#Childhood's End

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Overlords reveal themselves

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Childhood’s End Concept Art (3 of 7) - Alexander Forssberg

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An Overlord from Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke

I have been reading a lot of classic sci-fi lately and I have to say that I expected this book to be dry but it was very impactful and had some great ideas...highly recommend giving it a read.

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Would Jeff Gregson from Childhood's End become an avatar of The Extinction?

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You'll find the other polls in my 'sf polls' tag / my pinned post.

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VegasPete and Childhood's End: a deranged attempt at connecting two completely unrelated things

Hello there, fellow VP enthusiasts. This post here is my remaining 2 braincells trying to come up with ways the silly, little book known as Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke and the silly, little couple known as VegasPete are connected, and how the show chose this book for Vegas to be reading in episode 11 for reasons beyond its title. I swear it's true, I asked Pond, he told me about it, trust me. I said in the tags of this post that I have started reading the book because I have a fic idea I wanted to write (which will happen next year now, after I finish the book), and after I shared my observations on the kindergarten mafia server, I thought to myself why not make a Tumblr post too? So, here I am. I would like to clarify that I will be spoiling major parts of the book, obviously, so anyone who doesn't want to get spoiled, don't read this post and the ones after it. Also, this is the version of the book I bought like 5 days ago from a well-known bookshop at the center of Athens, which sells English books too, bless them. Just so you know what my source is. (Unfortunately, getting the version Vegas was reading might be difficult - if not impossible - in Greece to find, because I believe it's one of the first editions? I'm not sure. Nevertheless, I have the book in my hands, which is what counts.) If I make any mistakes in regards to the information I'll provide about the book, the story and the characters, I apologize in advance. It'll probably be me not being careful enough while reading it and missing sth. So, without any further delay, here we go:

The basic premise of the book is a concept that's become cliche in the recent years: aliens called the Overlords have taken over the Earth, bringing prosperity to it but leaving humans with having no actual freedom in their choices. So, reading up to page 34, we learn that there's a specific Overlord called Karellen who's responsible for ruling the Earth, and we also get introduced to Stormgren who's the intermediary between Karellen and the human race, with the title of "Secretary". At first, I had made the connection of Vegas being Stormgren and Karellen (or the Overlords in general) being Gun, because Stormgren trusts Karellen with ruling the human race, just as Vegas idolizes his father who can totally bring prosperity to the family and make it better by force (an important element since the Overlords just came and declared themselves the rulers of the planet and took over). Also, there's an element of secrecy with Karellen, because it's been 5 years since he arrived on Earth but no one, not even Stormgren, knows what he looks like. This causes Stormgren to be a bit suspicious of Karellen, which he rarely shows and tries to push the feeling down when it resurfaces. In the same way, I thought this could connect to Gun who's hiding stuff from Vegas - Porsche anyone? - which Vegas will start having thoughts about post ep 11. All of that is fine and good, BUT I wouldn't be a Pete girlie if I didn't try to include my boy in this. I think all of the above I mentioned is more about Pete than Vegas. And, judging by how obsessed Vegas became with Pete post ep 10 - after their masks fell off and he saw who Pete truly was - I am confident in my belief that Vegas reading Childhood's End would think of Pete, not himself (sth he already does at this point but you get what I'm saying). SO, Stormgren is actually Pete, who follows Karellen's words almost blindly, and almost is an important word here because in the book, he does argue back about things and is vocal about his opinions, even if Karellen smartly turns them down. Karellen is generally very softly spoken, polite and very human like in the way he talks, so in my opinion he resembles Korn way more than Gun. There's also a character who calls Stormgren out on his blind faith in Karellen, and if this isn't Vegas telling Pete that "there's no such thing as honesty", I don't know what it is. Now, for the fun part: Stormgren gets kidnapped by a group of humans who want the Overlords to leave and not only is the dude semi-casual about it on the surface while keeping his panic under wraps, in the end his captors, after explaining how they got him and what their plan is, throw a pack of cards at him and ask him to play poker with him, which causes Stormgren to laugh like he hasn't laughed in years. I'm just imagining Vegas reading this and shaking his head, putting on his clown shoes, thinking: these guys are so stupid, encouraging their captive be this nonchalant around them, I would never.

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2:29 AM EDT July 28, 2024:

Pink Floyd - "Childhood's End" From the Soundtrack album Obscured by Clouds (June 2, 1972)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

File under: Barbet Schroeder Music

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Watch "Pink Floyd- Childhoods End Lyrics" on YouTube

The craziest dream I ever had was to to become an adult.😁No regrets. No choice.

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Iron Maiden  -  Childhood's End

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Childhood's End (S1:E6)

Karas: Are you not a warrior among your people, one who is trained to defend and protect them?

Sheppard: I guess you could say that.

K: Would you not willingly give your life if it was necessary?

S:I'd have to be really necessary.

Look at the character growth of this man! I love this interchange because in Sateda Sheppard says he willingly give his life for any of them. In this episode the bonding isn't complete yet. We know they're all brave and everything, but we also know future Sheppard wouldn't hesitate for a second to defend and protect his people.

I love how quickly Karas bonds with Sheppard. He's never had an older man to look up to. I love how much Sheppard finds the sacrifice off-putting, his valuing of life, his sense of wrongness at the life these kids never get to lead. (Like a creepy Peter Pan re-telling).

I love how good Sheppard is with kids and even young people. I have a feeling he's always trying to be the Dad he wished he'd had.

Now, Rodney. Man. He really wanted to steal their ZPM and only returned it when ordered to and when he thought it was useless, but then the probe arrived, and he saw what the consequences might be. He scrambles to get that shield up and even bonds with the two little kids. Took a bit, but Rodney got there, which is what makes him such a great character. He grows.

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I watched the miniseries Childhood's End recently and I think Karellen would be a great CG...

Did anyone else watch the show (or read the books) and agrees?

I don't know.. his voice and way of speaking is just so calming, I'd feel so safe.

So, anyways.. here are some head canons:

You can decorate Karellens horns, put flowers and bows on them and make him pretty and he is so very proud of you for doing it.

He covers you from the rain with his wings.

Generally, he shields you from the weather with them, fan you when it's hot out or wrap them around you when it's cold.

Because Karellen is soooo big, he has no problem picking you up and carrying you anywhere.

Best bedtime story reader ever!!

He plays pretend with you and is able to make it feel sooo real with all the cool technology he has.

Karellen gets so happy, when you tell him about your day/ life and listens intently, even though he already knows everything..

He even asks questions he already knows the answers to, just because he loves listening to you talk and watching you be all exited.

Karellen loves cuddling with you!

I think he definitely cried happy tears, when he showed himself to you and you weren't scared at all, but simply ran up to him and hugged him tightly.

He maked any boo-boo go away instantly.

His favorite activities with you are snuggling, playing dress up (especially when you paint his claws & do his makeup the same you do yours, so you can be twinsies) and just listening to you talk about anything.

Karellens favorite nicknames to call you are Bubba and Lovely.

He lets you explore the ship and answer all your questions about it.

He loves you so very much and he tells you that, every day, multiple times a day!

That's all for now, I might add to it later tho..

Sorry, this is very niche but I had to leave these thoughts somewhere lol

Also, you should definitely watch the show, it's only 3 Episodes, each about 1h 20min and it's soo good!

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I got to see the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann movies in the theater

The first one wasn't too surprising, a compilation movie like the ones you see for Gundam or Code Geass, mostly animation from the tv show with a new prologue at the beginning and a new fight scene at the end.

The second one is crazy though, probably two-thirds new material. It's almost a re-imagining like the Rebuild of Evangelion movies.

So, just the merest thing: in the TV show they reveal that the moon is actually a space battleship and is going to crash into the Earth. In the movie, it transforms into a giant robot Unicron style and tries to punch the Earth.

In the middle of the space battle, Anti-Spiral boss guy peeks his head out of a tear in spacetime just to be like "Checking in. Are you experiencing absolute despair yet? No? OK, continue as you were."

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watched the first gurren lagann movie in the theater tonight. i actually never watched it before now, so this was my first time. while i'm not a big fan of some of the changes it made (i understand that they had to cut some stuff to fit most of the show's first half into one movie but still), i had a really good time. getting to revisit this show i love so much with semi-new content, and with all the english dub cast coming back to reprise their roles, felt really special. can't wait to watch the second movie next week