#laura watches star trek

[kashilascorner]

Season 2 of TOS gave the very, very important information that Spock likes small, furry animals

[smallblueandloud]

i just want everyone to appreciate that i have been talking about The Good Ship beverly/jean-luc/jack for F I V E YEARS and star trek has FINALLY seen fit to give me evidence for it!!

five years!!!! and one of my doomed triads is finally getting canon evidence!!!!!! i deserve a medal!

[cringelordofchaos]

random craig tucker headcanons

has level 1 low support needs autism

gay (not a hc bt whaever.)

special interest is star trek and space in general

watching red racer every day is a routine he mustn't under almost any imaginable circumstance break

got some peruvian ancestry (from which parent's side? heck if i know) + knows a bittt of spanish

his family mostly goes without saying a word to each other during meals

when hes waiting outside the counselor's office for flipping off someone again he sits and either thinks about space or looks at images of stripe on his phone to ease any tension that migth be there

barely ever smiles except when stripe, space or tweek exist

closer to thomas than to laura

his parents taught him everythin ghe knows <33 (emotional constipation and invlulnerability but breaking the ice every one in a while)

sometimes just randomly infodumps about random facts about star strek or space or guinea pigs at the most random of times (actually canon as briefly shown in TFBW)

likes to learn / memorize random facts abt red racer, space, star trek or guinea pigs

random fact i almost mispelled guinea pigs every single time wtmf is wrong with me

for birthdays he mostly gets space-themed stuff cuz everyone knows he loves it

if hes overwhelmed, instead of having a meltdown he'll usually have a shutdown instead

sometimes rants to stripe abt stuff like relationship drama w tweek lmao

he actually liked the clothes he wore during the metrosexual fad, (evident by keeping them in his closet as shown in TFBW)

most emotion he shows is anger/being pissed off

"sooooooo happy" is actually a stim of his and it feels satisfying for him to say it every time hes sooo happy

even when hes sooo happy the most emotion he'll show is a faint smile

doesn't really smile in any pictures unless hes forced to

flipping people off for him is kinda like pushing people away and making them pissed off at him so he wouldnt need to care abt what they think of him and that way he sorta protects himself (mostly saying this bc of one of his attacks in tfbw)(i swear im sane)

hes sometimes overwhelmed from his relationship w tweek but he fucking sucks at communicating (his kryptonite in TFBW is literally communication) he didnt communicate that to tweek just yet (this is mostly shown in buddha box)(NOT SAYING CRAIG DOESNT CARE ABOUT TWEEK HE LOVES HIM HES JUST OVERWHELMED SOMETIMES FROM FEELING LIKE HES COMPLETELY RESPONIBLE FOR HIM ANDN OIEAHDKKSH leave him alone) i like to imagine tweek and craig resolve this at one point cuz im pretty sure they get married in the future and they always push through their struggles together and they rly need each other so .

u can point to a star n hell name it

has space themed pajamas

(StOLEN HC IdK FroM whO) has those glow in the dark stars in his room

i googled it sometime ago n apparently he has blue eyes ? idrc

his childhood dream was to become an astronaut (I FORGOT HOW TO SPELL IT I LITERALLY HAD TO GOOGLE IT I HATE MYSELF) but when he grew up he probably settled for something less extreme. idk what though

either got diagnosed w autism at age 10, in his teens, in his young adult years, or far afterwards, or never at all. when he was told by someone that he migth be autistic he didnt rly even bother to look it up or anything but if he did he would go like "idk i dont really think im autistic i dont think i do (x symtom) all that much" and tweeks like "You do that literally all the time !!!!". but yeah even if he gets diagnosed he doesnt rly end up taking any medication or specializzed therapy but he does gain a larger understanding of himself and how to handle things like shutdowns.)

really picky eater (cuz sensory issues)

hates wearing jeans or similiar uncomfy clothing so he wears exclusively sweatpants (again cuz of sensory issues)

his whole family is autistic actually ive decided so when mr mackey brings up the possibility of him being autistic laura and thomas deny it cuz all the symptoms he shows are what they do as well, andthyere obviously not autistic so neither can craig be.

sometimes he goes over to tweeks house completely unannounced and so does tweek (actuallycanon as shown in put it down)

0verwhelmed by the concept of emotions in general but his relationship w tweek forces him to confront that part of him he tries to avoid and forces him to open up a bit which is actually rly important

since tweek is on meth, he heavily lacks appetite and sometimes skips meals or just doesnt take care of himself enough. craig learns abt this (not the meth part cuz tweek doesnt know that eithrer) so he helps him eat enough food throughout the day so he doesnt fucken starve to death

replies to tweeks texts instantly (actually canon)

tolkiens best friend (canon according to the official south park wiki). clydes a closee second

clyde annoys the fuck out of him but in a friend teasing way and they both care abt each other obvu

i actually dont rly have hcs for him n tolkien sryyyy

jimmy makes the best remarks abt creek (canon)(in put it down he asks craig (when craig doesnt know why tweek isnt in school) "uh oh. trouble in paradise?" and in TFBW during a battle tweek tells craig smth like "ill be right with you super craig!" and jimmy says "OK, i guess illbe the third wheel." anyway live laugh jimmy)

extremely blunt pessimist (canon)

despite his reputation as a troublemaker hes actually a decently polite kid (minus the constant flipping off)

barely goes out the house or does anything exciting. nice n boring. just the way he likes it.

hates changes or sudden surprises or his routine being broken

on the verge of being diagnosed w oppositional defiance disorder

sometimes wears black nail polish (again cuz in tfbw its kinda implied he liked the metrosexual fad n black nail polish migth be a more neutral form of such self expression)(mostly self projecting here)

tumblr user

during one pride month thomas went all out and bought craig a shitton of pride themed merch that he mostly doesnt use

he loves loves lovess seeing tweeks smile !!!1!! hes like omfg finally hes getting a fucking break (tweeks life is a fucking mess)

appears unphased by some stuff even when hes really uncomfortab;le

sometimes sleeps without pillow ehn he deems it more comfortable

deals w some form of small anxiety, not to a disordered amount thogh

maybee has depression ?!? idk

dated a girl in the past cuz he thought he was supposed to, but he felt like "she was holding him back". overall he didnt give a fuck abt their breakup cuz he didnt really care that much abt the relationship and when others questioned him abt it he was confused and didnt know most ppl were heartbroken after a breakup. (sorry i love early craig being a gay mess in denial)

sometimes cartman calls him a pocoyo rip off and each time he feels the strongest urge to either decapitate or defenestrate him

before he n tweek got together he would joke to tolkien abt how he was gonna propose to him when they grew up so he could live off his wealth and not have to work for any money. (SORRY i got this concept from a webcomic (the four of them))

he n tweek send heart emojis to each other (implied)

mostlyyy dry texter (he doesnt mean to)

at one point he n tweek buy a pair of guinea pigs for stripe to befriend and craig names them castor and pollux

he n tweek get married in the future

mostly likes dry, tasteless and cold food (There r obviously exceptions thats why i said mostly)

says and intreprerts things more literally than most

still sarcastic at times

hates huge social events with too many people and noiises

used to blend in well and fit in w mob mentality but doesnt really care anymore

it wont let me write anymo

[lesbiangracehanson]

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well . if anyone sees me on here in 2 years saying i’m gonna watch the morning show s4….. Stop me

[nothingenoughao3]

hai i'm curious about what twin peaks is, can you explain it to me (preferably without spoilers) /nf

Oh, is it my birthday?! Yes I can do that!

I will say that I generally do not consider things that happen in the pilot or first episode of a TV series to be "spoilers" so much as "premise". So anything I say here that's direct plot-stuff will only come from the pilot. All right? Let's dig in!

CAPSULE SUMMARY

Twin Peaks is a surreal/magical realism/police procedural/drama/horror/soap opera produced by David Lynch and Mark Frost. It had two seasons of 30 episodes total, a film (Fire Walk With Me), and a third season that came out 25 years later in 2017.

In the pilot episode, a teenaged young woman who everyone in town knows, Laura Palmer, is found murdered. The town reels to cope with her demise and the investigation. A second young woman is found alive and wandering--and she crossed state lines as she wandered. The police call in the FBI, since it's now a multi-state case, and in walks Special Agent Dale Cooper.

As Cooper begins his investigation, he discovers that there's far, far more going on in Twin Peaks than he'd first anticipated.

[NOTE HERE that Twin Peaks covers a LOT of extremely tough and triggering topics over the course of its run. DoesTheDogDie should have a list of all triggers, although those will come with spoilers. The main one to be aware of is that sexual assault, domestic abuse, and rape are discussed. The aftermath of these crimes is depicted. It's 1990, so it's not graphic as in Law & Order: SVU, but it is very much present. Please take care of yourself first!]

NOT-SPOILER REASONS TO WATCH IT

It is a vital historical work of art. Twin Peaks revived the police procedural, popularized soap operas as an art form, launched and relaunched multiple acting careers, introduced surrealism to multiple generations of TV watchers, taught basics of Buddhism, helped spread awareness of the Free Tibet movement, and inspired countless references and imitators. When you watch Twin Peaks, you'll feel like you've seen it before... because you've almost certainly seen something which only exists because of Twin Peaks.

David Lynch is Autism Patient Zero who does not compromise his writing or his vision for NT audiences. He writes dialogue and directs actors in a way that can only be described as "everybody's got the autism accent", and it is a DELIGHT to experience.

The visuals are, often, so strong that you will forget how to breathe. Many of the sets and locations are treated like characters in and of themselves.

The title, Twin Peaks, ties into the show's central themes about identity, which is one of my favorite themes in fiction. What makes you who you are? If there was someone who looked a lot like you, would that compromise who you are? What if they have the same name as you? Are you no longer who you are if you can't remember your past? Is it sometimes a good thing to change your identity? What if everybody thinks you did something unforgivable, but you don't remember it? Does society require all of us to have public faces and private faces? Does anyone really know another person's private face?

When I first watched it, nobody shipped Trucoop (Cooper with the local police sheriff, Harry S. Truman). Now it seems like everybody does and I am not alone, yaaay.

Features one of the very few trans characters in media at the time who was unambiguously positive!

Watch an episode, then pull up the IMDB and see who everyone is. I guarantee that you'll almost always find SOMEone who was famous for other stuff. If you like Star Trek, you'll find that half the damn cast was either on TNG or DS9. It is honestly astounding to me that Jeff Combs wasn't on the series (because, I assume, he was shooting Bride of Re-Animator and other stuff).

THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR

The subtitling in some versions of the show (on DVD specifically) is really bad and unreliable. I found that the Netflix subtitles were OK. If you don't know about OpenSubtitle, I recommend using them to find better subtitles in case you need them.

As stated above, the show gets into really dark themes, and it does not shy away from them when necessary. I feel that these things are addressed in a sensitive way and frequently related to plot, but it hits everyone different.

The music... eh. I like the electro/late 80s theme and the instrumentals that back most of the scenes. But every time someone sings, I get the cringe. I've never been able to get on board with what Lynch thinks good music sounds like. But a lot of people do, so that could just be me.

It takes a lot of work to watch this show. Since so much of it is visual, it is absolutely a show you have to watch with no distractions. I found it to be worth it--past a certain point, I didn't want any distractions. But I get where it's a sacrifice of time and concentration.

If you watch it and enjoy it, you will probably end up with Lynchian Syndrome, where you are compelled to watch every other thing David Lynch has ever made and develop elaborate hypotheses on how they're all in the same universe and suchlike.

So yeah! I hope this gives you an spoiler-free idea of why this show is so special, and if you had any other questions about it, let me know!

[mariacallous]

there was a woman in twitter star trek fandom who had an affair with some guy who played one of the minor characters on one of the 90s shows - and by "affair" i mean like she was his con hookup. anyway last year there was a brief fandom controversy because she tried to metoo him essentially for breaking up with her - partly because he was finally listening to friends who'd warned him she was crazy all along, but also because she moved to his town where he lived with his wife? and tried to say it was purely "for career reasons" but it's like a small town, she had other options but chose that, and then she kept showing up at his house demanding to talk with his wife. not even with him, but she wanted to talk to her? anyway the "metoo" was because a con kicked her out when she tried to get a photo op with one of his friends after being deceptive about who she was, and she tried to make it seem like he had taken advantage of her but her desire to brag about having fucked a C-list actor took over and the details gradually spilled out and it became more obvious how she initially pursued him, didn't let him break up with her, moved to his town etc. and she kept posting screenshots of their texts where she'd beg him to let her give him a blowjob during the cons

anyway this is what is in my brain watching the meltdown of laura loomer over... whatever ish appening with trump now. (honestly i don't think he reasons logically, i just think he found someone who could suck his dick who didn't cause as much drama with others? who he didn't have 50 people yelling at him over)

This was A Journey.

[cleoselene]

the top 5

So I'm not really a film buff. I like a lot of movies, but I'm a tv person. TV is my love, TV is where my passion is. And I've been mulling over the question of what are my actual top 5 favorite TV shows of all time?

I can tell you the top three easily:

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - uncontested favorite show of all time. Perfect characterization. Covers nearly every genre you can think of. Intricate, deliberate, patient storytelling. Gets a reputation for being the "dark" Star Trek but is still loads brighter and more hopeful than anything labeled "Star Trek" after 9/11. The writing is so strong, the characters are so lovingly crafted, there are over 100 incredible episodes to dig into. It doesn't overwhelm you with anything, when the story is very serialized, it gives you a break. When the story gets too intense, it takes a turn and gives you something lighter. I have SO MANY OPINIONS about how fandom kind of lets me down in its appreciation of this show but my appreciation of it is perfect.

Six Feet Under - beginning to end, uniformly wonderful quality. Claire Fisher and I went through a few too many of the same experiences as young women in the early '00s. I think if we're lucky, we find a television show that portrays experiences in a way that are true to us, and Six Feet Under speaks a certain kind of truth for me. Claire and I had the same cynical views, the same confusion in early adulthood, the same flirtations with sinister older men, the same asshole artist boyfriend who got us pregnant and then acted like when she/I had to get an abortion it was all about HIM. That complicated, painful relationship a young woman has with her mother, that's fraught with fighting and pain and a fierce kind of love. And the most perfect, beautiful ending in television history. My only complaint with SFU is that Nate Fisher is an incredibly difficult character to sit through on rewatch (and on first watch honestly) but I forgive it because through Nate we get Brenda, who is the Difficult Woman that fandom always claims they want to have to love but always hates when they get her. Brenda is amazing. I love Brenda.

Twin Peaks - a multi-decade obsession that I don't think I need to get into too deeply here because I have been fawning over it on this blog for months, but a few notes: This show takes a single tragedy and doesn't allow you to get over it, in a television landscape that encourages you to consume a new violence every week and then forget about it, Laura Palmer's death has lingers with us for over three decades because it should. It should be terrible and awful and painful. Twin Peaks also came about when crime media like Silence of the Lambs was telling us that the true evil scary bad guy was a crossdressing serial killer, when television soap operas coded crossdressing as a deviant, evil behavior, and said, "one of our explicitly coded good people is transgender." Twin Peaks told us that the killer is not some weird other, but as it is in reality, someone more familiar and mundane that we try to imagine is a terrifying monster to cope with the brutal mundane reality. And that's just the tip of a massive iceberg when it comes to what this piece of interpretive art is tackling. The wonderful thing about Twin Peaks is that you can read a million theories trying to define exactly what it's about and they can all be correct, because it's not just about consumable tv violence or trying to make monsters out of the mundane, it's about how we perceive our realities and so, so much more. The iceberg's depth is endless.

and then after those top three, I struggle to round out the top five. I have other shows I LOVE, but hesitate to put in with these elite three, for a variety of reasons. I love Star Trek: TNG and Voyager, but the uneven quality I think kicks them off the top five. Voyager has brilliance but some really dog bad episodes, TNG has some whole bad seasons.

HBO's "Rome" is an obsession that was so potent while it lasted that I am tempted, but it was a 2 season show and the quality fell off badly because the plot was majorly rushed in S2. I don't think it qualifies for top five, either.

My most recent sci-fi obsession is The Orville in that it really comes close to hitting the sweet spots the 90s Treks hit within the limitations of shorter modern television seasons, but I don't know if it's a complete work yet. I HOPE NOT. Season 3 was as beautiful and wonderful as modern television gets. It's got major top 5 potential.

Legend of the Seeker is up there with Rome in that the obsession was potent but way too brief: a 2 season affair. It's tempting to put this one in the top 5 because honestly I had almost no complaints about it. It adapted absolutely dog-awful atrocious shit source material and Raimi/Tapert gave it the same magic they infused into Xena to make it a really fun, progressive show. I want to give it a top 5 spot just because IT DESERVED BETTER AND EVERYONE ON IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. Also the fandom was super fun and I made really good friends in it and it was just a really joyful show to watch. It made me feel happy. TV doesn't make me feel happy enough anymore. Usually it makes me feel depressed *cough all the new Star Treks, cough* but Legend of the Seeker just lifted me UP. It was syndicated and I worked graveyard shift and I would get home after working all night at 7am and watch the new episode before bed and it was just. Such a boost of happiness.

Finally, I think Farscape deserves a slot. I don't know where. I am WAY overdue for a Farscape rewatch. After the roommates and I get through DS9 (one of them has never seen it!!) we are going to Farscape next. I always love telling people that Farscape is like Star Trek if Star Trek allowed itself to be kinky. What was that one TWOP description of Farscape? "American man lost in the Australian S&M scene." Roflcopter. Also, John/Aeryn is one of the more epic ships of all time. OF ALL TIME.

[catelyngrant]

writing patterns tag game

Rules: post the last sentence from your 10 most recently posted fics (less if you don't have 10 is also fine).

seen this on my dash and am tagging myself! I've done versions of this with first lines, but not last lines.

Above them the sky is clear and still, as wondrous as anything he’s ever seen for being shared with her. (what falls away is always; Doctor Who, 14 & Sarah Jane)

It’s enough. (let your faith die, bring your wonder; BSG, Laura Roslin)

He’ll never know. God save him, but he’ll never know. (what have i become, my sweetest friend?; 24, Jack & Nina)

“Nothing to worry about,” she says calmly. “I think it’s just trash.” (the blood sacrifice; Succession, gen/ensemble)

Shiv doubts it. Her father’s dead, and her stomach is swelling; no one will be looking at her again. (years from now, i'll cry to remember; Succession, Shiv & Gerri)

“Okay. Let’s game this out.” (if there's a rocket tie me to it; Succession, Roman/Gerri)

Her phone is silent, and she sleeps. (something is always between us; Succession, Roman/Gerri)

When she leaves, she closes the door firmly behind her. (we even flew a little; Succession, Roman/Gerri)

“I’m listening,” he says. (not a single word was said; Star Trek, Picard/Crusher)

There’s a moment when it feels like she might say something more—her lips part, and her breath seems to catch, but in the end she just sticks the cigarette between her teeth and watches Shiv leave without looking back. (in the narrowness of her cold breast; Succession, Shiv & Gerri)

Tagging @dollsome-does-tumblr @chainofclovers @sarking @rahleeyah @dinovia-grant if you're interested, and if I didn't tag you, feel free to tag yourself the way I did!

[kookaburra1701]

Get to Know Me Tag

Tagged by the wonderful @throughtrialbyfire!

Last song: Goodbye, Horses by Q Lazzarus

Last movie: Oh geez, I rarely watch movies these days. Um...oh! It was Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. It took me a week to get through it, despite enjoying it quite a bit. My attention span has been absolutely shot since 2020.

Currently watching: I also don't watch a lot of shows...next on my list is catching up with Star Trek: Lower Decks, though!

Currently reading: Fanfic-The Bonds of Civility by @nientedenada, I got a weird look when reading this on a flight because I kept getting caught off guard and laughing. Book- I'm actually in the middle of a re-read of all the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Oh the Manifest Destiny of it all! It started with just looking up the description of butchering a pig in Little House in the Big Woods and I ended up just starting a complete reread. I'm currently in the middle of Farmer Boy.

Currently craving: This is going to sound insane, but sea salt and vinegar potato chips with clam dip.

Last thing you searched for writing purposes: How eel traps work.

Tagging @greyborn2 @osterby @gilgamish

[jennyandvastraflint]

Thank you for the tag @kisses-quitefrenchthat!

3 ships: Jenny/Vastra (Doctor Who), Xena/Gabrielle (Xena), Janeway/Seven (Star Trek: Voyager)

First ship: HaruMichi (Haruka/Michiru from Sailor Moon) gods I was obsessed with them for years

Last song: Do it for her from the SU soundtrack dhfsjgjkfd

Last film: oh god, I don’t watch that many movies, let me think… The Doctor Who Movie, if I’m not mistaken? Which I watched on Christmas Eve.

Currently reading: Seven Mercies by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May (haven’t read on for a while because I’m trying not to burn out from uni XD)

Currently craving: a hug? If we’re talking about food, sushi

Fav color: green! And violet, I think.

Relationship status: chronically and happily single

Last thing googled: tumblr.com (beloved hellsite)

Current obsessions: Paternoster Gang is going strong, isn’t it XD That, mostly. As per usual. And Xena/Gabrielle which is very Jenny/Vastra coded. (I’ve also fallen into Carmilla webseries, but I’m trying not to let it take me over)

No pressure tags @capybaraonabicycle @simpingforwomen24-7 @marvellouspinecone

[kashilascorner]

If only I had the patience and will to compile all of my favorite outfits from the original series

[snailmail444]

Do you think any of the Stardew residents cosplay? If so, what?

I think Abby and Seb both would. They’re both the big nerds of the valley and I think the only ones who would put effort into entering fan spaces or cons, etc in cosplay.

Sam maybe if they needed a third person for a group costume. Like he isn’t against it in fact he gets super excited but I think he would often forget to get his costume together until the last minute. Like if they’re going to a con unless he’s specifically asked to cosplay he’s forgotten until the night before and then he might wear something that’s lightly cosplay adjacent but probably low effort because it’s all he had on hand.

As for what? In lore probably journey of the prairie king and solarion chronicals. In real life? I’d think Seb would be a Star Trek cosplayer (you might be asking Snail is this just wish fulfillment and the answer is yes) and Abby would always be some badass independent woman like Laura Croft or a really sick warrior/adventurer.

I could see all three of them doing characters from an anime if they were all into it. I haven’t watched any in a long time so I’m not sure what they would do or who they would be BUT I could see them being really cute in all their costumes.

So in short ASS Squad but not Sam all the time because he’s forgetful and just like me for real.

[mr-saavik]

September 2024 Reads

Haven't done one of these since June, but I'm back for funsies! University has started back up again, so I'm reading for that while also getting some fun reading done in between classes or while riding the bus. Also, I've met my 30 book reading goal for the year!

Read:

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (reread for class): 5/5 ☆ Classic for a reason, always loved Romeo & Juliet

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (for fun, audiobook): 4/5 or 4.5/5 ☆ Read this knowing I will have to watch the Hitchcock adaptation for class and feeling bad that I own the paperback from a library sale & have access to the audiobook through my library and yet hadn't read it yet. Also classic for a reason, a great unwinding gothic novel that is very close to being (for lack of a better word) perfect, but I think the buildup may be a little too long

The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare (for class): 2/5 ☆ A one gimmick play and the gimmick isn't even that good. Very funny to read as a twin even though I'm not identical

Yvain; or, the Knight with the Lion by Chrétien de Troyes (for class, translated by William W. Kibler): 3/5 ☆ Pretty fun! I think so far I prefer medieval romances as genre to be short rather than longer and episodic because parts of this are just like and then this happened. And then this other thing happened. And then yet another thing happened. You get the gist

Currently Reading/Need to Finish:

The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (very slowly making my way through this on audio w/ @colors-changing-hue)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Gene Roddenberry (started this novelization as a fun beach read but haven't picked it up in a hot minute)

Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle (reread of one of my faborite books, this is what I bring around to read between classes)

The Lais of Marie de France (read most of this for class but I want to finish the rest despite it not being assigned because I tend to be a completionist)

The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman (this is also for class, it doesn't have to be finished until near the end of the semester, but it's quite long, so I've started it already)

Up next:

As You Like It by William Shakespeare (for class)

Some as yet unchosen probably horror audiobook AKA I need something to listen to on bus rides and its October so it should be spooky

Special Shoutouts

(AKA shorter texts for class that stood out or books I am only reading excerpts of for class)

Hitchcock by Francois Truffaut (am dipping in and out of this famous series of interviews for class)

Hitchcock's Films Revisited, Revised Edition by Robin Wood (again, read sections of this for class)

"Anal Rope" by D. A. Miller (FASCINATING recommended reading for class about cuts & long takes, homosexual subtext/connotation, and Hitchcock's Rope)

"Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" by Laura Mulvey (third time I've had to read this classic of feminist film theory for a class, while I still have complicated feelings on it I think I finally really understand everything Mulvey is saying throughout rather than my previous broad-strokes understanding)

[madamairlock]

agged by: @amieeb, thank you! <3

Tag Game: nominate 9 people you would like to get to know better

Last Song: Should've Been A Cowboy, Toby Keith (I haven't completely broken the Wild West vibe yet 😅)

Currently Watching: 9-1-1: Lone Star

Three Ships: Bill/Laura (BSG), Janeway/Chakotay (Star Trek: Voyager), Sharon/Andy (Major Crimes)

Favorite color: dark green or teal!

Currently consuming: strawberry lemonade

First Ship: Uhhhh. McGonagall and Dumbledore, I think? Gods, it's been a while.

Relationship Status: Dating an absolutely wonderful, nerdy woman. <3

I tag: @divine-feminine-etc, @cleverlycrusher, @allatariel, @caitylove, @mimine666! No pressure. :)

[bethanyactually]

9 people you'd like to get to know better

I was tagged by the lovely @pixiestickers--thanks!

3 Ships: Nancy/Ace from the CW's Nancy Drew, Bellamy/Clarke from The 100, Ben/Devi from Never Have I Ever

I'm listing ones I've most recently read fic about, but really the one that's living in my brain rent-free is Nancy/Ace, as anyone who's followed me for the past couple years is unsurprised to hear. Bellamy/Clarke is an old ship but I've recently been comfort-reading a lot of @ponyregrets's excellent fic. And Ben/Devi are blorbos-in-law written beautifully by @catty-words, whose fic I've recently beta-read.

First Ship Ever: uhhh what metric are we using? The first pair I ever remember thinking, 'they're both so nice, they should get married' about was Bob and Linda from Sesame Street, when I was about 4. When I was a bit older, I watched Remington Steele with my mom and thought Laura and Steele should definitely kiss, partly because my mom thought so. David and Maddie on Moonlighting were probably the first ship I could rightfully call my blorbos. The first ship that made me think, "I bet someone on the internet is talking about them," was Mulder/Scully. The first ship I read fic for was Chuck/Sarah from Chuck.

Last Song:

Last Movie: I think it was Elemental, which we watched in Oregon with my best friend and her family when we were visiting a couple weeks ago.

Currently Reading: Re-listening to the Murderbot series in anticipation of System Collapse being released next week, currently in the middle of Exit Strategy. Just re-read @ponyregrets's excellent The 100/The Good Place fusion series, Knocking on Heaven's Door.

Reading The Canterbury Tales with Elliora for school. And we just started reading A Midsummer Night's Dream out loud and it's been SO FUN because Elliora is loving it. We're reading it fairly slowly, with lots of stopping to discuss what things mean, and she finds it hilarious how similar the sentiments of these 16th-century characters are to humans today. She especially liked the lines, "You have her father’s love, Demetrius; Let me have Hermia’s. Do you marry him," when I explained that was basically Lysander saying, "If you like Hermia's dad so much, why don't you marry him." (My kid is enjoying Shakespeare!!!)

Currently Watching: Star Trek Lower Decks, perpetually rewatching Nancy Drew and Elementary, just started a Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency rewatch with @pressdbtwnpages that we're gonna get back to any day now, need to watch like the last four D20 series while I crochet this blanket I'm about to start working on for my best friend's sister.

Currently Consuming: Coffee

Currently Craving: a visit with friends in California I haven't seen in entirely too long

low-key, no-pressure tagging Corissa, Chash, and Kelsey since I mentioned them in this post, along with @demigodofhoolemere, @kiran-wears-science-blues, @somethinginthestatic, @mumbledletters, @the-errant-bard, @pepperf, and anyone else who'd like to do this!