Community Event / Creation Woo! this looks scary.. Drabble contest #138: A Dangerous Situation

[cleonymus]

Ahh I think I see it

her mother chirruped soothingly - tryed to cheer her child up....

her mother cheered up soothingly

C

 

[Frank]

Ahh I think I see it

her mother chirruped soothingly - tryed to cheer her child up....

her mother cheered up soothingly

C

That's interersting... good guess... no.

 

[insanephoton]

The job of the mother is to stay at home and have children. I don't know it they would remove her fear glands. She might be seeing something of herself in this child that behaves in a more erratic manner.

As for the government funding an operation to make the population behave in a more controlled manner, I wouldn't be surprised if they are funding development at the moment <wry grin>

Hmmm, I think some mothers might take issue with the assertion that 'The job of the mother is to stay at home and have children'. I'll just direct any irate females to the man in the sparkly jacket

We really don't know enough about the thargoids to be certain that Frank's anthropomorphic take on Thargoid parenthood is at all accurate. The limited description we have is 'insectoid'. Most insects and more generally arthropods adopt the 'lay eggs and hope some of them survive' school of parenting. There are exceptions such as the social insects like bees, ants and wasps , but they tend to have a queen that lays all the eggs while other members of the colony raise the offspring. Of all insects the earwig is perhaps the closest to having something like a family. The mother earwig will raise her offspring up to their second moult.

 

[Frank]

Give Germaine Greer a gunship and point her in the direction of the Thargoids

Hmmm, I think some mothers might take issue with the assertion that 'The job of the mother is to stay at home and have children'. I'll just direct any irate females to the man in the sparkly jacket

I'm not speculating about human mothers, merely those of an insectoid race bent on the destruction of the whole of humanity. But if their male chauvinistic out-of-date behaviour is capable of bringing one or two feminists to the fight then I raise my fist in support of my sisters and gloss over the fact that the usually male dominated career of soldier is exclusively female on the Thargoid side of the battlefield.

We really don't know enough about the thargoids to be certain that Frank's anthropomorphic take on Thargoid parenthood is at all accurate. The limited description we have is 'insectoid'. Most insects and more generally arthropods adopt the 'lay eggs and hope some of them survive' school of parenting. There are exceptions such as the social insects like bees, ants and wasps , but they tend to have a queen that lays all the eggs while other members of the colony raise the offspring. Of all insects the earwig is perhaps the closest to having something like a family. The mother earwig will raise her offspring up to their second moult.

You say big words to me like "anthropomorphic". You look into my eyes and imagine you see a glimmer of understanding that is really more a reflection of you own thoughts and feelings. I stare back blankly with my mind entirely occupied by the concept of Janx.

 

[insanephoton]

I'm not speculating about human mothers, merely those of an insectoid race bent on the destruction of the whole of humanity. But if their male chauvinistic out-of-date behaviour is capable of bringing one or two feminists to the fight then I raise my fist in support of my sisters and gloss over the fact that the usually male dominated career of soldier is exclusively female on the Thargoid side of the battlefield.



You say big words to me like "anthropomorphic". You look into my eyes and imagine you see a glimmer of understanding that is really more a reflection of you own thoughts and feelings. I stare back blankly with my mind entirely occupied by the concept of Janx.

I'm guessing that Orion miners don't know too much about bugs. Most bugs are lousy parents. At best they'll lay there eggs near something the youngsters can eat when they hatch and that's the limit of their parental responsibility. Though it does seem unlikely that any species like that would develop an advanced technological civilisation. Perhaps you are right and Thargoids are devoted parents like Earwig mothers, but many suspect they are inscrutable and almost machine like, living in communal hives. Do ants feel emotions?

 

[Frank]

I'm guessing that Orion miners don't know too much about bugs. Most bugs are lousy parents. At best they'll lay there eggs near something the youngsters can eat when they hatch and that's the limit of their parental responsibility. Though it does seem unlikely that any species like that would develop an advanced technological civilisation. Perhaps you are right and Thargoids are devoted parents like Earwig mothers, but many suspect they are inscrutable and almost machine like, living in communal hives. Do ants feel emotions?

Do ants feel emotions? Just ask uncles. But of course you're right. They are just two insectoids and so should we really be attaching human attributes to their actions? <grin>

I doubt even them there loving earwig mothers really do love their children. They are just exhibiting a behaviour which helps the propagation of their species. Most of the insectoids we've been able to observe haven't shown the higher order processing power needed to experience emotions as complicated as love, but then most of them haven't developed ships with interstellar drives capable of yanking ships out of Witchspace and ambushing them and killing all their family.

 

[Frank]

Apathy appears to have worked in my favour this week. There are more contestants than voters. A big thank you to all of you who voted for me. And a special thanks to all of you out there that would have voted for someone else had it not been for the massive effort required to click a mouse button.

 

[Futuristic Kung Fu]

Apathy appears to have worked in my favour this week. There are more contestants than voters. A big thank you to all of you who voted for me. And a special thanks to all of you out there that would have voted for someone else had it not been for the massive effort required to click a mouse button.

I didn't vote. Again. But I wouldn't have voted for you.

 

[Frank]

Thank you. I appreciate your lack of effort.

 

[Darkoba]

Congrats Frank. A nice win, leading the field all the way. What's the not-pun?

 

[Frank]

I was hoping people had forgotten about it <slightly embarrassed smile>. Before I tell you about this I just want to point out that the feller what calls himself "Frank" at the Elite Meet this April is in no way related to me, and in no way responsible for this answer, which I've wrapped in a spoiler to protect the innocent,

Spoiler

"She needs to be prepared" could refer to the fact that she has to steel herself for future dangers. But preparing a meal means cutting it up to serve it as a dish, just like the surgeon is going to slice out her fear gland in the same way that Sushi chefs slices out poison glands.

It wasn't really worth the wait.

 

[Darkoba]

If you'll allow me...

Groan!

 

[Sir.Tj]

Congrats Frank a fine win.

 

[Darkoba]

Congrats to you too, T.j. You have now officially left the 'twosies club'

(Unfortunately, I haven't)

 

[MrMogadon]

Congrats Frank for another win and for once more delivering the pun in punishment

 

[Simoof]

I was hoping people had forgotten about it <slightly embarrassed smile>. Before I tell you about this I just want to point out that the feller what calls himself "Frank" at the Elite Meet this April is in no way related to me, and in no way responsible for this answer, which I've wrapped in a spoiler to protect the innocent,

Spoiler

"She needs to be prepared" could refer to the fact that she has to steel herself for future dangers. But preparing a meal means cutting it up to serve it as a dish, just like the surgeon is going to slice out her fear gland in the same way that Sushi chefs slices out poison glands.

It wasn't really worth the wait.

I will hunt you down....

 

[Frank]

Fear gland in place, and working as intended

I will hunt you down....

The chef in this Glaswegian hotel doesn't have a set of Sushi knives do they? I like all of my glands and I don't want any of them to be removed. <quick dive for cover>

 

[Galactic Midden]

I will hunt you down....

I'll second that!