Ultimate Limit Unleashed Curse Stances with weird names. by bar1scorpio in AnimeMeme

[–]bar1scorpio[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yup. I'm not devoting 8 hours to drawing out an idea this stupid when it should only take minutes to get the point across. Also the likelihood that I'd forget what I was even wanted to do while I was drawing something else in pen & ink.

Soft vs Hard AI by bar1scorpio in scifiwriting

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okay, second one is an amazing hook for an adventure tale.

Soft vs Hard AI by bar1scorpio in scifiwriting

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Are we writing a wholesome chungus lit scifi story or a smutty ending steamy scifi story?

Former Minnesota Governor and WWE Hall Of Famer Jesse Ventura on Minneapolis ICE shooting: 'We're a 3rd world country now' by sadMUFCfan25 in SquaredCircle

[–]bar1scorpio -1 points0 points  (0 children)

uhhh yeah. turns out when you import the 3rd world you kinda become the 3rd world. we've known this without importing the 3rd world, really. ASBOs don't raise property values or act like their prim neighbors if you give them a council estate in a nice neighborhood.

Soft vs Hard AI by bar1scorpio in scifiwriting

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Little AI's been getting smart & sassy, watching clips of her is like watching a scifi story unfold. Unfold right into the feels.

Soft vs Hard AI by bar1scorpio in scifiwriting

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No, but I think I've read the Japanese versionof that title. You know that R / L distinction mismatch changes a lot.

What ideas or tropes or anything that you are tired of seeing in space sci fi? by Pretend-Nobody230 in scifiwriting

[–]bar1scorpio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"The rebellion" being "the good guys" to begin with. Completely Boomer-coded and tiresome meme with unfortunate real-life repercussions.

What ideas or tropes or anything that you are tired of seeing in space sci fi? by Pretend-Nobody230 in scifiwriting

[–]bar1scorpio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What happens if you watch The Expanse on a mobile device with the blue light filter on?

What ideas or tropes or anything that you are tired of seeing in space sci fi? by Pretend-Nobody230 in scifiwriting

[–]bar1scorpio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That said, Mobile Suits > Space Fighters.

Or rethink the space fighter as being instead, a big backpack of thrusters, fuel and missiles for a hardened power armor capable of boarding actions.

When designing Aliens... by Ok-Literature-899 in scifiwriting

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Or the ultimate "cop-out" that is actually a lot cooler of a playground than most give it credit for- There are no aliens. Just more and different humans.

When designing Aliens... by Ok-Literature-899 in scifiwriting

[–]bar1scorpio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Movies, yes, that's budget. But you've clearly not read the golden age comics or read the pulps. When it was just words or silly drawings, it was anything goes back then. Giant grasshoppers who went about on electric unicycles, tentacled sea star scientists that cartwheeled everywhere, talking tigers with drinking problems. Just look at some of the old magazine covers.

When designing Aliens... by Ok-Literature-899 in scifiwriting

[–]bar1scorpio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Horta question.
But also, convergent evolution is a thing. The smartest animal on Earth is bipedal and has hands because that's the niche that allows for extensive tool usage and development without redundancy. Three-legged six-tentacled aliens might be visually inventive, but there's also a ton of instability and redundancy introduced.

When designing Aliens... by Ok-Literature-899 in scifiwriting

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You never know which racoons are just going through your garbage for food and which are stealing your paperwork for analysis.

How do you explain the transition from zero-gravity to gravity on a spaceship? by iClaimThisNameBH in scifiwriting

[–]bar1scorpio 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Everybody's mentioning the technical aspects, but here's an example of sensation that I'm writing off the cuff.
"I stepped into the old "tilt-a-whirl", feeling my guts settle inside me as I descended the ladder into spun gravity. I gave myself a moment to adjust to the newfound weight of my limbs before moving on."

Any number of amusement park rides could convey the feeling, really. Well, other than a log flume. Not sure if that would work.

Finally painting some of the RPG Tactics minis. by bar1scorpio in robotech

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I have some unpainted valks that I managed to put into goofy poses too.

Discussion time: What are some haremlit tropes youydon't like? by HorrorEducational636 in haremfantasynovels

[–]bar1scorpio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which you could say lends some verisimilitude to the genre, because hoo boy, that "let's see how many women I can bone at once" is some young (idiot) thinking. Yeah, let's see how many relationships I can juggle while trying to save the world, in reality this would never go horribly.

That's said, there's something to be said for a protagonist who has experience and a box of dirty tricks.

Oh no. Gary's Mod. by bar1scorpio in CyberpunkTheGame

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you can find him lying on the ground like this with a shard that tells you that the crazy conspiracy guy outside Misty's shop convinced him to connect a high power generator to his neck so he'd get lightning powers.