Misentomy

The corollary of transhumanism might be misanthropy - or, in Magneto’s honor, misentomy, a word coined for the occasion of this blog entry to mean hatred of insects.

Khan is glorious in his superiority when he says, “Captain, although your abilities intrigue me, you are quite honestly inferior.” Khan is above hating the insects - even Magneto is, I suspect - but she who loves Khan might love him because she hates the average man.

This is, in fact, Rabble Rouser’s interpretation of Marla McGivers in Weeds - Marla doesn’t care much for her shipmates. That’s not how I see the cheerful Marla of the first half of “Space Seed” - she can love Khan without hating Kirk.

And so can I.

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