Yeah, I can't imagine it being seen positively. I can imagine it being a moral failing - "not all grubs are going to survive, but you're not in charge of deciding that that particularly-tasty-looking one over there won't" - but I can also imagine it just being shameful in a "...that was the best you could do? really?" kind of way.
As far as humans go, I do have a problem even with "but he died, he wasn't unhealthy, we didn't kill him on purpose, and we really need food" cannibalism. And I'd be more bothered by it in a K-strategist species of nonhumans, I think. But "hey we spawned a bunch of folks and hopefully a handful will make it!" species are going to have different views on death and dead bodies. "Grubloaf" isn't implausible.
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Date: 2013-09-07 03:15 am (UTC)As far as humans go, I do have a problem even with "but he died, he wasn't unhealthy, we didn't kill him on purpose, and we really need food" cannibalism. And I'd be more bothered by it in a K-strategist species of nonhumans, I think. But "hey we spawned a bunch of folks and hopefully a handful will make it!" species are going to have different views on death and dead bodies. "Grubloaf" isn't implausible.