#AN EASY DECISION PROBABLY!

[namelessprince]

when jay used the compass, it pointed northeast from desire island, and southeast from joaldo. whoever killed her sister is in the eastern sea. betting my life it was faye ferin who gave the command or plotted this whole thing out

[kaiserouo]

my nidus is clingy

[staying-elive]

You know, the MCU had so many great opportunities to really highlight Sam's pararescue background and flesh out his origin story on-screen.

I'll forever be sad we haven't gotten any flashbacks to him rescueing people in his EXO 7 wings.

Was he still serving when Tony was captured by the Ten Rings people? Could he have been frustrated at potentially getting pulled from his unit so that he and Riley could try to extract some billionaire weapons manufacturer.

Could've shown the times he butted up against authority, where he felt that following the orders given were the wrong move and wasn't right. (Something that tied into "Well, the number of people around here giving orders is down to zero, so yeah.")

Also, if Sam's EXO program was around before Iron Man 1, then the air force already possessed that kind of flight technology. Was the EXO 7 also Stark tech back then? Or was it developed by the Air Force itself? Did Rhodey know about it? Was he involved in its development as head of the weapons R&D sector? (I headcanon yes, cos I'd like history between Sam and Rhodey.)

Were the wings developed as a weapon/offensive measure first before they were then used for rescue purposes? (the military cynic in me says yes) Could this have been another interesting ethical dilemma Sam thought about.

Or maybe it could've been revealed that after field testing the EXOs in rescue ops, the air force was getting reckless with them and started sending Sam and Riley out on more dangerous offensive missions, and that's when Riley was killed (routine op was just the cover story).

Could've really hammered home the theme of Sam distrusting the government and that they will always end up using any weapon (or symbol) that's given to them. And he didn't want to be used again.

Anyway, this post got really away from me! This started as me thinking 'Gee I wish Marvel showed more of his backstory...the emblem of the 58th rescue squadron is LITERALLY an angel with its arms holding the weight of the world and shielding it with its wings. And if that ain't our angel Sam then...'

[demaparbat-hp]

In your Spitfire AU, since Zuko is looking after Lu Ten II, what happened to Ursa?

Zuko is slightly older in the Spitfire AU. He was banished at fifteen, his head a little clearer and denial a little weaker than in canon. After his first look through the Air Temples, Zuko decides that if he can't find a myth, he might as well search for the next best thing.

Finding Ursa isn't easy, but in time he makes it to a secluded house in a near-forgotten part of the world. His mom is there, older and stronger and alive.

But she isn't alone.

And Zuko, as it turns out, didn't keep the best company during his search.

When Ursa is discovered and her secrets are laid bare for assassins (for Ozai) to find, she begs Zuko to take his little brother and run. She'll do anything it takes to protect her children, even if that means leaving them behind to keep a target off their back. Ursa diverts attention from them and allows Lu Ten's ancestry to be kept a secret. She orders Zuko not to follow her again, and disappears.

Zuko is left with a little three-year-old brother to raise and a mother he cannot hold onto.

[youandthemountains]

reviewing s1 tos transcripts, something simmering about schemas and actions and questioning the conclusions.

will explain in detail later but I think Spock and McCoy actually first pique each other's interest in Devil in the Dark, with the Horta.

Before this Spock prioritizes Starfleet values over anything else, prioritizes crew over scientific curiosity (the man trap, where no man has gone before, even Charlie X a bit where he's actually the one to believe in a myth over the possibility that a probe could be wrong about the presence of edible foliage on a planet). It's a series of episodes of encountering something incredible, powerful, and different and fearing it and destroying it in self defense.

McCoy is the least Starfleet of them and the most willing to argue against 'fleet regulations, even to the point of willingness to endanger the crew sometimes. He kills the salt creature but is the only one to protest it, and the only one we see immediately profoundly regretting it. I think Where No Man Has Gone Before would have been a very different episode were he in it, because it's actually a very common problem of medical ethics at its core - a patient has a traumatic injury and is reacting violently, threatening and attacking staff because something has changed within his brain.

While other characters tease Spock or express frustration with his approach, no one really argues with him. Dr. Dehner does try to say that Mitchell shouldn't just be approached as a threat but should be considered as a whole thinking person but Spock shuts her down and Kirk backs Spock up. It's not until episodes where McCoy starts bantering with Spock that they actually start interrogating their decisions.

Which brings us back to the Devil in the Dark. Makes me think of the Speculate, Mr. Spock scene and Spock uncertain for once, looking over to McCoy, and refraining until he can study it some more. In this episode, finally Spock embraces his curiosity and pacifist values over the Starfleet and defensive approach to preserve the known, normal, human lives. And with his mind focused on trying to come up with a solution to the deeper problem rather than reacting to an immediate threat, he's finally able to find a solution that saves both the incredible new life and the federation miners as well. Finally he saves the buffalo.

[gracegrove]

The cruel irony of Billy unconsciously wearing a tank top under his shirt on the night he goes to meet Mrs. Wheeler.

Covering up more than he typically ever does. Wearing a thick leather jacket on a muggy summer night.

The first time you see him nervous.

He doesn't look like he's excitedly driving to a hookup but rather someone trying to psych themselves up to go through with something they dread.

[definitely-rubbish]

"queer as in this" "queer as in that" queer as in writing liam mirror sex because I wanna be him and fuck him in equal measures

[owletstarlet]

(Just booked my flight home in April, a permanent move back to the US— I’ve been here for 8 years so it’s going to be surreal and sad, but for family/health/career reasons I know it’s the right thing to do. I’m too busy tearing my hair out trying to sort out the actual process of an international move to freak out about the fact that I’ve not been able to start looking for work or health insurance yet. Really ridiculously grateful I can stay with my parents while I work things out, but. *gestures vaguely around at the State Of Everything In America*

[queernobi]

I'm actually gonna feel totally fine about not voting for Kamala Harris, actually

[musical-chick-13]

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[gravesung-moving]

>makes a big blog decision >satisfied a few days later: >thinks about making anothe—

[sodrippy]

not enough time in a day aaaaaaaaa

[elvenbeard]

Road Trip 1/4 🏙️

Kerry: "Fuck, couldn't even tell ya when the last time was I went on a road trip." V: "Never been on one at all." Kerry: "... you kiddin'?" V: "Well, I guess you could count that half year I worked as a roadie. But that was more work than fun." Kerry: "If you're travelling with a band and don't've stories of wild escapades to tell on day two you're doing somethin' wrong." V: "That so?" Kerry: "Okay... lemme tell ya a story..."

I recently talked about how I love imagining Kerry and Vince on a long-ish road trip together, telling stories, absentmindedly holding hands, just enjoying the scenery and getting away from NC for a little while. And starting arguments with random radio DJs about old songs xD I bet Kerry has many stories to tell not only about his Samurai times but also his own tours and the shenanigans he went up to. Even Vince has a handful of travel stories to share, although he's not nearly as far-travelled as Kerry.

Where are they headed here? Not as important as they way to get there...

[daughterofluthien]

- Jake / #11 The Forgotten

I love it when characters lie :)

Also this certainly will not inform anything about how he sees Tom in the future (as already dead, as the brother he lost), or how he interacts with the concept of acceptable losses

[mokeonn]

So I heard that Tumblr is slowly being abandoned (they seem to be laying off a majority of their staff and keeping a skeleton crew) and we might be nearing the end of this webbed site. I don't think it's currently worth panicking over, but I'm definitely going to start making that neocities website.

I'll make a post soon about other places where you can find me. Unfortunately, I've spent quite some time these last couple years getting rid of a majority of my social media because most platforms were bad for my mental health. I do not plan on going back to these platforms, so if tumblr goes down, I'm going to be only on non social media.

Maybe if one of the new social medias being created, actually take off (like bluesky or pillowfort or whatever else these days) I might join, but if not I might be entirely on personal websites, patreon (I will start posting regularly like a blog and make more free posts), some old websites I deleted but not because I hated them (such as ko-fi, which I deleted due to inactivity) and possibly furaffinity. I'm still on the fence about furaffinity. I might also finally start using my toyhouse but that is an oc sharing website and not much of an art sharing website.

I really do hope Tumblr doesn't go down, this is my one social media and if it does go down I am going to lose nearly all of my audience. I can make do by creating a personal blog and using whatever I have left in terms of "can post my art there and people can find me", and it won't discourage me from making my personal projects. I can make do, and I will make do, but I don't really want to make do.

Anyways, that's all I have to say right now, I'll make a post later once I set up some alternative sites to find me at, but for now I want to give the heads up that if I'm gone, you're not gonna find me on twitter, Instagram, or whatever third option there is. I'm likely going to just make do, be offline more, and likely just become active on the discord servers I'm on.

[romance-rambles]

MC has clearly never had to defend her honor as EVERYONE around her ruthlessly kills off her pawns(?), just because they can, and it shows. cael and mc's mom, you both robbed this poor girl of a core memory.