Isaac Beach
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Party symbols for my independent Vermont-MotM entry, to be used on a political spectrum diagram.
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Skallagrim
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That Labour logo is strangely endearing. I do wonder what "The Mountain" could possibly be. I'm vaguely imagining "Gregor Clegane for President", which is just... weird. But that's where my brain goes.
Pretty obvious it's inspired by the whole "bird lands on Bernie's podium" thing.
Skallagrim
Banned
I totally failed to make that connection, but now that you've pointed it out it seems obvious, yeah.
That was awesome! I have an interest in linguistics and I enjoy speculating about the future evolution of languages. I think the languages you came up with are very plausible - nice job!
Isaac Beach
Banned
Think... media savvy, socially liberal nationalists. They’re populist and right wing with a big focus on security and are fairly anti immigrant; but pro-SSM and ostensibly feminist.
Think how Marine Le Pen attempted to draw votes from women and LGBT+ individuals by implying that Muslims would oppress them, but less obviously. (Although in this TL it’s not Muslims but Jews and Indians that Vermont has an issue with)
You bet, and they’re becoming worryingly popular as Labour struggles with their post-election shift to the center.
Eyep! Though ITTL it’s an attempt to make the party family-friendly given socialism has a stereotype of paramilitarism. They’re teased relentlessly for it.
Hapsburg
Banned
Template and example, of a male cassiopeian diplomat. Humanity encountered the cassiopeians during the 2405 Multilateral Conference that curated humanity's introduction to the wider world of galactic politics.
The cassiopeians are a race of tall, lanky aliens from the region humans associate with the Cassiopeia constellation. They evolved from amphibious fishlike creatures on their low-gravity, oceanic homeworld Cassiopeia Theta, climbing from the seas onto swampy archipelagos around 350 million years ago and evolving throughout extinction events and climate shifts to become the species they are today.
They developed space travel around the time humanity was waging the First World War, using their vast seas to provide propellant and deep-water ore lodes to uncover nuclear fuels. It was only after colonial insurrections in the era of early space development that they turned their technology towards powerful weapons of mass destruction. As time went on, they became one of the leading species in the galactic political scene, assisting in introducing newly discovered species into the galactic community. Wise and diplomatic, they used their wits and genial demeanor to welcome many races, including humanity, into the halls of power, though often for their own purposes. Internally, they are a complex aristocratic society, with clans rather than individuals holding votes, and a central legislature composed of the clan matriarchs. Most clans holding discrete territories throughout the Republic.
Their society is matriarchal, though the bulk of their population is male. Females are political and business rulers, ruling clans with shrewdness and absolute power. Small-scale, though viciously and carefully conducted, clan wars erupted across their homeworld in pursuit of territory and power over the centuries. Their female-dominated society evolved due to their reproductive habits. Males and females interacted mostly just for mating seasons to court a female and fertilize a clutch of eggs, instead normally forming permanent bonds with those of the same sex. Their relations with the opposite sex developed into something more akin to a business relationship, with breeding arrangements orchestrated by clan leaders. Over time, these small clan conflicts settled into an international confederation led mainly by common business interests. Males rarely live past 60, while females have been known live twice as long due to differences in lifestyle and gender roles--males individuals are expected to live brief but passionate lives in the military, diplomatic corps, or the workforce, while female cassiopeians tend towards lives of patience and caution demanded by political and business leadership.
The cassiopeians are a race of tall, lanky aliens from the region humans associate with the Cassiopeia constellation. They evolved from amphibious fishlike creatures on their low-gravity, oceanic homeworld Cassiopeia Theta, climbing from the seas onto swampy archipelagos around 350 million years ago and evolving throughout extinction events and climate shifts to become the species they are today.
They developed space travel around the time humanity was waging the First World War, using their vast seas to provide propellant and deep-water ore lodes to uncover nuclear fuels. It was only after colonial insurrections in the era of early space development that they turned their technology towards powerful weapons of mass destruction. As time went on, they became one of the leading species in the galactic political scene, assisting in introducing newly discovered species into the galactic community. Wise and diplomatic, they used their wits and genial demeanor to welcome many races, including humanity, into the halls of power, though often for their own purposes. Internally, they are a complex aristocratic society, with clans rather than individuals holding votes, and a central legislature composed of the clan matriarchs. Most clans holding discrete territories throughout the Republic.
Their society is matriarchal, though the bulk of their population is male. Females are political and business rulers, ruling clans with shrewdness and absolute power. Small-scale, though viciously and carefully conducted, clan wars erupted across their homeworld in pursuit of territory and power over the centuries. Their female-dominated society evolved due to their reproductive habits. Males and females interacted mostly just for mating seasons to court a female and fertilize a clutch of eggs, instead normally forming permanent bonds with those of the same sex. Their relations with the opposite sex developed into something more akin to a business relationship, with breeding arrangements orchestrated by clan leaders. Over time, these small clan conflicts settled into an international confederation led mainly by common business interests. Males rarely live past 60, while females have been known live twice as long due to differences in lifestyle and gender roles--males individuals are expected to live brief but passionate lives in the military, diplomatic corps, or the workforce, while female cassiopeians tend towards lives of patience and caution demanded by political and business leadership.
BlackentheBorg
Banned
A promotional poster for the historical political drama "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" (2019), written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu. The film is noted for a number of reasons; firstly, for being the first realistic, or rather non-comedic, portrayal of the Impeachment of Donald Trump (critics often compare Big Bad Wolf to 2021's Sic Semper Tyrannis, a received comedy directed by Armando Iannucci), as well as the director's first foray into films of a political nature, a decision which Iñárritu suggests came as a 'natural progression' from directing the semi-biographical Revenant. It is also the last on-screen role played by actor Sam Waterston before his death two months after the film was completed. While critics and pundits alike have praised the film for its realism, it has raised a fair amount of controversy, with members of the Republican Party calling the film 'anti-american propaganda', conservative activist groups protesting outside premiers in the midwest, and former Iowa representative Steve King demanding Iñárritu's deportation.
Atlantic-class dreadnought/fast battleship, initial configuration, as per schematic "C" selected by the United Nations.
Length: 465,12 m.
Weight: 261,340 t, full load
And that thing carries a lot of 14 inch railguns and even more 8.1 inch X-ray lasers and even more close defense systems. I took some inspirations from Aurora and Distant Worlds. ;D
Length: 465,12 m.
Weight: 261,340 t, full load
And that thing carries a lot of 14 inch railguns and even more 8.1 inch X-ray lasers and even more close defense systems. I took some inspirations from Aurora and Distant Worlds. ;D
fashbasher
Banned
Another one of my fictional video games...this one featuring actual Hindu and Buddhist mythological characters. Intended to be both scary and educational.
Hapsburg
Banned
Crossposting from my TL thread. Another alien, this time a mammalian race of canid-like humanoids.
The graal, or Anthropolycos agrestis sapiens ("Wise wolf-man of the plains"). At the time of their contact with humanity in the Multilateral Conference of 2405, they controlled a vast interstellar empire called the Worlds Commonality, ruled through a military junta and a command economy. This would change quickly, however, in the following decades.
The graal, or Anthropolycos agrestis sapiens ("Wise wolf-man of the plains"). At the time of their contact with humanity in the Multilateral Conference of 2405, they controlled a vast interstellar empire called the Worlds Commonality, ruled through a military junta and a command economy. This would change quickly, however, in the following decades.
Aftermath of the Second Battle of Durban, autumn of 1900, in which a British seaborne assault managed to retake the Boer occupied port city and drive the commandos back onto the open veld of northern Natal. Here the British 5th Lancers cut down the remnants of the Hollander Corps, attached to Ben Viljoen's Johannesburg Commando.
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Mobiyuz
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Eureka Magazine's February 2018 edition, focusing on the imminent meeting of Congress with both houses under the solid control of the Progressive Party for the first time in President Zhao's administration, along with other issues such as the BART network's expansion, whether or not grizzly bear hunting should be allowed, and other concerns.
shiftygiant
Gone Fishin'
I found these while rummaging on my hard drive, and I thought it might be fun to share:
