I adored your descriptions of the court and of the Queen and her Consort. Plus wings. Love the wings <3
You also made my inner history nerd very happy when you used "Praetorian".
Of course the diplomatic proceedings would be handled with all the tact of a bull in a china shop. When you talked about the acid melting their faces all I could think of was the lizards from Jurassic Park.
And since the Prawns seemed to be 5' to 6' tall, I'm assuming that the Queen is a big mammajamma.
When she cradled Wikus it was sort of an "awww!" moment for me, before the image created itself in my brain. Prawns don't tend to be an attractive species...so yeah. XD
It's interesting that she would want her line to breed with Wikus's and Christopher's but it also makes sense in that she would want new blood to continue their mixture.
I'm glad Wikus and Christopher got their happy ending though :)
My mind kept going back to insects with acidic properties, but especially the creatures from Aliens.
It would make sense for the elite caste to have more...damaging attacks versus simply claws or fangs.
Hmmm...the queen would probably show interest in new blood. Nothing wrong with her superior bloodline, but after stagnating in the same gene pool for so many generations, a new variation would probably please her.
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The Queen is... just... marvelous! Mo Ghod, the best female character I've read about in a loong timeXD Pure gold she is.
And "little Wikuses"? Very, very cute^^
It's getting better and better that story ofyours^^
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I had in mind th Queen from Alien, but obviously she is different in color.
The size difference compared to her workers would make me go, "WTF! Big Mama!!"
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I thought about the Alien Queen as well^^ Them two meeting? WINXD
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God! That was so cute how Oliver just jumped onto CHris and Wikus and went "Sweetie-man".
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You also made my inner history nerd very happy when you used "Praetorian".
Of course the diplomatic proceedings would be handled with all the tact of a bull in a china shop. When you talked about the acid melting their faces all I could think of was the lizards from Jurassic Park.
And since the Prawns seemed to be 5' to 6' tall, I'm assuming that the Queen is a big mammajamma.
When she cradled Wikus it was sort of an "awww!" moment for me, before the image created itself in my brain. Prawns don't tend to be an attractive species...so yeah. XD
It's interesting that she would want her line to breed with Wikus's and Christopher's but it also makes sense in that she would want new blood to continue their mixture.
I'm glad Wikus and Christopher got their happy ending though :)
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My mind kept going back to insects with acidic properties, but especially the creatures from Aliens.
It would make sense for the elite caste to have more...damaging attacks versus simply claws or fangs.
Hmmm...the queen would probably show interest in new blood. Nothing wrong with her superior bloodline, but after stagnating in the same gene pool for so many generations, a new variation would probably please her.
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