what she says: i'm fine
what she means: why do science fiction writers ever think it's a ~good idea~ to blow up AN ENTIRE PLANET for the sake of the plot, and then never mention it or talk about the repercussions of it again? when leia lost alderaan in a new hope, it wasn't even so much as *mentioned* again throughout the original trilogy. when a different team of writers decided to blow up vulcan in the trek reboot franchise, all that's mentioned in regards to the future of the species is spock prime saying he's going to start "rebuilding vulcan" with the few remaining elders who were beamed aboard the enterprise in time to escape the collapse. all the natural wonders, plants, and animals native to vulcan are GONE. these aren't tiny colonies with only a few hundred people, they are ENTIRE PLANETS. how would you feel if someone blew up earth? well, you probably WOULDN'T, because you wouldn't be there to suffer the effects of it. but if you can even begin to imagine anything remotely close to it, that's exactly what you're putting these characters through, and furthermore, the entire UNIVERSE those stories exist in. you think vulcan's allies never suffered the consequences of this too? they were part of the federation. they had an entire species of highly advanced scientists and philosophers that were contributing toward technological advancement in space travel and innovative problem-solving skills. even if there were only a few vulcans the plot ever focused on, losing an entire planet is no small matter, and the fact that it was entirely glossed over in the next film is disappointingly nothing new.
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