#ship: doom/sue

[thelittlestspider]

doom x victor

doom x susan

susan x victor

betty x mj

mj x gwen

peter x mj

i'm gonna preface this by saying i know almost nothing about ff, so this is just based on vibes. Lol

ship it

1. What made you ship it?

doom/reed: idk if that first one is supposed to be doom/reed or a selfcest situation lol. but i do like doom/reed. I'm only like a few issues into ff, so I don't really know a lot about them, but I do like a friends to enemies ship. I've seen some cool fanart and fanfics with them.

betty/mj: i think betty/mj could be a fun ship, but it's one of those ships that i feel like works more if peter's involved.

gwen/mj: i liked them pretty much from the time they started interacting bc they were such catty best friends who fought (flirted) over peter, but in a girlfriends kind of way lol. there was also fanart and fanfic of them.

peter/mj: i don't think i really shipped them until i started reading the comics, because in the raimi movies they were okay?

2. What are your favorite things about the ship?

doom/reed: shrug emoji

betty/mj: shrug emoji

gwen/mj: I love how annoying they are to each other and how flirty. I also love that gwen helped mj feel safe enough to be vulnerable and be able to stick around long enough to build relationships/friendships with people (without gwen mj might not have ended up with peter).

peter/mj: i love how they're drawn to each other despite their fears, and how disgustingly in love/married they are lol. they're one of the horniest couples in marvel.

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

i don't have any at the moment, but that may change.

Don't ship it

this is for doom/sue

1. Why don’t you ship it?

i just don't get it, i guess?

2. What would have made you like it?

i guess in the context of them being in a throuple with reed, i could see it, but them by themselves i don't see it.

3. Despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it?

if you ship it, that's cool. it's just not for me lol.

[fabcreature]

for no particular reason, here's how i like to think about some batman ships (superbat, batcat, brutalia, batjokes)

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superbat: i don't personally ship them, but i definitely get the appeal, and i like to think they have a bond like no other. they're friends, and they're not in love, but they love each other, so so much. they understand each other in a way no one else does, lois doesn't understand clark the way bruce does, alfred and none of the robins understand bruce the way clark does. their comradery is unmatched. and tbh, they can have a little crush on each other, as a treat. not like hopelessly in love, just a casual little crush you get on your best friend sometimes.

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batcat (plus some analysis about bruce vs batman identity stuff): they are a two-person love triangle. bruce wants selina, but selina doesn't want bruce. selina wants batman, but bruce can't let her have him.

in another life they might be together and happy, but not in this one. maybe if bruce's parents never died, he never became batman, he never had to create a false persona to hide his true self, they would have met under different circumstances, and they could've fallen in love and gotten together in a mundane, comfortable way. or maybe if selina loved brucie instead of batman, they could get together, with bruce continuing to keep batman and his true self hidden from selina, because he would do that if it meant he got to love her.

but alas, that's not how it is. bruce can't let himself be loved, not his true self, the one batman is closer to. he can't let himself be vulnerable like that, he considers himself unlovable, and besides, his mission is too important. in the end, he loves gotham and batman more than anything else. that's what he devotes himself to.

bruce wayne, in his heart, was a man who was supposed to settle down, get married, have kids, be happy. but he's not bruce wayne anymore, not really, he's batman. ever since his life turned in the direction that made him batman, the chance for that happy simple life was taken away from him. bruce wayne could have gotten married and been a family man. batman could never. bruce wayne died the same night his parents did.

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brutalia: i'll be real i'm not super familiar with talia yet, but i want to learn more about her and i will. but for now, i have a very simple analysis of their relationship. former lovers, who used to be in love, aren't anymore, but kind of are. talia claims to still love bruce, but truth is she hasn't for a long time. meanwhile bruce claims to no longer love talia, but in truth he still does, even if he wishes he didn't. but he loves how they used to be, who she used to be, who he used to be when they were together, and he can't help but hold onto those memories and still love her. but he doesn't want her back. despite his foolish heart still yearning for her, he knows going back would only end in disaster.

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batjokes: i am a batjokes stan first and foremost, sue me. they're obsessed with each other. they're soulmates that are destined to destroy each other. joker loves batman so much he hates him. bruce hates joker so much he loves him. they complete each other, and in doing so they also doom each other.

the joker is obsessed with batman to the point where he wants to hurt him, and wants to be hurt by him. it's the only form of release he can get for all that pent up tension, he needs batman, and the only way he knows how to have him is for them both to hurt each other. to the joker, their rivalry is a game, and he's having a blast. he wants to keep playing the game forever and ever, until eventually batman kills him. joker truly believes that's how it will end. there's no other way it could. one of these days he will have pushed batman enough, and he will kill him. and he will die with a smile on his face.

also important to note that it's batman specifically the joker wants. joker doesn't know who batman is outside of the uniform, and he doesn't care. because he knows whoever's behind that mask is irrelevant and fake. batman is the true man. joker knows this. whoever he is in his daily life is an act, and he lets his true self out at night when he runs along rooftops and beats up villains in his stupid cape and cowl. because he's crazy - joker is hellbent on proving this, proving the fact that batman is just as crazy as he is, making him face it, accept it, he's no better than the clown, no more sane. batman's near equal obsession with the joker proves it.

bruce is obsessed with the joker. he doesn't want to be, but he is. maybe because when the joker insists they're the same, he's hitting bruce where it hurts. maybe because he wants to prove the joker wrong, by being better than him. maybe because he wants to prove the joker right, by helping the joker be better. yes, bruce hates the joker's guts, trust me, he really does, he despises the clown. but for whatever reason, he finds himself caring. worrying. in the angry parts of his heart, he wants to destroy and kill the joker. but in other parts, he just wants him to get better. bruce hates their rivalry, their neverending game of cat and mouse. he desperately wants the game to end. and he doesn't want it to end because there's no one to fight anymore. he wants it to end because the fight is over. because the joker finally allowed himself to be helped, and he would be rehabilitated, he could live the rest of his life as a stable, happy man, leading a normal, unextraordinary life. a life bruce knows he'll never have. he spends his life fighting for other people's right to that life.

that will never happen though. the joker believes it's too late for him. he believes we are not in control of our lives. we are slaves to the cruel, uncaring, random chance of the universe. so he's insane, and so is the batman. and they will keep fighting, forever and ever and ever, until...

[ladysouthpaw1213]

How I got into the Call of Duty Fandom thanks to Adler x Bell 🕶️🔔

(Header Image created using Kyoumeikaitou’s Neka C.C: Click)

As you all know, March 15 has a certain event associated with it. There is of course the backstabbing of Julius Caesar on this date. But Call of Duty fans(especially Black Ops fans) will recognized this date as the event of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s two endings(Final Countdown and Ashes to Ashes). Fitting considering that someone is getting betrayed in either of the two endings. And I decided that this is a perfect date to go into how I got into the Call of Duty Fandom and specifically how I got into the AdlerBell ship.

Before 2020, The closest I gotten to Call of Duty was watching a friend of my mom’s son and his friends play the original Black Ops(I don’t remember they ever manage to complete a mission. They either keep dying or someone kept accidentally hitting the turn off everything switch in his room when trying to turn on the lights). One day in 2020, I had notice that a favorite streamer of mine had did a stream on twitch for Cold War. Watching him played it, something about the game just drew me in to the point I was thinking about it after the stream was over. My mind soon connected that it was the dynamic between Adler and Bell that drew me in. Went on Tumblr and AO3 soon after for Fanart/Fanfiction of the two and I was hooked and I wanted more. So many amazing reader inserts where Reader is a Fill in for Bell(R.I.P to some of my favorites that got deleted over the years though. Skyfall I still miss you) as well as Bell OCs.

You may been wondering,”Why was it these two specifically that I latched on this paring?” If you ask me, I can give several answers. First being that Adler is Hot, sue me. But also that there is just so much possibles to explore in this ship for me. Maybe they were always doomed but maybe as well against all odds, they manage to work(not exactly the very model of a major modern stable relationship but still…) or maybe they kinda form a love hate relationship. Perhaps things would have been different between the two had they meet under different circumstances(Like if Bell had willing deflected in the first place). What if they were in different settings(like say a royal au)? Had they been together or reunited in 1984(Multiplayer), what would change and how would Bell react to Adler’s capture or would have they been able to rescue him at the mall where it all began? If they had kids, what would they been like? Would they had gone on the run together in 1991? Maybe one believes they are more alike than one thinks. And then there’s exploring the more darker aspects/implications of their relationship. What happens when you once view someone as disposable and a means to an ends becomes an obsession? What exactly is the relationship between puppetmaster and puppet? Did some of those so called false feelings did become real or were genuine in some form at the get go? Did Adler grew to or did care (in a sense) about Bell? So many questions that so many amazing Fanfiction/Fan artists have asked and answered about these two. And it’s always been fascinating to see what they conclusions they drew from what they interpreted 

It’s helped me break of my shell on Tumblr too, I used to be pretty shy about commenting and reblogging as well as making posts(I liked and maybe comment once in a while but that’s it). But this ship and the community helped me open up. I started talking to people that I once was scared to talk to because of my nervousness and shyness) You would not believe that my own posts used to be around 7-9 in total before I started to reblog and makes my own posts(whenever is aesthetic boards, fanfic idea rambles or just taking about My Bell). This ship and the community in general also helped me during a rough period in 2023 when my grandpa had passed away suddenly in November and my grandma spend December in the hospital. It in a basic sense, bring joy to me and thanks to everyone out there for such amazing stuff(if I named everyone, we would be here all year. Shippers, Nonshippers, you all rock). And I’m excited to see what comes of this ship or just Black Ops in general next in fanon.

💜💙🩵💜💙🩵💜💙🩵💜💙🩵💜💙🩵💜💙🩵💜💙🩵💜💙

(Likes, Comments and Reblogs are always appreciated)

[saltywinteradult]

This is what people need to understand: Rhaenicent isn't for Alicent stans, it exists for Rhaenyra fans only.

They would never have Rhaenyra grovel at Alicent's feet.

They would never have Rhaenyra agree to make Aegon II her heir instead of Jace.

They would never have Rhaenyra forgive Aemond for Luke's death.

They would never have Rhaenyra abandon her children and people.

It's the reason I could never like Rhaenicent, from Day 1 it was made abundantly clear that this ship existed solely to prop up Rhaenyra.

I think you are entirely correct, anon​ - but only about canon Rhaenicent.

Of course the hack HotD writers were never going to disrespect Nyra Sue like they disrespected Alicent. And most Rhaenicent shippers are Rhaenyra stans who are fine with that. It’s perfectly fine if that’s a dealbreaker to you - but allow me to elaborate on why it isn’t to me.

Wanting a pairing to get together in canon is not the only way to ship. I am a tragedy enjoyer first and a human being second; the appeal of Rhaenicent to me lies in Rhaenicent as a tragic lost love that never could be, because they were doomed by the narrative to become enemies. (Or as a hilarious ”broke up and made it everyone’s problem” dynamic when I’m in a facetious mood. Gay sex would probably make this situation worse but they should try anyway etc etc) Most of the many, many, many times I've stated this opinion, I've seen at least a couple of people agreeing with me. While we are in the minority among Rhaenicent shippers, we do exist. So it should go without saying that I hate, hate, HAAATE what the show did with Rhaenicent in season 2.

However, while the show writers are unfortunately beholden to their stupid, stupid version of the canon story, fans aren't! There's nothing stopping anyone from writing what the HotD writers should've written - Alicent and Rhaenyra pining away for each other, going to war and hating every minute of it, yet unable to do anything but hurt each other over and over because they were forced to become enemies. Or writing a fic where Rhaenyra grovels at Alicent’s feet. Or writing any of the countless canon divergent scenarios where Rhaenicent could’ve happened without butchering either character.

So yes, anon, canon Rhaenicent unfortunately exists only to prop​ up Rhaenyra. I am with the haters on that one. But fanon Rhaenicent is ours to do with as we wish.

[beneath-the-hatchet]

✩" I'll do anything to fit with the crowd." ✩

[STARKID - HATCHETFIELD OC BLOG. ]

[CONTENTS BELOW THE CUT -]

ADMIN INTRODUCTION

CHARACTER INTRODUCTIONS

BOUNDARIES

EXTRA INFO

MEET THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT✩

Axel, trans male, gay.

16 years of age unfortunately

Major artist, music guy for fun, nerd.

Autismmmm

has watched workin boys an unhealthy amount of times. Will not shut up.

Owner has experience with other ask blogs but it's concerning. Also did Twitter parody things.

(THE MUSES)

WAYNE VEDETTE𖤐

62 year old male, History teacher at HF highschool. constant victim of bullying

Originally from clivesdale [moved to hf for college. Hated only for his origin, and for acting like such a nerdy prude.]

Wayne is a nice, passionate bur curious old man with an interest in history and theatrics. He writes sheet music for little concept musicals in his spare time.

Nerding out (cringe and free time) : Wayne was actually and is still featured in an entire ship (oc x canon as always) with hidgens out of all people. Why? Old men! They're doomed to the narrative and the shipname is broken lens. And. And yeah. Yeah sue me. Sue me to hell also he used to work at the community college as. As per usual. A history professor. 😛 (these guys r totally husbands but nobody knows that yet)

How is he incorporated into the hatchetverse? (trilogy,nmt,wb) :

Tgwdlm - Sort of recognized by Emma as he wandered confused in the streets (Paul and Emma cutting through alleys), taken to hide, and then to the mansion/bunker. Chugs the blue shit straight from the test tube because he only wanted to fit in with the majority (headcanoned that the LiB hate Wayne so much because he's from clivesdale that he's immune to the apotheosis) and v0mits the blue shit up after as a reflex. Then he accidentally st4bs himself in a fit of rage, bleeding out in the bunker. After he officially dies he is not taken over by the apotheosis but rather slowly dragged down to the black and white just cus. Nobody questions the Dissapearance.

Bf - Wayne doesn't even make it into the mall because wiggly decided to be a bitch and toy with said building, locking the doors everytime the man approached. After the events, he'd find a torn wiggly doll in an alley and it would immediately combust in his hands. L

Npmd - mentioned by some students, seen in beanies. Ended up hashtag having a slumber party with the bestie (the professor) over the course of events soo not much here.

Nmt - Wayne, being absolutely tired of the hatred, and ignorance, and misunderstanding, finds the black book by mistake and invokes the name of Bliklotep, calling upon him to be seen. He ends up burning his house down after the torment of a thousand eyes peering at him, he got his wish but it tortured him. The end!!!! [official title - “For the audience” ]

Bonus - workin boys - during a conversation with a friend, we both came up with how Wayne would've come to hidgens a few times and watch/help with workin boys. He then saw workin girls and at the pure shock of not the girls dying, but Henry himself being shot (shoutout grace w the blicky), Wayne had been broken. In some au branching off from these events I think. He ends up trying to kill grace or smth, harvests a few parts from ted, finds the black book probably somewhere we would neverrr expect, and begsss the Lords to bring back good ol hubby. After weeks of crying and a dead body in the freezer, wiggly is like FINEE but you gotta give me entertainment. Wayne just gets bullied for an hour straight okay

ASHTON NACHTVIEW𖤐

18 year old dude, resident nerdy prude, unwilling nephew of Wayne. Transferred from Sycamore to HF high after a little Expellsion (he blew up the urinals with firecrackers.)

born and raised in HF by his mother, visits uncle Wayne often, has been to the fuckass mansion. (A friend and I talked and we came to the conclusion that Henry's not very subtle hatred for nerdy prudes goes to such lengths that he needs to be put in another room with musicals blasting in the background while ash and Wayne caught up. It was so funny.)

ashton is a sort of introverted reclusive fan of fantasy media (mostly dnd and harry Potter.) he is friends with Richie and rarely interacts with the nerd squad (+ Steph).

How is ash incorporated into the hatchetverse? (Trilogy only he's fucked.)

Tgwdlm - Ashton would be at school as the apotheosis spread, dying and becoming infected. Ashton is mentioned as being nearby when alice is infected.

Bf - Ash visited the mall with his mother unenthusiastically,eventually being caught in the crossfire and trampled half to death. He does live but had to hide throughout the events. Nobody helped him until after black Friday.

Npmd - forced to bond with the nerd squad through association with Richie. Fortunately didn’t take part in the prank. Did however hide out in the gym and start saying outlandish shit to the lords, earning him some weirded out eldritch beings that contemplated dragging him ASWELL as max down.

Bonus - ash was nicknamed ashes to ashes because he almost burned his mom’s house down once. (Kinds foreshadows or references Wayne’s nightmare time plot.)

(BOUNDARIES AND RULES OF THE BLOG)

NO NSFW. Jokes are fine, even mild blood/gore. Just no straight up porn or anything like that in the asks.

All are welcome to come to the blog! Hf OCS and rp blogs are encouraged more though!!

Relationships/friendships with the guys are fine but do acknowledge the already set up ones, I sk able to rip them away from the boys to make things make sense lol

lore questions are heavily encouraged because I need to flesh these guys out more......

Also dni proshippers, pesos, racists, homophobes, ect... You get my drift.

EXTRA INFO

Wayne ; Kills : 0, deaths : 0, established relations : 0 (on blog.)

ash ; kills : 0, deaths : 0, established relations : 0 (will list)(and will update)

Wayne talks like this.

Ashton talks like this!!

Actions are told through this. So are thoughts and notes, (though like this.)

More will be added in the near future.

TAGS FOR THE BOYS :

#Broken lens (for that kooky ship sometimessssz heheghaah)

#Vedette asks (Wayne)

#Nachtview asks (ash)

#wayne doodles + #ashton doodles

#wayne lore drop + #ASHTON LORE FR

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[dragonomatopoeia]

Air's End-of-Year Youtube Video Rec-List Round-Up

In light of recent events and also because I wanted to, I have put together a rec list of various (mostly longform) videos that I've enjoyed this year. Not all of these videos were released this year, however-- I just happened to see them for the first time in 2023. For readability and quality of life purposes, I have put this list under a readmore and divided the videos up by category, then creator, which means that some youtube channels might appear in multiple categories

I reserve the right to edit this later as I remember more videos, but I feel comfortable publishing it as is, considering it has almost 100 videos on it at this point

Cooking

Get Curried Chili Garlic Rosemary Chicken Recipe | How to Make Chili Garlic Rosemary Chicken at Home | Prateek Anardana Chicken Recipe | Delicious Himachal Style Anardana Chicken Recipe at Home | Chef Prateek Old Delhi Style Tangdi Kebab | How to Make Indian Starter Tangdi Kebab Recipe | Chef Prateek Dhawan

How to Cook That The $10 Million dollar lie (Betty Crocker) Debunking the Pink Sauce Controversy | How To Cook That Ann Reardon Top 7 Best Easy Lemon Recipes 🍋 | How To Cook That Ann Reardon Toxic Foods promoted on TikTok! | How To Cook That Ann Reardon Why is Pyrex exploding? | How To Cook That Ann Reardon

Library of Congress' Youtube Channel El Camino del Mole a New Orleans El Camino del Pan a Baltimore

Immaculate Bites LEMON BUNDT CAKE FIRECRACKER SHRIMP

Simply Mamá Cooks 3 EASY Beef Pot Roast Recipes perfect for the cold weather EASY Chicken Tamales Recipe | How To Make Tamales Easy NO-KNEAD Soft Dinner Rolls + FLUFFY From Scratch Milk Rolls Recipe Zuppa Toscana Recipe EASY | Olive Garden Potato Sausage Soup Recipe

Fraud, Grifts, and Scams

FoldingIdeas Contrepreneurs: The Mikkelsen Twins The Future is a Dead Mall - Decentraland and the Metaverse In Search Of A Flat Earth This is Financial Advice

Maggie Mae Fish Is the "Off-Grid" Lifestyle a Lie??

Münecat I Debunked Every "Body Language Expert" on Youtube The Problem with Tony Robbins (Deep-Dive - Pt.1) The Problem with Tony Robbins (Deep-Dive - Pt. 2)

Super Eyepatch Wolf The Bizarre World of Fake Martial Arts The Bizarre World of Fake Psychics, Faith Healers, and Mediums Influencer Courses are Garbage: The Dark Side of Content Creation Tom Nicholas Griftonomics: Why Scams are Everywhere Now

We're In Hell A History of Spam on the Internet Hustling America: I Can't Believe This Show Is Real The Problem with Voluntourism WE Charity & the Nonprofit Industrial Complex

Gaming

Hbomberguy Halcyon Dreams: The Legacy of Dragon's Lair

Jacob Geller Games that Aren't Games How Can We Bear to Throw Anything Away?

Li Speaks An Exploration of the Avata Star Sue-niverse It's Time For You To Play Flash Games Again The Strange Case of Kissing and Flirting Games Untangling the Lore of Devilish Hairdresser

Mandaloregaming The Mystery of the Druids: A Bizarre Adventure Game

People Make Games The Games Industry Must Not Stay Silent on Palestine Investigation: Who’s Telling the Truth about Disco Elysium? Working at Valve: 'A Fearless Adventure' or 'Lord of the Flies'?

PowerPak Dead Space 3 Is Worse Than I Thought King's Quest - The First Adventure Game King's Quest 2 - A Bridge Too Far... MyHouse.WAD - Inside Doom's Most Terrifying Mod Squirrel Stapler is Absolutely Nuts Tunic is Deceptively Brilliant

Super Bunnyhop Perusing Pentiment's Boisterous Bibliography

History

BobbyBroccoli The image you can't submit to journals anymore

Cambrian Chronicles Wikipedia's King who Doesn't Exist

Defunctland Journey to EPCOT Center: A Symphonic History

Elliot Sang How Tea Became European McMindfulness: When Capitalism Goes Buddhist

Intelexual Media Creating The Conservative New Right In The 1970s A Buffet of Black Food History

Kaz Rowe A Deep Dive into the Deadly World of Victorian Patent Medicine Why Have So Many People Seen Ghost Ships? Why the Myth of the Library of Alexandria Is Wrong

Kendra Gaylord 500 years of dollhouses and what it meant to teach girls Alice Austen, the 1880s photographer: her house, her photos, her love life What happened to cheap food? Diners, Automats, and affordable eating

Nerdsync Bonkers origins of superhero memes The Scandalous REAL Origin of Superman's Lois Lane Superman's Uncomfortable History with Nuclear Weapons

Premodernist Advice for time traveling to medieval Europe

Stepback History How The Vietnam War Birthed a Generation of White Terrorists OK Fine I’ll Talk About Ancient Apocalypse

Tantacrul Notation Must Die: The Battle For How We Read Music

Film and Television

Be Kind Rewind How Breakfast at Tiffany's Turned into a Totally Different Movie | Adapting a Classic Casting the Women of Valley of the Dolls | PT 1 The Making of Valley of the Dolls | PT 2 How the "Old Ladies N' Hijinks" Subgenre Became a Thing How a "Sacrilegious" Film Changed Hollywood Forever... So I watched BLONDE... Why Tallulah Bankhead Never Became a Movie Star

Big Joel The Song That Broke West Side Story

Cherrybepsi Can We Kill the Final Girl Trope Already?

Hazel weird & kinda scary tokusatsu girls

Jane Mulcahy The Lunacy of Teen Wolf (Part 1) What is the 'psycho biddy' genre?

Maggie Mae Fish BLACK CHRISTMAS Before & After "Me Too" The War on "Woke" Hollywood: A History of Blacklists and Strikes Why is Clint Eastwood

Princess Weekes Black Trauma vs. Black Horror Why Are There So Many Confederate Vampires? Why Don't Worry Darling Doesn't Work ...

Shanspeare EUPHORIA: Sam Levinson’s Unfulfilled Fantasy The Girlboss-ification of the Horror Genre TikTok Femininity Coaching and Aestheticizing Racism

Science and Technology

BobbyBroccoli The $21,000,000,000 hole in Texas The man who faked human cloning How to catch a criminal cloner

Eastman Museum's Youtube Channel Photographic Processes Series

Technology Connections What's the deal with the popcorn button?

Practical Engineering How Flood Tunnels Work What's the Difference Between Paint and Coatings? Why Is Desalination So Difficult? Why Railroads Don't Need Expansion Joints

[nekohime19]

Heart behind the lie # 23 : beginning of the trip

It's the save the emo monkey mission

Sun Wukong was eagerly going through his wardrobe, pulling out every piece of clothes he deemed necessary and throwing it on his bed. The sage was a bit indecisive when it came to what he would need (who knows, maybe the leaves quilt would come in handy?) but his clones, which he summoned to help him, were always quick to stop him from packing everything he owned. 

“No, boss you can't bring the leaves quilt. What would you even do with it?”

“Why do you need four different pairs of sunglasses?”

“Boss, we bought clothes with you, pack those, not this old rag you call a hanfu.”

Sun Wukong glared at his clones, not happy to be stopped every time he tried to pack something deemed unnecessary. He liked peach-printed shirts, so what if he had half a dozen and wanted to pack them all ? Sue him for wanting to look peachy! 

“Why can't I pack this one!? It's cute.” Mumbled the sage with an umpteith pinch-printed shirt in his hands. 

“You already packed four of those.” Sighed one of his clones. “Boss, I know we look good in everything but, like, you can't actually bring everything with you.”

“The ship doesn't have enough space for all these pinch-printed shirts!” Barked another clone as he tried to close the sage's pinch-printed suitcase, he jumped on it and was violently thrown back, the suitcase too full to be properly closed. The clone whined, embedded in the nearby wall, another tried to peel him off as if he was an old bubblegum stuck under a desk. 

“We need a spatula!” Sighed the clone trying to peel off the one embedded in the wall. 

“On it!” Called the third clone as he ran in the kitchen. While his clones were busy (he only summoned three) Sun Wukong sneekly slipped his pinch-printed shirt in the suitcase. 

“Boss, did you just try to put your shirt in this already very packed suitcase when we told you not to?”Grumbled one of his clones as he took the spatula offered by another and started to peel his peer off the wall. 

“What?? Me ?? Never!” Gasped the sage, the clone embedded was finally freed, leaving a monkey-shaped hole in the wall. He looked at the suitcase warily, not willing to jump on it anymore. 

“We need another suitcase.” Sighed one of the clones. 

“We already have like five, it's too many.” Groaned the one with the spatula. 

“Pff, what's one more? Besides, I'm the boss here. And I say we do another one.” Decided the King as he made a brand new suitcase with a piece of hair. 

“This trip is doomed before it even begins.” Muttered the clone that was embedded in the wall. 

“Hush with your negativity. We have things to pack!”

In the end, the King settled with six suitcases, each clone took two of them while he was charged with the very important mission to carry their lil lady. The clones grumbled the whole way to Sandy's airship, he was the first there, like often when he had an appointment with Sandy. The blue giant greeted him joyously, faltering slightly when he caught sight of the numerous suitcases. The sage waved his worries away and left for his room, or at least the chamber Sandy's pointed to as his. 

Unfortunately, like his clones predicted, the room was too narrow for all his suitcases. But, he was the great sage, nothing was impossible for him, he shrinked them all with a flick of wrist and stacked them in a corner. 

“What a waste of magic.” Sighed one of his clones as he fluffied Sock's cushion in one corner of the room. 

“You're just salty because your worries were unfounded.” Snarked the sage, a smug smile on his lips. 

“Of course we're salty, we’re you, we hate when we're not right.” Snickered another clone as he played with Sock, letting her pawe at his snout with delight. 

“Jerks.” Muttered the sage. “I'll call you if I need you.” Sighed the King as he turned towards the three gremlins wearing his face. They all swarmed Sock before he could poof them, drowning her in pets and coos. Sock meowed, confused, but enjoyed the pets nonetheless, always taking the chance to bask in affection. 

Once the clones disappeared the sage took his lil bud in his arms and decided to visit the airship. Sock settled in his arms, comfortably laid on his chest, and together they roamed the airship. It didn't change much from the short time they spent on it after the Bone Demon's mess, but Sandy did add more rooms, and a few more engines. There were three simple rooms, each with at least two beds (some with three), a wardrobe, a desk and a porthole ( Sun Wukong wondered if he could create some pinch-printed curtains, he didn't want to be awake by sun rays each morning.) There also was a nice kitchen, not big enough to let the entire group in, but large enough for three or four people to work comfortably. Sun Wukong snooped around the closets a little and stuffed some peach chips in it, hidden behind others food. There was another room, probably made to be a lounging area, neatly furnished with green plants and nice wooden furniture, Sun Wukong let Sock roam a little in it, she slightly rubbed her scent on the large couch in the room's heart before jumping in his arms again. The last room (except for the engine room but it was probably not wise to go in there) was a common bathroom with one shower, one toilet and a few sinks. 

Sun Wukong rejoined Sandy once he finished his little adventure, Sock still in his arms. He let her play with Mo and watched fondly, with the tea-lover, as the two cats chased one another on the ship's deck. The rest of the group arrived shortly after and settled in the different rooms. Tang and Pigsy chose to share one with Sandy, and the two high-energy kids jumped on the occasion to claim one for them and Red Son, which left behind him and Macaque. Sun Wukong awkwardly turned towards the warrior, a bit worried, and melted in place when Macaque didn't oppose the idea. He bit his lips to repress the happy trills tickling his mouth and eagerly guided the warrior to his - their–room, Sock stopped playing with Mo to follow them, ever so curious about the sage's antics. 

Macaque settled rather quickly, he chuckled when he caught sight of Sock's cushion and petted her when she climbed his bed, she purred happily and rolled around on his bed, showing her fluffy belly. Macaque cooed and greedily rubbed her belly, the King watched it all with fondness, and a speck of jealousy, Sock never let him pet her belly (he also longed for the other's belly scratches, he remembered how damn good they felt). 

“Feeling jealous?”Snickered the macaque as he side eyed the sage, Sun Wukong quickly turned away, cheeks dusted with red. 

“Not at all.” Mumbled the sage as he de-shrinked one of his suitcase and pulled a little chest out of it, the one where the witch's compass was sealed in. 

“You're sure? Because you were staring pretty hard~”

“Whatever, leggo, the others are waiting.” Muttered the sage as he left the room, chest in hands. 

Macaque giggled and followed after him with a skip in his steps, Sock trotted after them, sometimes weaving herself in-between their legs while they walked. The others were settled in the lounging room, around a map laid in the middle of the room, on a lively wooden table. The two monkeys weaved themselves around the table as the lil lady walked towards Mo, who was napping on the couch. Mo looked up the second Sock approached, the lil sage climbed on the couch and pawed at the older cat, Mo huffed and moved a little, making room for the lil lady. Sock dived next to him, enjoying the already heated spot. 

Sun Wukong was tempted to hover over them and took a million pictures, but the map in front of him was currently more important. 

“So, you got the compass, Monkey King?” Asked his successor with an excited smile. 

“I got it right in there.” Replied the sage as he carefully opened the chest and took out the compass, everyone shivered when they felt the freezing aura coming out of the bluish device. He put it beside the map and opened it with a frown, not liking the coldness nipping at his fingers the second he grazed it. “Now, how does this thing work?” The needles turned in every direction before settling in Macaque's way.��

“With no direction it points to what the owner wants the most at the moment. But you can also simply think of what you want and it will point at it.” Explained the little Bull. 

“And what do ya do to be the owner of this thing?” Asked the pig with a raised eyebrow. 

“The last one to touch it is considered the owner. So the ginger simian is currently the owner.”

A silence embraced the room as each person carefully turned towards Macaque, who made a point to not look at any of them. Sun Wukong sputtered, tail flickering in agitation. 

“W-well then, do something!!” Stuttered the sage with drooping ears, embarrassed by his own want. While not surprising, to him at least, it was incredibly awkward, especially since Macaque was in the room. 

The kids snickered between them, looking at the sage with wiggling eyebrows, Red Son, bless him, put an end to their antics when he touched the compass, immediately the needles pointed east. 

“Hm, so I guess the next lantern piece is in the east.” Sighed the dragon girl as the little Bull began to circle some eras. 

“That's it? Ya don't even know where the next piece is exactly?” Asked Pigsy. 

“We can easily calculate it based on where the witch's mech shattered, and with it where the lantern shattered. Besides, we just have to follow the needles and do some scouting, quite easy.” Replied Red Son. “I suspect it might be in this era in particular, but, well, I'm not really sure. We will know better when we approach it.” The little bull pointed at a mountain chain a few days of flight from here. Sun Wukong recognizes this as a neutral territory, normally devoid of demons. 

“Alright, so can we go over this plan one more time..?” Tentatively asked the scholar. 

“We find the three missing lantern pieces, we fix the lantern to help Mackie, and, boom, Mackie is healed!” Excitedly replied Mei. 

“Quite simplified, but yes, basically.” Added Red Son. 

“It might be better if we leave the compass with the steering wheel then.” Proposed the tea-lover, Red Son agreed with that. Sun Wukong carefully put the compass inside of the chest and passed it to the cat-lover with a firm warning of only pulling it out when needed. 

After this, the group scattered. The kids stayed in the lounging room, talking about every little thing, Sandy left to turn on the engines and began their flight, the pig left to the kitchen to prepare the evening dinner, Tang hot on his heels. Macaque rose and walked outside of the room, tail swaying lazily at each of his steps, Sun Wukong watched him until his figure disappeared from his view, but didn't dare to follow him, it would come across as too clingy. 

“Ohhh, Mister King, you're not even trying to hide it anymore~” Teased the dragon girl as she nudged him with her elbow. 

“Hide what?” Mumbled the King. 

“The shadowpeach is sooo real.” Giggled his mentee, Red Son looked at the kids with a tired face, perhaps used to their antics. 

“You should go after him!”Exclaimed Mei. 

“Yeah! Monkey King!”

“I'm…good. Macaque has his own things to do.”

“Booo, disappointing.” Muttered Mei. 

Sun Wukong decided to ignore her and approached his lil bud, she meowed happily when she spotted him and nuzzled in his hand. The ship took flight, leaving the earth and traveling in the sea of clouds. The sage watched the landscape change outside of the porthole, he decided to leave the room once the ship stabilized itself in the sky. 

“I'm going, ok. If you cause trouble, do it discreetly.” Mumbled the King as he kissed his lil lady forehead, he ignored how the kids, minus Red Son, watched him with knowing eyes. 

The sage was leisurely walking in the ship’s corridors without a true direction in mind, well, he did have something (or rather someone) he hoped to find but he didn't want to make it too obvious. After the compass incident, he didn't want to come across as too desperate. It would be nice if he could find the other coincidently and, maybe, spark one or two talks. Something light hearted, that would be nice after their rather heavy talk at the last therapy session. 

He found Macaque on the deck, the warrior was leaning over the railing, letting the winds glide in his midnight fur. Sun Wukong took a moment to admire the scene before him, once ready he walked over the other and cleared his throat. 

“H-hey, nice seeing you there.” This was incredibly awkward but he had to start somewhere, didn't he. Macaque turned towards him with a raised eyebrow, but luckily he said nothing of his poor social attempt. 

“Hm, the wind is nice.” The sage was happy to get a reply, it meant the other was willing to talk with him.

“Yeah.” The King racked his mind to find something to talk about, something they shared in common, and in his grand stupidity he blurted out : “Last time we were on this ship you were attacking everyone, remember?” This was probably the worst thing he could have said, he wanted to jump off the ship just to avoid the awkwardness slipping between the two of them. 

“Hm, well, sorry about that, I guess.” Muttered the warrior. 

“O-oh, no, I mean yes, but I didn't…ok.”

“You're okay there? Why are you so awkward?” Sun Wukong shuffled on his feet, uncomfortable, but he guessed it was better if he was honest. 

“It's just, I don't really know where we stand anymore. After our fight, I mean. Like before, we could talk and all, almost like friends, but now, I don't really know.”

“Well, we're talking now?”

“Yes, but it's so awkward!” Sighed the sage as he rubbed his left arm.

“...I don't know.” Mumbled the warrior. “I'm surprised Red Son's parents agreed to let him be there?” Tentatively tried the macaque, the sage immediately jumped on the subject, relieved to see that Macaque was trying as much as him to make this work. 

“Yeah, with how strict Iron Fan is I'm quite surprised!”

“Hm, especially with you there. She's gonna beat you up if he's hurt.” Snorted the warrior. 

“Hugh, don't talk to me about it.” Wailed the sage as he leaned over the railing. “I'm surprised Red Son accepted to come here in the first place.”

“Hm, I'm not surprised.”

“Why?” Asked the King, tail swishing curiously behind him. 

“I mean, did you see how the red boy looks at your successor and the dragon girl?” Macaque turned towards him expectantly, like he was waiting for him to have an epiphany, the epiphany didn't come. “Come on, you can't be this blind, can't you?”

“What–hey! I'm not blind! They're best friends or whatever, maybe.” Gasped the sage, offended to be called blind. 

“You're really obvious.” Snickered the macaque and, well, even if Sun Wukong wanted to be mad at him he couldn't when the other looked so good with a smile on his lips. “The red boy has a crush on the kids.”

“No way!”

“Yes way. Wanna bet?”

“You're on! What are we betting?” 

“Winner gets to order the other around for a day?” Proposed the warrior. 

“Cool. You're so gonna lose this one.” 

“In your dreams.”

They easily let the silence fall between them, each looking at the passing landscape and the occasional birds flying near them. Macaque stretched after a while, he looked at the birds flapping in the sea of clouds and turned towards the sage with mischief etched on his lips. 

“Wanna bird race?”Asked the other, chin held high, as if he already won. 

“You're sure? Aren't you low on magic?”

“I'm fine. You gave me plenty at the last therapy session and besides I need to exercise a bit. Let's say, we dive towards this weird tower thing and then the first to get to the ship wins.” Sun Wukong looked down at the said weird tower thing, the city weather tower, he was almost tempted to correct the other but instead he chose to jump off the ship and transform into an eagle. “What-hey, no fair!” Macaque jumped after him, changing in his falcon form, and flew alongside him. 

It was nice to feel the winds ruffle his feathers, it felt almost exhilarating to plummet down to the ground and to see the buildings becoming larger and larger, if he turned a little, he could caught sight of the other black winds, but he didn't want to get mesmerized by Macaque and lose the race, so he chose to not look at him. He opened his wings the second he was near the city, stopping his fall with the grace of a dancer. 

They both flew towards the tower, Macaque passed before him the moment they reached it, using his smaller stature to glide faster in the sharp turn of the tower. 

“You cheater!”Called Sun Wukong. 

“Not my fault you're a big ass bird who can't turn well!”Snickered the macaque and Sun Wukong gasped at that, greatly offended. The great sage grumbled and followed after the other, a bit behind him, he decided to discreetly use a bit of wind magic to boost himself a little. 

They both reached the ship at the same time, stumbling on the deck as they transformed back to their real forms. 

“I won!”Laughed the macaque, hands on his hips. 

“What, no you didn't! I was here before you!” Protested the King. 

“No way. Besides you used wind magic, so you cheated, therefore I won.”

“You have no proof.”

“I don't need proof, I know you.” Replied Macaque, before the sage could reply they were both interrupted by Sandy, who wanted them to know that dinner was ready. 

“This is not over, I won!” Proudly exclaimed the King as they walked towards the lounging room, the only room with a table large enough for all of them to eat comfortably. 

“You're just a sore loser~”

“Oh, you're on, we're so gonna race again, and I'm gonna win!”

They stopped their argument when they reached the lounging room. Pigsy's meal was heavenly, as usual, and if the kids did ask them why they looked so ruffled (side effect of their race) they easily brushed their questions aside with waves of hands. Both not wanting to be scolded for being reckless. 

“Oh my, don't tell me, you were having some quality time with Macaque!? Is that why you're both ruffled??” Squealed the dragon girl. 

“I guess?” Replied the sage, in a way, a race was some sort of quality time. He looked over Macaque, but the other didn't seem to understand the shared excitement between the kids. 

Once the meal was finished, they all helped clear the tableware. They stayed a bit in the lounging room afterward, watching a movie at his mentee's demands, something about dragons and vikings. It was nice, he made a note to watch the sequels if he ever had time for. They each retreated to their rooms once the movie ended, Sun Wukong changed once Macaque left for the bathroom. He suddenly became a bit conscious of his pinch-printed pajamas. Was it too silly? Maybe Macaque was gonna make fun of him for it? He shouldn't have packed so many peach-printed things. 

His musing was interrupted once the warrior came back, Macaque said nothing of his outfit, but his eyes did linger on his neck with surprise. The warrior turned away after a few seconds of intense staring and awkwardly cleared his throat, he slipped in his bed and mumbled a shy : “Night Wukong, today was nice.”

“O-oh, yeah, Night Macaque.” Muttered the King. He climbed on his bed and curled around his lil lady, and then he remembered he was wearing the warrior's scarf, like he always did for the past months, and realized why Macaque was staring so intently just a few minutes ago. Sun Wukong hid himself in his lil sage fur, face blooming red. 

He hoped he wouldn't embarrass himself further on this trip. 

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[intuitive-revelations]

Legend of Ruby Sunday live notes

Obviously spoilers below, recorded as I watched. Definitely gonna watch again though. I think I might do a seperate write up about 'what to take away' because oh my god does this episode throw a lot at you!

"Uncle"!!

We're definitiely getting a UNIT spin-off aren't we? I recognised the soldier guy straight away (tbh, when I first saw the 60th trailers he looked so odd in the shots used I thought he was cgi/deepfaked). If we do get it, I do hope they go for the military vs science conflict like I imagine - he'd be a good 'antagonist' for Kate in that regard.

Ooh... just pointing out the anagram in-universe....huh.

"TARDIS technology." Oh she's doomed this episode, I can feel it coming.

Oh! And we're doing the Susan mention?! Ok?!

AND THAT'S THE END OF THE PRE-TITLES WHAT? WHY?

Must be a redirect, though, surely? 'Susan' is not much to go off. It's silly they're jumping to this straight away in-universe, even with the TARDIS anagram.

"Well, except the obvious." "We'll get him." Is that a Musk slam?

Mel!

"Call me Sue" that's a bit of evidence against. Though if it is somehow Susan, her actually being 'really nice' would be cute.

Ruby Rose besties! Ruby Rose besties!

Hm. If this is somehow Susan, we are so going to dissect that thing about Sue Triad's parents.

Donna mention. :)

Oh my god, I've just realised. The TARDIS is a central part of this mystery, and that's exactly what Mrs Flood claimed to recognise...

Uhh.... what's up with Flood?

"HE WAITS NO MORE."

We're really settling on the Susan thing, huh.

"He never mentioned a granddaughter." Five Doctors fans keep losing.

"If you've got a granddaughter, that means you've got kids." "Well, not quite. Not yet." OMG WE'RE DOING THIS?

(Also...he definitely HAS had kids before - and not just Jenny and Miranda. But wild that we're implying Susan isn't the child of one of them.)

"I bring disaster. What if I go back and ruin her?" Hmm... so far kinda compatible with To the Death?

"Especially the Prime Minister." lol.

"N-dimenionsal time", thanks, I'll absorb that into my interpretation of time, time tracks etc. in the whoniverse.

Mel lost her family. Is that a reference? Doesn't immediately bring something to mind.

I like the way the lights are fading up and down, very TARDIS-y.

Ooh, the VHS-y environment.

"The greatest power of all: memory. Time is remembered. Memory is time." MEMORY TARDIS MEMORY TARDIS.

"What is the memory of a time machine?" No way.

Ok, getting ready for a twist. RTD said where people were is important.

...or not?

The one who waits?!

Well there goes the colonel. No surprise.

Hmm... the description "it's everything" sounds a lot like the Void ship from Doomsday.

"It's the Beast." Not that 'Beast' surely?

"It's so old. It's been waiting. It's been waiting for so long." So those "one"s are the same, confirmed?

"It's the TARDIS" AHHHH.

It's groaning again! "It's made that noise before."

"What if it exists around the TARDIS now and we just can't see it?"

I don't think this is our Susan, but if she somehow is I'm really enjoying her dorkiness.

...that's two "no more" drops so far. Hmm...

"AND I THINK WE CAN SUCCEED" Hello?!

It's woven into the TARDIS? Some sort of parasite maybe? Didn't RTD say something about the splitting in The Giggle being important?

"He has hidden in the Howling Void. He has hidden within the tempest." WAIT I WAS RIGHT?! It's Void related. The Eternals called it the Howling didn't they?!

"All this time, he whispered and delighted and seduced, and the vessel did obey. For none should be more mighty and none should be more wise than the King himself." UHHHHH.

HARRIET F*CKING ARBINGER (and she said she was born for this... of course)

WAIT THAT'S SAXON'S THEME WTF

"I dream of worlds with orange skies." HUH? I guess that could be from Boom, but you know what I'm thinking

"There is the Toymaker: the God of Games. There is Trickster: the God of traps." I f*cking knew it. The 'Pantheon' is the Pantheon of Discord!

"There is Maestro: the God of Music. There is Reprobate: of Spite. There is the Mara, the God of Beasts, and the three-fold deity of malice and mischeif and misery." Ok Mara mention... BUT also, "three-fold" that's deliberate right?! Like the Six-Fold God?

"The mother and father and other of them all."

SUTEKH!

"Did you think I was family, Doctor?" Phew...

And it's Gabriel Woolf voicing him! That's good.

Wait... he also voiced the Beast... huh. What does that mean with the reference this episode?

[doomreed]

Blue bubbles are mine, grey are the other person. I don't expect them to see this and l'm not calling them out or anything, just I see all of the really kind, supportive messages in my inbox and then there's this, from someone I had thought was sort of a friend? And like.

I left Twitter because it was negatively affecting my health. I struggle to maintain social contact, I always have. Because I struggle with feelings that my presence is unwanted. The rest, I'm honestly not sure what they're talking about. I object to Dr Doom, a Romani character, being played by a non-Romani actor. I've expressed that adding Sue into the DoomReed ship should be tagged differently to avoid confusion, because that's a different ship. I try to correct stereotypes and biases people aren't even aware of carrying against Romani people, Doom more specifically.

If they meant the time period two years ago where I was genuinely unwell and had a really bad episode due to a number of health-related factors: it was two years ago. I've changed doctors, treatment plans, and am in therapy even now. I've made apologies, as requested. They weren't accepted, but that's not something I can control.

I'm flawed. I get that. It's why I want to step back. I made this blog, made the first reading guide image from @rizahmad 's list, with their help, started DoomReed Week, maintained playlists, wrote the shipping wiki, idk what all else, because when I got into this fandom, those resources were either not there at all or very hard to find.

If me disengaging will make the resources I've created more palatable, I will gladly do that.

[not-that-dillinger]

Memories of Sorrow

For Doom to see one of Ed's memories!

@the-haunted-office

So sue him, Doom had a tendency to bring out his silly side, to make him bold enough to do things he wouldn't otherwise do, like start a game of tag in the Office's halls. He'd never done that as a child; even if he and his younger brother had gotten along, he would have never dared, else he earn his father's... disapproval.

And yet, that is exactly what Ed decided was how they were going to spend the next... unknown quantity of time. And so, as they were walking through the Office's halls on the way to the lounge, Ed turned to her with a mischivious grin. "Hey Doom," he said, before casually raising a hand, and tapping her lightly on the shoulder. "You're--"

There was a light shock, like static electricity as he touched her and a slight pull, like they're magnets or his hand is stickt when he started to run, though there's little resistance.

That was all Ed perceived, but for Doom, there was more. She would find herself...somewhere dark. It was unclear if she was floating in air or water or standing on solid ground. In front of her was a giant glowing tree. If she looked closely, she would notice its trunk, branches, and leaves were all made of glowing ones and zeros. If she happened to look toward the ground, she would notice that she can see the tree's roots, and that they're also made of glowing strings of ones and zeros.

As Doom looked back up to attempt to find where the tree's branches end as they seem to reach toward infinity in the dark expanse, a large delicate glowing leaf fell from the tree, and landed on her head. As soon as it touches her head, Doom would find herself back in... an office, though not the one she was familiar with. She's approaching what appeared to be a lounge, and voices float out the open doorway into the hall.

"Have you heard that Dillinger's probably gonna be in hot water?" someone with a medium pitched tenor voice asked.

"Is he now?" a high pitched soprano voice responded.

"You know that nifty messaging program that got him that sweet promotion last month for all the revenue it brought the company?" A third voice responded; this one an alto. "Apparently someone hacked it and leaked a bunch of sensitive data."

As Doom entered the lounge, she finds it to be... much different than the one in the office she was familiar with. The appliances were dated, and probably had been new in the 80's. Rather than the orange carpet, there was sterile white tile floor, though there was a deep navy area rug under a couch and large stuffed chair that face away from the door, and toward a large flat screen TV on the wall.

It is at the couch that Doom would find the three gossipers, who seem to be playing a video game, shooting at... some sort of space ships. They either don't notice her as she enters the lounge, or don't care that she can hear her--or Ed, as she might have figured out.

"Ouch," says Soprano. "Though I'm honestly not very surprised."

Tenor laughs. "What do you want to bet that he earned that promotion the same way his daddy did way back in the 80's?"

Doom--Ed, perhaps unsurprisingly, ignores the gossipers badmouthing him and makes a bee line for the counter at the other end. He sets a mug down on the counter, this one appearing hand painted with puffins on a black sandy beach.

"You think he stole it?" Alto asked. "You know that's what he was the project working on when we were interns, right?"

Ed opened a cabinet above him, and reached for a large wooden box. His hands have a noticeable tremor to them, though whether it's from the gossipers affecting him, or something else is unclear.

Regardless, Ed didn't quite grip the box right, and it falls out of his hands and clatters loudly against the counter.

The three gossipers turn around, startled by the noise.

"Dillinger! How's it going?" Alto asked as she brushed black curls out of her face. "We didn't notice you come in!"

"You on break?" Tenor asked. "Wanna play a round of Space Paranoids?"

"Sorry, Calloway, this is all the break I have time for," Ed replied without turning to look at them. He sounded exhausted. Dead on his feet, like he hadn't slept in well over 24 hours. The lounge fell quiet. Ed stared at the wooden box of tea for what felt like half a minute, but may have been less, then sighed. He opened a drawer, and pulled out a tub of black powder--coffee grounds, from the smell of it. The tension in the room was palpable, though Ed ignored it as though it was a regular occurrence. He set up the espresso machine and punched the button for a double shot, then put his mug under it while he waited for it to dispense the coffee. Once it was done, Ed repeated the process, then fished a carton of cream out of the fridge and sugar from a drawer while he waited. Once the machine finished for the second time, he retrieved his cup, poured enough cream into it to turn the coffee a pale tan and a questionable amount of sugar into the mug. Then he turned, and marched back down the hall.

The walk back--presumably to Ed's office--was a blur, but then Doom found herself in another room, this one with a sprawling maze of cubicles. Ed made his way toward one, as though on autopilot. He stopped short in the entryway to one. The walls of the cubicle was mostly bare, with hardly any decoration, though a filing cabinet and shelf line one wall perpendicular to the desk. The single decoration in the space was a vase of lavender flowers that sat on the desk. Aside from the usual computer setup of desktop monitor, keyboard, trackball mouse, on the desk, it also had a set of discarded black wrist braces, a mug with a number of pens in it, a planner notebook with the page it was open to filled with scribbled notes, and a stack of sticky notes in multiple sizes and at least a dozen colors, though the blocks of stickies are nearly camoflauged by the ones that plaster practically the entire surface of the desk, all four edges of the computer monitor, and even the wall behind the desk. A blanket made of emerald green granny hexagons with sunflowers was thrown over the back of the chair.

What caused Ed to stop in his tracks, however, was the man inside the cubicle. The man was old, with whispy white hair deep lines etched into his face.

"What are you doing here?" Ed asks in lieu of greeting.

"Hello, Junior," the man said with an English accent. "No greeting for your papa? I thought I taught you better than that."

"I thought I told you last time we spoke that I wanted nothing more to do with you."

The older Dillinger tsked. "Now Junior. That's enough of that. You've had your fun, but now it's time to grow up and come home."

"Will you cut the crap? I'm not a child any more, and I won't allow you to control me." Ed snapped.

The old man stepped up to Ed so their faces were inches apart. "Do I need to remind you who payed for your education?" he hissed. "Your education was an investment. I expected you to come back and work at Dillinger Systems with me. Now it is time to pay up."

"I'm sorry, but my answer still has not changed since the last time we spoke. I'm not quitting Encom."

"Then perhaps you would agree to a different arrangement, help your papa get revenge on an old rival?"

"I'm not engaging in corporate espionage for you, either," Ed stated bluntly. If you expected a return from your 'investment' in my education, you should have made me sign a contract. Now if you'll excuse me--"

There was a loud smack of flesh hitting flesh, and sharp, burning pain bloomed across Ed's cheek. The room blurred. Doom would have gotten the sense that Ed had been hit though he had been in too much shock at the time to properly process it.

"You dare--!"

"I suggest you leave before I call security," Ed cut in, his voice steady, but as devoid of warmth as the depths of the antarctic ocean or void of space.

The older Dillinger hissed an exhale. "Very well. I'm sure you're very busy, so I'll let you get back to work. I'll send Peter with an invitation for dinner in a week, and the instructions that you are not allowed to decline. I suggest you think over your options in the mean time. I will have a return on my investment, Junior, one way or another. Good day."

The next thing Doom knows, she--or Ed--is alone in the cubicle. He crumpled to the ground, breathing heavily.

Just as suddenly, Doom found herself back in her own office, with Ed mid stride to sprint away from her.

"--it!" Ed called, taking a stride as though to sprint down the hall, only to stumble to a halt, turning back towards Doomsday. "...Doom?" he asked, concerned. "Did... did something happen?

[yellowocaballero]

Havent read you call this a utopia yet, but i am genuinely so exited to start reading it!!!!!!!! i am personally pretty neutral on time travel fix it fics, but your writing is genuinely phenomenal and you always bring some very genuine insight and deconstruction of tropes into your writing!!!! thank you for uploading!

Thank you, I hope you like it!

When I was young I read so many Naruto Peggy Sue fics. Like, so many. This was because they were, reliably, both long and gen. When you don't like shipping you read a lot of Peggy Sue fics. I think when you read so much of something for so long, especially if you're also a writer, you do end up forming opinions and having insights about it.

What I will say about 'time travel fix it' in You Call This A Utopia: when reading time-travel fix its, I never once cared about the original timeline. There's nothing to care about. The original timeline wasn't important. It's a bad timeline, we all died, the MC has PTSD, trauma abounds, let's Set Right What Once Went Wrong. There are always these short flashbacks and they were very skippable. Every doomed timeline was the same and it never mattered. It's like...who cares about the life the isekai'd person lived before this, right?

I do not explain the Plan Ruining Time Traveling Ghost. The Plan Ruining Time Traveling Ghost is not important. We do not know (much) about her timeline or what happened. We do not learn how Obito met her, what happened when he did, or what she said to him. It really just doesn't matter. If you're expecting it to matter, then don't, because it does not. It's not about all'a that. Obito might as well have fuckin', just, read Naruto.

There's a very big joke about this that I don't think is completely apparent yet so I won't say it. I think it's already implied, honestly. Why did she travel back in time? Wellllll......

So, yes, Utopia is kinda a time traveling fix-it, in the sense that Obito gained memories of the future and went "whoah! hope that never happens! anyway." and then goes and becomes insane differently. Hope that helps.

[canonrpfinder]

Hello everyone, hope you're all doing alright, folks! And thanks canonrpfinder to manage the account and to helping me to see when posts had been udpate, lol!

About me! I roleplay since ten years now, and currently doing it on discord! I write on 3rd person, and are pretty flexible when it comes to the lenght of our answers. I would just like to have a partner sending something I can work with, not just anyhting like "He kissed her." or those five words answers. I tend to like playing on a server for the two of us, with using tupperbox. I love OOC discussion, and eventually would be looking for someone who could answer regularly. I am also ready to double rp. To conclude this part, I wish that all people reaching me be over the age of majority! I like to have some erp parts in my rp, not just for the love of it (thought horny can be fun) but because I do romantic ships and think that erp can be beautiful when we write it good!

Anyways, about what I am really looking for right now! It will be about some fandoms of mine and ships in it, so buckle up and here we go!🕺

• MCU:

- Kate Bishop and Yelena Belova

- Loki and Brunhilde

- Wanda Maximoff and Strange

- Layla-El-Faouly and Arthur Harrow

- Layla-El-Faouly and Marc Spector

- Xu Xialing and Namor

- Jennifer Walters and Kingpin

- Kilgrave and Jessica Jones

- Kilgrave and Karen Page

- Kilgrave and Maria Hill

- Kilgrave and Black Widow

• Marvel Comics:

- America Chavez and Kate Bishop (Amerikate for the win!)

- Storm and Doom

- Sue Storm and Namor

- Kate Bishop and Laura Kinney

- Kate Bishop and Masque

- MJ and Osborn

• X-Men 97:

- Rogue and Magneto

- Jubilee and Sunspot

• DCU:

- Ratcatcher and Poison Ivy

• DC Comics:

- Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon

- Raven and Beastboy

- Harper Row and Stephanie Brown

• Skins:

- Effy and Naomi

- Naomi and Cook

- Effy and Cook

- Naomi and Emily

• The Last of Us:

- Ellie and Dina

• Stranger Things:

- Nancy and Robin (Ronance for the win too!)

- Max and Robin

- Nancy and Steve

• Scott Pilgrim:

- Ramona and Gideon

- Ramona and Envy

- Ramona and Scott

- Ramona and Foxie

- Kim and Foxie

- Kim and Scott

• Drive Away Dolls:

- Jamie and Marian

• Locke and Key:

- Kinsey and Dodge

• Brooklyn 99

- Jake and Amy

Can't wait to have your news, like this and I will reach out for more talk about what we can rp on!

[susandsnell]

🔥🌈👀 for the ask meme!

Hiya Maggie! Thanks for your patience on this. <3 Love ya!

Fandom Ask Game

🌈 answered here

🔥 Name a crackship, now convince me why it would work! Oh gosh, this is tough!! It's hard because for me to get on board with any ship I need to believe in it somehow so it's hard to think of any I'd properly consider a crackship.

I'm gonna just be a parody of myself and say Daniel Molloy and Sue Snell would probably have a hell of a lavender marriage in that they are two curly-haired repressed homosexuals who did awful things as a teen and faced incredibly disproportionate retributions for it, coped with said horrific trauma via unfulfilling hetero relationships, and act as the witness in the horror/the archivist culminating in writing a book contextualizing the horror survived, who also fell in doomed love with their monster(s). They're both miserably resigned to ticking boxes (and additionally if you go with movie!Sue, she's the same age as Daniel chronologically), so they'd work in the 'hand in unlovable hand' sense, sire an utterly doomed to fuckery daughter together, possibly investigate supernatural/preternatural shenanigans together, and share a wry humour all the way through what is probably a devastatingly acrimonious divorce.

👀 - Most tame ship you enjoy: Probably Korrasami, as it was seminal for adolescent coco and very much YA fantasy queer media, but unfortunately such is the fate of a himejoshi as to have many ships made tame because sapphics cannot have conflict bigger than a disagreement while the boys get to violate the Geneva conventions as means of foreplay I guess. This being said, Korra and Asami are a truly sweet story about rivalry over a boy turning into homoerotic tension turning to admiration and the one solid relationship of trust through hellish traumatic spirals that will pull you through to your hard-earned happy ending. I'm putting it as tamer than Megstine (which is similarly sweet best friends to lovers) just because we know these two gothic heroines probably get up to some bonkers stuff (or at least I'd like to think so) and definitely moreso than Musical!Gelphie since the latter nearly get each other killed multiple times, and the worst Korra and Asami do is like, argue twice.

Thank you!!

[barontejano]

Oops, you made your cannon ship too toxic and activated The WonderBat Effect tm.

A shipping war that stems from two characters that have had one two many instances of that plot twist, that breakup, and that storyline, causing the Fandom to vere wildly towards a third, crackship only hinted at even if the hinting is explicit.

Usually it stems from characters with extremely long "will they won't they" storyline.

For example, Batman X Selina Kyle feels kinda pointless after Hush and the Tom King run, especially if you were really invested in it.

On the flip side Batman X Talia Al Ghul feels somewhat gross after she drugged Bruce to make Damian.

Then there is simple, wholesome Diana who has always been kind to Bruce.

Other examples that come to mind would be Dick Grayson X Raven, after all no one wants to see Dick and Barbara happy just for him to gaslight her again, or Dick and Starfire only for them both to cheat on each other...again. So you get people that see Dick treating Raven like a little sister and shipping it.

Sue Storm deserves better than Reed, who to this day doesn't remember his own wife is a doctor, so they ship her with everyone from Doom to Namor.

Jean Grey and Logan are terrible for Scott so you get Scott X Emma Frost.

Carly and Freddie also come to mind.

Peter Parker and Kitty Pride in the ultimates after one to many breakups, bad storylines, timeline resets and fatal spinal fractures with Gwen and MJ.

People trying to dodge the ethics of #Steggy and time travel by stubbornly pulling for Steve and Natasha all the way through Endgame.

Open to more examples here...

[gingerylangylang1979]

I am not dooming and glooming over Carmy x Sydney post-trailer

I know what we all saw and I saw it coming. Ever since there was a casting call for an old friend named Claire, I was like, enter a potential love interest. And now we have some flirty banter and she has a recurring role. But you know what I don’t really care. I gave side-eye when the casting was announced as a knee-jerk reaction and was a bit startled at the trailer upon first watch. But really, I’m mostly unbothered at the end of this day. 

1. We don’t know what the relationship was, is, or could be. 

2. If it is romantic, I’m actually seeing the positive because it means Carmy could have a girlfriend. If it is a thing it establishes that Carmy is into women and open to love. If sex is involved, he’s not asexual. If he’s not into women or asexual it’s not the worst (and if he was with a hot guy, I’ll except it and enjoy the visuals, cue Angel)... but it ruins my ship, so yeah I have feelings. I wouldn’t stop watching the show over it. But those things not being true means I get to watch Carmy be romantic with a woman. That doesn’t make me a villain. Of course I want it to be with Sydney, but Carmy is fine and I want to see him in a romantic situation. Sue me. So if this girl is the vehicle that proves there is a romantic pathway with a woman in his story line and I get to see him get down those are wins for me. Not the grand prize, but I’ll take it. Because...

3. She could be the in-between girl if something does happen. How do we know if they get together it’s a long term or end game relationship? These things happen all the time. Someone is introduced mid-run that doesn’t last until the end. 

4. While whatever interactions are happening with this woman, Carmy is also spending a lot of time with Sydney outside of the restaurant. Yes, they are cooking, but it’s cooking together. They are bound to get to know each other more. I wouldn’t be surprised if she dropped that he made the best meal she ever had at some point at his apartment and weirdness ensues. Sydney also seems to be spending a lot of time with Carmy AND Sugar. I love it. It goes with my The Bear is a Mom & Pop restaurant established in 2023 agenda. Time with the fam building the place together. 

5. Carmy & Sydney actually may never happen. We were told they are platonic so it shouldn’t be a huge shock if it doesn’t happen. Disappointing as fuck, yes, but I can’t be hostile about it. We are just shipping what is essentially a crackship that we are hoping is a slow burn. I still have hope but I also am not genuinely seething. I have my moments then get over it. 

6. Or they could and this is just part of the epic sneak attack slow burn. Only time will tell. Maybe a long shot but I did see what looked to be Carmy in therapy. I’ll keep hope alive with Ayo’s sentiment that Carmy and Sydney would maybe be possible after therapy and two seasons. I’m being optimistic. 

I dunno. If this makes me lose my shipper card, my apologies. I’m just being objective despite my wishes. I’m trying to keep this fun. 

[fancoloredglasses]

Star Trek, part 4: The Next Generation (Making the Federation even more Mary Sue)

[All images are owned by Paramount. Please don’t sue me]

The introduction of the Enterprise-A in Star Trek IV opened up the possibility of new adventures of the USS Enterprise, so when it was announced in 1987 that a new Star Trek television series would be starting, fans were hopeful that the crew of the Enterprise would go from the big screen back to the small screen.

They were very wrong.

(Thanks to Great80sTV)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (or simply TNG) takes place 80 years following the original Enterprise’s five-year missions. Gene Roddenberry is once again at the helm of the show, though he is assisted by Rick Berman, who would become the official showrunner following Roddenberry’s death.

The Federation of the 24th century is, if possible, even more utopian than before, having signed a peace treaty with the Klingon Empire (even if more than a few Klingons aren’t happy about it)

The latest ship to carry the legendary name, the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) is a Galaxy class starship, capable of longer missions into deep space. Warp technology has progressed far enough that the formula for warp speed had to be amended. Now (according to fan publications) the calculation is to a power of 5 (meaning that Warp 5 would be 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 5, or 3,125 times the speed of light. Using my Alpha Centauri example from my review of the original series, it would take about 9 1/2 hours at Warp 5 to reach Alpha Centauri from Earth, a much more reasonable time frame.

In addition to better Warp and defensive technologies, the Enterprise had a new technology known as holodecks, that made life-like imagery that the crew could touch and interact with, as a way to keep the crew from going stir-crazy. And the holodecks never, ever, ever had anything go wrong inside. Nope. Never. Not even once. (excuse me as I stifle several giggles)

Two other things that were different than previous Enterprises.

(Thanks to April 5, 2063)

Since the Galaxy class was designed to go farther out than was previously possible, crew quarters are large enough to allow the families of the crew to join them on board. Because of this, the saucer section can be detached from the Engineering hull to allow the civilian population to be evacuated in cases of extreme peril.

One other change was in the uniforms.

(Thanks to The Hollywood Reporter)

Starfleet has replaced the uniform used for over 70 years with an almost “throwback” uniform with the uniform color matching divisions (though red is now operations and gold is now service; but don’t worry, we’ll still call the doomed security personnel “Redshirts”)

You will note that the uniforms are all onesies. This will be changed by Season 2 (along with several minor changes as the series progresses, almost as if whoever designed the uniform didn’t plan for the comfort of the wearer)

Now let’s meet this new crew…

The Enterprise’s commanding officer is Captain Jean-Luc Picard (played by Sir Patrick Stewart, a Shakespearean actor who had never seen Star Trek before auditioning) Stewart takes the gravitas he learned on stage and brings it to the 24th century, setting the tone of the series to something a bit more thought-provoking and less fist-provoking (just one question: why is a French starship captain talking with a British accent?)

Picard’s First Officer is Commander William Riker, who tends to be more Kirk-like in his command style. He’s not the type to get into a brawl or anything, but he’s more the smooth-talking type who leads his team when danger presents itself. He tends to lead missions that are away from the ship, preferring the Captain stay within the relative safety of the Enterprise.

The Second Officer and Chief Navigator is Lt. Commander Data (played by Brent Spiner, who previously was known as recurring character Bob Wheeler on Night Court), an android created by Dr. Noonian Soong capable of independent initiative. Despite rumors to the contrary, Data earned the rank he holds. His journey of learning to be as human as possible often puts him at the center of humorous situations (like when he tried growing a beard) He (and it’s been confirmed that he is male, with all of the plumbing to match) is incapable of showing emotion or using contractions, and often gets so wrapped up in what he’s saying that he has to be cut off by whomever he’s talking to due to not knowing when to stop spouting facts.

Some time during the series (it’s never explained in or out of canon when or how), Data acquired a cat, which he named Spot (despite the fact that the cat had stripes) There were four different “Spots” throughout the series and NONE of them looked alike (plus Spot’s gender changed at least once) Spiner has gone on record saying he hated doing scenes that included Spot, as they always took three times as long to shoot due to the cat not cooperating.

The Ship’s Counselor and advisor to the Captain is Lt. Commander Counselor Deanna Troi (played by Marina Sirtis), a member of a telepathic race known as Betazoids (she mainly uses her abilities as an empath, preferring not to use telepathy) Troi is actually half-Betazoid. She previously had a relationship with Riker that ended amiably, which comes back into play every now and then.

Her mother Lwoxana (played by Majel Barrett) is infatuated with Picard, much to his chagrin.

The Chief Helmsman (and eventually Data’s best friend) is Lt. (later Lt. Commander) Geordi La Forge (played by Reading Rainbow host LaVar Burton) La Forge is blind (due to a blind girl wanting a role model on Star Trek and Gene Roddenberry having an ironic sense of humor by making the pilot blind) The object that looks like a banana clip (because that’s what it is!) is a VISOR (Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement), which is connected to implants on La Forge’s temples that feed his brain sensory data, including infrared and ultraviolet emissions. Starting in Season 2 (following Season 1’s “Chief Engineer of the Week”), La Forge is transferred to Engineering where he remained through the remainder of the series and beyond.

Lt. Worf (played by Michael Dorn) is the first and (thus far) only Klingon to serve on a Starfleet vessel. He was the last survivor when the Romulans attacked a Klingon outpost when he was a boy. A Starfleet crewman found him and raised him. He is still very much a Klingon warrior, though tempered by Federation ideals.

He serves on the Enterprise as…well, I’m not entirely certain what his duties are at the start of the series other than to be the Token Klingon.

[FUN FACT: The prosthetic Dorn wore in season 1 was stolen after the season ended, so a new one had to be crafted but wasn’t an exact replica, which is why he looks different from Season 2 onward]

The Chief Medical Officer is Commander Dr. Beverly Crusher (played by Gates McFadden) Unlike Dr. McCoy, she doesn’t have any memorable catchphrases. Her husband was killed under Picard’s command years prior. She and Picard have unresolved romantic tension throughout the series.

Since families are allowed on the Enterprise, Dr. Crusher is allowed to bring her son Wesley (played by Wil Wheaton, who was previously known for Stand by Me) aboard. Wesley is a child prodigy who…

Look, I’m just gonna say it. I never liked Wesley (though I’ve gotten a lot of respect for Wheaton since he left the series) because he was pretty much a Mary Sue. He knows more about every aspect of the Enterprise than officers who’ve spent years to earn their posts. Despite being a teenager, he refers to the crew as “grown ups” rather than “adults” and (at least in the early parts of the first season) threw tantrums when the people in authority wouldn’t let him get his way.

That being said, he managed to somehow gain the respect of the crew (especially Captain Picard)

(Thanks again to April 5, 2063)

Last, but certainly not first, we have Head of Security and Tactical Officer Lt. Tasha Yar (played by Denise Crosby) Yar comes from a colony that had broken down, now ruled by the strongest. At times it seemed like there could be romantic leanings between Yar and Worf (and there WAS a sexual encounter with Data!) however, this never came to fruition as the season 1 finale will explain.

(Thanks to Frustrated Idealist)

It turns out that Denise Crosby had the same issue that Nichelle Nichols had (her role was essentially window dressing), but unlike Nichols, Crosby didn’t have a famous comedian to urge her to stay so she left the series. With Yar’s death, Worf was moved to her position (which really should’ve been the case from the start, given he’s a Klingon)

In addition to Wesley’s field commission and the transfers of Worf and La Forge (oh, and Riker grew a beard), there were two casting changes for season 2.

Backstage tension between Gates McFadden and the show’s head writer (who had gotten more authority as Gene Roddenberry started stepping back) caused McFadden to be fired. In canon, Dr. Crusher was reassigned to Starfleet Medical (though Wesley stayed aboard for some reason)

Replacing Dr. Crusher is Lt. Commander Dr. Kate Pulaski (played by Diana Maldaur (who had appeared in an episode of the Original Series and was best known for falling down an elevator shaft on LA Law) Dr. Pulaski was far more gruff than Dr. Crusher (more similar to Dr. McCoy, but without the catchphrases), and proved to be unpopular. She was replaced when the writer left and Rick Berman asked McFadden to return for season 3.

Finally, we come to the other Nichelle Nichols story she enjoyed telling.

There was a young black girl who saw Uhura and was amazed there was a black woman on TV who wasn’t a maid (this was the 60s, so that kind of thing was almost unheard of) She would be inspired to become a stand-up comedian, and eventually a popular movie actress. When TNG started, she went to Roddenberry and told him she wanted a role on the show…ANY role!

That little girl’s name?

Whoopie Goldberg, who was given the role of Guinan, the bartender of the Enterprise’s Ten Forward lounge. Guinan is of a race with cosmic-ish abilities (when the Enterprise is involved in a temporal event that changed history, Guinan was the only one who knew something was amiss)

Also over the course of the series we got interactions with Original Series crew members...

Admiral McCoy (retired, now over 130 years old)

Captain Scott (retired, who was suspended in time for over 70 years)

...and Ambassador Spock (well, Vulcans do live over 200 years)

It’s the interactions between the cast members that sets the series apart from the Original Series, and it truly is an ensemble cast; every cast member is given their chance in the spotlight on a number of episodes (particularly Data (in his quest to try to be more human) and Worf (as he tries to find his place between two cultures))

With the Klingons more-or-less friends, Starfleet needed more recurring alien threats to deal with (the Romulans were still around, but were quiet during the early seasons)

The Ferengi are a race that personify the absolute worst a capitalist society can be, prioritizing profit above all else (they even codify it in their code of “ethics” known as the Rules of Acquisition) Unfortunately, rather than being the threat they were intended they turned out to be little more than comic relief.

The Cardassians are a militaristic race bent on conquest (there are certainly a lot of those hanging around in the galaxy, aren’t there?) They tend to be cruel to those they conquer. However, to prevent a war the Federation ceded a number of Federation colony worlds that once belonged to the Cardassians, leaving those who chose to stay to fend for themselves against their new rulers (this may be the first crack in the utopian facade the Federation shows) Many Federation citizens (including a number of Starfleet personnel) formed a resistance group known as the Maquis, who are dedicated to freeing the colonies left to the Cardassians. Both the Federation and the Cardassians treat the group as terrorists.

Q (a member of the Q Continuum, played by John deLancie) is an omnipotent entity who appears occasionally to attempt to teach the Enterprise (and more importantly Captain Picard) about the fallacies of humanity and the dangers of What Lies Beyond. Many times his antics are played for laughs, but unlike the Ferengi there is always a dangerous undercurrent to Q’s games. Unfortunately, his antics have gotten Q in trouble with his fellow Q, and at one point he had been stripped of his powers and made human for a brief period.

Q is directly responsible for introducing the Federation to the gravest threat to the galaxy…

The Borg.

The Borg are humanoid beings that have been enhanced with cybernetics and, due to their hive mind, are able to adapt quickly to dangers (a phaser will down a few Borg, but they will quickly adapt and be able to repel future blasts on that light frequency) Any time they encounter a new species, they assimilate the species and their technology into their Collective.

The series ran for 7 seasons, beginning and ending with Q putting the humanity on trial (with the crew of the Enterprise playing the role of defendant for the entire race) The series laid the groundwork for two spin-off series set in the same era (plus at least one that debuted after 2010, so I won’t be covering it), but those are tales for future reviews.

If you would like to watch the series it’s available on Paramount+, PlutoTV, or behind your favorite paywall. If you would like to see an episode reviewed, please let me know!

One quick note before I go: I would like to show the tale of the first Meeting of the Generations (which occurred during the filming of Star Trek V), as told by Wil Wheaton.

[DISCLAIMER: This is told entirely from Wheaton’s perspective, and I’m sure William Shatner has a different take on it, but given all the stories about Shatner over the years, I’m inclined to think this is closer to the truth]

(Thanks to Eric Webb)