the stones were put onto her as a baby and is not part of their biology. I remember the scene but can’t remember which ep. Kinda gave me similar vibes to baby circumcisions due to religious reasons.

Ill check the quantum magician, seems intriguing, thanks!

im will be waiting. I am just over the moon enthusiastic about being part of sth that is relatively newly taking of, or might. and by that I mean lemmy. take all the time. but pls make sure to write back.

I don’t think it is basically magic. I think they added contemporary layers to the source material and this is one of them. I’ve written it as another answer next to yours below the same question you just answered. I’d love to hear your feedback as a book reader.

check my half-assed theory. I’m too proud with it.

My money is on it having to do something with the jump and concsiousness. Gaal was partially awake, and Salvor survived the non-linearity she experienced due to not being sedated.

Opposed to it being pure magic:

my non-book-reader, 21st century minded theory is that it has to do with “quantum consciousness”, a fringe theory that tries to combine the wave function collapse + entanglement + the mind-body duality with the hard problem (of explaining consciousness).

as the empire has the space jump tech, it already demonstrates their space-time-gravity manipulation capabilities (which requires quantum physics). Apparently, normal minds collapse (or go into psychosis) due to the non-linearity.

I, in a non-physicist bogus armchair way explain that as a sort of frequency interference between the wave fields of our consciousness and the extreme waves fields (?) created by the space jump.

However people from Gaal’s bloodline does not collapse, due to it. Their memories’ / minds’ can apparently fold the space-time (the telepathy and the visions from future / past), just as the ships that can jump (maybe not just as, but prolly using some similar physics). Therefore, I believe; they possess a certain subconscious capability of “manipulating their mind’s quantum field or space/time” (sorry, this is getting out of hand)

In any case. I think, water peeps are not Gaal’s bio parents. I think she was in the womb of someone during an “old-school” analogous jump. I think the ship that carried her bio-mom was escaping something or having certain difficulties and she prenatally or as a baby experienced a jump. But because her mind was not fully developed, she survived it and it altered her brain forever thereby gaining this second nature and somehow past it on. Eventually she somehow ended up in a sci-fi version of a floating cradle in the water planet a la superman. (because the jump was problematic and their ship went down and her parents sent her to the closest planet)

Water planet family is the Kents to Gaal. I call this theory: Gaal Kent, who prenatally (or as a newborn) experienced a jump that altered her brain forever.

and then there is Austria…

some of them also became Austrian (or stayed in Austria) and went into politics after a very short while… (which is the origin story of the Austrian populist right-wing party “FPÖ” - their first leader was the former Nazi Minister of Agriculture and an SS officer) No need to hide your nazism if you’re in Austria (even today)

don’t forget about comparing Avatar film to Israeli-Palestine conflict to peacemakers from both sides in the area talking to them about the great mother in the film not taking sides and then proudly telling it to Cameron with cringe-meter-breaking confidence and smug head tilts sprinkled twice with “and do you know what they said” (meanwhile Cameron is just literally speechless at what’s going on) then she acts out the reaction of the peacemakers which was… “slow nodding” apparently (I’m not exaggerating) It’s like a Tina Fey sketch.

From a European perspective, this is what I imagine if someone is being an ignorant/tone-deaf American. (no offence, I’m excluding the deranged republican aspects and just thinking of the mild differences.)

She is beyond being “too Californian”. It’s just so randomly tone-deaf, not knowing how to contribute in a very serious setting, verbally shitposting out of awkwardness?, then incorrectly evaluating people’s politeness as a profound agreement that she fostered. So she tells around. Her campaign promises and positions does seem picture-perfect, but these instances does make one question what goes on between her synapses. No wonder why AOC and Warren and Sanders back Biden. There is no need for dems to unfairly discredit or disadvantage her. She is one goop away from paltrowing.

That’s why the greencrush is questioning the meme. Greencrush does not read. Likes history channel tho.

I disagree. I think the constant self-congratulations were brilliant in rubbing it into all the darn nay-saying media executives. And when coupled with their constant self-degradation; it was chefs-kiss.

For me no.2 one was a bit of an uneven ride starting with the brilliant idea of 20-years-long plot connection but then spoiled with too much random stuff leading nowhere.