#james babbles

[jathirmankithrusakajames]

I haven't met anyone new and that's a crying shame. Someone come bother an old man.

[anghraine]

While I'm in my Star Trek (The Original Series) downspiral, I thought it would be fun to propose a poll of random details mentioned in TOS specifically.

The episodes each factoid comes from:

Kirk the tough teacher -> Where No Man Has Gone Before (S1)

Spock's shame over his feelings for Kirk -> The Naked Time (S1)

The Uhura/Chapel kiss -> What Are Little Girls Made Of (S1)

Kirk refusing to convert to Hellenic(/ancient alien) polytheism because he's a firm monotheist -> Who Mourns for Adonais? (S2)

McCoy honoring the privacy of the hot lady of the week's disability -> Is There In Truth No Beauty? (S3)

Uhura talking about how she's always found it calming to listen to Kirk over the loudspeaker -> Plato's Stepchildren (S3)

The Gorn Did Nothing Wrong -> Arena (S1)

Spock hasn't had a father-son relationship with Sarek for 18 years (or visited his parents for 4) -> Journey to Babel (S2)

Sulu and Chekov don't believe in just following orders -> Turnabout Intruder (S3)

Kirk was a 13-year-old genocide survivor -> The Deadly Years (S2) / The Conscience of the King (S1)

McCoy gets married to the priestess Natira, one of the few female authority figures who is capable and noble and survives and gains full leadership of her people, and Kirk promises to help him visit her periodically -> For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (S3)

Spock is finally convinced that his thoughts are being influenced by outside forces because he voluntarily ate meat -> All Our Yesterdays (S3)

[bandtrees]

streamed the james somerton apology video for a vc of 9 friends, as we watched i made an ms paint quilt to capture the emotional journey

[inkyarcturus]

Cackling while imagining Severus picking up Harry like a cat by the scruff and Harry just automatically becomes limp. I love when parental figures do that to their unruly children.

[hitmewithsomebooks]

@jegulus-microfic Feb 17 - soup

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“Sorry, I’m babbling again…” Regulus muttered, trailing off. James smiled at him.

“I like it when you babble. I always learn so much. Like, I never knew that we blink 20 times a minute, or ants don’t have lungs, or that there’s a soup made from bird nests!” James exclaimed, sounding genuinely interested.

Regulus’s brows furrowed, his lips parted slightly in a little ‘o’. James found it rather endearing.

“You mean you… listened to all that stuff? You actually listened to what I was saying?” Regulus questioned, his tone surprised.

“Well o’ course. Who wouldn’t?” James asked, cocking his head to the side rather like a puppy.

“Quite a lot of people, actually. I can tell when they’re spacing out or not paying attention. People think I babble.” Regulus said with a shrug, but James could see that it bothered him.

“Well, clearly they’re just daft.” James sniffed, and Regulus smiled.

“You think?”

“Absolutely!” James assured him, his expression firm. “I could listen to you talk all day.” He added, his face softening into a gentle smile as he gazed at Regulus. The younger boy blinked, turning away to stare at his books, willing away the blush that threatened to stain his cheeks. He cleared his throat.

“I’m sure you’d get bored just like the rest of them soon enough.”

James frowned. 

“I most certainly would not.” He protested, chin raised to show how serious he was. Regulus scoffed.

“You want to put that theory to the test, Potter?” The young Slytherin asked, and James grinned.

“You’re on, Black.”

Over the next few weeks, they met up in the library, every day, and would start talking. Or, in most cases, Regulus would start talking, and James would watch that little spark pop into his eyes as his passion for the topic grew, a content smile on his face as he listened.

Regulus was flabbergasted. This boy, who seemed to have the attention span of a puppy (not to mention the eyes, personality, and charm of a puppy), had his focus on Regulus the entire time he talked. Every single day.

And he looked so happy while he did it. Like he was genuinely taking in and enjoying each and every word. Like he couldn’t wait to hear the next thing out of Regulus’s mouth.

It was incredibly endearing. And intoxicating. Regulus had never found someone who loved to listen to him before, and he didn’t plan on letting this one go.

Luckily for him, James planned on listening to Regulus for the rest of his life.

[daveysbones]

I don't think I'll ever reach peak like this again, Ayreonblr

[lnthestillness]

i’m sorry but i hate it when people only refer to lily as lily evans.

HER NAME WAS LILY POTTER.

she chose to take james’ last name because she loved him deeply and that should matter. it is not diminishing her character as a woman to call her lily potter, when she CHOSE to be called that.

people acting like an angel loses it’s wings whenever a female character takes the last name of her husband gets on my nerves.

the only time lily should be referred to as lily evans is in fics or aus where her and james aren’t married.

lily potter was her chosen name! put some respect on it!

[solstartide]

bottom james supremacy

[myceliumbutch]

Ok but hear me out

[jathirmankithrusakajames]

My great grandson is horrified that I know of hatsune miku and leekspin.

Boy I may be old but I'm not uneducated about internet culture.

I think

[anghraine]

It's wild to me that I had heard of the prime Kirk/Spock content in various TOS episodes long before I saw them, but had never heard of what IMO is the shippiest moment of all thus far, in an interestingly O_o goddamn I do not want whatever you two have but you do you?? holy shit though what a moment way.

I'm of course referring to the otherwise rather mid episode "Requiem for Methuselah," in which Kirk has an underwritten love affair with a clueless woman whose various secrets have to be discovered before her inevitable death.

At one point in this relationship, her.......uh, guardian??? sort of???????? had Spock play the piano while she and Kirk waltzed, which (in-story) Spock did perfectly while somehow managing to silently exude even more intensity than usual. After the plot (and her life) were over, we end not with the usual cheerful bit of snark on the bridge that ends most episodes, but with a weary Kirk falling asleep with his head on his arms and Spock hovering not for away. McCoy exposits the last bit of detail and then goes on an unprompted and honestly pretty viciously racist speech about how Spock, unlike Kirk, will never suffer from the joys and travails of love because of his inherent lack of feeling as a Vulcan. The speech is longer than usual and just really mean-spirited as McCoy waxes rhapsodic about all the aspects of passionate true love that Spock will not and cannot experience as a Vulcan before he just leaves.

Spock then turns to look at Kirk, and now just bleeding intensity, takes a few slow, deliberate steps towards the sleeping Kirk, lays his hand against Kirk's cheek and neck, and then very obviously mind melds with the sleeping Kirk while murmuring, "Forget."

Is this healthy respectful behavior that honors Kirk's autonomy? No, obviously. Is it god-tier repressed homoerotic passion between two people who should probably just work their issues out and stop inflicting themselves on anyone else? Yes.

[bonefall]

I do feel bad for Owen. Clearly this is NOT his forte. #freeowen

I'm guessing Owen has some kind of contract to do all the covers for the "Erin Hunter" books, since he also seems to do the art for Bravelands and Survivors. Which baffles me.

When you look at his portfolio, it seems clear that animals are NOT his strong suit. He mostly designs them as monsters or setpieces, not as characters in their own right. His humans, objects, and backgrounds are excellent, while his animals are quite generic-- So why did they choose this artist to design for their xenofiction series?

The art he does for Percy Jackson and Artemis Fowl is not as jilted and uninspired as his work for any of the Erin Hunter series. He does have a thing for harsh lighting (too harsh for my taste) but the composition is fine and the characters are recognizable. Certainly not "someone tried to unlock your phone" tier. It's strange.

It strikes me like he's not "comfortable" enough with animals to experiment with them, heavily referencing zoomed-in photos and leaving it there. Note how his cats are almost never doing anything, just sitting or standing around looking confused.

Has he ever even drawn a battle cat... battling?

I don't really feel "bad" for him, OR "mad" at him, because we have no idea what's happening behind the scenes, but I WILL say that I feel he is an absolutely awful match for WC. I don't understand what about his portfolio made him look like a good replacement for Wayne McLoughlin, besides some executive recognizing his style from somewhere else.

I hope he is compensated well for his work, but I don't buy hardcovers because of his art and am holding out hope that someone else takes over someday.

[inkyarcturus]

Thinking about Harry screaming out the classic “YOURE NOT MY DAD!” to Snape during an argument.

It would be so interesting to see the dynamics at play, especially compared to if he was adopted or not before that moment.

Pre-adopted Harry? Snapes fucked, everything’s fucked. Cuz what is he supposed to say to that? Like you’re right, I’m not your dad, I’m not your godfather, your mother hated me after 5th year and by all accounts I should not be your guardian, yet here I am and will continue to do so, because of a promise I made that I can’t tell you about and because maybe, just maybe I’m starting to love you as a son.

But then, he’d have to realize that in a way, he’s filling in for James, his bully. Harry inadvertently admitted to viewing his actions as being fatherly. How do you cope with that?

Absolute mindfuck of a situation.

Adopted Harry saying that to Severus? Comical, perfect combo of hurt/comfort. Have Snape throw it back into Harry’s face like, no no, you chose this brat, you’re stuck with me (lovingly) doesn’t matter how much screaming and fighting we do, you will always be my child.

I may not be James, I may not be Lily, or Sirius, or Remus, but I am here, and you chose me, and I chose you. You can call me your father or not, that is your choice, I know i will never replace James, but you cannot take back the love you have for me for the sake of an argument.

Add in the angst of Severus fearing becoming like his own father, as I imagine at one point he disowned himself from Tobias.

AND Harry’s point of view of all of this? The guilt he would feel over his apparent “betrayal” to James, the anger of letting himself rely on another person who he knows will disappoint him, the shame of realizing afterwards that he didn’t mean it and DOES actually see Sev as a dad?

Delicious.

[whosbloom]

here’s some of my stuffed animals as the evan’s

we don’t talk abt kyle’s

[bottlesandbones]

me too Wilson, me too.