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BionicDance the Unraptured, Disappointed Idealist

@bionicdance.bsky.social

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3D animator, sci-fi nut, lesbian, autistic, and compulsive punster. (As an AuDHD visual artist whose thoughts are at least half images, asking me to use alt-text is like asking me to breathe cotton candy; I don't have the spoons.)

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BionicDance the Unraptured, Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 21d

If you love science fiction at all, you'll love "Quinn Redshift", the animated space opera adventure by yours truly, on YouTube.

It'll only cost you time to watch it, and will pay out in joy far beyond the minutes spent. What are you waiting for?

BIONICDANCE PRESENTS - Quinn Redshift

YouTube video by BionicDance

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BionicDance the Unraptured, Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 10m

I'm just worried someone is gonna try to take it away from me before I've learned enough to not need it anymore.

Cuz for some people, it's hard for them to hear how AI can be useful over the sound of their knees jerking.

BionicDance the Unraptured, Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 12m

I'm not saying #Trump is smart enough to let all the Jan 6ers out so they could become his gestapo.

I'm not saying that.
Nope. Not at all. Deeeefinitely not sayin' that.

But that's still how it shook out, I'd wager.

Terzilla Ford @bassdiesel.bsky.social · 8h

BionicDance the Unraptured, Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 14m

I love fennec foxes! 😊

BionicDance the Unraptured, Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 17m

Okay...but...I'm using ChatGPT to tutor me in Unreal Engine.

I'm already an animator but I don't know how to code, school is expensive, and humans get annoyed when I ask too many questions.

AI will help me make a game by teaching me the necessary skills. So there'z that.

BionicDance the Unraptured, Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 21m

"Escape goat"...?

BionicDance the Unraptured, Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 23m

I was soooooo spoiled by King County Metro when I lived in Seattle.

People love to kvetch, but I've been to other cities and their public transit ain't as good.

BionicDance the Unraptured, Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 1d

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BionicDance the Unraptured, Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 1d

I remember in school, I did a report on Puerto Rico when we were told to write about the 50 states.

I have no personal ties; I was just a contrary little cuss trying to be different. But it DID teach me a lesson about the country.

BionicDance the Unraptured, Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 1d

Gavin Newsom will never have my vote for #President.

He makes a damned good French Taunter of #Trump and #MAGA, but he's also not on my side on too many issues, doesn't have my back when it matters. Or the backs of people I care about; issues don't have to affect me for me to care about 'em.

The Antifa Lorax @anarchymarshmallow.bsky.social · 1d

Gavin Newsom wasting no time in proving everyone right in not entertaining him as a hypothetical candidate for even a second. Obviously he's a piece of shit and can't even hide it.

BionicDance the Unraptured, Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 1d

Still a good idea.

BionicDance the Unraptured, Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe the #news could push back a little by showing aerial shots of how much places like #Portland and #Chicago AREN'T ACTUALLY ON FIRE.

You know...report the facts that are literally on the ground. While looking at them from a helicopter.

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BionicDance the Unraptured, Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 1d

As a 20-year resident of #Seattle, CAN CONFIRM.

We used to make roadtrips down to #Portland JUST to go to #Powell's.

As someone raised in the Burlington area of #Vermont, both PNW cities felt so familiar; similar energy, despite being much bigger places.

BionicDance the Unraptured, Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so done with most superheroes and have been for a while.

It's soooooo played out, and this trend is lasting even longer than the non-stop zombie flicks and shows (and games).
So tired of it.

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BionicDance the Unraptured, Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 1d

Same thing.

The worldbuilding, the lore, the canon; sequels often just discard it all, to the point where it might as well have been an original movie instead of a sequel.

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BionicDance the Unraptured, Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 1d

Highlander 1 and Highlander 2.
Tron and Tron: Legacy.

The first movie establishes the world's rules and aesthetics, the second ignores them.

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BionicDance the Unraptured, Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 1d

I've finally nailed what the problem is with Hollywood and sequels, at least with sci-fi/fantasy: instead of simply telling more story, they instead decide to add to the world-building with no regard for precedent.

"What? Create an intricate plot? Nah. Add a new alien," basically.