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Something about how Jim became so accustomed to Starfleet parlance that it’s the only parlance he can speak at all. Something about how his relationship with his ship and his work as Captain extends to language as well, to the way he handles and expresses his emotions.
Amok Time – Kirk is confronted with the fact Spock keeps a dangerous secret that, if not shared, might end up with his first officer killed
The Apple – With the landing party marooned on a strange planet and the USS Enterprise being pulled ever closer to the ground, Kirk asks Scotty something beyond excellence.
The Doomsday Machine – Commodore Matt Decker stands in the maw of a monster with a dead crew and stripped of any will to live. Kirk tries to bring his old friend to reason, but nothing else can be done for Decker as he looks death in the eye.
I understand how, especially in the third instance with Matt Decker, he might've seemed cold (your buddy is about to off himself, and you remind him the higher-ups spent too much money on his formation), but I see it more as Kirk trying to ground both himself and his friend (who is also a Commodore, might I remind you) than simply reducing Decker to his position.
It also accidentally reveals a lot about Jim (although reveal is not the best word, as that same thought has been explored in numerous episodes before), how much his sense of worth is tied to his job—to how well he can perform and excel at it.
But that's not all he's saying. In both instances (Amok Time and Doomsday Machine), Kirk puts himself in the Federation's place because he sees its recognition as more valuable, more "worth living for" than his own.
It's his way, the way of a man who knows no life other than that of servitude, of saying I care about you, and I don't want to lose you.
It's really tragic that it is not enough to save Decker. If both Matt and Jim share the belief (which appears more often than not in Starfleet overachievers) that your inner worth is tied to how well you can perform it, Matt is left face to face with the rather morbid fact that he failed severely and his whole crew is dead because of it.
To sin is human, yes, but if the Doomsday Machine is the Devil, as the Commodore himself put it, it truly is a shame Decker did not view himself as deserving of forgiveness
#something something to err is human are you even really one when you pilot such a beast like a uss starship#cali speaks#star trek tos#the doomsday machine#the apple#amok time#spirk#james t kirk#jim kirk#kirk#s'chn t'gai spock#mr spock#spock#matt decker#uss enterprise#meta#star trek
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Starship is unironically a wonderful musical, I think it's one of StarKid's best and it's definitely one of my favourites, all the actors are so amazing, like, Joey Richter makes Bug such a wonderful naive protagonist, Brant Cox is a perfect best friend sidekick in Roach, Dylan Saunders is wonderful as the villain, Pincer, and doubles up as the wonderful, simple farm boy Tootsie Noodles, not to mention the rest of the Starship Rangers are all wonderful, my favourite characters! Denise Donovan plays the charming and ditzy love interest as February really well, Lauren Lopez shines as Taz, the tough tomboy, Meredith Stepien is obviously amazing as Mega-Girl, Brian Holden is so hilarious as the pathetic yet super evil Junior, Joe Walker is WONDERFUL as Commander Up, the former tough guy turned insecure sweetheart GOD Joe Walker is on another level, and even though Joe Moses and Julia Albain play smaller roles as Krayonder and Specs, I still find their performances super fun, as well as Jim Povolo, Jaime Lyn Beatty and Nick Lang as wonderful supporting cast with great voices and great range, and the songs are wonderful, Kick It Up A Notch is a genuinely AMAZING villain song, The Way I Do is one of my favourite love songs, I Wanna Be is a perfect introductory and I want song, and Status Quo, Get Back Up, and Life are bangers, not to mention the other songs that are also good! I could talk about this musical all day, the way that there's motifs from other songs present, like how there's a part of Life in Kick It Up A Notch, sung by Pincer, echoing when Bug previously sung the lament, and how lyrics from I Wanna Be come in as well as Pincer offers Bug the chance to be everything he's wanted to be, and there's even other smaller times we notice the motifs, like how in the introductory video Bug watches from the crashed starship, the instrumental of Get Back Up is playing, and the instrumental of Life is playing when the bugs first see the starship... God I'm obsessed with this musical you do not understand
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every panic at the disco song played on the radio these days should be replaced with a cobra starship song instead. fuck you
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It's impossible to write a TOS x Any other Series crossover [for me] without having to think about whose lens it's going to primarily be from because the vibe of TOS is so distinct and I think quite different from all series that follow it. The way the characters speak and are presented is so theatrical and of course steeped in the past that I find myself considering if this is, say, Janeway meeting Kirk (through a VOY perspective) or if I should write Janeway as she would appear if she stepped through a portal and was in TOS' universe.
#finally watched enough TOS that I feel I can write some fics v_v#I hope this makes sense#it feels almost like you have to decide whether or not you're going to translate the characters#not remove them of anything (which 'no female captains' TOS would have done) - I'm talking more of a...vibe?#It feels like TOS has a very particular 'pattern of speech' so to speak that other series don't share#EX: 'And now they're making me tremble but I'm no longer afraid...I am no longer....afraid.'#This 'pattern of speech' is also why shows like S_NW who purport to take place prior to TOS and yet are so jaggedly marvel-ously (he's righ#behind me isn't he???) modern feel incongruent. As if they take place in another universe. <- Among the million other reasons#I read a post that was like 'TOS is about the 60's' and it's true - TOS is so The 60's and that doesn't mean one can't innovate and build o#it (obviously hence star trek) but if I'm going back to WRITE in the TOS-verse it feels like I need to get in that headspace a bit and#engage with it in some manner. It's also why spirk is so compelling to me AS a yearning relationship (other than my love of yearning)#a man loves a man on a starship and it's the far future and it's the 60's and they're aliens and they can't admit that love aloud#for one or many of those reasons#It's such a PARTICULAR and INTERESTING blend of the past and future#we've solved racism (in the 60's way a white man might conceptualize this) but women can't be captains#and among the millions of alien planets there is nothing more constant than a brave man loving a beautiful woman
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Happy birfday 2 my favorite gay boy🖤🖤🖤
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The thing about Kakashi is that I would trust him with my life and also not touch him with a 10 foot pole
HDHDJJDJSJS HELP CAMERON YOU'RE SO RIGHT 😭
i love kakashi with all my heart and i would have 100% faith in him, and at the same time everytime i'd interact with him i'd be like "damn bitch you live like this?"
(also you just gave me a nice kakairu fic idea-)
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if people ever wanna compare awsten knight to gabe saporta im just gonna show them these photos
my boy was DROWNING in pussy. justice for gay supporter.
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Gabe were you normalizing kissing boys and making a ‘statement’ on June 9th 2006 in William Beckett’s hotel room?
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anti request where i beg someone to write a comforting fic about fall out boy or gabe or william comforting me when i'm sick
#please i have cancer-#slash hj#barrett speaks and speaks and speaks#william beckett#gabe saporta#cobra starship#fall out boy
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I’ve been thinking a lot about masculinity and femininity. These things, we’ve assured ourselves, are not inherent to any gender, any sex. They are not exclusive, nor contradictory. This is true.
Also true: how are these things defined, if not, historically, through the expectations placed on the binary sexes and genders? Why are strength and chivalry and sharp suits and beards all grouped together under the nebulous category of “masculinity”?
That would lead, it seems, to the conclusion that we should uncategorize these things. No more masculine or feminine. Just a bunch of ungrouped traits and actions anyone can possess or embody.
And yet, for so many, these labels are helpful. Why do I get so much joy out of cutting my hair short and holding the door for people? How many people must find refuge in silk dresses to make up for the pain of those who have been forced into them? At what point do we stop keeping score? I don’t recite the entire history of violence as penance every morning that I get out a knife to spread butter on my toast.
I don’t have an answer. I welcome anyone’s thoughts, just please be respectful and kind.
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aight gang Starkid, Innit predictions in the tags let’s go
#musicals that they’ll probably perform songs from: Hatchetfield trilogy for sure; Twisted; AVPM maybe even AVPS; Trail to Oregon#potential but not as confident: Firebringer; Starship; Holy Musical B@man; AVPSY#low chance but it would be fun if they did: Ani A Parody#I just want one from Ani#that’s all I ask#I also am so delusional that I’m wondering if they have any ‘secret special guests’#*cough cough* joe walker *cough*#anyway#starkid#starkid innit#starkid musicals#starkid productions#beef speaks
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how did you come up with space soda!
I'm so glad u asked! so when I was writing my last Wattpad novel in 2016, I got stuck and decided to write a lighthearted novel with crazy hijinks instead. I told myself this is gonna be a short story I let myself make a bunch of mistakes on so I can get my first full story out of the way. it is now 2024 and that did not happen. I first drew the characters in 2019 (here) (red was conceptualised back then I just couldn't figure out how to put them in).
When I first started coming up with the actual story I was inspired by podcasts told in an epistolary format (bright sessions, wolf 359, welcome to Night Vale, the strange case of starship iris). I wanted everyone to be sending Dante a bunch of voicemails bc he never picks up the phone. So everything has been built around figuring out why he doesn't pick up and why they're trying so desperately to contact him!
#speaks#answers#space soda#i was very much a podcast girlie i miss those days#the strange case of starship iris is very good i highly recommend#ough the mystery...
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a follow-up to this post
#release the full drunk history cobra starship goddammit#pete wentz#gabe saporta#photo#encouraging the allegations#ash speaks#sorry this is barely funny im just sleepy and think its hilarious
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Cobra Starship sounds like a Killjoy name tbh
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Would Dimitri cry over Byleth in a wedding dress yes or absolutely yes
ABSO-FREAKING-LUTELY YES
dimitri cries when they propose to each others, then he cries when they decide the date of the wedding, he cries all the way of the planning, he cries when he sees byleth in her wedding dress, and keep crying all during the ceremony. bc he loves his beloved so much 🥰💙💚
#i like to think dimitri wasnt a person who cried easily but after his recovery he gets a hold of his internal emotions#he used to suppress everything that wasnt the desire of revenge but now he's free to FEEL 🥺#dimileth#fe3h#dimitri alexandre blaiddyd#byleth eisner#yuzu speaks#starship-nine asks
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