Having Seen the first two eps of the new season of Doctor Who...

[seawasp]

... I have only one comment:

"Your superior intellect is no match for our puny weapons!"

Comments

[kengr]

Evil idea fayanora and I were kicking aropund..

What happens when the Silents run into the Weeping Angels?

[dsrtao]

One on one? The Angel wins.

When enough Silents can command enough humans, the Angels get smashed.

Big question: does a Silent's mental invisibility work when dead? I can't see any reason why it would. The ecosystem needs swift scavengers.

[girltreadwater.livejournal.com]

yes, as shown in part 2, the guy keeps forgetting about the dead Silent every time he walks away.

[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

Injured.

Mind you just the image of one appears to work so...

[girltreadwater.livejournal.com]

o right. (i didnt sleep last night so i remembered wrong) :(

but yeah, if just a photo/video works subliminally id assume even dead it would have the same effect.

[seawasp]

Probably. It's not subliminal, though. The video is very much visible. It's a matter of constantly reinforced post-hypnotic suggestion on a grand scale. The nearest literary equivalent is the "fnord" in the Illuminatus! trilogy.

[seawasp]

He's not dead, though. Just injured. That's the one they bring back to get the needed footage from.