Thinking about the episode of #StarTrek #TOS with the #Medusan, an #alien so #eldrich that simply looking at it is enough to make #Spock go insane. I see that Zero from #Prodigy is also the same species.

I really like how the Medusans are portrayed, not as monsters, but as friendly entities with a tragic barrier to communication. I think that's the more interesting way to portray the inspiration-source, #Medusa of #GreekMythology, not as evil, but as tragic.

#scifi #fantasy #writing