#maybe it’s like a crusher?

[remoryu]

a magni only post bc i got caught up lookin at this big yuck man

other god of war shots (9/?)

edit: oh also here’s a pic of him in a dead pose i took on my first play through bc i thought it was hilarious

[skeletonalley]

She’s going to be the end of Jean-Luc (and me too, let’s be honest)

Inspired by @the-alpha-incipiens Picrusher fanfic (it lives in my head rent free). I can’t hear “doctor’s orders” without blushing, now. A few changes to the scene for art reasons (tm)

[scribefindegil]

man, TV finales really do love to throw in a bunch of awkward last-minute shippy stuff for no reason huh :/

[jaegermonstrous]

I've been rewatching some TNG, as one does, and discovering all over again how much I love Wesley Crusher.

I was a smol child when TNG came out, and it was one of my after-school shows, along with MASH and Unsolved Mysteries [which explains a lot about me, when I think about it 🤔]. Anyway, I deeply loved Wesley Crusher when I was a kid. He was smart and awkward and earnest in a way that really spoke to me as a smart and awkward and earnest kid, and I was always happy to see him. I loved that even though the adult characters didn't always take him seriously, the narrative did. Wesley's problems and triumphs mattered I often felt my own didn't. Honestly, "Final Mission" and "The First Duty" are still some of my favorite episodes, in large part because of how much we get to see of Wesley. Also because of how heavily those episodes feature Wesley's and Picard's relationship, and I've got Complex Feelings about Distant and Stoic Father Figures.

Fast forward several years and I got access to the internet, and I learned that Wesley was apparently cringe and bad, and I felt weird about having liked him so much. This also extended to Star Trek, and I spent many years trying to be "cool" about liking Star Trek [a hilariously futile effort, and one that just made me embarrassed about liking things].

Fast forward a few more years, and I learned about how Wil Wheaton was treated by the higher-ups on Trek and abused during his childhood acting, and I felt even weirder about liking Wesley so much.

And now we're up to today, when I have Thrown Cringe In The Bin Where It Goes, and am happily wading through Star Trek again. And who do I see but Wesley Crusher, and I'm still just as happy to see him as I was when I was smol. It's like running into a friend you'd lost touch with, only to find out they're still as good and cool as you remember. He's still smart and earnest and awkward, and when I watch Wes-heavy episodes I do feel a bit bittersweet because of my knowledge of what was going on behind the scenes and how much better things should have been for Wil Wheaton. But I also connect just a bit more with the character as a result. I won't go into details, but my childhood wasn't great for a number of reasons, all of which were far outside my control. I watch Wesley and his travails and think of my own, and it's a way to give my past self a hug. Wesley's life got better, Wil Wheaton's life got better, and so did mine.

I know Wil Wheaton goes here, and if he sees this, uh. Hey? Your work really helped me not feel alone as a kid and continues to do so? So. Thanks.

[countessrivers]

What happens to Troy and Turner in Skeleton Key is honestly for me one of the most horrific things to happen in the books.

They die so awfully, taken by surprise, impaled by half a dozen metal spikes, deep underwater, their bodies sucked away and disposed of god knows where. The book takes pains to describe the shark’s death, the horror of it, how it’s far from instant, how the animal would be screaming if it could, and that’s exactly how they both die.

And I think their treatment of Alex, their overconfidence, almost makes it worse, because there’s no chance of realisation, no apology, no growth, nothing like that. They dive into the water to do their job, and Alex never sees them again. That’s it.

Dying in a dark cave, underwater, skewered by hidden metal spikes, bodies never to even be found.

[tranquilitybasehotelcasino]

i imagine hoffman dying at the end of saw V all the time and smile when i do. the grandiose hubris of it all coming back to get him. it’s so perfect and so deserved

[whoslaurapalmer]

finally able to go to bed early and tired and then I get into bed and I cannot fall asleep bc my back hurts. what a curse. less of a curse is that I remembered I bought a box of biofreeze patches a year or so ago for this exact occurrence and keep them next to my bed and slapped one on, bc I was NOT in the mood to get out of bed and crush some tylenol and eat it with ice cream. minor curse is that the biofreeze patches are always just a touch too small in both directions, although I will say it is overall doing its job with still 80% success

[joshuaalbert]

I don’t think about actual show jack ever unless I’m forced to but beverly’s weird little adopted changeling kid jack…..he is in my brain a little bit I will not lie to you

[silicacid]

just had like the most peaceful run of my life in RA by destroying both mountain pass before day 6. no colossi no vein guardians i just need to prepare for the boss

[evilneo]

i dont actually mind Wesley TBH like yeah ive not watched TNG for awhile but he was just some guy to me. also he was 15 in season 1 and 21 in the final season AND his dad died when he was 5 so like hes allowed to be a little annoying. also hes autistic

[granolabird]

I do a summer rewatch of Stargirl every year, (usually in preparation for the next season but alas) and my favorite thing ever is just,, seeing different people react to it. Last year I watched it with two of my close friends, and they joked about it, enjoyed the experience, but very much treated it as something to sort of make memes out of. This year I'm watching it with my bf and he's very much like me, he's invested in the characters and the story, he gets attached, and it's like watching myself watching the show for the first time. It's so fun, I love watching my favorite silly little people get into my favorite silly little show and experience it in their own way idk

[fortes-fortuna-iogurtum]

didn't expect to get this invested in The Next Generation so quickly but here I am now weeping over the end of "Skin of Evil". WHHYYYY.

[coredrill]

they’re in the fucking WOMB they’re in the AMNIOTIC FLUID and they’re about to be BIRTHED i could not make this up if i TRIED!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bakatenshii]

can we revive trendy baka for a Christmas haul ❤️❤️

AahhHHH I DIDN’T BUY ANYTHING FOR CHRISTMAS!! my family nd I have been vvvv lowkey (and we also got snowed in for like 2 weeks) so we didn’t do gifts this year hehe BUT I CAN SHARE SOME RECENT PURCHASES?

[emometalhead]

At some point I might actually need to interact with the Star Trek: TNG fandom, because Wesley Crusher won't leave my brain

[venomgender]

just thought of a really scary s/dv fan that hates shane but loves clint. im scared now