listen…. middle aged ships are my jam. there’s something hopeful about seeing two older people fall in love (or still being in love) on my screen.
give me two workaholics who realise there’s more to life than their job when they meet each other.
give me two people who’ve been to hell and back together for years and have always had each others backs.
give me two people who’ve been married for decades and are more in love than ever.
give me two lonely people thrown together in a life or death situation and let them realise they wouldn’t want anyone else by their side.
give me two people who’ve been heartbroken more times than they can count who find hope in each other.
GIVE ME OLDER SHIPS
y'all are always complaining about how gay rep has to be perfect and unproblematic like speak for yourself i personally love it when they try to murder each other
It's past midnight which means it's time for me to think about how Seven saw a wedding ring on her finger then heard a noise in her house and assumed it was Raffi
the r/curatedtumblr -> tumblr migration is so funny to me. it's like going to the zoo and enjoying it so much you climb into the enclosure to live with the monkeys
Blocked parried smooched on cheeck
I dodge gracefully and counterkiss you on the mouth
you ever try to read a book and it's like. damn they really just let anybody write these.
the summer is like well what if it was unbearable outside and you can't wear any cool jackets. and everyone's going to tell you that this is the best time of the year. and you're the crazy one
jcksonmaine-archive-deactivated
Every part of this joke is older than most of the people on this website.
When I last posted my Star Trek speedpaints I got a suggestion for Lily Sloane (Alfre Woodard) from First Contact
I also added Lieutenant Palmer (Dr. Mae Jemison) - Dr. Jemison was invited to cameo on TNG by LeVar Burton. She was the first black woman in space, aboard the Endeavour
I’m still so behind on the new Treks but I recently finished the 2nd season of Disco, and gotta say I kind of love it ^^
These are absolutely GORGEOUS and I hope your Disco watch continues. There’s so much good stuff and Michael is just… Yeah.
If you paint any of her season 3 and beyond, man, I hope I see it.
Star Trek Voyager 6x02 - Survival Instinct | Star Trek Picard 1x08 - Broken PIeces
Seven: When I was first assimilated into the Collective, I was a child. They were assimilated as adults. When our individual memories began to resurface-- Chakotay: Yours were of being a little girl. A scared little girl. Seven: I let that fear control me. After I saw the drone die in the swamp, I panicked. I began to envision my own death. Alone, without even the sound of another drone to comfort me. So I forced them to return. I infiltrated their left cerebral hemispheres with nanoprobes and created a new interlink network. One that they couldn't resist. And then I eliminated the evidence of what I had done. Chakotay: You were overwhelmed by feelings you couldn't begin to understand. You're not responsible for that. Seven: Because of what I did, they'll be forced to live the rest of their lives in the Collective. For that, I am responsible.
Rewatching Star Trek Voyager after Picard is so good because it makes the Seven-centric stories even richer. They were already good but it adds another layer to everything.
It also makes this moment in Broken Pieces even more resonant for Seven because she's not only assimilated people before but she's assimilated people who were trying to escape. I love how interesting this makes Seven's character. It's a situation TV Tropes call Ignored Epiphany.
It's the moment when someone who is on a path of redemption or enlightenment willfully ignores the epiphany to continue on the current path they were. But narratively, the ignored epiphany moment wasn't futile.
Eventually what happens is the ignored epiphany becomes a building block for when the real epiphany hits. Because sometimes epiphany and the choice to turn around is not just one moment, it's composed of several moments, and sometimes, people need the help of other people to pull or push them out of the current path they were on.
This is what happened to Seven of Nine.
Drone Borg Seven of Nine was happy to continue being a Borg and was proud of being a Borg. It wasn't until Janeway chose to cut Seven from the Borg and started Seven on the path of her own individuality that Seven finally understood the real damage the Borg has down to other people and herself.
And now that she possesses individuality and knowledge when she's asked a year later if she would want to return to the Collective given the choice and Seven's answer is a resounding No.
And then going back to this moment in Survival Instinct to the moment in Broken Pieces knowing the context for Seven now it's so much more poignant because she's done this before and regretted it.
I think this is one moment out of many moments in what she's done and made to do as a Borg that Seven will never forgive herself for because the moment with her three Unimatrix Drones was something Seven did herself.
(I do wish they let the moment in Picard 1x08 breathe more but time and production probably didn't give them enough time to do more).
Seven: The damage I did can never be repaired, and my guilt is irrelevant. I simply want them to experience individuality, as I have. As you have. At one time, you were confined to this Sickbay. Your program was limited to emergency medical protocols. In some ways, you were not unlike a drone. But you were granted the opportunity to explore your individuality. You were allowed to expand your program. Your mobile emitter gives you freedom of movement. Your thoughts are your own. If you were told you had to become a drone again, I believe you would resist. EMH: Yes. I suppose I would. Seven: They would resist as well. They would choose freedom, no matter how fleeting. Only you and I can truly understand that. EMH: Survival is insufficient.
Another Glee cast member won a Tony and NONE for Lea Michele 😂
I join the Discord server
I mute the Discord server
I'm never seen again in the Discord server
'you have x many followers' those r cadavers girl. corpses. abandoned vessels of blogs who once were. its the apocalypse in there. its me and my 5 mutuals against the world.
Babs Olusanmokun: We have known each other for a while. And they’ve been on some adventures together. But I don’t want to specify what those adventures may be as you know, as that might be a spoiler. But there’s definitely a backstory of respect for each other’s work, for engagement, for having spent time together in more adverse circumstances. And I think that informs their relationship. So it’s from a deeper familial point of view when he says, “You’re my favorite.”
me scrolling back up through my tumblr feed until the idea comes back
The ADHD/Autism experience