#watch 1080p please

[thevoidmeows]

i made an animatic!! :D

[escapismqueen]

Because they’re comfortable handing each other their whole life ❤️

[mountainsinaboat]

First seven eps of AAA are here.

[orbiyoo]

the fuwkvibging wondershow connect live

[m0e-ru]

UMINEKONIANS ‼️‼️‼️ GO FORTH ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[sabki-news]

Mr And Mrs Mahi Movie में राजकुमार राव के साथ रोमांटिक सीन करते हुए नजर आईं जान्हवी कपूर

Mr And Mrs Mahi Movie: जान्हवी कपूर ने कहा कि मिस्टर एंड मिसेज माही में अपने रोमांटिक सीन की शूटिंग से पहले वे पूरी तरह थक गई थीं Mr And Mrs Mahi Movie Mr And Mrs Mahi Movie: रेडिट पर एएमए सेशन में अपनी आने वाली फिल्म मिस्टर एंड मिसेज माही की समीक्षा करते हुए, जान्हवी कपूर ने यह भी बताया कि सोशल मीडिया पर बॉलीवुड की गपशप कैसे “डरावनी” है। जान्हवी कपूर ने मंगलवार को रेडिट पर आस्क मी ��नीथिंग (AMA)…

[leviaana]

Instead of watching Eurovision this year…

maybe I can interest you in Hataris Documentary named „A song called hate“.

It features 2019s Icelandic contestants „Hatari“ on their journey to protest against the treatment of Palestinians in Isreal, using Eurovision as a stage to share an important message.

In their documentary, they shed light on what „Hatari“ is, their intentions and ways to support Palestinians, their experiences in Israel, their interviews of Palestinian civilians and artists and what followed after they raised the Palestinian flag during Eurovision in Israel.

Famously known as this scene:

You can find A song called hate here:

Please share so more people know!!

[zishuge]

UPDATE (APRIL 2024): Because The Spirealm is now available through official channels again (Viki, Viu, iQiyi maybe soon?) some of the below links no longer work. I'm leaving them here, but please support the show by watching it through the official websites if you can!

Hello besties,

I come bearing all the sources I can find on English subs for The Spirealm, the live-action adaptation of the danmei novel Kaleidoscope of Death because I need more people to freak out with me over this. A lot of people (me included) have been suffering through the sometimes-unintelligible MTL subs on dramacool, but now that some time has passed, some wonderful people out there have done some amazing fansubs and I thought I'd share some links that @naughtynanzhu and I have found.

Pick your poison:

This google drive contains all 78 episodes, 23 of which have English subtitles (as of 3/21/2024). New episodes are being added but slowly. Video quality up to 1080p. (Note: there are some cute English subbed bts videos at the bottom!) Credit to twitter users @mwsdrama and @xianguang0104 who I believe are the fans behind these fansubs. NOTE (Apr. 2024): This google drive now seems to have restricted access - see note at end of bullet three below

This google drive contains all 78 episodes, all of which have English subtitles. However the English subtitles overlap a little bit with the Chinese ones so it can be a little bit hard to read. Video quality up to 720p. NOTE (Apr. 2024): This google drive now also seems to have restricted access and may not work.

This google drive has all 78 episodes of English subtitles in the form of srt files. You can download them and play the video in your choice of player that allows you to load in srt files (VLC, KMPlayer, etc.). NOTE (Apr. 2024): There is a link at the top to the raw video files ("78 episodes Raw Files 1080") which you can use to access the video files that were originally available in the google drive above that is now restricted.

Retro_fiction on bilibili has English subtitles, but a VPN may be required depending on where you are. NOTE (Apr. 2024): Looks like these have been taken down as well

I can't vouch for the quality of the subtitles for all 78 episodes across all three links, but I scanned through a few episodes in each drive and they're all quite good as far as I can tell, and definitely a million times better than the MTL ones.

Personally, I would download the video files from the first link and the srt files from the third and play them in KMPlayer together for the video quality and lack of overlapping subtitles.

Thank you to the wonderful fansubbers out there who worked hard on these. Please share and enjoy!

[fruityhahn]

hi friends! it's time for a new version of my archive post.

The Hahnaissance Archive is a comprehensive document where you can locate all of kathryn hahn’s projects as well as rare bonus content/interviews. it was created by a friend of mine and it's now entirely run by me.

unlinked are streaming services that each project exists on (please watch on those if you can!) and linked are free places to watch (or use for edits/gifsets). all links are as safe as possible and I have noted which projects are rare for ease of locating.

this resource is now fully serving as an archive, since censorship will be on the rise and queer and sexual content will be the first to go. I urge you to use and share these links responsibly.

please dm me (on any platform even anon me on here) if you have links to share, if anything breaks, or if there's anything you want me to find.

happy watching!

edit december 15th 2024:

the archive is complete as of now! I will be adding new projects as they come out but please bear with me as i'm just one person!

although it is complete (as I have at least something for everything) I am still actively looking for:

- traffic light episode 7

- transparent seasons 2 and 3 (in 1080p/HD)

- len and company

- bad moms on the price is right

- wanderlust behind the scenes

- dark around the stars (technically lost media)

[dr-spencer-reids-queen]

Safe Haven: Part One

Pairing: Spencer Reid x Female!Reader

Word Count: ~2.1k

Warnings: canon violence, canon language, canon talk of death, methods of kill

Summary: Something is going on with Spencer. He has been nervous and secretive ever since you two posed as a married couple. He tries to throw you off his trail by lying but he knows better than to lie to someone like you. There's not a lot that people can hide from you, but it seems like the ones closest to you hide even the deadliest of secrets.

Season Six Masterlist

Author’s Note: I do not own anything from Criminal Minds. All credit goes to their respective owners. If there are any warnings that exceed the normal death/kills from the show, I will list them.

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"All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul." - Mahatma Ghandi

Spencer got up earlier than usual and came to work before you could even have your first cup of coffee. He's been a little weird lately but you chalk it up to it being his personality. You're immune to his quirks even though you love each and every one of them. Spencer is huddled with Derek in the break room, both of them looking at Spencer's phone when you walk into the bullpen. They're whispering like schoolgirls about a crush on a senior boy but you can't make out what they're saying. Spencer has wide and excited eyes and Derek has a smile on his face which gets you curious about it.

"Hey, what are you looking at?"

Derek and Spencer jump away from each other and Spencer shoves his phone into his pocket.

"Nothing." Spencer looks around frantically. "I gotta go."

"Yeah, me too."

Derek hastily runs after Spencer and you watch with narrowed eyes. Weird. You grab a second cup of coffee for the day, set your things down at your desk, and head to the briefing room. Spencer is nervously tapping his fingers on the desk as he waits for the rest of the team to come in, and you take a seat next to him.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah." Penelope walks in and hands the files out. "We have a case right now."

"Last night, all four members of the Bennett family were killed in their home in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Jake and Sandra Bennett were the parents of Sammy who was eleven and Kayla who was nine."

"Detective Beeks in the Omaha field office called me," Hotch says. "The previous night, another family, the Archers, were killed just across the state line in Nebraska. He thinks it's the same offender."

"The MO is consistent. Both mothers died due to severe blunt-force trauma, and the fathers suffered multiple stab wounds. The children were all strangled. There are signs of violence in the kids' rooms but no sexual abuse on any of the children. That's odd."

"Odd comes up right now because the Bennett father was not just stabbed, he was also..." Penelope can't finish her sentence which means it was brutal. "Those pictures are in your personal files because I didn't think they needed the help of 1080p."

You grab the file and flip through the photos, finally stopping on Jake's corpse. You gasp softly and put a hand to your mouth at the brutality of his murder.

"His chest was opened, organs disturbed, and intestines removed," Rossi says.

"That's awesome. Could we please leave the gross part of the conversation for the plane?" Penelope sighs.

"The father of the Archer family had multiple stab wounds but no dissection. He went from piquerism to this overnight?"

"Two families in two days. He's on a spree."

"Wheels up in thirty."

You get up and notice Ellie, Matt Spicer's daughter, standing with another agent on the first floor. He points to the bullpen to indicate that Derek is in the office. He and Emily go talk to Ellie while you approach Spencer who is at his desk.

"Hey, what was that before?"

"What do you mean?"

"You and Derek were acting weird in the kitchen."

"I'm fine," he shrugs.

"God, is this about the marriage?" you scoff. "I thought we talked about it, Spencer. If you're not ready--"

"No, it's not about that," Spencer cuts you off. "My mom isn't doing too well. I'm just worried about her."

"Oh, okay. Is there anything I can do?"

"Not unless you want to fly there and hold her hand. Really, the nurses there can help her better than we can."

"Okay, if you're sure."

Spencer pulls you into him and kisses you.

"I am sure. I'll see you on the plane."

Ellie is going to stay with Penelope while Derek is busy with the case, but you're not sure how she got here to begin with. She's a little girl who isn't old enough to fly by herself. She is growing attached to Derek and you're not sure if that's a good thing.

"Hey, is Ellie okay?" you ask when you get on the plane.

"No," Derek says. "Hotch, listen. Garcia's gonna help me find a way to get Ellie back to LA."

"How did she get here?"

"She stole her foster mom's credit card, bought a ticket online, and then somehow lied her way through airport security."

"How old is she?"

"Nine. I didn't see this coming at all, but I will fix it."

Hotch nods and motions for the meeting to get started while the pilot takes off.

"Check this out. There are no forced entries at either house and both dinner tables were set for five people, not four."

"Maybe they knew him and invited him to dinner."

"Both families live in different states but only eight miles apart. Is it possible they knew each other?" Rossi asks.

"Garcia, did you find any overlap between the Bennett and Archer families?" Hotch asks her over video chat.

"No. They didn't work, shop, eat, or worship in any of the same places."

"Worship? Are both families religious?"

"Pretty much all their social lives revolved around some kind of church activities."

"Maybe he forced the families to make dinner as part of a ritual, like Karl Arnold," Emily states.

"The Fox was a classic family annihilator who targeted patriarchs. The dissection of the last dad makes me think the unsub was focused on male parents as well."

"I'm not so sure," Rossi argues against Derek. "There's a lot of overkill on the mothers."

"Alright, when we land, Morgan, Prentiss, and I will go get set up at the field office with Detective Beeks. Dave, you, Y/N, and Reid drive to Council Bluffs while the crime scene's still fresh."

The thing that confuses you the most in the recent crime scene is the energy surrounding it. You're hit with the trauma that happened last night so it's still fresh enough to paint a pretty picture of what the unsub did. The unsub stands in the kitchen changing the channels on the small TV on the counter. He switches them mindlessly until he gets to a music channel that he can use to drown the screams of the family out. 

He grabs a kitchen knife and makes his way up the stairs to the kids' bedroom, taunting them with a knife on the railing of the stairs. Sandra is sitting on a chair with her hands tied behind her back while Jake is lying on the floor, face down, with his hands tied behind his back, Sammy and Kayla lie in the bed both of them dead. Sandra tries to reach for something in the drawer behind her but can't get to it.

The unsub walks into the room and turns to Sandra who is crying hard. Jake says something to the unsub that gets him kicked in the face. He then starts stabbing Jake multiple times in the chest while Sandra watches helplessly from the side. You force yourself out of the vision from last night and are brought back to the present. The unsub and victims disappear but the energy still stays. The energy from the family is normal--one blue, one red, and two yellow ones. However, there is a third yellow one.

The unsub is a child.

"Family annihilators tend to kill the children first. It makes the parents suffer the most," Spencer explains when he and Rossi join you upstairs.

"Maybe that wasn't the only reason. When Mom comes up to say that dinner is ready, the first thing she sees is the children. She runs to them and opens up her back to attack. He uses the children as bait. The father arrives next. He runs to the family just as the mother did. The unsub repeats the attack."

"It worked the first time," you say. "It makes sense he would use the same ruse for the father."

"It's a risky plan. The unsub needs ten or fifteen minutes alone with the children to tie them up."

You three leave the upstairs and head to the kitchen where the table is set up for the dinner they never got to have.

"The table is set for five. They were going to have tacos. The big pot has red meat, the small one has some sort of tofu mix. Now, if a psychopath was forcing you to cook dinner, would you take the time to make vegetarian sides?"

"He obviously didn't force Sandra to make dinner. She wasn't afraid of him. He was their guest," you say.

"He's too disorganized to bring a gun. All the other items he used on the families came from within the house like kitchen knives, jump ropes, and belts. The Bennetts trusted him with their kids. They had to have known this guy."

"I think the unsub is a child," you say. "Take away the energy of the family, there's only one other one... The unsubs. It's yellow. I don't think he's a young kid but a kid nonetheless."

"It wouldn't hurt to look at that angle," Rossi says.

The ME report on Jake says he died less than a minute after being stabbed multiple times. All dissection was done postmortem. If it was done postmortem, it was probably done out of curiosity and not torture. However, the cuts were crude like how a child would dissect a frog in science class. Sandra died slowly and in a lot of pain just like Monica Archer. The wives suffer the most, physically and psychologically.

If you had to guess, this kid really hates his mother either for abandoning him or for loving a sibling more than him. It's textbook, really.

After finishing with the Bennett house, you head back to the police station with Spencer and Rossi where the rest of the team are already discussing both cases.

"Sandra was a sixth-grade teacher, she ran a church program for adult literacy and volunteered at a local soup kitchen. Monica was a nurse at Northern Omaha Medical, and she worked Pro Bono with disabled veterans at the VA."

"Maybe be posed a s victim and asked for their help," Detective Beeks says.

"It's likely these women would help a stranger but doubtful that they'd let him upstairs," Hotch says.

"It's a child." Everyone looks at you. "The only other energy left at the Bennett house was yellow which means a minor committed these crimes. I don't know how old he is but I do know he's younger than eighteen."

"What's your theory, then?" Hotch asks.

"Due to the severity of the wounds the mothers have suffered, I believe this kid has an issue with his own mother. Maybe she abandoned him or maybe she loves a sibling more than him but he hates moms. He might pose as a kid who is in need of help and gets along with the children he kills. It's literally the only way a parent would let a stranger near their child."

"It's a solid theory."

"On the off chance I'm wrong, the unsub could be another volunteer. If they met him during charity work, he could seem trustworthy. You could look into volunteers who worked with both Monica and Sandra."

"It's rare when you're wrong," Hotch says.

"Thanks, Hotch, but cover all your bases. It's what Strauss is looking for, right? She doesn't like me very much and if she sees you going off my word alone, you'll have your hands full with her."

You hate it but that's what needs to be done. You look to the right and see Derek off to the side on the phone probably with Penelope to check on Ellie. Poor girl. She lost everyone who was important to her and is now clinging to Derek because that's all she knows. Spencer walks up to Derek just as he hangs up and shows him something on his phone. Both men seem to be in a better mood by whatever is on Spencer's phone. 

You cross your arms and lean back on the wall as you observe their behavior. What the hell could they be whispering about? Why doesn't Spencer want you to know about it? It can't be about his mom. If Spencer is worried about her, then why does he have a smile on his face? Maybe you should call Diana and make sure she's alright. Someone knocks over a cup onto the ground and curses when the liquid goes everywhere, causing Derek and Spencer to look up. Both men lock eyes with you and immediately disband, walking away in opposite directions.

Weird.

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[strawberry-metal]

Hello! Please watch the video in 1080p so it doesn't have awful quality, and if you enjoyed the video, leave a like on it please! Thank you!

This video.... THIS VIDEO WAS A NIGHTMARE TO CREATE! Not only did I have to make the Kakyoin mod myself.... using solely MikuMikuModel for Project Diva because Blender is too big and strong for my computer (so sorry about the bald spot lol), I also had to create an accessory mod so he could have his earrings, because I dunno how to make module slots yet, just reskins, I had to make yet another accessory mod so he could wear the earrings with sunglasses as well for some segments. BUT THAT'S STILL NOT IT! Hibana is a song that uses one module. ONE. I had to go through and re-record parts of Hibana so many dang times, just so Kakyoin would have sunglasses in some segments, no sunglasses in others, and so he'd have a different outfit at the end. I must of spent almost an hour alone just watching the Hibana pv. AND THAT'S STILL NOT ALL-

The only video editing software I own is Windows Movie Maker, and as everyone knows, it's terrible. I spent sooooo long having to splice so many different recordings together, and having to make sure they looked natural, which is so hard to do in WMM seamlessly. Then, I had to sync the audio and found out I screwed up on video syncing in some parts, so I had to slow down in places it wouldn't be noticeable so the audio could be sync'd up. It's a bit off in the beginning but it catches up fast, don't worry. However, after 5 hours of video editing, WMM decided to screw everything up, and made the video REALLY blurry and pixelated and I accidentally saved over the project. I was soooo mad.

At least in the end I finally managed to get this done! As a result, I added a watermark in some parts of the video. I didn't want to, but this was just such a nightmare to create, that I don't want this to end up on sites like Tik Tok without any credit, I'm sorry. :( Also, please don't ask for the Kakyoin mod, only Alice, Kaz, and I get a copy of him.

Shoutouts to my friend, TheBizarreKazeko/Kazekothestrange for making the thumbnail!

Anyway....yeah... any Kakyoin fans still out there or are we extinct?

I listed credits at the end of the video, but here they are in the description as well:

Kakyoin mod, face mod and cherry earrings mod: ShannaHeart

UTAU Kakyoin Hibana Cover: 【UTAU式人力】ヒバナ |Hibana【ジョジョ】by 眞白 (Mashiro)

Kakyoin's Voice actor: Daisuke Hirakawa

Watermark Remover by M&M

Arv's lip sync mod by Arvo

Eye texture: Disneyloid

Modification of face accessories mod: R.L.

Hibana song: Deco*27

Eng lyrics mod: Eucalyptus

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure belongs to Hirohiko Araki, and the Project Diva game series was created by SEGA

[macgyvermedical]

This one is like a hospital setting so it's going to be way more your style. Watch from 1:47 to 2:25. Thanks so much! I love seeing your responses and rightly ripping these shows to shreds!

C but only because I watched further

Usually they sedate people before they reduce fractures

Also it's not a jerking motion it's more of a pull-and-guide one

Dean would be super trauma naked. Maybe he would have a sheet over his wiener but that would be all

Syringes with red or yellow labels are usually for paralytic agents, not sedatives

Dean would be considered a high fall risk and also maybe an elopement risk so he would have a bed alarm on and maybe a camera on him

Also that cast looks way too nice (and it would probably be a splint first while the thing swelled up)

Where did he get crutches?? Usually PT has to see someone before they're given assistive devices they don't already use and PT has NOT cleared this man omg

And he fell. Which is a big freaking deal if anyone happened to notice. Which of course they didn't. Because no one put a bed alarm on him.

He would probably have a 1:1 sitter after that

The fact that no one noticed this guy fall and then crutch his way (badly) down the hallway is impressive.

I also would not want to be cared for at Sioux Falls General, they seem to have very few staff

[justabirdy]

From the Feeder 5-17 to 5-23

I won't lie, I've had a rough week. Amidst multiple breaks of bad new in my life and getting sick, I've found myself in a funk. There's a chance I may not even have a job in the coming weeks or months, so the bird feeders and the livestream have been a comfort of mine and may even become more important as time progresses. 

But enough about hardship, lets look at some pretty birds and talk shop about the birdfeeder livestream. 

Our first new visitor of the week is in fact our turkey who finally decided it was worth coming all the way to the feeder.

Wild Turkey

I was also finally able to get photos of our House finches who made themselves right at home the past few days. 

House finch

Another exciting visitor that proved difficult to photograph was a Ruby-throated hummingbird that stopped by a few times just before dusk when my camera would have the most challenging time catching it.

Ruby-throated hummingbird

And finally, our surprise star visitor, at least in my book was in fact our Pileated woodpecker who decided to swoop in and make his presence known at both our suet blocks. I just happened to be lucky enough to be around and catch him both on a video clip and in photos below! I'm still stunned at how big they are. That also makes 4 species of woodpecker to visit now!

Pileated woodpecker

And of course we had some of our regulars! I'll add those to the bottom of this post. 

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Stream Updates

Okay, we only made a few minor updates this week. Here's a rough breakdown of the improvements: 

Added a running timestamp to the stream to better help people look back through the stream to find things people may talk about in the chat. 

Moved the feeders slightly closer to the camera. This should help improve video quality while cameras are zoomed in. 

Investigated ways to lower the latency so there's not a 25 second lag between inputting a command in chat and seeing anything happen. (this frustrates me too since a bird may be gone by the time I zoom in or pull up the audio) 

The first two changes are simple quality of life, the last one is something where I want your feedback and input. The conclusion I've come to is that youtube will only allow ultra-low latency on videos that 1080p or less. If we dropped to 1080p we could have a lag of only 3-5 seconds at the expense of 4k. So which do you prefer? Less lag or 4k video. Please let me know and I'll take it into consideration.

Final Thing

One of these days when I'm not feeling sick, I'm thinking about doing a birdwatching livestream where we can all watch the bird feeders together and talk about the birds and behaviors they are showcasing. I'm by no means an expert, but I would enjoy sending a morning truly birdwatching with y'all. Let me know in a reply as well if this is of interest too

- Birdy

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White-breasted Nuthatch

Common Grackle

Indigo Bunting

Hairy Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Mourning Dove

Red-winged Blackbird

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

Rose-breasted grosbeak

Northern Cardinal

Blue Jay

Brown Thrasher

Black-capped Chickadee

[alicepao13]

Hudson and Rex S02E07

Took a break but we're back.

I like the episodes in the woods. I don't much care to go in the woods but I like watching them lol. The shots are really beautiful too.

That's a nice shot too lol. Although, what the actual hell is going on with... is that supposed to be water? Are these dust particles? What?

Note that there is no tattoo on his arm yet.

Rex: Why the fuck am I doing this, Charlie?

"Is this the dog I read about on the paper? The one who can find anything?" That's... not exactly what Rex does.

Parks and Recreation fans know.

They're already in love because I'd hit him with the trash bags.

I think Rex is leading the interrogation on this one.

Time for a hike!

Oh, Charlie. He's a city boy. And we also learn that he hates spiders. Sarah, on the other hand, was a Pathfinder which, aside from what the word implies, I have no idea what it entails.

Who made the executive decision for the shot to stay there for like ten seconds?

I believe Emmanuel Kabongo also guest starred in S6 in the superhero episode.

"They can't keep us here long. We're cops". Oh, they could very well keep you but who would want to?

Yay, Kendra! Finally.

"It's the 21st century, Charlie, you don't have to choose anymore". Words to live by.

Oh god, Sarah, that was so subtle.

Children, please. We're in the middle of an investigation.

The flirting continues in the lab. It's really a wonder they manage to solve so many cases when they are like this all the time.

The mug says MUGSHOT in it. Do you have any idea how long it took me to figure out that downstairs is a coffee shop? Also, how many precincts have a coffee shop in the ground floor? SJPD is living it up.

"That's right, I brought my dad this time and he's gonna kick your ass". Disregard the fact that they have like two years of age difference, whoever is the captain (or in charge) at a precinct immediately gets awarded with the "tired parent" title because they will be the person who will be holding the rest of them back from doing stupid shit.

"Are you posing?" "Google Earth. Always taking pics."

lol Charlie and Valentine fighting for who is the alpha team. I know who's ending up in jail, though.

Again, I would like a scene like this with Charlie and Sarah, please and thank you.

While Charlie was ultimately right, at some point there was no evidence to support his theory that Alia was innocent and not the culprit in all this. In other words, he was just being stubborn. Contrary to what many shows support, you can't lead an investigation based on your gut.

"You're the best cop I've ever known and I'm the best ranger you've ever known". Considering that you two don't exactly live in a metropolis, that's... insignificant.

Joe's "...otherwise it's not a nation worth protecting" line is good. I mean I don't want to write all of it but it's good.

That's a ferocious beast! So pretty, though.

Felt cute, might delete later.

Jesse asking Charlie to give his entire theory for Valentine being the culprit while Charlie is running and trying to catch his breath lol

Let Charlie have his angst moment! Don't inform him immediately that Rex is fine.

See, Valentine easily snuck up behind Best Cop.

I'm sure that Charlie and Kendra fucked after this episode, when Charlie went back to the woods to "check how the wolf was doing".

I love that Charlie doesn't want Sarah to realize how much of a total boor he is when it comes to art. Like she doesn't know! Don't worry, art knowledge is not your selling point.

Establishing "team as family". I actually like the subtlety of this one, I don't like it when in shows they keep saying it. Let it happen naturally.

I guess these are the best screenshots of these photos I've taken. 1080p, baby! I'll put these here as well since this has gotten too long once again.

[thegeminisage]

it is time for. NOT a tng update. but a ds9 update!!! wednesday* we watched "emissary" and actually i'm not clear on if we watched both parts or just one since my website is wonky but either way whatever we watched FUCKING RULED. i'm dispensing w the normal bullet points so i can ramble as much as i want

*it was last night actually but it took me all day to type this up so i'm scheduling it to go up later. it got looooong lol

the first most striking thing i noticed about ds9, or at least the first half of what we watched, is that it FEELS like a video game. someone tell me if this is insane. you're playing as sisko. you get flashbacks of his backstory, you get thrown into this starbase that's in shambles and it's Your Job to fix it up. you go around meeting all the secondary characters who will be in charge of this or that gameplay aspect or upgrade system or shop: kira, o'brien, quark, odo, jadzia, julian, etc. the FOLEY in this was insane. all the noise in the back CONSTANTLY suggested a lively and whole universe outside of our direct line of focus - it felt so alive in the way not even the enterprise in tos did. i could picture myself in the opening gameplay/cutscene like slowly walking my character through what will become a hub area that i gradually upgrade over time while kira or o'brien narrates the list of problems. you're starting at the bottom rung and expected to fail, but you can FEEL the potential even in just one brief walk through the promenade. IS THIS INSANE? it feels like an insane thing to say. someone PLEASE write in if you have ever had similar feelings. if they haven't made a ds9 game yet, they should.

i also notice that not only is the quality of the ds9 episodes worse than that of tng and tos - no one has remastered them into 1080p, apparently - but the lighting is very different, as well. it felt WEIRD to see picard and the enterprise D shot this way. but it also lends, perhaps unintentionally, perhaps not, a really gritty atmosphere to what is normally a very clean universe. i guess since we mostly see it from the inside of starships, it would feel like a sterile place to us, but you know how everyone always compliments star wars on how lived-in it feels? the buttons are wearing, sand is stuck in their fancy thingamajigs, etc? this was how ds9 felt to me.

okay. the characters. let's fucking get into it. what's so fun about ds9 in general is that in all other trek shows i have picked out my specialest little guy in 5 seconds flat. tos was spock EASILY. tng i knew it was data before i started. i already know seven's gonna be my favorite voyager character, but i have NO IDEA!!! who my precious little baby in ds9 will be. what a fun surprise for everyone involved. if anybody wants to place bets go ahead.

like, i thought tng had a pretty solid lineup (hence my eternal frustration with its wasted potential) but they're not anywhere as eclectic as ds9's core cast. iirc, sisko and o'brien are the ONLY humans who for once are outnumbered by trek's cool aliens. i'm saving sisko for last because that was the part of ds9 that touched me most profoundly, but for o'brien - it was a little sad to see him leave the enterprise, because picard was right, it WON'T feel the same without him, but i'm really excited to see why everybody says he suffers more than jesus and to find out if the eyepatch is a permanent thing or if it's just mirrorverse fuckery. either way, i win. like, o'brien is cool, and i always miss him when i don't see him in tng, and i'll continue to miss him in tng from here on out, but he could never shine in that show. it's too stiff and too reluctant to put its characters through any real development. it's a shame they can't ALL move to ds9, tbh.

the next person we met was kira, who was WONDERFUL. it took me a minute to warm up to her, not because there was anything wrong with her, but because i figured at first glance she was ds9's version of ro laren, the obligatory bajoran cast member to connect us with the bajoran/cardassian plot - which would of course be good because ro is awesome, but it's not necessarily anything new and i already love ro. BUT I WAS WRONG! kira's personality is very distinct from ro's; really the only thing they have in common is not liking cardassians which lmao Yeah. my favorite thing about kira is that she smiles when she's upset or angry. that's Such an acting choic, to have her grinning at the cardassians when she's almost certain they're about to blow her whole space station to smithereens. all love light and respect to ro laren my beloved, but i think i actually like kira BETTER.

odo: WHAT is that thing he can do oh my god...is this a changeling?? i got that result in a star trek quiz once. i really loved when he snuck aboard the enemy ship posing as a bag to hold gambling winnings. i was like oh they showed us the bag to show us it will get stolen soon BUT NO it was odo!!!!!!! such a fun surprise. the exposition on his backstory was a little slapdash but i enjoyed it all the same, i cannot wait to learn more

i was most nervous to meet quark because i hate hate HATE the ferengi in tng, but he was actually so entertaining! like, you're never gonna be able to entirely remove the antisemetic undertones from the ferengi as a whole, but he was smart, practical, and endearingly longsuffering. i love his wryness and deadpan humor. i have a feeling he is gonna be so much fun to torture lovingly.

meeting julian bashir felt like meeting a famous person. for the longest time all i knew about ds9 was that cardassian guy wanted to FUCK that gay little doctor, so it was a little hilarious that in his first scene he was asking a woman* out on a date. sir do you not know you're gay?? even funnier was the fact that out of everybody in the pilot he had the least lines. we barely know him, but we finally met him. relatedly, i can't to wait to meet more cardassians, especially The cardassian. so far, they're still all gay.

*jadzia!!! gnc/trans queen! the trill stuff is SO interesting and watching that worm slither in and out of people during those flashbacks was so wonderful but also made me wince. i love that she used to be an old man and the jokes about it are actually really funny without feeling transphobic or anything SO FAR. who knows if that changes. i feel like we haven't gotten much yet from her either but i cannot wait.

SISKO. damn. where do i even...first of all, he should be allowed to bite kick kill picard. i say this as someone who experienced a genuine THRILL of pleasure upon seeing picard's borged self again. i loved that whole thing, i'm obsessed with the borg. that it comes back in this small way in ds9, and has such a HUGE impact on the storyline, was so so so fucking good. i always say tng tells and not shows, but even after just knowing sisko for a few moments i felt keenly how much it devastated to find his wife like that and THAT WAS JUST FROM THE FIRST SCENE. and it only gets better! he's a great dad. he's FUNNY. he is not above manual labor. he wants to tear picard limb from limb. and he exists HERE.

the wormhole alien sequence was. so good. it was SO GOOD. explaining linear time to aliens. the aliens using his memories to talk to him. HE EXISTS HERE. back and back and BACK to finding his wife in the rubble because HE EXISTS HERE. he CHOOSES to exist here. he existed there when he applied for a transfer to earth. he existed there when he confronted picard. he never left the ship because HE NEVER LEFT THE SHIP. they dragged him out but they COULDN'T DRAG HIM OUT. he exists here because he won't leave her to exist here alone because damn it we can't just leave her here. that was the most insane series of events i ever watched. like, because at first you DO think it's the aliens taking him back there BUT IT'S HIM. HE IS DOING IT TO HIMSELF. when the penny dropped i got literal chill bumps and when the aliens said "it's not linear" and he, openly weeping, replied "it's NOT linear," i genuinely, truly, shed a tear along with him. TNG COULD NEVER. none of those miserable fucks EVER cry!!! sisko did it in the god damn pilot!!!!!!!

and like, the fact that he can choose to stay at the space station at the end, to shake picard's hand, to exist SOMEWHERE ELSE. AAAAAUGHGHGHG

i really loved the final confrontation, too. kira is so so so so good, again, i LOVE that she smiles when she's angry, when she's sad, and it's not a fake smile, it's genuine and honest emotion, and she's genuinely and honestly going to start eating the cardassians for sport if they don't leave her alone. it was very scrappy, them pretending to be bigger and badder than they actually were because they had no other choice. you get the feeling everybody on the station and indeed the station itself is barely holding together, and what little togetherness is present comes from sheer spite.

anyway, absolutely 10/10. i was so worried ds9 wouldn't be good but it not only met my most furtive hopes it surpassed them with flying colors. it's gonna be REAL hard to go back to tng after this.

[average-mako-enjoyer]

"send me a character" ask game!

From the character ask game.

This is not a choose violence ask! You didn't have to choose violence, Liss!

Anyway, Zevran.

Favorite thing about him I think the best thing about him is also the worst thing about him. He's the embodiment of that toxic bisexual rep people keep ranting about, and he's designed to attract our kind.

He has:

a thick ass

dick game on a whole new level

weird sense of humor

tragic past

Oh, and he also knows how to stab people? And has a good sense of boundaries? Yeah, okay, Bioware, pack me two of those, please.

Least favorite thing about him He's that toxic bisexual rep people keep ranting about. XD

He lies and flirts like he breathes, he sleeps with everyone because it's fun and it helps pass the time, and yeah! Okay! I know people like that! Myself included. So it's a pretty realistic portrayal of a person who went through such a massive trauma as a child and was severely abused for most of his life. But his story lacks depth in some ways.

Yes, he confronts the Crows. Yes, he kills his former lover/friend to tie up loose ends, and that's it. I wish there were more moments that showed his vulnerability. His obvious flaws.

But I think that's what all the Origins characters suffer from. They fall pretty flat once you're done with their personal missions, and their romances lack that tasty substance for me as well.

Favorite line His stupid sex poem and how Warden asks, "You killed the person who wrote it for you anyway?" And he's like, "Well, of course! But only after we slept together. What do you think, I'm some kind of monster? I fucked her for a few hours, btw." And Warden goes, "Well, if it was hours…"

brOTP Him and Wynne. I think she can be a perfect match for his energy and just be a sarcastic ass around him for sports, which I am sure he loves. They can make fun of Oghren together. Also, he can fingerbang her into next Tuesday if necessary, and it wouldn't ruin their dynamic.

Also him and Leliana.

OTP Zevran/Alistair sounds like so much fun to me.

One is a labrador retriever, another is a sly fox. One is a virgin, another has fucked his way across the continent. One is a homophobic church boy, another is everything the church warns good people against. One is horrified by the fact that this man, dude, guy with a penis, oh my god he has an actual dick between his legs, is actually attractive, another finds the bi panic men expirience around him endearing. Alistair Theirin gets fucked into the mattress watch in HD 1080p.

Also, Zevran/Morrigan. They are a definition of bi4bi power couple.

But the best OTP is Zevran/freedom to do whatever the fuck he wants to.

nOTP Don't have one. I truly believe he can weasel his way into any pants.

Random headcanon He's such a slut for luxury lifestyle. He's pretty down to earth most of the time, but lay him down on some silk sheets after a good meal and he'll be yours.

Unpopular opinion He and Warden are not a good match for a variety of reasons, and I'm not that surprised that he's out of the picture by the time Awakening begins.

Song i associate with them Oof, this is hard. I guess Call Out My Name by The Weeknd?

Favorite picture of them This one or this one.