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... an entire species in a fictional setting as outright evil - no matter how one treats them, they reward kindness with treachery and violence. This premise seems incomplete to me, and unnece...
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System
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2019-12-19T22:13:51Z (about 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T12:35:52Z (about 5 years ago)
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> _... an entire species in a fictional setting as outright evil - no matter how one treats them, they reward kindness with treachery and violence._ This premise seems incomplete to me, and unnecessarily harsh. Why don't they exterminate themselves? And if they respond so uniformly, they should be easy to bait, trap and kill. That's how our early ancestors dealt with wild predators and big cats, they are so predictable they are easily tricked. If you don't want them to just be rabid wolves, show them in light where they don't know they are being observed, but have non-rabid relationships. Some person, by accident or intent (e.g a scientist), spying on them, studying their behavior to find a clue to defeat them. Otherwise, resign yourself to the fact you have created an unredeemable species and you have to find a way to exterminate them. The plot then becomes defeating the pentastomids; by inoculation, or extermination, or finding a medicine to cure the infection.
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System
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2019-07-31T11:32:12Z (over 5 years ago)
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