#'Tabula Rasa'

[ben-drabbles]

To Regret It All

This colony ship was cleanest start for a new civilization out of any of Earth's attempts. Most included seeds for new societies in their designs; for example, the Hero's Journey kept many stories of old Earth alive, though the deterioration of their physical records means that most are now kept as oral histories or long-distorted fables. Some took the risk of cryogenically freezing their passengers and crew, though that rarely, if ever, worked. After all, everyone dies eventually.

To Regret It All, however, kept a strict divide between their passengers and crew, and replicated Earth's environments as closely as space allowed with rotational gravity and a massive tube-shaped biosphere. The second generation born on their long voyage did not even know they were on a spaceship, let alone why. The crew, once they ensured the ship would reach their destination - a planet as Earth-like as they could find - were frozen for any emergencies the ship's advanced autopilot could not handle. When To Regret It All reached its final destination, the crew was euthanized, and their whole section of the ship - including the autopilot AI - was ejected and destroyed. In this way, the civilization born of the Regret was something as wholly new as possible.

Of course, no one can escape the influence of their parents, despite the efforts of the Regret. Some believe that the passengers of the Regret are actually the closest people to those of old Earth, as they did not start over from a template or goal. They just kept living, albeit in a much more confined - and, well, cylindrical - space than a true planetoid. Others believe that the first generation of colonists instilled a certain value in originality and fresh ideas, rather than a true blank slate. Others still suspect that a certain ease of living permeated their early years, due to the lack of real danger built into To Regret It All, and the people's inability to truly explore their surroundings. Who is to say? We can only hope that the passengers and crew of the Regret rest easy, knowing that they did the best they could.

Though, after the autopilot and crew were killed, the colonists certainly had a very eventful landing.

[ayemkew]

Okay but what if Joan and Randy kept their new identities and became a super crime-fighting duo, huh? WHAT THEN?

[dailybuffysummers]

BUFFY SUMMERS ✦ Tabula Rasa

[tojisun]

fake dating au with simon who’s all like “you have to promise me that you won’t fall for me” only to be the one who ends up falling in love with you cuz he’s a loser 🙏

[reinvent-and-believe]

[aphony-cree]

Buffy's whole thing is that it's okay to kill vampires as they're crawling out of their graves, before they've even expressed an interest in doing anything bad, because a soulless vampire will instinctively try to kill people

But in Tabula Rasa they never found out that Randy had a chip in his head because amnesia!Spike didn't try to kill any of the humans

[autistic-danieljackson]

Rodney calling Zelenka the ‘little guy with glasses’ in Tabula Rasa like they don’t have a one inch height difference

[belovedblixa]

Blixa and the fur hat. Early 90s.

Photo by Anno Dittmer, 1992

[boxforblackpaul]

Blixa Bargeld

[allgremlinart]

"ugh when are we going to get an evil/corrupted avatar its so unrealistic that they'd all be good people🙄" well. see MAYBE that would be realistic. were it not for the very much so in-universe fact that the avatar is the host for the primordial deity of peace. like I get what you're saying but. there is an intrinsic goodness factor in. in this ONE case.

[marril96]

Criminal MInds 3.19 | Tabula Rasa

[justafewberries]

what do you MEAN jason grace's face was "always a little sad"???? the first time we meet him he doesn't have any memories, and yet he's ALWAYS a little sad?? now im always a lotta sad thx a lot

[achromant]

updated this bastard's ref sheets, mainly to make it easier to decipher

if you see a mistake, ignore it. these are just sketches.

[agent-troi]

finally the last picture isn’t being blocked by someone’s head lmao it’s teal’c smiling🥹

[tojisun]

(i am finally home so here’s a last minute) wip wednesday!!

"n'more teasin"," you hiccup, chest heaving, so beautiful in your desperation.

simon can only hum, biting down at his words because he is not that kind. he is patient, yes, but not kind. no. he wants to see you begging harder, your body shaking by the cataclysmic pleasure he is pouring into you until your voice is all hoarse as you scream his name. until it is all that you can make sense of.

he wants so much that it threatens to choke him, ensnaring him with such vice, and simon wonders what about love makes someone act like this - all overwhelming need and unquenchable thirst and hunger that only bloats, never to be satiated.

[jennys-calendar]

Do you ever sit and wonder what would have happened had the spell not been broken in Tabula Rasa? Because I do