Hey! I love your humans are weird aliens posts, and was wondering if you had any ideas on weird ways aliens try to flirt with humans that just seem like regular/weird/maybe even slightly offensive things to humans and the alien doesnβt understand their reactions to??
Now whilst yes this would be a very fun trope to read I would say that it would be less likely to happen. As we know there are many alien species and planets all with their own rich history and cultural values and standards. This means that most aliens are used to the idea of different cultures and most of the time will have some basic knowledge of what is acceptable or not. And because culture is ever changing and takes influence from everything it could be harder to keep up. But...
When it comes to cultures we have such huge and rich culture from everywhere and each country holds its own standards. Yes there are some similarities between different countries, most of the time there are things that are very specific to the area. Aliens would have to learn even more about the ways humans flirt as it varies from person to person.
I would say some aliens would crack very bad jokes that are unappealing towards the person like self deprecating jokes or dad jokes or even very bad puns. It would be very awkward to see that even with other humans. Other aliens could easily be to straight forward creating that vibe of being too forthcoming which would mean the human would have to accept or decline. ANother way would be aliens just being creepy because they have no sense of how humans flirt and thier doing it the way they normally would.
An example of this is Xa'oq from the planet Spinwa where giving the testicles of an ex is considered romantic ( as you can tell, very violent culture :D ) with Human Jane being very creeped out by this and having to explain very carefully why it's wrong.
Or Kara'ne'qap from the Kurn Sector, being super straightforward and logical which creates the awkward situation of politely having to say yes because Kara'ne'qap is very overeager too.
So yeah, humans would find some cultures from the aliens strange but most would accept the differences and still find love.












