#because they're so alien i don't think they even comprehend it while i simultaneously want to buy into the idea that they understand humans | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

smallhatlogan · 2 months ago

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Fascinating to read reviews and reponses to Dawn that are like "That was soooo horrifying and disturbing and everything about that ship and the aliens was freaky" but what really made the more disturbing aspects work for me was that the ship, oankali society, their values, and the ways they do genuinely help people are naturally appealing to me. I think they could convince me into buying into (though not participating in, I'd be one of the guys who just spends the rest of their life hanging out on the ship) their plans for humanity. (Also by comparing them to sea slugs they sound sooo cute even when their ethics are fucked)

#they start talking with so much authority using ideas that i already kind of agree with and i'm going 'yeah you're right humans do kind of #need you to be tampering with their genetics. this seems totally ethical' and i'm inclined to make excuses for the shittier things they do #because they're so alien i don't think they even comprehend it while i simultaneously want to buy into the idea that they understand humans #and then later i go 'woah wait a minute that's so fucked up i don't know if i am okay with the way you're implementing this plan'#like oh man the consent issues are the big thing like. on one hand i do not thing they fully comprehend this because of how they communicat #with each other but on the other hand that's partially because they're too patronizing to listen to the ppl telling them that's not ok #'yeah we know humans better than they know themselves that's why we keep fucking up and making huge mistakes and ppl are trying to kill us'#logan reads lilith's brood

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