Ancient Astronauts

First things first--Kht'wrn. I wanted to keep aliens out of MMRS for the longest time (not just because aliens are such a big part of NINE), but eventually, wondered if I could bring one in without it being too disruptive. After all--Lion Men run rampant.

So while Kht'wrn (or Kate, as Rock calls her) is an oddity in this universe, she's not really that odd in comparison to everything else that's happened.

(The way Rock met her: He, Proto, and Roll got sent up to investigate the strange behaviour of most of the people living on this space station. After things start going to hell, Kate telepathically begs Rock to finish this conflict before it REALLY gets bad. I dunno if I'd ever write it, but I'm withholding spoilers anyway)


Now, these "ancient astronauts" theories. Basically, they claim that everything in history that isn't easily explainable is "ALIENS!!!1!!1!" This includes culture, mostly that of non-whites. These theories are incredibly insulting not only to them, but as humanity as a whole. No, that guy couldn't have merely been brilliant enough to come up with a system of mathematics, it had to have been ALIENS!!!1!!1!!one!!!1!

Rock's reaction to Kate's suggestion is the less cynical explanation for why Christianity doesn't get reduced to ALIENS!!1!!!!eleven1!!. (The cynical explanation, of course, is that OBVIOUSLY those white guys came up with that all by themselves.)

And the History Channel is apparently doing a marathon of "it was all ALIENS!!1!, not human culture and ingenuity!" Arg.