#sci's musings

[sci-firenegade]

I was compelled to do this.

[aroaceleovaldez]

I have to wonder if Will being into space themed sci-fi specifically is like. A weird side effect of being an Apollo child. He's the sun god and the first major NASA expedition was called Apollo and now sometimes his kids get Space as a special interest. Doctor Who, Dune, and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy are also probably up his alley.

I like this thought a LOT and am immediately incorporating it into my Will hcs.

[redxdesign]

[cleopatragirlie]

❀ 𝐔𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐢 𝐎𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐞𝐫 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐬) 𝐢𝐧 '𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐨' (𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟏) ❀

[entropyvoid]

Honestly with all the overlap between sci-fi and fantasy fans, I’m really surprised that “high fantasy in space” isn’t more of a thing.

There are some things generally assumed by most to be sci-fi that I’d personally label space fantasy, like Star Wars, where the high tech is just there as a backdrop to a classic heroic story of good guys vs. bad guys, who are definitely doing magic (by using the force). The point of Star Wars isn’t the tech or anything, it just happens to be a tale told in space. It contrasts pretty starkly with something like Star Trek, where the vast majority of episodes revolve around exploring whatever scientific or philosophical concept the writers thought would be kinda neat that week, using established characters as a vehicle for said exploration.

I think one of my favorite things about Honkai Star Rail is that it freely and unabashedly mixes sci-fi and fantasy. It just goes “You are a walking neutron bomb. Also turns out your bestie is from a self-reincarnating race of dragon people with powerful water and illusion magic. They live on this big, planet-sized ship that’s dedicated to hunting down this one cosmic horror that cursed all the ship’s inhabitants with immortality, under the banner of this other cosmic horror that exists solely to kill the first cosmic horror. Let’s go on vacation to the theme park planet, the actual resort is technically an Alice-in-Wonderland style dream triggered by the same kinda cosmic-horror-gifted bomb as you. Your new friend is a meme. By the way, did we tell you about the one time this super-genius harnessed the power of *imagination* to build a death ray that instantly obliterated a bunch of planets? That was kinda fucked up, huh.” Sometimes Star Rail tries to give explanations for its tech in a way that seems believably sciencey. Sometimes shit’s just straight up called magic or it’s from some deity or another and none of the characters present have a good understanding of why, so you all just go about your bullshit. It makes it work within the context of its established universe.

Cosmic horror in general is often (but not always) found in sci-fi, but where the point of sci-fi is to expand on and detail a concept in a believably scientific way or explore the impacts of a scientific thing, the point of cosmic horror is that there is a Thing that is beyond human understanding or comprehension. Sci-fi is a fun thing to insert it into, because the more scientifically sensible and well-understood elements of the world you have, the more jarring that becomes.

Then you’ve got things like Dungeon Meshi, which exists in an inverse of something like Star Rail: it takes a very Tolkien-inspired Dungeons and Dragons-esque setting, and then details it in a very scientifically sensible way. There is magic, and there are these fantastical monsters, yes, but the monsters are parts of their own delicate and intricate ecosystems, they are edible, and they have very particular nutritional values and ways you can cook them! The protag’s biggest strength lies in him being a nerd about monster biology. Magic, too, by the end of it, ends up with a plausible enough explanation as well. And the explanation is a cosmic horror! In this way, Dungeon Meshi, despite being built entirely off of very easily recognizable and classic fantasy tropes, is probably more accurately classed as sci-fi.

I just love all of it. Can I get like 50 more of these fucked up lil mixtures of science and magic please?

[humunanunga]

Commit to one or make your argument for other in the notes. If it depends, make your argument. If it's multiple of the above, make your argument. If it's "op you forgot ___" make your argument. If you wanna "well actually" and get historical or multicultural or multifandom about it, tell us which one or few should be the standard and make your argument.

Have strong opinions. Pick a hill to die on. Give a slideshow presentation for why your take is the right one. Go to war with your mutuals and die in each other's arms on the battlefield over it.

[harpuiaa]

i've been dead and gone bc of school and jobsearching and everything happening all at once but ive been playing the boktai series games lately and i'm enjoying it a lot. I just got past the third boss in boktai 2. I don't know why but i'm enthralled with these games, i highly recommend them

[mindfulhavens]

In the blink of an eye, the earth had been destroyed.

But by dumb luck, a regular man named Arthur Dent found himself the sole human survivor, aboard an alien craft with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in hand. On the cover, the words:

“Don’t Panic”

[verum-artifex]

They are from the future, but still in touch with nature. 🏞️

[grimmusings]

a permanent starter call for my alien!verse muses.

☠️ Brock Rumlow (Marvel/MCU) A no-powers AU where Rumlow is a mercenary sent to capture and contain the Xenomorphs for study and mass weaponization. His priorities may change when they start attacking the crew (but you never really know with him). 🚀 Chris Beck (The Martian) Set during Alien, Beck is the medical doctor and EVA specialist aboard the Nostromo when it goes to investigate a distress signal and discovers the Xenomorphs. 💪 Hercules Alcides (Greek Mythology) Set during Aliens, a no-powers AU where Herc is a Marine Corporal who is part of the team sent to LV-426 to investigate the colonies' lack of contact and Ripley's claims about the Xenomorphs. 🏴‍☠️ James Hook (Peter Pan) Captain of any of the ships that accidentally (or purposefully) discover the Xenomorphs. His primary objective is protecting the crew. 🤖 Red (The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys) Science officer and an android with a fondness for humans aboard any of the ships. Her primary objective is protecting the crew. ⚡ Thor Odinson (MCU) After the defeat of Thanos, Thor discovers an Asgardian ship has been attacked by Xenomorphs and sets out across space to hunt and kill them before they can infiltrate more worlds. 🧪 Victor Frankenstein (Frankenstein) Chief science officer aboard any of the ships that accidentally (or purposefully) discover the Xenomorphs. His primary objective is studying the species. 🎲 Surprise me!

may dm for plots / may just be chaos. feel free to specify your muse, or i’ll try to leave it open-ended!

(comments only; i’ll assume a like is just you being supportive, and i’ll promptly forget a message.)

mutuals given priority.

[ariel-seagull-wings]

@thealmightyemprex @themousefromfantasyland @the-blue-fairie @piterelizabethdevries @stormandforge

There is not always a guarantee that a more realistic depiction of minority characters, our struggles and opression will be better when written in a realistic scenario.

Sometimes, the realistic scenario does a poor aproach in representation, while a fantasy or sci fi allegory or even a case where a minority viewer or reader identifies with a fantastical character that wasn't necessarily meant to be a metaphor for them, becomes the better received, most effective and respectful form of representation.

I am thinking primarily on the X-Men franchise as a comentary on passing, assimilation, minority opression and resistance, but other examples can be The Matrix, Nimona, the Star Trek franchise, fairy tales and their film adaptations, Dinosaurs, The Muppets...

Feel free to ad more examples.

[sci-firenegade]

Scandalous... his hair is all loose!

[redxdesign]

[cydonianart]

SCI-FI

ROCK

PIXIE

[onebluedalek]

So this upcoming season of DW looks like it’s gonna be strictly about the muses? The old gods? Less sci-fi more mythology? Toy maker and his daughter the music lady? Whhhaaaaa??????

[ncmadlc]