#Atlantis reference

[going-getting-got-ghost]

[krossan]

when some quotes are just too perfect that it fits with another character's personality

[chio-chan2artbox]

For this Atlantis AU I experimented a bit and tried to create a style between Phineas and Ferb style and my style. I am happy with the result, I think it’s getting there.

Yes, I added some teal coloring on Perry’s hair, I can’t picture Perry without some teal on him xD.

[jaggidart]

This happened off-screen, yes?

I'm stupidly proud of this lmao

[the-mushroom-faerie]

maybe I've been spoiled by stargate but I feel like other sci-fi shows should have more archeology as world building. give me city ruins of when the Q were physical beings. give me ferengi El Dorado missions. give me evidence that Earth has been touched by aliens throughout history. give me dig sites on the klingon homeworld (idk how to spell it). JUST GIVE ME ARCHEOLOGY PROVING THAT THE UNIVERSE IS INTERCONNECTED

[lonestarflight]

Reference guide of all the external changes made to the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (OV-104) during her lifetime.

Missions: STS-51-J, STS-61-B, STS-27, STS-30, STS-34, STS-36, STS-38, STS-37, STS-43, STS-44, STS-45, STS-46, STS-66, STS-71,STS-74, STS-76, STS-79, STS-81, STS-84, STS-86, STS-101, STS-106, STS-98, STS-104, STS-110, STS-112, STS-115, STS-117, STS-122, STS-125, STS-129, STS-132, STS-135

Date: 1985-2011

Documents by Alfonso X Moreno: link

[mylittleredgirl]

concept: john sheppard in a "women want me, wraith fear me" hat

[sga-mcshep-4ever]

"It's not that I mind lending people a hand…" "No, of course not." "You're a generous man, Carson." "But it's the principle of the thing, isn't it? You can't go around volunteering someone for something without consulting them first. That's not even volunteering, is it? It's being pressed into service. Not to mention the fact that I'm not—" "Not military. I can't give you orders, I know." "No, no, no, no, no. He just doesn't like going through the Stargate." "He's worse than Dr. McCoy." "Who?" "The TV character that Dr. Beckett plays in real life." "Converting the human body into energy and sending it millions of light years through a wormhole…bloody insanity." "Come on, how often do you get to travel to an alien planet?" "I was already on an alien planet."

[sga-owns-my-soul]

ever notice the way rodney refers to people? its always Elizabeth, Radek, Teyla, Ronan, and..... Sheppard 🤔🤔🤔

the others first name basis is casual, instinctive, but rodney only calls him john when theyre being vulnerable

just food for thought

no oh my god i actually think about this ALL THE TIME i'm obsessed with how rodney calls john different things based on different types of interactions i'm literally writing a fic about the colonel vs sheppard vs john it's just. it's SUCH a good concept i love thinking about rodney calling him sheppard vs calling him john and it's just. it's so good i could probably write an entire essay on it i genuinely love this topic so much

[i-suggest-weed]

my fav old man with pretty hair <3

[fukia]

“A man with nothing to hide. You’d fit in fine at the temple.”

“You followed me.”

“Most people forget to look up.”

[alitgblog]

for the record i did think about doing inktober but i'm pretty busy this month so instead i'm just going to put my other wips on hold in favor of drawing some random characters in halloween costumes whenever tf i have the time starting with furthering my angie x cora agenda

(second one just has some warmer lighting based on the photo i was using as a reference)

[[litg halloween part 1]]

[wolfjessedragon]

Incorrect quote

Miguel: *winces and rubs neck*

Pavitr: Something wrong with your neck?

Miguel: Yeah I- *Pavitr jumps on his back* Ah- Hey!

Pavitr: *proceeds to crack Miguel’s neck then jumps off* Better?

Miguel: *stretches* Actually yeah

[gargoyleandgremlinpress]

Behold! My first fanbinding project, from last winter. In which I raided my long-time RL and fandom friend @zulufic​‘s AO3 for the assorted snippets of crackfic that she’s written over the years, and smushed it into a short little pamphlet bind! We’ve got ridiculous in-jokes, moments in fandom history, and a few things that were written on our living room couch. The pictures above are from the copy I made for myself over the summer, and the ones below the cut are the original Christmas present. In between, I got a printer that can handle cardstock for the cover, and some slightly better paper, but they’re pretty similar overall.

I’m kind of hooked on these pamphlets for smaller projects. They’re a good instant-gratification project, since there’s not much in the way of construction and no waiting for glue or paste to dry. 

[fictionadventurer]

imaginary book: “The Ruined Idylls of Calomar”, low fantasy (quite obscure, authorship disputed; philologists suspect the first draft was written in a Celtic or Semitic language in the late 19th or early 20th century.)

The Ruined Idylls of Calomar by A.E. Mann

This haunting work of fantasy claims to be the journals of an unnamed scholar living in exile after the fall of the hidden lands of Calomar. Once a thriving, peaceful, highly civilized culture, its glory was brought low by the pride, greed, and wrath of kings, scholars, explorers and warriors who fought for glory, power, and honor, until its final destruction by a dark, nameless weapon left only a scant handful of survivors to escape and tell the tale. In haunting language, the narrator writes of Calomar's glory and intrigue, its final fall, and his irresistible yet doomed attempts to return to his lost homeland and learn what, if anything, has survived.

[orchideae]

When I approach Yelan (or anyone else I've written), I don't just look directly at her character, but I also look at her surroundings. Both the ones that she knows by some semblance of necessity, but also those that she chooses. Like here, I talked about the Chasm, and what being 'okay' with existing down there needs to mean for a character, because it's not normal. Someone's surroundings, room, or home say a lot bout who they are and what their mindset, or specifically, their perspective is of the world. And sometimes, I think it says more about people than even the characters realize.

This brings me to the topic of the city of Fontaine. Now, I personally think it's rather obvious that a lot of the nation takes from historical France, and so when looking at it, I think it really adds to remember its monarchy, the view that the 'common folk' had of it, and its inevitable demise to non-existence today in terms of importance as a result. So my first question is, who constructed or decided on its layout? Was it Furina, Neuvillette, Egeria? Whoever it was, there's a lot that can be said about their view of the world and their placement in it when you look at locations of buildings. Look at where Palais Mermonia, its governing body, is located within the city; it sits at a rather astounding elevation in comparison to, well, everything and everyone else in the city. This frequently represents the concept of 'distance' between groups in one way or another, and seeing the consistency in other nations, this is something that is rather intriguing to me, especially keeping Fontaine's characters in mind (and considering this is the nation of 'justice'). Mondstadt has everything almost entirely uniform, with arguably the church on the highest level (but it isn't greatly elevated in comparison to all else), but it's joined with the plaza and statue which are a common gathering site for all people in the city. Liyue had the gods and adepti visibly living among the humans back in the days of the Guili Assembly for reasons of 'integration' (my apologies to numerous from our dear Guizhong!) The fact that numerous adepti now live far outside of the harbor is a different matter entirely, and the one who seems to function within a semblance of separation of sorts is Ningguang with the Jade Chamber (but I'm not one to speak on behalf of her character as I don't bear the knowledge). Inazuma also has the Tenshukaku at a higher elevation in comparison to the rest of Inazuma City. Sumeru is interesting, but ultimately Nahida was kept at the very peak of the city, far out of reach of humanity— but that's exactly the common denominator that has my interest, the distance between the 'governing body' and humanity for one reason or another.

But Fontaine really takes separation to a different level in my opinion (and again, think of this when you think of the person having designed the whole city), not only because of the above which I'll elaborate more on in a moment, but also its separation from the outside world. Now, this is interesting to think about if you keep in mind that it was perhaps done in eventual protection of the city's inhabitants in terms of the prophecy (which means that this would have been constructed anywhere during or after Egeria's reign), but then why is only Palais Mermonia far above the water's reach? If the walls surrounding the city were ever breached during said prophecy, all its inhabitants are pretty much immediately caught in the flood and would drown, which tells me nothing positive of the city's 'architect' or whoever signed off on the designs. But if not done for the prophecy, then why? Stand in the middle of the Court of Fontaine and really look around you, the only sights you really have of the outside world are the sky, and it's obstructed by a fair bit of the waterways and gardens that hang overhead, which you can only properly enjoy when you take the ages long elevator to the upper level where the palace is located (which, credit due, seems freely accessible to everyone in present-time). But if you don't venture up, how much of the outside world do you get to see? It feels very secluded, very much under lock and key. On some level (and this is one of the many reasons why I think that the Meropide is so excessively important in Fontaine and it's likely why we spent so much time there; it's all to show the ever, ever important contrast and nuance between this 'autonomous nation within Fontaine' and, well, 'Fontaine'), it almost feels like a prison, regardless of how pretty it may look or come across (and despite not 'lacking rights'). And considering how people in the Meropide speak of not always wanting to return back to the 'overworld' following their sentence, I think that there's definitely quite a bit of truth in that. But again, stand there and look around for yourself.

Now to return to the original topic, but keeping the last one in mind as well, look at one other thing that I'm unsure how many have really kept an eye on: the massive effect Palais Mermonia's level has on the rest of the area (inside and outside of its walls). Have you ever walked through the city of Fontaine at any given time of day or night, north to south, east to west, clockwise or counter-clockwise circling through it; have you ever seen how it overshadows an immense part of the streets below it either entirely on its own (which to me signifies a very domineering presence), or together with those outer walls that surround the city? I know how I've spoken thoroughly with people before about how much I enjoy Fontaine and how dark it is in its storytelling, but despite how gorgeous this region with its water- and landscapes are; its city bears quite a heavy weight to me. I don't know who designed it, or ordered it to be constructed in this way, but nothing about the city itself truly, rationally, shows a healthy perspective versus its citizens.

Me: /continues on to ramble in tags because I'm me and I'm a nuisance with always more to say than I know how to coherently put into these posts.