But WHY does the flame dragon have an opposable thumb or the thought beast project images from a third party's view?
I don't have an answer to either of these questions, but I do have some questions of my own regarding Thought Beasts:
1) What did Thought Beasts ever think of
other than eating someone/something? Obviously, there was a least one other activity they thought about, but thankfully the Comics Code kept that "off stage". But was a Thought Beast ever shown thinking about taking a nap, or rolling in the mud, or trying to steal cable from another Beast?
2) What kind of potential prey hangs around to watch the entire show? Gives new meaning to the term "in-flight movie".
3) Did the Thought Beast "need" for the prey to see its intentions? In other words, would a Thought Beast avoid eating something that didn't or couldn't see it? This would, of course, make a Thought Beast somewhat akin to the
Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal from
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It would have been interesting to see someone avoid being eaten by simply closing his eyes.