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[nagalias-mindscape]

With every update, I wonder... Will I ever get to pilot a Z'ha'dum ship? We already sort of have a version of a Vorlon ship in the form of Living Starships.

[emiline-northeto]

One interesting thing about rewatching season 2 of Babylon 5 is that I'm noticing so much more about Sheridan and his arc now that I'm not smack dab in the middle of being really mad that he's there. Also, some of his backstory is just that much more painful now.

[edge-oftheworld]

5sos bridge bracket: part 23

🌉🌉🌉

refreshers under the cut

woke up in japan:

i woke up in japan

feeling low, feeling lonely

the best i ever had

it was more than half empty

babylon:

we said we'd both love harder than we knew we could go

but still the hardest part is knowing when to let go

we wanted to go higher, higher, higher

[saintheartwing]

Don’t know if you’ve ever seen Babylon 5, but there is a lot of parallels between the Narn/Centauri conflict and the war between Palestine and Israel.

“It no longer matters who started it, all that matters is who is suffering.”

https://youtu.be/A9v1jJ_ATec?si=QJPslsiyLwFKpA5k

Well I've never SEEN Bablyon 5. But the thing is I don't agree with that mindset. It DOES matter who starts a war. Under this logic, you'd call, say, the USA the bad guys in WWII just cuz they killed more German soldiers than the Germans killed THEIR soldiers. It's not about total numbers of dead. It's not even about how many civilians dead. It's about how and why a war started and who started it, because if you don't address these, you can't finish a war in a just resolution.

And no, I don't care about "peace". TECHNICALLY there'd be peace if a country at war is just NUKED OFF THE MAP. But that's not JUSTICE. People don't really want PEACE, they want JUSTICE when it comes to how conflicts end. They want a somewhat SATISFYING way to end a conflict. If the Israeli govt literally killed every single Palestinian that'd bring "peace" to the conflict but it clearly would be fucking HORRIFYING AND GENOCIDAL AND WRONG. And sure, if Israel was a smoking crater that'd bring "peace" to the conflict to but would ALSO BE FUCKING GENOCIDAL.

I don't want "peace". This isn't about give peace a chance. Peace without any terms, conditions, or understanding of how the conflict began and how it can be stopped is not real peace. Give me JUSTICE.

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

Hi, I'm unfamiliar with the Turas Realta manga. I'm confused because Arjuna wasn't in the Babylonia singularity anime. Why is he here? Also, didn't he die in the American singularity? Is he the same person Ritsuka met in America? Please help clarify (depending on your response, I might think about reading it, especially if there are many arjuna crumbs)

turas realta is an adaptation of the early singularities- specifically its adapting about half of them, and moralties stella is adapting the other half (both of which also adapted fuyuki and orleans). the ones it has are the odd singularities, so it did manga adaptations of singularity 3, 5, and now 7. as an adaptation it isnt required to stick to the story 100% and one of the ways it's been diverging is that after every singularity one servant that they met is resummoned in chaldea as an ally. in orleans it was kiyohime. in okeanos it was hector, and in e pluribus it was arjuna. you'll notice two of them were both antagonists (at least to a degree) and also died in the story in fate- this doesnt change in turas realta, but both presumably bc of their more naturally heroic nature and the author wanting to work with them they get picked to be reused. hector and kiyohime also both solo accompany ritsuka to the next singularity after their resummoning as a official chaldea ally and while arjuna didnt get that as they all came to babylon, it was still pretty cool that he showed up.

so BASICALLY- while no servants that ritsuka summoned were officially present in the fgo plotline of these stories and it was dependant only on who was already in the singularity, turas realta is writing it so that ritsuka has a handful of servants summoned accompany him to the singularitys (though in this case theyre only able to be summoned due to outside forces)

arjuna's not the main character by any means but in all honestly this manga has probably has the most references to his actual life and character that any fate work has had and i appreciate it on that merit alone.

(as for whether or not he remembers his previous summoning or not...probably? this moment from bablyon indicates he seems to have straight up kept all his memories from it)

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[heroofshield]

#we’re very specific about our Centauri war criminals here in the b5 fandom (via @therighthandofvengeance)

this is true

[iconuk01]

"Alongside [Bruce] Boxleitner, returning voice cast for The Road Home includes Claudia Christian as Susan Ivanova, Peter Jurasik as Londo Mollari, Bill Mumy as Lennier, Tracy Scoggins as Elizabeth Lochley, and Patricia Tallman as Lyta Alexander. New voices will reprise classic characters played by actors who have passed in the years since Babylon 5 ended; Rebecca Riedy will play Delenn, formerly played in the show by Mira Furlan, Phil LaMarr replaces Richard Biggs as Dr. Franklin, Anthony Hansen will replace Jerry Doyle as Michael Garibaldi, Paul Guyet replaces Tim Choate as Zathras, while Andrew Morgado will replace Andreas Katsulas as G’Kar and Piotr Michael replaces Rance Howard as John’s father, David Sheridan."

Interesting....

[kleiner-ghost]

20 Q's for Fic Writers

Thank you @spacejammie-eimmajecaps for the tag!

1. How many works do you have on Ao3?

27! But I do have a few original works that I post on a different website.

2. What's your total Ao3 word count?

You can tell I mostly write one-shots haha

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Quite a few, but Deathloop and Fallout 4 are my top ones ^^

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos? 

The stars in your eyes - Kleiner_Ghost - Fallout 4 [Archive of Our Own]

Follow the Black and Gold Rabbit - Chapter 1 - Kleiner_Ghost - Deus Ex (Video Games) [Archive of Our Own]

December in Dunwall - Chapter 1 - Kleiner_Ghost - Prey (Video Game 2017) [Archive of Our Own] - which I haven't touched in years, and honestly needs a rewrite ^^;

Mirror, Mirror, on the Ceiling - Kleiner_Ghost - Original Work [Archive of Our Own]

Your Value to Me - Chapter 1 - Kleiner_Ghost - Fallout 4 [Archive of Our Own] - which was my main before kinktober and then Nano hit ^^

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yep, as a rule of thumb. Sometimes I don't know what to say though ^^;

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Oh, oh, the working title for this one before I posted it was 'Frank Angst'!

Consistently Hangover and Automatically Assuming the Worst - Kleiner_Ghost - Deathloop (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Urgh. Happy endings are for happy people. The best I can give you in bittersweet?

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Nope. But then again, I don't get much comments either because of how small my fandoms are.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Yep! Recently I have been messing around with it as well, for kinktober, and now I'm a bit ashamed to look my beta in the eyes.

I will admit, I usually post my kinky smut on an alt for that excat reason. Too many people I know irl know my main AO3 handle ^^;

But yeah, I love writing smut! But sometimes I want to play around with themes or settings too, and it doesn't always belong in those stories.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Yep! My fave is this fic, which I consider to be one of my best works:

Two Pieces of Nine - Chapter 1 - Kleiner_Ghost - Deathloop (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]

I am also working on a few side projects that are crossovers. Since they're both longfics, I'm waiting to have over half of them done before releasing them (I've learned my lesson about those XD).

One is a Bablyon 5 and Star Wars crossover, where droids invade the world of B5, and a clone battalion is sent through to stop them.

The other is about the bad batch waking up on Blackreef.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not stolen, but I have had elements of a story plagiarized. I never called the other author on it, because it was one of their first fics, and because of the fandom and tags we had in common I don't think it was malicious.

12. There was no question 12 so I'll make one up myself: How many WIPs do you have?

18, not counting all the unfished kinktober one-shots. Some of those are original stories that won't go on AO3 though.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Nope, but I would love to!

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

How bad would it wound if i name something from a fandom I never wrote for? Winterfrost is my favourite ship. I would die for some Bucky x Loki.

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

December in Dunwall - Chapter 1 - Kleiner_Ghost - Prey (Video Game 2017) [Archive of Our Own]

I just keep forgetting it exists tbh ^^; I've changed and grew a lot as a writer since I started it, and as I've said it would need a full rewrite. Maybe one day I will get to it (It is my second most popular fic as well), because the two fandoms it's from deserve that, but I have like 3 longfics to get through before that.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Characters. Funnily enough it's also one of my greatest weaknesses because if I can't write a character, I never will, but for those that I do write well, well, they're great.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Dyslexia and writing on mobile. Sometimes my autocorrect does things, and I don't notice them, and then my beta goes "???" on stuff that any 4 year old would have caught XD

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I did it once, I'll do it again! But readers did drop it after those chapters (and that fic is no longer on AO3). I think it adds a lot of realism to a scene.

On that note, one of my favourite Outer Worlds fics had Welsh text in it. The author went to great lengths to make it readable to peeps who didn't speak it, with hyperlinks and stuff. But I was reading on mobile, so it never worked for me XD I had google translate open in the background, and was missing half the dialogue, but i was sooo into it that I didn't care.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Soul Eater. But that fic will never see the light of day. I'm even more embarrassed by it than I am from showing my experimental kinky smut to my irl friends. (Yes it involved a shinigami self-insert smooching Death the Kid). I was 14...

20. Favourite fic you've written?

Tough pick. I'd say overall this one :

Two Pieces of Nine - Chapter 1 - Kleiner_Ghost - Deathloop (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]

But I love how weird this one got (it was inspired by irl sleep deprived shenanigans) :

The orange thing in the tree - Kleiner_Ghost - Control (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]

And this one is the one I'm most emmotionally invested in :

Your Value to Me - Chapter 1 - Kleiner_Ghost - Fallout 4 [Archive of Our Own]

Thank you once again for the ask, I'm passing the questions down the line to @rowanisawriter, @the-lastcall-main, and Rieha (whose Tmblr I can't find ^^;), oh, and anyone who wants to join ^^

[guywithbeer]

"BABLYON 5: THE ROAD HOME" might be confusing for newcomers but OG fans will surely enjoy it.

#babylon5theroadhome #review #animation #babylon5 #movies #film #theroadhome #scifi #sciencefiction #BruceBoxleitner #ClaudiaChristian #JMichaelStraczynski

[commanderbragh]

RIP Mira Furlan

[psicop]

Requested by Anon, Mr. Morden as a Psi Cop!

What do I want? To be arrested, sir. By you in that uniform.

[lynmars79]

Post 4 female fictional characters that mean the world to you

I think I stole this a few weeks ago from my roommate and it got lost in my notes.

This got long, so behind a cut for details on my picks: Elisa Maza, Susan Ivanova, Vex’ahlia, and Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter

Elisa Maza

Gargoyles was the show I waited my whole childhood to see.

From the time I was maybe 4 or 5, I remember being utterly annoyed at the episodic nature of my favorite cartoons. Lessons were learned and forgotten. Characters met and never seen again. Changes meant nothing, only status quo. I was most excited for special movie eps and season finales, because things changed and stayed changed...to an extent. Then back to status quo (with a few new toys on the merchandise line).

But then came Gargoyles, and I remember being interested by this fantasy series preview in TV Guide, and it mentioned Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis would be voicing characters (the joke turned out to be how many Star Trek alums voiced characters in that show at all). I tuned in for a new fantasy cartoon. I got mythology and Shakespeare, both of which I loved even then. And we got Elisa as our audience point of view.

A biracial woman cop. Native American father, black mother.

And she was so cool. So competent, so kind, so intelligent, so all around wonderful, and from the moment she and Goliath are first on screen together the chemistry is real and it’s OK they’re the obvious shipping endgame because the mutual respect and trust and true partnership is sheer electricity.

Elisa makes mistakes, has a wide variety of emotions and outbursts, sometimes fails in her goals. She takes responsibility, apologizes, and always tries to do the right thing. She’s a helluva role model and someone I’d love to be friends with.

We need more show leads like Elisa.

Susan Ivanova

In the late 1990s television was still dancing around displaying any romance besides compulsory heterosexuality. Babylon 5 was one of the forerunners of serialized TV story formats, moving away from the easy episodic series easy to sell in syndication. On B5, the first officer for most of the series’ run was Susan Ivanova, Commander, daughter of Andre and Sophie Ivanov, the right hand of vengeance, the boot that is going to kick your sorry ass all the way back to Earth, death incarnate, and the last living thing you are ever going to see. Ivanova is God. Or God sent her to destroy you. Either way.

The Jewish Russian woman was also a secret low grade telepath, struggling with the PsyCorp and her own feelings for one of the station’s assigned telepaths, Talia. She also had strong feelings for the Ranger Marcus, realized too late as well. Susan was perpetually late in admitting the feelings of her heart. And the first bisexual woman I remember really seeing on TV, even if I didn’t have the vocabulary then (and then Xena & Gabrielle took that ball and flew). Usually, someone’s either gay or straight--even if they realize partway through a series their sexuality, and erase any physical or emotional attractions they previously had before the writers try to get their points for suddenly adding queer representation. But Susan’s feelings and relationships just...were. Still restricted by the time and allowances, but in a way, that allowed the writing to pretend to be more natural. It wasn’t a huge deal that Susan loved both men and women; it wasn’t something to call attention to or discuss at length, it simply was. The big deal was Susan getting to admit her love at all, even if only to herself.

(Because all love is unrequited.)

Susan’s a gold mine of quotes (the whole series is, honestly), and she (and her broship with John Sheridan) is a huge inspiration for a few characters I’ve written and roleplayed over the years.

Vex’ahlia

She began as the peasant bastard of Syngorn noble. A half-elf, not part of either the human or elven worlds. The only person she could ever rely on was her twin brother--OK, and her bear companion. Seen as greedy and penny-pinching, snobby and cold.

She ends the campaign as Baroness of the Third House of Whitestone, Grand Mistress of the Grey Hunt, Champion of Pelor, a Hero of Tal’dorei--and all Exandria.

She’s also a bakery co-owner, a wife, a mother. And always, always, a sister. Not just to Vax’ildan, but to Keyleth and Pike and Tary and Scanlan and Grog and Zahra and Kash and so many others.

Her greed wasn’t to be a miser, but out of the memories of fear and uncertainty and starvation and wanting to avoid that not only for herself but for her family and for others. A woman who on impulse will spend her thriftily-held gold to resurrect a random child, or buy the freedom of teenage slaves despite being in the middle of a mission. Her clutching onto money was a way to make sure she could take care of people.

A woman who stole a flying broom from an ally because of her overwhelming need to fly, to taste freedom in the sky and leave those fears and concerns behind.

A woman who saved a man’s life and soul through the sheer willful power of her love (and Laura Bailey’s brilliant, witty, charming rolepay). The chemistry between Percy and Vex wasn’t decided in a writer’s room, nor was it a corporate mandate to have the tragic human man in the group hook up with the hot ranger; it simply happened, naturally, between two characters who fit well together, and two friends who trusted each other and played well together. The genuine trust and respect and admiration and just everything about them keeps them high on my list of OTPs.

Vox Machina began as a jokey one shot and silly archetypes for a home game, and in time became so much more, for their players and their audience, and I cannot wait to see Vex in all her animated glory when Critical Role’s series The Legend of Vox Machina finally airs.

Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter

A few decades ago, author Elizabeth Moon ended up sitting in on her husband’s D&D game. She connected well with one of the younger players, and she heard stories about the paladin classes. Particularly those dreaded players, who play paladins as Lawful Stupid--or worse, Lawful Jerk. Characters completely at odds with what was written about what paladins are meant to be.

When the young player moved away and was lonely in his new home, she wrote him some stories inspired by their D&D characters. From this came the first ideas and drafts that eventually became the Paksenarrion stories and world, of a young sheep farmer’s daughter who ran away, joined a military company, became an adventurer, and eventually, discovered her destiny as a true paladin, all told in a 3 novel series collectively called The Deed of Paksenarrion.

Moon is known for science fiction, and military fiction. Paks’ story leans heavily on the military, and is a low magic high fantasy setting (more magic is introduced later, in the Paladin’s Legacy quintet). She is chosen, yes--but it’s still also her choice to answer the call and accept the fate her world wants for her. It also tickles me that it’s not the clergy or another paladin that helps her make the final decision and induction--but a druid who helps her heal from the traumas her previous mentors’ mishandling helped cause.

Paks’ journey is at times difficult and dark, but even the worst things that happen to her have reason (and are never gratuitously described or lingered on), and the good things that happen to her--and the people who love, support, and believe in her--are what gives her strength, hope, and drive to keep going.

And it goes both ways; other characters are changed by her quiet strength and inner light, so much so that her supporting cast got their own sequel series, mentioned above.

Paks is also explicitly asexual, and I cannot begin to describe how important she is in developing my own understanding of myself.

Paksenarrion is another big inspiration for a lot of characters, and her original trilogy is one I reread often. I should reread the short story compilations, the completed sequel quintet, too, and maybe the duology prequel about the saint who becomes one of her patrons and whose actions still have consequences for Paks and her comrades. But mostly I just love this tall soldier and her choice to follow her destined path, and so go back to the original story on its own.

[toliveanddieinstarlight]

Season 2, Episodes 5 and 6

The Long Dark:

Honestly, no big thoughts for this one. Franklin gets way too involved again, and the gang finds out something dark and destructive was heading for Z’ha’dum. 

Spider in the Web:

Taro Isogi gives Talia a compliment, and her reaction is uhhhhh Pretty Good.

This episode has a hell of a guest cast. Adrienne Barbeau, Jeff Conaway and OH MY GOD IT'S JESSICA WALTER! These moments are some of my favorites, where we see actors who have grown really prominent recently in little roles like this. Brian Cranston also ends up showing up for a bit in Season 3 or 4, I’m pretty sure.

Aaaaah Sheridan's getting his arm twisted into engaging some government surveillance on civilians. His description of his experience making First Contact with the Ti-kar is, I think, a nice way of showing the audience that he's not the man that EarthGov wants him to be, without actually making it a direct counterpoint to what he's being asked to do in this episode. It shows him as being caring, thoughtful, and the kind of person who can look at a new race of aliens and find wonder instead of fear.

Talia is deeply emotional here. I probably found it really off-putting, but holy shit, I am astonished at her poise and strength here even while she's traumatized as hell and getting way too much heat from Sheridan than really warrants it. And then Garibaldi's stalking ass saunters in. SHE'S NOT GOING TO GRIEF-BANG YOU GARIBALDI READ THE GODDAMN ROOM.

(In other news, I probably should have split this bit into 2 gifs, but I’m an idiot).

Sheridan asking Ivanova what she thinks of Talia. Ohhhh fuck how could I have missed this? My stupid stupid baby brain. Even Sheridan knows that's bullshit. 

Jesus, Garibaldi just lets Talia walk into an unsecured room and doesn't even go in with her. Everyone on that team was holding the fuckin idiot ball. 

Bureau 13 is set up here like this big thing, but I have no recollection of it ever coming up again. I mean, Sheridan's right about there being a conspiracy, but I legit can't think of a single time Bureau 13 came up again.

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