The fact that the Nostromo's computer is called Mother. The fact that xenomorphs are born from an unwanted pregnancy. The fact that Ripley is a mother who'll never see her child again. The fact that Newt is a child who'll never see her mother again. The fact that they find solace in each other. The fact that the xenomorph queen is a vengeful mother. The fact that Ripley 8 is nicknamed Mother. The fact that the newborn kills it's mother. The fact that Ripley 8 kills it. The fact that Amanda Ripley stumbles into the same fate as her mother while looking for her.
261 notes
·
View notes
i bought alien isolation and fell to my knees for them
27 notes
·
View notes
I think about Alien a lot, especially recently. This evening I’m specifically thinking about how in the Alien Isolation novel (and maybe other Alien novels) it mentions how Ripley would send video messages to Amanda before the freighter ship would lose contact, and how one of those times a message was from Dallas.
It made me think about the crew a lot. Like, did Amanda ever ask about them? Did any of them sometimes stop by while Ripley was talking to Amanda on the video message just to check in and say hi as another parental/family friend figure? Did Ripley ever tell the crew about her daughter? Did any of the other Nostromo Crew have kids?
Would Amanda have met the other crew member’s kids at some point in her childhood or teenage years and have no clue they were related to people who her mom worked with? If she did know them, would they have become a close friend group just trying to figure out what happened to their parents? Did the others try to stay optimistic that maybe their parents were okay? Did they give up on them after a few years?
I don’t know, but I think it’s interesting to ponder.
16 notes
·
View notes
The hostile scavengers in Alien: Isolation have got to be some of the dumbest enemies in videogames conceptually.
"Hey there's a monster on the station killing everyone and we are so scared of it we've abandoned order and civilization and turned on our fellow man in a desperate struggle to stay alive. Hey look a person just minding her own business, shoot her! Oh no, the sound of gunfire brought the Alien straight to us and now it's cracking all our skulls open like a cold one with the boys! What an unforeseen turn of events."
35 notes
·
View notes
“This is Ripley, signing off.”
103 notes
·
View notes
The Ripuels discord asked for somft fluff with Amanda fixing some of Chris' wiring and I got carried away ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ノ
236 notes
·
View notes
Thumbnail art for @ohemilyrosa <3
─────⋅•⋅⊰∙∘☽ ☆ ☾∘∙⊱⋅•⋅─────
instagram: likeabigcat
DeviantArt: likeabigcat
Twitter: likeabigcat
6 notes
·
View notes