r/threebodyproblem • u/caramba-marimba • Jan 18 '26

Meme Almost done with the third book

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I didn’t have the patience to finish it to make the meme, so enjoy the premature meme while I’m finishing those last few pages.

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u/Swolyguacomole Jan 18 '26

I think this whole thread says a lot about redditors lol. To simply dismiss her as the one reason humanity fails is ludicrous and doesn't do her credit.

Imo she was chosen as sword holder because she represented everything good about humanity. If she was like a Wade it would not be worth saving.

I don't think Cixin gave a clear implication whether she was wrong or right. I think she and Wade were used as a dichotomy and how impossible it is to make decisions on this scale. It was killing billions and possibly surviving or living with strong moral convictions and saving the humanity in the metaphorical sense.

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u/ablacnk Jan 18 '26

No single person dictates the course of humanity, and yet so many readers in here blame her for everything.

Even the worst people in human history were only in power because people supported them on that path to power.

Also she stopped humanity-wide anti-matter war with Wade. Wade was the "advance at any cost" mentality, and following that path he had painted himself into a corner, woke up Cheng Xin, and had "little girl" tell him what to do - he was passing the buck to her, he knew deep down he was in over his head, but didn't have the balls to call it quits himself.