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I really appreciate how this trilogy is motivating me to make more conceptually ambitious art and also resist instant gratification but also I will still complain a little bit about the process (it will be worth it)
#transmission from the captain#(making a 4 piece post and i just finished the third art..... just one more....)#(it's not as conceptually ambitious as the recent chu yan i did [the life i can't have] which that one was really fun)#(i have an idea for luo ji art based off of the song artsick by tricot too [listen to tricot])#(the eventual comics i will make are. going to be a challenge but it's good to get out of my comfort zone)#(not to get personal on the rambling blog but i do need distractions for emotional regulation purposes so it's good for me!)
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Can they introduce a Three Body Problem themed stationery line where they use Zhang Beihai's quote "For particularly important things, it’s always more reassuring to write them down like this" as the tagline
#transmission from the captain#(i know there's a notebook based off of ye wenjie though!! as far as i know there's no zhang beihai themed stationery?)#(which that is a little surprising given how that's a minor but a trait i personally found memorable [very biased however])#(?? there's wallfacer notebooks too but not beihai??)#(at least. as far as i know because how does frederick tyler get a notebook but not zhang beihai)
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I really need to do a full reread of this trilogy but paying extra attention to the little details because the painting imagery is really cool:
"In Morovich and Guan’s eyes, Blue Space was a magnificent, immense painting that had just been unrolled."
"In other words, the Solar System will turn into a painting with no thickness."
Then everything about Yun Tianming's fairytale too!!
#transmission from the captain#(noticing the little details and how they act as minor foreshadowing is so cool)
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I think Reiko/Verenskaya(Vera) would be so funny because it messes with both Ike and James Hunter haha?? Also, it's really cute too because Reiko was shown to wish Merry Christmas to Gravity despite being pursued whereas Vera was more sympathetic to Blue Space which would make for a fun conversation
#transmission from the captain#(there is this meme format that's like)#(“i'm a lesbian” “what?” then another girl comes in like “i'm a lesbian too”)#(then someone asks “is there anybody who likes men?” and the last frame is another man like “i do”)#(that is what this feels like)#(vera: “i'm a lesbian” ike: “what” reiko: “i'm a lesbian too” ike: “is there anyone on either crew who likes men??” chu yan: “i do”)#(i've been thinking about blue space + gravity stuff and i think i'll definitely let reiko and vera have an interaction though)#(not necessarily shippy but i'd absolutely let people interpret it as such)
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I need to make a series where Chu Yan takes up a notetaking practice to follow after Zhang Beihai and records journal entries about Blue Space and Gravity that's episodic in nature and covers isolated conversations or the setting itself
I have ideas already but the tone changes would go from:
Everyone avoiding the psych corps
Morovich talking to Chu Yan about how they are metaphorically burying their mother Earth and he asks Chu Yan if he'd think he'd make a good father. Which, Chu Yan momentarily thinks about his own lack of childhood under crisis and says "No, I don't think so."
Park Ui-gun and Devon bar fight
#transmission from the captain#(it'd seem really fun!! i know myself though and i fear this is overly ambitious but definitely something to think about)#(i have potential interactions cooking in my mind since i'm drawing duos right now though)#(it's a really fun challenge to keep these interactions grounded in the context of the novels too)
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Really appreciate Mr. Ken Liu's work and I should really check out his original fiction, but he's done really good work in compiling translated fiction into anthologies and I just started Chen Qiufan's Waste Tide which is also translated by Ken Liu
#transmission from the captain#(the translator's note at the start of waste tide shows the good work he's doing as a translator)#(i can also recommend the anthologies ken liu made too)#(i'll talk about waste tide when i'm done but i heard good things about it!)#(really enjoy ken liu using the term topolect instead of dialect too!)
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The use of stationery in space is actually really interesting (to me) and I knew some of the basics like the Fisher Space Pen, but the details are really sparking some stationery-related Beihai thoughts
Links to sources I'm looking at:
NASA Spinoff Article
National Air and Space Museum link to a mechanical pencil used
#transmission from the captain#(i am currently scripting something but there's a chu yan-zhang beihai conversation [spreading chuzhang around!])#(where chu yan thinks there has ought to be a more practical way to keep an archive but beihai objects to that)#(graphite is a form of carbon and carbon persists as exemplified by carbon-based cave art still being around today)#(as long as its left undisturbed then it could last longer than human civilization itself)#(chu yan [with a more scientific perspective] makes the connection between carbon in graphite and carbon-based life)#(which leads into how beihai represents the persistence of life through his motivations)#(i am a little uncertain how to end it though since this would take place before the dark battles)#(however a nod towards what chu yan does might work like a “i will do my best as captain to ensure humanity's survival" thing?)#(then maybe beihai can remark that chu yan is clearly already thinking about the endurance of life based on their conversation)#(ohhh a “you've thought about this long and hard haven't you” would be a good nod to his dad actually)
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I will share the story on how I got introduced to something that curses me now. Back in the good old days of my high-school years, when I had more time to watch things, I enjoyed donghua quite a bit. The Minecraft adaptation (it was when it was officialized and either the Luo Ji or Zhang Beihai season was released) was briefly mentioned in English language donghua spaces for its absurdity and high ratings despite its visual appearance. Turned out it was based on a book and I got it when my teenage brain was not at a point where it could fully comprehend the novels, but they would soon act as a sleeper agent when it resurfaced in my head when the English-language adaptation started making its way to my news. I was heavily fixated on James Bond at the time and Elliot Carver's actor (Mr. Jonathan Pryce) was apparently in this adaptation, so that is how I knew about the Netflix show even though I don't even have Netflix + don't really keep up with contemporary TV. It all spiraled from there.
#transmission from the captain#(the adaptation you got into three body problem for will be special to you too because look at me now...)#(it sucks a little bit how the english language fandom is small because adaptation trends are very fascinating to me)#(for example chu yan)#(chu yan is more popular amongst chinese netizens compared to other spaces since most people are “who's chu yan??”)#(i actually saw someone talking about chu yan on reddit after watching the donghua because he has more screentime there)#(there's a bit of correlation and i won't necessarily say causation but a connection is there [i say with a chu yan icon])#(it's always cool to see how english language fandom interpret the characters in art too since that adaptation is less known)#(it's so refreshing to see new takes on the characters!)#(yet i'm surprised nobody has drawn cheng xin and zhang beihai interacting at least once inspired by the netflix show??)#(i have barely touched the netflix show since it's not my personal thing but i support people who like it from a distance)#(though i know their cheng xin and zhang beihai versions were a thing apparently and they'd definitely have an interesting conversation)#(or. other interactions based on the counterparts of the netflix show but i'd especially like a cheng xin and zhang beihai one)#(it's because i love them both haha but come on someone has to do it even though they haven't interacted in the novels)
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Working on a quadriptych (coloring 1/4 of the whole collection right now) and I think at this point I should just make Blue Space and Gravity my OCs. However, the thing is extrapolation is the fun part because the question of "how can I make my characterizations grounded in the context of the novels so they actually feel like expansions instead of me completely making stuff up" is a fun one to answer
#transmission from the captain#(especially for chu yan!? i hope that whenever i draw and write him he does feel like chu yan even though he shows up for 5 minutes)#(speaking of him he's really cute here and i might make this the art for the pinned the moment i get done)#(then i'll work on the 3 other pieces between working on stuff for other people)
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Wait I'm the first guy (hopefully not the only person at some point) in the Joseph Morovich tag
#transmission from the captain#(there is. another “chu yan” from a show but his name is 楚炎 while our chu yan is 褚岩 and. i accidentally took over the tag)#(however it doesn't seem active so it's fine)#(in terms of this trilogy it is just me posting haha but i predict he'll have a little cameo in the tencent version in. several years)#(i always forget he shows up in the dark forest technically but he's not even named)#(he'll show up you just have to trust me [source: me])
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Captain Joseph Morovich of Gravity
[ID in alt text]
#transmission reblogged#art#joseph morovich#blue space entry: 1#(morovich! really fun to work on this design)
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Pretend to be a triumphalist and pick up a pencil and that notebook! Avert one of the manifestations of defeatism being passive waiting and get to work yourself (Zhang)! Technology worship is one way defeatism can form (Zhang)! Reduce your screentime!!!
Works Cited:
Zhang, Beihai. Space Force Work Meeting, Crisis Era. Address.
#transmission from the captain#dispelling defeatist thinking#(you can tell i like my dispelling defeatist thinking tag but it oddly works for me)#(this can also loosely apply to generated artwork in the sense that they should pick up a pencil and get off the internet haha)#(this is also a “work on my essay” message even though i'm typing it but i will not wait until the deadline!! i will work!!)
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Probably will start numbering my Blue Space and Gravity (which includes ChuZhang) art from now on for fun and I am always really amused by the progression of how an artist draws characters (Plus it might be fun to track over time how much I've drawn these randoms!)
#transmission from the captain#(probably will have a tag here like “blue space + gravity counter: [number]” in my reblogs to here and art i post here)#(this is an archive for my stuff for them after all so i don't see why not!)#(i got the idea after the sudden alarming realization i've...drawn chu yan the most [even more than zhang beihai??])#(so i felt like something to track that could be implemented for blue space and gravity as a whole)
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One of my goals is to completely fool people who followed me on main who know nothing about this trilogy and make them think that Blue Space and Gravity play some sort of major role. (Little do they know)
It is also something that allows me to continue being unhinged and be less shy. (Long live Blue Space and Gravity)
#transmission from the captain#dispelling defeatist thinking#(smirks. my summer break is almost soon too so i'll end up having quite a bit of time before my fall semester)
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Before I go to sleep, I'd like to point out that the musical imagery with the group vote coincides with the whole thing with Singer later. I always notice new connections in these books:
The gravitational wave broadcast began. Everyone present felt a strong tremor. The feeling seemed to come not from without, but from within each body, as though every person had become a vibrating string. This instrument of death played for only twelve seconds before stopping, and then everything was silent.
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If you catch me doodling potential Morovich designs on the margins of my notes tomorrow during lecture, then no you did not.
#transmission from the captain#(i have a piece planned but i need to conceptualize everyone on gravity since i already have blue space)#(i've been trying to think about the morovich and chu yan dynamic too...by virtue of being captains they likely talk a lot)#(not exactly sure how to characterize morovich so far but looking back at the group vote...)#(what struck me with him was the familial language he used like referring to deterrence as a cradle)#(then he also referred to earth as a mother)#(not sure what to make of those yet because familial motifs are a thing throughout the trilogy but definitely something to think about)#(then one of the things that defined gravity prior to capture was the “spiritual anchor” of metaphorical parents)#(gravity gets compared to a child lost from their parents but blue space was deemed parentless wild children)#(that does give me something to work with at least but not sure how to integrate that into my characterization just yet)#(also. finally. art for the pinned will be soon. hopefully)
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ChuZhang Spy AU: Resolute Faith
I will not be doing anything substantial, probably just random art here and there. Though, I'm having a lot of fun with the idea! Tentative premise below the cut and this might be reworked a bit over time:
The premise is that Zhang Beihai receives orders to apprehend Chu Yan and retrieve highly classified documents after the latter escaped with them. Due to Beihai's "resolute faith" in the organization, he was entrusted with this task. (Beihai absolutely does not have resolute faith in the organization)
Chu Yan used to work (in fact, raised for this job at a young age) for the same spy organization as Zhang Beihai and showed no signs of dissent before, which makes his defection a surprise. The organization can't discern a proper motive yet, but does believe that he will broadcast the documents' contents.
About the contents: The documents refer to the equivalent of the mental seal from the trilogy and had the outward presentation for ideological training (instilling faith). This had the secret purpose to "poison" people to become incredibly skeptical of their leaders and destroy their own organizations inside out. Chu Yan himself isn't "poisoned" by this nor is he planning on using the material, but having the documents in his hands poses a grave risk regardless.
There's also more matters like the cover-up for Zhang Beihai killing scientists on a past mission turned out to correspond to the development of the mental seal. (Reworked some elements of the novel to make this idea fit)
At first, it seems like a clash between someone who lost all faith in the organization and someone who has absolute faith in his cause. However, it turns out that Beihai has shared similar skepticism in accordance with his actions towards the end of The Dark Forest! (This time, instead of Chu Yan following after Zhang Beihai, it's Zhang Beihai following after Chu Yan)
I just wanted to combine both of my interests in spy fiction and this trilogy! I feel like spy fiction suited a lot of the novels' themes too!
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