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Nonhuman Meditations

Nonhuman Meditations
A still from the short film "Layla" shows the titular robot riding a skateboard in a skate park.

Layla was a Skater Bot

By Alyssa Wejebe • December 18th, 2025

Robotic characters in fiction have long provided another metaphorical arena for human stories to play out.

Nonhuman Meditations
Character art for Daisy, a yellow and green Epanterias in Clever Girls, the turn-based dinosaur RPG.

Dinosaurs On the Run in Clever Girls

By Alyssa Wejebe • October 17th, 2025

“I definitely don’t want the fact that they’re dinosaurs to be lost in how I write them, but I do like the idea of them being taught to think like people.”

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A screenshot from 1000xRESIST shows a woman in a motorcycle helmet staring stoically to the side. A dialogue box has a character called Fixer saying, "Watcher, we've been lied to."

And the Peabody Goes to 1000xRESIST: An Interview with sunset visitor

By Alyssa Wejebe • August 20th, 2025

Honoring this type of media has been a new development for the Peabody.

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A screenshot from Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo shows Kulebra perusing the wares of Rosa's Flower Shop.

On a Roll with Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo

By Alyssa Wejebe • July 17th, 2025

With empathy highlighted as a major theme in Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo, exploring it through a misunderstood animal like a snake adds weight and warmth.

Nonhuman Meditations
A ring-tailed lemur gazes off towards something out of frame in this nighttime photograph.

Distinguishing Nonhumans as Imagined by Humans

By Alyssa Wejebe • May 16th, 2025

ChatGPT and Midjourney have nothing without actual humans to extract from.

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Several Sandiles from Pokemon mill around in the grass.

Building a Pokémon Gym Leader’s Team

By Alyssa Wejebe • December 17th, 2024

Ever since #gymleadersona became a thing a while back, I’ve thought about what I’d do for a Pokémon gym leader’s more unified theme.

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Artwork depicting Godzilla curled up in the Roman Colosseum while spotlights shine on him from several angles.

Godzilla: From Nuclear Trauma to Emotionally Recovering in the Colosseum

By Alyssa Wejebe • July 22nd, 2024

While Godzilla was created from nuclear warfare – he’s ultimately not his creator. Or he doesn’t have to be.

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Where are the Giant Bats?

By Alyssa Wejebe • November 14th, 2023

The shape of vampires could stretch and be more.

Nonhuman Meditations
A still from Jaws featuring actor Roy Scheider in front of the mechanical shark puppet.

Tracking a Mechanical Shark

By Alyssa Wejebe • September 16th, 2022

Alyssa follows the adventures of Bruce, the mechanical shark in Jaws.

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A Dog and Her Friend and the Lockdown in Between

By Alyssa Wejebe • August 11th, 2022

Alyssa imagines Isabelle’s friendship with Doomguy while remembering the first year of lockdown.

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