BloodChild, In-Class Nov. 20

This is a strange and gross sci-fi monster story. The lore and universe was well developed but, the uncanny world so casual introduced in this short story was jarring at first and kept getting worse. What makes it so odd and unsettling for me was the subject matter that leans into child brides.
The monster asks for the mother to give her a child that she could basically impregnate. The monster picked the youngest son when the oldest was able and willing to volunteer herself. The boy’s education was just to become ‘prepared’ for his life that is only to service the monster and even had things that would affect him, his body, and his mind kept from him. Yes, at the end, he said that he was upset that she could leave him and take another but, he did not know any better. He was raised to be her’s. Of course it would be scary to become free from all forms of your past life. He did not really love her or care for him more than he was told he had to.
It is like the child bride and young impregnated in the way Lomas is treated. Lomas was abandoned by the monster when they are supposing to have an intimate connection to the human. Lomas is left to die alone in ‘childbirth’.

As I mentioned before this story is gross. To make it into another medium there has to be some major changes to get past censors. Books don’t have as strong of a censor normally as TV or movies. If I could adapt into another medium, I think it would belong as a radio show. A special of a sci-fi radio show where they have Foley and actors who voice each character. Having the monster have a calm and motherly voice but when she moves the sound is that of a herd of animals falling and bumping limbs. I don’t want to truly see the monster because I feel like that would take from the motherly and consuming nature of the monster.

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