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In his own image

 
 
Mourne Kransky
17:33 / 14.12.02
Apparently God designed man in his own image. Well, he had no business to do so. I can think of several ways the design could have been improved upon with a little bit of forethought. It's not like he was in a rush that day, surely. I mean, he had already fashioned all the animals and idled millennia away just moving upon the face of the deep.

These thoughts were stimulated by MisGuided Lady of the Flowers, in another thread, making me think of having nipples added to my penis. I would like to try these modifications too:

* swivel eyes like a chameleon, attractively balanced above ears on either side of the head, so I would miss absolutely nothing.

* handy extra arms, like Ganesh, that would fold neatly away when not required. Would be very popular at the imminently lamented Fist.

* would also like Ganesh' trunk, so the nose could be much more useful. Could eat your dinner whilst reading or typing or scratching an itch. Could smell trouble coming around corners.

* earlids, so you could shut your ears as easily as your eyes and avoid unwanted noise.

* it would also be nice if your penis got bigger with exercise, like all the other muscles.

* and, back to the chameleon, I want skin that changes colour according to my environment, my mood and all the while under my conscious control. I could be blue like a Bolian or attractively swarthy without risking skin cancer.
 
 
aus
18:19 / 14.12.02
Perhaps you've been reading F2B, because I did this with both the Dog© and the Woman© about 18 months ago.

Fortunately, I can only direct you to the second page of each thread because both threads have been partially deleted by the Anti-Misogyny Police™.
 
 
sleazenation
23:59 / 14.12.02
i want a nictating membrane as sharks have - a third eyelid that automatically engages as soon as the possessor strike against its prey, protecting the predator's eyes. not for any especial reason you understand - honest...
 
 
Ganesh
00:08 / 15.12.02
Like Little Old Nick, y'mean?
 
 
paw
00:29 / 15.12.02
threadrot: Where is Nick by the way?
 
 
dj kali_ma
00:44 / 15.12.02
I swear up and down that I'll sprout a pair of wings if I can't figure out how to levitate.

Body mod:

1.) Yes on the nictitating membranes. VG idea.
2.) Hollow, but stronger bones.
3.) Double-jointed everywhere.
4.) Extra finger for each hand, maybe? As in, a working one.
5.) Only being able to reproduce when both parties have an orgasm.

::a::
 
 
Tezcatlipoca
07:54 / 15.12.02
1) Keeping with the Shark subject, seven rows of perpetually growing and shedding teeth (oh, and the teeth are self cleaning).
2) If an organ should fall below a certain level of efficiency, we should have the ability to grow a new one, and then remove the old.
3) Two reservoirs of Serotonin stored in the brain to combat that listless Sunday depression.
 
 
Cat Chant
11:44 / 15.12.02
Only being able to reproduce when both parties have an orgasm.

The potential consequences of this worry me. "Hey, I was just having a wank and someone on the other side of the world had an orgasm at the same time as me and now we're pregnant even though I've never met her!"

And yeah, where is Nick?
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
13:27 / 15.12.02
Antlers. I've always wanted antlers. And a prehensile tail. And the ability to unleash tryptamines into my brain at will without having to go through all that sleep deprivation/neurochemical juggling malarkey. And an extra hand so I can hold a beer and a fag while still retaining the ability to gesticulate wildly. (Though the tail might just about cover it, depending on length.)
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
13:32 / 15.12.02
Tryptamines? Pah. I want a full set of Culture-style drug glands. And wings and some other stuff. Six-inch long clitoris'd be a plus.
 
 
pointless and uncalled for
13:35 / 15.12.02
A fully modular body would be a great source of entertainment. Change you appearance at will and to suit your environment and company.
 
 
that
13:45 / 15.12.02
I want the Culture drug glands too, please.

Metallic tattoos would be cool too, but that's more of a body mod than an organic alteration.
 
 
pointless and uncalled for
13:47 / 15.12.02
Ah curses to my memory for not being able to remeber the culture drug glands.

Speaking of memory, interchangable hippocampus would be handy.
 
 
Mourne Kransky
14:51 / 15.12.02
with alternate personality plug-ins.

And I want a tail like the Chairman's. It would be bushy and extremely handsome like the Wolf's in The Tenth Kingdom, but longer. Such an aid to balance when drunk or walking a high wire.

True hermaphroditism would suck (breasts, nah) but a full, working set of both genital options might be fun, and damnably useful.

The redundant appendix could be reworked as a broadband modem, with an eXistenZ type abdominal port. And why exactly would God (the supposed template) have a redundant organ anyway?
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
15:20 / 15.12.02
Yeah, I'm terrified of getting appendicitis and having mine removed, only for the human species to discover what it's actually for a few years down the line.
 
  
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