#space platform

[scrumpyfan43]

A weird trope I really like is Space Platforms

My working definition of a Space Platform is something that satisfies all of these criteria:

Artificial

Terrain (used primarily as a surface to stand and/or build on )

Suspended in space or high in the sky

Despite objective local gravity such that you could fall “down” off the side

Some things that are and aren’t Space Platforms

Stacraft’s Space Platform terrain, probably the purest example of it:

You walk on them, you build buildings on them, and there’s ice cream shops built into the walls (also they’re literally called space platforms):

Wube had planned on but eventually abandoned space platforms for Factorio that are very clearly inspired by Starcraft:

Gryphon Station in Tyrian has standing water and jungles exposed to the Space Air:

Motos I’m pretty sure explicitly refers to the environment as a series of space platforms; there’s no buildings (unless you count Nabicons) but the platforms are clearly artificial, they’re thin enough that the only thing you can do is stand (and jump) on them, and the objective of the game is to shove enemies off the platform and into the void:

Skyroads consists of driving and jumping a space car along treacherous space platforms:

Final Destination in Smash Bros.:

They seem to be a lot more common in games than in other media, but they’re out there. Most famously probably is The Jetsons:

The truck stop in Spaceballs is a fantastic space platform:

The Wander Over Yonder episode “The Box” has people milling about on space platforms (but contrast with “Duck Dodgers In The 24½th Century” later):

The ring city from Treasure Planet is a weird one because it’s the only one I’ve encountered that doesn’t have a uniform up and down, but unlike the rotating space stations it’s meant to evoke, you still experience objective gravity while standing on your ship next to it

And last, close to my heart is the floating platform “Cool Lightning” from the lost comic Monster Killers (which was heavily influenced by video games):

Now for some things that are not Space Platforms, even though they’re great in their own ways.

1) Floating Islands (they’re terrain, but not artificial terrain):

2) The RLS Legacy from Treasure Planet and other tall ships in space (vehicles, not terrain):

3) Buildings with lots of interior volume and no walkable surfaces, such as these buildings in The Jetsons:

and the Cloud City in Star Wars:

4) Artificial terrain that relies on centrifugal artificial gravity, such as Ringworld, the Halo Installations, O’Neill Cylinder, Stanford Torus, etc. These more or less obey real world physics and aren’t magically levitating, and while you could “fall off” one, you aren’t affected by gravity unless you’re standing on the surface:

And now for some borderline cases.

Neverhood. Hoborg constructed it, but does his divinity mean that it’s natural rather than artificial? Aesthetics are more “floating island” than “space platform” but the lore points the other way:

Death Egg and Doomsday Zones in Sonic & Knuckles. The interior seems to contain most of the important stuff, but Sonic spends most of the time running around on the exterior:

The walkways in Duck Dodgers In The 24½th Century. They’re very similar to the Wander Over Yonder platforms, but they’re not extensive enough that I’m happy calling them “terrain.” Space Balconies maybe.

#this post is basically a tvtropes entry but whatever #space #platform #space platform #trope #floating island #starcraft #factorio #tyrian 2000 #motos #skyroads #jetsons #neverhood #death egg #sonic the hedgehog #duck dodgers #treasure planet #cloud city #star wars #wander over yonder #monster killers #op #long post

[thehauntedrocket]

Vintage Paperback - Space Platform by Murray Leinster

Art by Earle Bergey

Pocket Books (1951)

#Murray Leinster #Earle Bergey #Space Platform #Science Fiction #Paperbacks #Paperback #Paperback Cover #Paperback Art #Vintage #Art #Pocket Books #1951 #1950s #50s

[alphamecha-mkii]

Bengal Shipbuilders XQ1 Platform Tech Readout (New) by unusualsuspex

#Star Wars #Bengal Shipbuilders #XQ1 #Space Platform #Space Station #Sci-Fi #Mecha #unusualsuspex

[bonefall]

Anyway. Bi and Mspec Lesbians aren't a hotly "debated" topic or even new to queer culture, it's just the newest thing that bullies who REALLY want to be homophobic and even racist use to justify harassing gay people they don't like.

It's the thinnest possible veneer of progressive language wrapped around TERF and reactionary rhetoric so that they can feel righteous for forming an angry mob against vulnerable targets. If you're gullible enough to fall for the newest wave of bigotry within the queer community, and turn on your allies because they're "confusing" or "invading your spaces," the SAME way they turned on bi/pan labels, trans people, xenogenders, neopronouns, and aroace people before this, then get lost.

#No patience. Wither and rot. #These motherfuckers dogpiled the legend who leaked the no fly list because it identified as the wrong type of lesbian. #They will attack the people doing DIRECT ACTION over dumbfuck label discourse. Deeply unserious people. #Embarrassing to think that there are rubes out there who keep falling for this #For ALL our sakes I hope this is literally their first rodeos and they really haven't fallen for this bullshit twice. #But unfortunately I'm too old to be that hopeful. #I didn't get to see the big ''public block list'' made for us dirty queers who support or are bi/mspec lesbians but I hope I was on it #If a man is best judged by his enemies then exclusionists who echo terf rhetoric are the ones I WANT to have. #And ''public lesbian block list'' is in quotes because if you REALLY thought that such a thing wasn't a ''GO HARASS THESE PEOPLE'' charter- #--then you have a black mold where your brain used to be and it's rapidly eating into the bathroom tile you call a skull #Unironically you should not have a platform if you are THAT stupid or malicious to think it was anything BUT a harassment charter #I hope they're ashamed. #Context for those unaware: a flesh-eating amoeba created a public blocklist for people who supported bi lesbians #Minors and extremely small creators without big platforms were on that list #People got harassed but the most namely was Lockandkeyhyena who had people raiding his server with racial slurs and death threats. #I hope everyone involved sees who their ''allies'' are when they spread that sentiment. #A bunch of people ACTUALLY 'invading someone's space' to post the n-word and suicidebait. #THAT is who you appeal to. Sit with that.

[chubbychiquita]

so who's gonna feed me until i can't get up out of bed on my own 🥺

#srry for inactivity across platforms i was searching for a new place to live and am now moving! #the door is *still* broken and honestly i need a place where i can smoke weed that is easy for delivery drivers to find #and i don't have to limit my groceries to what i'm willing to carry up the apartment stairs #so im moving into a little house it's gonna be adorable and im going to eat myself trapped so the firefighters have to tear the wall down :3 #and freezer + pantry space too!!! omg so many gluttonous possibilities #me

[cultofgalaxy]

Brotherly love

#space #character design #kinoko the kuparkuke #video games #indie dev #indie games #2d platformer #aliens #galaxy #comics #indie game #indie developer

[diamondseaside]

valheria rocha, the photographer who shot the lover album photoshoot, wrote a letter about how impactful the opportunity was for her and the latin community and how as an undocumented immigrant she never thought she’d get an opportunity like this… i’m crying

#this is why it’s so important that taylor seeks out artists of color to work with in all aspects of her career #she’s using her massive platform to champion their work and make space for anyone and everyone #and that is soo rare for an artist of her caliber who can easily have her team hire the most well known people

[uncanny-tranny]

At this point, talks about "mutilated bodies" tell me everything I need to know about people's politics. I truly don't believe you can combine the idea of mutilated or degenerate bodies with anything even slightly progressive in terms of autonomy. If you believe yourself to be progressive or anything left of an unapologetic fascist, you frankly cannot truly entertain the idea that some bodies and people are inherently mutilated or degenerate. It is an inherently fascist idea.

#politics #things like this make me almost lose some faith in people #because that is a FUNDAMENTALLY reactionary conservative or even fascist mindset #hate hate hate when 'progressives' want to redeem degenerative theory and imply it can be part of their worldview #and too often the 'mutilated body' refers to women/trans people/PoC even/disabled people... #...wonder why that is! it can't be because those ideas are FUNDAMENTALLY reactionary (sarcasm) #i know i've talked about 'degenerative theory' and its fascist roots before but this shit still goes largely unchallenged imo #you cannot be an anti-fascist fascist. i don't want to see these viewpoints given a platform in so-called 'progressive' spaces #(and too often the 'mutilated bodies' refers to jews too - addendum that is important to add) #ask to tag (genuine) #fascism tw #anti fascism #anti facist

[demi-pixellated]

all grown

#Amongst our Stars: Chimera #Letoya Jacksonn #Miguel Shanoon #Mina Shanoon #Angelo le Blanc #Carvin Arry #Damian Arry #Demitri Arry #Sa-Beth #Juls OC #MSPaint Draw #cw smoking #this started as just dicking around letoya and miguel adult designs and then i spiraled into the rest of the cast #--which is why the main pair are 6 spaces down the line and not top billing :) #personal highlights on this: #Angie's sheer shirt + body harness. All shoes actually but specifically Demitri's platforms. Sa-beth's whole Vibe #and let's f in the chat for having to cover up damian's mahoosive ta-tas with a shirt #you will live on forever in my discord chat

[stickycircuits]

i love the idea of charge sparking across/between frames man

#my art #transformers #transformers bumblebee #transformers starscream #starbee #i keep forgetting to post here i'm so sorry #my lil pea brain only has enough space to remember one platform at a time

[nocternalrandomness]

Enterprise on a mobile launch platform at Vandenberg Space Launch Complex Six - March 20 1981

#NASA #Space Shuttle #Enterprise #Vandenberg AFB #Space Launch Complex Six #mobile launch platform #spacecraft #Orbiter #spaceflight #Slick 6

[our-lesboy-experience]

yesterday i put "fuck off if you don't fuck with lesboys" in my discord bio and today i realized i was kicked from a server and banned by the owner because of it 😭

i get that people don't like us very much but omg nobody said anything to me as to why i was kicked until i got into contact with one of the people from the server💔💔

kicking someone out because they have a queer identity you don't like.....but then it's still just "im not queerphobic!!!1!1!1!"

#I had a hard time engaging with fandom spaces or just general spaces on other platforms #because of this #I would join discord servers for like a youtuber or an music artist I like and I would only feel scared that people would find out #and start mass harassing me #now I'm just on tumblr and honestly feel safer and happier engaging with people who have similar interests to me #for an example I'm a huge fan of natewantstobattle but for as few active fans there are most on twitter were exclusionary towards me #most on tumblr? it's been awesome here #everyone is super nice to me #lesboy #our lesboy experience #lesbian #asks #tw queerphobia #tw exclusionism

[puppetmaster13u]

Danny Phantom Crossover

Where Amity has been near abandoned for years, untouched and unaged if not for the destruction from long ago, when (GIW, Ecto-Contamination, the Portal, Whatever or Whoever) demolished it.

Of course nowadays it's long forgotten, a city laid to ruin, slipping from the minds of those that left. Until someone finds it again, and finds a place of forgotten dreams, the living dead, and a towering figure cloaked in red with a large needle-esque weapon to their neck.

"Leave now, while you still can, stranger. You won't find anything here. All that lies in this place are ghosts and broken towers."

#hollow knight crossover #danny phantom au #prompts #honestly this could be any sort of crossover but i am thinking #dcxdp #Jazz akin to Hornet just with more self-care ideas towards her siblings #Dan is like the Pure Vessel (sealed away but should someone open the portal he shall be awoken) (the final line of defense) #Danny is like Ghost- all exploratory and fighty and honestly give him a void-space wail for fun #Ellie is like a lil Grimmchild exploring with Danny and causing mischief #Sam is probably similar to Unn in the sense of causing an area to become overgrown and creating plant creachurs #Tucker akin to Lurien the Watcher but with hive-esque drones keeping an eye on the city #amity park is weird #and liminal #gives off dead fae vibes #Are the rest of the ghosts there? Probably yeah #There's several husks and ecto-contaminated *things* from the GIW also wandering around #Maybe there's chunks of the Ghost Zone leaking through with floating platforms and islands and such #Maybe the fact the city was once pulled into the Zone already had an effect on it over time #Those who were liminal can't leave- they'll always find their way back as though the city- the portal- calls to them #Those that stay away for too long are driven mad and come back as gibbering husks of themselves #I like to think the liminals wear skulls or masks so they can tell who each other is at a distance and if its safe #Give Jazz a big metal needle to go with her bat #how many tags until tumblr eats them

[lollytea]

Tbh I think the Barbie movie handled its theme of existentialism better than the feminism.

#the feminism of the barbie movie is nothing new #its nothing you wouldnt have seen in a 2016 tumblr post #and in its efforts to platform the struggle of misogyny it unintentionally shrinks the issue of other forms of bigotry #like it IS about a cis conventionally attractive white woman and the prejudice that she applies to her #because shes a woman. so is not on the TOP of the privilege scale and is going to face bigotry as a result #like Greta Gerwig clearly wrote what she knew #and she didnt feel she was educated enough to touch any other topics #the mistreatment of women is a layered topic and it is a complex matter depending on the varied range of women in this world #queer women trans women women of colour #they dont all experience misogyny in the same way that Barbie does #so its definitely not a very rounded discussion #like even Gloria focuses entirely on the pressure of just women in general #like you can claim that shes speaking from her own experience but. its very mouthpiece-ish #her speech is for the purpose of whacking you over the head with the film's message #yknow i think the focus leans too heavily as ''look what we as girls have in common'' #but doesnt touch enough on ''but look how we differ too.'' a balance between those two concepts would have been nice #i feel like Sasha being like ''hell yeah white saviour barbie!'' was like a lazy acknowledgement that theyre AWARE of this issue #but like. theyre too deep into the script now #anyway yeah i was just thinking about this cuz of that gifset #Barbie feeling unsafe and being objectified in a public space #while Ken faces no issues whatsoever. even tho he is a loudly colourful flamboyantly dressed man on rollerskates #because we are going for a misogyny message here. so we need to poof homophobia out of existence for a bit okay?? #like this is basically what i mean. putting misogyny under the spotlight #and as a result quietly pretending other social disadvantages dont apply right now. bending reality to reinforce the message that we want #this isnt like. a scathing criticism on barbie btw. i dont have a film critic brain #im dumb and i love everything #also im really not the person whos qualified to talk about this #this is just some word vomit because i cant stop thinking about it #anyway i think the themes of what it means to be human and live and breathe fucked royally #i loved that stuff

[suga-kookiemonster]

i'm working on something new, but i feel like tumblr has been super dead these past few months. is anyone here 👀

#not just on my blog but in the content creator space in general #i feel like people have either moved off the platform or are taking a bts hiatus like the boys #idk it's bizarre #i have a bunch of projects i plan to work on (one possibly for halloween) #but i will shift them further down my priority list if no one is even gonna read it lol #mine

[manadesia]

Screenshot edit I made ages ago when season 3 first came out ahhh <3

I could go on for hours how I wish that there was more lore shown for Quinn herself, I love Gary’s goofball self too but I needed to see her being more solo too! OG screenshot is under the cut !!

Seriously though Quinn’s so underrated for no reason, she deserved more screen time along with a genuine storyline that would’ve shown us how she felt being trapped in final space itself. I hope there’ll be more about her in the upcoming novel 🤲💜

#screenshot edit #I will give Quinn all of my love rn #I need to rewatch FS again tbh and honestly I’ll forever resent HBO and Netflix for taking it off their platforms #final space