Heaven forfend that characters be realistic in space opera. They're just cartoons, right? Pointless stock characters with no growth and no change even over more than twenty years in-story, making the journey from childhood to adulthood alongside their best friends, that's what space opera is all about.

Realistic characters in outlandish situations. That's what science fiction is, or at least it's what it is at its best. I can't make you not have a problem with that, but I can disagree with you. So I will.

>'Tis what I deserve for de-lurking.

Yes.

Yes it is.

Well, it is if what you're de-lurking to say is really fucking stupid.

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"She's old, she's lame, she's barren too, // "She's not worth feed or hay, // "But I'll give her this," - he blew smoke at me - // "She was something in her day." -- Garnet Rogers, Small Victory

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