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#spock#star trek#talk tag#introduce yourself as the guy that never lies = general vulcan political strategy since first contact
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big doe eyes and off-putting allure as god intended
#everyone tagging this w ur pathetic men… ur all wrong this is abt me and maybe will graham#mine#star
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Meet the seven new frog species we just named after iconic Star Trek captains!
Artwork by A. Petzold, CC BY-ND 4.0
At the right time of year along rushing streams in the humid rainforests that stretch the length of Madagascar's eastern and northern mountain ridges, otherworldly trills of piercing whistles can be heard.
Are they birds? Insects? Communicator beeps? Tricorder noises?
No, they're little treefrogs!
Boophis janewayae. Photo by M. Vences, CC BY-SA 4.0
Until recently, we thought all of the populations of these little brown frogs across the island were one widespread species, Boophis marojezensis, described in 1994. But genetics in the early 2000s and 2010s showed that there were several species here, not just one.
Now my colleagues and I have shown that they are in fact eight separate species, each with unique calls!
These whistling sounds reminded us so much of Star Trek sound effects that we decided to name the seven new species after Star Trek captains: Boophis kirki, B. picardi, B. janewayae, B. siskoi, B. pikei, B. archeri, and B. burnhamae.
Photos of all new species described by Vences et al. 2024. CC BY-SA 4.0
I subtly and not-so-subtly built some Star Trek references into the paper, but probably the best one is this one:
'Finding these frogs sometimes requires considerable trekking; pursuing strange new calls, to seek out new frogs in new forests; boldly going where no herpetologist has gone before.'
— Vences et al. 2024
There’s a real sense of scientific discovery and exploration here, which we think is in the spirit of Star Trek.
Of course, it doesn't hurt that there are at least two Trekkies amongst the authors (including yours truly). As fans of Star Trek, we are also just pleased to dedicate these new species to the characters who have inspired and entertained us over the decades.
On a personal note, this marks a milestone for me, as it means I have now described over 100 frog species! I am very pleased that the 100th is Captain Janeway's Bright-eyed Frog, Boophis janewayae (if you count them in order of appearance in the paper)—she is probably my favourite captain, and I really love Star Trek: Voyager.
You can read more about the discovery of these new species on my website! You can also read the Open Access paper published in Vertebrate Zoology here.
#news#breaking news#Star Trek#new species#science#animals#WAKE UP BABE NEW FROGS JUST DROPPED#Boophis#Boophis janewayae#Boophis burnhamae#Boophis siskoi#Boophis pikei#Boophis archeri#Boophis kirki#Boophis picardi#in which nerds bring their nerdiness to work#Engage#WERE YOU WATCHING THIS SPACE?#THE FINAL FRONTIER?#DID YOU GET THE REFERENCE‽#Every time I have used that tag it has made me giddy with glee#you thought I was just goofin'#but I was FORESHADOWING#There's frogs in that nebula
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amok time
#i forgot i drew this..#its been marinating in my files for months#star trek#star trek tos#star trek the original series#t'pring#spock#james t kirk#my art#tag as ship if you want
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Sleepytime for the gang! <3
continuation of this
Caine's reaction:
#caines just happy his stars (prisoners) are getting along#my art#digital art#tadc#tadc comic#tadc caine#tadc zooble#tadc kinger#tadc gangle#tadc ragatha#tadc jax#tadc pomni#tadc fanart#tadc bubble#the amazing digital circus#let me know if you guys want more :) i love all of the comments + reactions + tags#kinger doesnt sleep
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#this felt worthy of the meme#i honestly can’t laugh hard enough what a waste of a project#not tagging this tho i don’t want either disney or star wars fans in my notifs#personal
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#honkai star rail#hsr#astral express#fanart#art#artblr#digital art#i'm not tagging all of them#ok i am#march 7th#caelus#stelle#himeko#welt yang#dan heng
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HAPPY PRIDE MONTH YAAYYYY
to fight my artblock i decided to redraw some gerard p donelan comics as ds9. but once i started i could not stop....
so heres all deep space 9 of them. lol. again the poses and captions are lifted straight from his comics all i did was put space guys on there! please enjoy
(id in alt text btw!)
#special shout out to kegan @hooved for coming in clutch with the quark reference images lol#i really did put a lot of time and effort in these so im gonna put 100 million tags on this post. dont judge me#star trek#elim garak#julian bashir#quark ds9#odo ds9#benjamin sisko#jadzia dax#rom ds9#gerard p donelan#garashir#dusisko#what the fuck is the ship name for sisko adn dukat lmfao#disko#?#our man bashir#ds9#star trek deep space nine#star trek ds9#queer#star trek art#gay comics#deep space nine#gul dukat#gerard donelan#distant voices#fanart#star trek deep space 9#digital art
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This is petty fandom salt, BUT... I've been chewing on this phenomenon that I've been calling "Fandom's Darling". It is related to things like "Author's Darling" and "Mary Sue / Gary Stu" and "Protagonist Halo" and all that jazz, where one character gains a peculiar narrative weight in a story.
"Author's Darling" is when a writer has a favorite character, and the world and all other characters sort of get... warped to put the Darling in the spotlight. It's most noticeable in TV shows with multiple writers, when a character you personally like suddenly has their previous characterization destroyed to make another character look good somehow. Every other character might become weirdly incompetent. The Darling's feelings are treated as The Most Important Feelings in any given situation. The logic of the fictional world seems broken past suspension of disbelief in order to validate this one character's beliefs or skillset or some other fantasy. And so on.
"Fandom's Darling" is what I've been calling the pattern where a fandom essentially crowns a New Protagonist for their fanfiction stories (it's often a side character rather than the original protagonist, but it can also happen to protagonists). This character becomes the self-insert for all sorts of indulgent fantasies, gaining special powers or backstories, and/or becoming the focus of extreme whump, and/or hooking up with all the various hotties, starring in all sorts of tropey AUs, and so on. They're not always an obvious Mary Sue version of themselves, but the character's original personality and interpersonal relationships tend to get warped or dropped completely, and other characters tend to become a little flat around them. I call it "Fandom's Darling" because it's not just one self-indulgent fantasy fic (you do you! Have fun!) with characterization choices that I don't vibe with (I have neither the time nor the desire nor the authority to police anything, I am just venting), but rather a prolific mini-fandom of sorts revolving around this empty doll / fanon version of the chosen vessel character, so it becomes a little unavoidable.
I am salty about this (mildly frustrated) (imagine a soft sigh of disappointment before I just go do something else) because you are FUCKED if you actually liked the canonical version of this character and their interpersonal relationships. It's almost worse than liking an obscure character that no one cares about. There's about a thousand fics starring your fave, but maybe only about a dozen of them are actually rooted in any kind of recognisable canon.
#I didn't watch Teen Wolf but I know this happened to that Stiles character#I'm not active in any DC fandom but it looks like this happened to Tim Drake and to a lesser extent Dick and Jason#In prequels-era Star Wars it seems to be Obi-Wan; he's the spark/focus of this post here; bring back his flaws I like that he kind of sucks#sometimes a Fandom's Darling comes out of an Author's Darling! usually Fandom's are vessels to fuck the “hottest guy” available though#I will probably turn reblogs off if this spreads too far because I really don't care if people write Mary Sue fanfic; can't cast that stone#squinting at every “intersex” tag like Inigo Montoya: “I don't think that means what you think it means.”#honestly the fantasy intersex thing is a separate & more serious post; but the fandom usage is a red/yellow flag for me when searching#tossawary fandom#fandom's darling
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Ok I’m being so brave about it but a couple of days ago I saw this post claiming that the Jedi saying ‘this weapon [your lightsaber] is your life’ is emblematic of ‘the Jedi’s failure as peacekeepers’ (not an exact quote but pretty close) because why would a weapon be the life of a peacekeeper?
And like. The Jedi are a culture. They’re a religion.
You know that, right? You know that many cultures, including generally peaceful ones, have sacred weapons, right? You know that the bond between a Jedi and their crystal(s) is an extremely sacred thing that requires the consent of both parties and is integral to their way of life, right?
You know that lightsabers are not intended to be only for killing, right? That the first thing Luke learns to do with his lightsaber is to shield and defend? You know that a culture having sacred weapons doesn’t mean that they view killing as sacred, right?
Not trying to start shit, I don’t even remember who said it, but ugh
#the damage the Acolyte (‘i know a Jedi wouldn’t draw their lightsaber unless they’re willing to kill’) has done to Star Wars is incalculable#hey guys long time no post#I am sorry about that September’s been… really shit#hope to get back into my rewatch and stuff next week?#is this the original post tag#Jedi order#star wars#lightsabers
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disney needs to stop making 'serious' shows and give us the coruscant guard buddy cop show we all need
(commission info // tip jar!)
#commander fox#coruscant guard#star wars#star wars the clone wars#my doods#is an anidala mention enough to tag anidala lol#uhh
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The fact that I made this profile so I had somewhere to post about Star wars and then never post anything because I get self conscious is killing me so I'll slowly go ahead and drop some art okay thanks bye
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girls' night
#dont tag as ship#do fucking *NOT* tag this as any ship#honkai star rail#march 7th#dan heng#imbibitor lunae#stelle
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The TARDIS was like yeah this hyperactive bitch needs space for the zoomies. AND SHE WAS RIGHT!!!!
#doctor who spoilers#the star beast#doctor who#please if you don't want spoilers block that tag lol#the tardis#the doctor#fourteenth doctor#14th doctor#mine
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It is calming to see something familiar in another
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#dragon age#dragon age the veilguard#dragon age: the veilguard#datv#casting a wide net w these tags bc i spent forever on this please clap#BUT anyway when i saw the first linked post my wheels started turning#if theres anything good i can say abt the da fandom is that when they start cooking they prepare a michelin star meal#@varrictethrasoilytits and @arlathvhenan u are COOKING#lace harding#bellara lutare#davrin#neve gallus#emmrich volkarin#lucanis dellamorte#taash#evanuris#dragon age veilguard#have been made aware that this looks like cheeks on mobile but I’m too tired to care rn#my edits
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