Dreamwalk Journal: Difference between revisions

**In the "Bahoogie and Beans" arc, our heroes are baffled as to how the Redlip ant queen Vulgia could have survived a plunge into the deep realms, where the atmospheric pressure and composition should be lethal to anyone from the upper realms. It turns out they've been saved by {{spoiler|the [[Living Ship]] that originally seeded Cyeatea with their human-arthropod hybrid ancestors}}. In this case, a deus ex ''machina''.

* [[Disintegrator Ray]]: There are both hand-held and (in ''Nightshade'') ship-mounted varieties. They can only be used for defense, and only against non-sentient creatures.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The native lifeforms inhabiting the deepest reaches of Cyeatea's ecosphere are huge and deadly. Normally nobody in their right mind would go there, but in ''Nightshade'' a rescue party is sent to find an ant queen and wasp baby who have fallen into the depths.

* [[Everyone Is Bi]]: Since predators don't discriminate between male and female prey, there's no distinction between "straight" and "gay" sex except when it comes to reproduction.

* [[Rape As Comedy]]: It has to be admitted, the depictions of sexual predation in ''The Widow'' are pretty funny. And as mentioned, Cyeateans don't have our attitude toward sexual consent or lack of it.

** A possible [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] occurs in one ''Widow'' strip, when a captive wasp has a rather... ''extreme'' [[Immodest Orgasm|reaction]]... to a spider's stimulating sting.

* [[Scenery Porn]]: Vast exterior and interior vistas.

* [[Shout-Out]]: One page of the original deliberately mimicked some shots from ''[[Forbidden Planet]]''.