#pash my beloved

[vampirepolitician]

Cringe fail bodyguard, nepotism kid at rebel militia, canonically sexiest person after Coronabeth, dual wielding machetes, nro 1 cousin in the world <3

[thessiastars]

Nona the ninth should be renamed to nona and nonas big fat crush on pash

[lajulie24]

Just one example from Star Wars

science fiction as a genre was invented specifically to show lesbians some greasy sweaty women in tank tops fixing machinery

[ari-the-arotistic]

So I was thinking about pirates of the Caribbean, and each characters unique moral code and way of approaching life, as one does, when I remembered a particular scene about our beloved James Norrington... the very first scene in which Jack and James meet. Now, as a long time Sparrington shipper, I adore the Sparrington fandoms adopted head canon of Jack's compass pointing directly at Jack when James is holding it as having a romantic connotation too it, but this is Disney we're talking about, and a Disney from 20 years ago at that, so it is of course just a head canon. And while it is a beloved head canon, I will always be a writer before a shipper, and what that scene says about Norrington from a writer's perspective is far too juicy not to share... So buckle up for a very long meta post about who James Norrington is as a person, and how it was set up in this scene(and later reinforced in the second and third movie). This is my first real meta post, and I'm very excited for it, so let's jump right in.

First of all, the compass scene.

As we can clearly see in the image above, since the red line that points to the object of the holder's desires is no where to be seen, its relatively easy to conclude that it's hidden from our view by the sun dial in the middle, and thusly is pointing directly at Jack. Elizabeth is off to James's right, and no one is standing behind Jack, so unless the compass was pointing at something in the far off distance that just so happened to be in Jack's general direction(unlikely) its pretty clear what(or who) the compass is pointing at. For most potc fans, this is fairly standard knowledge. But it's what this fact says about Norrington's character that I'd like to focus on. After all, what does it say about a man that a compass that shows you what you desire most is pointing at a pirate, and the very face of piracy at that, instead of your canonical love interest, when you're a Commodore of the Navy? As stated above, Sparrington shippers often point at this scene as proof that James has a bit of a pash on the ruggedly handsome pirate, or at the very least, a thing for men. But from a writer's perspective, this just simply isn't the case, and not because the writer's in this instance are the notoriously homophobic corporation we call Disney. The reason why this is so unlikely from a writing perspective is because given the context clues, we as an audience are meant to draw the conclusion that this is the first time that they meet(I have heard rumors of them meeting as children in the books, but having never read them, and focusing only on the movies, I'm not including that in this post). And since this is the first time they've met, it's highly unlikely that the compass is pointing at Jack because James has a bit of a thing for him. Even if James has heard of Jack's many exploits, he does not truly know the man behind the legend, so having romantic feelings for the pirate at this point in time just isn't believable. And even if James was a closeted gay/bi man, it's still unlikely that the compass would be pointing at Jack of all the men around the Commodore(of which there is a lot, some of whom he is incredibly close with) seeing as Jack is the poster boy of piracy, and at this point in the movie it's made abundantly clear that James vehemently detests the notion and all who practice it. If James were to be holding the compass in Jack's vicinity in later movies and it still pointed at the pirate, an argument could definitely be made that it was because he had developed feelings for Jack, but for their first meeting, it's just not realistic. So it's much more likely that the reason the compass is pointing at Jack is because of James's desire to send every pirate he meets to "a quick drop and a sudden stop" as he so eloquently put it to a young Elizabeth. This is further reinforced in the third movie when it is revealed that Beckett's desire to have Jack dead at his feet would prevent him from using the compass to find Shipwreck Cove if the pirate was not already at the aforementioned location, or, well, dead. This is again, relatively common knowledge. But like I said before, it's what this fact says about James that is the whole point of this post... and that is that James cares more about his career than anything else, even the woman he claims to love. Now for some, that statement alone might seem like a pretty obvious conclusion, but it's how this scene subtlety sets up this core aspect of Norrington's character before we even truly get to know who he is, and how it's brought to it's full height in the second movie, and the core aspect of his redemption and subsequent death in the third that I'd really like to talk about. Which brings us to the next segment of this post...

How James lost his commission to the navy...

And how he got it back

So let's start off with how James lost his commission... it's a story we all know pretty well, and one he tells to Gibbs in the scene shown above, when he plans to either join Jack's crew or get revenge on the man that(he believes) ruined his life. After Jack's escape in the first movie, James grew obsessed with capturing the pirate, so much so that he foolishly followed the Black Pearl into a hurricane, resulting in the sinking of the Dauntless, and the loss of countless lives that had been aboard the vessel. It's unclear aside from James himself who had been on the ship at the time, and who did or did not survive, but the death toll was heavy, with most, if not everyone who wasn't James, having perished in the storm. While it is not the most extreme example(which we'll get too in just a bit), this is a pretty clear example of James prioritizing his career above everything else, even reason and logic. And all just to capture a singular pirate, even at the cost of his own ship and crew, and rather ironically, the very career that he had been so desperately trying to hold onto in the first place. Which brings us to the next scene I'd like to discuss... James stealing the heart of Davy Jones. This moment is the absolute peak of this part of James's character. This is the moment where James takes his obsessive need for his career to the max. This is the moment where James truly prioritizes his career above everything else, even the woman he claims to love(and for Sparrington shippers, above the man he's reluctantly come to care about). At this point in time, when James decides to take the heart for himself to regain his old station, he's been on the Black Pearl long enough to know the full situation. That Jack is in some kind of trouble with Davy Jones, and that if Jack doesn't use the heart to bargain for his freedom, then the Kraken will hunt Jack, and subsequently the Black Pearl, down until he and everyone aboard are dead. And that includes Elizabeth. And yet, despite knowing that stealing the heart would basically mean sealing Elizabeth's death, he still decided to do so. Sure, the argument could be made that he thought Elizabeth would be able to escape somehow, but the chances of her dying at sea, or some other terrible fate befalling her before she could safely make it back to civilization would have been highly likely. Of course we as an audience know that this isn't the case, but James does not. So essentially, James was so obsessed with his career, and maintaining the image of the honorable Commodore that he didn't even truly register that he was putting Elizabeth, the woman he loves and has been trying so desperately to woo for the past two movies, in danger. And he won't fully realize the consequences of his actions until the third movie, in a deleted scene no less(I swear when I find whoever decided to delete some of the most important scenes to James's character...), when Davy Jones informs Governor Swann of his daughters untimely demise on the Black Pearl. Of course, almost immediately afterwards, Beckett retcons that statement by informing the Governor that Elizabeth was recently seen in Singapore, but for a few minutes, James has to sit with the fact that Elizabeth was dead, and it was his fault. And even after learning that she was in fact still alive, James has now finally come to the realization that if she had still been on the Black Pearl when it sank with its Captain, he would've been the one to send her to her death. And for Sparrington shippers, James has to sit with the unavoidable fact that he was the reason Jack had died(even if the pirate does come back), despite the fact that it was Elizabeth's betrayal that was the final nail in Jack's coffin, since she wouldn't have had to do that if the Kraken wasn't after them in the first place. Which brings us to the final scene I'd like to discuss...

James choosing a side, and paying the price

Now, before we fully delve into this scene, I'd like to take a moment to talk about James's own perception of himself, and his relationship with honor and integrity. From the very first scene in which we meet James Norrington, we are made aware that he has a strong moral compass. He firmly believes piracy is evil, and that all who partake in piracy deserve a swift end. He perceives his Commodore persona as being the paragon of honor and integrity, and the sole arbiter of justice. We can infer from the line "By remembering that I serve others, Sparrow, not just myself" that James does have honorable intentions when ridding the world of pirates, that being protecting the innocent citizens under his care, but as seen once again in the first time James and Jack meet, wherein James adamantly tries to arrest Jack despite the fact the fact that pirate had just saved Elizabeth's life, his actions to achieve that goal are not always quite as honorable as his intentions are. This is especially highlighted once again when James gave Beckett the heart of Davy Jones. James's intentions here were once again rooted in honor and integrity - he believes that the only way to keep people safe from pirates is too return to his old station, to the image of honor and integrity he had built around the title of Commodore, and the only way to return to his old station is to give Beckett the heart. But the action itself was far from honorable, seeing as James had to betray the woman he loved just to obtain the heart, and that he was now putting it into the hands of a dangerously unstable individual who planned on using it to commit mass genocide.

And now, we finally get to the scene above... Of course, it's made clear throughout his scenes in the third movie leading up to this one that James is already starting to regret giving Beckett the heart after seeing the damage being caused, but since Beckett is targeting pirates specifically(although we as an audience know that Beckett's definition of pirate is very loose) James figures that the ends justify the means, as he often does in situations regarding piracy. It is not until his reunion with Elizabeth, where he learns that Governor Swann is dead, and that Beckett lied to him about the Governor's whereabouts, that James truly realizes the enormity of his mistake. It is in this moment that James has a sudden realization that fundamentally shakes him to his core, and is the reason behind his change of heart later on. He realizes that the honorable Commodore persona that he had tried to cultivate and keep a hold of for so long had never been truly honorable at all, and that by giving Beckett the heart of Davy Jones, he had effectively tied the noose around the neck of his own honor and integrity, as well as the necks of hundreds, if not thousands of innocent people, with his own hands. And as that one vine goes, this was the moment James knew, he fucked up. Which leads to his decision to change sides in an attempt to redeem himself, and his subsequent death in the process. Of course, part of James's reason for helping Elizabeth escape was that he does care for her, but given everything I've detailed about him so far, I think it's safe to say the main reason that James decided to help Elizabeth and her crew was because he wanted to undo the damage he had done, and he had faith that Elizabeth, Will, and Jack would have some sort of plan to defeat Beckett, and stop any further damage to come from his mistake. And now, for his death scene itself... As much as I love the idea of James surviving and joining the pirates(whether at Elizabeth's side or Jack's is unimportant), I firmly believe that his death was a necessary end of this part of his character arc, and that if he were to survive he would still have to go through a major ego death for this part of his character arc to end properly. Because as Bill turner drives that wooden pike into James's gut, it's not just the physical death of his body, but also the metaphorical death of Admiral James Norrington, and the ideals that James had used to build the persona out of. So even if James survived, the Admiral would still have to meet his metaphorical end, thusly causing James to lose a core part of himself that had been guiding most his decisions so far, in the process, which would start the next part of his character arc, where he would have to deal with the loss of a key part of his personality, and rebuild himself from the ground up to finally, truly become the image of honor and integrity he had envisioned from the beginning.

And that concludes this very long post. I could probably wax enough poetics about this aspect of James's character to write a short novel, but I've said everything important to this post, and if I go on any longer, I'm likely to start repeating myself lol. Thank you for reading, and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments or a reblog! I will always love hearing more about our polished peacock <3

[thatneoncrisis]

Lovve we have always lived in the castle. Merricat my beloved..

Some more for the ask game if you feel like it

Bone butch blues

All Quiet on Lemuria

Whalefall

OH BONE BUTCH BLUES THATS AWESOME that rocks im using that. tucking it in my pocket i call dibs

Full on butch4butch griddlehark but its less about them dating and more about gideon smashing that womans egg with about as much grace and subtlety as a cartoon mallet. poking her hey harrow have you ever thought about being a girl in a boy way. just for fun

all quiet on lemuria is also really good. i can imagine it as just like a really quiet fic of aim recounting some childhood anecdotes to people- her classroom, pash, nona, crown. the good and bad times of growing up in a place thats constantly like, a decade away from rotting and becoming inhabitable

[eskildit]

plz say more about pash/kiana

pashkiana is my secret beloved rare pair ship :)))))). they are both presumably in their early thirties and they have in fact been in the same place at the same time. kiana is a member of the oversight body and part of the group that came to negotiate with Ctesiphon Wing. at a minimum, they are both in the megatruck at the end of nona the ninth.

i kinda dig the idea that they met pre-nona the ninth during the early negotiation days and then reunited when they arrive on the ninth. they relate to the shared grief of losing a person you love towards a greater cause.

and then. i also have a silly au...... does anyone remember this post I made....... anyway. fic idea where kiana, junior fellow of the oversight body, decides being outside the nine houses is the best opportunity she'll ever have to add brand new genetic material to sixth gene pool. pash thinks with her dick and gets baby trapped. whoops!

[rosewind2007]

I’ve riffed off similar ideas to this one in various fics—one of my favourites being “made for each other” where it turns out Gurathin was part of a research programme using (very young) augmented humans as part of the SecSystem integrated with the SecUnits

Because it is odd that after almost four years Murderbot since it hacked its Governor Module (time spent and in and out of the company offices, and cubicles, and amongst other units and presumably SecUnit experts) it’s some guy from Preservation of all places who spots it’s rogue

And yes, Gurathin “he came later” to Preservation, he’s got a past…

It’s SO WEIRD!!! And he’s spotted it way before the worm attack, honestly—he says it was anomalies in the feed but:

Guarthin? What do you know?

Note—Ratthi is a biologist, I don’t think we ever get a job description for Gurathin except that Murderbot tells GrayCris he’s a systems analyst, and this may be a lie (though it tells them they can check and to be fair he ACTS like a systems analyst and doesn’t seem involved in the hands on stuff of the survey as much as Ratthi for example)

Badge design by the amazing @cinqueform

I think Murderbot's beef with Gurathin is funny, sure, but I also think it's kinda ripe for a nice Gurathin Headcanon:

Canon:

Gurathin emigrated TO Preservation. He's from somewhere else but we don't know where.

He's a bit of a loner

Suspicious af (personality trait)

First to identify somethings up with Muderbot and that it's got a funky Governor Module

Biologist that has knowledge on how to handle a SecUnit

The only augmented human on the OG team

FINAL THEORY:

Gurathin is a former SecUnit engineer and recognized what was up with MB. MB has had multiple wipes from before Ganaka Pit. MB carries on his dislike of Gurathin, not just because he's a little bit of an asshole and similar energies repel and all. I think Muderbot encountered Gurathin at some point pre-module break and can't remember it. I think Gurathin can't remember MB SPECIFICALLY but is nervous about it anyways like "is this one I worked on?"

If he got a change of heart and/or fortune when he went to Preservation instead of whatever Corporate polity he was from originally??? Can't blame him.

[crowbarrd]

I got the April 2023 issue of the Pash! magazine that has some Buddy Daddies content !! Apologies in advance for these badly taken photos 😔

I can't understand Japanese, so no translation, sadly 😭 but feel free to give it a try !!

It includes an interview with Kyu-chan's seiyuu, Toshikawa Morikawa (who most famously voices Sephiroth, Griffith, Yoshikage Kira, etc.) (And also AHEM BSD POE MY BELOVED)

Please comment if you'd like a closer shot etc. I'll try my best !! 🙏

The poster that came with it !!!! It was folded in the magazine so there's a a crease in it abasgfa

[liesmyth]

I'm obsessed with literally any ship that involves Cytherea. You could go "Pash/Cyth" and if you pitched it right I'd fall in love right away lmao—evil disabled women my beloved

ANY SHIP IS 100X BETTER by having Cytherea in it. Cytherea/Palamedes? Cytherea/Harrow? Cytherea/Commander We Suffer? someone literally just sent me an ask mentioning Cyth/John and I had to take a moment. She is SO!!!!

Anyway. Cytherea/Pash... that has good appeal actually because Pash is someone who actually really deserves to be wrecked and I think Cytherea deserves a plaything. As a treat

[fortjester]

“i would give anything to give camilla hect a firm handshake, outta my way gayboy” has been stuck in my head ever since you posted it. thanks for adding enrichment to my Cam Brainworms enclosure 🙏🙏

i've just been thinkng so much abt her lately (<- literally got art of her commissioned for a wip she only cameos in) i just can't imagine anyone being normal about her. makes no sense. also pash my beloved step up your game, you fumbled that so bad lmao. (always happy to add enrichment to various enclosures: overjoyed to be keeping cam stans fed)

[youve-debauched-my-sloth]

My reactions to Good Omens 2 episode 2.

Possible spoilers for all of season 2 belove

Aww, what a cute little goat <3

It’s always a treat when Aziraphale gets to act bad ass.

“In the name of the Almighty, I command thee, begone!” “No.” lol

Of course the demons have a permit note from God XD I’ve always loved how by the book both heaven and hell are.

The moment Aziraphale realize it’s better to let Gabriel go trough with his bad book organizing system then to stop him. Wouldn’t want your customers find what they are looking for :P

The sound Gabriel does when he’s walking in the bookshop after Aziraphale tells him he’s too quiet XD

Everyday is such a good song :)

The way Azirahales face lit up when Maggie talks about being in love is so cute.

“Don’t I know you?” “Yes. You do. I’m the assistant book seller. I opened the door for you.” XD

Aziraphale saying “See, this is way I don’t go to the pub” in responds to Mr. Brown bothering him is a way too relatable.

“Maggie in the record shop has a pash on her and doesn’t know how to conduct a courtship” Aziraphale says to Crowley, like they both doesn’t have the same problem :P

Honestly, I feel like I can watch a whole season of only Crowley and Aziraphale trying to make people fall in love using all the book tropes in existence. (A season with around 300 episodes or so.)

Loves every time the sun shines trough Aziraphales hair. It really makes him look like an angel, all soft and fluffy.

I knew there was no way Crowley really did kill those goats, happy to see I was right.

The way Crowley is impressed by Jobs youngest child when she figures out he’s a demon. Also, how annoyed he is by the other two siblings.

Loved how she insisted on being a blue lizard and how Crowley immediately responded with “Oh, sure.”

How in the world did Crowley manage to convince Aziraphale to try that meat? Doesn’t look the least bit appetizing.

A surprise God cameo :) Love Frances McDormands voice overs. Hopefully we get more in season 3.

Gabriel actin like the self-nominated expert on human birth and nobody questioning the prosses of pulling the ribs out of the body as part of it XD

Aziraphale telling an outright lie made me a bit surprised. Isn’t it the first time? Of what I remember he has always gotten away with answering vaguely.

Liked how Nina didn’t buy Crowley’s nonsense about his rain questions.

Aziraphale has a driver’s license? I’m more surprised by that then him taking a driver’s test even though he didn’t need too :P

The last scene, with Aziraphale thinking that Crowley would take him to hell for lying, was so good! Aziraphales fear of becoming a fallen angel, him sadly accepting it and Crowley being totally unimpressed by it. Loved everything about it!

[latecomerfangirl]

What have I done...

[brewdairymore]

pash the locked tomb my beloved

[mirikitakato]

Inazuma Eleven Orion’s poster and Ichihoshi’s seiyuu (Oomachi Tomohiro) in Pash! April 2019 magazine

I actually bought this for Sandy’s poster and didn’t even realized my Orion best boy’s interview is in here, lol. So I may as well post this and a summary of the interview (I did a full translation for this, but in my language, I’m just lazy to do a full English one....). I’m not confident in my Japanese skill so please take it with a grain of salt.

- Machi-san said the staff hid the fact Mitsuru is Hikaru from him and he was very surprised, but he feels lucky that he didn’t know because that way he was able to play Mitsuru as Mitsuru and HIkaru as HIkaru, two different people.

- He is pressured because he is working with lots of famous seiyuu and he is a “villain” that gonna kick the popular IE characters out. Then he said he is lucky that he didn’t get the pain that IE fans feel because he doesn’t have that much emotion for other characters (since he didn’t know about IE before and this is his first main role)

- He is shocked by the “sorry, I slip my hand” by Kidou but he thinks the connection between this scene and the later “grasping hand” by Nosaka and Asuto is deep.

- He thinks it’s easier to think Ichihoshi as “2 people with the same goal” when playing him.

- Machi-san admires Endou and Asuto because they believe in Ichihoshi since very beginning and always around to help him. “Asuto and Ichihoshi has lots of chance to talk with each other, and some scenes are impressive to me.”

- He was scared of Nosaka and Haizaki since Ichihoshi is being suspected by them. But now Nosaka sounds like a dependable brother to Ichihoshi. 

- He wonders what NIshikage feels when “his beloved Nosaka” is together with Ichihoshi. Yes I’m not kidding, Machi-san said that “daisukina”

- He wants a combo hissatsu of Ichihoshi, Haizaki, Nosaka and Asuto.

- For some reasons the magazine calls Hikaru “Apostle of the Sun”.

[sayo-chan3]

The new Pash arrived today and my beloved Odazai poster is here <3 <3 <3