sorta related to my last rb: one cool bit of worldbuilding from the foundation books that I wish foundation tv touched on more is the debilitating agoraphobia of the average trantor citizen, caused by living in enclosed spaces all their lives.
like, no wonder there's a tradition of servant families handing down the same role through generations (see: orlio, azura): if the vast majority of the population is terrified of the open air, but serving in the palace requires comfort in open spaces, then the relevant hiring pool is going to be tiny. new employees will have to be either A) hired from other planets with Normal Biospheres or B) imperial-adjacent already, because the emperors own all the open spaces on trantor!!
also: wouldn't it be so fucked up to survive the star bridge collapse and then be forced to live in the open for the first time in your life. that event must have given rise to so many Disorders



















