I'm starting to wonder if Eden's agrarian culture made them the space equivalent to "hillbillies" in the eyes of the other potential planetary colonies / factions. I mean, yeah they had their warrior culture after the Rapture, but what were they beforehand?

Mountaineers stranded in a freezing desert. They were farmers. The headcanon that they were tasked with terraforming Mars is tickling me because what do you mean they were just botanists living in the middle of nowhere ???

Listen. Listen to me right now. See the vision. Hear me out.

It's space Appalachia.

You've got your isolated mountains:

Your weirdly dusty/foggy religious undertones and old buildings:

The Little Red Truck (tm):

And as a side note, I feel like Simon's outfit derived from a dead culture who dressed warm to protect against Mars' environment (which is now being used to stay warm on stations!)

Prev, you're telling me Simon would think sunsets are blue?

I just looked this up. Oh man.

Is it . . . a stereotype that Edenites can't read . . . ? Or am I taking this the wrong way . . . why is Simon defensive about it like he's been bullied about it before?

Hey. Hey, wait a minute. Am I right? Is Mars just the fucking South to these people? What the fuck is going on? Am I losing my mind here?

Is Simon a fucking country bumpkin to these people?

I'm crackposting right now so don't take me too seriously but I'm fucking LAUGHING MY ASS OFF.

The stories you hear of people dying from rationing, this is what happens to their body.

Affordable insulin isn’t just a right, it’s a necessity.

“Yes good”

“AND EAT THE BAD ONES”

“Wait no”

“EAT THEM”

You better watch out

You better watch out