#Tyr Anasazi

[endiness]

Season 2, Episode 9 "Into the Labyrinth" ANDROMEDA (2000–2005)

[fantasysci5]

Last community, I promise!

[angsty-violet]

Restraints and Dreams

He twisted and turned, fighting every inch of the way. It was no use. The restraints didn’t have any give in them. The Magog definitely knew what they were doing. No matter how hard he fought, he couldn’t seem to get anywhere.

For a brief second, his mind caught onto the fact that there was supposed to be someone with him. Someone who should’ve been captured. Another man, someone he knew well. But before it could really set in, the thought was fluttering away in the wind.

He moaned, quietly wanting to get away from his horrible place and having no choice but to endure. He thrashed sharply and then went limp with exhaustion. There was no way that he could possibly keep up that level of energy for very long. All he wanted to do was lay there and wait for the end. However, there was something inside of him that insisted that he keep trying. That he couldn’t give up now, of all times. He had already come so far, beaten so much, he couldn’t just give up.

Still, there was a sense of overwhelming wrongness with him. There was something inside of him that wasn’t supposed to be there.

Perhaps, if he escaped his restraints, he’d be able to rid himself of the feeling of wrongness. Maybe all he needed to do was get out of there, and he would be able to move on from that terrible feeling. That spurred on another set of thrashing and movements. This time, he actually felt something give slightly. This was more than enough to spur him on and start the movements in earnest.

He fought, and inch by inch, the restraints finally gave out. He landed with a heavy thud on the ground and barely managed to climb to his feet. As soon as he was aware of the fact that he had escaped, he was off and running. He needed to find a way out before they discovered where he was.

Another thought about the person who was supposed to be with him, but before it could solidify, he was distracted by the sounds of approaching feet.

They were coming for him in all directions, and he was overwhelmed with panic. Despite that, he could see a way out. He wasn’t sure how he knew it was a way out, but he knew it was. All he needed to do was keep going. Get through that opening. He was home free. What would be waiting on the other side, he didn’t know. All he knew was that it had to be better than here.

However, before he could reach there, clawed hands were reaching out to try and catch him. They were ripping and tearing at his clothes and hair. He was pulled away from the opening, and he cried out as he was dragged away. He continued to cry out and fight, but it seemed to be no use. There was nothing he could do.

Harper woke up with a scream. It seemed to echo through his quarters. He patted himself down quickly, and a hand rested on his stomach. His intruders were still inside him. He hadn’t found a way to get rid of them yet.

That dream, it had been him inside the Magog World Ship. But that wasn’t how it had happened. He had been with Tyr for one thing. And after they had escaped their restraints, they had managed to make it off. Harper was disoriented for a minute. Which was the truth? Had he and Tyr escaped together? Had it just been him alone on that ship, fighting for his life?

The doors to his quarters opened, and Tyr was in the doorway looking down at him. “I heard you scream. Are you alright?”

Harper looked around and then down at himself. His thrashing had kicked off the blanket, and he was shivering from the cool air. However, he wasn’t bound. The feeling wasn’t even recreated in real life. He had kicked off the covers, and there was nothing impeding his movements. He wasn’t trapped on a ship filled with a Magog, just waiting for the eggs to hatch. He was safe and sound on the Andromeda. But he didn’t feel safe. He still had the Magog larvae inside of him, and he still might die. Not to mention that the Magog World Ship was still out there.

“Will you…,” Harper trailed off for a moment. How could he ask this?

“I will stay if you wish me to.”

Harper nodded, relieved that he didn’t have to ask for it. Tyr moved closer to the bed, and Harper set it to rights. Putting the pillows back where they belonged and getting the blanket off the floor. Tyr sat next to Harper, sitting up, ready to begin his vigil.

This wasn’t the first time they had done something like this. Several times since surviving the World Ship, Tyr and Harper had watched over each other. Like it or not, a bond had been forged between them. They had survived something that should’ve killed them. Now, they were stuck with the results. Harper with a belly full of Magog and Tyr with the guilt that Harper couldn’t be saved the way he was.

“Sleep, little professor. I’ll watch over you and your dreams.”

Harper nodded and slid back under the covers. Even though he was just as safe as he had been before, it was easier to close his eyes.

Something about knowing the Tyr was right there beside him made it so the world was a lot less scary. Maybe just having a Nietzschean with him made him feel indestructible. Or perhaps it was Tyr specifically. They had fought their way out together twice. If there was anyone who could help get him through this fight, it was Tyr.

Harper finally closed his eyes, and sleep was on him. He had been working overtime to get the ship up to fighting shape, and he was truly exhausted.

[elgascreamslikehell]

So, tagging i missed from people I've also missed!

Staring from @mairaiscarrierofthepaperclips and this funny thing.

Rules: Make a poll with five of your all time favourite characters and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favourite!

I think it's funny because my taste is quite specific.. and I'm not sure all the characters are widely known. Anyway!

Cause i missed the train i suppose anyone has already done that but still!

@pirrusstuff @fionaswhvre @aspecbuddie @pansysgothgf @steadfastsaturnsrings

[majorbaby]

LRB triggered a memory from my gene roddenberry's "andromeda" days (let's not discuss that further, ever) where anti hero Tyr Anasazi says of protag and straight hero Dylan Hunt "at the end of the universe this is all that will remain: Tyr Anasazi, the cockroaches, and Dylan Hunt trying to save the cockroaches" and obv, because Dylan Hunt is your typical roddenberry lead male hero but now it's Janine from Abbott Elementary....

[lboogie1906]

Keith Hamilton Cobb (born January 28, 1962) is an actor. He is known for his roles as the ruthless Nietzschean mercenary Tyr Anasazi in Andromeda from 2000 to 2005 and as Noah Keefer on All My Children from 1994 to 1996. He was born in North Tarrytown, New York; he graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. A classically trained actor, he appeared in several Shakespearean productions in the New York area before breaking into television in the mid-1990s. One of his first movies was Eyes Beyond Seeing in which he plays a mental patient who claims to be Jesus Christ. In 1996, was named on People magazine's annual list of the "50 most beautiful people". In 1999, he was in two episodes of the Beastmaster, portraying a character very similar to his character from Andromeda. He left Andromeda at the start of the fourth season, citing dissatisfaction over the development of his character. His 2015 play American Moor explores the experiences of African American actors performing texts as written and directed by white writers and directors. The play garnered great academic acclaim. The play debuted Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre in August 2019. He continues to act in theater productions, including roles as Oberon and Duke Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream at New York's Geva Theater Center and the bigoted Juror #10 in Twelve Angry Men at Briggs Opera House in White River Junction, Vermont. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CoAP8fGLU3I/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sarkywoman]

reblogging because my one-to-one is coming up and I need inspo for how to chat with my manager.

I should try this next time management talk to me about my teamwork skills.

[sarkos]

With all the Nietzsche on the dash, I saw a Xena post which reminded me of Kevin Sorbo, which reminded me of trying to explain the Nietzscians from Andromeda to a friend.

Basically, since it was recycled Roddenberry with the bonus of giving the female computer a combination Cortana/Canal Volfeed holoform, the Nietzschiens were Khan Noonian Singhs who operated like Klingons who were named after powerful people, gods or concepts. The Party Member representative was least worst as Tyr Anasazi, but I lamented that the rest of the guys being named like Genghis Khan Marxism Leninism made them sound like Tumblr bots

[scifi-fantasy-world]

Andromeda

"I can't tell you what it really is

I can only tell you what it feels like

And right now, there's a steel knife in my windpipe

I can't breathe, but I still fight while I can fight"

[storyofmorewhoa]

"Lava and Rockets," Andromeda written by Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz

"Shadows Cast by a Final Salute," Andromeda written by Bob Engels

[quasi-normalcy]

Everytime I see him, I'm like "Who's that Tyr Anasazi wannabe?" And then my friends are like "Who's Tyr Anasazi?" and I'm like "Who's Ronon Dex?"

DO YOU KNOW THIS CHARACTER?

[thehollowprince]

Aah, Andromeda! I still remember fondly lil 14-year old me sitting down on sunday afternoons to watch "back2back action pack" starting with Hercules (bland), Xena (iconique!), Cleopatra 2525 (highly entertaining but absolutely bonkers), Jack of All Trades (Bruce Campbell!) and lastly Andromeda, from which the ONLY thing I remember is Tyr (norse wargod-name, because I was a MASSIVE mythology-nerd) and that the ship's computer had a crush on Sorbo's character...

"Dylan Hunt is the least interesting part of this show." Ironically enough Kevin Sorbo's Hercules was always the most boring part of The Legendary Journeys and the show really suffered and dragged after killed off Iolaus. I literally remembered the ship computer having a crush on Sorbo's character before I even remembered his name (I still wouldn't have remembered it if you hadn't written it down.) I'd rather watch Cleopatra 2525. which was bonkers, but everyone seemes to have a good time!

I was on Tubi the other day, just going through old titles from back in the day - the B-list stuff that most people don't remember, when I came across Beastmaster, featuring Daniel Goddard running around in a loincloth with a big stick, talking to and saving animals. In one of those episodes, Keith Hamilton Cobb showed up, looking fine as hell, and I suddenly remembered that he was on that show with low-rent Hercules.

So I went looking for Andromeda, which was also on Tubi, and I've been enjoying this trip down memory lane, despite Sorbo's overwhelming (and unwanted) presence. I enjoyed all the characters except for him. I loved the crew of the Eureka Maru (forever said about Rev Bem), I loved Rommie, the Android version of the ship itself, and I especially loved Tyr.

Twelve-year-old me didn't understand why, but twenty years later... I get it.

People actually expected me to find Dylan attractive when I had this man right here every episode.

This man who wpre leather pants and chain mail and fishnet tank tops, his arms forever on display.l, looking like a whole ass meal and dessert.

The more I go through it, the more I think Captain Dylan Hunt should have been played by someone else... Gina Torres maybe. She has the presence and it would have been entertaining, and made more sense why Rommie would have been attracted to the captain. Hell, we wouldn't have even had to have changed the character's name.

Part of me also would have loved to have seen this show in its original context - as a spinoff of Star Trek. This whole show was based off of unused ideas by Gene Roddenberry, and so I can't help but see it.

The Commonwealth is obviously supposed to be a knockoff of thr Federation, so Dylan Hunt is Captain of a Star Fleet vessel and on a diplomatic mission, they're ambushed by the Nietzscheans (I like the idea of them being a new species introduced as opposed to a knockoff version of Vulcans, Romulans, or Klingons) and the Andromeda gets stuck in a black hole for 300 years. I would have loved to have seen how the galaxy would have been 300 years after the fall of the Federation, instead of this dream of restoring a Commonwealth that we have no attachment to.

I'm enjoying this trip down memory lane with all of these old scifi and sword & sorcery shows from the late 90s and early 2000s.

[dreamsequencer]

So. I never thought I had a type before but uh. Hm.

Ladies and gentlemen, the characters I'm currently most attracted to... there may be a pattern here.

[thepetitepiper]

Andromeda Shipping

I loved the show Andromeda when I was a kid. I totally shipped these two cutie pies!

Harper and Trance

Still do! <3

Years later, I found out that some fans used to ship these two...

...and I’m not mad at that.

[harognakosh]

These are some bad-ass men.

We got Heimdall of Thor, Tyr of Andromeda and my personal favorite, Teal'c of Stargate SG1.

[rafaelblackbird15]

Become The Words

For Tyr Anasazi and Seamus Harper

Life is like a swaying motion,

Your eyes, my eyes

I ran, you pulled me back

I slammed into the wall, you dragged me to my feet and whispered in my ear 

You held me there

I held your hand, I tore at your wrist

I said, "never let go"

You said, "hold me still"

But we never spoke, we never did

Our lips never moved, never breathed, never connected

We just touched, achingly so

You left bruises on my skin

I burnt tattoos onto your flesh. 

Your eyes, my eyes

I chased your movements across the room 

with my lingering gaze, 

You followed me out the door 

with your heavy footsteps,

My hands glided along the walls, you caught me when I shook, grabbed me when I fell

You picked me up and carried me down the painted corridors,

I clung to your back, your stony shoulder blades, listened to your heart as it beat all over your body

Under mine, through mine, into me

Feel me, hurt me, rage at me.

Your eyes, my eyes

I took a swing at your chest, you caught my fist, threw me to the floor

I yelled at your face, you raised an arm to strike me and growled low in your throat

I flinched, I waited, I journeyed into twilight with my eyelids 

You did nothing, I did nothing

You touched my cheek, my eyelashes fluttered on your skin

I struck a match with your company and you hovered over the flame.

Your eyes, my eyes

Your bed, my bed

Your shower, my shower

Your table, my table

Your glowing caress down my spine, my weight laid across your abdomen 

Like real morning sunlight in this artificial universe

Under the shaded blinks of destiny we embrace with -

Your eyes, my eyes

I know where you'll be, you were always there

You found me, I got lost so you would

My head fills with decades of someone else's history, building up in the space between our bodies 

You pull me in closer to cover up the memories

With just one single name, one single presence, everything you are is my temple of secrets 

You watch me play games with my life, memorizing the mechanics of my soul

Smiling those smug smiles that mean so much more than anyone realises

When you think I'm not looking.

Your eyes, my eyes

Your hand, my hand

Your survival, my survival

Your loneliness, my loneliness

In this century of light become night, demon bright

Searching, fumbling in the dark

Fingers reaching for someone to choke, a gun to fire, a pocket to steal from, a fool to con

Tired eyes seeking out a warm body to fall against 

Wandering, feeling out, wishing for light, guided only by the example of darkness

Blind passion, blind oxygen seeking a fire to fan

We don't truly know what it looks like, feels like, warms like 

Touch me in the cold,

Heat me like the sun,

Breathe me in the rain,

Rescue me like no romantic thriller could ever imagine, comprehend

Lay with me under the deep blue sea, where we drown together,

If we drown at all. 

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I wrote this poem for Tyr Anasazi and Seamus Zelazny Harper, and the world of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda.