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Jereel Hunter on 06 May 2010
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mirgro said:
Jereel Hunter said:

Well, a few things - first of all, a lot can change in several thousand years. Second, there are reasons they could come across as evil... What if they saw the strife between the races, particularly the havoc they were wreaking on more naturally evolved beings (the terrans) and felt they needed to undo their mistakes? What if, after being released, the voice in the darkness was able to corrupt them? What if the race is truely hitting the end of it's cycle, and now it returns to take advantage of its progeny, by absorbing or possessing them? The possibilities to villainize the Xel'Naga are endless.

Then why would they be a threat to the Terrans? The voice in the darkness is something they already defeated, as such they probably know how it plays, making cirruption even less likely. The millenia old races never just randomly change, in fact they are the most conservative and cosistent of all other races. Picking out a bullshit reason is their best way to villainize them.

I was just spitballing. Besides, who says they are a threat to the terrans? They only need to be PERCEIVED as a threat for things to get ugly. Besides, they can't just be bad guys for trying to wipe out the protoss? Or there could be one of a thousand reasons the terrans get mixed up with them.

 

As for old races never "randomly" changing - who says? is that a rule somewhere? What about the Vorlons(or ancients) in Babylon 5? Or  The Protheans in Mass Effect? The ancients in StarGate? And who says it's random? The Xel'Naga were a race nearly destroyed by their own creations. If anything would change your perspective, that's it. Nearly being wiped out, and retreating for thousands of years means we have NO idea how they've changed. Infact, it would be BS to assume they are exactly the same.

Besides, wasn't it Zeratul who feared their return? He must have had a reason...

I mean, at the very least, they played God. They raised up the protoss, and gave them very different sources to draw their power from, simultaneously empowering and fracturing their people. That's about as conservative as Dr. Moreau.