Talk:List of fictional airborne castles
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"Zeus claims that he hand the earth and sea" This statement makes no sense, but I can't deduce what it was intended to say, so I can't fix it. Anyone else?
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[edit] Castles and Cities=Very Similar
Just got hooked on wikipedia recently, am I overstepping my power limitation by declaring these articles to be merged? Anyway they should..
- You are not overstepping your power, you have been told to be Bold! However I dissagree that they should be merged. The Airborne Castles are usually purly fictional, whereas the Floating Cities are a theroetical form of colonising Gas Giants and Venus (although admittedly the article needs to be rewritten to reflect this more strongly.) Also, remember to sign your name. Fosnez 13:28, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
No, there should be no merger. They are similar sometimes from a social point of view, and from the necessity to suspend disbelief (and gravity) in both cases but they're not held up there in the same way. The fictional airborne castles depend on fantasy, on unexplainable magic, like fairies brought to life and flying like Tinkerbell because people believe in them and clap their hands. It's allways based on magic and the irrational. In science fiction cities float around because of hard physical inventions based on anticipated Science and Technology: There's always at least a slight tentative of a rational scientific explanation. --AlainV 02:02, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
- That argument is not exactly true, based on some examples in the list of airborne castles. Laputa, in particular. It is neither simply "magically floating", nor only a castle. Anyone who has payed attention to the introduction of the movie would have easily seen behind the credits the story that was wordlessly told of the numerous cities that were literally dug out of the ground with advanced machinary, and then lifted off of the earth with the use of numerous propellers. It was not until later that, for unknown reasons, that the technology was lost. And, while the gem that holds Laputa itself in the sky could be described as magic, context clues lead one to believe that it was not magic at all, but the technology of those who mined it. And, to refer to the castle bit, while it is known as the "castle in the sky", Laputa was a city, not just a castle, so, therefore, should be on the other list.
No merger. A castle is purely a fortification, and while a floating city might be fortified, it is primarily a permanent place of residence for a larger number of people. Compare City and Castle. Signpostmarv 20:17, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
For reasons similar to some of those given above, I don't think they should be merged.
Perhaps this list should be merged with the list of fictional castles instead, however? --David Edgar 11:02, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ganon's castle?
Ganon's castle in Zelda: Ocarina of Time hovered by itself in a large crater, if I'm not mistaken.
[edit] non-fictional airborne castles
Is fictional really necessary in the title of this list? Dstanfor 19:31, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Remove "Sky Sanctuary"
Why is Sky Sanctuary on the list? While it is a floating structure, there's nothing about it that looks particularly castle-like, and I've never seen anything official stating that it is such. I doubt it belongs on this list, unless the category is going to be broadened to include other structures and complexes. 71.217.114.221 01:00, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Feel Good Inc.
I think you'll find the brothel was in a tower. (And it may not be a brothel as such, just a collection of groupies.) Lee M 16:52, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
