[DISCUSSION] TCP Sexuality Thread

[skinstealer]

yeah they absolutely have horny websites and media. it was something i've thought about for a long time before making this stuff canon but always felt like "oh people would find it gross" but fuck it it's real now. people in-universe probably have mixed feelings on it depending on how their local area and culture treats TCPs but they are around and varying degrees of accessible based on location. they probably vary in what's allowed by publishing companies and shops to sell in- some things would probably be seen as Too Far for like, a convenience store magazine rack, etc, but online is often a wild west. i imagine those standards are really varied though and less cut and dry than stuff IRL, where you cant show intercourse in a lot of more mainstream pinup mags and certain kinks even on online services like onlyfans. they'd have different cultural standards to it all, which i'd like to figure out sometime. for the sake of things in this thread though, we'll keep topics on the rails- as the opening post says, even if stuff on the banned list would potentially exist  in-universe, i don't wanna engage with discussion about it.

onlyfans type deal as well as camsites would be pretty popular, yeah. there's an interesting sort of thing around anonymity with TCPs...they're the dominant population on morbit due to the way they reproduce via thought, and basic, single type TCPs  are just palette swaps. in that sense, having one knife type differing from another online is no big deal, and you'd be able to blend in with a crowd pretty effectively, especially if there were multiple members of your typing. but that's the thing- types are so varied, and more obscure (and thus less spawned) typings would have less anonymity online than something like a cat type or a tree. and then you get into TCPs with modifiers, conditions, anomalies, designer markings- depending on how significant they are, that makes them extremely identifiable, especially if their work is widespread. IRL it's recommended for pornstars to either not have tattoos or cover them up so they can resume daily life easier without being recognized- what happens when your entire look is identifiable on sight, even moreso if you're banking on that for appeal? i'd say that any sex work for a TCP, especially a more visually unique one, is often something you have to be willing to commit to hard as a main gig in that sense. people who do want to do this privately do exist, though, and i can actually imagine costuming and disguise work to be a really common part of producing kink media for a TCP audience.

(i showed rime this part a bit early and they reminded me this goes for morbitians as a whole- it's food for thought! i can see it being especially prominent for smaller construct species or "one off" constructs, scrap ghosts, fiends, etc. when your world is sparklefurries you become VERY identifiable.)

it would be funny to figure out what kind of niches different typings would try to fill in these spaces, though- and which ones subvert those typings! so much to chew on. for example, a knife type doing very gentle care- there would be a sensation of risk if the blades were uncovered, but if the model/worker was careful enough, that risk would be comforted by the feeling of "they would never hurt me", and i feel like there's something interesting to that. really, it's all character based!

onto the type thoughts...

sound types are absolutely often into audio play- it'd be a natural niche for their typing, considering they have such intricate control of sound in question. i would say it goes beyond playlists and into stuff like ASMR, audio roleplay, phone/voice calls, the works. a sound type could change their voice, i'd imagine, and that could get pretty fun too. one man cast for something like a hypno subliminal or an audio roleplay, perhaps? in general, i do feel like TCPs would lean into stuff like ASMR and sensory videos in general, considering that sort of stimulation is more akin to how they feel sexuality/sensuality in general.

toenail types getting some love makes me happy. you know the nail art/care scene there goes crazy. i imagine that they're also rather sensitive because, well, toes. good for snuggling and such!

wing types having bird-like interests is a neat concept, i do like that. preening for sure, that'd be a necessary care thing- and i could see them using their feathers as nesting material or just a way to make things comfier. i can also see situations where both them and other TCPs that can fly (no matter how illogical it may seem, yes i am talking about stuff like bumblebee where they have tiny ass wings) would do dance-like courtship displays.

i love the idea of shaking a snowglobe type as a form of roughhousing play- while also being careful not to break the dome itself. in general, being a fragile TCP would be an interesting experience that i can honestly give a lot of (objective) personal thoughts on as someone with a very delicate Body Situation- for another time, probably. but for snowglobe types? absolutely could see a subspace thing.

similar type partnerships...it's interesting, and something i want to elaborate on with Haven as a setting for sure. i think it's expected that TCPs with at the very least similar  typings would get together for compatibility reasons, whether that's in a relationship, friendship, and just generalized living situations. that camaraderie can be very important, especially when certain typings are so far and few between spread-wise, but sometimes, especially in the cases of multiplicative creature type auras, it can get messy! stuff like what you mentioned with hawk types is absolutely a good example for why a TCP would pick a similar type partner, however- some things feel more natural that way, like courtship displays. however! i think it's a fun challenge to figure out how radically different types can fill those niches with each other, too.

bonus because i was thinking about it earlier: current Soulmates Character Roster (no names for the characters im figuring that out when they come to us)

Raggedy: anthro 90's style computer, or maybe some kind of iMac situation if i wanted to go for style points? creepy theme, glitches out regularly. has a zombie-like walk cycle.
Raggedy's Partner Who Needs A Name: a cartoony plush angel (yes, the morbitian ones) with a fake blood-dripping grin, bigger than raggedy's character. loves to use a mod command that lets them pick up raggedy's character and carry them around, second life RLV style (basically scripts that let you control another person's avatar, primarily used for BDSM)
Buddy: a soft bee-themed plush with a fat build and a prosthetic leg mod. it likes to see itself in the avatar, and got its primary inspiration from susie, its bee type plush from void session. character may even be named "susan", or "lazy susan", or something.
Hark: scissor-themed anthro, has blade legs and claws. not actually able to harm anyone in game outside of deliberate fight interactions, but she puts socks on the blades anyway for realism's sake. buddy thinks this character is really cute.
Chem: potted plant anthro wearing punk, BDSM-style clothing. often gives its character a riding crop to carry around, and a threatening walk cycle.