05-29-2004, 12:07 AM
Y'know, there's a reason I don't post too often -- they take too long for me to write in the first place, becaus eif you look at my history, probbaly 80% and more of my posts are long.
Anyhow...
I think there is a form of pseudo-sexual intimacy within the Digital world, but I also believe that that is not the way in which Digimon reproduce -- I believe "sex" among Digimon is a purely recreational thing, and not involved with procreation.
There are clearly several ways a Digiegg might come into the world. One is Spontaneous Generation, as happened with Guilmon's Digiegg in Tamers, Episode 01. This is a Digiegg created from no previously existing code, and containing a completely new type of Digimon, unrelated to any existing ones (though because of how code works it might possibly be able to evolve into existing ones).
The second is Regeneration, when a Digimon uses up all of its power (as with Angemon in Adventure, Episode 13) and regenrates into its Digiegg form. This is more of a way of explaining the extremely excessive use of power by a single Digimon and rarely changes attribute -- it results in an identical Digimon to the original in 90% of cases. The other 10% led to my Digimon Side Trek lemon which is on the site.
The third is Reincarnation -- a Digimon which was deleted is reformatted into a Digiegg, or possibly into more than one Digiegg. The Digimon resulting from this sort of egg may be of the same species as the original, and may or may not have a similar personality. Fanstories have used Digimon from these types of Digieggs before -- Lord Archive references Solarmon, the reformatted Pinocchimon, and my own series "The Digital Matrix" refers to the reincarntions of the Devas.
The fourth method is Separation, and is not always possible or easy -- the data of a Digimon that has been loaded into another is separated from the Digimon who loaded it, however with no power it becomes Digiegg instead of the Digimon it was when loaded. I've only seen this used in one story, "The Digital Matrix" to allow for... I'd rather not spoil that, but if you read it you might be able to guess who will be back.
The fifth is Combination, which is like sexual reproduction, but is not actually sex -- Two Digimon combine (excess) Data and Core Data in order to make a new Digiegg, which may be the species of either parent or may be a separate, but related, species. This is sort of a "DNA devolution", as it is sensible only for Adult or higher level Digimon to perform a combination in the modern Digital World.
The last is Reformatting, which takes a Digimon anmd uses a catalyst to reformat them into a new Digimon, whether a different species of Digimon or a new personality. This sort of thing has been used by several authors to explain the origins of V-mon, Hawkmon, and Armadimon (Red Rover and myself have both used it, though my story isn't finished yet).
So I do think Digimon would know about sex, after all, they're a composite of data from our world, and there is a LOT of data about sex. I even expect they might partake of sex, as a recreational thing -- after all, there are few diseases in the Digital World, and no known STDs, so there's no reason for them to not fully enjoy it.
Heck, my "documentary" series, "Looking Closer" is a good sight at my views of what makes Digimon (or in some editions Pokemon) "tick", and how they behave sexually. I hope some pople who read it enjoy it, and that's all I have to say, because: That's the way the cookie crumbles.
Anyhow...
I think there is a form of pseudo-sexual intimacy within the Digital world, but I also believe that that is not the way in which Digimon reproduce -- I believe "sex" among Digimon is a purely recreational thing, and not involved with procreation.
There are clearly several ways a Digiegg might come into the world. One is Spontaneous Generation, as happened with Guilmon's Digiegg in Tamers, Episode 01. This is a Digiegg created from no previously existing code, and containing a completely new type of Digimon, unrelated to any existing ones (though because of how code works it might possibly be able to evolve into existing ones).
The second is Regeneration, when a Digimon uses up all of its power (as with Angemon in Adventure, Episode 13) and regenrates into its Digiegg form. This is more of a way of explaining the extremely excessive use of power by a single Digimon and rarely changes attribute -- it results in an identical Digimon to the original in 90% of cases. The other 10% led to my Digimon Side Trek lemon which is on the site.
The third is Reincarnation -- a Digimon which was deleted is reformatted into a Digiegg, or possibly into more than one Digiegg. The Digimon resulting from this sort of egg may be of the same species as the original, and may or may not have a similar personality. Fanstories have used Digimon from these types of Digieggs before -- Lord Archive references Solarmon, the reformatted Pinocchimon, and my own series "The Digital Matrix" refers to the reincarntions of the Devas.
The fourth method is Separation, and is not always possible or easy -- the data of a Digimon that has been loaded into another is separated from the Digimon who loaded it, however with no power it becomes Digiegg instead of the Digimon it was when loaded. I've only seen this used in one story, "The Digital Matrix" to allow for... I'd rather not spoil that, but if you read it you might be able to guess who will be back.
The fifth is Combination, which is like sexual reproduction, but is not actually sex -- Two Digimon combine (excess) Data and Core Data in order to make a new Digiegg, which may be the species of either parent or may be a separate, but related, species. This is sort of a "DNA devolution", as it is sensible only for Adult or higher level Digimon to perform a combination in the modern Digital World.
The last is Reformatting, which takes a Digimon anmd uses a catalyst to reformat them into a new Digimon, whether a different species of Digimon or a new personality. This sort of thing has been used by several authors to explain the origins of V-mon, Hawkmon, and Armadimon (Red Rover and myself have both used it, though my story isn't finished yet).
So I do think Digimon would know about sex, after all, they're a composite of data from our world, and there is a LOT of data about sex. I even expect they might partake of sex, as a recreational thing -- after all, there are few diseases in the Digital World, and no known STDs, so there's no reason for them to not fully enjoy it.
Heck, my "documentary" series, "Looking Closer" is a good sight at my views of what makes Digimon (or in some editions Pokemon) "tick", and how they behave sexually. I hope some pople who read it enjoy it, and that's all I have to say, because: That's the way the cookie crumbles.