Bear Ribs
Well-known member
Had a vague notion come to me while doodling of humans meeting up with your typical bug-type aliens. As with a distressing number of bug-like aliens, these beings absolutely adore the taste of human flesh. However, they're not barbarians and have strict laws against things like murder or invasions, so they instead try to convince people to bequeath their corpses after death to gourmet bug chefs for preparing fantastic meals.
I had some amusement with my doodle of a giant scorpion wearing a monocle while trying to convince various humans that, after all, they won't be needing that flesh after they died anyway will they? Is it really worth depriving aliens of their favorite foods just so you can have an open casket funeral? Really pretty selfish isn't it?
I'm not sure if there's any actual story here but it amused me and I wonder if it can be expanded. What other habits might aliens have that are terrifying, awful, or wretched but also tempered by the aliens being civilized, sentient beings who adhered to sound principles of rights and rule of law?
Let's avoid the typical biological necessity of, f'rex, a r-type reproductive strategy where the alien produces enormous quantities of young, most of which will die. That's been done to death in fiction already. I'm thinking more of things the aliens like to do or enjoy that would be deeply disturbing but modified by the aliens being so nice about it.
I had some amusement with my doodle of a giant scorpion wearing a monocle while trying to convince various humans that, after all, they won't be needing that flesh after they died anyway will they? Is it really worth depriving aliens of their favorite foods just so you can have an open casket funeral? Really pretty selfish isn't it?
I'm not sure if there's any actual story here but it amused me and I wonder if it can be expanded. What other habits might aliens have that are terrifying, awful, or wretched but also tempered by the aliens being civilized, sentient beings who adhered to sound principles of rights and rule of law?
Let's avoid the typical biological necessity of, f'rex, a r-type reproductive strategy where the alien produces enormous quantities of young, most of which will die. That's been done to death in fiction already. I'm thinking more of things the aliens like to do or enjoy that would be deeply disturbing but modified by the aliens being so nice about it.