#The Expanse Series

[spacecimen]

My name is James Holden.

[lady-wyrd]

For everyone who loves The Expanse, I recommend following and watching Space Rocks videos:

"We take The Expanse star Steven Strait -- aka Captain James Holden -- to the European Space Agency's parabolic flight facility in Bordeaux to experience what microgravity really feels like."

[theexpanserplist]

If you are an independent roleplay blog that is a canon or original character from The Expanse (book or television series) OR have a crossover / au for the Expanse please reblog this post and include the following in the tags:

Character Name - Canon or OC - Book, TV or Both - Main verse or AU verse. For example, Naomi Nagata - Canon - Both - Main

I will be making a post (which will be pinned on this blog) to keep track of characters that will be updated periodically when I can!

[fiftytwotwentytwo]

Leviathan Wakes

Author: James S. A. Corey

Science Fiction

Page Count: 561

How did I come across this book?:

Library Book #3

I grabbed this book for 3 reasons:

It was big and bulky with a larger page count - nice little challenge.

The book looked "well loved" based on the battered cover.

I also believe I heard people claim this to be highly acclaimed book/series.

Beyond that - I have no clue what it is about other than George R. R.Martin called it a "Kickass Space Opera" - well, technically the quotation says "It's been too long since we've had a really kickass space opera" - George didn't explicitly said this book was Kickass - it was an assumption by myself. Who knows maybe Mr. Martin read this book AND still feels like he needs a Kickass Space Opera.

Review:

It took me a while to get into the book. To be honest I am not even sure what was going on with Miller until he joined up with Holden. I could not piece together his passage of time or what was happening with his work.

Holden and his crew - that I could keep up with - so to say the first handful of chapters for me was kind of wishy-washy and a rollercoaster of comprehension would be the kindest way to put it.

But, a quarter of the way into the book - everything clicked and I began to really enjoy Miller almost better than I enjoyed Holden.

I will say the book is well written and the action scenes really drive, but you will get hit with bouts that drag (mostly the bureaucratic moments).

I am not big on sci-fi so I am not sure if this would be a good introduction to the genre - some wording/context has a Hard Sci-Fi feel but if you take a step back it is actually pretty tame and borders closer to Soft/Speculative Science Fiction.

I discovered while reading this book that the story has become a beloved franchise and has been adapted into a equally loved television series. I will say I did enjoy the book, but I am not sure if liked how the ending played out (specifically Miller's story arc) - because of this - I do not believe I will continue into the series or seek out its episodes.

Personal Rating: 6/10

Yearly Book Total: 51

Total Page Count: 19,533 pages

[aleelewisharlot]

People who have read the expanse series: Do you need to read the novellas in between the novels? Also should I go back and read Drive and The Butcher of Anderson Station before I keep going with leviathan wakes or read them after leviathan wakes?

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

Sci-fi shows, but really out of context:

Farscape

Stargate SG-1

Agents of SHIELD

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Battlestar Galactica

The X-Files

The Expanse

Fringe

Lost

Firefly

[deathflare]

onward to dawntrail~ new addition to my expansion poster series!

[respectthepetty]

Wut and Sol said they could give Joe some money out of kindness, and Joe could pay them back whenever.

Ming said he would give Joe whatever he wanted in exchange for Joe's body because Ming is selfish.

Joe taking Ming's deal is the most relatable moment I've had with Joe because I, too, would pick the devil I already know. Mixing finances with friends is always dicey, and he would still owe them. With Ming, it's business and he doesn't have to worry about ruining a friendship. He can hate Ming, but as long as Ming runs him his money, he'll continue to do his job because this is just another stand-in job.

Joe is really saying "sex work is work"

And I respect that.

[alienpossession]

Ethnographic Research: Part 2 (Songkran)

It's the biggest holiday of the year for Thai people. Songkran, or Thai's New Year, usually make Thailand filled to the brim with tourist from all over the globe that wanted to experience the festivities. It's crowded, it's loud and it's wet, the whole country especially Bangkok seemingly have no concept of sleeping during the duration of Songkran.

The parade last the whole day, and the party last even longer, creating this illusion of endless party as all of the people seemingly rejoiced the New Year.

So, it's only normal for the Mother Ship to capture that brimming energy from its scanner and deciced that two of the researcher should land in that spot since human seemingly packed the place, especially the very lively Bangkok

The 2 Xarthans should've landed close to each other for easier coordination after the takeover, but due to the technical issues to the pod, it diverted one of them from the planned landing spot.

So while this one comfortably slipped itself into the body of this fit hunk named Gun while he just finished dipping in the swimming pool and getting ready for a full day of partying, the other one have to struggle through the crowded city as it tries to make its way to the designated meeting spot

The less luckier Xarthan decided that the only way he can go undetected with this insane crowd of people is to blend in. It found itself landed near this giant plastic drum filled with water in the backyard of a random house so it dipped itself into it and started to break itself down into microparticles. The splash from the 8 feet tall alien entering the water drum must have alerted the human inside the house as he quickly checked on the drum to find nothing out of the extraordinary. Then, more men swarmed the water drum and revealed the gun-like items they bring with themselves. Not long after, the Xarthan found itself split into 5 water guns belonged to 5 different men, and if the visuals they watched in the Mother Ship turned out to be true, this is actually a perfect way for it to get into more human

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While the Xarthan that landed on its designated spot already blended in and partied his ass out with everyone in the middle of the city, the adventure just started for the separated Xarthan, now also split into 5 different water gun. Aside from the glimpse it spotted earlier when those men peered into the water drum, it basically have no idea how the men looked like. But it didn't take long for it to finally started its spread as it found itself suddenly having multiple vision. The water shooting has started, and everytime a spritz of the infected water landed in these bodies, that body turned into a vessel right after the water particles slipped into the body either through the navel, the slit of their cock or asshole or even right through the orifices in the human face.

The takeover were quick and almost seamless, the human rarely felt anything as they considered it to be as simple as water trickling into their body. But when that sharp jab of takeover sealed their fate, they usually flinched but that meant it was too late for them to stop the process. The main Xarthan constantly emitted this transmission to keep all the new vessels in check, and they quickly converge in-between themselves so they are not scattered across the crowd. They would abandon whatever original plan of their vessel or the companion that they went together with, or even more sinisterly, grabbed their companion so their companion could also be shot by the infected water gun. What makes the festivity turned out to be a potent way to find good vessel other than the raucous water spray is the fact that for a lot of the time, people shoot water to others that they find attractive or likable, so no wonder that in just below 30 mins, the separated Xarthan found itself ended up controlling multiple different attractive bodies, and not just limited to local people as some of it ended up in tourists bodies too as Bangkok usually flooded with thousands of tourist during peak season like this.

When the sun eventually sets, the newly-minted vessels arrived altogether in front of the main party gate for the festivities. It can sense that the fellow Xarthan is already inside the party ground, so all of the different bodies started to swarm the gate to get themselves inside. Some of the vessels already have the tickets to enter the party ground, but some other unlucky ones decided to take matter into their own hands, either jumping into another host or even takeover security details or the staffers of the festival.

With more than 30+ bodies under control, it should've been an easy search. But the crowd, nearing 40,000 and counting, made it quite a challenging work as the vessels tend to get distracted by random groping and playful kisses landed to them. Eventually, the security details managed to find Gun as their bigger bodies plus the uniform managed to convince the partygoers to give them way. Upon eye contact, Gun playfully winked at the three securities that eyed him, knowing full well its his brothers split particles inside the securities body. Gun then used his mind to telepathically subdued one of the security to join him for some playful fun while the rest of the vessels gathered. It's easy to do so since the split particles definitely weaker in comparison to them staying intact as a singular entity. The subdued security then give Gun a lift, practically letting Gun piggybacked over his broad shoulders. Then, the excited Gun emitted the signal so all the vessels from his brothers can gather around and they can have the best of fun all night long. He's about to be surprised on how many bodies his brother acquired, but for now, he just want to have fun and ride on the energy his vessel exudes

[grayrazor]

Hey guys, I found this weird geometric object floating in space. Should I touch it?

[spacecimen]

”On one hand, there is the very real threat of mutual annihilation. On the other, the stars.”

[hipsternumbertwo]

Favorite Angela Moments 31/∞: Flight Simulator 🛩️

[glowstick0]

Sanitated 3

[mikimeiko]

The Expanse | 3x13. Abaddon's Gate

[infernal-lamb]

Genuinely love that cult of the lamb’s world is being expanded in separate mediums / narratives, given how bare bones the initial game was I love seeing like—the growth in real time. I need to chew on more Cotl characters, world building, and themes etc etc sooooooo badly do you understand.……..Jalala who are you…..my darling do you too represent the tensions between the Inside Perspective vs Outsider perspective….? your little cat-eared hood is perfect and I am going to cradle you in my arms

[thesandsofelsweyr]

“...eyes with their strange, indefinite colour which lay somewhere between grey and pale blue, like the ice on ponds on winter mornings, eyes that remained in the memory for hours after you had looked into them.”

—Maurice Druon, The Iron King (The Accursed Kings, Book 1)

Arkham Knight Jason Todd eye description anyone??