Asterisk Stars

She/Her || Space-Obsessed || Novel Writer || Reader || Dark Academia || Insomniac || Moodboard Lover || Poem Writer

[archaic-stranger]

the astronomy students

drawing your own star charts

staying up late to watch a meteor shower

constellations painted on your ceiling

tracking the planets, noting their paths in a pocket-sized journal

an old wool scarf wrapped around your neck to keep out the cold

marveling over photographs of distant galaxies

retelling the stories of Orion and Cassiopeia

the glittering expanse of a cloudless night sky

moonlight shining through gauzy curtains

driving somewhere remote to see the milky way, far from the light pollution of the city

looking for your place in the cosmos

finding comfort in the vastness of the universe, in your own comparative insignificance

a model of the solar system resting on your desk

old sci-fi novels with battered covers

studying the contributions of Copernicus and Al-Battani and Kepler

watching the moon wax and wane

your favorite blanket wrapped around your shoulders

maps of the constellations, illustrated with figures from the associated myths

wondering about life on other worlds

memorizing the constellations, noting how their positions move as the seasons change

a thermos of hot tea

stargazing with friends, gazing up and watching for shooting stars

learning the physics of stars and planets

a fascination with the unknown

[girlstargazing]

:) This really is is the dream.

[mythwords]

[cheshire-cat-lenalee2]

[somecunttookmyurl]

there is a tendency with history, i think, because we're so far removed from it, to kind of forget that all of the people were people

a child 10,000 years ago left a handprint on a wall. they were fingerpainting. a viking climbs up a rock just to carve the words "this is very high" 10ft off the ground. somebody centuries... milennia... ago burned their dinner so thoroughly that they buried the ruined pot in the backyard rather than attempt to clean it. shakespeare got drunk and wrote dick jokes. tutankhamun was a little boy who liked ducks more than anything. a roman carves his name into a monument in another country saying "i was here". a prisoner, centuries ago, in the tower of london scratches lines into the wall as a tally marking the days. a medieval monk scrawls in the margins bemoaning the boredom of his work.

every human being across history has said "i was here. i lived. i loved. i made something. i laughed. i cried. please do not forget me"

[theaalpostoffice]

Dear Adventurer,

Find a quiet corner, somewhere comfortable. Perhaps brew yourself a cup of tea, stoke the fire. The information in this letter requires you to be in a safe and receptive environment.

You are being invited to join the Armchair Adventuring League, or AAL. A humble order dedicated to magical discovery, preservation, and conservation. As a member of the League, you will be stepping into the Walled Garden, and discover worlds you cannot currently imagine. Perhaps you'll spend most time as a member archiving the remaining texts from the lost library of Adelza, or Dungeoneering into strange worlds with fellow adventurers. There is a home for all who have the passion of discovery within the League.

Membership will be in effect almost immediately after mental acceptance of the invitation- however, we do ask that you complete some simple steps beforehand. Firstly, you must choose a League Name. In times gone by, this would have protected from persecution, May it Never Again Rear Its Head. However, in the modern age, it is more commonly a badge of membership and a form of self expression within the League. Traditional names often come from art, history, saints, stars, nature, the like. You may pick whichever name that suits you, so long as it harm none. Secondly, you will have to introduce yourself and begin orientation. That can be done in the charmed and secure browser found here:

Check out the The Armchair Adventuring League community on Discord - hang out with 2 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

We look forward to meeting you, Kimber, Head of League Admissions Digital Upload and Tilldown Charm Reframed by Delphi

The Armchair Adventuring League is equal parts ARG, or Alternate Reality Game, Dungeons and Dragons, and Penpal group. Bringing together creative minds to explore and experience a shared universe through both streamlined narrative and independent exploration. Aid a canon cast of characters on larger quests by solving arcane puzzles and uncovering forgotten knowledge, or join the monthly mail out in order to be paired with a penpal buddy! The world of AAL goes as deep as you are willing to dive! The creators, two friends who love fantasy, were largely inspired by worlds such as Middle Earth, Narnia, Howls Moving Castle, 5e Dungeons and Dragons, Cottagecore & Dark Academia movements, and the like! This world is full of an endless cozy library, two headed watchdogs, and a comfortable fire always waiting to make chit-chat. Welcome to the AAL, do stay awhile.

[girlstargazing]

This looks like fun! :)

[sidereusimber]

Dark Academia Subjects: Astronomy

[girlstargazing]

I see Space Academia is interesting to someone other than me. :)

[dollhouselurker]

[girlstargazing]

If I could curse someone, this is probably the curse I would choose.

[cryingasahobby]

i cant tell if i wanna kiss or kill you and the more you talk the more confused i get

[acnh-dips]

leslie nguyen

[girlstargazing]

Just... This. This is 90% of my dream life. :)

[its-astrotea-love]

Feel the starlight

Drip onto your skin

Look at the moon

Engulf your vision

Let the sky

Swallow you whole

(Not my photo)

[girlstargazing]

You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.

Carl Sagan, Contact

[deity-prompts]

50 Ways To Say “I Love You”

“Be safe”

“Make sure to come back to me, okay?”

“I got these because I know they’re your favourite”

“I saw this earlier and I thought of you”

“Give me a hug please”

“I’d really love it if you came”

“Please stay”

“Just- uh . . . try not to die. I’m really not bothered to replace you”

“You’re leaving already? Nooooo~”

“[insert very specific insult]”

“Well maybe I like having you alive, ever thought about that?”

“You’re the only one I really want to be there”

“You’re my everything”

“I’d rather be hurt and be with you than be okay without you”

“I think in every reality, I still find you”

“I want to make something for you”

“There are people who love you, you know”

“Dedicated to [character name]”

“I did this for you”

“I would give all of this up for you”

“Stop worrying about you? Stop worrying about you?! I can barely stop thinking of you!”

“I wish I could stay here forever. Just me and you”

“Thankgodyou’reokay-”

“I won’t admit that I missed you”

“I made it the way you like it”

“I can’t stand not talking to you”

“I didn’t ask you to do that” “You didn’t have to”

“Don’t move - I’ll get it for you”

“Tell me all about [thing/person their partner is interested in]”

“You won’t take care of yourself so I will”

“[talks dreamily about their future with their partner]”

“When am I going to see you next?”

“I was thinking of you”

“You’re worth it”

“I’d rather just hang out with you, if I’m honest”

“I really like your hands”

“You’re the only reason I’m coming back”

“I am not leaving you”

“I knew you weren’t dead. I refused to believe it- I knew it couldn’t be true”

“Shut up and kiss me”

“I’ll take care of you as long as you need me”

“You’re not alone anymore”

“It’s okay it’s okay is got you”

“You don’t have to pretend with me”

“Whenever I’m with you I am real”

“Just you and me; that’s all I want”

“You’ve finally rendered me speechless”

“You are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen”

“If only you could see yourself as I see you”

“I love you”

[part 2]

[50 ways to say I hate you]

Leave requests for other oneliners / prompts!

[girlstargazing]

This. Nothing else, just this.

[girlstargazing]

A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called "leaves") imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance at it and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, the author is speaking, clearly and silently, inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another. Books break the shackles of time ― proof that humans can work magic.

Carl Sagan

[girlstargazing]

One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.

Carl Sagan

[girlstargazing]

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.

Carl Sagan, Cosmos

[playsthetics]

“With shortness of breath, you explained the infinite

How rare and beautiful it is to even exist”

Song: Saturn - Sleeping At Last

[girlstargazing]

Why do all of these space moodboards have to be so beautiful?

[girlstargazing]

Space Academia, Please?

I feel like my life would be complete if we just had a Space Academia. Now I know that sounds kind of weird, but hear me out.

Imagine visiting the planetarium with your friends, writing papers or poems on the possibilities of the cosmos, reading Jules Verne and Carl Sagan by the light of the moon. You could debate about the probability of extraterrestrial life, raid the library shelves for anything about space, and stay up late at night, coffee in hand, as you debate over whether that one light you just saw through your telescope is Centauri A or B. At the end of the day, you could sit up in the astronomy tower, gazing through your telescope and taking notes.

To sweeten the pot, I’ve made a list of space academia things:

Keep reading

[girlstargazing]

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