• MajorHavoc@programming.devEnglish
    291·
    1 month ago

    I’m so glad I’m not the only one to assume this arrow points to the “Trigun” and “Cowboy Bebop” aisle.

  • LEONHART@slrpnk.netEnglish
    27·
    1 month ago

    Ah, yes. The Spike Spiegel wing.

    Edit: Where are my manners? Let’s throw Vash the Stampede in there too. Not enough love for Trigun these days.

  • SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    1 month ago

    Mistborn books 4-6 (Wax and Wayne series)

    Although I definitely recommend Mistborn 1-3 first. Which are awesome in their own right.

      • SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 month ago

        True. The groundwork for it is set in era2. But there is some steampunk-esq leanings in that direction at the end of Era2.

        But serious to anybody reading this… mistborn is fantastic and the change to a new era is also fantastic.

        Mistborn era 1: Epic Fantasy with metals based magic system.

        One of the examples is people with certain abilities can “push” or “pull” on metallic objects like coins and leap, fly or fight with it.

        Mistborn era 2: Epic fantasy magic in the age of firearms and steam engines with metals based magic system.

        Same as above… but now somebody can fire a bullet into the ground of a small gulch and use the metal of the bullet to push off of allowing them to “leap” that gulch. Or another person can deflect bullets fired at them, etc etc.

    • idegenszavak@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      101·
      1 month ago

      I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating… and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth.

      PeAk iNsPiRaTiOnAl

        • idegenszavak@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          31·
          1 month ago

          Ohmygod, that changes everything wow, I would never expect such an unforeseeable twist, this elevates the writing to Shakespearean levels, Anakin is the new Hamlet, thank you for this inspiration.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 month ago

      Its probably been 15 years since I’ve consumed any of the Trigun story, but from what I remember it was a story set in a dystopian future where local strongmen and warlords battled for control over a desert wastelands while the most altruistic person was targeted by society with the largest bounty on his head in history. Meanwhile the local populace is barely scraping by as they are set upon by both man and nature just trying to survive. So, Western, yes. Sci-fi, (careful of spoilers) yes. Inspirational?

      • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        8·
        1 month ago

        One could argue that Vash the Stampede perseveres despite all the hardships he’s had to endure and kept a cheerful demeanor through it all. He acknowledged the harm he’s done but is also willing to atone for it as much as he can. For readers who’ve done bad things in life but want to make up for it, that seems inspirational.

        • Makeitstop@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          1 month ago

          The difference between cynical grimdark misery porn and an inspiring epic can come down to a single character with a conscience.

        • MajorHavoc@programming.devEnglish
          3·
          1 month ago

          And let’s not forget “you need to confess!” Wolfwood’s story arc as a mild mannered traveling preacher carrying a cross that’s heavy because it’s full of forgiveness.

          Sarcasm is hard to read in text, but I absolutely agree, but I’m being vague to try not to spoil anything beyond the first couple episodes.

  • vanderbilt@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    1 month ago

    Hmm…

    Dune? Nope

    Westwood: Double Nope

    Cowboy Bebop: Not even close

    Dark Tower: negative inspiration actually

    I’m sensing a pattern here. Sand + sci-fi equals a lithium prescription.

    • primrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      are you kidding? westworld ABSOLUTELY fits! did you not watch the first two seasons? or even just the finale of season 1? the old engineer and his redemption arc, the robot girl and her apotheosis? the jaded nihilistic madame and breaking her programming, proving she’s her own person, by breaking her code, possibly in a way that was planned by a manipulative bastard who played everyone around him for decades, blurring if not effectively erasing the line between humanity and our creations, emphasized by the man in black’s whole arc, in kind of a more drawn out version of the cinematic cut of blade runner you can’t even find anymore?

      I was inspired by cowboy bebop and dune! not to, you know, become the chosen one or a space bounty hunter, but, like, you know, in other ways. they were beautiful. they said stuff about life. they touched my heart. they taught me about myself. cowboy bebop in particular really drove home the beauty of the temporary, of relationships even if they weren’t forever, the beauty that can come from facing your trauma, your past, and potentially even your death, and also inspired me to be a deeply annoying weeb for a couple years, among other philosophical shit.

  • Toribor@corndog.socialEnglish
    7·
    1 month ago

    I’ve been running a tabletop campaign for Scum & Villainy which is very much in the Space Opera/Western category. It’s been a really fun and evocative setting to game in.

  • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzEnglish
    81·
    1 month ago

    Westworld

    Edit: I swear that the first word was something else. That, or I can’t read.