galaxy

Bursting forth, for me at least, are birds of paradise, galaxies, floating stairways, even an octopus.

Pitted against the relentless prey drive of its xenomorphs, all the brains in the galaxy are useless; the bugs find ways to survive, breed and come at us from new angles.

That includes one whose knack for surviving one of the galaxy’s most lethal species makes her a symbol of feminist ferocity and a pop culture icon.

The latter outweighed the former, because as our familiarity with this small galaxy of characters increased, so did our affection.

Apparently Japan’s beloved cartoon superhero from another galaxy battles giant monsters and alien invaders.