so i was thinking, "who else becomes an immortal space themed monarch?" ~ if your immediate thought was "sailor moon", you are so right, i realy admire that about you 💚
"All the love that we had / And the love that we hide / Who will bury us / When we die?"
After finishing the more complex artworks (that I want to post properly tomorrow) the impostor syndrome nagged at my brain and AGH. SO! I did these to shake that feeling and be proud of my chicken-scratched doodles and I ENJOYED IT A TON! Even to the point of doing all the lettering/handwriting on the go using lyrics from "Opportunities" by Pet Shop Boys ♥.
guess who finally made a fanbot after 2 years in the musical robot fandom
meet Janka!
above: Janka in to versions - a bare mechanism and a 'friendlier' folk attire
created in 1921 and commercialy released in 1936, named after a character in a famous song, Janka was intended to be the first fully inteligent record-playing machine for personal use. With her creator, Stanisław Lasota, basing its design on popular barrel organs, she was equipped with many different accesories to make her blend in with the enviroment. The most popular one was a folk-based look, inspired by traditional clothing of people of Łowicz, but many different options were available, with some owners even sewing it clothes of its own.
above: bare mechanisms, the mask sold to make Janka less 'intimidating', the most popular folk variant, a "night out" variant personally crafted by one of the owners
Although the company producing record players promised all of them would be able to change the songs by the voice command, it seems that only the original prototype of Janka retained that function. That's why, while the other copies went on to become just a fancy gimmick, Janka's value skyrocketed, providing Lasota with a great sum of money that allowed him to retire early and comfortably. After his death in 1937, the original designs were found. It seemed that there were no differences between the commercial versions and the prototype - except for the material that the top of the table was made of. In the original, an undefinable green matter has been used, that studies have not been able to replicate. It is suspected that the substance, mixed in with molten glass, was a gift Lasota brought back from one of his travels.
above: diagram of the functions of certain parts
Once an unique antique, original Janka lost value over time. The amazement over her ability to change music at request and memorising entire symphonies after playing them once disappeared, replaced with annoyance, and sometimes even horror, as it seemed the machine gained a mind of its own.
Owners reported music playing in the middle of the night, suspicious movement and the needle skipping over certain words in song, forming a new message altogether. After the last owner, Jerzy Sójka, claimed "the goddamn machine, [it] has a mind of its own, [it's] the devil! devil is speaking to me!", the fate of Janka had become unknown. Many suspect that it has been abandoned in a basement or an attic, with some even claiming they still hear her song being played at night.
i have an unhealthy obsession with chuck t chipperson to the point where my 6 year old brother knows his name, team, where the hub is, exactly what their uniform looks like and legit everything else that can and is linked to chuck
I think I know who's Fox from the Starlight Desert truly is.
I just thought about how TLP season played out the entire book, but not friendship with Fox. Firstly, I thought that our skykid was supposed to replace him in the story, but no, Litle Prince mentioned Fox in one of the quests. So they already met. And that must've happened after Prince met grown-ups. In Starlight Desert. Who could it possibly have been? Does Sky have a wise philosophical talking fox who can turn Little Prine to the right path? Sky doesn't. I do.
I love those terminals where durandal is using the security officer as a rubber duck for talking about his issues and halfway through remembers he is being vulnerable in front of another person right now and goes "fuck. Do this for me, bye" and closes the connection