#great start to Friday TOS

[youronlybean]

Blizz: I have an alliance with the girls, gays, and theys…

Blizz, reluctantly: …..and also X33N.

[zuffer-weird-girl]

Idk if your requests are open, but if it isn’t then you can delete this. Overhaul and shiver Kai with a s/o who’s laughing in the middle of the night. Like Y/N is on the phone with her friends and she moving to a different room so they won’t wake up their lover and their friends are laughing, they’re laughing right along with them. Eventually their friends screams and says someone’s behind you, and Y/B does a slow head turn knowing the fact that they’re supposed to be asleep so they’re like some “heeeey? How ya doing?”

Keep up the great work! I’m proud of you!

❤

You tried. You really tried.

But you just couldn't close your eyes and sleep.

You didn't know exactly why this time, but you just couldn't. And this usually wouldn't concern you... but ever since you started to share a bed with your boyfriend it became a problem.

Kai was dead set on the rule of not using cellphones for one hour before bed. He really believed that was only to harm anyone sleep schedule... and that included you of course.

The worst part of it is that you couldn't even pick your phone in secret and mess around with it a bit even after he fell asleep. Why? Because this man was a light sleeper. Ever wrong move or the slight bit of light, he would wake up.

You tried many times still, but each time you would try to use your phone to distract you enough to fall asleep Kai would just open one eye to glare at you before grabbing your phone, putting on his own nightstand and growl at you to sleep.

It was sweet in a way but let's be honest, it pissed you a bit his doings.

You sighed through your nose and peaked at your boyfriend who was snoring lightly, sleeping on his side without a shirt on... he looked God like... when he sleep he wouldn't keep a poker face on, so it was just pure sleepy Kai and his God like body you had to try your maximum to not touch it.

Your boyfriend worked a lot, so you wouldn't wake him up for fun time. Especially after the hell workload Pops had given to him these past few days as some sorta of punishment for some wrong doings he had done.

He never learned you thought with a smile brushing his bangs back a bit... he was a light sleeper yeah, but he has been so tired that now he wouldn't wake up so easily thankfully.

Yours ears picked up when you heard your phone's notification started to appear... you bite a bit on your bottom lip before finally grabbing it, getting it out of the charger and looking at what was it.

Your friends were talking about something that you had to control to not laugh as you slowly typed a response...

You talked for a few minutes until one of them suggested that you should all make a call.... you pecked over at your boyfriend... if he found out he would be hella mad at you... but he was sleeping though... he wouldn't wake up now would he?

... you would take the risk.

Slowly but surely you left the bed and tip toed out of the room, immediately freezing when you heard your lover shifting a bit in the bed...

You looked over your shoulder in fear you would get that pair of golden orbs looking at your soul, but to your relief he just had changed positions and was still on a peaceful slumber.

You sighed and went to another room, closing the door carefully to not bother Kai's sleep.

.

.

.

You were laughing so hard. One of your most innocent friends had just killed all of you on a among us game.

Some were laughing in disbelief while others cursed them in many different words... but it was all in good fun.

You all decided to turn on your cameras just to chat and play a few games since apparently none of you had plans for the next day and none could sleep either.

"Dammit..." one you friends growled while the killer was laughing at their victory.

"It was a good match though." You spoke casually

"TO WHOM?!" You laughed even harder before all the group joined on the laughing fit.

"So anyway, we should all go out some day this week." One piped in "I'm free on this Friday if you all in"

"Ah shit not happening, got a job interview." Another whined "How about Saturday?"

"Sorry guys won't do." You spoke and they all asked why "Got a date planned with my boyfriend. Money has been tight but he insisted on going on a restaurant."

"Shoved your happiness in my face (Y/n), go on." Your single friend growled and you snorted "Come on, can't you change the days ir something?"

"Nope, my man is critical about his plans, and I don't think he would appreciate a bit if I suddenly came to him and said to changed the reservation."

"Boo" they all said in union as you laughed at them to shut uo before all shrieked. "(Y/n) THERE IS SOMEONE BEHIND YOU-"

"Eh?" You blinked, reality sinking in as you felt someone behind you indeed... your body freezing, your chest tightening the slightest bit... knowing just who it was before you slowly turned your head back enough, fearfully looking up at at the man who had a glare and arms crossed over his chest.

"Heeeeeeeeeey honey...?" You said awkwardly, your friends apparently calming down when they noticed it was your boyfriend instead of a intruder "how ya doing? Good night we having isn't?"

"Is morning." Chisaki corrected with a growl before stomping over to where you were sat on the couch "Say bye." He demanded before grabbing your phone, carefull to not show his face as he pointed the screen at you as you awkwardly said your good bye to your friends on the chat before he hang up the call.

"I couldn't sleep and they were online." You immediately defended yourself as Kai only ar he'd an eyebrow... clearly not convinced nor amused at your immediate response to him.

"It's 3 am angel... 3. AM." He groaned each word as you sinked in your seat.

"Sorry... I thought I wouldn't wake you up." You hissed when his eye twitched.

"I could hear the laughter from all back to our room." He growled... that wasn't the reason he woke up, he woke up because he didn't felt you on the bed and he was a mess without you, especially to sleep, but you didn't need to know that.

"I said I was sorry..." youmumbldd before shrieked when he picked you up and just casually walked both of you back to the room before without a grace dropping you on your side of the bed "Kai!"

He didn't speak a word as he got to his side, laid down on his pillow and turning his back towards you with a tired 'sleep'.

"Jesus.." You complained "if you are going to act this way I'm going to sleep on the couch-" you yelped when suddenly his arm and leg were on you, him roughly pulling your body against his as he buried his face on the back of your neck.

"If you try to leave this bed I'm overhauling your damn legs." He muttered while tightening his hold on you... you peeked over your shoulder and saw how he was trying to hide his blush and you could only giggle.

"Alright, alright. Don't need to threaten me." You joked a bit before laying down with a relaxed sigh, noticing how his hold losses up a bit, but enough for you to escape him... not that you wanted anyway.

It was a comfortable silence for a bit, you were almost on the verge on sleep until you flinched at his alarm going off.

It was time to wake up.

"Nooooo..." You whined as your boyfriend heaved a sigh.

"This. This is what happens when you stay all the night up laughing about nonsense." He growled before sitting up to grab his alarm to turn it off. He only looked down at you before sighing, turning his head away as he mumbled "if you want... I can stay a bit longer."

You smiled with a 'yay' as he clicked his tongue.

[dreadsuitsamus]

The Reunion | Renji Abarai x Reader |

author's note: this is for @actuallysaiyan, and it's a week or so late lol but here it is, finished. i hope you feel better, bacon, and that it stays that way 🩷 and special thank you to @yeowangies, who supported me on this when i felt it wasn't right. thank you, vero!! 🩷🩷 this is part of the mechanic au, and is chronologically the first out of all i've written so far.

pairing: renji abarai x fem!reader

warnings: a slight bit of angst but far more comfort

You’ve been staring at the email for a good little while now, having blanked out sometime ago as memories and past feelings of dread rise up your spine. Somehow it’s already been ten years since your graduation from high school, and it’s around that time for a good ole reunion, apparently. The mere idea of going back and seeing those people, the ones that made the experience worse than it needed to be and even those that didn’t particularly do anything to you, is less preferable than using cinder blocks for pillows. High school could’ve been worse, and historically for many it was in comparison to your time in those final years of school, but it never left a good flavor in your mouth. Perhaps it’d be different if you’d managed to find a clique to be part of and shape the way you looked at things, but it always felt like nobody really wanted you around, and as such you were a loner.

Things haven’t changed much ten years later.

The sudden sound of plastic crinkling startles a gasp from you alongside a slew of goosebumps down your spine. Somehow you hadn’t heard the garage door open and the heavy footsteps of your mechanic’s steel-toed boots stomping to the small kitchen area. Renji perks a brow, pausing just as he’s about to toss the bag of popcorn into the microwave. “Head in the clouds today, eh?”

Shaking what’s left of the scare away, you close out the email forwarded to you. “Sorry… Just got caught up and didn’t hear you come in.”

“Must be something heavy if you didn’t hear me.” You’ve chided Renji for just how noisy he is many times, ever since you partnered up with him to run his shop just over a year ago and have lost count of how many times you’ve been on the phone with a customer and they could hear the sounds of Renji yelling in the shop.

“I don’t know if heavy is the word for it. It’s stupid, really… But some things are hard to let go of even ten years later.” You murmur the last part to yourself more than to Renji, and he soon settles into his usual chair in front of your desk with his freshly popped snack.

“Well, what is it?” He gathers up a handful of popcorn, dropping in a few pieces into his mouth and chewing expectantly, raising a brow at your hesitation. You were fine the last time he came up here! What could’ve happened in the two hours he’s been hard at work in the garage?

Sighing, you pull the email up again. “My high school reunion is coming soon.”

“Oh. And… it’s a bad thing?” He asks carefully, considering each word with more finesse than when he does electrical work. Oh god, are you about to enter some weird, way too early midlife crisis?? He can already barely handle you while on your period, he’ll never survive this—

“I mean, I guess it isn’t? Or it shouldn’t be. I dunno… High school wasn’t really great for me.” Your lips twist as that sinking, dismal feeling claws back into your gut.

Renji shuffles more popcorn into his hand. “I don’t think it was for most people, really. ‘S why I dropped out and started this up.”

“I wasn’t really bullied or anything. I just always felt like I didn’t belong, y’know? Nobody really talked to me or got to know me, and I kinda just stopped trying after a point. I had a few friends I’d made, but never ones that I’d meet outside of school or anything like that. I never went to the dances or football games, or even the skating rink when I was in middle school and that was the thing middle schoolers did every Friday night. And going to this reunion, I think it’d just… Be more of the same. I don’t wanna feel that way again. I doubt anyone would even remember me!”

Who could forget a face like that? Renji thinks to himself. “‘S up to you. When is it?”

“The end of next month.”

The redhead nods thoughtfully, dumping the last of the popcorn into his palm. “Let’s make a deal. You go to that reunion, and I’ll be your plus one.”

“You sure? It’s probably gonna be boring…”

“I’m a dropout, so ‘s not like I’m getting any other opportunity to be bored to tears and watch guys that peaked in high school football reminisce about how they almost got to go pro. C’mon, chin up! If it’s no good, we’ll make it good. Okay?”

A warm feeling pushes out the nastiness in your tummy and a warm smile replaces the unsure pout on your lips. “Alright. We’ll go to this stupid thing.”

The corner of his mouth perks up a tad. “I can even pretend to be part of the British monarchy to shake things up, if you want.”

“Ren, no.” A giggle bubbles at the mere idea of Renji attempting any sort of British accent. And this guy, the one with tattoos that start at his forehead and go all the way down to his ankles, playing royalty?? Only a fool would believe him!

Though thinking about it further after Renji’s head back into the shop to finish the day off, you surmise that it’s not entirely impossible that you attended school with just the idiots that would think a foreign prince is at their ten year high school reunion, and on your arm!

The day comes quicker than you’d hoped. It’s been a miserable slog to prepare for (figuring out what to wear to a ten-year reunion was far more difficult than it had any right to be!) but with the help of Renji’s assurance over the last few weeks, you’re quite calm as you add the final touches to your hair, makeup and outfit. He’s on his way now to pick you up, surely in one of his restored classic cars to add just a little bit of style to your entry, and your heart thumps quickly in the face of his impending arrival. Having been a friend and business partner of Renji for over a year now, you still haven’t spent much time in these sort of scenarios together— this could almost be a date. Your cheeks scorch at the thought of your friendship with Renji taking that sort of turn. It’s unlikely at best and absolutely impossible at worst! Your threads just can’t cross like that, even if the attraction was there. Too much rides on the line of your professional relationship, and to lose that would lead to a litany of problems that would only drag you right back into the messes he and you both were in back when you first met.

Cracking down as your curious mind almost starts contemplating the what-ifs, the doorbell is ringing with Renji waiting on the other side. His grin nearly blinds you, though the roaring of wanton blood rushing through you overwhelms all of your other senses. Here this man is, handsome and sweet-smelling and on your doorstep.

For a non-romantic evening spent around your former high school peers. It’s a wonder how life manages to keep kicking you while you’re down.

“Hey, you ready to go? You look great.” Those warm eyes of his are hungry and he’s not afraid to show it. You opted for a tried and true classic in the form of the little black dress, and while it’s no trendsetter or daring attempt to make any statements, it’s certainly going to draw eyes. Renji’s got half the mind to ditch the dumb reunion entirely and take you out somewhere more deserving of such beauty— alas, he doesn’t tend to frequent any place that isn’t his garage or a dive bar, and it’s not what he’s been asked to do anyway.

And getting the opportunity to take you on a date is something he can only achieve in his daydreams.

“Me? Let’s talk about you for a second!” A flirty giggle bubbles up. This is the first time you’ve seen his hair down and it’s gorgeously spilling over the shoulders of his deep green suit jacket that compliments him like no other color you’ve seen him wear. He’s delicious, tantalizing, so radiant and, criminally, is not here for any of the things you’re wishing he’s here for. “Goodness, Ren, you look amazing!”

Renji’s cheeks dust a rosy shade. “Had to clean up nice for you. The foreign prince offer is still on the table, after all.”

Snorting, your purse is hooked over your shoulder while you step beside him and lock the front door behind you. “No, it isn’t.”

“You’ve never had fun a day in your life!” Renji’s pout is pitiful, but quickly wiped away as he leads you to the car. Your assumption of his vehicle of choice was right, the exterior particularly shiny after a fresh coat of wax Renji applied earlier today. You’re certainly set to turn heads when you arrive at the country club the reunion is held at!

Your palms begin to feel clammy as Renji closes your door and crosses over to the driver’s side. The club is about a twenty minute drive away, maybe thirty if there’s traffic, and then you’ll be face to face with your graduating class. Have they been successful? Will they remember you? You can’t decide if it’s for the best or not if they have no ideas about you. What will keep them from shutting you out like they had ten years ago?

Renji’s curved knuckle taps beneath your chin, guiding you to look over at him. The car is small, and your proximity to your mechanic as such is far closer than you’ve ever been. His breath is minty, fanning warmly over your skin as his deep voice coaxes at you gently. “Hey... Relax. This is only gonna be as bad as you let it be. High school didn’t mean anything back then and it damn sure isn’t gonna mean anything now.”

“I don’t wanna feel left out again.” You whisper with glossy eyes and a wobbly lip that threatens to ruin your makeup.

“You’re not gonna be left out! I’m gonna be there the entire time, right by your side. We’re gonna drink and talk to people and have a good time. Don’t psych yourself out, okay??” He murmurs sweetly, and he may as well be chanting don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry over and over with that look on his face. He’s really the biggest sweetheart despite what your first impression of him had you thinking way back when—  a pretty girl in tears may as well be his kryptonite!

“Promise?” You blink away your tears with a sniffle, and Renji’s lips curl into a smile.

“I promise. And you know it’s true because I’m a terrible liar. Just trust me and it’ll all be over before you know it.” He winks at you and turns to start the car up, and the fears in your chest fade away rather than strengthen the closer you get to the venue. What’s there to truly be afraid of? You’re in a beautiful car alongside a wonderful, handsome man that's doing his best to make you happy. A smile blooms on your lips, and you give Renji a strong hug upon exiting the car.

“Thank you, Renji.”

His cheeks blush the brightest pink, clashing awfully with his scarlet hair as his strong arms loop around you tightly. “Hey… Anytime.”

After parting, Renji offers his arm up to you, and you gladly take it! Walking into this reunion on the arm of a handsome man was the last thing you planned on doing when you first got the email, but for once life has decided to give you lemonade rather than lemons.

[nightingale-bloom]

okay (probably) final plan for the library of jesse project prep:

-finish making any needed accounts tomorrow (saturday)

-start taking notes on all the stuff i wanna screenshot at my earliest convenience (probably sunday)

for reference, the current day as of posting is friday, september 6th, 2024.

what have i already done?

-made the carrd with all the links on it, added it to the pinned post for my main blog and sideblog

-made the lojp sideblog (accessible from the carrd)

-made the flickr-based gallery

-made a progress tracker on google docs and a volunteer image submission form

-took minimal notes for s2 e1 screenshots yesterday afternoon before realizing there was more to do and burning out for the night (they're physical, but they'll be going on the progress tracker doc soon enough)

-wrote some image submission guidelines

-came up with a few ideas for the sideblog's banner (no idea what the pfp will end up being though)

i'm real excited to get into the meat of this project! while tedious, it'll be great for artists like myself, and likely writers as well.

oh, and stuff i wanna do that will likely be part of tomorrow's account-making shenanigans (helps to have a to-do list!):

-make a discord or something (not sure how i feel about discord, we'll see after i'v read their tos and done some research)

-make accounts on a few more image sharing sites to spread the gallery far as i can get it

-find or make something for lojp's banner and pfp across all sites i put it on

[nevinslibrary]

Make It So Friday

Dr. McCoy is thrust into becoming Commander McCoy when he is given the conn by Kirk, who then seems to disappear from not just the planet that he was on, but from everywhere entirely. But, I’m getting ahead of myself, the story starts with the Enterprise being ordered to go to a planet that seems to have 3 distinct species that are conscious of their consciousness. They are also all super unique lifeforms, and mysterious too. The crew goes down, and then, the Captain does. And suddenly, McCoy is in charge, and his time in charge is definitely not a pleasure cruise.

I definitely liked that we get to see Uhura a lot since the Linguists get some great stuff in this book. (The wanting verbs cracked me up). And McCoy is definitely a unique commander too. Then, there were the antagonists in the book. They were awesome, as was how McCoy dealt with them. That was really fun.

This always seems to be a highly recommended TOS book, and, I definitely get why, it was a very different look at what a conscious being can be and what a Starship commander can be too.

You may like this book If you Liked: Harm's Way by David Mack, Captain to Captain by Greg Cox, or One Constant Star by David R. George, III

Doctor's Orders by Diane Duane

[jonfucius]

Great Star Trek Rewatch - The Original Series S2

Originally posted on Twitter 26 October 2020 - 2 December 2020

Star Trek: The Original Series Season 2 is up next in my Great Star Trek Rewatch. As with ENT, DSC, STX, and TOS Season 1, mini-reviews will document my progress.

Amok Time: After 29 episodes and some contradictory continuity, we finally get the first concrete details on Mr. Spock and the Vulcan species. A classic fight scene rounds out a strong start to Season 2. 8/10

Who Mourns for Adonais?: A decent early Season 2 entry. The giant green space hand is iconic, but the meat of the story rises above. Thanks to this episode, it became tradition that chief engineers on the starships Enterprise can't catch a break in the romance department. 7/10

The Changeling: A dry run of sorts for the superior Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The second time Kirk talks a computer to death, and it's a slow burn to the climax. 6/10

Mirror, Mirror: One of the most enduring concepts across Trek's 50+ year history is the Mirror Universe. This is still one of the best Mirror Universe tales, simply for its originality and focus. 9/10

The Apple: A Prime Directive debate and some red shirt massacres forms the crux of this otherwise forgettable episode. Definitely not one I'd revist on a whim. Not terrible, just mediocre. 5/10

The Doomsday Machine: This one and "Balance of Terror" jockey back and forth for #1 on my list of the best TOS episodes. William Windom's performance is superb, the titular device is scary (I hid behind the sofa when I watched this one as a kid), and the score is iconic. 10/10

Catspaw: Star Trek and Halloween don't go very well together. Even though this has an ostensibly scientific explanation, it still reeks of magic and sorcery. It is goofy, that's why it gets 4/10.

I, Mudd: This one starts slow but turns into a classic comedy by the end. Carmel is back as Mudd, though the portrayal of his wife is problematic at best. 7/10

Metamorphosis: This poignant love story with a solid sci-fi hook just clicks for me. It’s not the best but it just works. 9/10

Journey to Babel: Season 2 is definitely Spock-focused, and those episodes have not disappointed. This is a classic for good reason: action, pathos, humor, world-building. 10/10

Friday’s Child: Tonal problems keep this one from joining the ranks of the true classics. It’s serviceable but dreadfully slow in the middle. The Capellans are a fascinating race, it’s too bad we don’t see them again. 6/10

The Deadly Years: Impressive 60s aging makeup aside, this one doesn’t do much for me. The old age jokes are stereotypes, though the use of elderly actors in the first act is ingenious. And a rare bit of serialization with a callback to “The Corbomjte Maneuver” is welcome. 6/10

Obsession: Kirk gets some backstory and dimension in a tight, tense script. This is a well-paced acting showcase for Shatner. 9/10

Wolf in the Fold: This would have made for an excellent Halloween episode. A gaseous/energy being is easier to believe than the “Catspaw” transmuter, oddly enough. The line about women being easier to scare, and the Kara dance, are typical ugly 60s sexism, unfortunately. 7/10

The Trouble with Tribbles: A fuzzy thing happens on the way to Sherman’s Planet. A classic that thoroughly earns the title, it’s endlessly rewatchable and filled to the brim with classic gags, one-liners, and scenes for the entire cast. 10/10

The Gamesters of Triskelion: Angelique Pettyjohn’s look is iconic, but not much else about this episode is. A huge letdown after the preceding episode. 5/10

A Piece of the Action: An excellent palate cleanser after the preceding dud. Really wish we could follow up on the Iotians some day. I forgot how funny this episode is. 9/10

The Immunity Syndrome: Season 2 giveth, and Season 2 taketh away. The concept of a spaceborne lifeform is compelling, but this is otherwise a dog of a show. 4/10

A Private Little War: when the show tackles the Vietnam allegory, it sings. When it focuses on Nona, it falters under the weight of 60s’ sexism and bigotry. 7/10

Return to Tomorrow: A different take on the non-corporeal beings trope that hangs around TOS like an albatross, this one is more nuanced and subtle than most. Come for Nimoy’s delightful villain performance, stay for the poignant denouement. 8/10

Patterns of Force: An examination of how easy it is for a society to fall in love with fascism misses the mark by claiming power and not racism was the animus of Nazism, much like Confederate apologists claim the Civil War was about rights and not slavery. 0/10

By Any Other Name: The Kelvans’ powers are frightening, but it’s an episode I just can’t get excited about, except for Scotty drinking one under the table. 6/10

The Omega Glory: Gene, your über-patriotism is showing. Another late Season 2 letdown. 3/10

The Ultimate Computer: TOS has a serious distrust of powerful computers/AI that fades somewhat in the later series. Daystrom is a tragic figure, and the horror of the murder of the Excalibur’s crew is effectively conveyed. 8/10

Bread and Circuses: The social commentary is on point, but two parallel Earth stories in three weeks is somewhat tiresome. Still, an entertaining yarn. 7/10

Assignment: Earth: I’m ambivalent on this back door pilot. I like the Gary Seven character, and I normally enjoy time travel stories, but it just doesn’t do a whole lot for me. It’s not excellent, it’s not bad, it just is. 6/10

And with that, Season 2 of TOS comes to an end in my Great Star Trek Rewatch. Final score: 6.77/10. Highest score(s): "The Doomsday Machine," "Journey to Babel," "The Trouble with Tribbles." Lowest score(s): "Patterns of Force"

[saiyansweetheart45]

Here's a little preview of the first chapter of a new story that will be posted next Friday, titled When the Stars Go Dim. I hope you all enjoy.

Johnny could feel his heart beating wildly as he and the rest of his theater family stepped toward the curtain as it rose and revealed then to the roaring applause of the crowd.

The young mountain gorilla grinned as he and the others took their bows before he gestured to the great Clay Calloway who had joined them.

It may be the only night of their performance in the show, but Johnny couldn't help but feel proud. They had done what they set out to do in Redshore City and could now return to Calatonia with no regrets.

Nothing could ruin this night.

At least not until that conniving Jimmy Crystal somehow managed to worm his way onstage and try to take credit for the show, going so far as to claim a close friendship with Calloway.

As the narcissistic wolf continued to stroke his own ego, Mr. Moon looked to each of the other animals. A sly smile that Johnny had never seen before appeared on the koala showman's face as he nodded to the curtain.

Everyone glanced to one another. Suddenly, Calloway winked at Mr. Moon and it all clicked.

Fighting back snickers, the nine animals quickly and quietly made their getaway, leaving behind only a blustering Arctic wolf. And moments later, they heard the entire theater erupt into laughter they all knew came at Crystal's expense.

"Mate, that was awesome!" Nooshy beamed as she appeared beside Johnny. "You were amazin' out there! 'Specially when you taught that tippy-toed tosser a lesson!"

"Thanks to you," Johnny shrugged, rubbing the back of his head. "Once he knocked me down like that, I thought that was it for me. Then I heard you start up and...I dunno...it just sorta sparked somethin'."

"You were incredible, Johnny," came a new voice.

Johnny and Nooshy turned to see Ryan making his way over.

Nooshy snickered and Johnny shushed her. Ryan was still in his underwear, but Johnny couldn't find any amusement.

Despite the euphoria of a successful show, Despite the knowledge that even his dad and uncles had turned up to protect him and the others, getting to watch him perform in the process, something within Johnny felt entirely wrong.

"Oi, Johnny," Nooshy's smile disappeared and was replaced by a look of concern. "What's the matter?"

Johnny held a hand to the back of his head, though that did nothing to quell the feeling within his head.

"I dunno...but I think somethin's off..."

...

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Hope that little bit at least gets you lot excited for what comes next. Feel free to drop a comment here or a review on fanfiction.net

Thanks in advance!

[thegeminisage]

ok, tng update time. friday we did "the offspring" and yesterday we did "sins of the father" and "allegiance."

the offspring: WHAT THE FUCK.................................

ok, as previously noted, this was the first episode of tng to make me cry for purely tng reasons (the bones thing doesn't count bc that's crying over tos, technically). i love data SO MUCH this episode was incredible

ok, admittedly, lal was a little hard to watch at times, the acting on her part was not super great, but the storytelling was very solid, and the situation data found himself in was such. a situation

i liked picard's arc in this, actually. he started kinda freaked out by lal and thinking of "it" as a poorly-thought-out invention of data's, and by the end he was fighting for her rights just as hard as he fought for data's in measure of a man, right up to being willing to put his own career on the line

the thing is, he was sort of correct...like, nobody else on the ship needs picard's permission to procreate (and what a wham line that was, even i had been thinking he should've consulted someone first before he did anything until he said that!!) - BUT because of data's unique situation and how tenuous it is that he even has rights as a living being at all, it puts him in the position of: if he does choose to have children, that child will immediately be in the same kind of dangers he himself has faced

also, how stupid that starfleet wasn't ok with having both androids on the staship when it was fine for the ONLY android to be on one...like, it kind of proves that a lot of people still don't think of data as being real or alive in their hindbrains, even if they use the right lip service. like i said, even picard AND EYE PERSONALLY were shocked he did this without consulting someone when we wouldn't have the same kind of shock if it happened to a human

though come to think of it i definitely don't think starfleet officers should be getting pregnant in space either no children should be aboard a starship human or not but that's a different story

it's WILD that she surpassed him, learned to feel feelings (and i still blame the starfleet dude for giving her a panic attack or w/e), and then he's got what's left of her in his own brain. 8in theory, he should know how to access a feeling...but can he, without being destroyed...that's twice now (her and raina) that we've seen androids be destroyed by their ability to feel emotion. i wonder if data realizes that what he seeks is actually very dangerous to him...

anyway, what got me was "thank you for my life." it was so short and most of it wasn't even fun but she was glad to have experienced it and AAAAAAAAA. god. 10/10

sins of the father: i was looking forward to this one bc of the title, and SO pleased it turned out to be good. worf fucking rules, i love him so much

i was so worried that secret brother was gonna be a liar or double cross him, because it seemed SO obvious, but once again i was pleasantly surprised not to be able to predict the plot (although i did see lal dying horribly coming from a mile off, lol).

my one gripe with this episode is that i wish riker had been worf's uh, i forget the klingon word but his second. picard is fine and all but he felt kind of redundant here. nobody needed him to be a captain and picard himself said he wasn't as young or as strong as another man on the ship, and riker having been exposed to klingon culture and also generally being down to clown would have been a way more fun choice. i also think riker would have objected more strongly to the ultimate resolution, and it would mean more coming from him to have told worf's brother "don't forget and don't let your children forget" because he would have been way angrier, and we rarely see riker with that kind of righteous anger that picard does so well. like, picard does it all the time so it didn't feel as noteworthy, but if riker had done it, it would have stood out in a big way

also, i liked the part where worf backhanded that guy bc he knew he was better than him lol

anyway i really hope that plot comes back someday, it fucked

allegiance: this episode fucking sucked. they strung us along for like 35 minutes without giving us any clues to solve the mystery ourselves and then revealed PICARD worked it out by using facts we don't know anything about

also, logistics. they have food in that place but i didn't see water or a bathroom and they were in there for DAYS

i didn't like the fake picard either...he was not very much fun to watch. him interrupting the poker game made me want to die of secondhand embarrassment. also, it was never explained why he wanted to fly the ship into a sun...whats the point of creating a double if he does suspicious and noticable things like murder-suiciding an entire starship lol

THAT SAID. this episode is saved from total dud status because of the mutiny. i LOOOVE when they do mutiny on star trek. this one was SO fun fake picard literally gave worf an order and he went into parade rest and stared into the middle distance and obeyed riker instead. WORF/RIKER/DEANNA IS REAL I'M TELLING YOU. whew <3

tonight: "captain's holiday" (dread...) and "tin man"

[calliecat93]

Alright, I finally made some decisions for the Callie Watches Things sideblog. I've been trying to decide on stuff to watch and how I want to go about it. I've decided on the following:

Sailor Moon (original series, VIZ dub, all five seasons)

Star Trek TOS (all three seasons + films)

The Disney Animated Features Canon (all 61 films... or at least all the ones on Disney+)

I'm gonna do two episodes of SM and two of Star Trek TOS (one when we get to the films) per day. Monday and Wednesday will be Sailor Moon, Tuesday and Thursday will be Star Trek. Fridays will be Disney Movie Night essentially with me doing a film that day. That'll not only mean not stressing myself out like I have been trying to binge so much at once, but it'll give me two days off as well on the weekend.

I'll likely do some watchthrough posts here on my main, which for TOS will be fun since it's been two years since I watched it so it'll be fun to see how my opinions have changed. I watched what was available of the SN Viz dub back in 2020. The more in-depth posts, which I plan to do kind of like I used to do RWBY, will go on the Watches Things blog. If I get compelled to do any analysis stuff, it'll likely go on here but we'll see. It may depend.

So I'm gonna start this tomorrow (my birthday, yay!), though posts won't be coming out until the following week. Now of course my planning abilities and actually carrying it out... yeah my track record ain't great. But hopefully doing it this way means pressuring myself less and will keep me on some kind of schedule but at a better pace. Mainly I just want to have fun and express it to other people, but most especially to myself. So hope you enjoy~!

[thisismehappy]

tag 9 people you’d like to get to know better

tagged by: @sculien 😘 and actually! @narvaldetierra tagged me in this too a little while ago so there you go! 💜

- 3 ships: EO (Elliot/Olivia) from SVU, literally almost anyone with Olivia from SVU (see this mediocre gif set I made lmao), Rafi/7 from Picard (but I haven't read any fic yet lol. That's the real test, but I just finished season 2 last week and EO is out of control right now lmao)

- first ever ship: I'm gonna say my first ship was MSR. I was 10 and it was 1996 and I'd literally never even been on the internet so I didn't know a thing about fandom, but I'd write little stories about them anyway. I desperately wanted them to have all the sex and babies LMAO. If we're taking internet/fandom related, I'll go with Lianca. That's Lena and Bianca from All My Children (first same sex kiss on daytime tv lol). I used to read their fics on message boards. I think they actually spoiled me a bit because AMC watchers trended older so there was pretty good fic. I find it hilarious that the word "ship" in this context was literally created for MSR which I was dead for, but I first heard the term related to a secondary Bianca ship with her sister Kendall. They called it Kinks, the ship to hell. 14 year old me was stunned and intrigued by this internet nonsense. 😂

- last song: Say Something by Jasmine Thompson (I have a google doc eo fic that I'm never going to post that's named after this song 😂)

- last movie: Matilda the musical. It was delightful 💜 Although I liked both the original movie and the Broadway show better.

- currently reading: Mostly fanfiction. Also, Kushiel's Dart which was recommended by a lovely lady here on the tumblr. I've never read it before, but it's pretty great!

- currently watching: I watch kinda weirdly little TV on my own for some reason. Like I need it to be a social appointment mostly lmao. I'm watching L&O SVU and OC on my own. Then I have a Friday night crew and we're currently watching Star Trek TOS and Babylon 5, but taking a break to watch the Witcher spin off atm. My Saturday night crew just finished Season 2 Picard and we're about to start Season 5 of the Crown. Oh we also watch Grey's when there's new ones.

- currently consuming: Lol an orange cream flavored water

- currently craving: Cuddles lmao. Someone come squish me up please.

- tagging these babes: Haha I already shot my tagging wad for the night so I'll let you tag yourselves if you want to 💜

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[kinetic-elaboration]

November 5: End of Con

I spent the weekend at virtual KiScon and tomorrow I have to go back to the real world and I'm so discombobulated about it. I had a really good time, and it was nice to totally immerse myself in fandom conversations and watch parties and so on, but it is kind of a hard come down. I was expecting that, though.

This upcoming week is going to be weird and I hate thinking about it. I probably shouldn't. Tomorrow I'm going to work as usual, but then I really do have to go shopping afterwards and I don't much want to do that. Not gonna lie. Tuesday I'm off for election day but I have to vote and then I'm getting updated vaccinations in the afternoon. Wednesday we'll see how I feel--I'm a little worried that the answer will be 'bad.' Then somehow it's the end of the week again.

Last year, I had a great time at KiScon but all the inspiration I felt after Saturday got cancelled out by Sunday, where I mostly just felt really intimidated (I didn't attend Friday events because I was at work). This year, I still feel that desire to create, though it's quite vague. I wrote a little Kirk/Mitchell ficlet yesterday, which I loved doing, and since the con ended I've been looking at yarn for a nice K/S scarf. I'm serious about doing it this year! I'm gonna do it!

Troped announcing an end to events the same weekend as the con feels... very interestingly timed for me personally. I'm still a stubborn bitch who doesn't want to give up on her old WIPs and ideas. But...

But what? What would I do? Where would I go? Do I want to go fully into K/S again? Would I even be able to? I don't know. The truth is that I probably have enough on my WIP list to keep me writing for years without having to come up with a single additional new idea so I really shouldn't worry about running out. I've been writing for about 25 years and I haven't run out of ideas, you know? There's just a sort of haziness to the future that I can't define.

Maybe this is just me reacting to having stepped out of reality for 3 days. Now I'm facing a return to... everything. Work. Trying to fix my sleep schedule. Writing I said I would do. An apartment that... needs work. A November that's bizarre. Holidays coming up.

I realized during the con that I still think of myself as 'someone who watched all of TOS recently and is totally well-versed in all of it and full of detailed memories' but actually it's been a year and a half since I finished TOS, and about 3 and a half years since I started the rewatch. Time really just keeps moving, huh?

[mikemulrain]

Friday 24th March

Moving on again today, heading to the Turrialba Valley, a rich agricultural area in the Central Highlands, about a 6 hour journey, which was broken up with a couple of stops, including our first sight of the Turrialba volcano, one of 5 active volcanoes in the country. We pulled over to photograph a 3 toed sloth, unfortunately the camera was playing up but we should get clearer pictures later in the trip! Guillermo had booked a traditional CR restaurant for lunch, rice and beans with a choice of meats or vegetables and guava juice from the restaurant’s garden, the views from the restaurant were amazing and as we had made good time on our earlier drive we had plenty of time to soak up the views and wander around the beautiful garden. We had been told that this place produced amazing ‘postres’ and most of us were tempted, our table of 8 decided to each choose a different dessert and to share, the selection was impressive; passion fruit cheesecake, lemon tart, chocolate cake, a caramel pudding, a vanilla cake and more, including Churchill, which is a bright pink cake! All were very tasty but we were now fully fed and we’re heading off for a walk!

About 45 minutes further on and we stopped at La Marta Wildlife Refuge, an area of primary and secondary forest within La Amistad Biosphere ( recognised as a UNESCO World Patrimony of Humanity). The area is mountainous with waterfalls, rivers and caves and supports a wide range of plants including orchids, bromeliads, lichens and mosses and animals including anteaters, ocelots and tapirs. Well, we got to see the plants but no animals, as they are mainly nocturnal, and a few glimpses of birds. Most of us took a walk up to the viewpoint, from where we had an amazing view of the surrounding forest, mountains and volcano. We also saw a derelict coffee plant which operated a century and a half ago, the coffee was brought in by the ‘burrocarriles’ or mule trains from the plantations. The site also housed a number of cattle and the workers lived there, as the plant was so remote. The weather turned a little wet,which made the ascent and the descent a bit slippery, so as the rain started to turn heavier we returned to the bus and drove to our next overnight stop. This area has many sugar cane plantations, Guillermo told us some of the history and that they burn small areas of the field at a time to get rid of the snakes etc before the workers go in to remove the cane and it is bundled up on to cart to be taken away for processing.

Villa Florencio is the grandest place that we have stayed, we were fortunate to have a wonderful room but only had 1 night to enjoy it. Dinner was a bit of a shambles, we sat with Kate & Jules, from the Mumbles and had a great evening but the restaurant service left a bit to be desired, 3 starters and a main course arrived, the main course was sent back, the final starter arrived after two of the main courses had arrived followed immediately by a main course, which was sent back and the guys had completely finished their main courses before we got ours delivered to the table, at least 10 minutes apart. Apparently this is not a new issue here, as Kate had read reviews saying this was previously an issue. Off to bed and as we finally have good internet connection we were able to get the blog posted up to date.

[hang-on-lil-tomato]

I’ve been through this so many times! when a low grade moron tv exec gets it in their pin heads that they hate a show, they will deep six a great show for whatever whim it is.

Star Trek is rhe classic case. They begrudgingly green lit season 3, then burned off Roddenberry and installed a TERRIBLE producer (we now call “showrunner”.) Superfan Bjo Trumble dubbed him “Kiss of Death Freidberger”

so NBC, then deliberately sabotaged ST TOS by sticking it on Friday night at 10pm. Then they get to say “sorry, you don’t have the ratings”.

and don’t get my started on Firefly and Farscape! 🤬🤬🤬🤬

He is NOT fucking around.

[nevinslibrary]

Make It So Friday

There are so so many Star Trek comics, published by so many different publishers. From Marvel to IDW and everything in between. These particular comics start from the beginning. But, not the TOS beginning, before that, with Christopher Pike and the Enterprise beginning. And, it’s so cool. Pike was only in one official episode of The Original Series, “The Menagerie”, and then from those few things that we learned about him during the episode comes these comics. It was also interesting to see how these writers interpreted those few facts that we knew into his story vs. how the writers on Strange New Worlds are doing the same thing. Or for that matter, the story of the character that is now officially in canon known as Una Chin-Riley (aka Number One). But, in this she has a different name, but, again, in a lot of ways is the same.

It was such a fun read, this first and the second volume too, it’s just a shame that for whatever reason there are only two volumes. It would have been great to have collaboration between the different publishers and have a truly chronological look at Star Trek comics!

Star Trek: The Stardate Collection Vol. 1 by Scott Tipton