#but also caspians era

[fairmerthefarmer]

One time for character design practice I decided to draw Captain Drinian and also give him a sister except I’m not much of a writer so I don’t even have a name for her, all I know about her is that she’s an asexual lesbian, and like super strong or something.

Also I just want to believe that Lucy wasn’t the only woman on that ship the entire time.

[earth4angels]

personally i think ben barnes as young sirius black is dangerous, i need a marauders film so bad im in a delusional state

[geek-talk000]

couple of months late but oh well. happy 15th anniversary of my crush on ben barnes.

[sherbertquake56]

okay I’m dropping some of my fable arcane au thoughts before the new episodes drop tomorrow even tho most of it is based on season 1 anyway—

so some basic taggings for you that I based the AU around:

1. Icarus as Jinx.

powder vs jinx is just the sherbert vs icarus name thing. toxic father. unhealthy relationship with sibling. a lil crazy and maybe evil. thinks that they are at fault for the things around them. lil bombs? nah- little SPLASH potions. hearing and seeing mylo and claggor? it’s Haley- it’s literally Haley—

2. Fable as Silco.

okay fable’s design WAS partially inspired by silco— they literally look the same— they’re both a man with two priorities: take over and make his own nation & care for child.

you know the ending scene of season 1? where they’re sitting at the table? THAT. With Jinx assuming that he’s gonna give her up to topside and him getting the first chance to talk and saying “her name is JINX!” i could write an essay on that for icarus. they’re so toxic and it’s so perfect. also that scene at the start of s2 ep2? YEAH THAT—

3. Centross as Ekko

This one is controversial and up to debate but i will die on this hill— SO THE S1 BRIDGE FIGHT. I am so willing to put aside any possible prison duo gay-ness in this AU for that rivalry/fight. they were friends!!! they were so good!! and now they wanna KILL EACH OTHER!! it’s great.

It’s also specifically thinking of Ekko’s tree home as solstice— older Ekko very much has the vibe of Violet specifically-

4. Arisanna as Sevika

I DONT KNOW WHY BUT IT MAKES SENSE TO ME. It’s specifically vexed Ari during the coworkers era but idk it just feels right— I look at her relationship with Silco and Jinx and go ‘hmmm this could be something’

[I will also say there is an argument here for swapping Centross and Ari tho— big tree city as Ari rebuilding the records goes hard, and angsty fighty toxic with jinx centross is also good— it’s like 50/50 for me]

5. Isla as Vander

LET ISLA BE A BADASS IN THIS AU. SHE DESERVES IT— something something raising vi and powder alone, something something the backstory with silco— there’s something there and it hits really hard in scenes where vi sees vander and helps her get back up— also I look at jinx and vander and I go “mmmm this is in fact how icarus sees Isla”

6. Rae as Vi

This was obvious given the above but LISTEN— in this ALTERNATE UNIVERSE OF EVENTS I think it would be fun- do I think that vi perfectly fits canon rae? no. But in this world it would KICK ASS. rae deserves to beat some people up— got kicked out of the overworld (zaun) by fable (silco) and had to go to the end (piltover) to get away from him?? rae end prince aus are already here so why not end rae also punching people huh??? also. gay people.

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Okay— here’s where I need some help, thoughts, and opinions from you all…

1. Caitlyn.

POLYAMORY IS HARD TO TAG AND I DONT KNOW WHO FITS BEST?? For me, season 1 Caitlyn fits best as Caspian, but season 2 Caitlyn is more for Fenris— so I’m very stuck. yes absolutely give thoughts on this please—

2. Viktor as Aax (but how does that work)

Viktor absolutely should be Aax— mr. Scientist / lab experiment / turned religious figure vessel for god is CORRECT. But honestly the rest of Piltover gang is really hard with Rae as Vi— Jayce/Viktor/Mel is yelling at me to be the polycule but aGH— ya know??? very stuck on this so I instead look at the coworkers and go “mm good yes—”

Random other tags I think also make sense:

- Ulysses as that Telchin looking mf Stev— mans took out one lil medical device as his fish self and I said YUP

- The hexcore big orb thing underground as Quixis— big white glitch orb room make things go wack. couldn’t be easier than that.

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Anyways that’s all— I’ve been rotating this in my mind for like a week and have had way too many thoughts about it thank you for your time—

[medievalandfantasymelee]

THE HOT MEDIEVAL & FANTASY MEN MELEE

QUALIFYING ROUND: 133rd Tilt

Guildenstern, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) VS. Caspian X, The Chronicles of Narnia (2005-2010)

Propaganda

Guildenstern, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) Portrayed by: Tim Roth

“I'm a sucker for 90s Tim Roth, and this is one of his most iconic performances from that era, with his Guildenstern (or is it Rosencrantz?) going through a very relatable mixture of boredom, annoyance, and confusion as he and his buddy talk bullshit and stumble around in the background of all the familial drama at Elsinore.”

Caspian X, The Chronicles of Narnia (2005-2010) Portrayed by: Ben Barnes

“How can you not love Caspian?? He is brave!! And noble!! And smart!! He goes from luscious locks and baby face to PONYTAIL AND BEARD!!!! He also gets a delightful fake Spanish accent in his first movie, which mysteriously disappears in the following movie!! AND!!! He's got the prettiest sunshine smile you will ever see!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Additional Propaganda Under the Cut

Additional Propaganda

For Guildenstern:

(+ Bonus Rosencrantz)

For Caspian:

“He grew a beard for his second Narnia outing, and it really upgraded him to spank bank worthy.”

[Gifset]

[Gifset]

[Photoset]

“I once read a HeyAlma magazine article on how Andrew Garfield had auditioned to play Prince Caspian, but lost out to Ben Barnes since Andrew supposedly *wasn't handsome enough.* Imagine being so dashing that you make Andrew Garfield look ugly...”

[v0id-seajay]

okay I tried to post this with like the longest caption known to man explaining what's going on in this painting but it deleted itself so I think that was my sign to stop yapping. this is my hero of brightwall caspian, I've posted her before, every time I think about her for too long she gets worse. she's like the worst ever. but this drawing is in her brief normal girl era where she stops being an asshole to the kingdom and the people around her. significance of the background is that reaver is her father (I KNOWWW 😭) and the gazebo thing in the middle of bower lake is where she got married. ALSO she dies one year after this down by the lake. the picnic over to the side is a lot to explain but it has to do with her weird situationship with a priest if anyone's interested I'll post more about that it's kinda crazy

[ariazou]

Hi! Do you have any suggestions for persian clothes references? I haven’t seen dungeon meshi yet but I saw your AWESOME fanart, and remembered I’m working on a fic with such a setting that it would be very fitting I think!

I’d love to incorporate some clothes designs/styles like I saw you use :) if you don’t mind

THIS IS SO SWEET tysm 😭!!!!!!

Hmm honestly I would start with picking an era and def doing extensive research on the culture. Personally, I really love the Qajar looks and they're easy to find because of the popularity of Persian Miniatures!! Second favourite is definitely Safavid, the flow of the outfits are so yummy. Museums are also helpful! Like the Met Museum

Also keep in mind Persia, and even now Iran, is not just desert! Its a very annoying stereotype that West Asia is just covered in desert when that's not the case. By the Caspian sea there's a rainforest, by Tehran there's the Damavand mountain that is the location for a lot of Persian Myths that is covered in snow (though my relatives have said it seems like its all melting, but we're talking historically here!) So yes theres desert in some areas, but they still have (or i guess had now 😭) winters, lush forests and moutains so this definitely affects their outfits esp depending on the region

I will say it's still definitely hard :( Theres not as much information on the clothing as lets say European fashion at the time which is really frustrating. I'm also struggling to find more resources but research is our best friend here!

[fishenjoyer1]

Fish of the Day

The beluga sturgeon, also known as the great sturgeon, scientific name Huso huso, was requested by Andromeda! Known for being the largest freshwater fish, and the third largest living fish species in the world, only behind the whale shark and basking shark! This fish is euryhaline, meaning that it can live in many different salinities and environments, and as such moves comfortably through estuaries and rivers alike. They are native to areas around the middle east, Asia, and Europe. Their historic range was in, the Adrian sea, the Black sea, Caspian sea, and sea of Azov, and all connecting rivers between, but as of modern era they can be found only in the Black sea, the Caspian sea, and some rivers connected, notably: the Danube. Like other sturgeons, this is one of the more ancient species still alive, and they started appearing in the fossil record as far back as 200 million years ago.

Beluga sturgeon are some of the only active hunting species of the sturgeon family. Prey consists of molluscs, crustaceans, small mammals; such as caspian seals, and any fish they fit in their mouth. In fact, they're very hard to keep with any other animal, as they can and will eat anything that will fit into their mouth. They pursue their prey, moving faster than expected, and being able to travel up to 37 miles a day, and reach speeds of 15mph in short bursts well hunting, prey is sucked into the mouth quickly. This supports their huge sizes, they can get as large as 28 feet recorded, but there are claims for them reaching as large as 40 feet. Beluga sturgeon can live a long time, taking 10-16 years to sexually mature for males, and 14-20 years for females, and claims that they live more than 100 years in the wild. They have no known predators, other than humans.

Humans are the main and only cause for the reduction in beluga sturgeon populations. These fish fall to dams, like many large fish, and most sturgeon in particular.  As it turns out the caviar are perfect for meals, and worth as much as $3,500 US per pound. During breeding season large fish can carry hundreds of pounds of these caviar at a time, and are regularly illegally hunted for this. Although they are large, they are easy to catch, and their meat can go worth good money as well, although due to the legality of its nature I was unable to find exactly how much it's worth, since them being marked as endangered. Efforts to repopulate the sturgeon into their native habitats, but it is a slow effort.

Spawning takes place further upstreams, and they have historic routes they remember over years. Spawning events take place every 4-7 years. Being as this sturgeon has lived in the Danube as it was forming, they have adapted strategies to spawn in it. Spawning is done in two stages, necessary because spawning is up to more than a thousand miles upstream for some fish. The first stage is in autumn which is when they enter the danube in masses, The second stage is after they winter in the river, taking place in spring where they actually lay and fertilize eggs. The eggs will hatch after 2 weeks, and well they age in the danube they will be benthic, feeding mostly on small bugs they can catch. That is, until they are large enough to subsist off of mostly fish.

Have a good day, everyone!

[visualsandvoices]

Ok idk if anyone said this re: Greta gerwig’s narnia on here already I only pop in from time to time…

But it seems like Liam Neeson will return to voice Aslan and Tilda Swinton is set to return as the White Witch?

There was also a comment in an interview saying it won’t change people’s conception of narnia, but just make it bigger (I think that was the phrasing, or close to it).

So I’m cautiously optimistic. That makes it sound like they want to get the audience on familiar territory — hopefully it lands! To use the same actors and then depart to dramatically from the 2005 version would be pretty jarring, so maybe they want to recreate that movie relatively closely as a launchpad for the rest of the series? But they still gotta make it their own which makes me nervous lol

Netflix handled the Shadow and Bone adaptation pretty well so maybe I’ll be pleasantly surprised 😬

The only thing is that Greta Gerwig seems emphasize messaging and themes in equal measure as plot. Little Women deals prominently with marriage, expectations of womanhood, wealth/class, etc. Barbie is theme over plot, I’d almost say, given the virality of America Ferrera’s speech, I’m Kenough, and the overall impression of Barbie having an awakening to being a human woman or whatever. I haven’t seen it so maybe there’s plot I’m missing but that seems to be the idea.

This kinda thing doesn’t work for narnia, imo. I don’t want to hear Susan give a speech about womanhood in the war era, or some remark on femininity, firstly because it’s so overdone in movies these days but also bc if you’re going to put any theme/motif/messaging on equal footing to Narnia’s plot it should be faith.

I’m not saying Christianity has to slap you in the face. The Disney adaptations handled it well I think. It was there without the movie overdoing it, and there wasn’t any sort of moral or speech or sound bite to sell to the audience otherwise. It was a fantasy movie.

Susan would make an easy target, and I really hope Gerwig doesn’t fall into the “lipstick and nylons” trap everyone argues about. First of all it should hardly be foregrounded bc it doesn’t really become an issue until after she’s left narnia in which case she’s offscreen. The Last Battle maybe, but again it’s brief. My two cents on it though are that I always took it to be her grief for not being able to return to narnia forced her to try to move on, and maybe the resentment over her loss broke her faith. She’s still a character to sympathize with. People say Lewis couldn’t get past her being female and hence the lipstick and nylons but I think that’s a bad read. She was a queen, an adult woman, and cerebrally mature only to return a boarding school student. Of course she didn’t return to her dolls. I also think that it happened because she’s so logical and calculated and careful (neither good nor bad as a trait on its own) that loosing something she loved only augmented her original doubts and made her stubborn. So again it’s not about womanhood nylons and lipstick, it’s grief and sort of an internal self-defence kinda thing. If Gerwig were to explore anything with Susan as she’s older I would say doubt and logic versus faith and responsibility would both be true to the character and far more original/interesting for audiences.

I would love to see how they handle The Horse and his Boy, the Golden Age and how the kings and queens earn their titles (just, gentle, valiant, magnificent). I would love to see a Jill Pole who is allowed to cry, to be a scared school child, and also brave and stoic and thrust into an underground world on a rescue mission. I will be fascinated to see their concept for The Last Battle, because again it’s very much so a Christian story.

So I really do hope Netflix allows the series to live past the first 3, so we get new material. Caspian and Dawn Treader are gonna be a test for Gerwig’s strengths before she’s allowed into fresh territory with the other books.

I just think that if you’re intending to strip it of the intention behind the story — lost faith, found faith, tested faith, resilience, trust, redemption, all through a Christian lens, then maybe don’t adapt it at all. I’m not saying you have to make Christianity so foregrounded it feels like a sermon, but you cannot have narnia without that being the lens through which the world is understood. They aren’t separable things.

AND going back to the casting hopefully it’s not Timothy chalamet / Saoirse Ronan / Florence Pugh. As much as they’re great actors, I think for narnia as a reboot to land, they need a bunch of unknown, fresh faces and actual kids not people in their twenties/thirties. Even as a background narnia cameo it would honestly be distracting.

[tigers1o1]

Spoilers ahead for Riptide episode 101

Ava Lives AU (tentatively being named ‘Old Habits Die Hard’)

In the battle with Shadowbeard, Ava Ferin died. Or at least- that’s what she wants you to think. Because when a navy bomb went off, targeting Shadowbeard, and got close enough to Ava for rumble to be all around and dust hanging in the air, she had a moment of clarity. If she disappeared right now, everyone would think she’d died in the explosion. She’d be free from the navy and her family. So, in a split second decision that completely altered the events of history as a whole, she hid.

They didn’t find her. Her family grieved the loss of a daughter, a sister, and they didn’t even have a body to mourn- assumed destroyed in the wreckage. In reality, she was on the other side of the ocean, looking for someone

After Shadowbeard’s death, all pirates were silent in mourning. Rumors floated around that his crew had split up, unable to choose a new captain. In this era of pseudo-peace, Ava began going by a new name, Ava Finch. Because “Ava” was a common enough name to get by without any raised eyebrows. She called herself Finch to most people, tho. And she died her hair and covered one of her eyes- the one that went blind in the explosion. All in all, she looked nothing like a Ferin.

She tracked someone down that could help her with a scrying spell. With their help, and a necklace given to her by her love, she got a location. All-port. Getting rides from odd merchants and sailors, she finally made it to the Hull of the World.

There, she ran into Caspian- who didn’t recognize her, considering he’d maybe only met her once or twice (if at all). She asked where Lizzie was, and albeit with a suspicious look, he told her. The Port-Hole. The crew used to go there a lot, and even if the crew has disbanded, old habits die hard. (Alternatively, Ava pays for information through someone and learns that that’s where the crew used to hang out and so she goes there hoping to find someone from the crew who can tell her where Lizzie is. Instead,)

She finds Lizzie. She’s drunk and a fucking mess. More of a mess than Avas ever seen her. She sits down across the table, her hood still pulled up over her newly-darkened hair.

Lizzie asks who the fuck she is and what the fuck she wants. Ava laughs. Lizzie looks like she’s seen a ghost, because she could recognize that laugh anywhere

They end up building a crew together, the Grandberries.

On joaldo, Lizzie still threatens jay but this time it’s out of fear that she’ll learn the truth about Avas death

Idk from there on out but you get the idea

Also I’m thinking the war is still gonna happen bc they’re both mad at the navy so fuck em

[ego-osbourne]

Sorry if this comes off as rude, but I'm curious, how do you write Velehk? Since he seems different to how he is in-game. Aka what is his personality? Is he still a cruel pirate lord or is he just hanging out?

Not rude at all! I’ve changed up Velehk Sain quite a bit, and I’ve been needing to lay it out for a while. His story goes a little something like this:

Velehk was a serving dremora, one of two dremora types in Coldharbour, the other being power dremora. Serving dremora are treated as little more than property in Coldharbour, and Velehk was no different. Wanting to escape, he struck a deal with Molag Bal, managed to trick him, and left Oblivion in the 2nd Era.

Now on Nirn, Velehk found it difficult to find a place that would accept him for shelter or work. He eventually found himself boarding a pirate ship and serving under its captain. He enjoyed a life of pirating and began to pursue it, eventually working himself up to his own ship, crew, and many titles.

Velehk was particularly known for his cruelty in the 3rd Era. He fought as hard as he could to separate himself from his old life of obedience, and because of that he demanded the upmost respect from his crew. He would crack down on these rules to the point of extreme violence, and it eventually led him to chasing away a few of his closest crew members. Still, he doubled down and continued with his cruel streak.

With the Oblivion Crisis came Caspian, a Thalmor sea lord determined to keep the Abecean Sea clear of any daedric influences. Through many scars he’d find that banishing Velehk was no easy task to accomplish, and eventually became Sheogorath-touched in his maddening pursuit of Velehk (though he’s in denial about his madness). Their two-century long rivalry has turned into something of a game between the two of them, where neither wants to see the other quite dead or gone. They’ve even secretly aided each other when facing common enemies.

Then, in 4E 180, Velehk vanished from his ship. No one knew what happened or where he had gone, and without a captain the crew of the Blodea Mahree scattered and the ship was taken by the Thalmor.

Velehk had been summoned and bound to a gauntlet in Winterhold by a group of overzealous students at the Mages College. However, all these students died in the process due to extreme conjuration burn, and Velehk was left trapped.

He remained in a tiny pocket of Oblivion for 20 years until he was freed in 401, where he then made his return to Hammerfell and reclaimed his title as captain. There he collected a new crew and recruited some older members. These older members noticed a stark change in his demeanor, though: he was easier to startle, and seemed to lash out less (though was still just as easy to annoy). His time in the pocket plane had changed him significantly, as he had two decades to reflect, but it also left him with new mental scars (he’d developed claustrophobia, for example, and ordered very specific changes to his quarters).

The rest of his story (and more specifics of his backstory!) will be shown in Salt in the Wound, a collaborative work between myself and a few others in the tes fandom who offered me their lovely lovely characters to work with. I plan on writing SITW after TDI is done with. For now, I hope this gave a broad overview of his backstory. I can pick parts from these events and go into heavy detail, but for now have these simple silhouette shots. Thanks for the ask!

[rose-of-oz]

Crossovers for the Lewis siblings!!! We never discussed them!!

Yesss, of course!! I hope you like these!! <3

As we’ve said before, I definitely think that Kai, Isaac, and Edmund would team up to be judgy gay besties! Caspian would be so done with all the Looks he’d get from the three of them together.

(On a similar note, Kai would absolutely get sick of Isaac and Edmund’s pining and plot to get them together, because they’re younger than him and “I have to help the children, Caspian!”.)

Hemera would be in absolute awe of Skye’s dragon; she hadn’t even been sure dragons existed in Narnia anymore growing up, and the thought always made her sad, so seeing Hephaestus for the first time would be a dream come true for her. (She would absolutely try to pet him and have to be held back by Susan, though, because her light magic does not make her immune to fire and the burns that come with it.)

I’m not entirely sure if you’re okay with ships for crossovers, but if you are I think Tamlin, Skye, and Lucy would be an amazing throuple! Just some beautiful lesbians who love adventure, Narnia, and each other.

I can totally imagine Allison taking Hemera under her wing a bit when the Golden Witch moves into Cair Paravel, Hemera teaching her about Narnian history and culture while Allison plays her big sister role and helps her learn how to live among people after being alone for so long.

I definitely feel like Alaric and Skye would be unexpected besties - Skye’s more fiery (pun intended) personality would balance out Alaric’s calculated quietness, and they’d have fun talking shit about Narnian nobles together.

Hemera would also be absolutely fascinated with all the siblings’ stories of the modern world, since it’s so different from Narnia or even the Pevensies’ era, and I imagine all of them would be happy to talk to her about it!

Alaric would absolutely come to view all three siblings as part of his family as well, and would be happy to break the fingers of anyone who dares to disrespect them (even though I don’t imagine Allison or Isaac would necessarily want him to).

Again, hope you like these, and thanks for sending the ask!!! <33

[sandcrust]

ㅤ𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𓇼 ࣪ㅤׂㅤ⭒

Happy valentine and happy birthday, Caspian Miles. Adek, my boyfriend, my husband, the apple of my eyes, the love of my life, the milk to my cereal, the bread to my jam, the marshmallow to my biscuits, the puppy to my cat, the honey to my pancake, the dumb fox to my sly bunny, and the valentine I never knew I needed ♡

Cam't believe adek is already at his 20th!!! What should I call you instead of 'that damn teenager' since you already leave your teens era? :3 'that damn adult'? HAHAHA, but no matter how old you get, you'll always be my baby boyfriend, baby husband, and my sweet little puppy. But seriously, you're stepping into a new chapter now, adek.. There's new lessons and new memories waiting to be made. Adek harus tau that I'm so hamppy I get to be here; watchimg adek grow, supporting adek, and lovimg adek every step of the way.

I'm wishing adek nothing but all the good thing in the world since adek deserve it! Adek, thank you for existing, thank you for being the reason of my happiness. I'm hoping that adek will have a looooong loooong life ahead because adek still have kakak to take care of! So pleamse avoid dangers! >:((( Pleamse keep healthy and don't forget to appreciate yourself, adek. You really did very well. Kakak is so proud of adek!!! Bangga sekali sama suamiku! :3

I count my blessing everyday to call you mine and I can't wait to see what else the world have for us ♡ You make everything feel happier and warmer. Even on my worst days, just seeing adek makes everything better.

I love the way you yap, I love the way you prengat-prengut, I love the way you tell stories, I love the way you get excited about things you love (me, HAHA), I love the way you tease me, and the way you just get me.

Adek, I love you, all of you, every little way, every little things about you. Being with you feels like having a favorite song on repeat—I will never getting tired of it.

So.. Dom't forget to eat lots of yummy food and be happy today since today isn't just Valentine's day but also your day ♡ Hoping this new age of adek would bring much more love and happiness. Whatever happens, I'll always be here, supporting adek, loving adek, and holding adek's hand through it all. I'll always be on your side, even when you're at your lowest point.

Adek senang-senang hari ini ya? Kalau adek senang, kakak juga senang. Adek juga sayang terus sama kakak ya? Soalnya kakak bakalan sayaaang terus sama adek selama-lamanya. Like what I've been said before, I would never want anything more than loving you and being loved by you. I really mean it.

Once again, happy birthday and happy Valentine's day, my one and only valentine boy 🎸🍀

Much love,

Evette Shun, who loves Caspian Miles so bad ♡

[antonia-gergely]

COSMISM!

Anton Vidolke and the Institute of the Cosmos. Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh. 1st July - 28th October.

Anton Vidolke is a founder of e-flux journal.

Some time around 1882, God was pronounced dead. For certain Russian thinkers of the era, this loss provided an opportunity: where the place of one god closes, space for another one opens. Unlike most established schools of thought, Russian cosmism does not present a consistent epistemology, or a unified theory. On the contrary: the ideas of its nineteenth- to early-twentieth-century protagonists are often so divergent and contradictory that they appear paradoxical, or delirious.

Russian cosmism’s known scientists, philosophers, and writers include figures ranging from Nikolai Fedorov (known as a founding thinker) the nineteenth-century librarian who aimed to resurrect all living and dead ancestors into an eternal church-museum focused on the revolutionary tenet of brotherhood; Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Fedorov’s library pupil who went on to formulate mathematical equations used for spaceflight; Alexander Bogdanov, who cofounded the Bolshevik party with Lenin and experimented with blood transfusions to rejuvenate one and all; and Alexander Chizhevsky, the “heliobiologist” who discovered and mapped connections between sunspots and human political behavior, and then created lamps to harness solar energy to restore fellow prisoners in labor camps. (He concluded that a liberal change in the english government correlated directly to the sun having more than 93 sunspots at the time. Very goofy and fun, but it's the kind of 'science' that makes me laugh and then makes me serious. The entire foundation of cosmism is corollary and sometimes seems far fetched, but any corollary is based in a previous truth, so it's fun to entertain as possible.)

Similarly to Marxism, which sees labor as the engine of the emancipation of the proletariat, cosmism sees laboring towards resurrection by means of science, art, technology, and social organization as a way of collaborating with God, a collaboration that will result in the active evolution of humanity and the universe towards becoming a single interconnected, sapient organism, immortal and infinite like God. So it's like space-communism.

Biela's Comet and its incorrectly calculated trajectory into earth led to a lot of publications centred on the concept of cosmism, and these really exemplify the hopes of the cosmists.

Originally published in fragments between 1835 and 1840, The Year 4338 describes a futuristic society in the year before a comet emerges from the depths of cosmic space to destroy earth. The protagonist of the novel, a young man from Beijing, travels to St. Petersburg to meet with scientists who he thinks can prevent this impending cataclysm before doomsday in 4339. He travels on a high-speed electrical train under the Caspian Sea, through a futuristic Russia where all households are connected by telegraphs, and where people read newspapers made of liquid-crystal screens, have personal flying devices in the form of hot air balloons, eat synthetic foods, inhale special gas for recreation, and wear electric clothes that change colors and patterns. A moneyless economy has also been achieved. The few published fragments as well as the ideas behind this unfinished novel were almost certainly familiar to Nikolai Fedorov, who most experts credit with being the founder of cosmism. Fedorov worked at the very same library in Moscow as Prince Odoevsky.

While a prolific writer, Fedorov did not publish during his lifetime, partly due to his modest character but also possibly because he suspected his radical ideas could lead to excommunication from the Orthodox Church, of which he was a devout follower. After his death, a volume of Fedorov’s writings was published in Almaty, Kazakhstan, under the title The Philosophy of the Common Task. This first publication did not circulate commercially. In brief, the common task is no less than a project of human immortality achieved by technological means. It involves materially resurrecting all human ancestors (starting with Adam and Eve), controlling all the destructive forces of nature (including death), and exploring and colonizing all the stars and planets in the cosmos. An intergalactic educational project whose aim is to turn the universe into a unified feeling and thinking organism, immortal, infinite, and selfsame with God, its creator. In other words, the horizon of the common task is the construction of God by scientific, technological, and artistic means.

Despite rarely seeing publication, these revolutionary ideas influenced numerous key figures in the Russian intelligentsia, including such writers as Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, religious philosophers such as Solovyev and Florensky, among many others. These ideas also influenced many in the Russian visual arts, and are partially responsible for the fascination with zero gravity, flight, and the cosmos that we can clearly observe in numerous artworks, from Malevich’s Black Square to Tatlin’s Letatlin. In a more subtle way, the influence of cosmism can be felt in the sensibility behind constructivism and productivism, which treat a work of art not as a mere fetish of sublimated sexuality in a consumer economy, but as a microcosm of world-building and God-building. Faced today with ambivalent liberal platitudes of resistance or the disposable instrumentality of “disruptive tech,” we might wonder more generally how artistic and creative thought could have been so heretical to Marxist-materialist and religious orthodoxies alike, while simultaneously believing so completely in their unified capacity for advancing human civilization.

While it never became a part of official Soviet doctrine, much of cosmism dovetails with the ethos of early postrevolutionary utopian socialism in its drive towards a classless, egalitarian society completely dedicated to the emancipation and self-transformation of humanity, and to the construction of a man-made paradise on earth. The first postrevolutionary decade saw an explosion of cosmist ideas and their application in very diverse areas of life, from art and science to the practical organization of labor, time management, and the health system.

- e-flux journal no. 88

Speaking to my friend during the three films (we were the only ones there so it was non-disruptive), we got talking about immortality through technicalities. Our energy might not travel into space as particles, but it does, say, enter the soil when we die, and nourish a plant, potentially one that bears fruit. I'm not a holistic or deeply spiritual person, but from a logical standpoint, that makes sense. I know my soul doesn't go into the fruit.. but I say that without knowing if or what the soul even is. So I don't really know.

What I do know is that the energy, the chemicals, the carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen that makes me up can enrich soil, and that very same atoms that lived in me can become building blocks in a hypothetical fruit that grows out of my grave. Maybe the DNA of the fruit contains me, in some shape or form.

My friend also mentioned Ted Lasso and the desire of a character to have a fruit tree planted on their grave when they died, to be nourished by their body and fed to their loved ones. It was funny, sure, but it got me thinking. It's another element of the consumption and interrelationships I am currently focused on researching. If I am a fruit borne from my own grave and you eat me, I then become part of you forever. My chemicals build your cells. I can become engrained into the very fibres of your being. And it cycles.

Everything eats and is eaten, as Adrianne Lenker says.

[padfootagain]

WE'RE BACK PEOPLE!!!

Here is my posting schedule for the coming weeks. For now, I'm planning to post a fic every Thursday, it might change depending on how much I manage to write on a daily basis :)

Also... REQUESTS ARE OPEN AGAIN!

Masterlist

09/03/2023 - Forbidden Words : Sirius Black x Reader, Marauders era, Angst/comfort, fluff, one-shot

16/03/2023 - Morning Dance : Ben Barnes x Reader, fluff, one-shot

23/03/2023 - Chapter 4 for Something Good : Ben Barnes x Reader, enemies to lovers, Professor!AU

30/03/2023 - Chapter 15 for The King And You : Caspian x Reader, AU, angst/comfort, fluff

06/04/2023 - That Spot on your Finger : Ben Barnes x Reader, fluff, Soulmate!AU, one-shot

I hope you'll enjoy these new stories! Don't hesitate to drop by if you have any question!

Some extra information are available under the cut.

Alright, a little note for my readers!

All these stories are already either planned or entirely written, which means that I am certain I will be posting these as the fics are ready.

My plan is to post every Thursday at first, to get back into a healthy writing/posting routine. However, if it goes well, I might post more often.

My requests are open again! They are open for the characters on my masterlist (if you check my new masterlist, I've added an 'other fandoms' section where I've organised the masterlists for characters I've written for before, but don't feel like picking up again just yet. Requests are not open for them. If you have any doubt about a character, you can always ask me, of course). My requests being open does not mean that I cannot refuse to complete a request I don't feel inspired by though, as usual.

Don't hesitate to drop by! May it be to talk about fics, about fandoms, or just about whatever you'd like! It's always lovely to talk with all of you :)

I hope you will enjoy these new stories I've prepared for you !

To new beginnings :)

[dancingdryads]

Narnia Fic Recs - Post LWW

This is part of a short fic rec series to spread some love for Narnia authors, they aren’t in any sort of order other than the really long ones are on the bottom.

A lot of these stories are on ff.net which I know is a pain of a site to use, however, I sorted through a lot of Narnia fics to find these and I think they deserve some love. I did check if anything was on ao3 and put that link instead if I could find it. Please give these authors some love, kudos, favorites, comments, etc. They’re all great and it’s always fun to find older fics!

If y’all have any fic recs you can send them my way, or if you know if any of these authors are on tumblr let me know. I’ll be releasing more rec lists sorted roughly by era so look out for those under #lillys fic recs

This list is more miscellaneous, one Prince Caspian fic, a few around VotDT, and a couple about Susan. There are also general author recs at the end with authors that have a decent amount of fics to look through. 

Passing Down the Crown by Elecktrum

Rated Gen, 4.5k words

Fic about how hard it is for the Pevensies (and Peter specifically) to help make Caspian the king of Narnia and only coming back for a short time. 

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by Elecktrum

Rated gen, 8k words

Fun fic with world building starting in VotDT but Edmund and Lucy describing the Golden Age. Dawn Treader was a real dragon and it’s an interesting expansion of star mythology in Narnia, it’s written to feel more like a myth retelling. 

Knight of Narnia by ElouiseBates

Rated K, 5k words

A short fic of Edmund knighting Eustace during Votdt, then a bit of his further adventures. Really great at showing his mistakes but also his growth.

The Difference by Ariyah

Rated K, 700 words

Eustace’s mom, Alberta, reflecting on her son and how he’s changed.

Of Knights and Butter Knives by Quecksilver_Eyes

Rated Gen, 400 words

Basically a cute fic of Eustace getting knighted by Peter when they’re all back in England. 

The Queen’s Return by HonorH

Rated gen, 4.5k words

A Problem of Susan fic that has some light shipping with an OC near the end and is generally positive rather than overly angsty while still dealing with the trauma. 

Never a Friend by Elecktrum

2k words

A conversation between Peter and Tirian in Aslan’s Country about Susan, (or the Problem of Susan) which I love because it shows that Susan doesn’t have anything to apologize for and her siblings definitely know her better than distant friends of friends.

Authors

Ao3

Elecktrum

https://archiveofourown.org/users/elecktrum/

I can’t lie or even try to hide it, Elecktrum is one of my favorite authors in general, and definitely one of the best Narnia authors I’ve ever found. I was so surprised that their work doesn’t have more love on Ao3, though that’s possibly because I think it might have been backdated so people just haven’t seen it. Overall the stories are non shipping fics, though there are some background ships that can be cute. Their stories and series are already on the list above, and 99% of their stories are connected to the same world, but there are very few that CAN’T be read as stand alone’s, so go read whichever ones strike your fancy. 

@quecksilvereyes

https://archiveofourown.org/users/Quecksilver_Eyes/

They’re on Ao3 and Tumblr and they have a bunch of drabbles and ficlets on a bunch of the Narnia ‘eras. Most of the fics have the Pevensies (but not all) and there are some shipping fics if that’s what you’re looking for. 

Fanfic.net

Adalet - https://m.fanfiction.net/u/94096/

Tons of really good fics, generally one shots but some good long ones too. 

Lirenel - https://www.fanfiction.net/u/241274/Lirenel

She has some long series that are interesting, and just a lot to read from if you’re looking to binge Narnia. 

These two don’t have current stories but it’s good to find older ones and I think all the long series are done.