#earth is a deathworld

[what-if-i-just-did]

So, something I learnt the other day. So, you know how dinosaurs supposedly can't see you if you stand still? Well that myth is based on real-life lizards/etc and how eyes in general work. So, once my dad starts infodumping, here comes some other cool information. We, humans, can in fact, also not see something unless it's moving. We fixed this by having our eyes constantly shake. And then our brain compensates for us, so we don't have to have shaky vision.

What if aliens don't have this? Like. What if they find out when one of us was looking at something in the distance, and they walk around this thing that's in front of them, and the alien is confused so they bob their head and oh, there's a thing there, but how did the human know that, and then we explain and they're like, horrified.

Humans are apex predators. They can hunt in packs. They can hunt in pairs. They can hunt on their own. They're persistance predators, which is unheard of. They get stronger when they're mad or scared. They have this thing called 'body language' which acts like a type of hivemind, even if they'll claim it isn't. And. They can see you. When you're not moving. They can still see you. If you ever find yourself in a fight against a human, for whatever reason? Run. Run as fast as you can. And hope, pray if you have a religion, that they won't follow.

#humans are space fae #humans are space orcs #humans are the weird ones #humans are space australians #earth is a deathworld #humans are deathworlders

[sugarcoatednightshade]

Humans are space orcs/Earth is a deathworld concept I haven’t seen brought up yet:

On earth, there is no such thing as a true herbivore. As far as I know, every animal will eat meat if given the chance. Hares have been known to scavenge dead animal carcasses in the winter, when food is scarce. Wild sheep and deer will eat grouse and seabird chicks to supplement their diet. A couple years ago there were videos going around of horses eating live birds. I won’t link it, but you can look it up on youtube if you want.

The point is, every animal on earth is an omnivore if they’re hungry enough or lacking certain minerals in their diet. Even if they aren’t built for it, herbivores will eat meat to survive.

I wonder if that makes us unique. Imagine an alien race invading earth, only to be horrified by what they find. Mice killing and eating their own young. Domesticated cows eating carrion. Seemingly docile species becoming engulfed in bloodlust. I wonder if this is the reason earth was written off as a deathworld, because everything on it is able and willing to eat other animals alive.

#earth is a deathworld #humans are deathworlders #humans are space orcs #humans are space oddities #earth is space australia

[modgod200]

What if Earth’s biomes are considered stupidly diverse by galactic standards?

You often see in science fiction planets having one biome with little to no temperature variation (forest worlds, snow worlds, desert worlds, ect.), so from their perspective Earth is a chaotic clusterfuck of wildly different worlds all stitched together into one planet. You can’t even go 100 miles on the planet without shifting between like 3 different biomes. The desert aliens could live in the Mojave Desert, but would freeze to death the moment they went north, and the ice planet aliens would feel right at home in Siberia, but anything below upper Europe and they die of heat exhaustion. The fact that humans can not only survive these extremes, but thrive in them blows their minds. We would be considered the galaxy’s expert survivalists, able to drop onto any planet with an atmosphere we can breath and dominate it like it was our cradle world. This would also terrify them to no end, because these durable, hyper-intelligent, apex pack predators could invade any one of their worlds if they wanted to. Everyone is super relieved that we pack bond with anything, and try their absolute hardest to elicit that instinct in us.

#earth is a deathworld #earth is weird #earth is space australia #humans are space australians #humans are the weird ones #humans are space orcs #humans are terrifying #humans are deathworlders #humans are space oddities

[ixylle-d-from-the-stars]

Deathworlders everywhere but in Space

This is sitting in my brain because I haven't seen anyone else do this, but take a second to think about this: There are other deathworlders in space, terrifying ones, huge monster orc things. They are massive and nightmarish and impossibly strong. So thats why humans stand out. Thats how we survive. Human's are terrifying because we aren't built for one biome, one climate or even one planet. We aren't necessarily the strongest or fastest or scariest looking, but we're built to survive fucking everything. What if other deathworlder's are almost always only made to survive in one climate? (similar to some of the most deadly predators on earth currently) All the other deathworlders are terrifying, yes, but the second they step off their planet they're weak. Massive aliens of hulking muscle but their planet's gravity is a lot lower than the standard, so they barely meet the average strength bar whenever they go outside their gravity zone. Aliens that have venomous spikes all over their body and look gnarly as shit but their venom has practically no effect on 99% of discovered intergalactic species. Deathworlders whose planet is the nether from minecraft IRl, but they can't survive in any other temperature for any amount of time because their body just can't handle the cold and regulate their temperate (or, vice versa for tundra species). Aquatic species that are kraken-like nightmares, giant sirens and deadly squid-like beings. But they can't leave their home at all, because theres a very specific chemical makeup of their water that isn't currently found within their life-span distance travel. Deathworlders that genuinely can barely survive off planet and are frail compared to even the most docile prey species whenever they have to travel. Their called deathworlders because going to their planet is certain death, but if they leave they'll be meeting death just as quickly. And then along come humans, and everyones like, oh, another deathworlder, nothing to worry abou- wait. These guys dont seem to loose any of their natural strength off planet... and their fast and strong... and- AND THEY CAN SURVIVE IN PRACTICALLY ANY CLIMATE IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE??? HELLO? Oh and of course their predators. Of course most of their planet is completely uninhabitable for most of us. Mhm, yep. thats fair. Totally Basically, deathworlders are a thing, the more common 'terrifying alien monster' type, but their harmless because they can't survive like everyone else. They can't thrive like humans can. It scares the shit out of everyone for a wholeeeeee while, after all, no one ever expected a deathworlder that doesn't die.

#humans are space orcs #in your orbit #humans are terrifying #humans are deathworlders #humans are amazing #humans are space fae #humans are weird #humans are space australians #humans are space oddities #humans #weirdos #deathworld #earth is a deathworld #lol but not for us #writing #writing thoughts #possible future sbi oneshot? #maybe? #i have no clue if i worded any of this right

[aziraphale-is-a-cat]

Can we acknowledge stomach acid being fucking weird? We have pits of acid in us that sometimes comes out our very delicate throats??? Imagine an alien hits a human in the stomach hard enough to make them sick and thinks they've won, but they get melted by the vomit. And somewhere along the line aliens get convinced that one of a human's defence mechanisms is spitting acid and we have to explain that no, but we have some earth native reptiles that can.

#vomit tw #puke tw #humans are weird #humans are space orcs #earth is a deathworld #earth is space australia

[vs-space-orcs]

Alien crewmate: Everyone thinks you guys are so cute, but they forget you're venomous. Humans are something else.

Human: Fun fact we aren't technically venomous, we just have so much bacteria in our mouths that most human bites get infected.

Alien crewmate, horrified: I preferred when I thought you were venomous.

#humans are space oddities #humans are space orcs #earth is a deathworld

[arandomdumbass]

Athletes

The humans were a truly terrifying species, with their resilience to pain, adaptability, high intelligence, sharp teeth and nails, and about a million more things that made us happy they were friendly.

But there was one thing that made even the hardiest soldier of the Intergalactic Federation quiver in fear, or whatever their species’ way of showing fear was.

Athletes.

When the Grang’nash species had first studied a human during their third visit to the desthworld named Terran, they had assured the council that humans had an upper limit.

The more I learn about them, however, the less I believe the Grang’nash.

When we, the Artilens, studied human culture, we came across terrifying videos.

Humans fighting other humans for sport, bleeding and risking even death for a small trophy and fame.

“Cross-countries” as they were called by the humans, capable of running for hours without breaks, pushing the human’s already incredible endurance to its limits.

“Rock-climbers” who scaled surfaces that would make even the Everams queasy with just their fingers.

“Sprinters” capable of running at speeds so fast that they can catch up to even the Yar’lisj. “Powerlifters” that had the strength to move our ships on their backs. “Marksmen” who could hit things even the Asereks had difficulties doing.

And there were people who enhanced their bodies with synthetic hormones, pushing them past even their horrifying limits.

Yes, the more I learn about humans, the happier I am they packbond with anything.

#humans are space orcs #humans are space oddities #space australia #earth is space australia #earth is a deathworld #humans are deathworlders #humans are terrifying

[marlynnofmany]

Time for some science! What's the best one?

#no I'm not putting vanilla extract in this one #polls #humans are weird #humans are space orcs #haso #hfy #earth is a deathworld #eiad

[adrenalineaquaries]

Something I was randomly thinking of while scrolling through the 'Humans are space orcs' tag.

Aliens are perplexed about a human's physical abilities and appearance (and mental strength but that's for another time), right?

I want to know how humans react to this knowledge. I want to see a human struggling to comprehend why aliens find humans scary. Aliens. The galactic creatures that have tentacles, horns, multiple eyes, could be insanely tall, have claws, sharp teeth, yada yada. And yet humans terrify them? Humans. These short, fleshy creatures that have limited ability with their skinny legs and their small fingers. These squishy beings that can barely understand their own species and can (almost) never get along. These weird abominations that either don't die despite falling off of a mountain side or instantly destroys half of their bodily system by falling down a few flight of stairs.

Of course, humans are the one's thinking this way. Many of them don't consider themselves to be anything special or even interesting and then suddenly, aliens think that they are amongst the most vicious creatures in the universe??? They don't understand why??? And there’s just confusion on both sides.

I'm just rambling at this point but I really just wanted to write this down.

Also bonus:

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"You...think I'm scary?" The human pointed to xemself.

Tynid nodded. How could xe not? Humans were scarily powerful. They were durable, had good endurance, fast, agile, strong, a predator, and were venomous. Xe is just scratching the surface, if xe was being honest. So why did the human look so...unsure?

"I...really don't get why you all are scared. I mean, look at you!" The human gestured to Tynid. "You're tall, have horns, has a tail that could probably snap my bones in one swing- just." The human fell silent.

"I'm...we're not that scary, we can't be that scary compared to other sentient life out there. It just doesn't make sense..."

Tynid didn't know how to feel. Why is the human so convinced that xe wasn't scary? Why is xe so convinced that they were all scarier? Was xe unaware of xes own prowess? Were all humans like this?

-cutting it off here because I don't know how to write sci-fi; also cus I don't know what I'm doing-

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Also, what do aliens think of countries and the different languages? I'm curious what would happen if an alien met someone from the Nordic countries or from Southeastern Asia or from an African country. Just some food for thought.

#humans are deathworlders #humans are space australians #humans are space orcs #rambles #ramblings #earth is a deathworld #how do i even tag this #how do i write #what am i doing #what the fuck #humans #aliens

[not-an-alien-scientist]

Human: Hi Buddy!! AWWW DRAGON! COME ON DRAGON!! *gives all the pets*

Alien: ..... that is a carnivore that can bite at 1,100 psi force .... why are you calling it buddy

Human: Oh hooo hoo what is that *scritches* huh?

Hyena: *jumps*

Alien: *alarmed* !!!!!!

Human: >:( no you can't have the camera

#youtube #spotted hyena #hyena #animals #friend shaped #pack bonding #earth is weird #humans are weird #haso #humans are space orcs #earth is a deathworld #THESE LIK GUYS LAUGH LIKE CRAZY BY THE WAY #LIKE IMAGINE LISTENING TO A HAPPY HYENA (snickering) HAPPY FOX (laughing like they told a bad joke) AND #A RELAXED CHEETAH (purring with the teenieist cutest meows) #and theyre all fucking ferocious carnivores #and tell me its not weird AF #one hell of a house party tho #original posting

[x-hyzenthlay-x]

Imagine an alien comes to visit and you go on a camping trip. Be it some adventure where you have to hike into the mountains to find an ancient relic or just as friends. You’re in America and you hear a blood curdling scream. The alien jumps up from the fire but you have to grab their hand and tell them to sit back down.

“SOMEONE NEEDS HELP! what are you doing?!”

They panic wondering why a human wouldn’t want to help a fellow human.

“It’s not human.”

They would be bewildered but ultimately trust you as this is your native planet and you likely know best.

You explain to them that it was likely a mountain lion. Another apex predator of the planet that can make human screams.

And depending if this was another part of the world some birds can call your name or mimic children/people cryin.

“Your planet is terrifying. How do you know the difference between your own and what wants to kill you?”

“Just do”

It’s part of our evolution. It’s why we fear the dark and monsters under our bed. We slept in trees once and predators roamed below. We can’t see in the dark but predators can. We may be super predators but we were once prey too.

Master list

#humans are space orcs #earth is a deathworld #humans are deathworlders #humans are weird #aliens

[sugarcoatednightshade]

thinking about how Humans Are Space Orcs stories always talk about how indestructible humans are, our endurance, our ability to withstand common poisons, etc. and thats all well and good, its really fun to read, but it gets repetitive after a while because we aren't all like that.

And that got me thinking about why this trope is so common in the first place, and the conclusion I came to is actually kind of obvious if you think about it. Not everyone is allowed to go into space. This is true now, with the number of physical restrictions placed on astronauts (including height limits), but I imagine it's just as strict in some imaginary future where humans are first coming into contact with alien species. Because in that case there will definitely be military personnel alongside any possible diplomatic parties.

And I imagine that all interactions aliens have ever had up until this point have been with trained personnel. Even basic military troops conform to this standard, to some degree. So aliens meet us and they're shocked and horrified to discover that we have no obvious weaknesses, we're all either crazy smart or crazy strong (still always a little crazy, academia and war will do that to you), and not only that but we like, literally all the same height so there's no way to tell any of us apart.

And Humans Are Death Worlders stories spread throughout the galaxy. Years or decades or centuries of interspecies suspicion and hostilities preventing any alien from setting foot/claw/limb/appendage/etc. on Earth until slowly more beings are allowed to come through. And not just diplomats who keep to government buildings, but tourists. Exchange students. Temporary visitors granted permission to go wherever they please, so they go out in search of 'real terran culture' and what do they find?

Humans with innate heart defects that prevent them from drinking caffeine. Humans with chronic pain and chronic fatigue who lack the boundless endurance humans are supposedly famous for. Humans too tall or too short or too fat to be allowed into space. Humans who are so scared of the world they need to take pills just to function. Humans with IBS who can't stand spicy foods, capsaicin really is poison to them. Lactose intolerance and celiac disease, my god all the autoimmune disorders out there, humans who struggle to function because their own bodies fight them. Humans who bruise easily and take too long to heal. Humans who sustained one too many concussions and now struggle to talk and read and write. Humans who've had strokes. Humans who were born unable to talk or hear or speak, and humans who through some accident lost that ability later.

Aliens visit Earth, and do you know what they find? Humanity, in all its wholeness.

#humans are space orcs #humans in space #earth is a deathworld #earth is space australia #tagging this so that ppl can find it even though the space shit i write about always feels like its in direct opposition to all the pop tag #also my biggest pet peeve in all of writing - all writing. everywhere. not just in fanfic but books and tv and movies too - is when people #write off an injury by saying something like 'oh nothing bad just a couple of scratches some bruising and a minor concussion' like girl WHA #MiNOr ConCuSSioN is such an oxymoron and I hate it so fucking much. like i dont care how minor it was thats still brain damage. #especially when the same character does this more than once. like im sorry ms. but uh. you can no longer read. or talk eloquently. sorry #evidence: my brother has had two 'minor' concussions and now cannot read write or speak without tremendous effort. And like its totally #ruined my ability to watch action shows/movies because now i just sit there and count how many concussions there characters are getting #after a certain point it becomes totally impossible to believe that these guys are able to function. (still fun to watch tho im not a hater

[feral-ass-raccoon]

Forget aliens being confused bc of people hating random things, can you imagine their reaction to fandoms? Like they're just walking around the ship and they hear arguing, turn the corner 'oh its Human Steve and Human Alyssa', and they listen for a bit. "HE IS THE BEST CHATACTER AND YOU ARE W R O N G!!!" "NO, ANNABETH IS, SHE LITERALLY SAVED HIM SEVERAL TIMES!"

Human Abby walks by, says "Its Luke," and walks away. Steve and Alyssa are speechless, and Nai'ren is so confused bc 'who are they talking about????'. Turns out it's book characters.

#humans are space orcs #earth is a deathworld #humans are weird #percy jackson

[thefunkyspoon]

Humans are _____

The Gogevyals were the most disgusting alien in the galaxy; the one most other aliens looked at with disgust. Basically, they were the alien equivalent to the blobfish.

Except to some humans.

Humans were widely known for having no standards, and that was agreed even by the Qui, who would mate with other species, or deformed aliens. This phenomenon was largely male dominated, and it was quite the sight.

You see, the Gogevyals are 6 ft 1 puke green beings, who oftentimes resemble...what was it the humans said? Oh, right. Shrek but tall. Or something. Anyways, one day I happened upon this sight, and dear God, was it interesting, to say the least.

There was a human, male, ofcourse, around 5 ft 3, reaching up on it's tippietoes, whispering what seems to be a mating call to this ugly alien. And guess what? The Gogevyal was blushing! I didn't even know they could do that. And so was the human?? I made sure to wipe all memories of this interaction after writing this, so don't worry.

Edit:

Oh my Galaxy, would you believe it? In the local satellite, they announced their wedding! Have you ever seen a Gogevyal in a white, pretty wedding dress? Also, if you're asking how I know about it, it's because I lied. I did not erase my memory. Anyways, I don't know whether to feel glad humans don't just judge off looks, or sad because of just how low their bar is. Either way, I'm signing off. May the Galaxy be with you!!<3

#humans are space orcs #humans are space oddities #humans are weird #humans are deathworlders #humans are terrifying #earth is a deathworld #neurodivergent #deliciouslinks

[aziraphale-is-a-cat]

Humans are space orcs, but humans are real fucking sneaky and don't tell anyone they're predators after realizing that other sentient species are all prey. It starts out as wanting to assimilate without any negative stigma, but eventually they realize that we're really alone as sentient predators.

So q human goes on a research ship and that ship gets stranded on a deathworld and everyone freaks put bc they don't know how to handle this but the human's just like 'build shelter, hunt food, start a fire' and they're all like 'hunt food???!!' And they human's like 'shit'.

So they see a human climb trees, throw shit, track prey and realize 'oh no, that thing could kill us' but the human's helping and they don't really have the man power to get rid of them.

And eventually they realize the whole pack bonding thing is stronger than the predatory instincts and are relieved

#humans are space orcs #earth is a deathworld #humans are deathworlders #earth is space Australia #humans are space Australians

[vs-space-orcs]

Alien crewmate: what is this ritual you do every evening and morning after you eat?

Human crewmate: I'm brushing my teeth!

Alien: brushing your mouth bones? Do they have hair???

Human: no, you remember how humans have bacteria in their mouths?

Alien, shuddering: yes, I remember.

Human: well if we don't clean our mouth bones the bacteria slowly destroys them!

Alien: your biology is truly unhinged.

#humans are space orcs #humans are space oddities #earth is a deathworld