Therefore, in spite of discussing humans as “convenient, big, warm-blooded animals” or “little more than convenient, big animals,” the Tlic are in need of humans (Butler 5). Female Terrans are viewed as producers of more males in order to guarantee that the nation of Tlic will live on the planet during a long period of time (Lillvis 8). The author accentuates that the Tlic view male Terrans as containers for their eggs or as reproduction systems to receive the posterity.
However, it is possible to note that the power of the Tlic on the planet is rather questionable, and they are also directly dependent on humans and their ability to give a life to more new Tlic. Such life has many features similar to the enslavement and absence of rights, and such conditions accentuate the Terrans’ dependence. Gan, a young male character in the story, described the protection provided by T’Gatoi, one of the Tlic, for his family, and he noted “Only she and her political faction stood between us and the hordes who did not understand why there was a Preserve – why any Terran could not be courted, paid, drafted, in some way made available to them” (Butler 2). Moreover, Terrans are dependent on the Tlic because they can be secured only in the Preserve (Joo 281). Thus, from the moment of stabilization of relations between humans and aliens, the Tlic provided Terrans with eggs that “prolonged life, prolonged vigor” (Butler 1).
Terrans can be viewed as dependent on the Tlic because the aliens can make them healthier, and their life can become longer. In spite of the fact that Butler rejected the idea that she intended to discuss the problem of the humans’ enslavement in her work, it is impossible to ignore the accentuation of the issue of dependence in “Bloodchild” (Jarrett 408). From this point, dependence is one of the key themes in the story.
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