I am a creative, or slightly psychotic, whichever you prefer, person. And, because of this, I have a lot of ideas. A lot. As in quantity, not quality. I’ve also recently discovered the joy of writing short stories. If I’m going to imagine stupid things, I might as well put them on paper and name them really edgy names, or use amazingly atrocious alliterations so people like you will read them. Saying this, most of the stories I come up with are awful or so confusing that no one but me understands them. However, every now and then I come up with a story that is actually understandable by most people. One of those times was recently, and I wanted to share a quick story that explains why planets move the way they do.
*This is not scientifically correct. I take no responsibility if you fail science class because you say that the planets rotate because they don’t like the light. Also, if you think this story is bad, you should read the 4-page story I wrote on a love story between electrons and neutrons. It had drama, romance, and action; it was perfect. Let’s just say perfection is a subjective thing and leave it at that.
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Long ago, millennia before lower lifeforms came into existence, the universe was a different place. The workings of the world, unbound by the fragile logic of humanity, were spectacular and confounding, and would be seen as utter nonsense in today’s age.
In the beginning there were only planets. They floated amongst each other, talking freely under the cover of the eternal night. This peaceful, gentle dark remained for millions of years. All the planets thought it would stay that way and were very happy. There was just one problem; the star, Sun.
The Sun was born from ethereal nothingness like all the other planets. Just another dull floating sphere in the dark. However, for some reason, all the other planets hated the Sun, and paid it no attention it. When the Sun tried to talk to them, they all distanced themselves from it. After doing this, they realized they couldn’t talk to each other, so they began to continually circle around the Sun in order to get close enough to talk to each other.
Confused as to why all of the other planets ignored it, the sun became determined to make itself noticed. It laboured for years and years on something no one could ignore. When it was finally ready, the sun ignited, bringing to the world something never seen before; light.
The light was brilliant. Piercing and pure. It shone to the outer reaches of the universe, scything through the ebon curtain of space. It blinded the planets so they had to turn away. The planets all began to yell at the sun; screaming at it to stop. Saddened by the fact that no one liked what it had done, the sun put out its light and returned the universe to a darkened slumber.
Years passed, the Sun stayed dejected and alienated from the rest of the planets. Then, one day, new lights burst forth into existence everywhere. Other stars from every corner of the universe had seen what the Sun did, and sent back their own light. The planets tried to turn away from every star’s scintillating glare, but were completely surrounded, forced to always be blinded, no matter where they looked.
The Sun, aware of the existence of others like it, was overjoyed. It began to shine as brightly as it could. To this day, the sun still shines, and the planets still circle around the sun, perpetually turning in the hope that one day, the light will stop.
Marcus Chung
Low quality Short Story Author since age 9 and 3 quarters.
The type of guy to put things at the bottom of the article where most people won’t see it.
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Pretty much how the electron-proton story is that opposites attract, with the proton falling in love with the electron. Eventually, as they spent more time together, the electron grew happier and happier, becoming less negative in both senses. However, same charges repel, so once the electron and the proton were both positive, their relation started to fall apart and they broke up. They both turned negative from that experience and never could love each other again. That probably would have been more interesting than planetary movement IMO.