Week 12, Diverse Science Fiction

Remy Tost, November 7

Lilith’s Brood

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

-what the fuck is a car doing in a twisted world like this?

-the world I pictured for these characters seemed more like Luke Skywalker's house with his aunt and uncle; not from this universe

-the moment t'galoi was mentioned I was uncomfortable by her and her appearance and need of "warmth" from bodies, like a tic. Which is interesting because their "race" is called tlic.

-at first I thought t'gatoi was bigger in size. Her appliance with her limbs reminded me strangely of no face from "spirited away, when he had a lot of limbs and was chasing chihiro in the bathhouse.

-when he asks, "what are we to you?" all his questions made he, I don't want to say glad; but thankful he said them. He became a more believable character.

-near the end when the main speaker and t'galoi where alone made me hear the human in t'glaoi which made me feel….better? About the situation. It made me feel that the main character was in "better hands" at this point. Especially the last line:

"I will take care of you"

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

The connections need, survival, hosts, and will all had a part in this story. Also the relationship between master and slave.

3. What changes would you make to adopt this story into another medium? What medium would you use? What changes would you make?

I can see this as a strange morphed stop-motion/2d animation thing. The colors and visuals from the chapter pages of the sandman with the rust colors, dark blue hues would suit this story well. Because it’s strange and mysterious. Even though this is a sy-fi story, I can't see anything in this story with neon colors, especially neon green. No, this story is more about flesh and bone, insects and worms. So the colors would be eater toned to the point of bodily fluid colors. And rust to depict the horror feel. 

Ignoring the content of the video, "closer" by nine inch nails colors would also work for this. But during the lighter scenes of the story it would be lighter, with some off-whites? Or tan colors.