How to write a Monster/Alien?

What is Different?

  • What is not Human?
  • What is Human?
  • Do they look Humanoid?
    • Homininae
    • Hominidae
    • Hominoid
    • Primate
  • Do they have Mammal characteristics?
  • Do they behave like Animals?
  • Are they Alive?
  • Are they Beings?
  • Alienation
  • Why consider something non-Human?
  • What would be the use?
  • What is the advantage to do it?
  • What could be gained?
  • What could be lost?
  • Discrimination Criteria
  • Do you need a Soul?
  • Do you need Consciousness?
  • Do you need Emotions?
  • Do they need to be Animals?
  • If they weren’t humans, how would they be perceived?
  • Would they be Lesser than Humans?

Alien Culture?

  • Non-existing Concepts
  • What is a Collective?
  • What is an Individual?
  • What is Free Will?
  • What is Determinism?
  • What is Guilt?
  • What is Pride?
  • What is Home?
  • What is Alien?
  • What are the most important Human principles?
  • Do they understand Trust?
  • Do they understand Faithfulness?
  • Do they understand Efficiency?
  • Do they need these concepts?
  • Do they behave this way instinctively?
  • Can they learn these concepts?
  • Vision on Humans Principles
  • Do they intend to Integrate them?
  • Do they intend to Experiment them?
  • Will they observe Humans executing them?
  • Do they have Oppositions to these principles?
  • What are the Origins of these Oppositions?
  • Vision on Humans
  • Does this Species have Emotions?
  • How do you define Emotions?
  • Which ones are necessary to you?
  • Which ones are detrimental?
  • 1st Contact
  • What is Both Species Reaction?
  • Who displays Curiosity?
  • Who displays Attraction?
  • Who displays Awe?
  • Who displays Fear?
  • Who displays Disgust?
  • Who displays Comprehension?
  • Who displays Rejection?

Symbols

  • Do they recognize Human symbols?
  • How do they react?
  • Do they possess Human-like Traits?
  • Do they display Human Behavior?
  • Do they possess Human anatomy?
  • Do they gather?
  • How do they converse?
  • Do they Trade?
  • Do they Plan?
  • Do they draw?
  • Do they sculpt?
  • Do they have types?
  • Do they have subtypes?
  • Do they all display Hostility?
  • Do they all try to Survive?
  • Are there Cynics?
  • Are there Enthusiasts?
  • Do they have specialized structures?
  • Do they have Functions?

Threat?

  • Menace?
  • Do they display Unacceptable Behavior?
  • Which kind?
  • Who consider this unacceptable?
  • Do they have a Repulsive appearance?
  • Do they look Ghastly?
  • How much does it play in their despise?
  • Intelligence
  • Are they considered Intelligent?
  • Can they gather information?
  • Can they use this information to solve problems?
  • Do they display signs of Superior Intelligence?
  • Is it only perceived?
  • What kind of Tools do they use?
  • How does their Technology seem to function?
  • Which energy does it use?
  • What Procedures do they use?
  • Replacing Humanity
  • Do they intend to replace Humanity?
  • Is it wanted?
  • Is it necessary?
  • Can they act in Symbiosis?
  • Can they Hybridize?
  • Can they use Transgenesis?

Nature

  • Natural Laws
  • How do they react to Gravity?
  • How do they react to Electromagnetism?
  • Do they understand Temperature?
  • Do they understand Entropy?
  • Do they have an Atmosphere?
  • How different is it from Human planets Atmosphere?
  • Alive?
  • Are they Living?
  • Are they Animals?
  • Are they Plants?
  • Are they Inert?
  • Communication
  • Create a member of this Species.
  • How does she Behave?
  • How is she?
  • Can your character speak multiple Languages?
  • Can she write/read multiple Langages?
  • Does she use Other Languages?
  • Foreign Languages?
  • Rare Languages?
  • Can she Speak?
  • Are there Other ways to express herself?
  • Does she suffer from Mutism?
  • Can she recognize sounds?
  • Can she recognize human sounds?
  • Does she communicate with her songs?
  • Does she communicate with her tears?
  • Does she communicate with her acts?
  • Is she an Animal?
  • Is she a Plant?
  • Can she emit Molecules?
  • Which kind?
  • Can she emit energetic waves?
  • What is the nature of these waves?
  • Can she change of color?

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