I think a thing about a setting that sets off my brain is incongruous tech levels

Ruka linked me

panelperday

And I’m just like “hell yeah the spaceman has a sword and shield”

Gimme age of Sail pirates but some of them have like radios or something

hell yeah

Knights in shining armor and then one of them pulls out a revolver

it's cool because it's an unexpected mix of distinct aesthetics and functions, it makes you guess at what these people do and do not have knowledge of, and it makes you ask questions about how they got this weird mix

This is part of why Star Wars appealed to me so much, I think

That definitely sounds like it checks out

Star Wars is so weirdly fun and enduring because it's not sci-fi, it's sword-and-sorcery with a sci-fi skin on

I know when I first watched it I was like OH WOW IT'S THE KIND OF STORY I LIKE, BUT IN SPACE

Yeah

Also: WH40k