#sci's musings

[sci-firenegade]

I was compelled to do this.

#doctor who #first doctor #susan foreman #barbara wright #ian chesterton #sci's musings

[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.

#you_guys_wanna_start_a_fight.gif #poll #vampire #vampirism #tropes #fantasy tropes #sci-fi tropes #horror tropes #monsters #musings

[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?

#ch.txt #honkai star rail #dungeon meshi #star wars #star trek #sci fi #fantasy #tagging all these bc I wanna hear if other people have cool thoughts on the subject #hopefully this isn’t considered bloating those tags or w/e #this came about from musings and conversations abt what kinda world/story I wanna write? since I’m redoing my lil sci-fantasy project

[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

#WOE TEN THOUSAND TAG MUSINGS BE UPON YE (this is a warning) #boktai #(pointing) the battle network fan has fallen for the crossover marketing 20 years late #the first gif is bc i imagine the bosses waiting all polite like for django to finish eating healing items when heal scumming in fights. #twenty apples a day keeps the damage away #django is like a son to me hes just a little guy #if the text is hard to read in the third image it says “The tick damage in sunlight brothers” #i find it funny that vampire django still gains his energy from sunlight after turning. his voiceline changes too #it's hard to tell if it's bc hes supposed to sound gruff or like hes in pain. but it makes me feel bad for recharging energy like that #i figure he'd be wound up abt this since it seems he views any connection to his father with a lot of weight #(e.x: zazie pointing out he's crying just after the gun del sol got stolen at the start of 2) #hence why he's depressed in that image #also all the official art of him looks very cool but im incapable of seeing him like that his sprite makes him look like a scruffy dog #im torn between thinking it's cute nd wanting to make fun of him with doodles. least typical vampire appearance with the most typical power #the way you kill immortals (vampires) in this game is so metal i need to rant abt it Somewhere #so like boktai is a game series abt vampire hunting but it's rather sci-fi abt it. instead of more typical weapons you use solar energy #the immortals resurrect after being killed #but this can be prevented via purification. the way this goes is #after winning a bossfight the enemy will get sealed in a coffin. that you then to drag allll the way back outside the dungeon #(often with new puzzles thanks to the coffin being an extra weight) #all the while the immortal inside tries to escape #the objective is to get the immortal to a. summoning circle i guess? #housing devices called pile drivers. they're more like lenses or mirrors though. #they focus sunrays on the coffin purifying the immortal after a brief fight that's like #preventing the boss from attacking the pile drivers until it dies #like. this doesn't sound all that special but most bosses you fight are sentient and i just think it's a bit of a brutal method #for a main protagonist to use #i keep thinking of how it must feel to do it for a living. something like a funeral driver but you're the murderer and the corpse isn't dea #and instead of a funeral you're taking them to a mega death laser array that'll slowly chip away at their health #and then boktai 2 inflicts that on django and im like. is he ok (he's ok but he died)

[verum-artifex]

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

#illustration #digital illustration #manga #aestheitcs #art #anime #anime fanart #black art #beautiful #artists on tumblr #generative art #nature #technology #muse #gorgeous #mother nature #naturecore #meditation #peaceful #sci fi webcomic #scifi

[cydonianart]

SCI-FI

ROCK

PIXIE

#matt bellamy #sci fi rock pixie #muse #muse band #matt from muse

[death-by-physics]

I was writing a dream sequence that was supposed to devolve into a nightmare that explained some of the background for the story but instead it morphed into a prophetic vision and now I have to rethink where things are going.

The OG plan was the MC stumbling across an old acquaintance and being pulled into a game of cat-and-mouse while chasing rumors about his missing teacher.

New plan I guess is MC finding his way to where the vision told him to go and ??? I don't know, I guess the story will tell me as I write

#oh muse sing to me of sci fi and tell me what is going on because i have no idea #my writing #writing #i also need a new name for the mc i don't think proteus really fits him #maybe Illium or Dante or smth im not sure suggestions are welcome #his last name so far if plume but im not attached to it #i just needed to call him something

[sciderman]

we need to see more non dp spidey pairings

just read the comics man! they're everywhere!

(also, please, be the change you want to see in the world, anon.)

#sci speaks #i feel great that i could introduce a lot of people to a lot of more niche ships #but also i'm just one guy and i can't feed everyone. and sometimes i like to be fed too. please. sometimes. #also i happen to really like spideypool a lot. in case you didn't notice. #sometimes it bugs my head when people say that compared to other ships spideypool is somehow inferior #like i get why people say it. i completely understand why people say it. it doesn't have the same groundwork as other ships do #but that's kind of why i liked it so much and why i have such a good time with it. all the hard work that goes into it. #spideypool will always be the One That Takes Most Brain Space for me. just because it keeps my brain working. i have to put the thought in. #scratches my brain itch like no other. #i love all of peter's other relationships i really really do. like i adore them. every single one is so good and delicious. #and i want to introduce everyone to all those relationships because they're Important. and they're entertaining and so good. #but also my heart belongs to spideypool... i'll always come back to her. #deadpool and spider-man are both my muses and i couldn't leave either one of them. so i must smoosh them together.

[ariel-seagull-wings]

@the-blue-fairie @thealmightyemprex @makingboneboy @themousefromfantasyland

When you watch on the same day Jessie Gender and Aranock's video essay calling out the staticness of Star Wars, George Lucas control in the name of being an autheur and campbellian Hero's Journey in Hollywood pop culture, and Classic Doctor Who story The Mind Robbers where a group of friends unite to not become static fiction by an all controlling author.

#jessie gender #star wars #doctor who #classic who #the mind robber #sci fi #fandom musings #pop culture

[littlequeenies]

Bebe Buell starring in the 1972 sci-fi short "Aranea" (part 1).

The short was directed by David Reiff and starred model Bebe Buell and actor John Filler.

You can watch it on youtube here.

#Bebe Buell #1972 Bebe #Bebe actress #Aranea #1972 #short #science fiction #sci fi #1970s #1970s Bebe #David Reiff #John Filler #model #muse #author #musician #manager #actress #singer #singer songwriter #songwriter

[sci-firenegade]

On set colour pictures from The Daleks (part 2)

#see? babs' blouse is light blue almost white #omg billy's face there #doctor who #first doctor #william hartnell #susan foreman #carole ann ford #barbara wright #jacqueline hill #ian chesterton #william russell #sci's musings

[biomechanical-quinn]

What are Biomechanics?

Biomechanics are exactly as they sound: a mixture of both organic and inorganic compounds formed and shaped into mechanical-functioning systems. They are designed to physically bond with the "Host", creating a symbiotic relationship. However, these biomechanics, usually called "Augments" when attached to another being, are not largely intelligent. Although the possibilities for higher intelligence have not been ruled out.

Note: These Augmentations are designed to keep the host alive at any cost necessary. Do not provoke an augmented subject.

For Quinn, their Biomechanics have attached mostly to their spinal cord, branching out into their nervous system. Mutations, some more cosmetic than others, are common for most Augmented, but not to Quinn's degree. (For farther explanation of mutations, refer here.)

Note: Quinn's mutations are officially allowed their original reality's government to refer to them as ███ ██████████, despite clear verbal protest against this when approached.

#oc canon #original content #oc musings #worldbuilding #sci fi #scifi #biomechanical quinn

[immobiliter]

having a multi is so fun because sometimes you'll hyperfixate on one character / fandom / genre for weeks at a time and then other times you'll have multiple different characters vying for your attention and it's a case of whoever yells the loudest on a particular day lmao

#* / be yourself. everyone else is taken ( ooc. ) #currently it is the latter #i have sex ed kids + pirates + sci fi ladies vying for attention #and when i add genshin muses to the mix it's gonna be even worse dfjkg #so i am here and enthusiastic but also being pulled in multiple directions lmao

[ncmadlc]

#art #mad max #madmax #mad_max #mad #max #muse #inspo #inspiration #rph #sci fi #fantasy #apocalyptic #post apocalyptic apocalypse #desert #aesthetic #landscape #Syra

[beep-beepster]

A human wishing for immortality, but not going as they expected when the wish does get granted. The human asked with the pronoun “I”, to clarify that they themselves would be the one to be immortal, but did not consider that they were not one singular being.

No, for the wish was made simultaneously by tens of trillions of cells, trillions acting as a multicellular society to imitate a single entity. So, when the wish was granted, each and every one of those cellular organisms was affected. It was not apparent until the human would meet their end, but their body did not decompose as normal. Rather, despite the body in disrepair and with no longer function, the still-living cells continued on.

Some remained with their communities, a patch of liver or skin setting up a home somewhere. Others wandered off aimlessly, seeing the microbial world and its marvels. Each and every one of those cells continuing on, singular lifeforms left to their own devices.

And it leaves question what would’ve happened if the human had been specific, if they wanted for it to be their sense of ego to be everlasting. If they had, what kind of being would have come about instead, something that would exist without the biological civilization of cells all working together. Something so selfish to abandon the lives of those trillions.

#writings #sci fi #philosophy #biology #musings #Not sure what to call this

[mundanemiseries]

// perhaps it's my brain telling me I can't do an hsr verse but

lowkey i wanna mess with crossover shenanigans between any of y'alls hsr muses and Koko's more w.arframe based verse.

...actually in general just *grabby hands for w.f verse Koko shenanigans*

#● | ooc | stars above that we can't see | #● | wishlist | paint a picture for me. where the sky's forever blue | #// qwq?? #just....pspspsps at any of y'all w/ sci-fi verses or space muses or the like