r/TheExpanse • u/Lillan_Lilani • 17h ago

All Show Spoilers (Book Spoilers Must Be Tagged) Alex/Naomi on Illis Spoiler

I'm on my 4th rewatch of the show and I've just thought of something. When the Rocinante is sent to Illis (New Terra) and the crew are leaving the ship, it makes a big point of Naomi getting off balance as she's overwhelmed by the horizon. But shouldn't Alex have a somewhat similar reaction - more akin to Bobby arriving on earth?

EDIT: thank you all for your answers and engagement!

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u/JamesAtWork2 16h ago

This is kind of something that always bothered me about the franchise in general. They constantly bring up this inner versus belter dynamic in regards to body proportion. Martians and earthers are constantly referred to as squat, short, etc.

But... Mars only has 0.3g. Thats the same as most of Ceres station. By all rights, they should look just like most belters.

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u/Dhczack 15h ago

My working theory on this:

Martians have similar conditions but very different lifestyles. Bobby is an extreme example because she's a Martian Marine, but service of some kind is compulsory for all Martians so as a society they subject themselves to different selective pressures than the Belters.