Vae -- new sense organ

[sythyry]

And, if you were giving your entire species a new sense organ, what would you want it to be?

The sense organ I would give mine, I shall call the thlume.  The gleaming faceted short horn it would be in shape, curling under the chin like a goatee.  The correct perception of the emotions of people nearby would it provide, and --- this is the elemental fantasy --- it would allow us to be aware of them.  The unhappiness caused by some gift we make we could see and understand, and, if we wished, we could avoid making it worse.

And you?

Comments

[rowyn]

Thin antennae growing from the forehead above each eyebrow, that detect the things other people want you to know about them but don't want to have to explain. Like, if your friend has claustrophobia from the time his abusove father locked him in a closet when he was six and now he doesn't want to ride elevators, you'll just know that and won't badger him about explaining. Or if a man wants another man to know that he's gay and single but only if the other man is also gay and single and actually flirting with him, then the antennae will transmit this information if the conditions are met.

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

The very useful these things would be!

[ladyperegrine.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I like this idea.

[rowyn]

I am totally equipping some fictional race or other with this. O:)

[kris-schnee.livejournal.com]

Unusually tactful and discreet RFID, maybe? This is an interesting idea; I'm tempted to steal it for a story sometime.