Vivarium And Aliens Thinking Like Aliens

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Vivarium And Aliens Thinking Like Aliens

The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I watched Vivarium on the weekend.

This movie has romantic elements but it is NOT a Romance.
Don’t expect a Romance ending.

It is also a SciFi Fantasy. The world and premise have HUGE
plot holes in it. They are intriguing but they make no d@mn sense.

For example, there is a huge amount of effort expended for
very little payback and I’m almost certain aliens with that amount of power
could design a more efficient means of achieving the same results.

If you plan to watch this movie, put logic aside and simply
enjoy it.

Because it IS an enjoyable movie. The world is fresh and interesting
and it sparked my muse.

Most alien movies feature an alien species that looks excitingly
different but thinks very similarly to humans. One of the things I loved about Vivarium
is…they flip this. The aliens in it look similar to humans yet they THINK very
differently.

And it isn’t due to culture as it is with the aliens in many
of my stories. The BRAINS of the aliens in Vivarium are different. They can’t
dream, as one example, and it was implied they don’t have the capacity for imagination
or creative thought.

Imagine not being able to imagine. Yeah, that freaked me out
a bit. Because much of what we do every day is based on creative thought. That’s
how we tackle problems we face for the first time.

And sleep for these aliens must be endless darkness. I LOVE
dreaming. That is one of the many enjoyable parts of my day…or night. (grins) Dreaming
is like watching a movie that has been especially filmed for me.

I am unlikely to craft an alien hero/heroine who has a different type of brain. Why? Because I adhere to Common Ancestor Theory with my humanoid aliens. That proposes that all humanoids and humans come from one common ancestor, which is why my aliens can make babies with my humans. Their genes are extremely similar. That means their brains would be extremely similar also.

But for writing buddies who don’t adhere to Common Ancestor Theory, messing around with the brains of aliens can be an awesome variation in your worlds. It would cast ripples across every facet of your societies and make them excitingly different.

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Other Chameles view him as the
enemy.

She sees the warrior hero he never
believed he could be.

* * *

Tolui is a Warlord in search of a planet
to rule. He has been leading his fellow clones in a stealth battle, fighting
for both control of the Chamele sector and the right to exist. The brave warriors
he commands warrant respect, and they deserve the best.

That best isn’t the barren,
dangerous terrain on Chamele 4. When Tolui crashes on that planet’s surface, he’s
determined to leave it as soon as possible. The tiny human female rescuing him
might be as beautiful and as wild as the land she inhabits, but her flowing
words, trusting gaze, and enthralling submission won’t stop him from rejoining
the war.

After many solar cycles of living
alone, Lea is overjoyed when a tall, scarred, muscular warrior falls from the sky.
Her savage stranger is strong and severe, and he makes her feel safe, an
emotion she hasn’t experienced in a long, long time.

He also insists they must part.
Before they do, she’ll show him the splendor of her home, and she’ll enjoy his
big form, collecting passionate moments she can revisit when she’s solitary once
more.

Every additional moment Lea and
Tolui spend together increases the chance they’ll both die. Lea is being chased
by female-hating fiends. Tolui is being hunted by the best bounty hunters in
the universe. War will soon arrive on their threshold, and the blood spilled
might be their own.

* * *

Warlord’s Mercy is based on a much
shorter story sharing the same title.

It is a STANDALONE Alien Barbarian
SciFi Romance featuring a villain turned hero and a brave, chatty heroine set
in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

Warlord’s Mercy is the fifth of six
core stories in the Chamele Barbarian Warlord series.

Book 1: Warlord Sky

Book 2: Warlord’s Bounty

Book 3: Warlord Unarmed

Book 4: Warlord Reunited

Book 5: Warlord’s Mercy

Book 6: Warlord’s Return

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