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[ceitfianna]

The first frost has appeared in Michigan and my walk to work was cold.

How does your pups' body temperature work? I know there are some people who no matter the weather are always cold or hot.

If they're of another species, how does that effect them? Is that same temperature change reflected when other people touch them?

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[yakalskovich]

Urquhart doesn't really mind, but Teja gets cold easily and wears warm things in winter because he lived in a warm country, and all this rain and cold is not what he is used to...

He likes the fireplace in winter, the forge fire, hot mulled wine, and cats warming him.

[ceitfianna]

I always enjoy Teja's cold weather posts as he finds wonderful ways to be warm.

Oh and I've been rereading Making Money and happily enough it makes me feel that I do have Moist down. I'm probably going to give him an EP soon.

[yakalskovich]

In that case, I will totally tag it with Urquhart, if that EP happens before my mum arrives.

Back to basics...

And I could do a cold weather post with Teja and Tamara both, on Sunday.

[ceitfianna]

I'm not sure when it will happen. I discovered that Making Money is not a good book to reread before going to bed so I'm on a short break from it.

Though I do plan on giving him an EP, it just might be this weekend as opposed to today. It depends on if I can get a good idea for him as I know he enjoys cold weather though he'll never admit why.

[yakalskovich]

If it's this weekend, I might tag it after my mum is gone.

[a1enzo]

Sprites are made of energy; it would be silly of them to radiate it. So they have no body heat, but they can be affected by ambient temperature and process faster when it's colder. (Rather like Discworld trolls, but the effects are less extreme, and it's more an issue of alertness and clearheadedness than actual intelligence.)

When he's human, Enzo tends to the warm (he sweats a lot), so he still prefers cooler temperatures. Unlike his sprite self, however, there are limits.

[ceitfianna]

That seems to fit for Enzo as he works like a computer processing system, they don't work well when overheated but the good ones aren't incredibly sensitive to temperature.

[a1enzo]

Precisely. Basically, a bit of warmth is relaxing, just as it is for humans (which might explain the popularity of Cocoa among sprites), but if he sits by the fire for too long, he effectively gets drunk. (Fortunately, though, he sobers up as soon as he cools down, and there's no hangover.)

Also, sprites have weaker thermoception than humans. They can feel temperature differences, just not as acutely as we do.

[sunbaked_baker]

Sunshine is regular human-warm, but in preference is aaaaallll about the summer. Her days are blazing and hot, and she enjoys having a greater tolerance for heat than most people (she's fine in the bakery in high summer with the ovens going full-blast, for example, whereas most of the other people in the kitchens at the coffeehouse have to take breaks out by the fans with cups of water). She doesn't like the cold.

Mogget is always a bit warmer than what he's shaped like should be. He radiates warmth, even when it's freezing outside. He prefers summer, but also enjoys the excuse to curl up in front of the fireplace in winter (as though he needs an excuse).

Zelgadiss, in contrast, is always cool ^_^. Side-effect of being a stone-skinned chimera.

[ceitfianna]

That's interesting about Sunshine, I thought she might end up being warmer.

I wonder if any Abhorsens ever used Mogget to warm their feet, it would be another reason for him to be annoyed at them but the Old Kingdom does get cold.

[spooky-lemur.livejournal.com]

Both Ben's have no trouble with temperature, either extreme. In fact I'm not even sure if they would notice for themselves and likely can only tell by how others react to the weather.

Val, Jessica, and Julie are all meta-humans and I feel have a higher metabolism so likely tend to run hot. They likely can take colder temperatures okay but hot weather doesn't suit them. Well, Julie likely isn't bothered by hot or cold extremes. Val and Jess prefer summer and I think Julie likes Spring best.

Thalia, Artemus and Rincewind all feel the effects of cold or heat. Thalia loves Spring and Fall with their rainy weather while Rincewind and Arty prefer Summer I guess.

[ceitfianna]

I'm sure somewhere in the comics, someone's made the joke that Ben can tell it's snowing when he's got snow on him.

It'll be interesting to see how Thalia likes the little bit of Arizona she sees in the OOM, because I think by the time they get there, it will be getting cold.

[leavsfrmthevine.livejournal.com]

It will be interesting... assuming I can find her, the girl is being difficult. I may have to reread some canon.

[spooky-lemur.livejournal.com]

Whoops, logged in with pup. I wish LJ Juggler gave you an indication as which account was logged in like LJ login did.

[ceitfianna]

No worries, it's an OOM so there's no push to get it down right now. Yeah, when I first got my new computer, ljlogin and FF weren't talking so I was on Chrome and LJ Juggler, it took some getting used to.

I'm currently making do with FF at home because it remembers all my passwords and I just keep the main LJ page open. Its not as much of a pain because I'm so used to logging in and out when I'm at work.

[moofoot.livejournal.com]

Dan is dead, so he runs a step cooler than normal baseline human.

Skellig tends towards the higher temp that birds have, so he's warmer than a normal human but he's very easily influenced by outside temperatures, and hates being cold (even though he lives in a cold winter climate right now). Sunshine is a good thing!

Doc and Carl are both baseline humans; Carl has an ability to function better across the spectrum than Doc does, and while cold doesn't bother either of them at all, I think Doc handles intense heat better while Carl can handle extreme cold better. (Carl can also adjust his own body temperature thanks to Delta training!)

Jake is nothing extraordinary, normal human.

And Hex is...well, Hex. He's messed up and bitchy, and from what he tells me, he doesn't like the cold at all. And despite being half-dead, he's not colder or anything.

[ceitfianna]

You've got a wonderful mixture with these guys. Oh and I had a terribly cruel idea for conversations with dead people. Would you be up to a brief thread of William finding Dan after he's visited by Charlie Prince? This would all be OOMed.

Since it's going to mess him up a good bit and Dan's solid for all that he's dead. That's a very odd sentence, I hope it makes sense.

[death_gone_mad]

Hm. Well, physically, Amascut is human (or mimics being human very well). Given her ability to use certain magics without using external energy storage or even a wand or staff she might be slightly warmer than usual.

I imagine she likes the heat. Part of that is the long time she spent as her then favorite critter, a cat (irony is funny! HAHA!), and part of it is being a desert dweller. She has a love/hate relationship with the sun/Daddy, though.

She knows how to stay cool, though. Given how old the Menaphite Civilization is, she has probably observed plenty engineering projects aimed at keeping things cool via passive solar, wind power, and underground water channels. I am thinking of things such as كاهریز and یخچال. Though she probably has learned most of it by destroying such structures. Also, there is also the cave/dungeon which most likely serves as her base of operations. It is likely quite cool in there. Smoky and hazy as heck, though.

[ceitfianna]

She's such a complex and at times contradicting character.

[death_gone_mad]

On second thought, that smoke and haze has a source and probably contributes significantly to the temperature and heat retention down there. So not cool at all.

Hot and sweaty, then.

<.< dammit, now I am thinking in double entendre

[mogget_cat]

Yrael: *waggles eyebrows* Meeowww!

[skidmo]

Most of my pups are human or human-like. Teyla likes warm weather because all the planets in Pegasus seem to run that way (or else rainy). Lorne is a summer person, though I'd guess that he's gotten rather used to winter after having been stationed in Colorado for a while. Pos, I think, likes rainy weather. It fits his mood and general melancholia.

Nikola runs a bit cold, not enough that you'd think he were dead, just enough that he seems like he might have poor circulation. As a result, it has to be quite cold for him to feel cold, though he does appreciate leeching warmth from not'cats people.

Alcide runs hot as all Weres do, kind of like he's got a fever. I'd guess this means he doesn't particularly like the cold when he's not in wolf-form, though as it doesn't get particularly cold in Shreveport, it's not really an issue. He's going to have a blast when it starts snowing in the bar, just from the novelty of it.

I have no idea about Hatter, though I suspect he likes it warm and dry. He never really complains without ulterior motives, though, so it's hard to tell how he really feels about things like this.

[ceitfianna]

Is the running hot thing why Alcide seems to never button his shirts?

[skidmo]

Heh. I hadn't thought of that, but I wouldn't guess so. People who run hot tend to feel the cold more than people who don't, so if anything, it'd be a reason for him to button his shirts more often.

I suspect the reason he never buttons his shirts is a) an attempt to make him seem more casual and b) because Joe Mangianello is incredibly fit.

[ceitfianna]

*nods* Yes, he is, his chest is honestly rather amazing.

[skidmo]

And a bit mesmerizing as well.

[ceitfianna]

Mm, yes, in the nicest possible way. I'm really enjoying his thread with Tumnus with their mutual confusion.

[skidmo]

Yes, it's quite fun. I rather like make Alcide sort of shake his head in confusion.

[mogget_cat]

So with the wine, the charm and the warmth, Nikola is a lush, a lech and a leech. ^___^ Yrael approves.

(Though Sunshine wants to reference the actual blood-sucking variety of leeches, as well.)

[skidmo]

Hee. Of course! He could never name it so well, though. *cough*devamper*cough*

(There are certainly parallels to be drawn.)

[mogget_cat]

Hee. Of course, Yrael in my head is all about practical naming, but his general response to the devamper goes along the lines of "What sort of genius makes a weapon that works out of both ends, including the end that faces you???"

[skidmo]

All I can think is that there has to be some sort of physicsy reason for it. It's a fairly symmetrical weapon, after all. Maybe it couldn't be made only working out of one end?

I don't know. Plot hole. I'm less annoyed about it since they fixed him back.

[mogget_cat]

Yrael: *duct-tapes a block of rubber to one end, for insulation* THERE.

Stylishness: *is ruined*

^_^

I'm also glad he's back. He doesn't do humble well. He's at his best when he's fully aware of his nigh-invulnerability, and is wanting to share his awesomeness with his kingdom, so to speak.

[skidmo]

Nikola: Now it won't fit into the wine bottle...

He really doesn't do humble well. I'm excited to see what they have in store for him this season.

[sunbaked_baker]

I'm assuming you've seen the interview on set with Amanda Tapping and J-Yo (I will forever call him that, thank you), with spoiiiiiilers, from that Vancouver Breakfast thing show? >_____>

[skidmo]

No, but I've read one of the J-Yo interviews from...something. I forget what exactly. Where he talks a little about what's in store.

[sunbaked_baker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_GXvDOBFgk You. Go. Watch. Don't read the comments before you see it. ^__^

[skidmo]

LOL. "I always have a chance."

[sunbaked_baker]

I love the news lady's comments at the end. "Apparently, they don't usually kiss."

[skidmo]

Hee, yes.

[river_meimei]

River's pretty normal, I think? I dunno; she lives on a climate-controlled spaceship, and wears pretty summery outfits there, even when her crewmates are wearing slightly more in the way of layers. But a bit of canon and a lot of Millicanon has her tending to underdress for cold weather, even in the mock-Scottish winter. I'm honestly not sure if she tends to get less cold than most, or just not notice it.

I've never thought about it with Regan, but I'm going to declare that she tends to feel the cold, and dislike it. But she's got a wardrobe full of clothing arranged to be stylish and surreptitiously warm, so.

Trowa also runs pretty normal. But he strongly dislikes being cold, for reasons of backstory, so he tends to dress a little warmer than he strictly needs to. When he's not in clown pants performance clothing, anyway.

Piotr runs warm. He's a big dude with a lot of muscles! Also: he grew up in Siberia. Also also: either those costumes have a lot more insulation than they appear to (which they may well), or he's fine with running around scantily clad in spandex in all weathers. Anyway, yeah, canonically Piotr has a huge tolerance for cold, and I have always figured that he's one of those people with perpetually warm hands and stuff. (When he's metal, he doesn't really feel temperatures. Like, if he's in extremes of heat or cold, he can tell, but he doesn't feel it the same way he would as flesh. Which is good, given that he's had occasion to go "Okay, I just walked through a lot of fire, please don't touch me till I cool down enough to not burn you" to his friends before.)

Lan, I have no idea if he runs cold or hot. But it doesn't hugely matter, because he grew up learning a meditative discipline for ignoring extremes of temperature anyway. And also grew up in a place with frigid winters, and a sickly tropical Blight next door. He canonically doesn't bother to close his cloak when everyone around is huddling in theirs, or to take off said cloak in the middle of a desert, so... yes.

[ceitfianna]

Mutant physics are strange things and Piotr's are fascinating.

Heh, I love that Lan basically out stoics the weathers.

[river_meimei]

He DOES. *laughing* He at least does have company in this -- so do all the Aes Sedai, and other Warders, and presumably a significant number of adult Borderlanders, since there's no indication that Lan considers his upbringing unusual in that respect. (Unusual in other respects, yes, and kind of accelerated, but there's no indication that the ko'di meditation thing is something that's not learned by other people expected to grow up to be warriors.)

And I love all the varied versions of comic book physics that mutants live with. So entertainingly ridiculous!

[ceitfianna]

Yes, science has clearly given up on the mutant world, which makes it amusing to write fic for it. I keep writing X-Men: First Class fic and in my current one Charles is annoyed because something that helps deal with his telepathy doesn't seem like it should make sense.

I kind of want to pat him on the head and say, but you're an X-Man, that's how it is.

[viridian.livejournal.com]

Laaaaaate to the party but I've actually thought about this for one of mine, so:

Regarding external temperature, Illyria feels it but is relatively unbothered by it, as she can regulate her own temperature just fine. Her own natural temperature is relatively close to a human's, except that unless she's trying to appear human, her skin actually feels cooler to the touch. Unless she's been hurt, in which case she feels very warm as she expends energy to fix herself. And she has a mild personal preference for warm things because she's used to cold and finds it boring.

[ceitfianna]

I love that she finds cold boring, that seems very in character for her.

[hey35andholding]

Clem runs to the average side, as does Jules; Dixie tends to be a trifle bit warmer.