#alst

[magdahlia]

i was yearning last night so obviously i drew ivan

[glassymint]

[closetedcreature]

Spot the difference (difficulty: impossible)

[kay-kaylen]

It's such a slap to the face reality check now that we know Luka's backstory. He's a human being who was stripped of his humanity by the aliens literally upon his first breath. Out of everyone, Luka is the most perfect showcase of the horrific treatment of humans at the hands of the aliens.

He was conditioned from the very beginning to fight for his own survival, maybe even met with approval and praise. He wasn't even a pet. His entire existence from his birth was solely for Alien Stage. The small world afforded to humans by the aliens was so much smaller for Luka. He's not a bird that was caught and caged to sing. He was a bird HATCHED in a cage to sing.

That's why he acts so childishly. Why he doesn't seem to understand what he did wrong. Because he doesn't. He's still a child. He's the child that the aliens stopped from growing before he even took his first steps. He never even got the chance to understand and experience what life means to him, unlike everyone else. For Luka, Alien Stage IS his world. There's only one thing that exists outside of it, and it's Hyuna.

Hyuna is his ONLY connection to his humanity, but she's just one person who's experienced her own horrors. She can't ever carry everything Luka's been through, but the fact that she tried at all? Tried to understand and forgive him? Still CARES for him even now? Enough to die for him without hesitation? THAT'S what it means to be human.

[thatghostinyourbog]

@msshinylemon this is your fault

THIS IS YOUR FAULTTT

[mahoganyrust]

Alien Stage p.14

Oof

[jamswhams]

meeeeow

[michaeleveningstar]

[old art]