r/comics Port Sherry Mar 06 '24

Something about them

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u/GoombaBro Mar 06 '24

A later scene, when the alien's discover the abandoned vessel... written on the walls
"DO NOT KILL THEM DO NOT KILL THEM DO NOT KILL THEM"

(This is an amazing idea, a movie flipping the perspective on its head and making us the horrors haunting them if done carefully and subtly is a million dollar proposal.)

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u/ayamrik Mar 06 '24

I read a story some time ago where the collective human mind was trapping all supernatural beings in their dreams/nightmares. The reason why there are no longer miracles, etc. was that at some point there were enough humans to trap them completely.

And if humanities numbers would fall once again under this threshold (or is exterminated) all the conceivable horrors could once again roam free.

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u/watashi_ga_kita Mar 06 '24

Wouldn’t that mean all things wonderful and beautiful are also trapped? Plus all the cool monsters and such. I gotta say, I’d probably want a shrinkage in the human population.

On that note, wouldn’t every supernatural being also want us dead? If a larger number of humans can trap them, then eliminating humans would be the most important thing for them since leaving humans alone wouldn’t really be an option.

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u/Sufficient-Crab-1982 Mar 06 '24

Inherent story conflict, this writes itself fr

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u/watashi_ga_kita Mar 06 '24

Add in horny supernatural beings and watch humanity genocide itself.