is that sometimes it seems there's a huge span of time between companions that you receive. For example, my sentinel got Kira at like...18 or something like that, and it wasn't until about level 38 or 39 that I finally got Doc. I wish they were spread out a little better.

But overall, I love the game and don't mind if it's not the epitome of perfection. It's only been out a few months, and I feel it's a really good game for being in its infancy. :)

P.S. I created my human JK, named Pereia (proud of myself for making up a neat name), played through one conversation, then felt overwhelmed at the prospect of getting 40 more levels. It's not that I don't want to start a new character, just not the same class as the one I've been playing for pretty much my whole time playing this game. That, and it would have felt forced to me. I was really excited about making my JK a twi'lek, and up until I got Doc I thought she was just the greatest thing since sliced bread and restarting her never crossed my mind. I let wild speculation on forums (and outdated/obsolete canon) get to me. I'm just like that.

To make a very long story short(ish), I feel like since nothing has been written upon stone tablets, the lore is pretty open to making it what I want. And even if Lucas changes his mind and says the Clone Wars Character Encyclopdia is no longer canon, and that twi'leks and humans cannot interbreed, what's to stop them from adopting or using science and/or medicine to do some kind of test tube baby? Humans IRL do that all the time for infertility (my husband and I may have to do that at some point, in fact), so why not in a Galaxy Far, Far Away where they have space travel and all sorts of technology? If the Sith can use Sith alchemy and magic to interbreed Sith and humans, why not twi'leks and humans? :)

Okay, this long-winded post is finally over. XD Thank you for the chat, Fievre, I enjoy it. ^_^

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Rhyela wrote:I, too, was a bit disappointed that there was only one per class. I thought I had heard that there were a couple of classes that had two options, but that might have been old assumptions before people actually started hitting 50 (and finding out that some of those were actually temporary romances and therefore don't "count").
From what I read, it wasn't old assumptions. It was info from the beta. Then when TOR went to release, it was down to one per. Once I figured out even Zenith was off-limits, I gave up. -_-

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Kalliope wrote:*whispers something about Turian-Human babies*

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Jessibelle wrote:
Kalliope wrote:*whispers something about Turian-Human babies*

:D
We can dream Kali....we can dream....
My Shepard can dream. I'll stick to Human-Human with the bf. ;)

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Kalliope wrote:
Jessibelle wrote:
Kalliope wrote:*whispers something about Turian-Human babies*

:D
We can dream Kali....we can dream....
My Shepard can dream. I'll stick to Human-Human with the bf. ;)
Haha! XD Admit it...if Garrus was real.....you'd be all over him.

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Jessibelle wrote:Haha! XD Admit it...if Garrus was real.....you'd be all over him.
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Kalliope wrote:
Jessibelle wrote:Haha! XD Admit it...if Garrus was real.....you'd be all over him.
Obligatory "DAT VOICE."

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I totally just looked him up for no reason(I havent played ME) and I died... So much attractiveness. *_*

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Vulpixen wrote:
Kalliope wrote:
Jessibelle wrote:Haha! XD Admit it...if Garrus was real.....you'd be all over him.
Obligatory "DAT VOICE."

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I totally just looked him up for no reason(I havent played ME) and I died... So much attractiveness. *_*
Garrus was the reason I got into ME. XD I saw a picture of him and it was instant <3

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I always loved Garrus as a character but was going to comment on how didn't understand how you women could find him attractive...

Then I realized how attractive I thought Liara and Tali was (who you really don't even know what she looks like till the end).... Darn those aliens, something about them I tell you.

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I My Shepard didn't see Garrus that way until ME2. But then, holy cow. x_x

See, now why was that bond missing from the available TOR options? Grumble. Yes, even Corso. At least for me.

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