#scifi ain't it at all

[transitcowboy]

What a year! A slow transition back to OC art from fandom work, learning new tricks, taking on VGen as a main commission source! And many pieces of art I can't yet share since they are for my job! Though I don't feel it's as impressive as last year, I'm still proud of what I could do this year!

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[strawberryfairi]

Synopsis🌹: After discovering a strange yet alluring red book in a boutique bookstore, you find yourself sucked into a strange world, where all of your inner most desires exist…

Pairings: Wakasa Imaushi X Musician! Black Fem 🤎 Reader (ANYONE CAN READ🧚🏾‍♀️)  Content: Author AU, scifi, Musician! reader, reader is a talented nerd, smutty romance, tiny doses of angst, adventure, futuristic city, magic?, !!sexual tension!!, etc (just find out the rest, lol)

w.c: 1.2k💠 Released: October 2

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A/N🧚🏾‍♀️: Stop it's chapter freaking 1 on October 2nd! I'm beyond excited about this story so I really hope you guys enjoy it too! I'm getting heavy in my world building bag with this one y'all💅🏾👩🏾‍🍳

C.W:  None

𝟏 || 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤

(Red Book of Desires Theme: Victory - Lost Traveler )

It's not often you come into a bookstore, but when you do, it's usually when you're on a mission for a specific book you'd like to purchase.

Not today though.

It's a sunny day, the weekend, and everyone's out to enjoy the summer breeze during the early afternoon. You'd just taken yourself out for brunch, and it seemed like a sin to go and head straight back home when the day looks like something out of a movie.

Not a cloud in sight, the sky a vibrant blue, summer flowers are fully in bloom, and friends and families are all walking around perusing through shops or utilizing a restaurant's outside seating.

So voila, you decide to stroll through this quaint, old style looking bookstore. It's a boutique, nestled right inbetween Tony's Brick Oven Pizza Place and a vinyl record store. It's such a cute atmosphere.

The door chimes as you walk in, and the smell of books instantly greets your nose. Shiny, dark wood shelves hold a plethora of vintage stories from Dostoyevsky to Baltasar Gracián, along with newer selections as well. Each section labeled by the genre.

With a slender finger you graze it gingerly along the hard spines of each book, waltzing through the isles pretending to be a princess in her grandiose atheneaum.

"What's this...?" You whisper to yourself, pausing as your finger rests on a bright red book.

It's particularly vibrant compared to the other books on this shelf; and seemingly newer looking.

"There's no title on the spine..." You notice, your brow raising curiously.

With a low "Hmph..." and a tilt of your head, you pluck the book from its home on the shelf, and run your hand across the blank cover.

As your fingers brush the book, royal purple cursive lettering begins to appear like magic, revealing the title. But there's no author.

"The book of desires; by no one." You mumble, and for a moment you look both ways down the isle, hoping this wasn't some kind of wild sex positions book or something.

Biting your lower lip you can't help but look and see what it's about, turning over the cover and searching for a hopefully interesting synopsis.

Instantly your brows furrow. Each page is completely blank. Just pure white paper with a red cover and purple titling. "This book ain't 'bout shit. Is this a journal..?" You question out loud.

"Careful with that." A male voice says from behind, making you nearly jump out of your skin.

"Oh! You scared me." You chuckle awkwardly, abruptly closing the book as you turn to see the face that matches the voice. You figure they must mean for you to be careful since it's potentially an old book, and could probably fall apart at any moment.

"I didn't mean to touch—" You start, but the man waves you off with a knowing smile.

"No one ever does..." He steps closer, his eyes never leaving the book. "That one's been waiting a long time for someone to pick it up again. Looks like today's it's lucky day." He adds with an inviting smile.

You glance back at the book. It's strange how drawn you seem to feel towards it. "Do you know what it's about?" You ask, voice quiet, as though speaking too loudly might somehow break the connection.

The man shrugs. "It's different for everyone. It shows you exactly what you desire most; even if you don't know what that is." Then his smile widens just a fraction as he says,

"It's not always what you expect, though."

You frown, unsure if the man is messing with you or not. To be honest, wether it's true or not, this man is doing a damn good job at selling you this book though, that's for sure. You look down at the mysterious book, watching the title reappear as your fingers slide over the red cover. A strange warmth spreads through you, and you feel a sudden rush of excitement, or maybe it's more of a curiosity, and something else... It's like a deep, unspoken yearning.

"How much is it?" You ask softly.

The man chuckles softly. "For you? It's free. Consider it a friendly gift."

Your eyes widen as you hesitate, but then, before you can begin to protest, you decide to just thank him.  "Oh, that's so kind of you! You didn't have to-

You cut yourself off as a sudden, abrupt shiver runs down your spine, and for a brief second, the world around you seems to flicker. You blink reflexively, but everything is already normal again before you could even process what you actually saw. The bookstore, the red book that is now yours, the dark wood shelves. Everything's still there.

"Enjoy." The man says from behind you. Yet as you whip around, he's nowhere to be seen.

Back in your little apartment, you sit on your cozy bed, staring at the new book. The sun has long set, and the LED lights you have lining the upper part of your ceiling glow a soft orange-yellow hue, the perfect ambience.

You flip the book open to the first page. There are no author's notes, no table of contents, no nothing. Just a single line that slowly appears, written in elegant, looping script:

"𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒹𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝒾𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉?"

You furrow your brows, feeling a strange, intensely magnetic pull. It's silly, really. You don't believe in magic or anything like that, but the question the book asks you lingers deep in your mind. As if it's engraving itself there.

What do I desire most?

Success, obviously. You've been working so hard to make it in the music industry, writing songs, performing at small venues, sending out demo after demo, reaching out to producers and other artists further than you in the industry, and getting nothing but rejections in return. You want to be heard, to have people love your music, to finally feel like all your hard work has paid off. Has been worth something.

But there's something else, too. Something deeper. A part of you that's always been restless, yearning for something more since childhood. The excitement of a true adventure, probably. Or love. Things like the movies that've shaped you into the starry eyed, hopeless romantic dreamer you always have been. Peter Pan, The Goonies, Who Framed Roger Rabbit to name a few. Then with romance...

You've never really had the time for romance after graduating college. Not with everything you've been focusing on. Then honestly, when you think about it, you just aren't in the mood. Not for another mediocre experience people nowadays love to call "romance" and "a relationship". But sometimes you do dream of it—of passion, of something wild and exciting, of a life that's more than just struggling to get by and toughing and "thugging" it out one disappointment after the other. Telling yourself one day it'll all work out when in the moment you couldn't be any more lost and unsatisfied.

That's the word right there, unsatisfied.

You shake your head, letting out a small "tch" at the way this one sentence had really gone and thrown you into an abyss of depressing introspection. It's stupid, but still, you want to read more.

With a dramatic sigh, bracing yourself for the next simple yet wildly cryptic question, you flip to the next page. And then—

Darkness.

[chzdavmpr]

Man. When versus gets an anime (which it will. it's been pretty small over here but in Japan it's decently popular) I really hope they change some of the character's color schemes. For those who don't know, most character's colors come from a specific magazine cover, which makes many baffling choices. I'll go through it but by bit so you don't get overloaded.

Some characters are fine. Nothing too out there- hey wait I didn't even notice until I was cropping these but that's one of the gamers. So they do still exist. Well anyway there aren't any colors that are too odd, except for the gamer but that makes sense since his people are literally being wiped out by overstimulation. So far everything is fine.

Blue hair Zaybi is a little controversial, some wishing he was blonde, but I think the blue looks nice. Besides he's from a magic world so unrealistic colors make sense. And it's a nice shade.

What isn't a nice shade is this mess. Grassy green hair? with mauve stripes on the robes? I don't know color theory but I know this ain't right.

These three also have hair that's way too colorful. They look like the different flavors of sugary "juice drink"

And then there's this guy, whose hair is WAY too saturated. I mean I guess I can maybe excuse it since his whole setting is over the top scifi future. And I guess that it looks good with the yellow jumpsuit. I still don't like it but I'll accept it since he's the only-

(vomits a little)

and this isn't even getting into the blue titans and pink neo-humans. Please whichever studio picks this up Ignore all of these color illustrations.

[tidalwavegames]

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The ADVENTURE ANTHOLOGY is a 36+ page supplement for SEE YOU, SPACE COWBOY... and other space & scifi systems. The base book will contain 8 One-Shot Bounty Modules that you can drop into your ongoing CUSC game, or string together into a longer campaign. Each module fits on two 2-page spreads and are colour coordinated, so you can easily see the information you need to run the night's adventure. For each Stretch Goal we reach, we will add another Bounty Module to the book!

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[goodboyaudios]

What inspired the PanOmniverse? Normally in world building people start off with a character then build off of that, in some cases it’s the other way around.

What inspired you and how did all these characters branch off? I mean I’d assume characters like Mahatma, Devlin, Heartburn weren’t planned immediately, how did you get to that point?

Did you create PanOmniverse to voice act or was it just a creative project that you thought “might as well share it.”

Sorry long question just like learning

Woah, this ain't no small question you asking!

Alright, where did I start?

I suppose it began with my postergirl, Solarra. I wanted her to be the idea of a blank slate character. Someone who has a seemingly useless power and a blank face. Basically someone who can literally be anything. It was supposed to be an allegory for myself at the time as I had no idea where my life was going or what I truly wanted. I felt useless and time was slipping past me, which is represented in her power of foward time momentum and never going back.

She was a backburner idea who I had never really come up with any cohesive story for. So that was her.

Then in college I came up with the Alpha draft for Landstar in the form of a screenplay I wrote for college called Space Echoes, a big scifi universe that gets together regardless of political agenda to celebrate a big race across the galaxy. There's tons of references and backstories, but it was a little unfocused and the references might've gotten me in trouble if I'd gone legit with it lol!

When I made the channel, I had no idea what I was doing. I wanted to do something non-sexual, but it felt like there was no escaping it, when LITERALLY EVERYONE I KNEW was doing exactly that. Space Pirates was, in all honesty, a freak accident haha! I never expected it to do that well. I'd seen other VAs do story based stuff before, but nothing really took off. I then decided to connect Space Pirates and TQS as well eventually to my greater expanded universe of Landstar, which at the time was a backburner masterfile of 100 pages inspired by Warhammer and Trigun.

So, tl;dr, my current universe is a lot of things that were inspired by a lot more things all conglomerating into one happy accident!

[maliciousalice]

They didn't give Kes enough of the cute little scarves with earholes that the Ocampans on the 5th planet had.

I guess the explination is that their fashion signifies the devoutness to The Caretaker, as some of the colony people working have more colourful, scarf-less costumes like Kes, but idk it would have been fun to incorporate it. I like how varied they are in the sihouette and kinda-retro futuristic. They could have coordinated well with her fun little dresses, and been peak scifi with her little blonde bob poking out. (maybe being the same colour as something in her outfit)

BUT I GUESS WE'LL NEVER KNOW BECAUSE THIS SHIT AIN'T DOCUMENTED AT ALL LOL. Sidenote those boots that one bloke gave Harry and B'Elanna were very expensive looking lmao.

[night-dark-woods]

GOTTA hear about horsegirl robot story

ok so some context since you dont destiny. i tried to keep this as brief as possible but. theres a lot happening here and it got kinda long sorry:

destiny world is broadly a pretty standard far-future scifi world, there was a Golden Age, then a Collapse, and the game takes place post-post-apocalypse.

elsie bray is the grandchild of clovis bray, the head of a massive megacorp from the golden age who was obsessed with legacy&immortality, to the point he modified his descendants's genetics and created exos, immortal robots with human consciousnesses uploaded.

(sidenote: theres some very very cool body horror lore pieces about that process i can link you if youre interested, destiny lore has some of the best short scifi/horror writing ive Ever read, but its trapped in an fps looter-shooter mmo)

elsie was deeply complicit in this process and was clovis's "test drive" for the exo project before he was willing to upload his own consciousness, including a custom frame. oh she can also time-travel and got stuck for hundreds-to-thousands of repetitions in a multi-year loop that always ends with everyone she cares about dying including her sister at her own hands, and also the death of all of humanity <3 she feels responsible for all of this.

amanda holliday is was (in my heart shes still alive) the city's shipwright, and was close friends with one of the main exo characters in the game.

oh also they are both trans women. to me.

okay. context out of the way. amanda is the horsegirl and elsie is the flighty and traumatized and stand-offish horse who Only She Can Tame. premise for the fic is elsie needs to do repairs on herself in a hard to reach spot and has to a) ask amanda to use her tools and b) then ask for HELP, which she Does Not Do, due to the aforementioned hundreds of years of betrayal and timeloops. it will feature elsie being deeply touch-starved and weird about it, amanda being appreciative and impressed by her custom frame in a way that elsie isn't sure what to do with bc of how much she hates it as a reminder of her involvement in the exo project, but loves it as its something she got to choose, and the intimacy of trusting someone you barely know to put their hands inside your body and mess around in there bc you dont really have any other choice.

snippet:

She taps her knee with the wrench in her hand, then lays back on the creeper to kick herself back under the Sparrow. "It's set up back at my place, if y' wanna swing by later tonight?" The invitation rolls out of Holliday's mouth as easily as if she's just suggested you come over for coffee; torso under the vehicle, she doesn't notice the way you freeze, not human-still but exo-still, an object for a long, long moment. Long enough for her to notice your silence. The rolling click of the ratchet stops and she slides back out, hands braced on the undercarriage of the Sparrow. She takes in your startled-animal expression, brow furrowed. "...Or not?" "Sorry. I don't usually... do repairs with an audience." The confusion in her eyes warms into something alarmingly soft. "Oh! That's fine. No trouble if you want me to make myself scarce after I show y' the ropes. Ain't nothin' I haven't seen before though, if you do need help. I've helped Cayde plenty over the years." You nod jerkily, eager to escape the weight of whatever she thinks she's understood about you. "Thank you, I'll... see you tonight then." You beat a hasty retreat, barely remembering to bob your head at Niik in farewell, and make it all the way out of the Hanger before you realize you didn't agree on any time more specific than *tonight,* or get her address. The clang of your foot against the wall is lost in the general commotion, and you head off to see what security is like for the personal information of Tower employees.

[ryttu3k]

Thoughts on Doctor Who - Lucky Day!

Well, that's a slightly better Issues Episode than Kerblam was, at least! Very heavy-handed, to the point where it felt a little like outrage bait? Like I'm not sure the Conrads of the world, the actual targets, would be watching Doctor Who in the first place, especially with a queer black man playing the Doctor, which meant it just felt like Here Is A Guy To Make You Mad. Still, at least 'heavy-handed and obvious' is better commentary than. Well. *gestures at Kerblam*

Still not great. What exactly is UNIT, in this analogy? There's some interesting commentary here, and honestly, yeah, I think McTighe needs to stop writing Issues Episodes because, uh, his track record ain't great.

Poor Ruby. She needs a vacation somewhere unremarkable where nothing bad happens, and also possibly to see a mental health professional. Or, at the very least, for Kate and Mel to introduce her to the Former Companion Support Group! (…Ruby/Yaz?) Do wonder if her arc is going to continue, because she's depressed and traumatised right now. Also gee Ruby how come the Doctor lets you have three Mums?

Kate is a badass. Kate is also deeply morally concerning because I'm not 100% sure she would have intervened to save Conrad. Kind of wonder if she had intended to, but then he brought up the Brigadier and. Nope. Too far. Which, honestly, kind of valid, but also... she sicced a violent alien on a civilian on camera. (Also, Web of Fear reference! <3 )

The Doctor's smackdown at the end was kind of glorious. So Conrad's the one who gave the Doctor Belinda's name? Interesting that the Doctor mentions something in his future - his eventual death around 2047 or so - but it takes place, from the Doctor's perspective, before he meets Belinda and time goes all squidgy. And of course, with Mrs Flood's intervention, that doesn't seem to be happening now. Oh dear…

"I reject your reality" feels… weighted.

Continued parallels to the last season, also older seasons: Space Babies and The Robot Revolution both set in the future, features DNA scanning. The Devil's Chord and Lux both historicals featuring a member of the Pantheon. Boom and The Well both gritty episodes with harder scifi, and now 73 Yards and Lucky Day both set in the modern era, featuring Ruby on her own, including UNIT, and involving scary shit in a small village. On the surface, can't see what The Story and the Engine will have in common with Dot and Bubble, but we'll see! Previous stuff - scary creeping around mannequins very reminiscent of Rose and gives up the whole 'encountering the Doctor for the first time for a new companion', only, of course, this is a dark inversion of that. (Edit: Oh never mind it's filmed in exactly the same building lmao)

Next week: The Story and the Engine, which looks interesting as hell. 'Stories have power' seems to be a running theme!

(Relatedly, this reminded me - it looks like it's going to have an entirely black cast, aside from Belinda, so I wondered if this was the first episode that was going to have no white cast members whatsoever before I noticed that, yeah, Mrs Flood is still in it. Still, another thought coming off that - this is the first non-white Team TARDIS. It's a short season, so it's, mm, choices to make one of the few episodes entirely focused on Ruby, a white, blue-eyed, blonde girl. Don't feel qualified to comment more, but yeah, did notice.)

Also: Mel? Mel, what's in Sydney Harbour??

[positron2399]

🎀✨️Just ignore/block, don't report pwetti pweeze✨️🎀

(Tw for $h and sui stuff from time to time)

Just call me Positron or Positron2399 if you're somehow dorkier than me.

He/Him

Lifestyle jirai... as in I'm a NEET, so please, please understand I don't have money give.

Really like hard scifi shit that most people would find boring... to the point where I'm trying to understand AB matter... same as conlangs, though these aren't exclusive to sci-fi.

I know for certain I have severe depression (diagnosed)... hopefully don't have BPD (Big Penis Disorder)... Borderline Personality Disorder if you're smoother than marble. Don't have the money to get diagnosed, hope I'm right.

Sorry if I pester you in a state of "euphoria," I really hate him too. Small things tend to rapidly change my mood, and I might get so, so excited i s/h... or sad that I well, ya'know. Not self punishment, know enough about endorphins and such, just have nothing else... that said, I might check in in you from time to time

Shitty artist, wannabe writer, don't think I'll ever get around to writing that shit.

"Dreams" too much about getting coords one day, doubt it'll happen.

Dni, Bigots, especially fascists (Nazis, Zionists, Proud Boys, etc... gvmt treads all over you till ya "freedom" up the middle east or wherever the hell Onii-chan tells you to hate in the moment). Don't want Terfs and other transphobes here either.

Erm axhualli, tat is da land of the isreale

Shut up bro, I'll believe you if you take an picture of yourself with your God, preferably in your afterlife, maybe even a bit of a video tour if that isn't too much to ask of him. Till then, you're invaders

Me typin' to u ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🎀✨️🎀✨️

Ain't putting crap like this on the Web why Chris Chan got bullied so hard?

... not removing the anti-fascist stuff, I'll always stand by that.

[iobartach]

guidelines

hello there! 👋

the basics

mun is 31+ years old / irish / gmt+0 time-zone

call me Nix! I track the #iobartach tag

i work a full-time job, and, as of April of 2025, have additional responsibilities to manage, soooo real life will take priority over tumblr'ing at all times.

hence, it will mean that thread replies will be slow! like, a few weeks slow, so sorry in advance about that!

discord available on request! highkey more likely to catch me on there than on tumblr ims!

the mun

i have no triggers; and I am open to rping just about anything but smut!

shipping? ehhhhhhhh we’ll seeee :’) i'm kinda the type to ease into that stuff, if at all, and prefer to plot and build up connections between characters over time/threads. so, friendships, rivalries and the like? 👀 sign me up for such plots!

not mutually exclusive! feel free to follow, or just admire from afar, i have no problem as long as my activity feed doesn't get spammed with mass likes lol

i'm all for following and interacting with other miguels out there, too! keep up the good work! 💪

i absolutely adore crossovers of all types! i would be delighted to throw miguel at you! in fact, given previous experiences, i lean and favour crossovers in general

will rp with canons & oc’s!

the muse

this blog will feature my own take on miguel o'hara, and is inspired by both the across the spider-verse film and the 2099 comics!

i also draw influence from the usual scifi / dystopian things; bladerunner, cyberpunk 2077, altered carbon to name a few, so if there's anything you'd like to know or clarify, feel free to reach out!

given the nature of this muse (read; freaky half-spider lad), themes of body horror and experimentation will crop up from time to time, but i try my best to put such darker stuff under read mores & attach 'tw'/trigger tags on it!

now for the fun stuff!; for those unfamiliar with this muse, read here for his bio!

if verses / alternate realities are your thing, click here to browse what au's i've added so far!

for those wondering what kind of ideas i'm itching to write, check 'em out here!

and for the curious, given my love for creating story arcs / 'chapters' as i'm calling them, you can read up on what i've put together so far here!

do's

asks! memes! the whole lot! i absolutely adore writing up things based on them! most of the time i tend to answer asks in their own posts, as i make the assumption that folks may want to continue them in a thread, so feel free to reblog anything i've answered that i've tagged you in, if you'd like to keep said post going!

also, absolutely feel free to browse through my meme prompts tag and send in anything you like! you'll find memes here, and rest assured, the memes i reblog don't have 'expiry' times, so if you see some prompt you are tempted to use, go for it!

and ditto if you would ever like to randomly interact; i loooove receiving just random asks with a bit of context to them <3

but also, don't be afraid to speak up if anything i write is just shit or hard to bounce off of, please tell me.

don'ts

my version of miguel is not here to be either an instant ship or a punching bag. i understand the appeal and the temptation, and that, particularly in the across the spider-verse movie, he's coded as the antagonist, but please don't assume he's here for automatic smut, or to be hated on or humiliated by your characters! cheers!

for the anons exclusively; don't send me anything heinous / aimed at underaged muses. i'll just end up deleting it.

i ain't your local resource blog, so please reblog any memes / musings / artwork / anything non-rp thread from the source, if available, or an older repost if possible.

since this happens to me with relative frequency, i'm just gonna start blocking, especially if a meme is pinched, as i feel if you've got the time to grab a meme, but not send in a prompt from it first, i ain't gonna put up with that 👋

and if you asked for a starter, and it's been at least 3 months or more without a like on the requested starter post, or some other form of acknowledgement, I'm probs gonna move on

i might eventually take a similar approach to answered asks, considering how many go unnoticed. i treat a lack of interaction on an answered ask post as not interested

if you're in the business of repeatedly softblocking, feel free to just block me instead. i won't make a habit of chasing after folks like that, or have my time be wasted, without any explanation(s) provided. thank you. 👍 this especially goes for marvel blogs, as i am sick to death of getting softblocked, having threads being dropped out of nowhere, and being repeatedly passed over for interactions.

same goes for archiving/remaking, too. my apologies but i am not in the business of actively seeking out and refollowing the same remade blog repeatedly. by all means, feel free to follow me again, and i'll likely follow back, but 9/10 times i am likely to miss your remaking announcements. 😅

closing word

thank you for reading through this! ultimately; don't be a dick, and let's have some fun! <3

We're here for a good time Not a long time (not a long time) So have a good time The sun can't shine every day

[theliterarywolf]

I both hate and love how right I was about Wish being not well received amongst everyone, especially on the internet

It was either late last year or earlier this year that I had found this Disney magazine that was promoting the latest movies, shows etc. Well they had a large spread dedicated to advertising Wish with promos, behind the scenes so on and so forth

Upon looking thru the spread, first thought that popped into my mind was "this ain't gonna be good considering how much of a flop Strange World was" and dear God did they really phone the villian song end jfc

And dammit I was right i didnt wanna be right but i was, they don't care enough about their animated films anymore they just wanna rush this out to catch the 100th anniversary and focus on making the snow white remake even shittier

Okay, but to be fair: a good chunk of why Strange World flopped is because Disney refused to promote it properly because of their whole 'we refuse to have any scifi/action movies that aren't tied to Star Wars or the MCU' schtick.

Like, don't get me wrong, the writing of Strange World was still dumb and the big twist was both obvious and made no sense at the same time, but the lack of promotion was the real killer there.

My God, the fucking villain song. I remember, even when my doubts about Wish were first starting to build up, I was desperately clinging on because I kept hearing 'this is going to be a return to form; this is going to be the first Disney movie in YEARS to give us a traditional villain song'

And then they showed it and I was like

And, the thing of it is... I wasn't out here thinking that Disney wouldn't have some callbacks and references to it's legacy in this movie. After all, it is supposed to celebrate their centennial.

However, remember when the references and callbacks were more easter eggs and fun hunts for the audience? Like how, as insidious as it is, the Hidden Mickeys are for the parks?

They could have returned to form with a magnificent story stemmed in the quality of writing from the Disney Renaissance; the period of Disney that people are still celebrating all these years later.

Instead we ended up with a movie that is as shameless in its 'Hey! Remember thing?! We made thing!!' as Space Jam: A New Legacy.

[itstimewehavesomesoliddick]

Wasn't the one Call of Duty game in Space main story about how Mars wanted to be independent or something too?

Apparently in the background lore the whole thing starts because space miners went on strike, and everyone knows that when you don't immediately put down strikes with military force they form into a totalitarian secessionist state, then after the Martians secede and they sign a treaty or whatever, Earth has the genius idea of trading weapons and tech for resources with a newly formed hostile power, imagine selling cruise missiles to rebellious miners in exchange for a jerrycan, what a genius move, I'm sure they won't use it to start a war or anything

Why the fuck do the Martians even bother with a big war at all? Just embargo Earth, if the resource drought gets bad enough it'll make war suicide for Earth, all Mars had to do is bide their time, why do they have to want to invade and explode Earth so badly when they're holding all the cards? Also what the fuck are they supposed to do once they win and take over? Congratulations, you just inherited the biggest resource drain the whole solar system, enjoy having to feed like ten billion mouths because you won

Ngl it's one of the dumbest scifi plots I've heard, and that's coming from me, a "fuck Martians, fuck belters" Earther to the core, it ain't no Heinlein that's for sure

[phoenix]

I'll probably get into this a bit in the Trisking of it, but felt like writing it all down, since it's a bit much of a diversion from my usual review...

I came across this movie late one night in the 90s, I think on Scifi, or USA, but whomever...it was almost done, only got a few bits of it and something else I wanted to see was on anyways, but it always stuck with me, mostly because "cheesy schlocky movie" but memories fade, and I never caught the name, or it never stuck.

Every so often I'd remember that cheesy movie, try and find it, but stuff like "80s/90s movie with witches at college" has quite a few hits. Or I'd think of it when I couldn't really search it up, and I'd forget when I was back at the computer.

A year or two ago, I finally got the right combo of words, and got the right movie, Witch Academy, obvs, and it was JUST before this Blu Ray was announced, so it was a nice conglomeration of events.

Took me awhile to be able to GET the movie (and having a Blu Ray drive in the PC finally helped too), and yeeeah. This movie ain't great.

It tries a bit TOO hard to be sleazy, a bit too on the nose, but there is some campy fun once it gets going. BUT!!

HOLY SHIT is Robert Vaughn giving an almost amazing performance as the devil??

I love when top tier actors show up in POS movies, and they treat it exactly the same as a big budget movie paycheck, a job is a job, give it exactly the same amount of effort, and don't phone it in. He is having a BLAST, and that alone made this worth revisiting.

Definitely glad to have gotten this out of the memory banks, and any movie I can turn into a Trisk post is always good.

[blsci-nerd]

Rebel Moon rambling thoughts...

Sweet, it's a new scifi movie! And with Bae Doona! This is going to be GREAT!

Ok, ok, starting out strong with muscle arms and hammerhead horses. (Note to self: look up behind the scenes to see how they did this).

Starting to notice an angle trend on our FL. Why is she only shot from the left? What the hell, now this is going to bother me for the rest of the show.

Seriously, ALL. LEFT. SIDE. We could make a drinking game about the times Kora's shot from the right and you would still be sober by the end. Anyways, moving on...

I see we have Space Nazis. And the lead dude has red guards.

Ah, now father figure is handing Kora a weapon he has saved for her this whole time! It's your father's lightsaber.

And now to Mos Eisley Providence! Hey, it's a saloon. Who would've thought? You know, you're going to need a pilot.

But first! My friend doesn't like you...I don't like you, either! Pew pew pew.

Ah, they made it to the ship. Would've lost money betting on a "piece of junk" quip.

Oh...I see Noble gets hooked up to tubes and stuff and is all scarred up underneath his clothes.

Aaaaand now they are on a desert planet and need to free a slave by making a bet involving riding a podracer bennu. Nice.

Alright, they've got space Tarzan! On to the next hero (side note: isn't it chilly in space? Give the man a sweater)

OMG BAE DOONA!!!!!! The reason I am here!!!!! She's using her light sabers light sabers to take down the Borg Queen and I'm not even mad about it. Her gat is *chef's kiss*

Methinks magic Princess Leia Rey Issa is not dead.

What, Djimon Hounsou? Yes, please! For a man hell-bent on drinking himself to death, he seems to have kept up with his gym routine. Well, hose him down and get him on the ship!

Alright, on to King Levitica. Ooooh, cute wordplay 'cause, you know, everything on the planet is levitating. Also nice to see that he has left the Trade Federation for more honorable pursuits.

Oh my gosh, it's the space Kravitz's! NGL, they look pretty badass. Digging the blue forehead makeup they have going on. Glad to see Mad Max extras getting new gigs.

Oooops, bye King Levitica. How did Sharaan last 10,000 years?

Surprise! Blondie is a traitor.

Oof, was NOT expecting that last minute head dodge/gut blast from bad-guy gunman! It's around the 1:48 mark. Awarding "Best Clip of the Movie" (after the slo-mo). And is that it for Cyborg Kravitz? We really aren't seeing him again? Say it ain't so.

Enough about them. Back to Vader and Luke Kora and Noble fighting on a gantry floating buoy.

Yay, Noble is dead! Oh, wait...SHUT UP, they've sent a ship to look for him? And there he is? NOT dead, but almost dead? NO WAY!!!! And now they're hooking him up to hoses and stuff? And he has a MASTER???

*sigh*

I'm done. Will I watch Part II? Of course. Because Bae Doona.

[skeletondanceparty]

I got tagged by @mechamagica

barbie or oppenheimer -Barbie, I have little interest in learning more about the Bomb, I LOVE Nuclear stuff but that applies strictly to energy and reactors. (Molten Salt nuclear reactors are AMAZING) ketchup or mustard -Ketchup, gimme that Tomato crinkled fries or curly fries -Crinkled, especially if they got that seasoning salt, love a good THICC fry robots or dinosaurs-When I was young dinosaurs, but Im more into robotic stuff anymore silly hats or silly socks - Hats, easier to show off spring or autumn -Autumn, Fall, Halloween, Harvest, Pumpkin harry potter or lord of the rings -Lord of the rings lmao, even before all the shit with terf queen (and the whole I'm trans thing now) I had such a passing interest in potter vacation or staycation -I ain't gone anywhere in YEARS so. . . staycation I guess? ? ? day or night -NIGHT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME TO BE WITH THE ONE YOU LOVE board games or video games - Board games, the tactile feel and pieces, easy house rules just give you something video games don't books or movies -I *wish* I could read books anymore my brain doesnt wanna focus on them and is spoiled by audiobooks but we'll technically say movies money or love - Love, anyone who knows me knows my stances on money as a thing. plus just. . . ITS LOVE BAYBEE!!!! milkshake or iced coffee - Milkshake, not a coffee person waffles or pancakes -Pancakes, flat fluffy fellas that soak up dat syrup and stack good chocolate or candy -Chocolate, easy beach or pool -Pool given I have one, and who wants to put the sand meme in here laundry or dishes - uhhhh dishes? I guess laundry always takes so long and I dont dirty enough dishes for it to really matter take-out or dine-out -uhhh take out, I havent eaten in a place in ages (assuming thats what you mean by dine out) fantasy or sci-fi - uhhhhh hard one. . . . right *now* Imma say Scifi cause Im more in that sort of realm of things. lays or pringles -Ruffles are technically Lays, and Ruffles *FUCK* but if we're just going on the chips themselves, Pringles for the flavors.

I'll tag @flingpossecule @velsim @kawaiidesuswag @pengwynevere @kalza @jamisunne aaaannnnddddd uhhhh @seeyouguyslater

[enigmakiwi]

I'm not sure how to feel about this tbh. Like yeah I love weird shit but... this also doesn't quite feel right. Might be in part because the books recommended includes the road, a book which I had to read in high school and absolutely fucking hated not because it was bad but because it was gut wrenchingly depressing and I could not finish it (in part because I was already going through a rough time, but still). It also didn't teach me anything radical or different with its themes, so I felt I got nothing out of it besides tears and worsened depression. (Absolutely no offense to anyone who loves the book, it was very well written and got its point across, it's just REALLY not for me.)

Might also be because the person being described sounds kind of pretentious. "Traditional plot arcs don't impress you as much as originality, voice, and sheer creative risk" wrong. These things aren't mutually exclusive and even if they were either can be good or bad depending on execution.

It's funny because I've at least heard of every book it mentioned, and the things I hear about most of them are "it's really depressing," something I would actively avoid in most cases because my emotional state is so easily affected by what I'm reading/watching. It's close... it's so close, but this ain't it. The metamorphosis is spot on though I do wanna read that, just haven't found the time. Also, yknow, I also like other stuff, like comedy, but that's to be expected in any classification system like this. Ain't gonna be perfect. (I could go off on a tangent about how comedy and surrealism and horror (and scifi tbh) all blend together very easily and are interconnected and when mixed make incredible stories with great potential for big or complex themes but I won't do that here.)

But yeah. Mostly it just kills me to see this thing say "you would LOVE The Road by Cormac McCarthy :)" because I very distinctly did Not.

have you guys done that “what kind of reader are you” quiz and if so what did you get