I view it as disrupting the ecology. Even in the real world, there's a thing called ecological homeostasis. An abrupt change like that, involving lots of species than can talk and use up resources, will be difficult as it not just affects their biology and basic needs but also their culture, politics, etc.
But, I guess that concept was too complex to explain so they just go with the argument where it gets personal and not everyone wants to live that long especially after interacting with the people at the immortal village, where 1000 years is basically equivalent to immortality for humans already.
i definitely get the culture and politics part too. it’d be a drastic change for everyone. at the same time, change isn’t always bad. death is natural and should be accepted at some point, but if it can be avoided, it’s dumb to tell everyone to suck it up because that’s how things are.
to help people adapt to it, the idea should be introduced slowly. expanding life spans for 5 years, ten, and etc. then deal with said complications as they arrive.
i think challenges are bound to arise, but it can be something that can be fought for if everyone’s on the same page.
idk maybe i’m just too idealistic ╥﹏╥
In a world where stuff like magic exists, anything is possible, so the entire population's basic adaptation in terms of resources being unrealistic isnt the worst problem.
Marcille did not talk about gradual lengthening of lifespan, but rather instantly lengthening all lifespan for all species because it stems from her personal desire to form lasting relationships with other species, especially her friends.
Idk how conservative people think in that story compared to us but i imagine they are waaaay more conservative. It means many individuals might reject the idea entirely. Just because living longer seems desirable doesn’t mean it’s universally appealing.
It’s not about telling people to accept death or suck it up, the real issue is imposing such a massive change on everyone without consent. Forcing people to live longer could lead to suffering, especially if their circumstances or beliefs dont align with such a change. Id personally prefer a shorter life if living 1000 years meant more struggles.
I still believe that the impact on sociopolitics is way worse.
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Their reasoning for why Marcille couldn’t have her wish didn’t convince me tbh. Like we know now that it wouldn’t have been possible without severe consequences, but the way it was brushed off- and everyone in the party collectively didn’t like the idea of their lifespans being heightened annoyed me.
Especially since the entire argument was “well, that’s because it’s what YOU wish Marcille. If you force others to blah and blah.” Okay, this is an argument on why she can’t FORCE it onto others, but not considering the actual idea or the benefits lengthening life spans could give to other species. If she wanted everyone to live forever, like Thistle did, then this would’ve held a lot more weight, but increasing life spans so the races were on a more equal plane genuinely doesn’t sound like a bad idea, and it annoyed me that it was dismissed so quickly. Like sure maybe to 1000 is too much, and I get the potential risks as a result of increasing their life spans, like overpopulation. (To their credit they did argue that in order for one being to live, another may die, which I kinda get). But if seriously considered, I feel like workarounds could be thought up too, but nah they put it on the same level as bad as living for infinity and shut it down, which really annoyed me.
To me I view it like having an antidote offered to you to solve a life-threatening disease, and you just decline it because “death is natural, we must all learn to accept it.” Like bitch, take the antidote, damn, you’ll be able to die anyway, it’s not completely removing it