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 Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:13 pm
I don't know if this is the right subforum, or if its a duplicate- but, I seriously must ask!
I recently have been asked to explain to many of my friends lately what it is- And I try, I do. Then I send them links. The wiki is lacking, and various other sites can be intimidating/confusing, and in the end, I end up talking and linking the idea into boredom.
While I have been a lover of such for many a year, it was without realizing it. I hadn't realized my likings fit together in one term so well. So, on that note, I am still a fledgeling steamer. So, please- any assistance would be Mondo appreciated.
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:28 am
Very carefully.
I would suggest giving the most simple of explanations, and elaborating only if they ask.
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:02 am
Thanks for replying. =D Been wonding if ANYONE checked subforums. Um... Yeah, okay. I guess that is a good point... Um... XD Reason she first asked was because I used anachronism in a sentence, and she wondered what it meant, and I sent her on a dictionary quest...which provoked a WTH? I forgot exactly how unusual a definition it is... So for the past few days, I've been floundering, avoiding her till I had a good idea of how to go about explaining it...
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:06 am
I first got into steampunk through reading Girl Genius. I liked similar stuff before and Victorian things but until then I didn't really have a definition for it. I suggest showing her any steampunk media like comics, books, films or games you think she'd like, maybe even music. Something like that could get her hooked. smile Through getting interested in stuff like that she'd pick up aspects of the style and things she'd need to know to understand the culture.
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:41 am
Well, I got a different friend to concider it by showing her a drawing I did...then I got her to listen to dresden dolls...hrm...I'll try that route! Didn't think that had anything to do with it, cause the first girl, she tends to go with my flow- one of those slightly younger sister's friends who thinks the older brother is awesome deal.
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:24 pm
I don't bother explaining very often. If someone asks why I dress weird, I either say "why are you dressed weird?" or "why not?". If it really comes down to it, I just explain it as Victoriana got on one steam train, and some steam technology sci-fi got on another steam train, and they collided in a really big bang, and then there were some air-pirates that raided the scene of the accident. Or I just refer them to H.G. Wells, League of Extordinary Gentlemen, and Girl Genius and then they get a pretty decent picture.
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:42 am
I got into it in a very strange way. And mostly just found things I love on DeviantArt, where I have an account.
I think linking to art is a good way to do it since it's such a visual genre.
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:31 am
Past era combined with steam technology that's been elaborated on. With steampunk it's best to keep it simple or we confuse people.
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:35 pm
Men: Thanks to "Bram Stoker's Dracula" and Gary Oldman tons of girls from the vampire fanatics to the Victorian buffs drool over a tail-coat and set of pill glasses. If League of Extraordinary Gentlemen doesn't get them drooling over prospects, or Abney Park's Fashion.
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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:35 am
I simply described it like this to a friend:
"It's like a Robot powered by a steam engine on its back, on an airship, dogfighting another airship by firing a large mounted turret gun at it."
His mouth dropped in how awesome it seemed. Then he got into it.
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Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:01 am
The first Maker's Faire in California had a great explanation "It's what might have been had the information era happened a century earlier" and really, that's mainly what it's about. Working with steam to get us a pc, going for form over functionality everytime (although it's just that much more awesome when things DO work).
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:06 pm
hmm i wouild say probably intodue her to some book and music because those are something that most people can relate to so at least you are on a common ground. then introduce her to the style and culture. the rest will figure itself out.
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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:12 am
Simple is best, as I agree with Iseult Afire.
But if you have to explain it, it's an alternate history where technology advanced but the power still came from steam, gas and analogue power, and we never started using electricity, if it was it was in small amounts.
Think industrial revolution but cleaner.
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Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 8:22 pm
Old film adeptations of Jules Verne novels. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) The Time Machine (1960) 20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) Oh, and Steamboy if you can get them to watch anime. razz Lady_Dragoness Think industrial revolution but cleaner. Uhhh... what kinda steampunk world is this? Ever read China Mieville? Quite twisted and durty. Mad Sciance is rarely enviromentaly friendly.
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 9:52 am
My friends are usually familiar with Cyberpunk because they know Shadow Run. I tell them to replace the High Tech, with fanciful steam-powered things and they're good.
I also recommend popular culture items such as Brisco County Jr. and Wild Wild West, or Van Helsing and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
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