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But at the same time, Earth IS listed in Astrodude's relatives. Like, Earth is a relative to Astrodude, but Astrodude isn't one to Earth? I highly doubt EARTH doesn't consider his own EARTHling a relative.

during the mars terraforming arc, he understood that earth feels super insecure because of humanity, and he genuinely wanted to make up for it somehow. i think it's pretty obvious that deep down, astrodude is relieved that SAR ruined that mission.

like, i'm 100% convinced his inner monologue went something like:

Playerdude is such a sweet boy overall... well, if we ignore the fact that he literally tortures fully self-aware game characters and uses "it’s just a game" as an excuse.

but yeah, this is basically my vision of what would happen if these characters actually sat down and talked. this is my headcanon.

Bonus:

Mercury has absolutely nothing on it, because like, he has no atmosphere lol. Venus and Earth have clouds, and Mars has his little ice cap.

i also made jupiter out of yarn because he's a gas giant and i wanted him to be squishy. saturn is also made of yarn—i glued it in strips onto a ball to make it look exactly like his stripes in the show.

uranus and neptune were coated in epoxy resin to give them that icy giant look.

there was also a pluto, but he got lost 😢

sooooo, from what i gather, when stars or gas giants are born, they wake up instantly as kids and grow up over time (just like we saw with jupiter, the other gas giants, and the sun).

but with rocky planets, it feels a bit different. it seems like they need time to form and "marinate" before waking up, so that when they finally open their eyes, they’re already closer to their teens (like mars)

then there’s earth. he woke up as a teenager right after forming. maybe it’s because he was made from two colliding objects that were already somewhat "mature"? let’s say that's the case.

but then again, what about rocky planets/dwarfs like pluto and charon? didn't they like, wake up instantly and stay as kids who grew up together over time?

anyway

i also wanted to talk about moons. they only seem to wake up after they start orbiting a planet. imo, life in the solarballs universe triggers when an object starts to actually matter to someone else. like, it stops being just a random asteroid and becomes an individual. after a few years of this, they get a personality and everything. (this probably happened to captured asteroids like phobos and deimos. does this mean Guillermo could come to life too? honestly, yeah)

this also kinda explains the whole dark side of the moon situation. he’s not just moon's coping mechanism, but a literal second consciousness. it probably happened because moon had no one to talk to and started heavily relying on this imaginary friend (back when he couldn't hang out with the planets). if that’s true, it’s heartbreaking. it means dark was literally created because earth ignored his moon. i feel so bad for him, especially rn since the only person who knew him can finally talk to others, leaving dark feeling completely useless.

well, didn't expect to go this deep but yeah, here are my thoughts (◕‿◕)

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