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#star trek #snw

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Those Old Scientists

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LEILA’S 10K CELEBRATION: @panickingturtle asked Jake/Amy and Ben/Devi parallels Bonus:

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i’m constantly baffled by how averse tumblr is to conflict as a means to drive narrative. like. people in fandom seem to legitimately wants stories to adhere to 90s-sitcom-levels of “nothing significantly affects the initial status quo” regardless of whether this fits the narrative or not, and then get PERSONALLY offended when this (inevitably) ends up never happening.

like characters fighting and disagreeing and even straight up disliking each other is not bad writing. messy personal conflicts where no part is really 100% right are not bad writing. like… yeah in the realm of fanfiction there’s nothing cooler than reading 4773736478382 stories about the characters watching movies or playing board games and being nice and sweet with each other, but in actual media stuff neeeds to switch it up every now and then. stories aren’t meant to be static.

also: just because the way a narrative develops is upsetting/frustrating to YOU, doesn’t means it’s bad writing. sometimes being upsetting/frustrating is precisely the point.

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I can’t understand why anyone would ever want to live in the Star Wars universe

I really can’t

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#Most precious baby in the galaxy

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I know discourse is the word of choice in fandom nowadays but I kind of wish we would have stuck with “fandom wank” because it carries the implication that the anger involved culminated into effectively nothing and that the act was wholeheartedly masturbatory in nature rather than for any greater cause.

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IDK sometimes this website makes me feel like “death of the author” is soon to be followed by “death of the text”, where subjective interpretation and wish fulfillment is all that matters, and readings with the right political capital gain acceptance on that merit alone, even totally unsupported by the work itself.

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fyi your professors feel this way too

in college there are only two moods:

1. i can do this! after outlining everything i need to do, it doesn’t seem so bad. in fact it’s very methodical and easy to follow and i can do it.

2. oh my god its happening. its the end for me. i might as well be dead. everything is due now. i was put on this earth to suffer. i have two essays due in 45 seconds and all ive eaten today is half a goldfish cracker. i can only feel pain

also these moods go back and forth every hour 

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a concept: future jake and amy having a kid BUT amy goes into labour on halloween and jake has to figure out if amy is cheating him out of the heist or if he’s actually about to have a kid

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The Chosen Ones

Sequel to Skye the Vampire Slayer. Skye and Melinda are hoping to have a quiet summer after saving the world. But when an old friend of Melinda’s returns to Sunnydale with warnings about impending doom, they have to work together to save the world. Again.

Now complete on AO3.

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Chapter 10. Jiaying goes to extreme lengths to get back the Diviner, while Melinda, Skye, and Phil race to stop her. 

Chapter 11. The team races to help Natasha, and Jemma and Fitz’s research on the Diviner pays off in an unexpected way.

Well, after a long hiatus, we’re back and ready to finish The Chosen Ones. Chapters 10 and 11 are up now.

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So I’m rewatching Agents of SHIELD Season 5, and...

Lemony Snicket is a SHIELD agent! VFD is SHIELD!

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Person: How is your New Year so far?!

Me:

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I honestly can’t decide if I identify with Crowley or Aziraphale more because.  On one hand I too am a neurotic mess that raises houseplants and worries too much about being cool and constantly fucks up but wants people to love me.  And on the other hand, I too am testy and wish humans would leave me alone so I could read and love food so much I would be willing to try and stop the apocalypse so I could continue eating.