Every child is scared of something at
some point. For young Michael Burnham,
it was the dark. So, her father tells
her a story of a similar young girl who is not allowed to leave her village at
night. In her case, it’s everyone else
who is scared of the dark. The entire
population won’t travel beyond a certain distance because it would mean having
to be beyond the communal protection when night falls.
When something bright falls from the sky
one night, the young girl sets out to find out what it is. It turns out to be an alien who gives her the
gift of artificial light. She creates
the stars and allows her village to grow beyond their self-imposed confines.
I do think that the narration was a
little overdone. It may have been better
to use additional voice actors and simply show the story without any
voiceover. Also, the use of a tardigrade
isn’t necessarily anachronistic.
Tardigrades exist on Earth now, albeit in a much smaller form. Showing Michael with a stuffed Tardigrade
doesn’t necessarily imply that the animal is based off of the creature that
she’ll later encounter.
It’s an interesting short in line with
the other episodes. It’s not necessarily
deep, but it does give some insight to one of Discovery’s main characters. The story isn’t necessarily as magical as the
title might imply. It’s more about a
father caring for his daughter at an important time in her life. The story within the story is just that. It’s a parable about how to overcome fear,
which gives Michael a tool to deal with her own concerns.
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