#THE GREATER GOOD

[renegadesstuff]

GIVE HIM HIS BUDDY BACK 🥺🥹

[lesbianelsas]

I used to wonder whether I’d ever make it back, and now I know that, one way or another, I’m going home one day. Thank you.

Xena: Warrior Princess - 1x21 "The Greater Good"

[spockvarietyhour]

Stargate Universe "The Greater Good"

[the-random-hamlet]

Not Mine. Thought to Share.

[katiehoughton]

I'll see you on the other side. You better.

THE GREATER GOOD | 23x10 // VANISHING POINT | 28x08

[girl4music]

YES! Finally! Catra’s redemption! I’ve been waiting for this moment for the whole fucking show. I knew it had to take a long time but I didn’t expect 4 full seasons.

So they’ve got 1 season (technically 10 episodes) to really make something out of this redemption arc for Catra. We all knew she cared. That she was only so awful to people because she didn’t want to feel weakened and without purpose. But taking her out of her familiar and comfortable environment and completely stripping her of her friends (or those that tried to be her friends) would have an immense effect on her. Would make her go the opposite way because she’s got nothing left to prove except the fact that she could do one good thing. Unlike Hordak or Shadow Weaver, Horde Prime has no use or value for Catra unless she’s of the Horde Hive Mind. Unless she’s completely erased of all autonomy…. Just like Hordak. She knows she doesn’t want that. No autonomous being in their right conscious mind would want that.

So they did all that well. I don’t think it needed to take 4 full seasons but… the point is that she’s turned the corner now and she’s ready to help the Rebellion even at the cost of her own safety and well-being. So heroic.

And her heroic efforts won’t be in vain because now they have to return the favour. They have to save her.

I’m assuming (I don’t know for sure) that from this, this is when Catra and Adora reconcile their differences, become friends again and hopefully… fall in love. I mean strong and deep feelings for each other were always there no matter which side of the spectrum they fell on. Hate or love. In fact I would say that’s the only reason why the hatred was that intense between these lead characters. Because it was formed from and by such an intense love for each other ever since they were kids. So it has to come to the forefront at some point otherwise there wouldn’t be any reason to make it so intense. It’s a culmination of so much left unsaid, unheard, undone and I know you can’t just do it without all the build-up.

After all, that’s exactly how you do enemies-to-lovers.

Or… friends-to-enemies-to-lovers. It’s complicated. But the aim of the game is to show the intensity of feelings there no matter which is on the side of “good” or “evil”.

They’ve done that well and then some. Now they have to show what all of that intensity was cultivated from.

And the answer always is love. Deep romantic true love.

I could make a million predictions on this because there’s so many ways you can do this. But the best way - in my opinion - is to put them both in dire straights and then have them prove to each other what’s more important to each other. The mission or each other.

Now the mission as it stands now - from this episode and onwards - would be to escape Horde Prime’s clutches and return to Etheria to the other Princesses and leave Catra to deal with her betrayal on her own.

But they won’t do that because that undermines the lesson of the mission as a whole. To protect their own.

Catra is one of their own now that she saved them. This is what makes the difference between good and evil. The good guys don’t ever leave one of their own behind.

The arguments of the greater good always falls to love and when you’re put in those dire straights - one thing has to be accomplished from the narrative undertaking.

That is that the greater good and love aren’t conciliable. Even in a kids TV show the honesty of that is important.

In all respects leaving Catra behind would be the greater good thing to do for the betterment of Etheria.

But it wouldn’t be the right thing to do between them. Between the love that’s there and always has been there between them. It would still feel very wrong.

So the prediction is that they’ll save her because how could they not after she’s risked herself to save them?

And even if she didn’t - how could Adora not want to? Strong, deep and intense feelings determine the plan whether it be for the mission or against the mission.

That’s the way I’ve always known it anyway but then I’ve always had the best example of what true love really is and all my mindset, personality and worldview is informed by that representation of what true love is.

It goes beyond the greater good. It goes beyond destiny. It goes beyond life itself. It’s that profound.

If I didn’t have that lesson ingrained into me from when I was a child, then I would say leave the cat behind and get on with your lives in the way you deserve to live them. But that’s not who I am and it never has been.

[robot-roadtrip-rants]

I’ve been burning The Elemental Council and it’s great! I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a good Tau book, or just a good Xenos book in general. Extra double bonus points for a rare portrayal of the Imperium through alien eyes!

There’s just one problem. One, teensy-tiny little problem.

Since it’s a Tau book, the Greater Good comes up a lot. There’s discussions about what it is, how it’s defined, people swear by it, people use it to justify themselves and encourage others…you get the gist. So over and over I’m reading, The Greater Good, The Greater Good, The Greater Good…it…it’s starting to sound like—well—

Every time I see the phrase. Every damn time.

[jollyimposter]

Some warm up sketches of the trio I did trying to get back to drawing, I still do not know how to draw wings, I’m trying okay?

And this was my most recent doodle on the board

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Good night, good evening or good morning folks!

[inkedlemon]

A tau that brings the greater good. Whether you like it or not...

[calimera62]

Does anyone know what happened to the Grindeldore server "The Greater Good" on discord? It seems to have been deleted but does anyone know why? I know it wasn't as much active as before, but I'm still surprised to find the server gone.

Are there members from the server here?

[iamtryingtobelieve]

Happy birthday you twisted little masterpiece

[renegadesstuff]

NO ONE THREATENS DONNA AND GETS AWAY WITH IT 🤨

[lesbianelsas]

I used to wonder whether I’d ever make it back, and now I know that, one way or another, I’m going home one day. Thank you.

Xena: Warrior Princess - 1x21 "The Greater Good"

[spockvarietyhour]

The Starship Destiny (and random alien ship of the week) "The Greater Good"

[cartoonlover87-2]

Cringetober Day 9: Crossover ship/Rarepair

I'm about to go to Hell for this.. I've made this ship as a crackship at first, but it grew on me.

Extras under the cut:

[girl4music]

It’s “the mission” VS “the love”.

Like most hero stories where there is a love interest involved, the hero struggles with the fact that their love can be targeted and hurt by their enemies or just villainous or selfish people. But with Xena - that anxiety is even worse because she used to be evil and those evil tendencies still live within her however buried deep down they are and the darkness can take over at any moment and therefore SHE could be the one to hurt Gabrielle. So she has these push and pull moments where she either holds on to Gabrielle with an iron grip or she just fucking abandons her and Gabrielle risks everything to follow and join up with her again because she’s so invested.

What’s most striking about this though is that if you DON’T interpret Xena and Gabrielle as lovers or at least romantically involved with each other, that can actually seem quite abusive. Like some type of Stockholm Syndrome. The only reason it doesn’t seem that way is because they’re interpreted as already being together in that way. Otherwise - there’s a lot of issues that can be perceived from the way both these characters treat each other. If you just think of them as best friends with a familial-ship or mentor-ship between them, that’s not as easy to watch because they’re far too intense and intimate with each other.

But if you think of them romantically and furthermore - soulmates - that makes much more sense because it’s not just them that’s doing it out of their emotional attachment to each other. It’s also a fate/destiny thing going on.

So it’s just so much easier and simpler to just interpret them as a love story because that looks and feels like the natural progression. A lot less issues.