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Comix; 25 or over idk; ace, she/they pronouns

[aroundmeblackbats]

when you go to bed significantly earlier than usual, a little menu should pop up asking if you want Wake Up Early or More Sleep. and then you should get what you requested. that's my human body UI improvement for the day.

[quietwingsinthesky]

unfortunately once you start noticing the tendency of some sci-fi to flatten every character into ‘ambiguously atheist’, the implication that the only future is one where no one has any religious beliefs is going to piss you off for the rest of time

[quietwingsinthesky]

it does get worse when you notice that religious characters tend to show up only to portrayed as “backwards”, or stupid/ridiculous for believing in it when surrounded by future tech, or to be corrected into being Good Future Atheists.

[quietwingsinthesky]

@fandom-space-princess never be sorry your tags have been peer-reviewed for excellence

[the-frankenman-writes]

Coming back to add on this: just speaking for Judaism, if there are no Jews, what that implies is we were wiped out. If your story says a Jewish genocide - or any genocide of any other people - is necessary for "Utopia" I am not interested

[benevolentbirdgal]

also, there are super fun and interesting ways you can do religion in spaaaace (sci-fi generally) that aren't "look at these backwards husks of tribal stupidity." Like there are intellectual debates within traditions that could be exported to sci-fi. I'm a jew so my examples are Jewish but the principle applies elsewhere:

Can supernatural/sci-fi critters being kosher? We have debated this since at least the second century CE (TL;DR usually yes, if they meet the other criteria, Leviathan lox, anyone?)

what about lab grown or synthetic meats? What about food that's not really anything? How would you do a schmita year with sci-fi fields?

If your community is tied to time and space in a physical sense that drives from Earth (or another planet, for that matter, if we're dealing w/aliens w/religions), how do you deal with that away from Earth? How do you know when holidays start? What direction do you pray? There are Jewish discussions about halacha in space already, many of which extend from older roots around geographic and weather extremes on planet earth. How do I know when rosh Hashanah starts on Mars? Is there a separate Martian one or do I use the earth date? Whose time zone??? Jewish astronauts rotating Earth have done holidays and Shabbat in space, but used a set time zone because sun rise isn't helpful if you're circling the earth several times a day.

Can sufficiently intelligent non-human convert? Does it matter if they are basically human, star trek style or can plant people convert? What if they communicate in a way that is fundamentally different from how a beit din ask questions? What if they can't touch the water in the mikvah?

how does religion work with sci-fi clothing? Do helmet designs interfere with kippt, space suits with tzitzit?

Where does a mezuzah go on a rocket?

What does a bar/bat/bnai mitzvah look like in this sci-fi setting?

Like not the main issue, but if you make your sci-fi setting all vaguely culturally Christian atheists you are robbing you and your story of some really interesting possibilities.

[koshercosplay]

if anyone is interested in some OG recs, the 70s jewish scifi anthology Wandering Stars contains many wonderful short stories written by jewish sff greats, including Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg, William Tenn, and more. some of my favorites from that collection can actually be found online!

On Venus, Have We Got a Rabbi!

The Dybbuk of Mazel Tov IV

also this isn't a short story but Hyperion by Dan Simmons has multiple religious characters, including a Jewish man who is one of the main characters, and contains many fascinating musings on religion in the far future

[la-cosmonauta-extraterrestre]

Not just sci-fi, but any fiction with scientist characters tends to fall into the stereotype of scientist = atheist. Yes, that stereotype is often true, but wouldn't it be more interesting to invert that stereotype for your story? Give me scientist characters who are unapologetically religious. More controversially, give me atheist characters who are not scientists or scientifically literate-atheism cannot save one from having irrational beliefs.

Also, what western atheists don't realize is that atheists from other cultures might seem 'religious' to them just because they're from a different culture. Using Jews as an example again, Jewish atheists often celebrate holidays like Passover, and it's no different from western atheists who celebrate xmas. Or, to respectfully use a culture that's not mine as an example, Jain atheists are pretty much always vegetarians because eating meat is unthinkable in their culture.

[la-cosmonauta-extraterrestre]

Also, I recommend the novel Moving Mars by Greg Bear. It has some religious characters and speculation on religion in the future (mostly Jewish!), with one instance bordering on the 'look at these stupid people' (the one time Hassidim are depicted, I'll note), but for the most part just casual references to religion to show that even enlightened future people find meaning in religion.

[depsidase]

[deceasedcardinal]

[scribz-ag24]

the dark world bosses are coping well with the introduction of a competent, functional, confident leader that has enough self-control to never seriously hurt the lightners.

[aspirationalbrand]

amazing things happening in late series columbo episodes

[this-is-trans-joy]

everyone loves to hate terfs until they realise that it actually entails rejecting bioessentialism entirely and then suddenly you’re “taking things too seriously” and you “don’t have a sense of humour” like i’m sorry but saying protect the dolls doesn’t make you immune to terfism it has seeped into every corner of mainstream feminism and unless you’re actively searching it out and checking your own biases you will always be at risk of sharing a space with terfs

[this-is-trans-joy]

“Only women can—” nope. “But all men—” nah. “The divine femininity of—” gonna stop you right there. “Everyone born ama—” if you finish that sentence I’ll kill you. “Men don’t experience—” you’re wrong. “Gender isn’t real but sex is imm—” *loud incorrect buzzer*

It also goes without saying that bioessentialism inherently can’t be trans inclusive no matter how hard you try. “All men including trans men—” probably not. “This is only a woman’s issue—” is it really? “Afabs only—” why? “All trans men are like—” what? what are they like? finish the sentence i dare you.

[stardustfanfare]

[timegears-moved-deactivated2025]

twilight princess funniest zelda game ever made

[timegears-moved-deactivated2025]

one of the reoccurring minor plots is that a 3 year old with the mental capacity of an adult is trying to abolish capitalism in the big city. there's a yeti couple living in an abandoned mansion and the guy yeti is like 10 times the size of and more visibly monstrous than the girl yet they made him a malewife. you can collect insects for a little girl that is insane about them and gives you strange and off-putting dialogue about each bug everytime you give her one and practically threatens you if you try to leave her home without giving her bugs she doesn't have yet. one of the modes of transportation in this game is being shot out of a giant canon by a depressed clown and landing on your feet with no injuries. there's a spaghetti western style minigame where the objective is to talk to 20 different cats. a chicken attempts to flirt with link. they made tingle into a sexyman caricature.

[timegears-moved-deactivated2025]

i completely forgot about ooccoo while making this post. this fucking thing:

[timegears-moved-deactivated2025]

and, of course, her son too

[loreleywrites]

Every time someone says that Twilight Princess is too grimdark and serious, I want to point them to this post. It’s a very silly game.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[gorryb]

The flower man, trapped in Asylum.

[cryptotheism]

I just felt someone Z-target me

[search-queery]

[clearly circle-strafing you] don't be ridiculous

[yamuluv]

blueeeee i love ur design......

[trashgoblin11]

[gaydiation-poisoning]

It would kill half the 19-25 year olds online to realize "I can't help it I have trauma" is one of THE quintessential abuser excuses

[gaydiation-poisoning]

Like there is a difference between "My trauma creates impulsive urges and has changed my instinctive reactions to be irrational, I need to relearn shit." vs "I'm traumatized so I Can't Help It and you're not allowed to expect better of me"

[leolaroot]

average tumblr staff post does read like.

We Heard You. We Understand We Fucked Up. Please Please Please Forgive Us. Ohh Crawling Like A Worm. Sliding Across The Linoleum. We're Sorry. We're Sorry. We're Sorry.

Alrernate Ending:

We Heard You. We Disagree. You Will Get Over This. Please Please Please Stop Complaining. Crawl For Me Like A Worm. Show Us Your Tits. Lick My Heel. Lick My Heel. Lick My Heel.

[leolaroot]

1st one is for when theyve inconvenienced fan fiction authors Second is for when minorities are being harassed and harmed

[squiddy-ink-s]

Kris cross applesauce