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This is more than Spock and Kirk, "going cannon."

It is two characters who were irrevocably influential to science fiction, to fandom, to media at large, getting a beautiful and poetic ending.

This is layered in Star Trek canon, but more than that it is Kirk and Spock reuniting.

Against all the odds in the universe, ours and theirs.

Kirk was dead. Spock was dead in ANOTHER DIMENSION. They died alone and without each other. This was their unbelievably tragic and cannon ending UNTIL TODAY.

Now their ending is this.

Reunification, connection, crossing time, space, and reality itself to be together again. Because that is how important they are to one another. Because that is how important they are to Star Trek itself. Because that is how important James Tiberius Kirk and S'chn T'gai Spock are to media at large, Star Trek fans and beyond.

This is insane to a degree that I truly do not know if people can understand and I will NEVER get over it.

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Low key hating people screaming Spirk is canon now because I wish i had been able to see the clip without this at the back of my mind because in itself

It was beautiful and made me cry in a 8 min scene with no dialogue. Seeing Prime Spock again was a gift because being unable to say a proper good bye in the short scene in ST Beyond hurt! Being given this as a last scene of Kirk and Spock instead is truly a gift.

It was amazing. (I am still half trying to process it)

On the other had there is nothing here that is new that hasn't been said about their relationship a dozen times over over the decades and who scream for canonization of every over the smallest thing should calm the fuck down.

Kirk and Spock have always been soulmates beyond the ties of any other relationship.

(If I am missing context please enlighten me because this feels entirely in line with previous canon to me)

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Suddenly remembers how mdzs has some of the most complex characters ever and also the most teenager on wattpad kinktober pwp ass sex scenes ever..

Talk about containing multitudes...

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'life is about getting older, being gay and eating well' cinematic universe

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Onions & Two Chicken Thighs

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Onions & Two Chicken Thighs

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Kinou nani tabeta, Tsukuritai onna to tabetai onna and Koisenu Futari: The holy trifecta of what I want in my future relationship

Idk man, the simple yet deep joy and comfort of sharing a homemade meal at the end of the day with someone you care deeply about is getting to me tonight.

Bonus: Ossan's love because them

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tou-san said “boy, you’d better werk”. anyway, please watch kinou nani tabeta

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More people need to watch Kinou Nani Tabeta? . (2 seasons, a special and a movie)

More people need to talk about it!

I sort of pushed it to the back of my mind and missed the second season so started a rewatch and damn i forgot how much it absolutely tore my heart and healed me the first time i watched it. And it is honestly better than i remember it being (might me because i was crying through half of it and having major breakdowns about my queerness and family). The first time i watched it was before i'd gotten into asian queer tv proper. The couple of BLs I watched were fun but meh.. But this.

There is something so heart wrenchingly familiar about Shiro's relationship with his queerness and his family in the beginning. Something so beautiful about how he struggles to express love in words like his partner but says everything he needs to say in actions ...... And FOOD. So much amazing food.

His practical approach to love feels real and ground after the normal fantastical romantic fare of gay romcom but it is light and funny without leaning into tragic like the 'realistic' gay shows. And I love that early on they establish that these 2 are sexual partners and like almost never touch it again. Its evident and unnecessary to harp on and these middle aged men have bigger problems and i love them soo much.

(This doesn't really have a point beyond random rambling and hoping someone gets curious enough to watch it/talk to me about it)

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Some fans be like why do you engage with it if you don't think its good.

Because we saw the potential for something great in it and we are both morurning it and keeping the memory of it alive.

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Random reminder that David never said that Izzy 'is' or 'was' a father figure to Ed but that by the point of his death he had grown into one and a positive one. (Not that this makes it much better cos like *looks at the text*fucking where???)

And because this "transformation" doesn't exist anywhere in the text some fans just found it easy to generalize it into "Izzy was always the abusive father figure" to fit better into their interpretation of Izzy as someone with power over Ed.

Which... Definitely not what David said.

The way that I came to reconcile both these comments is my putting Izzy in a position of uncertainty. Izzy is always something to Ed but that something is not definable.

Izzy is the ultimate "ish"

Izzy was the jilted spouse -ish

Izzy became a father figure -ish

Izzy is almost a lot of things to Ed but never manages to actually be any of those things.

To Ed certainty is boring and unwanted. Its just Izzy. Izzy doesn't have to be anything else.

For a man like Izzy craving certainty and structure to the point of unhealthy dependency not knowing who he is must be hell. But most likely that would not be something he would ever be able to acknowledge but rather fill in the gaps with assumptions.

Filling the gaps with Blackbeard. Because Izzy "knows" his role with Blackbeard. That is the heart of their tragedy to me.

So maybe Izzy can be all those things David wants him to be and also none of those things fully.

not enough people have e beef with the fact david said love triangle and then said father figure. this mirrors so much stupid queerbaiting content and yet you get lynched for pointing that out. like oooo that was never his intention duh! just listen to what he’s saying, i know there’s a canon gay couple, which by the way had most of the important stuff skipped in favour of kissing, but guys, i don’t fucking know!!!!

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Long ass rant that sums up to "anything Ed does is general pirate life and anything Izzy does is personsl evil" aside...

I find it hilariously when people are confused as to why Izzy was giving orders on "Stede"s ship" because they seemed to miss the part where technically it is not Stede's ship anymore. That is literally the point of contention. They miss the "what to do with the crew" "The uzze" " Put them to work and kill them later?" conversation.

(Also Izzy is evil for pulling Fang's beard but also wrong for not punishing Fang (because punishing your own crew on an enemy ship you occupied is a brilliant idea)

Pirate crews do share spoils. They fight for gold. Wonder what spoils the crew who fought and died to rescue Stede (and piss off the Spanish navy in the processes) promised. Could it be *gasp* Stede's ship and wealth? Or were they just destined to die for Ed's lovel life to become interesting.

The Revenge at the beginning of the show is an occupied ship no matter how much Ed forgets the fact for he is distracted by Stede.

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What i feel is worse is that the interpretation of canon for a lot of people seems to be "what is written" Free from the corrupting influence of actor interpretation. (This is of course selective applied to shoot down readings other than what they deem correct)

Aside from being just plain wrong i find this actively insulting to the actors' choice, the director who chose to include that and the 1000 other people who participate in creating any scene.

my favorite thing about antis crying "it's not canon" is when they have their own Favorite Character representation that's 100% not supported by canon

for real, anon

many parts of this fandom are so obsessed with 'canon' as a weapon and a 'fuck you' to fans they don't like

people don't seem to understand the freedom that comes with the whole notion of 'Death of the Author' as both a literary framework and an understanding that the moment a piece of art of any form (be it writing, photographs, videos, etc) enters the public domain, the author no longer has any control over how that piece of art will be interpreted or understood.

a lot of fans in OFMD should take note of that.

like the word canon isn't supposed to mean 'my reading of the text is more correct than yours.' it's meant to be neutral in terms of literary analysis. it's meant to be simply that which occurs within the body of text. but people will have their own interpretations and understandings of the text based on their own subjective realities. i don't have to agree with those realities, but i'm not going to go out of my way (at least for now, we'll see how salty i get) to shit on someone else's reading of a text.

you want to read Stede as GNC? fine. that's not my interpretation of the character but you do you.

you think Ed's gender journey is more important than Jim's? i'd rather focus on the only non binary character in the show than another cis character but sure. have your gender critiques and analyses as it pertains to a cis character.

you see how im not going back to the argument of 'well in the TEXT' or 'well in CANON' to make any of my arguments here? because the way canon is used in this fandom's discourse is stupid and pedantic

this is fandom. this is a sandbox. canon was thrown out the window the moment the show aired. people will do what they please with the text. the author is dead indeed. all hail the author

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Randomly thinking about how much Season 1 of OFMD was a queer show and Season 2 a gay show..

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Came across this post I made a decade ago and reblogging it as a reminder to myself and others that shipping has never been a save to canon

(This if i remember was in response to Mycroft and Lestrade finally actually sharing a scene after years of being shipped.... For all of 29 frames)

We should have a song called 29 frames and that should be Mystrade  anthem…… Anyone?

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It is hilarious watching how much it bothers some people that other people are having fun with something they disagree with to the point they feel the need to shout multiple time that your joy is not real.

Its a TV show.

Nothing is real.

Get over yourself. 🤣🤣