I hope the universe would be kind once more

starting a collection

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“I had an overall arc that in mind that [JJ Abrams] wanted to do,” Driver continued. “His idea was that [Kylo’s] journey was the opposite journey of Vader, where Vader starts the most confident and the most committed to the dark side. And then by the last movie, he’s the most vulnerable and weak. He wanted to start with the opposite. This character was the most confused and vulnerable, and by the end of the three movies, he would be the most committed to the dark side. I tried to keep that arc in mind, regardless if that wound up not being the journey anyway, because it changed while shooting. But I was still focused on that.”

“The last one, it changed into being, you know, about them and the dyad, and things like that,” Driver said. “And evolving into Ben Solo. That was never a part of it. He was Ben Solo from the beginning, but there was never a version where we’d see Ben Solo when I first signed up for it.”

Daisy Ridley revealed back in 2020 that her character, Rey, started out as having a connection to none other than Obi-Wan Kenobi before she ended up not having any connection to a pre-existing character in “The Last Jedi.” That was then retconned in “The Rise of Skywalker,” when Rey was revealed as a descendant of Emperor Palpatine.

“At the beginning there was toying with like an Obi-Wan connection,” Ridley said at the time. “There were like different versions, and then it really went to that she was no one. Then it came to Episode IX and J.J. pitched me the film and was like, ‘Oh yeah, Palpatine’s grandaughter.” I was like, ‘Awesome!’ Then two weeks later he was like, ‘Oh, we’re not sure.’ So it kept changing. Even as we were filming I wasn’t sure what the answer was going to be.”

this is what a shitshow production looks like, kids. not the actors' faults, it's allllll on the people upstairs. but this right here?.....this is what a shitshow looks like. 🫠

we won’t last long (give it our best shot) by Muir_Wolf

i think the thing i love about tos and spirk is that spock’s feelings for jim are a recurring actual subplot (the naked time, bread and circuses, basically all of the films, etc.)

yes you can argue about whether the feelings are platonic or romantic, but it’s not just subtext. spock canonically and explicitly has strong feelings for his captain and it’s a struggle he faces throughout the entire series and especially in the movies. i would go as far as saying it’s his whole character arc (along with just feeling emotions in general)

you don’t have to look for any subtext (although there is A Lot) because it’s quite a significant, real part of the show

you get it

surprise tarsus iv feels hahaha i want to die

JIM

ooh

Ok and then in Arena it’s Bones with his hand right next to Spock’s arm—and when Spock gets up from the chair, right when they get Jim on the screen, Bones reaches for Spock’s hand like he’s trying to hold it?!? There’s literally no other explanation for his little gesture. Somebody please make or find a gif, I need the world to know. (Arena 37:11-37:14)

Holy shit, you're right. Look at this!

THANK YOU these men are in love your honor

Super Mario style Italy map

by Sir_Lazz

Emily Skaja, from “Dear Ruth”, Brute

Like I know this is just supposed to be some friendly ribbing about the differences in build between Kelley and Urban but its way more fun to interpret it as TOS Kirk wanting to fuck AOS McCoy.

keep it together, Jim

so... I saw this art a few weeks ago and lost my entire mind and I'm now 16K words deep about it. anyway here's the first chapter of the fic!

As of today this fic is now complete! Enjoy, fellow freaks ✨

why are all the star trek games based on war and ship command and galactic fighting and war. i want diplomat simulator. i want skyrim for star trek. i wanna talk to a bunch of aliens about their farming rivalry and then go to the planet where everyones an italian mobster. i dont give a shit about upgrading the torpedoes on my battle cruiser to level up and destroy other ships in the New Online MMORPG. i want my entire ship to malfunction because an alien laid an egg in the nacelles and then i want to fix it by raising the alien as my own and then tossing it into space. what’s so hard to understand.

i want to play the equivalent of papa's pizzeria/overcooked but set in quark's bar

our man bashir dating sim

I want Stardew Valley but you're the captain of the ship and have to keep your crew happy by doing little tasks for them.

Also you can marry your first officer.

Bologna, Italy (by dras)

Flamingo tree

Creature party

@riotbrrrd @puukkolesbo @thehoveringbrain @dragonsingondolin @ourdragonsarebetter

Claudia Keep

putting that elven height to use

SPOCKANALIA VOLUME 1 IS NOW ON AO3!

do you like vintage fanzines, but hate reading tiny font? do you love spock, but hate the headache you get from squinting at textured paper and imperfect scans? are you someone who wants to read SPOCKANALIA but has trouble getting your screenreader to cooperate with 60-year-old PDFS? have we ever got news for you. @maulthots and i have been very, very, VERY hard at work digitizing SPOCKANALIA, a SFW star trek fanzine about spock first published in 1967, and now you, YES YOU, can read it on AO3!

updated features of SPOCKANALIA on AO3 include:

here are a few before/after shots for your perusal:

so what are you waiting for?! get your inner 60s fangirl (gender neutral) on and read SPOCKANALIA today!!

and if you think this is COOL AS SHIT (i do), please consider giving this post a reblog or leaving us some love on AO3! we have only your good vibes to fuel us as we contemplate volume 2 💪

punk rocker shark lady