Planet X is the best villain/antagonist (because I don’t see him as a villain at all, and honestly, I think he has a point. If I were in his place, I’d do the same thing) in SolarBalls history.
Simp and her kingdom, the rogue planets, Europa, and Ganymede were, after thinking about them again, pretty half-assed and unrealistic villains. Why?
One word: motivation and goal.
Simp and her kingdom have some of the dumbest goals I’ve ever heard. There’s literally nothing that makes her sympathetic or makes her actions acceptable. So what exactly is her goal? She wants to take all the planets and rule them? Attack the stars and take over the galaxy?
HAHAHA, YES. THAT’S LITERALLY HER GOAL.
Simp and the handful of planets she has with her — and even if we say she somehow had all the planets in the galaxy, their total mass would still be less than the mass of dust — want to rule a galaxy that is basically made up of stars, with some dust and gas, and then a tiny amount of everything else (planets). I’m only talking about normal matter here, obviously.
Okay, then what’s her motivation?
She wants to save the planets from the evil stars. Does she not realize that most planets literally form from the same material that forms stars? And does she not realize that a lot of planets will eventually get kicked out of their systems and become rogue planets anyway?
Now, what about Europa and Ganymede?
To be fair, they actually had a pretty good motivation: they’re always treated like children and never taken seriously.
But their goal?
The second dumbest goal I’ve ever heard.
They’re going to destroy life on Earth so that the planets will respect them, recognize what they’re capable of, and be afraid of them?
YES. THAT’S LITERALLY THEIR GOAL. HAHAHA.
I honestly don’t think you can get much dumber than that (except for Simp, the queen of stupidity).
Did they not think that they could simply get destroyed themselves, either by their own planets or by the Sun? Did they not think about the enormous consequences they would have to face? And they wouldn’t even achieve their ultimate goal — getting the planets to respect them.
Was there seriously not a single sane moon who could tell the others, “Hey, maybe this is a terrible idea”?
That’s why I actually think the planets had every right to treat them like children. Because, simply put, they were being idiots.
Planet X, on the other hand, has the best motivation AND the best goal out of all of them. And honestly, if I were in his position, I would’ve done the same thing.
And please, can we stop with this idealistic, childish worldview where everyone just forgives everyone and nobody holds a grudge?
Because real people don’t work like that. People can hold grudges for a LONG time, and sometimes they just don’t forget what happened to them.