[RFC] Being You is Deculture

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Adding everybody's relatives to Macross City, eh? I hope nobody's claustrophobic... because, ultimately, isn't everybody related to everybody else? Can the Macross hold billions of people? (And if a line is drawn somewhere, then whoever's just barely on the "wrong" side of the line will complain.)

I'm not sure that moving so many cultural treasures onto the Macross is a good idea. Yes, they need to be kept safe, but that can be done in the shelters where they'll help to boost the morale of the people taking shelter. There's also the argument of culture not being culture unless it's in a cultural context... but Macross II did show us a "Culture Park" filled with random culture, so context might not be important in the Macross world. And who takes a big stack of paintings, or any other "non-essentials", along on a colonization trip? Digital data, music, anything that can be replicated without affecting the original? Sure, take it along if there's room. Unique pieces? Taking those would be robbing Earth to pay the Macross.

As for Kaifun, would one of Garrick's ladies think to suggest they face off in Kaifun's preferred arena - a debate? It would be risky for Garrick, but if he could pull it off, it might help restore Minmei's opinion of him. (Kaifun's opinion won't shift, of course; Garrick is trying to take the place by Minmei's side that Kaifun believes is his.)

So... Roy's fated to stop flying, no matter what? Such is life.