#the front and centre people

[annikasevenshots]

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[stubz]

late shift

Shuttle for Mars is departing now. Please keep hands, feet, tails, and other appendages clear of the yellow line.

‘Nice, finally get off work on time for once! Man is it empty, way less busy than the 5:45 one…

Are they sleeping? Please tell me they’re sleeping…’

“Snnrk…”

‘Oh good they are, oooh lots of empty seats next to them! Nice.’

The young human sits across the large figure and looks around.

‘Wonder why everyone else is sitting so far away from this guy? He’s not that much scarier than a Alteauh…OH! He’s an Orc! An actual Orc, oh this is so cool! Wait. Calm down, control yourself. Orc’s are people too, not some exotic animal in a zoo….he’s sooo cool looking tho!’

The human smiles and takes out their headphones and listens to some music and take in the view they see through the shuttle’s windows. From time to time they peek at the orc, can’t helping themselves from people-watching him.

Like what most humans imagined, he was huge. Easily more than 7 feet tall, with large calloused hands bigger than their head. He had large tusks but unlike the stereotypes he was well trimmed with well relatively kept hair. It would have neater had there not been dust in it. The orc wore dirty cloths and work boots. Beside them what looked like a tool box and bag.

‘Must be a construction worker or works in a trade’ they mused

‘Poor guy, he’s gotta be exhausted to sleep here. At least he gets to go home now.’

The shuttle shakes and with it so does the sleeping giant. Rocking side to side.

'That's not good.' They nervously slide off their headphones.

The turbulence increases until the sleeping orc leans too far and starts fall face first off his seat.

“OH SHIT!” Diving to their knees they manage to catch his head and shoulders.

“Mm?”

“You okay?” Damn he's heavy!

“Mmm…sorry.” Rubbing the sleep from his eyes he slowly got back into his seat, the turbulence now gone.

“No worries, I just didn’t want you to hit your head.”

“Heh, wouldn't be the first time I’ve done it.”

after rubbing his eyes a bit more and a crack of the neck he looks at them, brain finally working to some degree.

“…wait. You caught me?”

“Uh-huh”

“But you’re so small! Are you hurt?”

“You're not the first sleeping giant I’ve caught. I’m alright.”

“I am so sorry for that. I just finished working a 12 hour shift fixing the 1st and 3rd engine rooms and couldn’t help myself from dozing off.”

They whistle. “12 hours? No wonder you’re tired! If I were you I’d be in a coma.”

“Ah but surely you have a difficult job yourself. How else would you be able to catch me?”

“No, nothing like yours! I just work at a youngling centre.”

“The one on the ship?”

“That’s the one.”

“...YOUR ONE OF THE BRAVE WARRIORS WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN??!”

“…you’ve heard of us?”

“Every orc and warrior worth their blade knows of your valiant deeds!! Tell me, what is your name??”

“Kim, uh and you are?”

“Fenrir. It is truly an honor to meet someone of your bravery and intelligence."

"Likewise! I've heard that the orc species are a true warrior race."

For the rest of the trip the two talked. Kim sharing how her and Max built such a safe room in the centre, which lead to the two realizing how similar each other's planets are.

"You have wind whirlpools as well? I thought they only existed on Bantor!"

"Well we call them hurricanes and tornadoes but yeah. Do you guys have hail?"

"Not where I grew up but nearby farther up they get a week or two of light hail showers during the fall. What about animals? Do you have reptiles bigger than an adult with large teeth and live in rivers? We call them darthrang."

"Oh we call them crocodiles!"

"Amazing! To think that your species live in a world much like mine!"

When the shuttle finally reached it's destination the two went their separate ways. A few days later they meet again, this time on the later shuttle. They sit and talk and create a routine of sorts where they became each others travelling companion for the trip to Mars.

One day however, Fenrir stopped coming. The human was saddened as she enjoyed his company but was soon surprised when seeing him at the centre.

"Kim! I've been transferred to stay on the ship so I won't be taking the shuttle to Mars anymore."

"Oh...well, as you know I only go home at the end of the week so maybe we can hang out now. Like eat lunch together or have a drink after work...or something like that!"

"Actually we'll be seeing each other everyday now. But if you don't get sick of me then yes, lets each lunch together."

"Great! But why will I be seeing you everyday?"

"Because after telling my family about you and the centre they've enrolled my nieces and nephews and younger siblings here...and I offered to drop them off and pick them up."

It was then that Kim noticed the dozen of orc children hiding behind Fenrir. The tallest and what looked the eldest of them stepped forward.

"Hello, I am Athea, uncle Fenrir said your one of the ones who saved the centre."

"Yes, my name is Kim. It's great to meet you AtheaaAA!" The orc girl pulled the human into a tight hug, lifting the adult woman off of her feet.

"Thank you for saving Nova." she mumbled into her chest.

'Ah, the Captain's daughter' Kim thought. "I was just doing what any teacher would do."

After a moment the human was put down and lead the children into the centre. The day went well. Fenrir's young family members were quickly won over by the humans, first with the saving of the centre, then with how they understood how wonderful their planet was rather than terrifying or deadly.

They were also greatly intrigued by how such a small species could survive in a planet that was thought to only be habitable to orcs.

"How can you carry us?" asked Thor, one of Fenrir's youngest brothers. "We're much bigger than a human child."

"Yeah but your not bigger than my cousins who are teenagers. Also just last month I had like 10 kids climbing on me. Two were tighalaxes."

"Your joking!"

...

"It that tumpon?!"

"Hm? We call it maafe, but it's also known as peanut stew, do you want some? It doesn't have any meat in it though."

"Guys Max has tumpon!! Can you tell Fenrir where we can buy the ingredients?"

"Of course. Finally I'll finish what gran gave me without having to gain 10 pounds."

And thus the first day ended on a high note! Now if only Kim could figure out why the children looked at her and nodded while talking to Fenrir...

So this based off of a post by @llamagoddessofficial about humans meeting actual space orcs. Sadly I can't find the actual post. but yeah, here u go, space orc and human meet cute

[tuesdayinthedas]

Do you know what I didn’t notice til i rewatch/read dbz. Is how much Kuririn ends up in Vegeta’s corner. Like he ends up showing alot of concern for him when Vegeta goes and does something self destructive.

[everysongineverykey]

read a screen rant article that argued that future knives out movies should feature recurring characters to "flesh out blanc's character" and "make him a more interesting lead" and that "all detectives need a team"........ what if i killed you lol

[pioneer-over-c]

vaida but metal

[depressedhatakekakashi]

Kakashi is a broken man.

He’s not a man capable of taking a stance like Sasuke or declaring out loud that he wants the system to change. He had that kicked out of him age five when his father died, and further destroyed from him with Obito, Rin and Minato’s death.

The man hardly recognizes that he is capable of doing something because he is so stuck on his past mistakes that he doesn’t think he can do better. That’s why he’s so supportive of Naruto’s proclamations to do better.

He wants that.

He knows that’s the what the village needs.

But he cannot stand up and declare that himself any longer, so he’s the one who supports those who still have the strength to fight.

[spark-circuit]

customers in the book department have reading comprehension challenge impossible

[derelictheretic]

almost started rambling about my no cult au in a rb instead I will ramble about it in my own tags like a sane person

[seriousbrat]

Another day another shift!

I’ve heard enough about Remus as a sad guitar man, so here’s my next question:

Marauders as a band formation! Who’s playing what and what kind of music are they making?

And a bonus:

Lily and Snape as a duo. Who plays what and what does it sound like?

This time I already have an opinion, but you’ll have to ask. Yours first!

Okay I'm a little torn between Sirius or James for lead vocalist. On the one hand Sirius would be a great frontman simply by virtue of being moody and mysterious and attractive. this is sirius if he was the front man of a band (and from Manchester)

iconic interview lol. although "bit obsessed with me hair" is kind of giving James so idk. On the other hand, James is more immediately charismatic and energetic which are good qualities for a frontman. And I could see Sirius being the sort of Sid Vicious figure of the group. But I also think James would be the most technically skilled so I'm leaning towards James as lead guitarist.

I think Remus would be the bassist- he's kind of understated, but it's very important that he's there. I've said before he's the most likely to play the guitar so he could also play guitar. What I do think is that he'd be probably the most interesting musical talent behind the band. Like Sirius and James are more flashy as members and definitely talented but Remus is kind of a visionary bringing something unique to their sound.

Which leaves Peter as the Ringo of the group, he's pretty fidgety too so drums fits him alright- I think he'd be better on the drums than on any other instrument, anyway.

If I can pick any era for them they'd definitely be a britpop band, no question. I've always felt Damon Albarn kind of gives James vibes, when he was young and especially cocky at least lol

Sev and Lily would be a weird experimental post punk duo, in which Lily is the vocalist and Sev plays the synth. Lily would definitely be the figurehead in this group- kind of a Siouxsie or a Blondie situation where everyone knows her but doesnt know the weird guy(s) lurking behind her playing the instrumentals while she comes out in some weird ethereal costume and sings creepy vocals. I think Sev would be responsible for most of the technical musical aspect, though Lily would be a very talented lyricist. And I've given them a band name which is Lily and the Valley. lmao

[aquitainequeen]

The entrance to Ursula's lair: *includes at least one picked clean mermaid skeleton*

Ariel: ...

The entrance to Ursula's lair: *also includes numerous giant starfish with human eyes, that want to grab you and do god knows what*

Ariel: ......

Ursula, holding up a caved-in mermaid skull: Now it's happened once or twice/Someone couldn't pay the price/And I'm afraid I had to rake 'em cross the coals...

Ursula's tentacles:*hold up numerous mermaid skulls*

Ariel: *still considers making a deal after all this*

[tomboyyyaoi]

i cant describe it but people just putting meryl and milly in the background of vashwood instead of just putting them front and centre in their own piece genuinely feels like im being cucked like why did u even bother

like damn maybe id like the ship more if people didnt just go "theyr so cute and soft and married aahhh so so gentle and femme and girly theyr so cyute" then the only time they draw them is like. idfk them walking in on vash and wolfwood fucking eachothers brains out like god. all talk.

[the-batacombs]

So yeah Absolute Power is...what it is, but Damian's face when Dick gets up and starts taking charge? Yeah that was pretty great.

[petrichorvoices]

we need to go to bed but. what if we drew like, a family photo style portrait of our most common fronters. as like a desktop background or something

[diesmercurii]

dirk and jake are like a cartoon villain and hero but with completely swapped motivations

[brokenhardies]

tbh as a six fan i feel so bad for thirteen fans

bc there are a lot of thirteen fans who are willing to defend shitty writing and poor decisions bc thirteen's their favourite doctor and there's no other way to say she's their favourite bc thirteen has only been off the air for 2 years at this point. thirteen also has the bonus problem of being the first female doctor which means a lot of her criticism is clouded by misogyny and other icky incel alt right shit

meanwhile with six, a lot of his problems had the benefit of the wilderness years, big finish, the expanded universe, and even people looking back at his doctor and realising that there was some good in his episodes. a lot of his fans didnt become his fans until recently and even most of his haters are quite clear that they hate the writing decisions and not the actor himself

like until jodie gets some good material - maybe big finish? theyre doing fugitive doctor and dhawan master stuff that might improve the problems with those - a lot of thirteen fans are going to be clutching at straws and trying to figure out why they like her and how to say so in a way that won't upset the predominantly male fandom, as well as won't disagree with common and very bloody obvious criticisms of chibnalls era

[doobydoobydoowau]

everybody loves to hate on hannibal lector but have any of y'all taken a moment to think about who's going to lead the charge when we finally get around to eating the rich??