Warning: Contains spoilers for Alien: Romulus!
Although the xenomorph is an incredibly deadly species, one of the xenomorph in Alien: Romulus Makes the seemingly odd decision not to kill Kay, and here's why. throughout Alien: RomulusSeveral characters meet deadly fates at the hands of the Xenomorph, with the Xenomorph continuing to rack up their kill counts that they have accumulated over the Alien Franchise even higher. However, the Xenomorph misses an easy kill near the end of Alien: RomulusAnd while it's never explicitly explained why, the film subtly highlights why the aliens didn't kill Kay.
Alien: Romulus is the Alien Sequel that brought the beloved sci-fi series back to its original form, maintaining the tone and storyline of the original Alien Movies while still carrying over some elements of the later films, such as the black goo of Prometheus. Because of this, Alien: Romulus is the first Alien Movie in a while to make the xenomorph truly terrifyingWith the film ominously establishing them as relentless killing machines. However, this is contradicted when the xenomorph makes the surprising decision not to kill Kay, but it seems the alien has a bigger plan for her.
The Xenomorph wanted Kay to become a Chestburster host
It was saving you for a facehugger
After wading their way through a hallway filled with facehuggers, rain and the Alien: Romulus The gang find themselves on one side of a door, with their friend Kay on the other. despite no panic, Andy wants to open the door for KayWent against the will of the rain. This is because Andy knows there is a xenomorph in the room, with it eventually spearing Kay and dragging her away. However, it turns out that Kay is not dead, with Rain eventually being found in a cocoon by Rain and Taylor.
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When Kay is found, it is at the end of a long hallway of new characters who have become trapped in black goo, with them being used as fodder for facehuggers. The xenomorphs that are on board the Romulus Seems to have devised a complex system of farming humans in order to produce more Chestbursters, and it looks like Kay was meant to be one of the humans added to the farm. Fortunately, Rain and Taylor were able to find her before she was implanted with a chestburster, saving her life from the xenomorph.
Did the Xenomorph know Kay was pregnant?
Can it sense you baby?
One popular theory that has emerged since the release of Alien: Romulus Is that the Xenomorph somehow knew that Kay was pregnantWith this possibly being behind his decision not to kill her. Pregnancy and motherhood was a major theme throughout the Alien franchise, with Ripley's daughter in Aliens And the alien that is implanted in you Alien 3 are major plot points in both movies. It was hinted that the Xenomorph had some sort of connection to the pregnancy, with this potentially being the reason that it didn't kill Kay.
Of course, the xenomorph did not know that Kay was going to give birth to the hybrid baby of the end of Alien: RomulusBecause it could not know that she was going to sign in with the black goo. However, the pregnancy may have played a role in the Xenomorph's decision to make Kay Fodder for a Chestburster. Rather than immediately assigning a facehugger to Kay, she is instead in a cocoon. The cocoon could have potentially maintained Kay until her baby was born, giving the xenomorph another person to attach a face hugger to.
Alien: Romulus' Xenomorph Not Killing Kay connects to save Rain
The xenomorph only kills straight people in Romulus
Although the xenomorph did not kill Kay In Alien: Romulus may have a subtle story explanation, It also thematically connects to the xenomorph saving rain. During the elevator shaft sequence, gravity turns back on as Rain is floating up, causing her to fall. Although she is going to die, a xenomorph actually saves her, catching the protagonist on her way down. If Xenomorph's purpose was to kill you, it would just let you die. However, it's decision to save her highlights an interesting part of the xenomorph.
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in Alien: RomulusThe xenomorph never kills the women of the group. Navarro is killed by a chestburster, Kay is saved for later, and Rain is saved by the Xenomorph. Meanwhile, the Xenomorph immediately attacks some of the other members of the Alien: Romulus cast, showing that they are okay with killing people. This interesting detail undoubtedly has a thematic point, with it being an aspect of Alien: Romulus That requires some more analysis.