Intergalactic Io

I’m an Earthling woman (she/her) living the dream in outer space. Yes, I literally live in outer space. No, I’m not on the international space station, I’m in another galaxy. When I’m not stealing stuff or being chased by goons, I’m probably bored and depressed. This is the part where I say something like “queer/lesbian/sapphic 🏳️‍🌈👩‍❤️‍👩👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩” but there aren’t other Earthlings out here—Earth concepts of sexuality and gender don’t compare to the stuff you experience out here.

[amadholes-lostre]

First time seeing that Alien's cocoon:

[archivistcookbook]

Sigourney Weaver in 'Alien'

1979

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The Food that Built America is crazy. Like most History Channel shows, the narrator does a lot of heavy lifting.

“…back in Dallas, Jack Frito receives a request from one of the young men on the production floor. He asks Frito to look at the plans he’s drawn up for space-age chips that won’t break when shipped. Frito fires him on the spot and laughs him out of his office. Little does Frito know, he’s started a rivalry that will persist for nearly 100 years. That young man’s name: Chester Pringles.”

[purplesigebert]

Campbell Scott really doing the most.

Every episode is like: "It's 1933 and life in America is terrible because of the Depression, good thing people in the Midwest can go to White Castle."

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Why did I just now learn the show is narrated by the incredible Campbell Scott?!

After the first season, when the format swapped from what can only be described as a soap opera to a more tabloid, ‘what do foodies think’ show, the narration became even more fun. Campbell Scott (!!!) is so utterly serious talking about the history of Jell-O, then it cuts to a food historian waxing sentimental about how America would clearly be a barren hellscape without Jell-O.

[purplesigebert]

Yes, and it's usually Adam Richman.

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I’m bored AF soon gonna write a novel or something. I’m gonna make my chapters as short as possible, and this inspires me to make them even shorter.

[wadicalweftist]

As a new weaver i find that warp speed is in fact not very fast

[swords-n-spindles]

That largely depends on the shuttle you're using.

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Sexy vs Hot vs Lewd

I wrote a screenplay about hook-up culture. It has to have a lot of sex in it, naturally. The problem is, what’s too much and what’s not enough?

Foremost, it’s not pornography. Nobody is supposed to whack-off to it (although how can you ever really know who’ll whack-off to what?). Furthermore, I won’t be directing the thing, so I can’t technically control how explicit the movie is. The dialogue is very explicit—about both sex and queerness—but I made sure not to force nudity into the script. Nudity is implied but not needed. The characters are naked, but the camera doesn’t have to show it. Again, I have to (and want to) leave that up to the director.

Screenplays convey dialogue and structure but are essentially technical documents describing how to compose the movie. The sex justifies itself because it reveals character elements, specifically the protagonist’s personal, psychological journey through the world. To give you an idea, the first sex scene is the most explicit—it’s lusty and passionate and vulgar. The final one (my favorite) is an asexual sex scene—our protagonist simply cuddles (fully dressed) with someone she’s in love with but knows she can never truly have.

My main problem is figuring out what will convey the heat of the sex without describing the acts too explicitly. I need to turn-on readers without transforming the script into outright smut. So far, my solution is describing acts without describing anatomy. Someone comes from being eaten-out, but I don’t say “licking pussy.” Hands are in panties but I never say, “she gets fingered.”

Despite this tactic, I can’t really predict who’s going to read the script and how they’re going to react. It’s frustrating because I know somebody is gonna think I’ve gone too far. Someone is going to be turned-off and think that I’ve written “Skinamax”-level smut.

It’s a paradox: It’s not really about sex, but it demands sex. It’s not smut, but it needs to be lewd. I have to take things to the brink without tipping over the edge. Readers have to get through a dozen sex scenes to reach the asexual sex scene at the climax (no pun intended).

…

Alright, if just a few people whacked-off to it, I kinda-sorta would take that as a compliment.

[fredersen]

i need to get off this stupid fucking website

[retroscifiart]

‘Gordian Knot’ by Noriyoshi Ohrai

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May the 4th AKA Star Wars Day 2022

Two years ago I tried to start a tradition where I’d tweet-storm Star Wars nonsense to celebrate this sacred day. It wasn’t as popular as I’d hoped, but I’m sharing them with you nerds. Here are my tweets from 2022:

[jennelikejennay]

I just realized that Zefram Cochrane was born in the 2030s.

Which means this guy that Starfleet thinks is old fashioned would actually annoy me to no end with his ridiculous slang and weird fashions.

I'm the generation that tells Cochrane's generation to get off my lawn.

[transfagrified-in-the-void]

Here is a free pdf of the players handbook

Here is a free pdf of xanathars guide to everything

Here is a free pdf to monsters manual

Here is a free pdf to tashas cauldron of everything

Here is a free pdf to dungeon master’s guide

Here is a free pdf to volo’s guide to monsters

Here is a free pdf of mordenkainen’s tomb of foes

For all your dnd purposes

[gumi-megpoidd]

Here’s a site that has literally every official (and most UA) dnd stuff

including the books and campaigns

and you can add homebrew

[transfagrified-in-the-void]

Hey rb this!!!

[ahamkaracature]

Guys don’t share this kinda thing people may use it to get access to the dnd source books for free instead of paying for them. This is extremely dangerous for the flawless company that wizards of the coast is.

[sixty-silver-wishes]

where can i watch the cabinet of dr caligari for free online? if you know

i keep seeing posts on it and it seems interesting!

I gotchu!

English CC is available; the intertitles are in german here. but there’s also one with english intertitles at a somewhat lower quality.

[sixty-silver-wishes]

WOOOOO CALIGARI COUNT 18

[scifiseries]

Disintegrator Pistol Patent Reproduction (1953) Art Print by JazzberryBlue.

[scifiseries]

1965 - ASTROFORCE - Space Soldiers of the Future

[crimeronan]

guys. okay. rubs my temples.

i have blacklisted every word u can Possibly think of to block posts i do not want to see and somehow keep seeing them. so Please know that this is not a shit-starting post. hence why it's unrebloggable. because i legitimately just want to communicate to people in my immediate sphere.

it is... Not Acceptable Or Appropriate... to make/reblog posts referring to a collective of "jews" or "jewish people" in response to israel's genocide of palestine.

what i mean by this are posts along the lines of "what jews don't realize is-" "i wish american jews knew-" "can't wait to watch jewish bloggers come up with the worst takes imaginable-" etc etc etc.

it is similarly Not Acceptable Or Appropriate to refer to rabbis, synagogues, jewish practice, and other aspects of judaism/jewish culture as a monolithic hivemind that's loyal to israel. this includes "you're all being brainwashed by your rabbis/synagogues" "synagogues are zionist institutions" "stop speaking hebrew until your people stop committing war crimes" etc etc etc.

your kneejerk reaction (if u are a leftist goy) will likely be along the lines of: but it's simply like referring to a collective of british people or american people wrt imperialism, colonialism, and war crimes. you don't mean LITERALLY all jews, just like you don't mean literally all brits or americans.

this is unfortunately a false equivalence because of the antisemitic history and violence behind the idea of Monolithic Jews and Dual Loyalties. there is a quick overview of some of The Problems here; jewish scholarship and discussion of this is incredibly broad and varied... because jewish people are incredibly broad and varied.

like i'm fucking begging. you have Got to knock it off. i was gonna say something snide about how it's telling that i'm seeing a lot more posts About The Jews than about the fundamentalist christians who fanatically support israel's right-wing fascist govt, but like.... god i don't care i don't care i don't want to be writing this. It Just Sucks.

That's It. It Just Sucks

while i'm here, since i don't plan to talk about this anymore unless i have important resources to share: ACTUAL helpful things you can do are to keep an eye on the news and communicate with your own governments. for americans (just bc i am american) -- the biden administration has pledged to work with israel to allow humanitarian aid into gaza. it's important that the public pressure for that to happen continues & that the documentation of what's happening in palestine continues.

the more you guys turn your issue into an issue with "the jews" or "jewish people," the more time we're going to waste explaining why this is not acceptable or appropriate. which is frustrating because there is shit out there that Matters A Whole Lot Fucking More Right Now.

so keep talking about what matters. and please please PLEASE think for two seconds before you make any posts referencing jewish people.

[dangerthrillryanson]

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My Queen