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04-03-2004, 10:48 AM
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But lets look at the very difference of Oddworld and our world shall we.

Oddworld is huge thus there are all kinds of different types of intelligant lifeforms that exist on the Planet and interact with each other in positive and negative ways. Mudokons, Gabbits, Sligs, Glukkons, Vykkers, Interns etc etc, each are a member of a totally different species. So in the case of Oddworld a Glukkon to a Mudokon is a complete alien lifeform even though they live among each other. Because they each belong to a totally different species. The cultures of which are extremely Alien to each other, is where you get this strange and profound existance.

Our world only has one species of inteligant life and that is us Humans. But we fight each other because Humans come in different colors and cultures but we are the same species.

Oddworld is totally the opposite that mirrors our very own culture through the many diffent alien cultures of Oddworld. We see Oddworld filled with all kinds of wierd lifeforms that for them each individual is like an alien to another.

A Glukkon to a Mudokon is like a Human to an ET. Thus the motives of individuals like Abe on Oddworld are justified because there is conflics among all these different alien races. The Mudokons are simply going to protect their kind from unknown alien cultures that want to do harm to them like the Industrialist.

But for Industrialist doing harm is justified because thats their culture.
The most profound horrific reality of Oddworld is that each views themselves as being right which makes that the norm on Oddworld. So everything we are seeing from all the torture and slaughtering is practically natural on Oddworld.

Thats the scary reality of Oddworld.

Earth and our individual conflics arent justified because we are all the same species and we are simply killing ourselves.

Oddworld is many different races that interact in alien ways to each other that eather benefit each other or causes harm to each other. But for Oddworld thats normal and thats whats scary and disturbing about it.

Ya know the term "for all the Inhabitants live on Oddworld together." Well what we see on Oddworld is normal and that is whats disturbing and different.
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