#the utopian

[honeybyte]

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#ocs #The Utopian #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[lily-s-world]

Thinking about Jupiter’s Legacy again, and how it could have been way better than what Netflix delivered. Picture a mini-series following close the plot of the comics, which is a short and interesting plot. The budget they used for that first season could have been enough.

Then we have a movie or another mini-series, that works as a prequel and shows how the “Union of Justice” was formed. Basically, all the flashbacks of the first season, but with more development.

It could have been an interesting project with a satisfying ending. Instead, Netflix tried to copycat The Boys and left us with a mid-show and a cliffhanger. And no answer to what the hell was going on between Walter and George?!!

Yes, this post was inspired by me thinking of Brainwave and Skyfox, again.  

#i didn't hate that first season but i could had been better #specially the character development #jupiter's legacy #jupiter's circle #netflix #comics #union of justice #brainwave #walter sampson #skyfox #george hutchence #the utopian #sheldon sampson #lady liberty #grace kennedy #paragon #brandon sampson #chloe sampson #the flare #fitz small #blue bolt #richard conrad #hutch

[khancrackers]

Frank Quitely ‘The Utopian’ variant cover for Big Game #1 (2023).

#frank quitely #mark millar #the utopian #utopian #jupiter's legacy #jupiter's circle #sheldon samson #image comics #big game

[rthko]

Public transportation is humbling, by which I don't mean there's anything lesser about it, but that it reminds you in the best possible way that you're not the main character of the universe. Even in a world class public transportation system you're occasionally going to encounter people begging, crying babies, people talking loudly or emoting, people wearing outfits you may consider weird, body odor, delays and inconveniences. I'm not saying you need to put up with straight up harassment or anything like that, but you need to accept that the world exists outside of you. If your entire world is your workplace, your car and your nuclear family, that is going to impact your politics and your perspective. It's no wonder so much of the US is designed to this exact end, and how so many suburban Americans who value comfort and convenience over all else are losing their damn minds. The US is an international embarrassment when it comes to transit, but even in sophisticated networks you still have to share a space with other human beings and you need to act like an adult about it.

#im not going to wax utopian because in say new york even millionaires ride the subway #but this is undoubtedly political

[aesthetic-otd]

Today's aesthetic is utopian scholastic

#aesthetic #aesthetic blog #aesthetics #aesthetic otd #aesthetics blog #aesthetic community #aesthetic blogs #utopian scholastic #frutiger aero

[leather-field]

Drew all the Bound and discovered in the process that I am a massive hater of almost all patho 2 redesigns

#pathologic #daniil dankovsky #artemy burakh #clara pathologic #utopians #termites #humbles #NOT tagging 26 characters #imo the only straightforward improvements were like… daniil andrey notkin and aspity #my thoughts on the others range from indifference to bitter hatred

[lolcatsaestheticdump]

#helvetica aqua aero #frutiger aero #frutiger eco #frutiger aero aesthetic #neo y2k #y2k #cybercore #vaporwave #vaporwave aesthetic #utopian virtual #dreamcore #nostalgiacore

[infinitysisters]

#yep yep #communism #luxury beliefs #always easy to praise communism in non communist countries #what sounds good vs reality #Utopianism is mind cancer #release your adolescence #beliefs only wealthy people can afford #dumb da dumb dumb #in the abundance of water the fool is thirsty

[honeybyte]

2015 > 2022 > 2023?

#the utopian #i always find this sort of thing really interesting #i like how different my style is from place to place #it informs me what i enjoy looking at and creating per space in time #ie the change from grainy textures and darker colors #to softer textures and more.... hm #theyre more saturated #and also the changes in yuma's design overall

[eremitapurpura]

"Eva is no more."

#pathologic #pathologic classic hd #utopians #eva yan #daniil dankovsky #art #myart #click for better quality #just realised i forgot to post this one #'visceral or what' tag #suicide implied

[xeansicemane]

I love seeing folks new to a TTRPG system take to it and thrive. One of my players in the Lancer game I'm running (I'm doing In Golden Flame by the lovely @vexwerewolf ) did 27 damage in one round to a high evasion target.

It was a T2 hornet. That's 18 evasion and 8 HP. The man wasn't killed - he and his high performance rapid reaction mech were mulched.

#lancer rpg #in golden flame #attacks that violate the utopian pillars

[skinks]

Use of various visual signifiers typical to the utopian scholastic aesthetic in Chicago’s Field Museum store. The neoclassical elements of the pillars and Greco-Roman mosaic floor, depicting nature and humans in harmony, are contrasted against the use of natural materials, wood, leaves, and photographs of real animals. This design definitely exemplifies the principles of the utopian scholastic aesthetic as described by CARI researchers, i.e. the championing of optimistic education about science, technology, and the natural world. All scans uploaded to the are.na database by Evan Collins

#utopian scholastic #frasurbane #field museum of natural history #architecture #utopian virtual

[haveyouheardthisband]

#Vaportrap #Utopian Virtual #Ambient #IDM #Instrumental Hip Hop #Vaporwave #2010s #2020s #Canada #poll

[leather-field]

Utopia

#pathologic #daniil dankovsky #peter stamatin #maria kaina #my art #i didn’t intend for them to look quite so much like porcelain dolls but i think it suits them #top 3 most insane utopians i love them <3

[lolcatsaestheticdump]

#frutiger aero #helvetica aqua aero #neo y2k #y2k #vaporwave #utopian virtual #poolcore #poolrooms #liminal #liminal aesthetic #liminal spaces

[alpaca-clouds]

The Power Of Media

I need do address one thing, because I see that kinda mindset creep up again and again.

Basically, under postings about utopian media, be it Star Trek, Solarpunk, or - heck - just bare Hopepunk, sometimes people will just go: "Media does not do shit. It does not change the world."

And that just is... demonstrably fault and a very defeatist attitude.

Now, one thing first: Yes, media on its own will not change the world. It will not. If you have this mindset, you are right in so far. We can have endless amounts of hopeful media and the world will not change from it.

But...

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words. - Ursula K. LeGuin

This quote of Ursula K. LeGuin is very powerful to me. Because it really captures the issue very well.

See. Right now we get bombarded with capitalist propaganda left and right. It already starts in school, we will often get it at home and obviously in media again and again.

It is so hard to escape, that to many it is hard to imagine that there ever could be anything else. I mean, we even have the issue within Solarpunk. When I read through those Solarpunk Anthologies, I will again and again find stories, that feature either capitalist worlds - or a world that has to be rebuild after the apocalypse. Because people really struggle imagining how it could be otherwise.

And this is why fiction is so important. Why Hopepunk is so important.

A lot of young people right now are able to see that the system is broken, that it has left them behind. Most young folks, who do not come from generational wealth, see that they will under the current system never own their own house. Their own retirement seems to be rather unlikely. And that is, if they do not die before from either the effects of climate change, from some pandemic through which we have to work because line needs to go up, or just in general because the health care system does not take care of them.

And these young people are willing to fight. They are. But right now they are only fighting against a system. They do not know what they fight for.

I know, for some this might sound like a small thing. But it is not. Especially not in a world, where more and more people are struggling with their mental health.

People need hope.

And again: No, it is not enough on its own. Just hopeful fiction on its own runs the danger of just being endless escapism.

We also need to offer mutual aid for each other. We also need to organize. And, yeah, we need to protest and actually get out there to fight.

But don't underestimate the power of fiction, when it comes to giving people something to fight for.

We know that media and stories have these powers. It is, after all, why those in powers dripfeed us the kinda stories that vilify those, who want to change the system. That tell us, that "everything is fine, okay, just trust the good billionaires" and what not. Because they understand this power.

And we should not leave this power to them along.

#solarpunk #lunarpunk #hopepunk #utopia #utopian fiction #the power of fiction #the power of media #hope is a dangerous thing #it only needs a spark #fighting climate change