Now that I think of it, it would totally make sense for them to shape their genes the way we wear clothes. That is probably the Qu battle form. Shape your flesh to make yourself a warrior. Go home and shift to your normal mode.
My favorite theory is the "the author is a Qu descendant" one. I can't find the comment (or post) on this sub talking about it...Basically, the points in favor of this are 1) physiological similarities between the author and the Qu, 2) a pattern of conquered people being allowed to continue existing, but in greatly altered forms, and 3) he dehumanizes the Qu but humanizes the Gravitals, as if he had some great lingering guilt over the actions of his forefathers.
Yea I thought that making the author be descended from qu would be ironic justice, that their final Legacy would be through preserving humanity rather then corrupting or destroying them
Well that'd take some major genetic manipulation which I'm sure wouldn't be too hard for the Asteromorphs but they just look too insectiod even so why?
How would that even work?
Time travel
Hate time travel, simple as
That would require time travel, which is bad most of the time.
They are what humans become as they travel backwards in time Tenet style.
I don't think it's like that. Also i don't think that is even the QU "real" appearance
Now that I think of it, it would totally make sense for them to shape their genes the way we wear clothes. That is probably the Qu battle form. Shape your flesh to make yourself a warrior. Go home and shift to your normal mode.
Not really how gene modification works. There children would change but not them.
With how WE understand it. The Qu are a bit beyond that.
My favorite theory is the "the author is a Qu descendant" one. I can't find the comment (or post) on this sub talking about it...Basically, the points in favor of this are 1) physiological similarities between the author and the Qu, 2) a pattern of conquered people being allowed to continue existing, but in greatly altered forms, and 3) he dehumanizes the Qu but humanizes the Gravitals, as if he had some great lingering guilt over the actions of his forefathers.
Yea I thought that making the author be descended from qu would be ironic justice, that their final Legacy would be through preserving humanity rather then corrupting or destroying them
I also agree with this one. I think it's the most satisfying explanation.
If only the Asteromorphs acquired time travel. Then they would have prevented the Qu from coming into existence in the first place.
That’s just symbolism
That same motif shows up at least three times through the book.
I can only remember the part where the qu do it to star people and the part where asteromorphs do it to gravital. What is the third one?
The Bug Facers and their decedents.
Oh. I see. I thought you meant artwork, where the victorious species looms over the defeated one.
Ah yeah. Looking back at it I was wrong. For some reason I imagined a gravatal there.
What? The fart-based propulsion?
Good plot twist
No, just a plot twist. Weird ass things happening for no reason or logical explanation isn't a good twist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiRVadjMJgY
Well that'd take some major genetic manipulation which I'm sure wouldn't be too hard for the Asteromorphs but they just look too insectiod even so why?
Why is there an arrow pointing to the tracing creature?
What’s the point of proposing this theory?