Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other

Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by FredPret on Thursday November 10, 2022 @11:28AM (#33548894)

I find Star Trek’s aliens so human-like that it ruins the whole thing for me. But Children of Ruin is so much better!

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Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by Karawebnetwork on Thursday November 10, 2022 @12:57PM (#33550466)

My head-canon of this has always been that the universal translator also translates the physical appearance of beings so that you can read their body language. It explains why everyone looks like humans with a different colour. It some cases like energy beings and giant slimes it simply cannot translate anything and display the original being.

This head-canon melts in front of actual lore, but it helps me with suspension of disbelief.

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Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by svachalek on Thursday November 10, 2022 @02:30PM (#33551782)

There's official canon for it, summarized here (spoilers)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chase_(Star_Trek:_The_Next...

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Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by three_seagrass on Thursday November 10, 2022 @06:48PM (#33555361)

IIRC the sentient species in our galaxy were all seeded by the same ancient alien race, hence the structural similarities.

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Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by citrusynapse on Thursday November 10, 2022 @01:33PM (#33551002)

Steven King's lesser known From A Buick 8 is a surprisingly good slow-burner that has one of my favorite depictions of extradimensional creatures to date.

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Re:Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other by three_seagrass on Thursday November 10, 2022 @06:45PM (#33555328)

Children of Time: Cute spider pop-up book

Children of Ruin: Parasitic space horror

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