Also the media environment. It's been a few years since I read Parasyte, but there was definitely stuff that might not be allowed on television. Or at least on CW.
You make a good point with the setting. In SPN, the Levis are just another in a line of monsters who want to destroy humanity as we know it. In Parasyte the entire story was about the difference between the parasites and the humans. The Levis are perfectly capable of passing themselves off as human. The parasites were most emphatically not capable of that early on. They more closely resembled the changelings from 'The Kids are Alright' when they tried, I think. And I think the parts I remember most clearly had to do with the parasite in the MC's hand, and learning what made him tick. And how, the more the MC came to understand him the more cut off he got from his peers. That's where a lot of the alienness came from, for me.
That's a good question XD I'd say the parasites, hands down. The parasites are way more flexible in terms of fighting ability than the Levis. I mean, really. What do the Levis have? Super strength, big teeth, and near-invincibility. The parasites have that and a lot more control over their host's body in terms of making it a weapon. No contest.
I've been reading through a scanlation, and what really strikes me is that in all the scenes where somebody is killed, they all just *stand there*. They're confronted with something horrific and their brains just don't seem to process it and so they don't react, at all.
It's creepy because that's probably what would actually happen. Eesh.
Yeah, I think the Leviathans might be able to outthink the parasites, find their weaknesses and take them down, but in a straight fight, they might not die but at least they'd lose their heads.
You make a good point with the setting. In SPN, the Levis are just another in a line of monsters who want to destroy humanity as we know it. In Parasyte the entire story was about the difference between the parasites and the humans. The Levis are perfectly capable of passing themselves off as human. The parasites were most emphatically not capable of that early on. They more closely resembled the changelings from 'The Kids are Alright' when they tried, I think. And I think the parts I remember most clearly had to do with the parasite in the MC's hand, and learning what made him tick. And how, the more the MC came to understand him the more cut off he got from his peers. That's where a lot of the alienness came from, for me.
That's a good question XD I'd say the parasites, hands down. The parasites are way more flexible in terms of fighting ability than the Levis. I mean, really. What do the Levis have? Super strength, big teeth, and near-invincibility. The parasites have that and a lot more control over their host's body in terms of making it a weapon. No contest.
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It's creepy because that's probably what would actually happen. Eesh.
Yeah, I think the Leviathans might be able to outthink the parasites, find their weaknesses and take them down, but in a straight fight, they might not die but at least they'd lose their heads.
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