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Originally Posted by Wesley84
You know, I'm surprised the name Macross isn't regarded as a curse, rather than an honorific. Think about it. The thing crash lands, flattening cities as it's hurtling through the atmosphere, probably killing thousands in the process. Then the world has the big idea of fighting WWIII over it, probably killing millions all in the name "unification". And on the day it's finally ready to launch, it probably kills thousands more when it's automatic defense system kicks in. Later, more thousands as it's fold system drags a pair of aircraft carriers into the depths of space (that was just a stupid useless move on Global's part).
I haven't finished the series yet, but I've read that ultimately the damn thing is responsible for killing off 99.9% of the human race!
But no, everyone in the future regards the frickin' thing as humanity's finest achievement, to be lauded and up held as a standard, rather than the greatest disaster in the history of mankind.
It'd only be due justice if the billions of dead and forgotten rose from their unmarked graves and had an orgy of supernaturally induced violence on what's left of humanity for being "culture"-obsesssed, depraveded loons.
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It time to "Look at the Brighter Side of Life"
Metlandi- biggest improvement to the human race when they showed up and decided to stay. So what billions died in the process, those that remain have plenty of company who like us [and they're hot to boot].
The social change has been amazing. People marry young, are generally more responsible with children and have more of them. I'd say the survivors have it good when there's lots of willing partners [see above].
Humanity has become decidedly less violent and militant in the aftermath. Generally, the first contact response since then for near any alien race is to regale them with song and dance. It's only when that fails do the hardcore veteran units to show up with nukes, wave motion guns and a pissed off legion of giant warriors. I suspect that near any alien race meeting the colony fleets are in for some big suprises. Unless of course they cheat with mind control and automated weapons
Yes, the SDF-1 can be regarded as an icon of disaster: only if the survivors took it as such. Those who remained, however, thought themselves as successors to the culture of their race. It is that grace that allowed them to live on in a suddenly dangerous universe. Look at the result from the point of view of "I a worthy to exist because I have love and passion", and the crusade to spread that ideal to anything they meet.
Ya, very Abh-like [which is another favourite of mine].