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[erehwontownies]

🖤 Casual Goth Townies

A group of mall goth friends when they were teens. They’ve since grown up and don’t have time to hang around the Warm Subject store anymore, but they’ve still retained their true-to-heart dark style in their daily lives.

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[ponys-girl]

Papa Gordo

Gordon: Hey, Charlie? Charlie: Yeah, dad? Gordon: He did it again, Casey! Charlie: Wait, did what? Casey, sighing deeply: He's been jumping up and down for two and a half hours because you called him dad. Gordon, tearing up: You don't get it, Casey!

[forrpercyy]

this scene has gotta be my fav out of all three movies 😭 Gordon just shoving Charlie over kills me every time

[yourfavealbumisgender]

Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is Transgender!

requested by anon

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There She Goes, My Beautiful World by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, live at Maida Vale b/w Get Ready for Love

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Red Right Hand by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, live on Later... with Jools Holland

LIVE: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

[our-happygirl500-fan]

On JJ Conway’s twitter there’s a mention of a deleted line from the movie that might be a clue on what Future Donnie’s fate was

The line was taken out after the scene where Casey Junior talks about the Turtle’s future selves was changed.

Donnie: I’m sorry, ‘were’? As in... past tense? Does something happen to me in the future?

In the deleted scene Donnie realises that something might have happened to his future self as Casey Junior uses the past tense when talking about him compared to how he still uses the present tense when talking about the future versions of Leo & Mikey.

The scene was most likely taken out so that the scene where Casey Junior tells Leo about the fate of everyone in the future would have more impact but the fact that other scene’s lines were changed as a result of the deleted scene is interesting

I’ve seen some people say that things that happen to the Turtles in the movie might be a parallel to events that happened to their future selves but with a slightly better outcome such Leo getting hurt on the same side his Future self was at the start of the movie or Mikey using his mystic hands.

Which is why some people have theorised that things that happen to Donnie & Raph in the movie might be a reference to the fates of Future Donnie & Raph such as something might have happened to Future Raph when he was protecting Future Leo.

The fact that Mikey’s line chances from the original to ‘we’re gonna get crushed’ might have been a hint that Donnie’s future self might have gotten crushed. It might be that future Donnie had been trapped somewhere but the Future versions of Splinter & April didn’t make it in time to save him from the Krang.

[ultrameganicolaokay]

Creepy Archives Volume 9 by Gardner Fox, Tom Sutton, Steve Skeates, Gerry Conway, Dave Cockrum, Luis García, Félix Mas, Mike Ploog and many more. Cover by Sanjulián. Out in November.

"Creepy Archives Volume 9 features the prime cuts fresh from the chopping block of horror, fantasy, and science fiction served up by a sterling set of slaughterhouse chefs including Richard Corben, T. Casey Brennan, Tom Sutton, Steve Skeates, and many more. This era of Creepy featured the influx of talented Spanish artists such as José Bea, Jaime Brocal, Luis Garcia, Martin Salvador, and Felix Mas, whose work would bring the standard of illustration in comics to new highs. Collects Creepy issues #42-45."

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do you have any names similar to these? it doesnt have to be all of them, but mainly Edgar, Pierce, Rigorre and Grimm. ive been looking around for some and this'll be great help :)!

Edgar, Grimm, Rigorre, Cain(e), Ozzy/Ozul, Onyx, Dice, Throne, Viper, Vesper, Heron, Nyx, Spector, Harker, Talyn, Dorian, Pierce

some might be closed so make sure to do your own research !! I tried to do most of them but I couldnt find them all / some were filled with closed names!

EDGAR︰ adler. albert. alexander. alfred. alice. archibald. arthur. atlas. august. barnabas. beatrice. benjamin. charles. charlotte. clarence. dior. eddie. eder. edmund. eduard. edward. edwin. edyn. eleanor. elijah. elmer. ember. emerson. emmett. ernest. esther. eugene. evelyn. everett. ezra. felix. ferdinand. finn. franklin. gilbert. harold. harper. hector. henry. humphrey. iris. irving. isaac. jack. jagger. james. jasper. leo. leonard. leopold. noah. oliver. oscar. penelope. rowan. rupert. sebastian. silas. theo. theodore. tiger. vincent. violet. walter. william.

GRIM(M)︰ august. axel. brennon. charlie. dax. dean. declan. delilah. demetri. enver. evangeline. ezra. felicity. finn. foster. fox. gaerwn. garan. garima. garin. garran. garren. garron. geranium. gereon. gerianne. germain. germaine. german. geronimo. gerwin. gianni. giovanni. gordon. goren. graeme. graham. grainne. gram. grannia. granny. green. greyden. grian. griffin. grina. gurnam. gwern. iris. joaquin. jude. kevin. kyra. leah. loki. millie. parker. rain. rogue. sage. silas. spencer. tristan. viktor.

CAINE(E)︰ abel. aidan. aiden. aleks. amelia. amory. andreas. aries. asher. aurora. ava. axel. azriel. bane. bartholomew. bonanza. cade. caden. cael. caiden. cain. caine. cale. caleb. cam. camden. cameo. cammie. camo. cana. canaan. canan. cane. cannan. cano. canyon. carter. case. casey. cash. cassim. cato. cawny. cayden. cayman. ceanna. ceona. chahna. chaim. chan. chana. chance. chaniya. charlotte. chase. chayan. chazmyne. chen. chesmu. chesna. cheyenne. cheyne. chiazam. chima. chimene. chin. china. chione. chosen. chukwuma. chumani. chyna. chynna. cian. cinna. cinnamon. cluny. cohen. cole. conn. connie. conway. cosmo. coyne. craig. cuan. cuno. cwen. côme. d'arcy. dane. dash. declan. dewitt. duran. edelynn. elijah. enoch. evelyn. gabriel. gage. gardeenia. genevieve. grayson. gwendelyn. gyles. hadrian. hesh. iain. icarus. jane. jermyn. kace. kade. kaelynn. kaidan. kaiden. kailyn. kain. kaine. kale. kane. kate. kaydin. kaydon. kayne. kedar. ken. knox. koen. lane. layne. liam. liliela. loch. lucifer. lucy. mattheo. nicollette. raiden. rayne. roddy. romilda. ryder. sawyl. scarlett. shane. thane. tyre. violet. wayne. zain. zaine. zane. zayne.

OZZY / ONYX︰ adi. archie. aria. arlo. asher. aspen. atlas. aurora. autumn. avi. axel. beck. bijoux. blade. bodie. bowie. caelum. cora. cy. daisy. davi. declan. draco. dune. echo. elton. elvis. ember. ezra. ezri. falcon. finn. fleet. garnet. gavin. genevieve. harper. hazel. imre. indigo. ivy. jade. jagger. jasper. jem. jet. jinx. johnny. joplin. josiah. joziah. kai. kaiya. kano. karter. kavi. khari. knox. lennox. leo. luca. luna. lynx. mac. maddox. mazi. mercury. millie. milo. morrissey. neptune. night. nirvana. nixie. nova. nyx. oak. oakes. ocean. ocheckka. ochoa. ohanzee. ojai. ojas. oke. oki. oliver. omega. onika. onix. onnika. onnix. onyekachukwu. onyx. ooko. oonagh. opal. opaline. orion. oscar. oscosh. oshae. osias. osiris. ossie. otto. owen. oyku. oz. ozzie. penelope. penny. peridot. phoenix. quinn. quint. rami. raven. ravi. remi. reno. river. rocky. roux. rowan. sage. salem. santana. sebastian. silas. sophie. storm. sunny. theo. topaz. uziel. violet. willow. wren. wyatt. zaki. zephyr. zeppelin. ziggy.

VESPER / VIPER︰ ace. aeron. akiva. antares. apollo. arcana. archer. asher. atlas. atticus. aurora. calista. callaway. cardin. cash. cason. chai. chancellor. charlotte. cora. cordovan. coriander. corisande. cruz. denarius. draven. elaina. elixir. elowen. elyse. ember. enfys. evangeline. felix. ferelith. finn. genesis. glade. hadley. halcyon. harbor. hazel. ivy. jaguar. journey. kaemon. kailo. kanon. katia. koa. kobe. kodiak. lainey. lazare. legacy. luna. lyra. magic. majesty. mystique. nora. obsidian. ocasio. oceane. oliver. opaline. ophelia. pax. peregrine. phaedra. phoenix. piper. quinn. rasmus. regulus. reverie. rohmer. rowyn. royce. rule. sage. salome. scarlett. sebastian. shyla. silas. sorcha. summer. tatiana. thorin. titan. vale. vallis. vance. varro. vega. velvette. vera. verity. vesper. vespera. violet. viper. von. vyra. wren. xavier. yvaine. zander. zephyr.

DORIAN︰ adrian. adrien. ambrose. amelia. andrea. appoline. arian. armani. asher. audrey. aurora. basil. benno. bloom. cassius. charlotte. cornelius. damian. damien. dante. darcy. darena. darian. dariana. darien. darin. darina. darion. darius. darren. darrin. darrion. darwin. daryan. datherine. davian. davion. dawson. dayaram. declan. derion. deron. derron. derwyn. dharma. dhiren. dominic. doreen. dorin. dorona. dorsey. dreama. dren. drian. duran. durham. durin. emrys. ethan. evander. evelyn. evleen. ezra. florian. gabriel. gilda. gordon. hadrian. heidy. jackie. jordan. julian. korbin. leander. liam. lorcan. lowri. lucian. lysander. marian. marion. mars. morgan. muse. naoma. oberon. oliver. orion. pallas. penelope. peregrine. quianna. rian. sebastian. shawnee. soren. theodore. tori. umber. violet. warren.

PIERCE︰ asher. audrey. ava. beckett. bennett. brooks. callan. charlotte. claire. cole. colton. dean. emerson. emmett. eros. everett. finn. fisher. fitz. flint. foster. gavin. grant. grayson. harper. harrison. hawk. hazel. heath. henry. hiro. hudson. ivy. jack. james. kane. kyra. landon. leo. liam. mason. miles. miller. mira. noah. oliver. olivia. owen. pace. paprika.���paras. paresh. paricia. paris. parish. park. parker. parks. pauric. pearce. pearson. peers. percy. perez. perga. perris. perry. perseus. persia. persis. piers. pierson. piroj. porsche. powers. prakash. prayaksh. precia. preciosa. precious. price. prince. prisca. prissy. pryce. pyrrhus. quinn. reese. reeve. reid. rhett. ridge. rowan. sawyer. scarlett. sirius. slater. spencer. theo. theodore. vince. violet. wren. wyatt.

[positivelybeastly]

Hello! I've been a fan of Hank since I was a kid, primarily owing to his portrayal in the 90s cartoon. With the airing of X-Men '97, I've been reminded of how much I love the character and have been looking into his comic appearances; unfortunately, I'm not quite happy with the direction he's been written in recent years (read: X-Force). So, I was wondering if you had any suggestions for older comic runs I could read to get my fill of my favorite bouncing blue Beast?

Hello there, friend! I hope you're well, and perhaps still perusing this blog from time to time? Hard to tell, given the lack of a moniker, but I'll throw this into the Hank McCoy tag, just so you have a better chance of seeing this.

I am currently in the process of writing up a full Beast reading order, but I've only gotten up to 1981 thus far - really do need to get back on that - so I'm going to give you a somewhat less specific, but far more immediate answer to your question! To wit!

X-Men: First Class, by Jeff Parker.

X-Men: Season One, by Dennis Hopeless.

X-Men: Children of the Atom, by Joe Casey.

Amazing Adventures #11-17, by Gerry Conway.

X-Men Unlimited vol. 2 #10, by Homs.

Avengers vol. 1 #138-211, by, well, a lot of people.

X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga, by Chris Claremont.

Marvel Team-Up #124, by J.M. DeMatteis.

The Defenders/The New Defenders #96-152, by J.M. DeMatteis.

Marvel Heartbreakers, by Jim McCann.

X-Factor vol. 1 #1-70, by Bob Layton (bleuch) and Louise Simonson (yay!).

X-Men Unlimited vol. 1#10 and #14, by Mark Waid and Terry Kavangh.

Marvel Presents #85-92, by Scott Lobdell.

Wonder Man vol. 2 #5 and 6, by Gerard Jones.

Avengers Two: Wonder Man and Beast, by Roger Stern.

New X-Men vol. 1 #114-154, by Grant Morrison.

Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 #1-35, by Joss Whedon and Warren Ellis.

Secret Avengers vol. 1 #13, #16, #20, and #21 by Nick Spencer and Warren Ellis.

Exiles #1-6 vol. 2, by Jeff Parker.

S.W.O.R.D #1-5 vol. 1, by Kieron Gillen.

X-Men: Endangered Species, by Mike Carey.

Wolverine and the X-Men #8 vol. 1, by Jason Aaron.

Amazing X-Men vol. 2 #1-5, by Jason Aaron.

A+X #4, #7, #12 and #15 by Kaare Andrews, Zeb Wells, Christos Gage and Jai Nitz.

Uncanny Avengers vol. 3 #28, by Jim Zub.

Astonishing X-Men vol. 4 #13-17, by Matthew Rosenberg.

Marvel Age #1000, by Rainbow Rowell.

These are, of course, scratching the surface, because Hank is a goddamn cameo king, and you can usually count on him to have some good lines or good characterisation because people actually really enjoy writing him, but these are the ones that come immediately to mind! I hope this helps.

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[slaymybreathaway]

Mixtape (Charlie Conway x reader)

Warnings: none

Word Count: 844

Masterlist

I love music, I always have and always will. I'm the type of chick to have multiple songs circling around my head a day. In fact, one of my worst subconscious habits is that I always start singing these songs under my breath. No matter how hard I try, I can't stop.

One of today's songs was 'Killing me softly with his sing song' by the Fugees. I sang it quietly during a History test my last class of the day.

When the bell rang, I got on my bike and cycled straight home. I was going on a date with my boyfriend Charlie at 5.

It was our anniversary and all he told me was to wear something nice and to meet him at his apartment.

♡

When I knocked on the apartment door, it was Casey who answered.

"Y/n, come in honey," she beckons me in and gives me a hug. I love Casey Conway like a second mother.

"Do you want anything to eat?" she asked as she walked into the kitchen.

I followed her in, "No thanks, I should probably just wait for Charlie."

"I think he's in his room if you want to go in to him," she started, as I walked away she started talking again "By the way, how's he treating you, love?"

I smiled and turned around "Like a princess."

Casey nodded her head and I walked down the hall to Charlie's room. The door was half open so I didn't bother to knock.

Charlie wasn't there but his room was super messy. I stepped through the piles of clothes on the floor to his desk because he left the lamp on. I switched it off but as I did, something on the desk caught my eye.

It was a blue note book labelled "Y/n <3". My conscience was telling me that I shouldn't open it but come on, it LITERALLY has my name written all over it.

When I flipped open the cover it had Day 1: Friday 31st of May 1996 and a list of songs. I was super confused as I flipped through the notebook because each page had a similar layout, but different songs and consecutive days.

It wasn't till the page with today's date that it finally clicked. Charlie has been taking notes of my 'songs of the day' for the past couple weeks.

My stomach was infested with butterflies at the thought that he pays attention to my constant mind radio, let alone takes notes on it.

I was so caught up in this realisation that I didn't even noticed Charlie coming into his bedroom.

"Oh no, you found it," Charlie put his head in his hands.

He looked really cute, I rarely get to see him out of his jersey. He was wearing (insert description of what he wore in dinner scene with varsity in D3)

"Yeah I found it and I have to say, you'd make a good stalker love," I said and walked over to him. I kissed him on the cheek and when I looked at him again, he looked really confused.

"So you're not curious as to why I've been making notes of the songs you sing?" he asked.

I laughed a little before replying "I am extremely curious. I just figured that you would eventually explain yourself so I didn't waste my breath asking," I smiled at him.

Charlie looked down and shook his head "Why are you always right?".

♡

Charlie brought me to a really nice restaurant and we ordered our food.

"Still curious about the notebook?" He asked.

I nodded my head so vigorously that I almost got whiplash. He laughed and pulled something from his pocket. It was a wrapped rectangle shape.

When I opened it, I discovered that it was a tape with the title "mixtape for my love <3"

"Aw Charlie, you have no idea how much this means to me. I honestly don't deserve you at all," I looked up from the present and Charlie was looking at me with a big sappy grin on his face.

"That's where you got it completely backwards, love," he said reached for my hand across the table.

"Oh I almost forgot, here's your present," I gave him the gift bag I had on the chair beside me.

"Oh my god, y/n. I love it," he said as he took out the jacked I got made for him.

It was in the Varsity style beacause I know he doesn't like the JV ones the school has. It is green and has the the ducks symbol on the back with 'Conway' at the top. It has the ducks colours on the collar and cuffs.

He tried the jacket on and it fit perfectly.

"Y/n, I love you more than you could ever know," He said with a dazzling look in his eyes.

I looked up at him, said it back and smiled. I can't believe I'm the girl who pulled Charlie Conway.

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Do You Love Me Like I Love You, Part 13: Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus - A documentary by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard about the album by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

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Star Trek: Interview: Vaughn Armstrong, Casey Biggs, Dominic Keating & Connor Trinneer

SF Ball (hosting its 22nd con in as many years) continues to boast excellent guests, while raising funds for Teenage Cancer Trust. This year, Star Trek: Enterprise cast members Connor Trinneer (Trip Tucker) and Dominic Keating (Malcolm Reed) were joined by Casey Biggs (DS9’s Damar) and Vaughn Armstrong (everything from Enterprise’s Admiral Forrest to Klingons, Cardassians, Romulan and more). In a break between autograph sessions, photos and talks they spoke candidly about what’s next for the sci-fi juggernaut. With 250 episodes of modern Star Trek notched up between them, they certainly know a thing or two about the franchise and shared some insight with Nick Joy about the show’s impending Golden Anniversary, upcoming new series and their own personal legacy in the Trek-verse…

Star Trek hits the big five-oh this year. You’ve all played significant roles along the way – what’s your greatest legacy? Or do you let others judge that?

Dominic Keating: It should be the latter really. But since you asked… (laughs), I think our watch was pretty good. We didn’t let the team down and we put in some good episodes. I’m proud of what we did. I actually took the first step on the bridge – I was the first shot of the show – and I thought ‘Wow, here we go.’ I watched the original show as a kid growing up.

Casey Biggs: You were the first shot on the first episode of Enterprise?

Dominic: Yes, it was Jim Conway and he didn’t take any prisoners, I can tell you! He was quite a difficult guy to work with.

Was there a real buzz when you walked through the famed Paramount gates that first time

Connor Trineer: Well, I drove through…

Vaughn Armstrong: You mean you when you finally came out of your hermit cave and you deigned Paramount with your presence?!

Dominic: There was definitely a ‘pinch yourself’ moment there and I’m very proud of what we left behind.

Casey: No, that was the title of our last episode – What You Leave Behind.

Dominic: Ours was These are the Voyages…

Connor: No, it was called ‘Tripp’s Dead’! (Laughs)

Connor, how did you first find out that Tripp was going to die in the show’s finale, sacrificing himself for his Captain?

Connor: I wasn’t told far in advance. I received a call from Brannon Braga, one of the executive producers, and I think he wrote most of that final episode (with Rick Berman). He said ‘I want you to read this and then call me back.’ And when I read it I was surprised but I called him and checked: ‘So we’re cancelled right? We’re not coming back?’ And then I said: ‘I love it!’

I loved it for couple of reasons. One – half of the episode was about me and it was the finale, and secondly, I’m the only one who has the luxury where you don’t have to wonder what happened to them. It has almost a theatrical sense to it, the arc of a story that was told and wasn’t left dangling. That was satisfying for me – it brought a finality and conclusion to the life of this character that I had brought to the show.

Vaughn, your recurring character on Enterprise – Admiral Forrest – was another character who sacrificed himself ‘for the greater good’, protecting the Vulcans in ‘The Forge’.

Vaughn: Yes, he died a hero. But not as much a hero’s [death] as Casey’s (Damar in What You Leave Behind). And I wouldn’t say that Forrest was my best contribution to the franchise. I would say that my greatest contribution is that I did more characters on the show than anybody else, and over 16 years. I didn’t go in every day but every role was a good one. [Vaughn played 12 different characters over 28 episodes in four different Star Trek shows].

Dominic: Were they all good?

Vaughn: Yeah, they were all great. [Pauses] OK, there were a couple that were just ‘the bad guy on the screen’, though they still had several scenes.

Dominic: Sixteen years? That’s a hell of a time. All those directors, different casts and… were they [shot on] the same stages?

Vaughn: Yep, pretty much. Certainly Stage 9 and [swing set Stage 16] ‘Planet Hell’. They were some really good characters. The Two of Nine Borg [Voyager: Survival Instinct] where he starts to become human again and Terek R’Mor [Romulan in Voyager’s Eye of the Needle] where he’s out in space by himself and trying to get the people through the wormhole so that they can go back. He’s of a race that doesn’t like the humans but finds a connection – that we all have children. Yeah, a whole bunch of the roles were really good.

Dominic: Did you watch the show along the way in the interim, between appearing in it? It’s just that you talk so lucidly about your shows and yet half the time I didn’t have a clue what the episodes were about!

Vaughn: I watched the episodes I was in.

Vaughn, having played Cardassian, Klingon, Borg, Romulan, Hirogen, Vidiian… I’m guessing that some people would introduce themselves to you and yet you’d met them before and they hadn’t realised because you were hidden under layers of latex?

Dominic: Yes, we talked about this yesterday! He did two guest star roles other than Admiral Forrrest on Enterprise [a Klingon in Sleeping Dogs and the Kreetassan Captain in Vox Sola] and I honestly didn’t know it was him! I had no idea. I had whole conversations with you!

Vaughn: The only one that knew it was me was Scott [Bakula – Captain Archer] and I told him ‘Don’t say anything. Let’s see what happens.’

Casey, as you played Damar in full Cardassian make-up, did you also find that people didn’t always recognise you?

Casey: There were a lot of people who never saw me out of the make-up. But going back to your original question about our legacy, Deep Space Nine was like the black sheep of the Star Trek family, which was good because they left us alone. They left the writers alone, those crazy fabulous wacko writers Ira Steven Behr and Ron D Moore – they just did these huge, great arcs. Sometimes the regulars got pissed off because it was more like our show. For 6-8 episodes we took over the station and they were off on some pod somewhere. It was our show.

Dominic: You were running concurrently with Voyager for a good stretch.

Casey: Yes, my ex-wife (Roxann Dawson – Voyager’s B’Elanna Torres) was over there and I was over here. She’s a great director.

Vaughn: I ran in to her a few times when I was doing Voyager.

Casey: A lot of the time these shows were ‘planet of the week’ or ‘bad guy of the week’ but with DS9 we had the huge arcs because Ira loved what he called his ‘repertory company’: Jeff Combs (Weyoun) Marc Alaimo (Dukat), me and Andy Robinson (Garak). It was a wonderful experience and in my particular case I thought I was going to be on it for just one day… but I ended up there for five years! And they kept making it better; they gave me a sense of humour, they made me an alcoholic. I was drunk for two years on that show … it’s not a big stretch!

Vaughn: You too? [Laughs]

Deep Space Nine had a very satisfying conclusion. However, many fans felt that Enterprise’s finale was hijacked by the appearance of The Next Generation’s Riker and Troi.

Dominic: It was a homage to the franchise and their watch of 17 years of the show. I had no issue with it. I thought the device was clunky to get (Jonathan) Frakes and Marina (Sirtis) on it, but it was great to work with them – we knew them from the convention circuit. I had one of the funnest days ever shooting with Jonathan – he’s hysterical. He’s a funny guy. A real actor’s actor.

Connor: They also had to pull it out of their hat. They only had a couple of months to sort that out, which is no small task. Tell me a finale that’s actually satisfying on any TV show.

Dominic: Yes, it was quick. But how do you make that decision? The first time we did that get-together 10 years later at CBS – I had no idea that Scott was peeved [about the finale].

Vaughn: That’s one of the few episodes of Star Trek that I’ve seen but wasn’t in and I thought that last scene was great. It just included it into the rest of the franchise. It was supposed to be set earlier, so what’s wrong with a history lesson?

CBS are currently preparing a new series of Star Trek. What do think could be learned from that whole experience on Enterprise?

Connor: Syndicate it.

Casey: Get better writers.

Connor: Yeah we could have used some better writers in the early years.

Dominic: Well, I’m not sure it was so much the writing as the steerage of the show and I know that Brannon (Braga) banged his head against the wall a lot of the time.

Connor: He said that 9/11 really dictated what happened following that first year on the show. It changed the lay of the land for us completely.

Dominic: Just the experience of going to work and doing a show. It was hard and felt silly.

And that new perspective was reflected in the Season 3 arc around the Xindi and their weapons of mass destruction.

Connor: Yes, it was a direct reaction to what was happening [in the world].

Dominic: But the initial season was definitely… I had greater hopes for how it might have been more innovative.

Vaughn: The pilot [Broken Bow] was superb.

Dominic: It was. And we got 13 million viewers. And then quickly we went back into a regular Star Trek episode of going to a planet, sorting out their shit and then going away and doing it somewhere else. And we did that for 22 episodes. I think that anyone who had hoped for something a little more novel and with a fresh twist… it wasn’t there.

Connor: They’d be disappointed.

Dominic: I was under the impression that we might be something like ‘ER in space’, with a lot more interactive drama between the seven characters on this ship rather than always having to go someplace to have a story. And we didn’t get that.

Connor: Do they have a showrunner for the new series?

Dominic: Alex Kurtzman. He’s JJ Abrams’ right-hand man and was part of the reboot of the movies. [Bryan Fuller was announced as showrunner two days after this interview.]

Vaughn, I’m guessing that contractually you’re obliged to appear in the new show? You’ve been in all other modern TV incarnations of Star Trek.

Vaughn: I think they’ve got to hire me.

Connor: You’re like the rabbit’s foot.

Dominic: That’s a good question though. I wonder, will they look back to the history of our shows, or are they going to reinvent the whole damn thing?

Casey: I think it’ll be totally different

Dominic: I would imagine it will be totally different; a show about young people that go into space. And they’re going to be good looking!

The other TV series weren’t averse to bringing in characters from the Star Trek legacy.

Connor: It’s impossible to know. We’re just going to have to wait and see. Especially in light of what JJ Abrams has done with the movies.

Dominic: Yes, but those are characters from the original show. I think I read somewhere that there’s going to be no heritage in this show. New characters, invented from the ground up. And it’s going to be set around the time of the original show. I think they’re finally going to do the Starfleet Academy thing – our first foray into deep space.

Connor: I think that’s probably the way to go.

Casey: That would be more like ‘ER in space’ because you have a static academy. But you won’t be going to ER conventions in 50 years’ time whereas you will be going to Star Trek conventions.

When you started on Star Trek did you go in with your eyes open about the fandom, or did it catch you out?

Vaughn: I just thought it was going to be another job.

Connor: Same here. I had a contract but I was not that well-versed in Star Trek.

Dominic: Oh I knew all about it. I’d researched it. I’d seen Trekkies, the documentary. I knew that there was this other annuity appendaged to the gig. I did 10 conventions in the first year and a lot of my castmates were like: ‘You’re going to do that?’ And then I came back with the new Porsche and then it was a case of ‘Where do I sign up for that?!’

One off my favourite Star Trek films is isn’t even a Star Trek film, it’s the comedy satire Galaxy Quest. I love the way that the late, great Alan Rickman bemoans the fact that fans of his fictional TV show forever want him to be in character. Do you ever get this?

Casey: No, though there are some people here who came [to this convention] just to see me. People hook on to characters and… I have a photograph of a woman who has me tattooed onto her back. I signed it for her and the next year she’d had that tattooed too.

Dominic: Oh no, I won’t do that. The signature thing upsets me a little. I’ve been asked but I’m not doing that. I’m just not comfortable with it.

Casey: Hey, this woman’s going to be 80 years old with my name on her back. But that’s her deal.

Connor: I don’t think that people have a lot of interest in us being more like our characters. They want to see us. I’ve never encountered this thing that you’ve said: ‘Why can’t you be a bit more like Tripp?’

Vaughn: What I find disconcerting is when people say to me: ‘It’s so wonderful to meet somebody who was such a big part of my… childhood.’ I was on the show for 16 years and they watched them all!

Dominic: It’s what I say to Bill Shatner… every time I see him!

The conversation feels like it could continue all afternoon, but with delegates patiently queueing for their photos and autographs it’s back to the work for our fine crew of Star Trek alumni.

With thanks to Andrew Keates, Anne Lindup and all at the SF Ball.

Sourse: SciFiBulletin.com

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In a phone call with April, Donnie reveals that he has three fears

April: I need your help

Donnie: For you anything; as long as it does not involve bees, or spiders, or beach balls, please not beach balls

Donnie lists his three fears as bees, spiders & beach balls and something I thought was interesting about this is that throughout his families adventures, Donnie has had to face nearly every fear that he listed.

In the episode Mind Meld, Donnie had to deal with beach balls multiple times as well as the fact that Big Mama's true form meant that Donnie also had to deal with one of his families enemies literally being a spider.

Also according to JJ Conway’s twitter the Turtles were originally supposed to appear in the episode Always Be Brownies but whatever B-plot the Turtles were up to was scrapped as the Rise team wanted the episode’s focus to stay on April & Casey however it seems as though whatever adventure the Turtles had might have possibly involved bees meaning that if we include scrapped scenes then Donnie has kind of faced all three of the fears that he listed to April.

I also kind of think that it is sort of interesting how we do kind of see that Donnie's first reaction is fear when faced with things that he has listed as being afraid of as when encountering a beach ball he called them his 'greatest fear' & Donnie briefly looks scared when seeing Big Mama's spider form for the first time.