A Question About Blood Child's Theme
Octavia Butler's "Blood Child" is a truly disturbing and grotesque story. However, a theme of slavery and abusive control is largely present and is the basis for the story. Nevertheless, Octavia insists the story is not about an almost enslavement of the Terran, and more of a love story. I question how it's not about slavery and control and more of a love story. We are shown two main species. Terran and Tlic, are on an alien planet that the Tlic inhabit. The Tlic are spider/centipede/scorpion-esk creatures. They have a “symbiotic” relationship, meaning a mutually beneficial relationship between different animals. of the Terran helping the Tlic and the Tlic helping the Terran for their own goals. However this couldn't be less true, this story is about the Tlic enslavement of the Terran. The Tlic force the Terran to be a host for their larva/eggs, in which they grow in your body and eventually you must remove them or die. The Tlic are much larger and stronger than t...