#Started watching SNW today

[jelliedlimes]

Uni kicking back up so sadly wasn’t able to make anything elaborate today, but have a drunk lady Kirk doodledump with Spock making sure she doesn’t pass out on the floor. I’m a sucker for drunk confession stories with the “wait I said WHAT” moment the next morning, wanna clean these up once I have the time.

[emonydeborah]

snw episodes rated by Una

in which Una is my unit of measurement, not that this is what she would think of the events

All from memory bc who has time

SPOILERS FOR EVERYTHING

1x01: she’s literally the catalyst for getting Chris off his butt and the whole episode. Barely in it but she did all the detective work for everybody. “Somehow I knew you would” with the little smile and “La’an!” in the softest voice immediately established both relationships and my abiding love for her. She’s literally driving the plot but still not there much; 6/10.

1x02: she shares some LooksTM with Chris. Chris was slightly subdued at one (1) dinner party and Una went something is deeply wrong. Chris is sad and Una tells him to live his gosh darn life. Pretty sure she flies the ship a bit. She’s here. Can’t complain. 6/10.

1x03: OOOOHOHO here we go. Whatever camera angle it is that shoots from the floor to watch people walk away and makes them look tall was excellently utilized. Girl was STRIDING everywhere. Hauled a grown man over her shoulder and was greeted with the shock and awe she deserved. Told her biggest secret (!!!!) to help the crew!!! bc she would sacrifice herself for them!!!!! also she googled her glowworm episode like it had not happened her whole life (which I will accept as a writer thing. but she really looked at a picture of someone glowing bc of an infection and went 😮). Girlie managed a whole ship of sedated/crazy people and did not let anyone jump into the sun/warp core. Had a deep talk with La’an and revealed more of their shared history. Stunning. 10/10.

1x04 another case of I can’t complain. As my favorite character I want her to be happy, but I will take some internal bleeding and other catastrophic injuries. As a treat. The sheer power of ordering the medical staff to give away her blood transfusion and then knocking herself out before they could argue. Unparalleled. Had no impact on the main plot but what she did do in her sphere of influence was important and exemplary. I’ll take it. 7/10.

1x05: back at it again with the b-plot but I AM HERE FOR IT. GIVE ME LA’AN AND UNA BEING GOOFY. Loved the death glare at Joseph so he would confess and how she pretended not to be huffy about her nickname. La’an went can we… play a game… and Una went YEs sounds educational. For science. The look of absolute shock and betrayal when La’an shot her and her little “ow.” “People are idiots. You’re fun.” La’an went lol my childhood was a bleak horror scape and Una went absolutely NOT I’m going to commit crimes to rectify this. I like people having wacky misadventures while the plot is plotting somewhere. 8/10.

1x06 Chris forgot her name. She had to leave so she wouldn’t verbally tear him to shreds in front of his crew. Most likely explanation. Where was she I miss her. 4/10.

1x07: she locked the pirates out of the ship!!! We love a competent first officer shooting people on her bridge. She shook her head half an inch and Spock went absolutely whatever you say. Chris was thrown to the floor in front of her and she crossed her arms and watched him get up. “We’re starting a mutiny.” "Someone's breaking the rules today." Legitimately appreciated her teamwork with Chris in planting the mutiny idea. Would love to see it again sometime. 7/10.

1x08: bow and arrow. She checked on Joseph after and I appreciated that they carried that through from her finding out about Rukiya before. Una was here but she wasn't Una. Also. If we're real she wasn't really there. I liked the eye shadow though. 5/10.

1x09: "you should really try the omelet." The breakfast scene is my favorite and in fact the only scene. Nothing else happened with Hemmer or Spock or anyone. Really short episode. I would have liked to have seen her face when Chris snapped the tongs. She tried to follow the shuttle to the surface with scans and Chris went nah babe we're fine. Let her do her job Chris. Breakfast scene 10/10. Episode 5/10.

1x10: notable by her absence. She checked on Chris and once again told him to live his life. She's not there in the future but I won't take points for that because Chris immediately went where is my bestie. I cannot function without my work wife where is she. Her arrest kick-started the series and for our cliffhanger she was arrested again. I'm sensing a theme. What will they incarcerate her for next and how will Chris break her out this time. I will always appreciate Chris going absolutely feral for his first officer/life partner. 9/10.

2x01: prison. She tells Chris not to be stupid and he goes don't tell me what to do *cough* I love you *cough* Not a strong start for our girl but I trust her to overcome. Once again Chris is going off on a mission to save her. Lost points for the brevity of her appearance and the weird black jumpsuit. 4/10.

2x02: Girl sat in a chair and watched her friends say nice things about her for days. I would shrivel up and die. Una looks teary. Her lawyer put some heat on a guy who said he would NEVER hire Una if he knew her real race and Una said that was too mean leave him alone. La'an confessed her feelings in public. Spock gave the whole courtroom a heart attack to make Una smile. Chris hugged her looking panicky. please don't go away again. Una looked at Chris like she wanted to kiss him or perhaps sip one milkshake through two straws. The whole episode is about how great she is. 15/10.

2x03: unfortunately for most of this episode she did not exist. Liked the professional and sassy attitude towards Pelia but I must reduce points for Una not existing. 2/10.

2x04: Una succumbed to a disease she should canonically be immune to. Fridged almost immediately. Chris said I need some good fighters and took his doctor instead of his super strong first officer who was familiar with the terrain. Una called Chris out on relationship nonsense like the og she is but this cannot repair the damage. Drove me to writing fix-it fic. -10/10.

2x05: Una is canonically one of the girls. She hangs out with some very specific junior officers including her emotionally constipated son and her traumatized daughter. She laughs very loudly and I like to think the writers are purposefully making her more open now that people know her genetics secret. Tells Mr. Spock how to be a Vulcan. Part of a lineup to talk to Spock and is a head taller than the rest of the line. All in all a great time. 9/10.

2x06: she yells at her former professor who is also thousands of years old. I would simply perish. "yoU HaVe CruMBs oN yOuR uNifOrM" Starfleet said we need someone to get this defunct and thus far unmanageable station up and running. Send Una. "Oh good, I was afraid I'd miss the speech." Rebecca Romijn note- she is nine inches taller than Carol Kane, but she manages to look/act a lot younger and smaller than normal. Pelia takes about 14 seconds to get Una teary eyed. "My final paper was METICULOUSLY researched." 8/10.

2x07: "That's ridiculous, we can't just 'Not Look.'" "Like... a p i n - u p p o s t e r?" Girl is constantly baffled the whole time. One (1) young man was unnerved by her and she went he knows how I die. She then winked at him and he almost had a stroke. We see a picture of her as she is idolized in the future. Excellent. Different flavor than 2x06 but still 8/10.

2x08: lots of Significant Eye Contact with Chris. She said if you don't get this ship where it's going asap I will revoke your command and drive us there myself. "Everyone is on their own journey." I feel like she knows Joseph murdered a man in sickbay but we don't know for sure. She's out here being a competent first officer and telling the captain how the crew is feeling. I like the reminder of her priorities. Chris is here to explore and it's Una's job to make sure he has a functional crew to do so. 6/10.

2x09: Una Chin-Riley, musical theater nerd, had the absolute time of her life and I am so happy for her. Girl JUMPED into that first song with much soulful pushing of buttons. "A surprisingly beautiful baritone." Chris asked Uhura the singer how musicals work and Una answered. Is feeling her feelings so much these days she started singing about her job. Waltzed through the halls with James T Kirk. La'an went I would like to not do this please and Una said feel your feelings. Fly away with me. Accept yourself. Love yourself. "You came in here hot. On fire. It's making me sweat." The whole ship is singing and La'an is making friends. This was the best day of Una's life. 1000/10.

2x10: Una volunteered for a dangerous forbidden mission to save her husband's gf and spent the whole time stalking around the bridge like a tiger or a mom looking for sales at Target and giving hopeful speeches. She did tell Spock his gf might be dead but if you want to look for her go for it champ. "ORDERS CAPTAIN" Chris is hanging on by a thread. Una is the thread. Not a great end if I'm honest but she did look fantastic walking around murderously. 5/10.

[anonymooseforever007]

Hi Y'all! I'm gonna try to get back on here! (Y'all can skip this if you want!)

Hi ❤️ ok so I hope y'all are all doing well! I know it's been I've a year since I've posted anything really or like done any interaction and stuff. But towards the end of the summer I got really busy getting ready to go back to school and then my anxiety about interacting with like anyone started acting up and like it kinda just stayed there for a while. And then I also kinda got distracted a little bit from Peaky Blinders and writing stuff, but I'm gonna try to get back on here now. I will admit I haven't been looking at to many things for Peaky Blinders recently as I've been a bit more into other shows and have been watching them more than reading lately (EX: X-Files (Fox Mulder), Star Trek SNW (Spock), Star Trek TOS (Kirk), Justified, All the CSI's, Criminal Minds, etc).

But yeah like that's been happening and I feel bad because I kept meaning to get back on and then I didn't. But I think it should be all good now. I just stared my senior year in college, and I've started anxiety meds which have helped a lot, and I've got a remote internship I'm still going to be doing for a bit so I still can't say how regularly I'll be posting or getting on here but I just wanted to start trying to do it again, without maybe going to fast and scaring myself off again😅 Also Tumblr seems to have glitches and deleted a few messages on my end that were sent to me but I don't get a chance to respond to to if y'all sent something and I did't see it I'm very sorry. I tumblr seems to be giving me issues about working it on my phone right now which is how I usually do it all. And I'm going to try and up date that.

In terms of works written works, the WIP list I made like a year ago is still the current list of what's finished along with a small number of incorrect quotes and random stuff I need to filter through. I do have one story I'm going to try and post right after this before I go to classes again and then I'll try checking in back after I finish work today. So that will be updated. And then I've been stuck writing lately so I'm going to slowly trying to start getting back into it!

But yeah... that's all I can think of for now. I'm not sure what else to say really but that I hope y'all are doing well and thank you to everyone who enjoyed my stories even when I was gone, I'm glad that I could hopefully brighten you day a bit:)

[bj-cuntycunt]

I started watching Star Trek on this day last year. I've finished watching Star Trek (what has been released) today. Poetic.

This is the order I watched the franchise in: TOS, TOS movies, TNG, TNG movies, AOS movies, DS9, DISC, LWD, TAS, SNW, VOY, ENT, Short Treks, PROD and PIC.

[lenievi]

time to rethink things on my part [brought to you by me being kinda tired reading how “Spock was always serious in TOS” (even though this post won’t really be about TOS, but it made me remember some things)]

this is “canon compliant” with TOS, Discovery, and SNW up to episode 7. And it’s just my own interpretation. I’m writing this to fit my own reading of Treks I watch and I’m reusing things I’ve said before.

The first time we see adult Spock is in Short Treks: Q&A when he’s beaming aboard the Enterprise for the first time, smiling. During the episode he also starts to sing and laughs. Una told him to hide this part of himself, and he tried... but it’s not like he was that successful. Spock smiling and laughing was something that he did, not always, but he was someone who expressed happiness.

cue The Cage

In Discovery, after he gets better and reunites with Pike, he greets him with a smile. Is that a smile on your face? - I believe it is.

Spock doesn’t shy from expressing his joy.

But then Michael leaves him behind and Spock starts to grieve. And it’s during this period when T’Pring approaches him and wants to move their relationship forward. (I can’t believe I realized this today...) And Spock, who respects his father, and their culture, goes along with it, even though he’s still in pain because of Michael. He likes T’Pring, but isn’t in love with her. He doesn’t believe that Vulcan relationships are based on love.

“You are not capable of love. (...) You are Vulcan, and you will always be cold and distant, like a moon somewhere.”

“An Earth woman, living on a planet where love, emotion, is bad taste.”

He most likely doesn’t expect to ever fall in love.

But then Chapel appears on the Enterprise and she immediately starts being interested in Spock, and starts to tease him and bantering with him. With her, he starts to feel comfortable with being less Vulcan again (not for the first time, mind you). And he’s attracted to her, feels something for her, and wants her. He starts to smile, he starts to laugh, not just around her, but with others too. He starts to experiment with hunches. Right now, he’s riding on his experience of being fully human. He’s fine with things now that he will vehemently deny seven eight years in the future.

But he won’t bury them. At times, he will slip. At times, he will use them deliberately. 

Chapel isn’t someone who makes Spock “unSpock-like”; she actually allows him to be who he wants to be, which is something that neither Kirk or McCoy allowed in TOS because both had certain expectations. And Spock isn’t truly himself with either of them. He might slip occasionally, though.

I understand that the fandom thinks that Kirk sees “Spock”, but he doesn’t. His constant reminder to others that “he’s half-human too” and saying stuff like “we may make a human of you yet” ignores that at this point in time, Spock wants to follow Vulcan philosophy, and doesn’t appreciate being reminded that his Vulcaness is not 100%. McCoy, on the other hand, only sees Spock as a Vulcan, which Spock appreciates, but sometimes McCoy fails to see that it’s not that simple and crosses lines when he’s angry (or rather he’s typically worried which shows as anger).

There’s also always an air of professionalism between Kirk and Spock & McCoy and Spock, which Spock uses to logic himself out of thinking too deeply about how important McCoy and Kirk are to him. In SNW now, he is still way more open about this with Pike, for example. 

Pike: You are very important to me.  Spock: As you are to me, Captain. Chris.

(tos!Spock - Don’t grieve, Admiral - would never)

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anyway, maybe when s2 is over, I’ll change my mind, but this seems to work for me atm. If your interpretation of Kirk and Spock’s relationship is different, please, keep it to yourself. I’m not interested. I’ve watched TOS episodes so many times that I know what I feel about Spock and Kirk and their friendship.

Not understanding someone completely doesn’t mean you can’t be close friends or brothers.

[lindsaybob]

get to know me

Tagged by: @beautifulhigh

rules: tag nine people you want to get to know better

three ships: Christopher Pike/Una Chin-Riley (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds), Aaron Hotchner/Emily Prentiss (Criminal Minds), Ted Lasso/Rebecca Welton (Ted Lasso)

first ship: I mean, I think technically I’ve probably been shipping people in my heart my entire life, but the first I had any sort of active fandom engagement with was Mulder and Scully.

fave color: Probably teal

last song: I’ll Get the Coffee by Kathryn Gallagher

last movie in the theatre: I took my kids to see Matilda a few weeks ago

last show: As in live show, or as in tv show? Live show was the Strictly Come Dancing tour. Last TV show I watched was episode 1x04 of Ted Lasso.

currently watching: For the first time, series 3 of Picard, The First Lady miniseries, and Yellowjackets. I’m also rewatching Ted Lasso (one episode per day, leading up to season 3!) and Criminal Minds.

currently reading: I just finished the amazing ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’ and I haven’t started anything new yet, but I bought the first SNW tie-in novel, ‘The High Country’ today, so that will probably be next.

currently working on: The same fic about Una’s trial that’s been eating my brain for months, but that I’m determined to finish before season 2 airs. (With occasional digressions into a Claire/Owen missing scene for Jurassic World: Dominion that popped into my head and won’t go away.)

current obsession: I’ve got it pretty bad for Criminal Minds again recently, in addition to the Star Trek obsession that’s always ticking away underneath everything else.

Tagging: @the-lady-general @kejsarinna @curator-on-ao3 @fiadorable @caladeniablue @sun-lit-roses @beautifully-intended @aristofranes @myenterpriseisparked

[southernbluebellereader]

You read my mind!Which is why I wanted to combine these 2 together: A betazoid and a vulcan!But SNW version (because I like Ethan Peck, his granpa was THE GREGORY PECK!)

OMG STOP NO WONDER HE LOOKS SO FAMILIAR. This is such a cool idea!

A/N: I'm not 100% familiar with the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Plot since I just started watching the show. I took a little inspiration from Star Trek: The Next Generation because I'll pull most of my Betazoid knowledge from there. Also, Betazoids have telepathic abilities. As far as I know, Vulcans have telepathic abilities through the Mind Meld, but for the sake of this fan fiction, Spock also have regular telepathic abilities, though perhaps not as advanced as the readers. Purple text is telepathic thoughts.

A/N 2: I hope you like it! It's kind of wonky, but I may write a part 2 because of it. I hope it's not too vague!

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Spock x F! Betazoid (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds; Inspo from The Next Generation)

Word Count: 696

Summary: Y/N is the ship's quartermaster - while serving as the ship's emergency seamstress, aside from Lieutenant Kirk constantly finding himself at her office, Spock tagging along with him to ensure that his Lieutenant actually gets his clothes mended - and maybe start bringing his own clothes to be mended.

First Officer Spock. “Lieutenant Kirk, you’re not here because you need to switch your quarters again, are you?”

Ms. Y/N. Sorry for Intruding. Again. Spock sighed as Y/N chuckled, both of them watching as Lieutenant Kirk unloaded a bag of ripped-up uniforms and trousers, and handed them to her.

“Oh Y/N, you know me!” Lieutenant Kirk chuckled bashfully as he handed her.

“You know me, I’m the ship’s seamstress at this point, gentlemen.” Y/N briefly looked through the uniforms and placed them to the side, “I’ll have them done by the end of the week, Lieutenant.” 

Smiling at her, the young Lieutenant gave her a thumbs up, then turned around and went on his merry way, leaving Spock and Y/N in her office, Spock sighing once more.

I don’t understand how you don’t find him amusing, Mr. Spock. One thing Y/N appreciated about Spock was his telepathic abilities, though perhaps not as great as hers, she found that it reminded her of home.

His behavior is very illogical and carefree, Miss Y/N. Spock shook his head slightly. But I have to get back to the bridge. Spock started to turn around but stopped when Y/N spoke to him again.

You don’t need anything mended, Mr. Spock? Y/N smiled gently at the Vulcan, who turned his head back to her, the corner of his mouth curving upward ever so slightly.

Not today, Miss Y/N. 

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“Captain Pike, I know you’re nervous about this ceremony, but I need you to please stand still,” Y/N exhaled sharply as she placed several pins in her mouth, one by one sticking them through the Captain’s green dress uniform so that it would fit him more snuggly.

“I’m sorry, Miss L/N, but are you sure I need to be here for this? You couldn’t have gotten my measurements from my file.”

“Yes, I could’ve, but remember what happened last time?” Y/N stood up from her stool and beckoned him to undress, Spock looking at her and Captain Pike in amusement as the Captain undressed, mumbling under his breath, “Your other green dress uniform ended up being too small, Captain.”

Y/N wrote down the correct measurements of her Captain, then turn towards Spock, “Alright, Mr. Spock, your turn.” Y/N beckoned the Vulcan to step up before her. C’mon, Mr. Spock, I might as well take your measurements too, just in case.

“I assure you, I do not need my measurements taken, Miss Y/N.” An eyebrow rose, which did nothing to hide the ever-so-slight green flush of his cheeks that Y/N manage to catch. She shot him a small smirk and beckoned him once more to step in front of her as she sat back down on her stool. No need to be shy, Mr. Spock. You know I don’t bite. It’ll be quick.

“Make it quick, Miss Y/N,” Spock chuckled as he approached her, allowing her to line her tape measure along different parts of his body, Captain Pike enjoying the scene, “No, please take your time Miss L/N.”

—

See, doesn’t it fit better now? Y/N approached Spock and stood beside him. He’d opted to wear his formal uniform that she’d previously made alterations on, and added a few touches of her own.

Yes… But you could’ve done without the… embellishments, Miss Y/N.

Y/N chuckled at the telepathic groan that Spock gave her. A ‘thank you’ would suffice, Mr. Spock. Wouldn’t you rather be overdressed than underdressed? I know I would. Y/N met the Vulcan’s eyes and winked at him. His eyes traveled quickly from Y/N’s eyes to her colorful and embellished attire. He couldn’t help but agree, accepting her point. Point taken, Miss Y/N. Care for a drink?

An ensign walked up to them with a tray of alcoholic beverages.

Oh please!

Nodding, Spock took a hold of two glasses, one for himself, and handed the other to Y/N, “Thank you, my dear.”

When did we get so acquainted, Miss Y/N?

When you admitted that you like the embellishments I added to your uniform, Mr. Spock.

[the-haven-of-fiction]

So I followed you for hiddles, and here I am becoming increasingly obsessed with the american variant and I’ve been watching SNW all week 😂😭 are there any of his other shows or movies you’d recommend?

Hiya! Well, I guess that's a hazard of following this blog these days.

As someone who only started paying attention to him when he was on Discovery in 2019, here are my thoughts...

I am not going to sit through every B movie he's made over the years. The Anson from 20 years ago, 15 years ago, maybe even 10 years ago doesn't appeal to me. Something has happened to this man as he has gotten older. It isn't just a physical aging, it's also his growth as an actor and I am sure he has also been impacted by life experience. He's just seasoned now and it is a thing of beauty.

I haven't watched Hell On Wheels because it appeared rather dire and depressing to me when I first heard about it and as much as I usually like seeing a good actor in distress, I often avoid something when it is the current good actor who has taken my fancy. However, there are five seasons to get through, so that could occupy you for a while. :)

If you've already seen SNW, I recommend giving Discovery a try. It's very different in some major ways, so be prepared. @happycabbage and I just watched his episode of CSI:Miami and he was what I thought he would be: a sort of semi-douchy suspect. I just today watched the episode of Law and Order he was on and I remembered it. I remembered thinking that the actor (I didn't know his name at the time) was great for the specifics of the character, it was perfect casting. Give that a whirl.

To sum up, having not seen his entire body of work, I would say his best years are now and I would watch the episode of L&O, Discovery and Hell On Wheels.

Okay, fine, I have one more comment...I saw a quote from him that he never got period pieces because casting directors told him that he looked too "contemporary" and that makes me very curious which roles he wanted and/or actually got to audition for but did not get.

I lied, I have another comment...like his OG, I really hope the future offers him more comedy because he has talent for it and that aspect of his skills has been under-used so far.

Thanks for the message!

[pikechris]

i've been watching the winchesters since the start but without really caring about it online... well today i went into the tag out of sheer curiosity to see what the tumblrinas were saying about it and pretty much all i saw besides gifs was stuff about destiel and people complaining about plot inconsistencies. sigh. I was not only reminded of why I don't check tags very often but also of the good old tjlc days with this stuff,,, and people doing the same in the star trek snw fandom. anyway, I like the show, I love carlos & lata & ada, and since I remember almost none of spn because I've only seen it once as it aired, I have no idea what it's getting wrong and therefore I'm not only enjoying it but like it more. it has light. it has cool 70s outfits. it has interesting characters. they're besties, they're a family, they're a polycule, take your pick. it's funny how it parallels spn with the missing dad plot actually!! and just because john isn't a total arsehole now it doesn't mean he can't become one over time :) I'd love to see it yknow <3

[trek-b]

This picture just makes me happy. I was born long after the 60s, as with many others, TNG was the first new Trek I remember but I did watch the original Star Trek first [1]—it's still where it all started for me, the ur-text and I love it. A lot of my Disco commentary has been critical, so was my lone ENT post—of course I think my criticisms are valid but at the same time, I'd like some posts that aren't just complaints on this site. Not to say that TOS was without plenty of flaws of its own but obviously it's why the whole franchise exists and it's what set the template for the franchise to endure—memorable characters, thought-provoking stories, and a future where, despite our differences, humanity could work together as equals. But also—and perhaps lost in TNG-era stuffiness—is Star Trek is fun, TOS was fun [2]. 

I think that's something obscured in the sometimes heady concepts and messages about humanity and the aforementioned stuffiness is that Trek has always also been about action and adventure, it's always been entertainment in the best sense of the word. Maybe today some of the fun of TOS is from elements that now come across as a bit campy ...the series is certainly of its time, and its budget constraints can show but also they were certainly not playing it safe (you might even say they were going boldly (I know, I know). TOS gave us rollicking stories in a way I'm not sure any of the subsequent series quite have—and I'm not sure they can or could have. Add to this though, the thoughtfulness of the best episodes and—again, despite budget constraints—fictional technology that had a certain plausibility to it: communicators, phasers, tricorders and the Enterprise itself, a spacecraft unlike any that had been seen before, sitting in a space (no pun intended) a little between golden age sci-fi and "realistic" sci-fi, a space wholly its own.

In a sense, the 2009 movie and Into Darkness were rebooting Star Trek but they didn't exactly reboot TOS—they had versions of the same characters and they had Starfleet and the Enterprise but they weren’t necessarily trying to capture a certain essence of TOS in the way they did in Beyond and that's a shame because Beyond demonstrated it could be done. The easy thing to point to with Star Trek is that it presented an optimistic future but perhaps something people forget is that a lot of the magic of TOS was because of the characters and, crucially, character dynamics which, Devin Farci aptly points out here [3], the team behind Beyond got right in a way the first two movies didn't. The series that came after TOS added their own spins on the world established in TOS...which speaks to the strength of the concept beyond TOS's particular flavor but while the specifics were different, many of Trek's best moments came out of character and the dynamics between those characters.

The first season of Strange New Worlds is airing and I like what I've seen so far a lot: the characters are just about all interesting and distinct and the actors have brought plenty of humanity to them. It's not at all shying away from being a true TOS prequel even if it's also stretching canon at times (as I believe the producers have admitted). I'm sure I'll write more about SNW in the future but while definitely TOS prequel of a sort it's also not trying to be TOS, nor should it be, it's its own thing with familiar elements but I feel like they're conscious of TOS in a way that oddly the first two Kelvinverse movies weren't—there's an ethos there that I think takes cues from TOS without copying it entirely. But naturally, TOS is The Original Series for a reason—you can only be first once, it still has its own distinct vibe that's never going to be duplicated completely and it has those particular characters and the actors that played them, that originated them. So as we get new adventures on the Enterprise, here's to the original, the granddaddy of them all—TOS which was so original it was actually originally just called, well, Star Trek. ■

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Notes: [1] How wild is it now to think back to when Trek canon was only the three seasons of TOS? Then TOS, the movies and early TNG? When now, as I write this there are have been about 829 episodes of all series? And 9ish more movies... [2] Credit Devin Farci for putting it that way. [3] Yes, more from Devin Farci on Star Trek.

[justastraightupmess]

snw-cnvs replied to your post: i feel like levi’s youtube channel starts as ur...

hey guys its levi here and today im gonna fuckin put horrifying prosthetic on my face and pretend to fight in my backyard

I JUST WATCHED THAT ONE AND I CANT STOP LAUGHING

[seismologically-silly]

SNW S1E9+10 Liveblog

the stars have finally aligned (@ichayalovesyou you’ve been groundbreaking here) and i’m going to finish the first season of snw today! i’m so scared 

Episode 9: All Those Who Wander

- i’m going to start out before the episode starts that it’s a shame the season only has 10 episodes. while i like the length of my british shows being like 6-15 because that’s how they do it, it’s a bit weird coming from american shows and i feel we lose out on a lot of good character time. if there’s a production reason for this, i hope its for labor reasons and not overworking people.

- 01:07 NO WHAT DO YOU MEAN UHURA’S ASSIGNMENT HERE IS OVER i love her your honor don’t leave

- 01:12 oh hey Deep Space Station K-7! my first star trek episode was trouble with tribbles :D

- 02:56 congratulations Lt Duke!

- 06:30 Rule 1 of D&D: don’t split the party!

- 08:01 Sam!!

- 10:55 starfleet might want to issue hats as standard uniform for cold weather, especially for human personnel. we lose a lot of heat there

- 11:13 star trek woke up today and decided to be a horror show

- 11:50 “Hem?” that’s so cute!

- 13:17 HORRIFYING. also really nice tilt on the bedrock! if only this place wasn’t so creepy...

- 13:49 gorn? fascinating. wonder how they’ll continue to handle the gorn through this episode and series. i know there’s been some debate.

- 14:05 well... we’re here now. sorry about that captain gavin. la’an saying what i’m thinking yeah

- 16:11 “the universal translator isn’t processing it. uhura do something.” “that’s not how linguistics works!” @gracelessace confirm?

- 18:09 “one does not take pride in logic” have you met yourself spock?

- 19:37 oh. this. this is hitting hard. i know hemmer is talking to uhura, but. maybe we’re quite alike, where she is now. huh.

- 19:44: HEMMER DON’T CALL ME OUT LIKE THIS. IT HURTS. STOP. I CAME TO THIS EPISODE FOR A FUN TIME AND THEN A SPOOKY TIME. I DON’T NEED TO INTROSPECT RIGHT NOW IT MIGHT BREAK ME. PLEASE. hemmer’s going to be my comfort character now i guess

- 21:00 a) la’an i understand where you’re coming from but yelling at a child won’t fix things b) DOCTOR. OW.

- 25:06 oh i have a bad feeling about this

- 26:10 CADET! BUCKLEY! NO! (also baby gorn are kinda creepy and weirdly kinda cute? it’s so small? also we are in Alien here this is a completely different sci-fi property now) nope not cute anymore that’s cannibalism

- 27:20 ah jeez duke too? man just made lieutenant! he and chia are blue and gold shirts! 

- 27:50 hey spock. where are you going

- 30:58 watch the ceilings is good advice. about anything really. no one ever looks up. it’s a great place to hide if you can get there.

- 43:08 hey wait what? hemmer?? no?!

- 43:42 we’ve barely gotten to know him! what the feck!

- 43:50 the needs of the many

- 45:54 just like andoria. goodbye chief hemmer. 19:44, uh. oh dear.

- 46:43 i’ve missed ortegas this episode. but after what happened to hemmer. that was probably for the best. and that was a hell of a eulogy.

well. that was. ouch. surely the season finale can cheer us up!

Episode 10: A Quality of Mercy

- 01:48 ooh noodles yum!

- 03:35 paused on the map to check against my own and there’s Wolf 359! Ack! Also my map doesn’t actually make sense i checked some of the stars against their real counterparts and one star that is supposed to be closer to us is further than a star that is supposed to be further. whoops!

- 03:45 horse girl chris’ saddle in the background i see you

- 04:20 oh no captain i know what you’re thinking bad idea abort abort

- 05:21 😬

- 05:38 hoh don’t do it don’t do it captain i know you’re trying to help mark me it’ll make it worse don’t do it man

- 05:56 that’s some good text to speech ai glad to see the future perfected that CHRIS STOP IT YOU’RE SCARING ME (lars you too)

- 06:02 OH GOD HE’S DOING IT

- 06:07 TIME SHENANIGANS WHODA THUNK YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES AND ALL OF THEM ARE BAD

- 06:15 when i first started playing sto (i never did missions i just naffed off to ds9) i started playing during delta recruitment. which is a time travel plot. the game started out with a future me coming back to talk to present me. i thought i was stupid for it. turns out i’m the same intelligence as pike. love you man, but none if this has been your best idea.

- 08:39 “i’Ve BeEn DoInG tHiS lOnG eNoUgH i’M nOt JuSt GoInG tO tAkE tHe WoRd Of SoMeOnE wHo SaYs He’S fUtUrE mE” normally good advice but in this case. we’re well past that. (i feel like i’m being harsh but i am loving this i want to put pike in a box and shake it)

- 09:12 DTI is glad they don’t exist yet pike could keep them busy until they get created.

- 09:37 complications

- 09:39 “unforeseen” consequences works too

- 09:48 yeah that’s the issue with visiting yourself in person. bc now he kind of... has to? to make sure he doesn’t? i hate the grandfather paradox

- 09:54 “causality is complex” YEAH MATE IT SURE IS

- 10:08 where do you think the boreth monks got the idea from?

- 11:04 i’m loving how time crystals tend to be green. that’s what they should be!

- side note: The Kingdom of Elysian is probably my favorite this season because of how ridiculous it was and then it made me cry, but already this one is a VERY close second or even tied. it just gives me everything

- 12:05 i’ve seen this before. in tos. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm whathaveyoudone

- 12:15 wow ethan peck sounds just like leonard nimoy here

- 12:23 uhura’s comms console is in the correct spot now! oh no This is Balance of Terror with the wrong captain 😬

- 12:45 sooo a) what happens to ortegas in the prime timeline b) where is sulu in this timeline (watsonian. i know doyalistically he’s not been cast) hang on was sulu in balance of terror yes he was

- 13:18 stiles isn’t here either. he was racist against spock, so kind of important to the original way of things. what does that mean here? at any rate, this timeline isn’t happening yet, it’s just a vision of what would happen if pike sent the letter, which he hasn’t yet so none of this is technically happening.

- 13:51 Spock you- you time travelled already in TOS S1E4. yeah it’s not likely but it’s possible (of course with a different captain they may not have time travelled at the end of The Naked Now like they did under Kirk. and like i said this isn’t happening actually. for admiral!pike it did and captain!pike it might and this is showing captain if that might becomes will so yeah he hasn’t technically time travelled but it’s still under the purview of temporal mechanics)

- 19:00 “Captain James Kirk.” “Sam’s brother?” AHAHAHAHA get wrecked jim

- 19:05 the music! it’s the tos theme!! i love you Nami Melumad

- 19:18 i watched Friendly Space Ninja’s 2.5 hour essay on the Vampire Diaries yesterday. the whole time i was losing it when Paul Wesley was on screen. i’ve never seen The Vampire Diaries outside of that video and Jenny Nicholson’s, but now i’m losing it the other way. what have i done to myself?

- 20:26 why is that seat the racist seat for this mission don’t make ortegas do this i love her

- 21:47 Sam is still here! If we were in TOS, he dies at the end of this season on Deneva.

- 23:57 i’m going to ask what the feck is up with m’benga and bones. bc in tos m’benga works under bones, when he was the cmo himself 7 years beforehand. and bones isn’t in this timeline. stiles, ortegas, sulu, bones... were they all affected by the letter somehow?

- 30:54 the captains are fighting... i feel like i’m starting ds9 again lol

- 32:49 what have you done to the romulans’ stupid little shoulder pads?!

- 39:04 kirk checking spock out. so much is wrong with this timeline but it’s good to see some things never change!

- 40:56 SCOTTY

- 41:06 “I’m An EnGiNeEr, NoT a MiRaCle WoRkEr” god i love this episode

- 42:29 THAT’S A LOT OF ROMULAN SHIPS

- 45:19 that’s really smart captain kirk unfortunately i think you just made things worse and started a war

- 48:28 so what’s different is that instead of destroying themselves, the bird-of--prey was destroyed by the romulan praetor. who saw footage of it attacking outpost 4 and declared “it shouldn’t have gotten caught.” whereas this was the end of the matter for kirk, it can now be claimed the enterprise destroyed the bird-of-prey and the entire romulan armada can and will most likely back that up. if they weren’t given time to repair, as in the prime timeline, the bird-of-prey second in command couldn’t have called for the armada and none of this would have happened.

- 52:11  spock took pike’s fate in every other timeline

- 58:40 I can see why Spock commits mutiny for this man. They care about each other very much.

- 01:00:10 okay happy music fading out to a transporter announcement cannot be good news

- 01:00:39 they’re arresting Number One

- 01:00:56 who snitched

- 01:01:11 prison break next season let’s gooooo

- 01:01:26 NOT PIKE LOOKING INTO THE CAMERA ALL ANGRY LIKE GO RAISE HELL MAN

WOW THAT WAS CERTAINLY AN EPISODE WHEN’S SEASON TWO

[amerasdreams]

Well I started Strange New Worlds today bc its all over tumrblr and I didn't want to be spoiled... hopefully I'll watch it before that happens. I don't want to block a tag and then forget to unblock it, might as well scroll quickly past any SNW posts hoping I don't see spoilers

I got Paramount+ for this

[lenievi]

snw #9 (rewatch)

- hmmmmmmmmmmmmm La’an said she was with Dr. Sanchez, a headshrinker... is it the same Dr. Sanchez that was in TOS or is it just a name coincidence again (like Mitchell + Mitchell - even though we don’t know if that is just “a same name no relation” yet). Like Kyle is there now and will be in TOS too [like there’s nothing wrong with having same names, because people have same names without any relations, but it’s fiction].

- I still hate that they made Sam Kirk be the one insulting Spock (I mean as long as they also make it a thing with Jim Kirk at least once or twice in snw, then I’ll take it back, but if they ignore that Kirk was all “Will you try for one moment to feel? At least act like you've got a heart.” in WNMHGB then like it’s just erasing so much from their relationship) [I just want them to respect that Kirk wasn’t always respectful towards Spock; he did not understand Spock from the get go; sure he was impressed, he was intrigued, they bonded over loyalty, duty, mutual admiration, and chess, but Kirk was not 100% respectful until the very end. Still funny that their last conversation ever ended with Spock being “don’t be insulting” because Kirk called him human.]

- ah, okay, it was not just Hemmer’s death that affected Spock. It was Duke’s, too, and his own helplessness, then lowering his shields and then not being able to get them up again. I wonder if that will still continue in s2 (would probably explain a few things in the trailers). Kinda feels like they aim to completely break Spock, in order for him to become tos!Spock, but I feel like they forgot that Spock was still quite emotional at the beginning of s1 - smiling and shouting, still being quite violent etc. But we’ll see, maybe it’ll track. The thing is... Spock had a breakdown in Discovery, Kirk’s 5ym led him to Gol to purge his emotions*, and now they want to break him in order to make him less emotional... it just feels a bit too excessive

I guess this post is still very relevant...

* maybe that’s why they made it a point that it’s something all Vulcans do, so it doesn’t feel like Spock had a breakdown and decided to purge his emotions because of that, but rather as the next step on his path to being a Vulcan because that’s what Vulcans do (maybe that was always what it was supposed to be, but the fandom (novels included) made it appear to be something different idk, like I said, I haven’t seen TMP (and I ignore kolinahr when thinking about fics set in the movie era), but it always seemed like the general consensus was that Spock chose kolinahr because he couldn’t handle his emotions anymore...)

- I wish they showed more scenes between Spock and Hemmer. There was so much potential lost in s1, I feel, just because they focused too much on romance with Spock (again, as you could notice, I don’t mind the romance and I enjoy it, I just kind of don’t get why that was what they went with. I would also love to see more Pike and Spock’s scenes, because at this point they still just work with nostalgia and viewers knowing that they’re supposed to be close... but getting those scenes would just mean more Spock screen time, which is also not something I want, so it’s just ugh LMAO I mean as long as they keep any Spock and Kirk’s scenes also this shallow, then it’s fine lol)

- SST has the next preview picture be of Kirk and I’d hate that so much if that was my first time watching. Season 2 seems to have just promo pictures rather than a screenshot from the episode, which is way better.

- I think I might watch episode 10 and then start season 2 today too, but we’ll see. 

I do kind of nitpick and have thoughts lol but I genuinely enjoy SNW and am curious where some of the stuff will lead

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#5

I am obsessed with the way WandaVision is a television show about television as a form and set of formulas. On one level Wanda’s choice to live out her new future through sit-com tropes might look like a form of escapism. But Episode 8 reveals that those same tropes are also deeply interwoven with the trauma she’s (not) processing, because at every step of the "reruns" Agatha orchestrates, Wanda is forced to confront the painful gaps between the formulas of TV and her own experience: harmless shenanigans on The Dick Van Dyke Show while bombs fall on her home; caring for a doll on The Brady Bunch while she’s being monitored by HYDRA; a painless pratfall on Malcolm in the Middle while she mourns the brother who didn’t survive his last trick. 

And the line where she tells Vision she knows the character on TV isn't hurt because "it's not that kind of show": it’s UTTERLY heartbreaking -- because she's not in the kind of show where it all turns out okay. 

364 notes • Posted 2021-02-28 05:27:58 GMT

#4

Can we talk about the fact that since episode 2 definitely confirmed that Bucky can run at super speed that means that in all the scenes in episode 3 where he and Sam are running away from gunfire, he's deliberately running very slowly so that he can stay next to Sam? ::chinhands::

404 notes • Posted 2021-04-03 15:44:37 GMT

#3

Head empty, just the TFATWS bar scene, in which Sam watches Bucky "go Winter Solider" and viciously take out like six or seven dudes in 60 seconds but still doesn't hesitate for a moment before laying his hand on Bucky's arm, because no part of him has stopped trusting that Bucky wouldn't hurt him. 

491 notes • Posted 2021-04-03 18:19:42 GMT

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#StopAsianHate

Today I’m thinking about the lives of Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andres Michels, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Julie Park, Hyeon Jeong Park, and the two other Korean women (currently unnamed) who were murdered in an act of white-supremacist violence in Atlanta.

I’ve included links below to some grassroots organizations that support Asian American communities and advocate for Asian sex workers. If you’re able to make a donation to one of these organizations, pop into my asks with the receipts, and I will write you a Stony snippet on the SFW prompt of your choice.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice: https://www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org/

National Asian Pacific American Workers’ Forum: https://www.napawf.org/donate?snw=2&ref=19513fdd-6a59-45ff-b259-13bc043e2da5

Red Canary Song: https://www.redcanarysong.net/

Butterfly: https://www.butterflysw.org/donate

556 notes • Posted 2021-03-19 02:25:15 GMT

#1

In honor of his well-deserved Best Hero win, a celebration of Anthony Mackie making micro-level acting decisions that elevated the moral seriousness of the entire series. Without the work he put into Sam Wilson, the most interesting ethical questions that TFATWS tries (not always successfully) to raise wouldn’t have even gotten off the ground.

666 notes • Posted 2021-05-18 16:06:10 GMT

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[starrybouquet]

I realized today that we have very few episodes left of Lower Decks and that after that comes Discovery. I was... surprised by how much I am scared of Disco s3, and how said I'll be to see LWD go (for the time being). In general, I'm not anti-New Trek, but BIG WARNING IN RED LETTERS: I am rather critical of Disco and especially Picard here. I'd put it under the cut, but I'm on mobile, sorry.

I wasn't alive when most of Trek aired and so this is kinda my chance for actual current Trek during my lifetime, so I feel like I have possibly more of a right to be upset about this than someone just wishing for "the good old days". However, if even a bit of anti-New Trek is not your thing, don't bother reading this. I just needed somewhere to rant, and if I can't rant on my fandom blog on this godforsaken site, then it's not serving its purpose 😂

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Thoughts in bullet form, cause that's how I roll:

I want to like New Trek. I want to like it so, so desperately. I'm too young to remember anything about Voyager/Enterprise airing, and I didn't enjoy the reboot movies (too actiony). This is my chance for real, new Trek content, and I love TNG and Voyager to bits, like DS9 and TOS and ENT well enough, and I want to feel like I'm watching "current" scifi for once. Also ideally sci-fi that does not put one of their main women cast members in a bodysuit. Thanks.

So I was very excited about Disco. I liked the first episode. I liked how Burnham was portrayed, and I liked Georgiou, and Saru, and I thought, this is promising.

And then (spoilers ahead)...Georgiou died. And then we did this whole mirror universe thing which seemed to have a lot of violence for shock value and a lot of Burnham soliloquizing and that's it

I love Picard's soliloquies and Janeway's soliloquies and Sisko's soliloquies and I'm even okay with Archer's. But it was just wrong to me to have Burnham soliloquizing when she *wasn't the captain*. She's a crew member, rank stripped, and she's standing here taking up all the airtime? Everyone else just listens to her? I like the concept of doing a show not centered around the captain. But in practice, it's...tough. Especially when you aren't focusing on the XO, which I think is possible.

So I suffered through s1 because it was Trek, and I didn't love it. There were some good parts. But not enough to outweigh the bad. But I tried s2, because hey, maybe it would be better.

And you know what? I loved Pike. I liked it better overall. I wished it had been slightly more episodic, more character-driven, less plot-driven, but I liked it. Especially because of Pike. Burnham still had an inordinate amount of power for a science officer, and also randomly decided to leave the ship, but okay. I was okay with it.

So, the funny thing is, I actually think Discovery is okay. So why am I dreading season 3?

I don't know. I mean, Pike is gone. I'm worried about how they'll portray our future--it looks like the Federation is in shambles, from the trailer? To be very honest, though I'm happy to see trans and NB rep, I'm afraid of that plotline overshadowing all the characters we already have who already don't get enough character development. I'm afraid of the plot overshadowing that char development in general, I guess.

But the saddest thing is that this dread is new, and I'm pretty sure it's because of Picard. It's not Disco's fault.

I'm sorry. Yes, there were some redeeming qualities. Yes, I really dislike Picard.

As y'all know, I am a HUGE fan of TNG. I can't say Picard was my favorite, because four TNG chars are tied for that spot, but he was one of my favorites. And I hate--HATE--how Picard the show has changed my view of him.

I don't really dislike Picard himself in Picard. He's okay. Maybe not exactly the character we remember, but I could have lived with that, IF HE HAD A GOOD SUPPORTING CAST.

And here is where it starts to get really ranty, I'm sorry about that, but these thoughts have to go somewhere. Scroll past if you don't want to read this, I won't be offended.

Mostly, there's a bad case of "show not tell" and also a lack of redeeming qualities with all the characters.

Let's start with Jurati. Why, exactly, am I supposed to care for her? I just...she betrays them, betrays everyone, and never shows that she's changed. We're told all about her brilliance, how she feels. She never shows that to us. I so wanted her to be a good character, because he's a scientist and a woman and I'm a scientist and a woman, but I ended up hating her. Sigh.

I actually like Rios. I find his character well fleshed out and likeable and let's face it, he's exactly my type. So, why oh why is he with Jurati?! He deserves better...

Raffi. Ah, such potential. And some good background. But her self-pity routine is way overdone, and we are only told about her friendship with Picard, not actually shown that. Sorry, but I'll accept someone who calls Picard "JL" when even the TNG crew all calls him Captain or Jean-Luc only when I actually *see* why they're close.

I liked Dahj a lot. But Soji was somehow...so unlikable in contrast. I don't know why? And I have so many questions plot-wise, so many holes that I feel got cut out in editing and were never fixed. Anyway.

I LIKED ELNOR. HE WAS NICE AND A GOOD CHARACTER AND WE SAW A GOOD BSCKSTORY AND THEN HE JUST DISAPPEARED. WHAT.

Oh, and killing Icheb for shock value was totally cold-blooded and pure malice and evil and God clearly the producers didn't care about Voyager. Even though Beyer was one of them.

And unfortunately, this has not made me feel better. Just more upset about Picard. There are so many other things I want to pick at. The plot, the weird editing, the weird pacing, killing an Imzadi kid for a completely stupid reason. Ugh.

I'm sorry for subjecting you all to this.

On a more positive note, I've loved Lower Decks and am really hopeful and excited for SNW? So there's that. Hopefully I don't have my hopes dashed.

It should also be noted that despite all this, I'm still going to watch every show, probably, which explains why CBS doesn't care if I like it or hate it. Gotta love that. Take my money, CBS.