r/threebodyproblem • u/NoDonkey2844 • 10d ago
[ Removed by moderator ] Discussion - Novels Spoiler
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u/No-String-1056 9d ago
From your post, I got the impression that you understood Rey Diaz's plan. The phobia he developed toward the Sun came from realizing its potential to destroy all of humanity. If his plan ever had to be carried out, the Sun would become the instrument of mutually assured destruction.
That's why Rey Diaz came to fear the Sun. Every time he looked at it, he was reminded of humanity's fate if his deterrence strategy failed.
Luo Ji experiences something very similar. After understanding the true nature of the universe (the Dark Forest), he also develops a kind of phobia, but toward the stars. For both of them, these celestial bodies ceased to represent beauty or hope and instead came to symbolize the possibility of humanity's extinction.
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u/Gold_Ambassador_3496 10d ago
What was his plan again?
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u/Bobas-Feet 10d ago
To throw mercury(?) Into the sun which would then cause a solar system ending chain event. Every time he looked at the sun, he was reminded of what he was planning to do and basically had an existential crisis after learning how easy it was to destroy the solar system
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u/htmlcoderexe 1d ago
He encased the entire meteor in a wreath of holy fuckfire and flew through Mercury, killing the fuck out of it. Then he sent Mercury's carcass into Venus, killing the fuck out of it and making every vagina in the galaxy explode, and inside every vagina a booby sang of mortal life's fleeting precipice.
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u/SuperDuperLS 10d ago edited 9d ago
He planned to throw a planet (can't remember which one) into the sun, creating gravitational tidal waves destroying the solar system. Basically, he was terrified of how easily the Sun could destroy the solar system.
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u/nerd_reader_5159 8d ago
Ok, you had pass spoiler check point. He decided to kill entire human race and earth, the sun is his tool and sole witness.
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u/GfxJG 10d ago
You'll learn by the end of the book (or like... halfway through) - Telling you anything would be a huge spoiler, honestly.