#alien series

[rzc11]

[acecroft]

Ellen Ripley + coffee ☕

[balrog-slayer66]

Nostromo bridge design by Ron Cobb - Alien 1979

[raph-hrsh]

[horrorvillaintourney]

HORROR’S NEXT TOP GENDER FINALS: Ellen Ripley (Alien) vs. The Xenomorph (Alien)

CHOOSE.

Ripley

The Xenomorph

Voting ended onSep 16, 2024

PROPAGANDA FOR RIPLEY:

"The character of Ripley was originally meant to be played by a man. also pleaseeee if this competition is a bunch of white guys im going to lose it"

"She is so incredibly butch and cool, she has that butch mechanic thing going on"

"The character was originally going to be a man but Sigourney Weaver killed it at the audition so she was hired and not a single line of dialogue was changed. Also, overall, most of the films leave an implication that gender is not very important to the point of being a practically genderless society. Everyone in these movies is too stressed and too busy working under late, late stage capitalism. My point is that Ellen Ripley is definitely (however unintentionally) agender."

PROPAGANDA FOR THE XENOMORPH:

"Is this a "character"? It's a whole species technically but I think it should count. Anyway I know people like to think about them as female and therefore Girlbosses or whatever and I think that's fine, have fun. However, they are obviously an alien species that doesn't adhere to human ideas of gender- or fit into ideas of binary sex if we wanted to think that way, since they reproduce very differently. I am also thinking about how their (very iconic) design incorporates a lot of sexual elements/imagery, and in that way too they mix-and-match and play around with gender. And again they are just so iconic."

[hurglewurm]

the perfect organism. its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility. alien (1979)

[yandereunsolved]

Imagining a human darling who cannot catch a break―they accidentally adopt a Xenomorph whose hive was destroyed by the Yautja. That said Xenomorph wrecked havoc on the ship and killed their crew mate's, only leaving them alive because they have a similar smell to that of their deceased Queen.

Therefore, the Xenomorph deduces that it must be loyal to you: your stalkerish companion. Unfortunately, it only decided such after your ship was wrecked and was on the course for a crash landing.

Where did you land?

Yautja Prime.

A planet that isn't exactly kind to either Xenomorphs or humans, to put it lightly. So now you have a crashed ship, fitting snugly between the forest and desert biomes, and no way home. At least you have your Xenomorph buddy who has an odd habit of drooling on you! It's okay. They aren't going to harm you. Them curling up around you and softly hissing (urging) you to sleep is enough of an indicator.

You just have to hope that somehow the both of you won't be ritualistically slaughtered. Or at least―that you'll be spared. You still worry the Xenomorph's bond with you will snap and you'll end up as its next snack.

No worry, you won't be killed. You'll be abducted along with your Xenomorph to a Yautja tribe in which you will be tested! After all, a human and Xenomorph bonding is unheard of. The elders must be consulted. And maybe they can breed more of your kind to make their hunts more exciting. Only one way to find out, right?