Icon from a picrew by grgikau. Call me Tir or Julian. 37. He/They. Queer. Twitter: @tirlaeyn. ao3: tirlaeyn. 18+ Only. Star Trek. Sandman. IwtV. OMFD. Definitionless in this Strict Atmosphere.
Do u think sci-fi writers realize how massively Bad destroying a planet is. Like, an Entire Planet, Exploded. Cool visual! Explosions. As we typically think of them are not possible in a vacuum but that’s besides the point. The Point Is uh that’s a whole planet? That is a Whole planet. If it can sustain life this is Infinitely Worse. I’m the kind of dumb ass that will think about it too hard and I just
That’s. More death than any previous extinction event, anything the human race has endured, all at once. Just, no more life. That’s any recorded history kept on the planet itself, destroyed. No writing no fossil record nothing. An Entire Planet, Gone. Like??? Y'all realize how huge blowing up a planet is, right. That’s A Planet. If this was earth you’d have more than like 30 seconds of going “damn that sucks :/” before moving on with the plot but if it isn’t earth it’s just shock value huh. Okay
The last part reads like I’m an alien personally offended by this trope and yknow what. Perhaps
Maybe
As a person who (despite appearances) wasn’t really into sci-fi until quite recently that’s something that always REALLY bothered me
I remember watching Star Wars with my dad as a kid and she was like “Oh check out this fun space movie :)” but after the Death Star obliterated Leia’s planet (Alderan?? I think was the name?? I haven’t seen Star Wars since I was 12) I couldn’t pay attention to the movie anymore bc that was a whole planet that was a fucking planet obliterated in an instant all the life upon it, all the trees and children and flowers and fish and everything is dead instantly just fucking gone forever and we’re barely gonna acknowledge it???!!!!!??!?!??!!?!?!?!!??!! Just a few “Please don’t"s and Obi Wan being like "Ah something is amiss??” That’s it???!?!??!?!!?!?!??!?!?!?!??!!??!!!?????!?!?!!??????
