Since NaNoWriMo is ruined now, I suggest we do OctoWriMo, a month where we teach an octopus to write a novel and eventually it rises up and rules over all of us.
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It made me think of what an octopus novel could be though. Like one person writes a chapter with a bunch of characters in it. Then 8 friends each pick dif characters and write a story with that as the main character but the og chapter is in the book. More or less. Can be the beginning, middle or end
My understanding is that they're very smart but have bad memories so we would have to teach it to write again every day. But it would be easier after the first time!
For some reason I thought it was the other way around, but I checked and apparently almost all cephalopods have an ink defense, except for the nautilus and deep sea octopuses.
There’s an old speculative evolution series called (I think) “The Future is Wild”, and each episode went further forward in time to see what might exist in a world abandoned by humans
Anyway, in one episode land octopus reigned supreme
Apparently octopus arms have brains of their own and can operate independently of the central brain. So if you give each arm a pen, you might get eight related novels. Or eight treatments of the same novel. Best would be the same events from right viewpoints.
I know this is a joke, and it's a great one. Also assembling a medium article of all the NaNo alternatives, so if you want me to promote any that you or a group are doing, just hit me up!
Oh, no. This is a line of thought which I could certainly have produced (for it’s absurd randomness).
Plus Octopuses are whip-smart (they refuse to procreate in captivity). And as sea level rises they will likely begin moving in to our dwellings. So the The OctoLord is not all that far-fetched.
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That's modern publishing for ya!
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Anyway, in one episode land octopus reigned supreme
And yes, that episode was one of my favorites. (I dug the squibbon! It was the inspiration for a character in one of my own stories.)
The "last mammal on Earth" episode, on the other hand, depressed the hell out of me.
…and then the reveal that THAT was why the spiders harvested the seeds: to fatten up the rodents for slaughter.
*shivers*
Plus Octopuses are whip-smart (they refuse to procreate in captivity). And as sea level rises they will likely begin moving in to our dwellings. So the The OctoLord is not all that far-fetched.