#David Telford

[gender-luster]

stargate universe is great if you're into extremely mentally unwell middle-aged men who keep getting put in Situations and never know an ounce of peace ever and are also doing almost everything wrong

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Stargate Universe "Twin Destinies"

[aenslem]

Lou Diamond Phillips as Col. David Telford STARGATE UNIVERSE (2009–2011)

[aintgonnatakethis]

Last Line Tag/WIP Excerpt

Thank you to @wyked-ao3 for the tag! 😄

Am adding the excerpt tag in here because I feel like this needs to be read in one lump to do justice to itself. Content warning for trauma due to racism, homophobia, and child abuse. I love Telford but I am not kind to him.

"How long?!" Telford hisses. "How long have you been doing this to me?!" He sounds deranged, drops of spittle flying wildly from his mouth and landing on Everett's face, but it isn't anger driving him anymore. He can't put a name to the emotion, beyond comparing it to being a child and he had done something the details of he can't even recall now and bad things had happened and afterwards he remembers with startling clarity wishing he could go back to before he had misbehaved so he could make it work out differently because things were never going to be the same again because to a child every time something like that happens to you it's the end of the world all over again. "David…" Everett says, and they are no longer children, Telford knows, though it weighs on him like a heavy cloak he is carrying across his shoulders and he has been carrying it for so long he doesn't even try to escape its hold anymore. In this moment he is not First Lieutenant David Telford. He is five and he already knows why the white children treat him differently. He is eight and he shoots a gun for the first time and he feels it. He is twelve and terrified of this thing growing inside him. He is fourteen and standing humiliated and defiant as his mother finds his gay porn magazine and proudly presents it to his father. I always knew, she had said. There was always something wrong with him. With his type there always is. His father's reaction had been disinterest - as was his most common reaction to anything involving Telford - which had made it worse. If his father had been angry it would have meant he cared, if he had tried to dish out a beating Telford could have fought back; but what was he to do when his mother took a belt to him? It wasn't as if he could raise his hand to her. "David?" Everett's voice sounds very far away, even though Telford realises he is pressing his face into the man's shoulder. He is shaking. He is shaking because he is crying. He cannot remember the last time he cried. Everett's arms are around him and Telford wants to punch him. He can't let anyone see this in him. It's poison. If he lets it out it will consume until there's nothing left.

Tagging: @fortunatetragedy @the-golden-comet @lancedoncrimsonwings @finickyfelix @gioiaalbanoart + OPEN

[judgeverse]

hey is this anything

[bagheerita]

Stargate Universe: "Awakening"

how much soulfully gazing into each other's eyes can you get in before they boot your character right off the show David?

[worlds-tallest-fairy]

*watches any early to late 00s tv show*

Ah yes, this side character who has been in approximately 3 episodes is the character I need to ✨obsess✨ over.

[thestorieswesay]

Choose violence ask game: 1, 8, and 12!!💜💜💜

the character everyone gets wrong

Dr. Nicholas Rush is not romantic.

(Do I mess with this from time to time and write him a little fluffy, a little free with the ILYs and whatnot? Sure, but that's me being aware that I'm writing him OOC). But this man (who loved his wife, to be sure) was such a failboat at being in a marriage that he let her die alone because he was overworking himself to avoid dealing with the trauma of losing her. Is that understandable? Yes, very. Is it romantic? No, it is not. Rush is callous and cruel and aloof and cares about the Greater Good. He is not always right but neither is he always wrong. But he is not tender, he is not fluffy, and while he cries at the drop of a hat, he is not overly-emotional either. He's just a tragic little man with a shit-show life who can be bullied into a romantic relationship as long as you expect and appreciate that he will be a dick the whole time. He's a special little guy.

8. common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

Nikola Tesla is not a top. He might take on that role as a means of convenience, a means of manipulation, or a means of control. But that man is the brattiest, subbiest sub I have ever had the pleasure of laying eyes upon. He's a special little guy.

12. the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

David Telford is having a wee bit of a renaissance right now on AO3 (if you know you know) but he is a criminally underrated character in terms of his relationships with Young and Rush and Kiva and his connection to the overall plot of forced discovery in isolation. He's a jackass and the antagonist for most of the show but my God is he worth it if you give him a chance. He is a damaged man with toxic masculinity and military traits that has the chance at real honest gentleness in a sheath of violence and control. He is elegant in his ruthlessness (in a direct counterpoint to Young and his violence clothed in gentleness). He is complex and compelling and he will steal your wife and then give you a kiss on the mouth. He's a special little guy.

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For a friend

[gender-luster]

a sequel

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Stargate Universe "Twin Destinies"

[aenslem]

Go ahead, close your eyes. STARGATE UNIVERSE (2009–2011) ⤷ Cloverdale

[aintgonnatakethis]

out of context line tag/writing share

Thank you to @aziz-reads (x) and @gioiaalbanoart (x) for the tags! ❤️️

Telford... *wipes tear away* My beautiful baby boy.

Telford doesn't share his hopes for his own future. He will either assert himself into the military structure so thoroughly and so highly that he will never again be dealt an ounce of disrespect, or he will end up in a body bag. Both options are equally acceptable. He will either be secure or he won't possess the ability to care anymore. Either way he will be safe.

Tagging: @tragedycoded @the-golden-comet @cowboybrunch @rivenantiqnerd @evilwriter37 + OPEN

[judgeverse]

i know it's probably implausible but i really want telford to have lou diamond phillips's collection of gigantic cats

[bagheerita]

Stargate Universe: "Incursion part 1"