Lopé (Demián Bichir) is attacked by a Facehugger but, despite injuring him in the process, his partner manages to forcibly remove it within 20 seconds, and the Facehugger dies after apparently failing. Lopé is later revealed to still be infected with and killed by an Alien embryo. Some regard this as a Cerebus Retcon for every character in the series who was ever attacked by one, as it suggests that that the Facehugger implants the egg instantaneously, and the chances of saving them were slimmer than even the audience ever thought; this also implies that a Facehugger only "hugs" the victim for hours afterward in order to keep them unconscious so they are less likely to die or try to remove the Alien before it bursts out. It also contradicts Aliens - Scontro finale (1986), where a Facehugger was said to have been surgically removed before it could implant the embryo.A possible explanation could be that the Facehugger implants an embryo immediately if it senses imminent removal or death. However, given the information from Aliens - Scontro finale (1986), it seems highly unlikely that the parasite can implant the embryo immediately upon attachment. The book 'The Weyland-Yutani Report' states that while a Facehugger can remain attached to a host for up to 26 hours, it inserts a 'viral agent' that eventually grows into the chestburster within a few to 10 hours; it will remain attached post-infection during the remaining time, to ensure that the implant is secure and starts developing in the chest cavity.Still, the incident in Alien: Covenant is hard to reconcile with this, as it is absurdly fast and makes the creature's ability to keep a host alive mostly redundant if it can just infect instantly. However, an important point to consider is that these are not the Xenomorph XX121 types previously depicted in the franchise: these are David's Planet 4 versions, which have a shorter implantation speed but are weaker in their ability to render their prey unconscious. It's also possible that David implanted Lopé when he was dressing the burn on his cheek, using spores or something. He did have a couple of embryos on his person, after all. There was no need for the scene of "Walter" dressing his wound otherwise; the film didn't really need three scenes of a man getting a bandage applied to his face. He could've indeed escaped the facehugger only to be implanted via that way.
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