Supernova seemed like the perfect metaphorical setting for a group of friends who learn just how important interconnection is when you need a shoulder to cry on, or a hand to lead you out of the darkness. It is often at times of explosive agony when we can't manage our lives alone. When a dying star reaches its limit, it undergoes a series of events that parallel human grief... It runs out of fuel. It collapses in on itself, as if trying to find one last thread of hope. It explodes in a violent flash of agony, and then meets its end by offering its energy to the universe to use for the creation of something new...
Apply that imagery to the human brain when under the influence of methamphetamine. That about wraps up this particular story in a nutshell.
