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answer me this
« on: April 06, 2009, 11:45:50 PM »
alright so what if two aliens, or humans even, became nothlits of the same species and had a child. think it would be sentient?

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« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2009, 11:56:47 PM »
no

take a look at aldrea and dak--a "seer," one with greater intelligence than normal, and an Andalite, who are vexingly smart. They had Jara...or maybe Jara's father, I can't really remember, but either way it was just a normal, good-natured, warm-hearted, dim-witted Hork-Bajir.

it would be kind of depressing, actually, to see a fic or something about a non-sentient species.
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« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2009, 12:52:20 AM »
That's one of the things I'm covering in my "Negotiations" fic, actually. Since the Yeerks are all but being forced to become nothlits, this could really lead to mass genocide.
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« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2009, 05:10:46 AM »
no

take a look at aldrea and dak--a "seer," one with greater intelligence than normal, and an Andalite, who are vexingly smart. They had Jara...or maybe Jara's father, I can't really remember, but either way it was just a normal, good-natured, warm-hearted, dim-witted Hork-Bajir.

it would be kind of depressing, actually, to see a fic or something about a non-sentient species.
the slight problem with that example: hork-bajir seers are normally something rare. just because a seer has a child doesn't mean the child is a seer. Besides, their kid was sentient. It was a normal hork-bajir, so it would be sentient, just not very smart...

alright so what if two aliens, or humans even, became nothlits of the same species and had a child. think it would be sentient?
if the species they morphed into was sentient, yes. if not, like say a snake, no.

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« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2009, 09:04:44 AM »
I agree with Morfowt. It all depends on what the nothlit is. If Rachel had decided to become a red tailed hawk nothlit for Tobias, and laid eggs, the hatchlings wouldn't be sentient. They would be much more likely to survive because of their sentient parents, but they would still be animals.


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« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2009, 09:55:44 AM »
As the others have already said, if the parents had morphed a non-sentient species, then the children would not be sentient.
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« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2009, 12:09:48 PM »
Ok, i was thinking more along the lines of the taxxons, if they were all to become snake nothlits, would their children be intelligent at all, or just snakes?

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« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2009, 12:20:43 PM »


take a look at aldrea and dak--a "seer," one with greater intelligence than normal, and an Andalite, who are vexingly smart. They had Jara...or maybe Jara's father, I can't really remember, but either way it was just a normal, good-natured, warm-hearted, dim-witted Hork-Bajir.

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« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2009, 12:23:29 PM »
Ok, i was thinking more along the lines of the taxxons, if they were all to become snake nothlits, would their children be intelligent at all, or just snakes?

Just snakes, as we have said. I wonder what the Taxxons would think of this.


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« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2009, 12:59:50 PM »
I think they must know the risk. I'm sure Arbron would have let them know.
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« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2009, 04:25:55 PM »
I doubt the Taxxons cared, as they were more concerned about ending their eternal hunger. As for the Yeerk nothlits, the Yeerks were never too keen on the idea of having kids, as in their natural forms having kids was a death sentence for the parents.
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« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2009, 04:37:18 PM »
As the others have already said, if the parents had morphed a non-sentient species, then the children would not be sentient.

yup.
poor yeerks.

almost have to pity them.
almost.

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« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2009, 05:26:24 PM »
i would let a yeerk or a taxxon acquire my dna instead of attacking earth. according to ax, you can even acquire dna from blood, so they could just send our dna to the new planet and they can morph us ;p

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Re: answer me this
« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2009, 05:37:22 PM »
i'd probably make them nothlits of something else sentient, at least.
maybe hork bajir or daresay - andalites?

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« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2009, 05:55:59 PM »
Andalites would never go for that, hork-bajir would be too dangerous for them to have. i wouldnt trust them anyways. but humans are best option i think.it would bassically breed them out too lol