with the slime and magma cube ask got me thinking bc when i read rewind i forgot and knew nothing abt scientific evolution and adaptation, natural selection and all that but my teacher reminded me so:
the crimson, looking at it scientifically, does and doesnt make sense
because if you're talking about all the crimson vines and flowers and not the actual egg, the theories of natural selection and adaptation and evolution make total sense for example:
the crimson thrived in regular biomes like forests and plains but the second it hit the artic, it started dying. thats natural selection. unlike the random shrubs in the artic, the crimson didnt have the right genes and DNA to survive in the artic enviroment. so it had three choices: adapt, move, or die
and it choose adapt and it mutates to have the proper genes to survive the artic so instead of dying it thrives. and as the crimson in the artic without this adaptation dies out, the ones that had the adaptation (and therefore the advantage that natural selection choose) thrived and bred, making generations of other crimson that will sruvive in the artic, making that evolution
and the crimson evovles insanely fast. like it takes generations and generations on end for evolution to happen and the crimson has it done in like months at best (i think??). but i think thats super cool bwecause it makes it so scary. how fast the crimson will do the evolution process once it relaizes that it needs to adapt. it shows that no matter were you go or what you are, teh crimson will adapt. no one is safe.
i really like science and dream smp lore
sorry for the late reply!
but yes, that is such a big mood. sometimes you look at fantasy or just fanfic in general and look at all the fantastical stuff and wonder... how the hell did that end up like that? like biologically, even with magic, how did it just go like that???
the crimson does adapt and evolve insanely fast, yes it took years for it to adapt to extreme weather temperatures and even the dimensional hell temperature that is the nether but it's so much faster than actual evolution.
little fun tidbit; the infected mobs survived much longer than the crimson itself, so whenever it was sent out to extreme temperature it died there but slowly the crimson was learning from the experience. following the footsteps of the infected mob over and over again until it adapted properly. the mutations the mobs had were soon integrated with the plants.
so just imagine the crimson sending out infected mobs, people, out into the cold or hot biome over and over again until it adapted to slowly take over the biome.
extreme tundras are slowing it down right now, but, it's not going to last is it?
and the nether is next on its target :)