Monday, November 7, 2016

BloodChild inclass Responses 3 questions

BloodChild in-class response                                                                            Miranda lee

1.     What is your reaction to the text you just read?

I was shock and amused by the short yet thrilling experience. The visuals that were described in the short story were like action movies: graphic and intense. I found myself holding my breath every time there was a crucial moment of life and death, the tension between the Lien and T’Gatoi and the new discover of how Tlic make babies from a child’s point of view. I enjoy how realistic the reaction of the girl and her family is dealing with situation. I feel this reflects very well on how humans as much as we claim to be on top of the food chain can easily be pull down from our pedestal to same level as herd of cows. I was surprise to like this almost terrifying story.

2.     What is the connection did you make with the story? Discuss the elements of the story with which you were able to connect.  

This has an interesting perspective of alien relationship with humans almost like Stockholm syndrome mix with brain washing/ drugging. There seem to be a parasitism relationship but the Tlic are using “humane” ways of dealing with humans instead of using fear and dominance especially in the “Preserve”. I feel like outside the “Preserve” it might not be so merciful for the Terrans aka humans who may be fought and even kill over by the Tlic as they are high in demand.  This feels like it can get more graphic and go into the horror theme really fast if T’Gatoi was to lose power of how the Terrans are to be treated. The world the Terrans live in seems so fragile of how the world can change so easily with by knowing too much. Seems to have the “Matrix” 1999 of the aliens using humans to procreate life and brainwashing the humans.

3.     What changes would you make to adapt this story into another medium? What medium would you used? What changes would you make?


I would use adult cartoon animation to adapt this story like an anime with the ink stylization.  This would be 2-D cartoon with realistic drawings of the human in a mix of comic book or graphic novel with heavy used of ink Examples like “Kill Bill” when the back story of O-Ren Ishii and “Samurai Champloo” anime. I wouldn’t make any changes to the story but since the humans’ names are very diverse from around the world, I would give them physical features of mix race like in Brazil. I would make the Tlic’s face a wide version of humans and used the Avatar Last Air Bender’s “face stealer” the centipede spirit as inspiration to how they move and the mysterious personality.  

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