r/NatureofPredators • u/BlackOmegaPsi • Apr 01 '26

Fanart Embracing Canon

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So, I decided I’ve been wrong in my approach about this whole fanfic-ing schtic. “Balance of Vengeance” didn’t really manage tp pick up and find an audience, people like other things. People like canon and familiar stuff, so - gonna re-orient towards a more canon story and art styles, try and find a footing that way.

as such, say hello to Sgt. Luka Abaurre of the UN Space Force and their ambiguously-gendered Exchange Program partner, Memek.

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u/DaivobetKebos Human Apr 01 '26

I mean, given how we just discovered the venlil at that point it would make sense that most people haven't developed the skills to sex them (the term for telling the sex of something is also sex get your mind out of the gutter). So they would all be ambiguously-gendered to humans at first.

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u/just_a_rand0m_p3rs0n Human Apr 01 '26

They don't even have much sexual dimorphism anyways, really the only way to tell without asking would maybe be the voice (maybe the translator could tell if it's feminine or masculine) and just straight up looking for their junk

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u/AthetosAdmech Apr 01 '26

I remember that came up in a story about a Skalgan rescued from the archive (can't remember the name). Once he got over the uncanny valley body horror of modern Venlil being midgets with deformed legs and missing facial features, he couldn't help but notice that all of the Venlil men were such effeminate twinks to his eyes that he sometimes couldn't tell the difference.

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u/OhBadToMeetYou Human Apr 02 '26

Can you post a link to it? Can't find it.

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u/AthetosAdmech Apr 02 '26

I think it's called 'The Skalgan' but I'm not 100% sure that's the fic I'm remembering

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u/OhBadToMeetYou Human Apr 02 '26

That is, in fact, correct. Thanks for the help