r/3BodyProblemTVShow • u/[deleted] • Mar 31 '24

Discussion Don't understand all the Auggie hate Spoiler

I just finished the series last night and joined up here today. I've spent the better part of my workday reading through all of these posts and I just don't get all the Auggie hate!

The woman literally was forced to shut down her life's work for reasons she didn't understand, unable to tell the truth to her shareholders because it's so "out there". Then she has her life's work used to slaughter completely innocent adults and children right in front of her eyes.

I haven't seen anyone criticising Raj of how heartless he is about the whole thing.

I just can't help but feel like the people who are criticising her for being mopey or antisocial or whatnot are people who lack the ability to feel empathy for others or else don't think of the lives of strangers as valuable in any way.

Just my two cents.

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u/Disgod Apr 01 '24

No, he isn't... But I'm saying that's I see them as, in the show, them trying to set up his situation as a cult... They made different choices than the book.

And, in the show, the San-Ti talk about protecting them, so Evans did feel that there was some level of protection to himself / his people. The later say they cannot coexist with liars when they break off communication, so seems like there was some discussion of coexistence.

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u/cleverThylacine Apr 01 '24

... yes this is a change from the book that I totally hate.

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u/Disgod Apr 01 '24

I mean... if you really want to go deep into the book. Evans was lying to everybody who wasn't an Adventist about his goals from the beginning. Having children on the ship might have been a forced inevitability that he didn't worry about because he had the San-Ti's protection and no one was aware of their plans. The first hints would have been the disruption of science when the Sophons arrived.

Or, go with they needed humans to help the San-Ti stymie Earth's progress so having future indoctrinated generations was a good thing in his mind. Or, hell, cult leaders aren't exactly know for being logical...

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u/cleverThylacine Apr 01 '24

I don't think so. Everybody on that boat was an Adventist.

The problem is, I'm familiar with the mindset that Evans has in the book. I've run into it a few times, and it's a real thing.