We talk about how the Hork Bajir challenge the idea of "Inherently Violent" yet?
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Replying to @DatPremmy @arthur_affect and
no, but id be interested to compare that to the treatment of taxxons, a legit very violent species
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Replying to @Plutoburns @arthur_affect and
I think it's important that Tacoma hate being Tacoma even more than Yeerks who get stuck in them.
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Replying to @DatPremmy @arthur_affect and
i do wonder what their world was like before the yeerks rolled in. Was it HARD for them to find food?
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Replying to @Plutoburns @DatPremmy and
I feel like Taxxons were just Applegate taking the idea of a "hive" species very literally
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Plutoburns and
Like instead of the magic "hivemind", the kludgey way an ant colony actually self-regulates
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Plutoburns and
And then imagining that each individual ant was actually sentient -- it wouldn't be pretty
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Plutoburns and
That just ties back into the "We don't do termites any more " thing
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Replying to @DatPremmy @arthur_affect and
that termite stuff was TERRIFYING
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Replying to @Plutoburns @DatPremmy and
Applegate really liked that image of the horror of what a "hive" is actually like
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It's the opposite of peaceful cooperation -- it's everyone being driven by irrepressible drives and at war with each other
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Plutoburns and
And the "community" adapting as a whole because of the mindless attrition you inflict on each other
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