- "What the fuck. Who the fuck impregnated me? I didn't ask for this."
- "You're accusing me of being the father? I never even had sex with you!"
- abortions and baby-drownings abound, even if nobody talks about abortions in this society.
And that's without considering the superpowers.
Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.Does the fact that it was obvious that for the duration and a bit after of their pregnancies that they were under some form of mind control, probably whatever entity responsible making sure their wearn't mass baby drownings and abortions. And all the kid's shared a mild telepathic link since birth, how might that affect things? Aside from hindering the evolution of their speaking abilities, since telepathy was quicker and more "intimate" I imagine early in their life they came across as somewhat developmentally disabled do to this, and even after they learned to talk, secretive and introverted.
Life's Gonna Suck When You Grow Up... But Is It That Great Now?... Also I'm Skylark2 now.Personally, I would be extremely, extremely angry if I knew I was mind-controlled, even if I wasn't forcibly impregnated during the coma. (The forced impregnation just adds fuel to the fire.)
A lot of familial bonds certainly wouldn't form, that's for sure, especially if these children appear so distant.
edited 30th Mar '11 6:09:08 AM by annebeeche
Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.So any reactions other than hate, horror and "Why?
" *Drowns his or her sorrows*? Also how might the siblings react? And the kid's actaul powers (which vary wildly, all of them at least usfuel) manifest around age eight and nine?
Well, they'd probably be hated by everyone for being literal bastards, and then resented further by the parents for being developmentally disabled bastards (especially if the mother wasn't ready for kids). That would rub off on the other children, who'd probably bully them. When it then turns out they have powers... they get hated even more. No one would care whether or not they're useful.
Honestly, I would expect most of them to end up in orphanages or foster families. Which would mitigate a lot of the shunning, but they'd have to deal with the standard orphan problems instead.
They're telepathic, aren't they? They'd probably defensively form an in-group amongst each other, much closer than they are to their own families. Heck, they might even run away and form little colonies. Overall I'd imagine them dealing with the rejection of society by rejecting society itself. It always helps to have comrades, so they have much less of a commitment to trying to blend in with the Muggles.
What? The most positive reaction I can think of is to treat them like a normal child. They've certainly got a lot of points against them:
- They were not wanted. The pregnancy happened without consent. Also, "child-bearing age" is roughly 12 or so biologically, so many of these would be unwanted teen pregnancies by people who couldn't raise children even if they wanted to. Although maybe you were thinking of something different when you used those words.
- Even if the mother did plan to have a child right around then, it's not the child of their significant other. That's a huge blow. Most people want to raise their own children or the children of the people they love. Not the children of mysterious magical rapists. I suppose there might be a few people who choose to adopt the unwanted others though.
- Everyone else has the children at almost exactly the same time. It feels less like "I have a child" and more like "there was an epidemic".
- Mind control. People don't like to be mind controlled. The implication that the children were mind controlling their parents from their wombs is bound to create a huge backlash when it runs out.
- The powers don't make the children "special" because all the other children also have them. So that cannot mitigate any of the other stuff.
Basically, I'm not sure what kind of positive reactions could possibly be expected. The whole thing sounds pretty horrific from beginning to end. While I'm sure some mothers will love them regardless, and some fathers will too, that's no more positive than what you'd just naturally expect from parents of normal children.
edited 30th Mar '11 7:14:13 AM by Clarste
As for the children's view of their parents... well it should be pretty much normal. Parents who treat them nicely will be loved, and parents who mistreat them will be resented. The only real variable is that the children would be closer to each other than most strangers are. They might develop a sort of pseudo-sibling relationship with each other, but pseudo-siblings affect things no more than normal siblings.
edited 30th Mar '11 7:32:30 AM by Clarste
Yes we've all been thinking of Village Of The Damned. Does it help that the kid's aren't inherently evil in this?
edited 30th Mar '11 9:47:50 AM by Zolnier
Life's Gonna Suck When You Grow Up... But Is It That Great Now?... Also I'm Skylark2 now.

Basically, in a middle of the field in terms of size town, everyone falls into a coma. Everyone who enters the town suffers the same affect. And twenty six hours later everyone wakes up... But all women of childbearing age are pregnant (yes I know, Village Of The Dammed springs to mind) and nine months later they all give birth to children, who's paternal DNA matches no known man. Long story short all the children turn out to possess superhuman abilities. What kind of dramas would that cause for families?
Life's Gonna Suck When You Grow Up... But Is It That Great Now?... Also I'm Skylark2 now.