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Humanity's Final Warning: Tianming's Fairytales | Three Body Problem

2024-09-20 Entertainment
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The long shot hope of the Staircase Project was that by sending Yun Tianming to the Trisolarans, he might somehow obtain critical information about the Trisolarans' society, their weaknesses, or their invasion strategy. Even though Tianming was effectively being sent into enemy territory, the hope was that, as a captured and potentially revived human, he could gather intelligence that would help Earth prepare a better defense or devise a counter-strategy. The Staircase Project was a high-risk, last-ditch attempt to do something, anything, that might offer a glimmer of hope for survival. Even if the project didn’t directly lead to a solution, it was at least an attempt to send a message to the universe that humanity wouldn’t give up without trying every possible avenue. Ultimately the Staircase project does not go as planned. The launched brain falls off course. For Centuries the Staircase Project was thought to be a failure. Until year 7 of the Broadcast Era, a dark time for humankind. In the era Human had been exposed to the wider universe, The world of Trisolaris had already been annihilated, Earth was next. This was of course due to the Dark Forest State of the universe, which rendered the cosmos a hostile place to all intelligent life which revealed itself. Here we learn that at some point the Trisolarans had in fact intercepted the Staircase Project, they found Tianming’s Brain, and rebuilt his body. They had been studying him, learning from him. It was because of his brain that they had been able to pull off the devastating droplet attack, which destroyed the entirety of mankind’s space force. He was also responsible for the boom in art and stories from Trisolaris, much of this had helped to humanize the Trisolarans in the eyes of humankind during the Deterrence Era. Due to Tianming the Trisolarans were able to utilize deception. As the hour grows late for Earth and our Solar system, the Trisolarans out of respect for Tianming allow him to communicate with Cheng Xin. But the communication will be monitored by the Trisolarans. Tianming will not be allowed to tell her anything that could potentially help humanity. The Trisolarans still viewed humankind as a threat and would rather they did not survive. Tianming however still feels resigned to help humankind, and the woman he has always loved from afar, Cheng Xin. In the form of fairytales Tianming would attempt to convey to humanity the secret’s for surviving in the universe, within the Dark Forest. Tianming tells three fairy tales and Cheng Xins listens very carefully, The New Royal Painter, The Glutton’s Sea, and Prince Deep Water. 👽 Please consider supporting this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ideasoficeandfire or PAYPAL - https://paypal.me/QuinnsIdeas?locale.x=en_US 🎨 Art: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uQBwnr4KfWVbwim_CtHB4W3bdf5KKHNsiSSxD5CYCpY/edit?usp=sharing 🎵 Music: https://www.youtube.com/@JamezDahlMusic 📚 Get These Books! Affiliate link* https://amzn.to/4gA7khd Quinn's Discord: https://discord.gg/uGx4WsjVCZ FOLLOW QUINN ON TWITTER: Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE I NOW HAVE A SUBREDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/IdeasofIceandFire/ Quinn's New Graphic Novel: https://www.quinnhoward.net/theliebehindthestar Buy Quinn's Comic Books: https://www.quinnhoward.net/shop Quinn's Website: https://www.quinnhoward.net Like me on Facebook!: https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF 🎥 Mentioned Videos 🎬 Other Playlist Three-Body Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfIzEhovpQJ2ENiNvJoOD2A H.P. Lovecraft Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUcMoc_ZljrDbgrRi3x_CLYD Hyperion Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfgKLf-CBr5VCC2xM0qX8Xh Dune Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUdsgN_vFaZmfjc6bXxPqajV Foundation Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUeQMsBkZJ72aIIG8nR-No6J Feel free to leave a comment like and subscribe! Thanks For Watching!

Top Comments (10)

@dancarey2307 2024-09-21

I am commenting to boost Quinn's channel, because I really like all his content. It is awesome, and I wish I was as half as eloquent as him.

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@mari0823 2024-09-21

Rehydrate the masses! 💧

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@Griffolion0 2024-09-23

I think Needle Eye becoming a part of his own painting represents the fact that dimensional collapse attacks will eventually consume the entire universe. As such, use of those weapons will one day come back to bite the wielder.

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@QuinnsIdeas 2024-09-21

You're not losing your mind, Yes this is a re-upload from yesterday morning! The original video was the WRONG version!

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@buseyisgod 2024-10-02

That the dual-vector foil metaphor was probably the most obvious and was yet overlooked is just fantastic writing.

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@stephensteele2844 2024-09-21

You have single-handedly inspired my love of science fiction literature, from dune to Hyperion 3 body problem, foundation and so so many more I was never a big reader until I stumbled across your channel and started reading books to avoid spoilers from your videos lol

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@ΝικόλαςΚοκοζίδης 2024-09-21

Having just finished reading the book series, I should give my opinion on the fairytales. I think that they are one of the best parts in the book, not only because they are a book inside another book, but also due to their metaphors. When I was reading the stories, I theorized about the possible meanings and symbolisms that were hidden in the lines. Eventually, the true meaning unraveled and it turns out that I was pretty close to it. On a different topic, I think that Quinn didn't mention the fact that princess Teardrop was also bemused and intrigued by the outer world, which played a big role in her decision to explore it. I think that Tianming was also trying to encourage humanity to leave the solar system and explore the universe by saying this.

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@tannerbarnes7392 2024-09-21

Liu really writes great fairy tales, too! Even if you ignore all the symbolism, they're very nice stories!

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@Ronnie_R87 2024-10-29

I remember that the first time I read the fairytales, I found them boring and wanted them to end so badly and keep going with the main story. Wasn't really getting the point of them. Then, when the thin foil attack started and everything happened, it all clicked and made sense. Brilliant!

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@elliectroncake 2025-03-28

I think Needle Eye becoming a part of his own painting is a metaphor for how the attacking species transitions themselves into a lower dimension before the vector foil leads to the whole universe eventually collapsing into a lower dimension. The ring also mentioned this, with the metaphor that the fish who dried up the sea (4D space) had already moved onto land, with the puddles drying up in the same metaphor representing the remaining pieces of higher-dimensional space collapsing into lower dimensions.

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