modern fantasy is really interesting to think about bc like.
a) how would the world develop as an alt!timeline earth where humans and elves and dwarves and so forth all coexisted? how would resources be allocated? what kind of societies would exist? would the human population be smaller so other sentient species could exist?
b) how would class divides work? would be have cheap allegories of what currently exist in our purely human society or would there be a whole other set of social norms/taboo/etc?
c) if D&D has taught us anything, how do hybrids work, if at all???
d) would orcs go to college. like seriously would we get orcs in community college.
e) how would neurodiversity transfer between species? like would adhd manifest differently in an elf kid than a human child?
and so on
tensions between people of different classes would probably be like sass between stem and art majors.
this morning NASA abandoned their mars rover Opportunity (aka Oppy) because it (she) got hit by a storm on Mars and it knocked her camera and wheels out and her last words to the team were “my battery is low and it is getting cold”. I know she’s a machine but I’m devastated. Oppy is the one who discovered water on Mars. RIP oppy ily space baby
HEY @nasa WHAT THE FUCK!!!!! IM CRYING SHE WAS DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB???!?!?!?!?!!!!!! IM GOING TO MARS AND BRINGING HER A BUNCH OF BATTERIES AND BLANKETS I LOVE HER SO MUCH
She was actually covered in dust and they tried for over a year (she got hit with a dust storm last year) to get responses but she never responded. She was so strong! she and her sister Spirit were only supposed to last 90 days…she was launched in 2004! 15 years! Get rest Oppy; maybe one day we’ll be up there and fix you up.
found this on twitter, it’s a useful contribution. original stopped after 10th frame. this one is happier
I… I didn’t need my heart intact anyway. This fine…😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
this morning NASA abandoned their mars rover Opportunity (aka Oppy) because it (she) got hit by a storm on Mars and it knocked her camera and wheels out and her last words to the team were “my battery is low and it is getting cold”. I know she’s a machine but I’m devastated. Oppy is the one who discovered water on Mars. RIP oppy ily space baby
they didn’t abandon her!! they tried eight months to reach her!!!! as their last farewell to her yesterday they played her “I’ll be seeing you” by Billie Holiday:
