Mitsukara
02-10-2005, 12:06 AM
Most of you have probably noticed an odd little seemingly-useless bone just below the back of your waist by now. Or at least you read a book written by someone who had read a few books by some guy who supposedly did some research that proves there's one there. Or something like that.
You've probably also noticed most of us don't seem to be using it.
So, what if we were? What would it be like having a tail- would it be like another sensory organ, perhaps? Just a big feely thingy? Or what exactly? Would they grow hair? How much? How long? Flat (like most of your body hair- tending to curl and have a courser texture), or like the hair on your head?
Maybe you could pick things up with it, or climb- like a monkey. Sort of a third arm. Maybe it'd be more like a cat or dog's tail, sort of expressing your thinking process or mood. Not to mention all the "mating" ramifications.
The real question is, how would you feel about having one? Would, or do, you want one, or do you think it's just fine the way it is? Or are you indifferent, perhaps? What do you think it would be like, or how could/would you use it/want to use it? How would it impact your life?
And then there's all the clothing differences you'd see. There's have to be an opening of some kind in any pants, skirt, long jacket- jackets and shirts might be made with "tails" and a split up the middle, like a tuxedo or trenchcoat, perhaps. Chairs might also need to allow somehow- and toilets. And car seats, and themepark rides.
As for me, I'm perfectly fine not having one, but it wouldn't be all that bad, at least in concept. I'd like it better aesthetically if it was totally covered in hair, thickly- maybe bushy, or a with long straight hair on it, like a horse's. It'd be great if I could use it like a third hand for things- we could all use one a lot of the time. It'd be nice if it were about 2 1/2 feet long or so, I think.
As an expression of emotion, it would be nice in a sense, and dangerous in a sense- if you need to lie or hide something, you have to control your tail or it might give you away. the same applies even more so to your face, though, and we all have one of those.
So what do you think?
You've probably also noticed most of us don't seem to be using it.
So, what if we were? What would it be like having a tail- would it be like another sensory organ, perhaps? Just a big feely thingy? Or what exactly? Would they grow hair? How much? How long? Flat (like most of your body hair- tending to curl and have a courser texture), or like the hair on your head?
Maybe you could pick things up with it, or climb- like a monkey. Sort of a third arm. Maybe it'd be more like a cat or dog's tail, sort of expressing your thinking process or mood. Not to mention all the "mating" ramifications.
The real question is, how would you feel about having one? Would, or do, you want one, or do you think it's just fine the way it is? Or are you indifferent, perhaps? What do you think it would be like, or how could/would you use it/want to use it? How would it impact your life?
And then there's all the clothing differences you'd see. There's have to be an opening of some kind in any pants, skirt, long jacket- jackets and shirts might be made with "tails" and a split up the middle, like a tuxedo or trenchcoat, perhaps. Chairs might also need to allow somehow- and toilets. And car seats, and themepark rides.
As for me, I'm perfectly fine not having one, but it wouldn't be all that bad, at least in concept. I'd like it better aesthetically if it was totally covered in hair, thickly- maybe bushy, or a with long straight hair on it, like a horse's. It'd be great if I could use it like a third hand for things- we could all use one a lot of the time. It'd be nice if it were about 2 1/2 feet long or so, I think.
As an expression of emotion, it would be nice in a sense, and dangerous in a sense- if you need to lie or hide something, you have to control your tail or it might give you away. the same applies even more so to your face, though, and we all have one of those.
So what do you think?