>>96417281
>The Queen and the hive from Aliens. Gives the bugs a purpose beyond just being murder-insects.
>The Human/Xenomorph Hybrid (looking at you, Newborn): This completely demystifies the Xenomorph for me.
Frankly making Xenomorph into eusocial insects already kind of demystifies them a lil bit. Other settings/species like Scramblers from Blindsight and even nids from 40k navigate it more gracefully IMO.
I think xeno lifecycle with queens could be restructured to be "weirder".