#best dad paul stamets

[adiraofthetals]

Jett keeps on sneaking in candy in engineering, and Paul has no clue how she does it anymore. Just to taunt him, she keeps on putting candy on his desk. Then he gives it to Adira most of the time because Adira has a sweet tooth. Sometimes when he sees it he will see the candy and just angrily eat it if he had a long day.

[ajtal]

The way he looks at them when they're not looking, he loves them so much and he's so proud of them help

[jokerlennon]

explodes why did my dad delete discovery i listened to tango maureen one too many times and i need to see my best friend paul stamets :-( also tilly but she has nothing to do with that i just love tilly

[theusssomeproblem]

It's fun imagining what all the people who have the same job from all the various shows would think of each other.

Obviously Geordie and Scottie had some issues around different standards of professionalism, but a lot of that was that Scottie was feeling insecure about being outdated and so trying to compensate by throwing his weight around. If they'd met at the same age, I think the professional standards would still have been an issue, but I think Scottie would have thought Geordie knew how to treat his ship like a lady, and Geordie would have appreciated the way Scottie was ready to throw down over his ship's good name. They would have bonded over dating woes and how the enterprise was the only girl for them.

O'Brien got on great with LaForge, but I think he would have found Scottie a little irritating given how smug Scottie is, that plus the aggressive friendliness can be a little bit like Bashir, but over all I think they'd get along. They would understand each other's ability to hold grudges and issues with xenophobia. Scottie might be scandalized that O'Brien's relationship with DS9 is somewhat combative, but then again he knows The Struggle of working with alien technology.

Scottie would have Problems over B'Elana because on the one hand she's a Kilngon, and on the other she is exactly his type, and I think he relationship with Janeway and his relationship with Kirk are similar in terms of the whole constantly asking for the impossible and just expecting it to happen. Geordie would be like 😍 and it would go very very poorly. I think Miles would hit the dad buttons in just the right way for her.

Stamets and Torres would be at each other's throats for like. 6 weeks, and then they'd wind up trapped in a Jefferies tube for like 18 hours while in some temporal lock or something and after that they would be best friends and it would be miserable for everyone else around them. Stamets would underestimate O'Brien and make some nasty little remark and Miles would decide Stamets was Dead To Him and also isn't that mushroom bullshit really more botany than engineering? Also oh. Oh you were murdered one (1) time? Oh you poor baby that must have been soooooo hard for you. They would get competitive over whose kids were better. Geordie would not tolerate Stamet's bitchy queenery and would eject him from engineering in like 5 minutes, but in a crisis they'd work well together (if you can work with Q you can work with anyone). Paul would take one look at Scottie and Hate Him for gay reasons.

[disco-headcanons]

I’m reading all your tags about Paul and Hugh being in Dad Mode and I’m crying because grown-up queers looking after queer kids is literally my favorite thing in the world 😭

It’s so wonderful. And honestly hearing that that apparently happened IRL is so fucking sweet too. Just, like. Every time an older queer person is nice to me or supportive I feel so secure and happy and I’m So Glad that I get to see that support coming through both IRL and in character

[burnhamandtilly]

paul stamets saying "I'll always reach for you if it seems you're hurting because my dad never did it for me" to adira really broke my heart... BEST DAD BEST DAD!!!!

[quantumstarpaths]

STUDY: PAUL STAMETS

—    basics.

▸     is your muse tall/short/average?

average, 5′8″

▸     are they okay with their height?

yeah he really doesn’t care. EXCEPT. when people he’s trying to be mean to (lorca) are taller than him, then he gets annoyed about it. he doesn’t like having to look up at people when he’s chewing them out.

▸     what’s their hair like?

blonde! soft. starting to grey on the temples and thin just a little in back.

▸     do they spend a lot of time on their hair/grooming?

he likes to make sure its neat and in place, but no

▸     does your muse care about their appearance/what others think?

nope!

—    preferences.

▸    indoors or outdoors?     outdoors ▸    rain or sunshine?     rain! bc then the mushrooms come ▸    forest or beach?     forest ▸    precious metals or gems?     metals ▸    flowers or perfumes?     flowers ▸    personality or appearance?     personality ▸    being alone or being in a crowd?     alone ▸    order or anarchy?     order ▸    painful truths or white lies?     painful truths ▸    science or magic?     science ▸    peace or conflict?     peace ▸    night or day?     night ▸    dusk or dawn?     dawn ▸    warmth or cold?     comfortable ▸    many acquaintances or a few close friends?     a few close friends ▸    reading or playing a game?    reading

—    questionnaire.

▸     what are some of your muse’s bad habits?

he defaults into closing himself off around people. really easily slips into workaholism. doesn’t always give other people a chance to try their ideas because he assumes he’s right. he...overcompensates when sympathizing which can make people more uncomfortable.

▸     has your muse lost anyone close to them? how has it affected them?

he’s lost! well he lost justin and then hugh, and then...just about everyone else that was close to him that wasn’t on discovery. which really in my hcs is just his sister and not really anyone else but like. but it made him sad. but it also...kinda made him open up a little more to the people he had left? like he got. softer after hugh died. sadder for sure, but yk told tilly about the opera n shit.

▸     what are some fond memories your muse has?

A few childhood memories with his dad or sister, but most of his happy memories aren’t until the Enterprise, where he finally made friends for the first time in his life.

▸     is it easy for your muse to kill?

well. he never has killed anyone. but i really don’t think it would be. he may be a misanthrope but his work is for the purpose of life. and he doesn’t want to kill. that isn’t him. he’s a scientist.

▸     is your muse capable of trusting someone with their life?

yeah! if he trusts them enough. he trusts hugh and tilly, and did canonically trust tilly with his life. it’s not something he likes to do, as he really likes to have control over things, but he does trust them with his life, even if he doesn’t want to put his life in their hands.

▸     what’s your muse like when they’re in love?

hes! softer. maybe not as a general rule, but to them. he might not necessarily be more observant in all cases, but in some he is. (he needs to be told when something’s wanted from him, but he’s filed away the location of every freckle). he isn’t always the best partner, and is actually frequently not a good one, can definitely get into a place of taking them for granted, but he’s gonna love them with everything he’s got. if you have a problem you HAVE to tell him, but then he’ll do what he can to fix it.

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Tagging: you!

[humanxsymbiont]

@sadnessruns

His arms are tight around Adira, shaking them gently. 

“Adira... Adira please... stay with me okay? Please I’m—” Paul let out a choked sob, holding his child against his chest. “Please kiddo, please. You have to make it. Please...” 

He could feel the tears on his cheeks, could see the blurring in his own eyes. 

“Adira please... please be okay wake up kiddo. We’ll take you home, make you whatever you wanna eat. Hell, we’ll actually adopt you, I promise. Please just make it. I can’t lose you too.”

Adira’s medication is the first to wear off. The nausea and dizziness are easy enough to ignore. Their strength drains from their limbs, so they make an excuse that they’re tired of pacing. Their lids feel heavy, and their head hurts, but Adira refuses to close their eyes. Adira is afraid that they won’t be able to open them again. It’s hard to tell when the fever sets in, but it’s so high that they aren’t coherent enough to feel worried. 

Adira, of course, cannot pull any bullshit on Gray. He looks handsome as a Vulcan, but Adira misses his beautiful Trill markings. The Vulcan eyebrows make Gray look even more worried about his partner. He does his best to encourage Adira to keep going. Eventually Adira becomes too weak to hold onto the connection, and Gray’s voice fades from their consciousness. Adira nearly breaks down right then and there, but they force themself to stay strong.

Dr. Culber- Hugh- is well-aware of Adira’s timeline, and he clearly is worried, too. It only increases when the nausea becomes too much, and Adira begins vomiting- first bile, then blood. Hugh holds Adira steady, making sure their airway remains clear. The doctor runs his fingers through their hair and murmurs what Adira assumes is supposed to be comforting, but they’re too out of sorts to grasp what he’s saying. Adira isn’t sure if Hugh isn’t struggling as much, or if he’s doing a better job of hiding it than Adira (or perhaps they’re too sick to notice Hugh’s symptoms). Whatever it is, Adira’s glad that they’re the only one who seems to be seriously suffering right now. Hugh gently wipes their mouth with his jacket sleeve when the vomiting finally stops. 

Lt. Stamets- Paul- beams down to the planet to help the party come aboard. Adira can’t help but smile as Paul kisses Hugh, blue eyes shining with adoration and love despite the fear he must be feeling. Then Paul turns his attention to Adira and scoops them up so Hugh’s body can have some rest. Pauls’ cold fingers feel like fire on their exposed skin, but Adira’s too exhausted to release the scream trapped in their throat. 

They must have passed out because the next thing they know, Paul is crying and begging them to live. Adira forces their eyes open, grimacing at the brightness around them. Paul’s words slowly filter in, bringing a weak smile to their face.

“Promise?” 

Suddenly, medical personnel surround them, but Adira can’t make out what they’re saying. It takes every ounce of their energy to ask, “Dad, stay with me? Please?”

[sadnessruns]

@terres-arides​ said:  five for paul or matt cause why not (the timeline in which they continue on from the current point in their lives to the best happy ending that is within their reach, where nothing that has happened so far is negated but from now on, the happy things start piling up)

A SLIGHTLY ALTERED TIMELINE.

If you asked Paul Stamets what his perfect ending was, he would say settling down with Hugh. Having a kid was never really a factor in the equation, but it had happened. After the loss of Hugh, things seemed to look down. He did however, have a beautiful son. Matthew. The boy truly was a gift, a rarity he hadn’t been expecting. 

Matt was healthy, a strong baby. Paul was always worried about him, but he grew to be a fine young boy. Matt was smart, Paul was proud of him. He never tried to push Matt into anything he didn’t want to do. They boy was always excited, but asking to see space. Space, Paul feared, would take his son from him just as it had his husband. 

But then it didn’t. 

Space instead gifted Paul a beautiful daughter-in-law. A beautiful grandchild, a little Trill boy with the biggest greenest eyes he’d ever seen with flaming red hair. Izin, Matt and Veti had named him, was an adept young child, causing trouble and always following Paul around the house. 

Matt’s heart had grown when he saw his father and his son running around the living room, finishing the last of the notes and calculations on his newest project. The one to help himself and his father live a full life was successful and long done, he could see it in the tired blue eyes and the crinkles of the crow’s feet by his eyes. 

“Dad, don’t chase Izin too much, you’re getting old.”

“I’m the same age I’ve always been, Matthew. Now hush.”

“Okay, Dad. I just worry because I love you.”

“I know, my little tardigrade.”

[ajtal]

I'm so in love with how deeply in love they are

Hugh's smile, Paul's thumb so gently rubbing his cheek AAAAAAH

I could go on forever about them

[aion-rsa]

Star Trek Discovery Season 4: What to Expect

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Yes, we’re already looking forward to Star Trek: Discovery Season 4. Season 3 saw the show go where no Star Trek has gone before – literally. Flung almost a thousand years into the future after saving all sentient life as we know it, Michael Burnham and her crewmates had to navigate a new and alien reality that bore little resemblance to the one they left behind.

Yet, the decision to send Discovery to the future is possibly the best decision the series has ever made, giving the show a much-needed narrative reset that cut ties to things like Klingon wars and The Original Series legacy characters and sends it off to blaze its own path, unencumbered by the strings of existing canon. But now that Discovery is firmly established in the 32nd century, what can we expect from Star Trek: Discovery‘s upcoming Season 4? We have a few educated guesses…

Michael Burnham Finds Her Feet as Captain

Despite her colorful history as an officer – replete with mutiny, insubordination, and general recklessness – it’s been obvious for a long time that Michael Burnham was destined for the Discovery captain’s chair. The only question was a matter of when. But now that she’s there – what kind of captain will she be?

She could very easily turn out to be one of the Starfleet greats. Despite her flaws, Michael has proven time again that she is smart, capable, and brave. A risk-taker who always comes through in the clutch, she has saved her crew more times than most of us can count and she is a shining example of someone who absolutely believes in the mission of the Federation and the good it can do.

But she’s also often rash and impulsive, and just a few short episodes ago wasn’t even all that certain that she belonged in Starfleet anymore. Granted, many successful male Starfleet captains (cough cough James Kirk cough) are remembered as great precisely because they weren’t huge fans of following the rules, either, so there’s certainly precedent that generally refusing to play things safe is a workable leadership strategy.

Yet, Michael has always found her greatest success as a character when she has an authority figure or structure that is set in opposition to her, so it will be interesting to see how she evolves now that she is the authority she once pushed back against.

What’s Next for Saru?

At the conclusion of “That Hope Is You, Part 2,” Saru took a leave of absence from the Starfleet to go with the young Kelpian refugee Su’Kal back to their home planet of Kaminar. What’s next for him is unclear, but there’s no way Discovery’s planning on writing off this character completely – or losing the talents of actor Doug Jones.

So what’s next for Saru? If he does return to the Discovery, what role can he fulfill now that he’s no longer captain? Does his future lie in the Federation hierarchy somehow, possibly working for Admiral Vance or serving as some sort of ambassador to his people?

A third option could involve Saru taking on an entirely different kind of mission, one that looks a lot like fatherhood of a sort. Ever since his arrival in the 32nd century, Saru has longed to reconnect with his people. Perhaps showing young Su’Kal the stars he’s missed out on all his life is something that might allow him to do just that on a smaller, more intimate scale. (And indulge his dorky dad vibes at the same time.)

Gray Will Return Somehow

During Adira’s trip to the dilithium planet to ferry medicine to Saru and Culber, we learned that the holodeck program on the abandoned Kelpian ship could extrapolate Gray’s consciousness and give him a holographic form. This allowed him to be seen by the other Discovery crew members present, which means that the technology clearly exists which can bring Gray back to life again. Sort of, anyway.

 Because, of course, Gray is technically dead and his consciousness only exists as part of the Tal symbiont inside of Adira, which raises many questions this subplot will eventually have to answer, including how much agency and sentience post-Burn holograms even have to begin with. (Eli the Federation lie detector hologram certainly seems independent enough.)

Culber has promised both Adira and Gray that he will find a way for him to be seen again. But what that will ultimately look like, we don’t yet know. There is precedent for the idea that one part of a Trill’s symbiont memories can live outside it, but does that mean Gray will become a hologram himself permanently? Or can his consciousness be housed in something that has a more physical form?

What’s Book’s Actual Job Now Anyway?

Now that Cleveland Book – and we’re still waiting for the story behind that name, btw – is officially a part of the Discovery crew, it’s time for the series to define his role in this universe beyond his relationship with Michael. Is he technically part of Starfleet now? Is he an officer on Discovery? Does Grudge get a tiny decorated insignia collar? (Please say yes!)

Much of Book’s role in Season 3 was to support Michael in one way or another, whether that meant to literally help introduce her to the new rules of the 32nd century or to provide emotional and tactical help when needed. And don’t get me wrong, Book and Michael have somehow managed to form one of the most functional, normal relationships in Star Trek history. They’re honestly great together. But David Ajala is a tremendously appealing actor and if he’s going to stick around – which I think we’re all in agreement he should – Book needs a meaningful story of his own.

Tilly’s Promotion

Following Michael’s promotion to the Captain’s chair, it certainly looks like Tilly is getting some sort of command-level promotion in Season 4.

Technically she was still an Ensign when serving as Saru’s Acting First Officer, and while she conducted herself admirably during, well, everything, if she’s going to be Michael’s legitimate First Officer – which that last scene would definitely seem to indicate – she deserves to at least become a lieutenant.

Stamets and Michael Will Have to Work Out Their Issues

One of the lingering unresolved plotlines from Season 3 is the massive rift that formed between Paul Stamets and Michael following her decision to physically jettison him from Discovery while it was under Osyraa’s control. To be fair, her choice was completely the correct one, as he was the only one capable of operating the spore drive, and removing him from the equation meant that the Emerald Chain couldn’t just jump back to the Verubin Nebula and all its dilithium.

But, Stamets basically took that decision to mean that Michael was fine with condemning his family to horrific radiation deaths, and that’s going to be a hard thing for him to get over. If you notice, he’s the only person who doesn’t exactly look thrilled at Captain Burnham’s promotion, and we don’t see the two interact again once the ship is reclaimed.

There’s also the question of the spore drive itself. Stamets has tied his own identity – and his worth as part of the Discovery team – pretty tightly to his ability to communicate with the Mycelial network. Now that Book can do the same thing, how will this change things for him?

We’ll Probably See More Episodic Storytelling

Solving the mystery of The Burn and battling the villainous Emerald Chain were both season-long arcs that helped establish Discovery’s place in the future, and allowed Discovery the show to set up the new rules and players of its universe. But now that both those tasks have been accomplished, don’t be surprised if we see a shift toward more episodic storytelling in Season 4.

After all, with a fresh new supply of dilithium to distribute and the entire future to explore, isn’t it time we spent some time seeing what the 32nd century looks like? Some of the most entertaining moments of this season came when Michael and the rest of the Discovery crew found themselves on new planets or adjusting to changed cultures (including their own). Since Discovery purposefully removed itself from all known Star Trek canon, isn’t it time the show got about really establishing some new ones? The revelation that Vulcan and Romulan reunification has indeed happened feels like it should be just the beginning of the surprises this universe has in store for us. What has happened to other species such as Klingons or the Borg? Wouldn’t it be fun to find out?

The Grudge Content We Deserve

One of the few things Discovery fans of all stripes can agree on: Grudge is amazing. And we deserve to see more of her. Whether that means all our initial speculation turns out to be true and she’s actually the secret god of a planet full of telepathic felines we’ve yet to visit or just that she gets her own bridge-safe cat basket so she can hang out with Book and Michael next season, just give the people what they want.

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Can we at least find out how she and Book ended up together? Throw me a bone – or I guess a cat treat – here, show. (Truly, if we don’t at least get a Short Treks episode about Grudge what are we even doing here?)

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[queenoficeandfire]

My Modern Fairytale - Chapter 6 - The Royal Wedding

Chapter: 6/16 

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A/N - This is it. Royal wedding time. Thank you for all of your lovely comments so far. They really do mean a lot to me. Anyway please take your seats because our wedding is about to begin. ;) 

After many, many months of planning the day I was to tie the knot with Christopher finally arrived. Whilst I was excited to be marrying the man I loved, I was also fearful. Fearful because of the amount of responsibility today would bring upon me, as I was not only marrying Christopher and becoming his wife but was also to be crowned Queen.

So to say today was a big day for me, was a huge understatement. Thankfully for me, I had a team of ladies to help me get ready.

Made of up my ladies maids Tilly and Michael, Una Christopher’s PA, my bridesmaid Carrie and even Katrina was in the room with me, giving me the rundown of the day hour by hour.

Naturally, the process of getting ready was a long one. Washing my hair thoroughly, getting it brushed, dried and put up into an intricate bun my veil would sit in, having my make-up done, my fingernails painted and then when that was done, I was laced up into my wedding gown. Which as you can expect was stunningly beautiful, made by the fashion designer Paul Stamets, for me and me alone. It was floor length, champagne in colour, covered in lace and high necked. Then came the veil. Cathedral length and delicate but complimented my dress perfectly.

By the time I was done, I barely recognised myself. I had been transformed into just an average woman into the very image of a royal bride.

“What do you think?” Michael asked handing me my bouquet as I admired myself in the mirror.

“I look amazing. Thank you. All of you. I couldn’t have done this without you all.” I smiled.

“Ooh, I can’t wait to see his majesty’s reaction when he sees you.” Tilly grinned.

“I’m sure he’ll be blown away,” I told her

Not long after this, the time came for me to depart for the cathedral and with my veil over my face I made my way out of the palace and into the limo.

Though as I rode to the cathedral I couldn’t help but think back on all that had happened to me. Finding the ring, meeting Christopher, moving into the palace, sharing my first kiss with him and of course saying yes to marrying him. It all seemed like a crazy but wonderful rollercoaster ride somehow. One I never could have imagined for myself.

My thoughts pretty much took up the entire ride to the cathedral and it was only when prompted that I got out of the limo at the entrance to the cathedral. Where hundreds, if not thousands of people had gathered to see their King wed at long last.

At the entrance of the Cathedral, I was greeted by my dad who was to walk me down the aisle. He and my mother had been waiting for me at the Cathedral and I was glad of their presence. Some normality in all the craziness that was me as a royal bride and queen to be.

We didn’t say much to each other, and the next thing I knew the doors of the Cathedral opened and the traditional wedding march began.

Showtime.

My arm in my dad’s I walked gracefully down the aisle. Holding onto my bouquet and followed by Tilly, Michael, Una and Carrie.

Ahead of me, I could see Christopher stood with his back to me at the altar, next to him Spock as his best man and of course the Bishop that was to marry us.

All of the preparation, all of the rehearsing. All of the time spent going over everything a dozen times. It had all lead to this moment.

Inside of me, I could feel my heart beating steadily away and as the march ended I reached the altar. Christopher turning around. He looked so handsome dressed in white and gold and I could have sworn he softly gasped as he saw me.

“You look absolutely beautiful my love.” He breathed as my dad handed me over to him and I took my hand in his.

“Thank You. You look so handsome yourself.” I smiled up at him.

Now we were all gathered together in the Cathedral, the Bishop began the ceremony.

“Dearly beloved we are gathered here today to witness the joining together of his majesty King Christopher and Emma in holy matrimony. A union that will bind them not only in marriage as husband and wife but also as king and Queen.”

Turning to us both, he then asked

“Do the two of you come here of your own free will, being of sound mind and body?”

“We do.” We replied together.

“Very well then, before we proceed with the rest of the ceremony I must ask now. Is there anyone here today that knows any reason or any lawful impediment why they may not come to be joined in wedlock?”

At first no-one said anything, but then the doors to the cathedral burst open and in stormed a woman with blonde hair, blue eyes and a red dress on.

The two of us turned around and whilst I didn’t recognise her, Christopher seemed to know who she was.

Whoever she was she was certainly enraged.

“This marriage cannot continue!” She barked

“On what grounds? Who are you? Speak your intentions.” The bishop spoke

“In case you have forgotten and for those of you who don’t know who I am. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Princess Vina. The rightful bride and Queen of your king. For our marriage has been arranged since birth.” She stated.

She then glared at me and turned to Christopher.

“You. How could you? We were children together. Our parents practically planned our wedding from the moment I was born, and now look at you. Here you stand with another woman at your side, about to make her your wife and queen. You sicken me.” She spat.

“Vina. Vina listen to me. It’s not like that now. I had no idea of the prophecy back then, and the reason I am marrying Emma is that I love her, and she is the only woman I will ever love. We were friends. Yes. But I never loved you, Vina.” He told her

I couldn’t believe this was happening. Today was supposed to be a wonderful day. Now here I was stood at the altar, with a crazed woman and my fiancé having an awkward reunion.

I stayed silent and looked down at the ground as she was dragged out of the Cathedral screaming at us

“This isn’t over. You will pay for this.”

Seeing my somewhat shaken state Christopher looked at me

“Are you alright? Do you still want to do this? We can forget this whole thing and do it some other time. Please, you have to understand. She means nothing to me and I had no idea about the prophecy when our marriage was arranged as children”

“I’m fine and of course I still want to do this. I love you Christopher and you are one of the best things that could ever have happened to me.” I told him

He squeezed my hands in his reassuringly

“Then let’s get married. Bishop, please continue.”

The Bishop seemed glad that the commotion was over and continued on with the ceremony, beginning with our vows to one another.

“King Christopher. Please repeat after me. I King Christopher Pike take thee Emma to be my lawfully wedded wife and queen. I hereby vow to love you, to cherish you, to honour, to support you, to care for you, to be faithful to you and stand by you in times of joyfulness and of sadness, times of health and of sickness, times of wealth and of poverty and through all that life may bring.”

"I  King Christopher Pike take thee Emma to be my lawfully wedded wife and queen. I hereby swear to love you, to cherish you, to honour, to support you, to care for you, to be faithful to you and to stand by you in times of joyfulness and of sadness, times of health and of sickness, times of wealth and of poverty and through all that life may bring” Christopher repeated not taking his eyes off of me.

Then came my turn

“Emma, Please repeat after me. I Emma take thee King Christopher Pike to be my lawfully wedded husband and king. I hereby vow to love you, to cherish you, to honour, to support, to care for, to be faithful and to stand by you in times of joyfulness and of sadness, times of health and of sickness, times of wealth and of poverty and through all that life may bring.”

“I Emma take thee King Christopher Pike to be my lawfully wedded husband and king. I hereby vow to love you, to cherish you, to honour, to support, to care for, to be faithful and to stand by you in times of joyfulness and of sadness, times of health and of sickness, times of wealth and of poverty and through all that life may bring.”

Though my vow was pretty much the same as Christopher’s, the words resonated between us and were filled with love and sincerity.

Our vows were followed by exchanging of rings, prayers, hymns and last but not least the most important part of the ceremony

With all eyes on us, the Bishop asked Christopher

“Do you King Christopher take Emma as your lawfully wedded wife and queen? For better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, ’til death do you part?”

“I do.” He replied

The Bishop turned to me next

“Do you Emma take his majesty King Christopher as your lawfully wedded husband and king? For better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, ’til death do you part?”

There was no thinking about my answer, I knew exactly what it was

“I do.”

With that said the moment had finally come

“King Christoper, Emma you have sworn yourselves to one another, exchanged vows and declared your love for and commitment to one another here today. It gives me great pleasure, therefore, to proclaim you to be husband and wife, king and queen. King Christopher, you may now crown your queen and kiss your bride.”

Lifting my veil up with his fingertips, and taking my crown from its case being held open by Spock and placing it on my head Christopher announced

“I crown you Queen Emma. First of her name. My wife, now and for the rest of our days.”

Now that I was Queen he bought my his lips to meet mine, and to the sounds of jubilant cheers and applause, we shared a long and romantic kiss, grinning at each other as we eventually pulled away. Filled with the happiness that we now felt.

[disco-headcanons]

Chester: The Emotional Support Tardigrade [Master Doc]

Discovery adopts a baby Tardigrade that quickly becomes the "class pet"/mascot.

They name it Chester and he’s about as big as a house cat and friendly like a dog and his favourite place in the world is either on Stamets’s shoulder or tucked up in Tilly’s arm as she works. Sometimes he’s spotted perched on Reno’s head but that’s only when she thinks no one else is around (she has an Image to uphold and being sweet on this tiny universe travelling gremlin won’t cut it)

Stamets somehow changes the spores so they're little cat treat size and the main gang (Paul, Hugh, Michael, Tilly and Reno) all carry some

Owosekun knits him a blue and silver jumper so he has a uniform. (Detmer designs it)

He gets his own combadge and they train him to responds to certain commands

Commands Chester:

He knows “Bridge��� but instead of engineering it’s “Stamets” and instead of Michael and Tilly’s room it’s “Aunties” and he goes there (or just teleports straight to Michael or Tilly)

[Paul (from like a hidden alcove on the bridge or something close): "Chester, Chester, AUNTIE" *pop* Michael: "OH SAREK!" Paul: *just fucking dying of giggles*]

The joke's on Paul though when Michael also trains Chester to respond to “dad” but he apparently gets confused and teleports onto Hugh instead and because Hugh thinks it was Paul’s doing, Paul hides out in Engineering for like 3 days

Hugh eventually teases Paul out by telling Chester to go to him with a little note attached saying "I've retrained him so I'm Papa and you're Dad because it sounds better" and Paul just fucking cries (Which confuses Chester because he knows tears are sad but Dad doesn't feel sad)

Black Alert Chester:

Every Black Alert he pops to Engineering because he knows he can't be with his dad but his also his big sis is always worried so he just like plops on her head. First time it happened they nearly got lost because Paul was laughing so hard

Tilly hit the floor laughing and Paul was so far gone in his laugh that like, you know when someone giggles Real Hard and they’re just reduced to *squeaks*? He was reduced to that

Meanwhile Reno walks in and sees Tilly on the floor sobbing with a tardigrade on her head, and Paul just *wheezing* in the chamber

Hugh is there (because it's now his station during Black alert) and he's dying too but trying very very hard to pay attention because he's worried about Paul

No one replies to post-jump Bridge hails because they can't so Michael is sent and she just walks in to: Tilly on the floor with her face covered by a tardigrade, laughing Paul still in the chamber but disconnected fucking crying Hugh sat with his back against the glass struggling to breathe, and Reno recording it all because she hates (loves) Paul

She tells the bridge “I have no idea what happened but everyone here is either crying, laughing, or crying laughing and Chester May or may not be smothering Ensign Tilly” Saru just fucking sighs like he's given up on the universe (it's because he has)

Emotional Support Chester: (You can’t be sad while a tardigrade is making little beeps and peeps at you)

You know when cats do that thing when they know someone is sad and keeps annoying them? He really really loves Michael

Michael being all sad and then she hears a weird noise and then Plunk! A cat sized tardigrade plops down on the bed next to her and just starts making lil noises until she picks him up and they sit together

Tilly walks in and is just like "awh :(" and sits next to her and hugs her

Alternatively: Same scenario but Plunk! And a fully grown sized tardigrade pops down next to her and just Lays On Top Of Her and Refuses to get up until she’s calmed down

So Tilly walks into that one, says “oh no”, tries to wrestle him away, and then gets sat on herself

They end up projecting a movie on the ceiling because “goddammit, we’ll be here for a bit, might as well watch a movie”

They both miss the start of their shifts so both Stamets and Saru go to their quarters and are all angry and pissy then they open the door and are just like "ah. Emotional Support Tardigrade is on duty. You are relieved from the shift" and they walk out

(Hugh checks on them later with chocolate and a dermal regenerator because emotions and also tardigrades are fucking heavy they've probably got bruises)

They comm them like “why aren’t you at your post” and they manage to wheeze “Chester is kinda crushing our ribs” and they’re like “oh worm, we’ll try and call him away so you can breathe” (They fail)

There's now a certain alert/notification you can send your CO and CMO in case of Chester Hugs (One of the Medical Officers becomes "SCM" which stands for "Specialist Chester Medic")

Havoc Chester

When dogs sometimes do that thing where they like to wander around their owners house at night and check in on everyone when they sleep? Chester uses his travelling abilities to wander around the ship and teleport into people's rooms. He’s almost always found sleeping on top of one of his favourite people on the ship and Refuses to get up unless they give him cuddles and carry him around

One day he sits on top of Tilly but cries whenever she puts him down or tries to give him to someone else, so for that day there's an extra person in the command training program (Saru tries very very hard to be stern but cannot deal with the cries either so just let’s it be and writes in his report that Tilly has “outstanding compassion and an incredible ability to continue working on her jobs even when tasked with protecting another member of the crew”)

Time Travelling Chester

Tardigrades teleport around time just like they do space and one day, when they need assistance and a distraction and just fucking Hope, the Enterprise bridge finds itself nearly jumping out of their collective skins when a sudden loud POP and PLUNK happens and this random creature they’ve never seen before hits the bridge floor, tosses a capsule on the ground with a bunch of notes and PADDs, and then POPS back out of existence on its way to distract their enemies

(It’s a command that takes more preparation bc it’s a longer flight for him, but he knows the command “Captain” as well as anyone, and even better than they could have hoped, considering they had to teach him who he was looking for through Holos and pictures)

Then when Pike grabs the capsule and is like “holy shit, I think I know what that was” he opens it and there’s a note on top of all the PADDs and notes and pictures and other shit from long lost friends, that just reads “We Got You”

Spock is just like "Jesus fucking Sarek Michael can you stop just adopting things really it's getting ridiculous" but secretly looks out for him and tells him to look after Michael (Spock is one to talk considering Sarek is just Collecting Children)

Also the Discovery crew can never tell when the Enterprise gets their updates because they’re all off the books (their entire ship is too, until the 24th century) so they just sort of Send Shit whenever? And sometimes they get capsules back with pictures and notes and recordings on old data PADDs that the ���fleet wouldn’t miss/could easily be explained away as “broken on mission”

Okay so we may have gotten slightly obsessed but it was the best time ever and I want it to happen again (disco-headcannons you're amazing and I love you and your willingness to listen to my headcannon rambling)

[sigmastolen]

dsc 1.11 “the wolf inside”

oh nooooooooo i hate that i understand television well enough to predict its next moves.  i did not want this :( :( :(

spoilers forreal, y’all

oh there you are, michelle yeoh

EMPEROR GEORGIOU!!! CALLED IT

this was not the return of georgiou that i wanted in my heart.  i’m glad to see michelle yeoh again and i’m a little excited that she gets to play hammy evil but i think what we all really want is for prime!georgiou to be alive and well and our captain again

poor fucking burnham

first her dad, then her man, now her mentor.  this is a very stressful day for burnham, okay

her face breaks my goddamn heart

burnham’s opening narration and the scenes under it were also super compelling.  good job, everybody.

stamets clutching culber’s body and hiding in a jefferies tube or disused deck or whatever also broke my heart but i’ll be honest, i was expecting something much worse to befall that engineer who found them, so that was, weirdly, a relief

the fact that stamets doesn’t seem to understand that culber is dead actually gives me hope that somehow it can be undone

i know it is a science fiction show and the best way to enjoy it is to just roll with it and later try to invent in-universe explanations as necessary, but -- tilly i love you but i kind of don’t think that’s how brains or spores work but okay

ugh maybe i will have to read irl!paul stamets’s book to try to understand about mushrooms and the cycle of life and death

i already have like four library books i’m committed to, not to mention the dozens of books i actually own that have been accumulating on my to read/reread list for decades, ughhhhhh

LOL GOATEE SAREK

finally burnham gets a little validation from this jerk

is the kelpien slave actually saru, or do all kelpiens just look literally exactly alike?  i mean clearly it’s doug jones but it might not be saru?  also if “slaves don’t have names” would he still, privately, claim the name saru, or would he not have had the name at all?  i guess what i’m contemplating is: how serious was burnham’s slip when she called the enslaved kelpien saru?  

this being the mirror universe, i was also sort of expecting the kelpien to try to murder burnham in the bath, but i guess probably he was too cowed by his life of servitude and his fear of repercussions to try anything :/

so much fighting for tyler!  i love good fight scenes, you guys :)

and i love that both of them were so harrowing

prime!tyler/voq becoming so infuriated watching mirror!voq -- himself -- reject/be totally ignorant of the beliefs he holds most dear and has sacrificed everything for, including his very identity, that he breaks through the programming of the ash tyler persona despite how desperately tyler has been trying to fight off the trigger programming.  this, i think, comes down to love vs. love: tyler’s romantic love, admiration, and aspiration for burnham and everything she stands for, pitted against voq’s religious and patriotic fervour for t’kuvma’s vision for the klingon empire.  voq’s rage gave him the upper hand this time, but i suspect there will be struggles between voq and the tyler persona; that, even though he’s not the original persona, tyler has a strong drive to survive (which was likely even built in to him, to facilitate his escape from the klingon POW ship and to ensure he would be useful as a long-term spy for the klingons, to justify the resources they devoted to his transformation) and between burnham, starfleet, and the war, he has a lot of incentives to live.  i wouldn’t be surprised if, endgame, he ended up as ash tyler full-time.

and the burnham fight.  i feel like the actual scene itself already says everything there is to say about that scene.  my heart hurts so much for michael burnham.

pls show me more about tilly being brilliant and becoming more sure of herself and about saru developing his command skills and style kthx

i’m so intrigued/excited about stamets and stamets and the shroom trip forest

oops mirror!stamets already sounds like a total asshole and i’m super into it

idk how this might or might not tie in to “interphasic space” or whatever it was from tos 3.09 “the tholian web” because tbh i don’t really remember “the tholian web” very well, but a small, strange part of me hopes that ripper the tardigrade will actually somehow rescue them from the mirror universe and also magically heal stamets and bring culber back to life???? idek you guys, that’s just where i’m at

after treks!

i love wilson cruz a lot, y’all.  i’m glad to know his favorite scene is yet to come, but i’m also afraid that it will actually be either a flashback or mirror!culber, and that is definitely not the same as The Return Of Culber (see georgiou above)

mary chieffo is also a delight to have on this show.  she has a lot of good insights, and not just into her own character, plus it seems like she’s good at joking around in the moment.  and it also seems like she’s been easy for them to book on after trek because i feel like she’s been on more than she has had actual screentime as l’rell lol

shazad latif is absolutely lovely and i adore that the fake credit for voq was his dad’s name and i adore the story about the pakistani man & kid

@ gay creators why can you never just let your queer characters be happy for once.  i see you, harberts and russell t. davies and ryan murphy and jeff davis and all of you.  somebody please just let the gays be happy for once.  one of them doesn’t always need to die

i might still be lingering in my sad traumatized torchwood place oops

oh shit i just remembered i never actually finished teen wolf oops oops

anyway, bring back culber!! wilson cruz for series regular 2k18

[cadetxtilly]

The "and apparently he's in a band" scene just confirms that Tilly drunkenly told that to Stamets at one point or another and I think that's delightful.

//Yesss!!! I absolutely love that. Paul’s the best mushroom Dad.