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Majoritarian culture

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Majoritarian culture in science fiction takes a lot of world building and development to completely immerse the reader into the world. Bloodchild is about a human population that is immersed into this very alien yet somewhat recognizable in life on earth. Reading it, I was very uncomfortable which I assume is what Octavia intended. She makes it so unlike some scifi novels, the humans are not this holy grail that is come to save this dying planet. The aliens are just using them for gain against their will. Humans are depicted as such high and mighty people in some novels (possibly written by white men), so it’s interesting that a novel about invading an alien planet written by a poc woman would be a complete turn-around. It’s like the settlers have already gotten used to having this life as hosts for these aliens, which I believe minorities can relate to as well. It's sad since that's how some people's norms were growing up, but interesting that it is port...
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J-Horror and Vengeful Spirits

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J-Horror and Vengeful Spirits After finishing Haruki Murakami's  A Wild Sheep Chas e, it makes me realize how different our western horror culture is. I feel like because we’re so exposed to western horror stereotypes of slashers, monsters, etc, we always assume that the spirit is evil. There just always seems to be bad blood with ghosts and humans. I think this is due to our lack of culture with the passed compared to Asian culture. Western culture is all about shock value. They don’t normally leave you feeling dread or a huge disturbance. Most of the time it’s high descriptions of how someone is tortured, or how detailed the killer looks. J-horror contrasts this by making contemplate the story and the reality all together. In the story of Yuki-onna, she is seeming to be a very dangerous spirit but then spares the life of the younger lumberjack. Throughout you then wonder if she’s changed and can actually live a human life. However, it is shown that she r...
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Vampire Relationships - Interview with a Vampire

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In Interview With a Vampire, dependency is a big factor with the characters and their relationships. The start of the story, Louis basically craves death ever since his brother dies. It’s almost ironic that he becomes immortal because of this. After Lestat turns him, they’re basically depending on each other since they seem to be the only vampires in New Orlands up until they turn Claudia who grows up without having to be on her own. Even before she gets bitten by Louis, Claudia is seen clutched to her mother’s corpse. Because of Louis still lingering human emotions, he and Claudia killed Lestat out of vengeance. I believe this makes Louis the strongest vampire in this story because he’s still able to suppress his vampire tendencies for hundreds of years. While I was reading, I understood why vampires are so dependent on other vampires. Either they become partners with humans and then the humans eventually die, or they just have vampire partners who are with them f...
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