The Birdbox has been trending on Netflix since its release last week.
It presented a new idea – unlike the much portrayed zombie apocalypse cliché, we saw
the outbreak of a different virus, a supernatural virus …or perhaps a creature…that takes
a different form depending on who sees, but seeing it is a big issue.
To see it is to be overcome with need to commit suicide.
Cheery.
So, with that in mind – join me as we ask….
What if the Birdbox was real.
Before we get into this video, I want to ask you guys of a) you have seen it and b) what
you would do in such a pandemic.
Stick around to the end of the video where we will be replying to some comments from
a previous video.
OKAY, so if Birdbox was real….. like we have a problem.
There is a problem.
A virus, a thing, a creature, something….
Something has been unleashed.
The problem is that no one seems to know what it is, where it came from and why it is here,
other than it is….and it is spreading…and people are dying….
Like a lot of people.
So if the virus in Birdbox was real, we would need a team of scientists who were dedicated
to figuring it what it is and if it can be cured.
The only problem is that how can you test something if seeing it means it will destroy
you?
How would they even go about containing it to test it?
Hunting it is a literal suicide mission.
The moment you saw it to capture it, you would be driven to suicide.
This also raises a good question….
WHAT DOES IT EVEN LOOK LIKE??
In Birdbox it is hinted that the unseen creature, or virus…the thing… takes the form of
something terrifying, but perhaps even something beautiful.
Is it the form of dead relatives, or your worst fear.
It seems to change depending on who is looking.
A bit like a boggart in Harry Potter….but like….super dark and deadly.
If the thing in Birdbox was real, than maybe, like Malorie we would all be too scared to
love.
She names her children boy and girl out of fear of growing too attached to them.
Would we all be too afraid to form attachments?
How can a loveless world exist.
But like wait, isn’t there an easy answer?
Yes the creature has bested us by killing all that see it a la weeping angles style
but more instantaneous… but like… why don’t we just take eyes out of the equation?
Blind people are safe, so why don’t we just Oedipus ourselves (without the incest, that
just isn’t necessary) and gouge out our eyes.
Yes, that would suck, but being blind is much better than being dead, and it is better than
living in fear and panic.
This would mean if we had children we would have to work quickly to take their vision
away.
We would also need to blind animals too, for fear of them becoming possessed by the force,
the virus, the presence.
At first this wouldn’t be a perfect solution and there would likely be a lot of pain and
sadness in the transition period.
A lot of people would still die, not least from infection following eye gouging!
So, say we all made the sensible choice and the blind were literally leading the blind,
this would mean adjusting to a life without cars, planes, trains…anything that could
cause multiple death without the power of human vision.
This would be an adjustment for sure, but perhaps better than the alternative.
In the initial rebuild, we would live slower and more careful lives.
Travel would be very hard – cars, trains, planes….
They would be off the agenda for a good long while.
The adjustment would be brutal.
BUT adjust we would.
Perhaps our other senses would heighten.
We have built society around the fact that we can see….
Social media, the internet, television…it is all very visual…but once again, humans
are resourceful.
Perhaps in time, in 50 years, in 100 years we would have evolved into something new.
Perhaps we could create machines that could see for us.
Although could we trust them?
Well… that is a whole new can of worms, isn’t it?
That is what I love about Life’s Biggest Questions – answering one question always
leads to new ones!
So I think we will leave it there for now.
What do you think would happen if the birdbox was real?
Let me know your thoughts in the comments section down below.
What a terrifying prospect.
Comments from what if Walt Disney Came Back To Life.
Mr Green said: Wow amazing was waiting for this topic really great and really thanks
for this video and my favorite Disney movie is pirates of the Caribbean!!!?
Just Edgar said: What if Einstein was never born??
Fanatic Mitchell said: Hey, Charlotte, Rebecca, Danny, thanks for
finally noticing my question I've been asking on almost every episode of life's biggest
questions I was asking you, but I wasn't asking what if friendship was magic, I was asking
what if Discord, the character from the show was real, what would life be like if Discord,
the god of chaos was real?
I really wanted y'all to do a video on that character, don't even have to do what if the
other Pony characters were real, just Discord himself, if y'all do the video on that, it
will make me more than very happy, and please notify me if you are going to do that video.?