#drift in space

[riacte]

not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]

[lampangmanunulat]

Into Nothingness / Sa Kawalan

Writer’s note: Originally written in Filipino/Tagalog but I also wrote the English version, though not an exact translation. It’s great to simply float in nothingness Where I can’t feel anything, I’m fearless The journey is uncertain, it’s unknown But no one would bother except my own I would travel, be carried by the wind Feels like I’m dancing, I’d never rescind Then I would be led to a…

[keferon]

…..I should be working rn but one of the songs in my playlist hit harder than usual so

[madamemiz]

sad: falling out of a hyperfixation

tragic: watching your beloved friends and mutuals fall out of the hyperfixation while you're still in it

[injuries-in-dust]

I don’t live in America, but through cultural osmosis even I know "if you're in Appalachia after dark and you heard a strange noise, no you didn't!"

I just wonder if similar myths will get started when humans are out among the stars.

Human: "I won't set a course, captain. Everyone knows, if you heard a signal coming from the Boötes Void, no you didn't!"

[r4trave]

homesick

[nymphilily]

This is the ideal Earthspark Dratchet and Malto Kids Dynamic BTW

[everysongineverykey]

very pleased to report that i tried literally counting sheep last night and got my first full night's sleep in like a week in a long period of sleepless nights!!

[boxheadpaint]

love artist impressions based on data of exoplanets but for some reason absolutely thrilled by the Shittiest Actual Photographs we have of them. the obvious thing is that unlike stars, exoplanets are 1)small and 2)not usually emitting any strong visible light. this makes them near impossible to get a clear photo of and every image you see of a fully defined sphere with colors or clouds is entirely from the mind of an artist based on the available data and conclusions of said data of that particular insterstellar piece of Thing. every photograph of the real physical object is always Very small and ... doesn't tell you much because the planet itself only takes up maybe 3% of the image

if i had to take a guess, to get any visual on them you need them to be reflecting the light of their nearby star At An Angle Facing The Camera, and slash or giving off their own infrared light, and even then theyre still So Small that they show up as just little glowing jellybeans

when it comes to Different Kinds Of Stuff In Space just being able to barely see these things that we know exist makes me bizarrely nervous and delighted, not for the fear of like oh aliens are gonna fucking get me or anything but i think for just being aware of something unfathomable far out of our reach. like an ant suddenly realizing that its living on a massive globe larger than anything its ever understood and on the other side of that globe is like, a dilapidated barn or something else seemingly inane in the grand scheme of things and the ant has to sit and think about what that barn is like for the thrill i suppose

[dykedvonte]

I think most of the space on the Tulpar is taken up by the cargo area and the ship is actually very small. It literally only contains the components to keep the crew alive and simulate enough comfort that they don't go full shinning cabin fever like month two.

This is just to say I've been overthinking about Swansea's line about wanting to give Daisuke a chance to get off "this rock" and imagine Jimmy chose an asteroid the size of the Tulpar or bigger to ensure they'd all die. Either it just didn't work or maybe Curly did have a small window to rear the ship out of it's direct path explaining his unlikely survival in a head on collision and why the foam actually saved them.

[13mary-gold]

Dratchet 🎁

[riacte]

you would THINK that false and ren talking about eating snails was inspired by gem and grian's snail thing. but NO they were talking about eating snails because ren brought it up when they were talking about prawns and how garlic butter made everything tasty, and they were talking about shrimp because ren was flying to south africa, and they were talking about that because ren wanted cheese but had to clear his fridge, and they were talking about cheese because ren's golden armour looked like cheese. and they were talking about ren's golden armour because false tipped her hat when ren was admiring people who walked on heels but ren only had a golden helmet so he couldn't do the same thing. and they were talking about stilettos because of mud blocks.

ren was supposed to be mining netherite btw

[lampangmanunulat]

Fly

photo credit to princess-airis.blogspot.com I want to fly beyond the sky Into space and be up so high Explore ideas outside my mind Be inspired and see what I can find I want to float in the milky way Be adrift, let me seize this day Be in the zone to be enlightened This time I will not be frightened I’d want to stay for one more day Or for as long as I can delay This is where peace and freedom…

[fudgecake-charlie]

more pearl from my cosmic harbingers AU! this was originally supposed to be a two-parter with written text but i have limits

[bel-by-the-sea]

[OCs] some old characters

[demon-of-the-ancient-world]

no ok but in part 1 when paul first has his vision of the holy war and quietly says "someone please help me" ---my heart is BROKEN . This is a kid who is terrified of what he might become and then Becomes It. And was doomed to always become it. this is why i'm not fully on board with the "paul is 100% a villain" discourse -- because he never wanted to be. still haven't read dune messiah i just Know Stuff but sure he BECOMES a coked up religious figurehead dictator responsible for billions(?) of deaths, but I will never forget that he absolutely did not start out that way. Paul is a tragedy. And the child he was deserved so much more than what he was made to be later. Whatever crazy bullshit he pulls next, a part of me will always be sympathetic to some degree. this is the horror story he's the killer and the final girl all at once. Never forget the kid who, when able to choose whatever name he liked for himself, named himself after a mouse.