#but it was cute and they're goals

[milkwithginseng]

WIP Wednesday

The season may have ended by I'm still working on this Pam/Ellen fic, although this bit is some of Dani and Ellen catching up. I finally checked out the Time Capsule, and not only did it make me miss Gordo and Tracy again but made me sympathise for Danny. But it's an amazing bit of interactive world building, it's spurring me on to write this.

Extract from: “The Greatest Journey: A Memoir” by Ellen Wilson

[I wanted to see Danielle privately before the ceremony. She may have been the first American on Mars, the first woman, but to me she will aways be the bubbly young ASCAN I first met in Houston. 

"I’m so sorry, for putting you at risk," I said.

"Risk. Risk is our business…" she said, quoting Captain Kirk from Star Trek, one of her favourite shows for obvious reasons. Then she added, in that sweet Southern drawl I adored, "…Desky."

Desky was our shared nickname for one other, from our days in astronaut training. We all worked hard, we had to but it’s fair to say that me and Danielle were the teacher’s pets of the group. Gradually it grew from a classroom term of endearment but a reminder we would invoke when either one of us was getting too fixated and instead remember to not take things too seriously.

But even with a cheeky smile from Dani Poole, I could see the pain that hid behind her eyes. We played a game of chicken with Helios and the Soviets to be the first to land on the Martian surface, a game that cost three people their lives. Sacrifices, it would later turn out, to be entirely for nothing. Four more people would lose their lives as the first pioneers remained stranded for 15 months with the barest of rations. 

My time manning Jamestown alone doesn’t even begin to compare. 

I believed then, as I do now that competition spurs us on, that sacrifice is an unfortunate consequence of progress. But looking into Danielle’s eyes, I wondered whether it truly was worth the cost. Whether we had gone too far, too fast. Maybe the Moon should’ve been enough. But once again I was taking the easy way out, not being there in the action but sitting behind a desk (even if that desk was in the White House) knowing that my lunar glory days were assured, I would be denying others their own incredible journeys into the cosmos.

The scars we carry, whether they be physical or mental mark us indelibly; they never go away but they also don’t get any bigger either. But we can grow, and change and build new experiences so that our scars can become a smaller part of us. 

And if Congress decided to gut NASA what would that mean for Danielle’s sacrifice? Of Will Tyler’s and Kelly Baldwin’s and all of the others, not just me, who have come before to provide a better future for Earth. We had come too far to stop now. It was as true then as it was in 1969. Progress is never assured, what is easily given can just as easily be taken away.]

[donelywell]

It'd appear that all of these Sonadow fan kids made you all forget about THE Sonadow kid!

[okaydays22]

Pon and Zi

[crazydaymycrazyway]

Playing truth or dare (Hyunjae's idea)

Hyunjae: Yoojin-gun, choose. Truth or dare

Yoojin: Truth

Hyunjae: Do you find me attractive?

Yoojin: Dare

Hyunjae: Date me

Yoojin: I don't like this game

[allthosepeopleilovetofangirlover]

Steve Rogers Era Part 12

Steve with the love of his life, Peggy Carter❤️🥹

[igotsnothing]

Morgyn and Caleb are always a couple in my saves. I just can't have them apart. They're adorable and precious together; they're my luvvy go-tos after I've been writing angst.

They're currently engaged and planning their wedding. They're trying to decide on the music...

Morgyn: What if we got a big band to play 1940s style, like Glenn Miller or Duke Ellington?

Caleb: That's classy! Do you know how to shag?

Morgyn: ...Is that something dirty, darling?

Caleb: It was a popular dance back then!

Morgyn: Darn it! I was hoping...

Morgyn: Ooh! I know! How about 80s style? We'll get a Wedding Singer. We'll have a can of Aquanet at every table and distribute shoulder pads to everyone!

Caleb: Ha! We can get our wedding pictures taken at Glamour Shots!

Morgyn: With lasers in the background!

Caleb: I'll be happy with whatever you choose because I love to dance with you and we always have a good time whatever we do, but you know the song I want to dance with you once we are married, right?

Morgyn: I do, and it's perfect. I can't wait to call you mine.

Caleb: Oh, but I am already. ❤️

[decisions-at-3am]

Look upon the sky, Where birds fly free. Two who are dancing Look like you and me.

[the-tortured-apollo-department]

Tell your baby that i'm your baby.....

"Im here, aren't i?" 💔

[jibanyans-chocobar]

Random Dashton headcanon i have because ilovethem (if u don't like the ship i'll put a cut below so you don't have to read it! :>):

In my hcs Shellington wears glasses and well, my guy can't quite literally see without them (he just like me fr 😿) so when he has to take them off for any reason (going to take a bath, going to sleep, washing his face, idk, something) he tells Dashi to remind him where he put his glasses after he's done because sometimes he forgets.

NO BUT GUYS TELL ME WHY THEY GIVE MARRIED COUPLE VIBES LIKE, WHY- I LOVE THEM AHHAJDJAKDJSK 😭😭💖‼️

(Dashton isn't my fav ship amongst the Octonauts but it's the second + my mom is a sucker for these two so most of the Dashton stuff i make is for her haha) (Also, you can see this as platonic or romantic! I personally like to ship them romantically but you can do whatev you want! I have no problem with how you see them or what characters you ship unless it's something like the Vegimals x someone or Inkling x someone, kinda depends in ppl's hcs for his age- basically as long as the age gap is reasonable :'])

[pursuecrazylife]

Love how unnecessarily close Ivo sat next to Franz on the couch... Personal space does not exist between these two

[gildedmuse]

[Credit to @jhaernyl for helping get me access to the screenshots.]

Bro: Come on you can't just give up. There's so much more to life than beating Kuina. Do you think those stairs truly felt fulfilled?

"Do you think those stairs truly felt fulfilled?"

"Do you think those stairs truly felt fulfilled?"

[mimisainznorris]

💓 my favorite f1 couple 💓

[nururu]

imo I thought Zoro and hiyori had gr8 chemistry.. I'm a zoyori truther.

[aster-may]

Caroleena and Vincent Creecher // Dancing

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Vinnie's little nub hands 😭

[sskk-manifesto]

What a good episode. Maaaaaan

[amelikos]

Spinel..