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   Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Monday, 02-Jan-2023 03:34:21 JST Evan Prodromou

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   • Daniel Appelquist

   @torgo Xenomorph is the name of the scientist. The correct name of the alien is Xenomorph's Monster.

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     Daniel Appelquist (torgo@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Jan-2023 03:34:22 JST Daniel Appelquist

     I would like people to understand that “xenomorph” is not the creature’s name. Xenomorph was used in one throw-away line in one film that was intended to evoke how the government / military has to make up complicated names for things and obviously was a stand-in for the word “alien” and was not supposed to be the name of this specific alien. Please stop calling it a xenomorph. It intentionally has no name as that heightens the sense of horror / dread. That is all.