The arc of the first episode with the Gorn was Kirk realizing they're not evil space monsters but an intelligent spacefaring race acting reasonably to a intrusion into their territory, and anyway fifty-five years later they ran with "no, the Gorn ARE irredeemably evil space monsters actually"

Anyway someone on Twitter said there was a interview with the showrunner of SNW where he says "The Gorn are monsters, they're not analogs for anything" and that's why they're interesting and I Regret To Inform you it's real

"That's a view of the universe that shouldn't be discarded". But. It is discarded. The entire point of "Arena" is that it's a wrong view of the universe that should be discarded. This is literally the moral of the episode. It is told to you directly. The entire point of the episode is that Kirk overcomes his xenophobia and refuses to kill the Gorn and The Guy In Charge of Star Trek missed that so hard he became "obsessed" with how the Gorn could be pure evil

Absolute peak "No Meaning, Only Lore"

I've seen people say he means on a "character" level, that everyone sees the Gorn as evil but. Setting aside how Starfleet shouldn't even know what the Gorn are in SNW, how on earth does making them knock-off xenomorphs set up a ending where they're shown mercy. It's not like there's just "rumors" of them being evil that can be shown to be false. They're now canonically slavers who lay their eggs in other people's bodies since, well, they're knock-off xenomorphs

I think one of the goals of society should be that someone who requires expensive medicine and a lot of care can live an amazing life, the longest life they possibly can, with dignity, even if they have no friends or family or anyone who cares enough about them to help. the goals of a society should be to make life better than if we are alone, society should want life to be as good as possible for as many people as possible, and those goals should account for people not having social support networks.

social life aside, the most hated or ignored person in town should be able to live as good and fair and just of a life as the most loved person in town. survival needs to stop being a popularity contest.

After months of research and development and market testing and perfecting the first item I feel confident selling online, I have realized... that it is an incredibly niche item that only a specific subset of absolute nerds would want to buy, and I will have to do a ton of explaining the basic idea over and over again before people generally get what it is I'm even selling. RIP me

Long story short: I'm selling embroidery patterns. You stick them on fabric, embroider them, and wash the pattern away to leave your embroidery shining in solitary splendour.

Long story long... here goes.

dal r’el

all i’m saying is there’s gotta be a spider hero in star trek canon, no?

spider-dal, for your consideration

thought the co-captains were already fucking:

didn't realize anything was going on with the co-captains:

roughly accurate picture of the situation:

having considered the matter for some time i am officially moving roach down into the last category. roach had to cater cute little breakfast dates on a daily basis for weeks and i'm pretty sure somewhere in there he got things pretty well figured out. i believe very deeply that roach has been treating the entire ed-and-stede saga as a soap opera that exists for his personal entertainment. he ships it but in a much more detached way than lucius, he's not going to get directly involved but he WILL enthusiastically take sides in every lovers' quarrel and egg things on from the sidelines

Type "I am" in the tags and whatever follows is your gender today...

once you stop fantasizing about that ideal version of yourself and start working towards becoming that person by setting your alarm clock earlier and actually going to the gym and actually volunteering at places and actually eating healthier and not procrastinating and working just a little bit harder you’ll realize that it was so easy all along. becoming your ideal self will only ever exist in your mind until you make the decision to work towards becoming that person. get up!! get going!! it’s now or never!! there is no light at the end of the tunnel!! get that flashlight and pave your own path bitch bc no one else is going to do it for u!!

Happy Sci-Fi Dolphin Saturday. Here’s a delightful Moebius illustration of a whale-watching excursion.

one of the plot hooks that's most clearly set up for ofmd s2 is more of an arc for oluwande and i am so looking forward to finding out what that dude's entire deal is. he's the most gentle and chill and huggable and down-to-earth person on the revenge and he will enthusiastically make himself an accomplice to absolutely any deranged criminal scheme at the drop of a hat if a new friend asks him to, whether it's scamming money out of rich guys or helping murder one of spanish jackie's husbands without even knowing why or smiling beatifically as he oversees having a guy tied to an anchor to throw overboard. he also enjoys recreational animal cruelty if he's sad about a breakup and it's really funny like making a turtle fight a crab. incredible character concept

olu is cursed to be the sort of person who deeply enjoys chaos and drama and hijinks but is much too sensible to start shit himself, so he really appreciates having people in his life who will just drag him along into it. this is why the revenge is the perfect environment for him to flourish

Rating the birds in my backyard by tendency toward violence

Northern Cardinal, 4/10

I'm sometimes worried the male is sexually harassing the female but I'm pretty sure they're just doing some elaborate public pickup roleplay. The rest of us didn't agree to participate in your kink, guys.

American Robin, 1/10

Literally just some dude hanging out. Never bothered anyone but worms. Big fan of the way you just stand there in the middle of the grass like you forgot what you were supposed to be doing.

House Sparrow, 10/10

You're a gang. You're participating in gang violence. There's ten billion of you living in a single wood pile and it's been civil war for three years now. When will the bloodshed end?

Tufted Titmouse, 1/10

A shy baby. A pretty little guy. I saw you on the neighbor's garage roof and time stopped. There were anime sparkles around you. Come back.

European Starling, 9/10

Why is it always you? Listen, I know, I KNOW the sparrows are the problem, and YET. When the fighting starts, it's always you in the middle of it, provoking them and then screaming like you're an innocent bystander defending yourself. I'm onto you.

Carolina Wren, 3/10

This rating is not for physical violence, which you don't engage in, but for your role as an incurable narc. A tattle tale. I know they're fighting again, okay? I see it. Our yard has been a warzone for years, you don't have to make a big announcement every time someone misbehaves.

Eastern Wood-Peewee, 0/10

If this were "birds who think they're better than everyone else," you'd get 10/10.

Red-bellied Woodpecker, 6/10

It's a utility pole. It's not a tree. You're surrounded by trees that are full of bugs. But there you are, on the utility pole. Committing vandalism.

American Crow, unrated

For who am I to cast judgment on the actions of La Famiglia? I assume you are doing what is best for the neighborhood. If I could, though, without criticism, make a single observation. That when large numbers of you gather in the ominous dead cottonwood - no? No, you're right. None of my business.

Great Crested Flycatcher, 5/10

Frankly, I think you could be doing more. I think your name implies a great potential. I think you should massacre the insects. I think your beak should drip with viscera.

Stay tuned for more criminal activity!

(continued)

Common Grackle, 7/10

La Famiglia does not suffer you to stop in our neighborhood long, and I trust their judgement in this manner. You have the look of a guilty bird.

Tennessee Warbler, 2/10

You keep to yourselves, and I respect that. I get the sense that you could defend yourselves if it came to it, though.

Brown-Headed Cowbird, 3/10

You're not a crow, and eventually they ARE going to figure it out, kiddo.

Gray Catbird, 5/10

Would you. Respectfully. Would you shut the FUCK UP.

Eurasian Collared-Dove, 0/10

You're doing great, sweetie, everyone loves you.

Red-Breasted Nuthatch, 4/10

A comedian. A little jester of a bird. You're so silly. Sure sometimes you incite violence in others but, really, is that your fault? If it is, we forgive you.

Blue Jay, 12/10

If you could learn any human behavior you wanted, it would be how to build a bomb.

Honorable mention:

Turkey Vulture, 5/10

You weren't in my backyard, but you WERE eating roadkill in the street in my neighborhood. I know the animal was already dead when you got there, but you get violence points for frightening the small children that walked past you. Incredible work.

@batsarebetterthanpeople ok so: horse girl (gn) au where stede inherited his dad's prestigious equestrian academy where they trained people/horses to compete in those fancy horse shows where the horses do silly little tricks and go around doing their gay little trot. owning the business means no time to actually train horses, which is stede's true passion, so he sells the company, buys a horse (Arthur or Kind Eyes or The Revenge or Obliged To Take My Vengance), hires a jockey (jim), and decides to become a trainer for the kentucky derby

ed is a kentucky derby trainer and his horse (Queen Anne's Revenge) and jockey (izzy) have won for the past like 2-5 years in a row (never the triple win tho, au where there hasn't been a triple win in like 20 years or something). he's bored of it but stede is out here trying really weird like, bonding techniques to get his jockey to really connect with the horse and ed's fascinated by this strange man.

episode 6 bathtub breakdown equivalent is ed confessing that he's never actually ridden a horse except for one time as a kid and he's actually deathly afraid of horses. despite the fact that his entire career revolves around horses and riding horses.

calico jack knows ed from back in his rodeo days. culture clash of drunken cowboy from the rodeos and stede's fancy horse show upbringing. also turns out ed used to be a bull rider in the rodeo until he hurt his knee.

this video of Rhys imitating a dressage horse seems relevant

DRESSAGE oh my god that’s the word for the fancy horse shows!!! i couldn’t remember for the fucking life of me

I really need the cyan one. No fall damage = no more injuries from horses👌🏻

No fall damage!!!! I really need it 🤣

Nautilus expedition live streams (+ their commentary) 2020 / 2021 / 2022

Back on my star trek brainroot.

It started out as just some Odos drawings, but it's hard to keep Quark out of the pictureq