A Steampunk-y Question

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

You know? I LOVE Steampunk, but a song I was listening to kinda hit the nail in the head (ha!) with something:

Is it the future or the past? Who even cares! Cuz it's a blast!

That's a really good point — WHEN'S this whole thing supposed to be? Victorian era? WW1? Some "retro future"? It's kind of a timeless cool that both grounds itself in a time period and repeatedly challenges it... Which I guess is where the "punk" part comes in :D

Anyway! Discuss!

 

[Aldia Aldia]

It's supposed to be alternate timeline shenanigans. I'd like to imagine it as the present of a world that branched off while developing their tech.

 

[Sheepy765]

I think it has both archaic and futuristic aspects. While everything looks like the industrial revolution is still in fashion, they often have airships and teleportation.

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

As a Mecha fan I really love when they apply the steampunk theme to the genre.

 

[shaggi]

I suppose, steampunk is an alternative future. Something like timeline that branched off few decades ago. Eventually, it could be a dystopian future, where a lot of technology has been lost.

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

Shutout to whoever voted "past".

I feel less alone now xD