For previous discussion, see User talk:Eighty5cacao/misc/Eloi physiology (fanon)#The first rule of Morlocks. Eighty5cacao 15:47, 26 October 2011 (MST)
This isn't entirely specific to Weena, but I felt it deserved its own talk section. Perhaps this belongs under User:Eighty5cacao/misc/Eloi physiology (fanon)#TODOs. This is more of a note to myself than an actual question.
Assume the psychoactive-drug hypothesis that we've previously mentioned.
Suppose that an Eloi could be raised (from birth or early infancy) in an advanced society in the present day or near future — i.e., no Morlocks, no psychoactive drugs, and enough knowledge to warrant the existence of formal schooling. (This is not intended to require the use of any particular schooling method.) Might some of its cognitive abilities be slightly superior to those of present-day humans? With neoteny and progenesis in mind, consider a Cracked article on infant cognition. (TODO: Find relevant sources that actually are reliable.) Eighty5cacao 14:01, 29 June 2012 (MST) (last edit 22:25, 2 July 2012 (MST))
(I don't seriously believe this is the best hypothesis; I'm just throwing it out there. This is meant to be maximally orthogonal to the other WMGs on this wiki, which explains all the "not necessarily" wording.)
Perhaps some Morlocks noticed the slight deviance in Weena's behavior. They decided to get rid of her as quickly as possible - maybe (but not necessarily) they thought she was not worth eating. To accomplish this, they deliberately drugged her in such a way as to make her more likely to drown.
The deviance itself could have resulted from Weena's displeasure at the prospect of becoming a Morlock (but not necessarily). --Eighty5cacao (talk) 16:54, 17 February 2013 (CST)
Generally, the Eloi do not form close personal relationships except to mate; this is probably what an IMDb commenter meant by "very sexual." Such relationships don't last very long anyway.
Weena, on the other hand, has wanted to "just be friends" with other Eloi for much of her life. Other Eloi probably misunderstand her inquiries, especially since their language is unlikely to distinguish clearly between these different types of attraction. Thus, they get creeped out and decline to interact with her further. Nevertheless, Weena persists in this line of conversation. By the time Weena actually does want a mate (perhaps shortly before the novel), the rest of her community might vaguely recognize her as the one who has been behaving a bit strangely (this is admittedly a rather big "might"). --Eighty5cacao (talk) 21:13, 14 April 2013 (UTC) (last edit 16:45, 15 April 2013 (UTC))
It is possible that in other situations too, Weena might attempt to strain the definitions of existing words and/or compose new words from established roots. This could contribute to misunderstandings between her and other Eloi, as well as the Traveller's difficulty understanding the Dark Nights explanation early in chapter 7. --Eighty5cacao (talk) 03:53, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
I started by querying the (www.)colemanzone.com homepage but found that most of the recent captures were redirecting to the live site. When I started from the oldest end, I found that the message board was apparently using HTTP Basic authentication; all responses for the specific topic were 401 during the time that the message board was still active. I then wised up and entered in the exact URL, looking from the newest end first.
There appears not to be a way to link to an individual post of that thread; all such links were 404 even during the time that the full topic was working. --Eighty5cacao (talk) 22:52, 17 February 2013 (CST)
Quoting from Chapter 7: "The moon was on the wane: each night there was a longer interval of darkness."
So is the Traveller talking about moon phases or seasons? The lunar phase should logically affect the light intensity of the night more than it affects the length of the night.
The unreliability of the narrator leaves a lot of slack, but let me explain why I think the moon-phase explanation is correct.
First of all, the Traveller found the weather to be quite warm, which rules out the coldest part of the winter. Second, the shorter observation time scale of a month is more consistent with what's known about Eloi cognition, even considering that Weena is above average. The Eloi would probably understand the seasons in terms of temperature and other climatic variables; they wouldn't pay enough attention to day length on a yearly scale. --Eighty5cacao (talk) 15:26, 23 February 2013 (CST) (last edit 00:17, 25 February 2013 (CST))
Possibly related to Another crazy hypothesis above, but I felt it was cleaner to make a new section
Another "intelligent" behavior Weena might exhibit is the use of the surface of a body of water as a mirror to look at herself. Of course, other Eloi probably wouldn't understand what she is trying to do. --Eighty5cacao (talk) 04:54, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
A man saved me from drowning, but now I am suing him for rape because he touched me - The Stately Harold (see also third-party confirmation that this is satire)
This is just some random food for thought relating to the collapsible box ("How would a typical Eloi respond after being rescued?") under "Emotional intelligence." --Eighty5cacao (talk) 03:51, 19 June 2015 (UTC)