It’s found family. It’s body horror fluff. It’s two dads who are literally from different galaxies arguing about bedtime routines.
The Mandalorian (single dad + weird baby) meets The Shape of Water (learning to love the monster) meets a sitcom about two vastly different creatures learning to co-parent.
Weird? Yes. Surprisingly heartfelt? Absolutely. 🧵 Option 3: The "Elevator Pitch" (For Twitter/X or Bluesky) Thread Starter: "He was abducted by a giant space squid. The squid asked him to be a stay-at-home dad. He said yes. earth fathers are weird epub
You will cry over the emotional growth of a fictional sea-star creature.
Headline: POV: You get abducted by aliens, but instead of probing, they give you a parenting plan. 👽🍼 It’s found family
The alien isn't a monster. He's an overwhelmed single parent named Askik who lost his own offspring. Max is given a choice: Help raise a brood of floating, egg-laying, psychic space toddlers... or get spaced.
If you’ve ever wanted to read about: ✅ A traumatized Navy SEAL trying to potty-train a tentacle creature. ✅ An interdimensional space squid who is a very anxious single father. ✅ The weirdest "mail order husband" plot you’ve ever seen. The Mandalorian (single dad + weird baby) meets
…then by Lyn Gala is your next obsession.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 5 Tentacles. Trope: Alien abduction but make it domestic bliss .
Forget Alien —this is Alien: Parenthood .
Max is a Navy officer having a very bad day. He gets sucked into space, dumped on an alien ship, and told he’s going to be "processed."