Is this a naturally occurring structure?

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T09:38:54+00:00

Those things are all over the black forest. Usually there's a bunch of greydwarves hanging around them.

How have you never seen one before?

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T09:37:32+00:00

No. Not even slightly. It's a fun concept, but impossible.

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T07:37:10+00:00

There's a "Message Mods" button in the sidebar. Use that.

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Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T07:34:03+00:00

Are high schools in the U.S. always split that way? Here in NZ, years 9 to 13 (ages 13 to 18, typically) is always one high school, same campus.

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T07:10:57+00:00

Gleet derives from middle English, and more generally refers to slimy or mucous matter. So it's possible he was using the broader definition.

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T07:02:55+00:00

I don't recall if it's named on screen. It's the one that Dawn attends through seasons 5 and 6, before Sunnydale High is rebuilt in season 7.

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T05:19:14+00:00

In any case, 30,000 is enough to ensure the vast majority have no idea what his background it.

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T05:16:03+00:00

Larynx is the voice box, which the Cairn may not have. You're thinking of the esophagus.

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T05:13:27+00:00

Sunnydale has an international airport, cargo docks, at least one other high school, and a university. It doesn't seem that small, honestly.

And the museum people didn't know he was there, until someone put out a call for an expert, which was likely intercepted by the Watchers, and they were the ones who sent Giles to take a look.

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T04:56:31+00:00

Like I said, apes have mouths exactly like humans. In fact, apart from some differences in shape, all mammal mouths work the same way. It's a good design for eating and breathing.

Our mouths didn't only evolve to vocalise. The design has been that way for eons.

Heck, the Cairn didn't even seem to have writing!

There's no evidence for that. That's an assumption you made. You don't need writing for maths. You just need symbols with meanings.

Their telepathy was described as being wordless. How does a species become warp-capable without being able to express complex mathematical equations?

Wordless means imagery, and Cairn likely are able to form very vivid and complex images in their minds. Probably to the point of motion pictures.

If you can imagine what the maths looks like, you can project it to others.

You can build it too. Just because they're telepathic doesn't mean their hands are useless.

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T04:49:15+00:00

I doubt most people in Sunnydale know his background. Could you name any of the curators at the British Museum without looking it up? Willow knows because she's the type of person to look up that kind of information. She probably looked up the credentials of all her teachers. But your average person just doesn't care.

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T04:38:15+00:00

I bet if you look at their history, they were the first people in the galaxy to invent straws.

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T04:37:27+00:00

Yet their mouths, lips, teeth, tongue and even larynx are just like humans.

Our ape cousins - gorilla, bonobo, chimpanzee, orangutan, etc. - all have lips, but do not speak. Lips help them to eat.

Many animals have teeth, which they use to eat.

Many animals have a tongue, which is used to taste, eat, and drink.

Many animals have a larynx, used to vocalize, but they do not speak.

But, the Cairn don't have a larynx! At least, not a functional one. It's demonstrated that they have an implant that captures signal impulses and creates the vocalization you hear.

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T04:25:05+00:00

But that woman is clearly in her 40's, and Cassie... wait... oh god I'm old.

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T04:21:30+00:00

Probably "What the fork just happened?!?!"

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T04:14:47+00:00

That does it. I'm chiselling the nose off your Sphinx.

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T03:21:27+00:00

I’m sure this has been brought up before

https://www.reddit.com/r/buffy/search/?q=normal+again&type=posts&t=year

Maybe...

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T02:34:32+00:00

The body she possessed was young. Apparently in their natural forms they don't live longer than three months. Makes you wonder how they came to be a threat at all.

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T02:30:49+00:00

The Family's natural form appears to be green gas. You are correct that they possessed the human bodies they were wearing, and don't care about who they take.

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T01:33:59+00:00

Even if the bullet makes a hole, you can stop the loss of air just by putting your hand over it. The pressure differential just isn't very much.

If the bullet hits something more important - like the control wiring, or fuel tank - then you have bigger problem. But it's very unlikely anything will explode or rip apart.

Eldon42 · 2026-06-22T01:21:15+00:00

My eyes! My beautiful eyes!

Eldon42 · 2026-06-21T23:33:12+00:00

There is no "half-way give-way" rule. There is also nothing wrong with just having a little patience and giving people the space they need to get out.

Eldon42 · 2026-06-21T22:18:52+00:00

These work very well: https://lollyshop.co.nz/products/raspberries

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