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Dancing Queen + Star Trek, now with captions :)
Mr Robot being that show where you start watching because you think it will be about hackers doing cool shit and instead you get an amazing show about The Horrors Of Trauma.
Save him
harry clearly playing jazz straight off of traditional sheet music entitled "jazz impromptu" instead of improvising off a jazz chart is one of the most character-revealing details about him. to me.
FORGOR TO POST HERE…. anyways an oomf on twt qrted a post that was so spirk i worked very hard to draw it out ^_^
People honestly portray Tuvok as far too "rolling his eyes, reluctantly going along with Janeway's silly little shenanigans" - he's literally so serious about being right there with her on every decision she makes. Janeway's like "I'm going to stay behind if the ship blows up" and Tuvok's like "I'm staying with you." Janeway's like "I'm going to deliver every member of the Equinox crew into the jaws of death via an alien revenge massacre" and Tuvok protests a grand total of one time before being fully on the bridge assisting her. He was the only one with her when she made the decision to honor the caretaker's wishes and save the Ocampa, dooming them all. He was willing to get court marshalled in order to fulfill a wish she couldn't grant by her own hand: Get them home [no matter what happens to me] <- wherein 'me' is Tuvok. This was the same wish that spurred him forward when he had to leave her on that planet and everyone left thought him cold for trying to fulfill it without her when in his mind it was akin to a dying wish, the last thing she'd ever express to him: Get them home [no matter what happens to me.] <- wherein 'me' is Janeway. He told Seven that the golden rule to follow is that the captain is "ALWAYS RIGHT" <- (His ACTUAL words) and when Seven asks if the captain should be followed even if someone KNOWS she's wrong he says "Perhaps." This man is perhaps the most ride or die dude in the universe about Janeway. Despite her labeling him her 'moral compass' he is by NO means impartial or unbiased. He'd defend her to his last breath. He canonically makes detailed psychological observations about her and has for years. He accounts for her luck when calculating the success of certain plans. It's implied in 'Twisted' that Janeway typically listens to Tuvok's suggestions and follows them nearly without fail - to the point that he's surprised and obviously irritated when Chakotay doesn't. Despite this they've been inside one another's quarters so infrequently that Tuvok can remember each instance. They call each other "Captain" and "Mr. Tuvok" even though they've known each other for twenty years. There's something wrong with them.
lets celebrate hallow`s eve with a timeless childhood classic
Star Trek
Happy -305th birthday to Dr. Beverly Crusher, a woman who reminds us that:
Only 304 years until Bev!
Happy -303rd birthday to my fave :)
-302 years and counting!
Only 300 years to go!
I painted bunny Elliot
All I’m saying is that his entire life, Garak has had to lie that he has strengths that he doesn’t, (his true talents being lost to Tain’s expectations and coercions), and Bashir has had to hide the extent of his strengths to protect his carefully crafted sense of normalcy.
I’m sure that the outward expectation that Garak is more than he is and Bashir is less than he is doesn’t have any affect on the dynamics of their relationship at all. I’m sure.
you just don't get shit like this with 8-episode streaming seasons
It feels that Vulcans are often there to be killjoys. The original idea was maybe to have them be the voice of reason or something but if whenever a human (or any other alien, for that matter) is excited about something, you have a Vulcan going "but this doesn't make sense" or "this is unnecessary", they become effective killjoys who are using logic to be depressed and make everyone around them depressed.
Look at Vorik, however. Humans said "we are doing a Hawaiian party, you have to wear a flowery shirt" and he was like "sure why not". And he probably found the logic for it too, because logic is just a way of reasoning things. And the basic If A, then B, applies to If it's a Hawaiian party, then you wear a flowery shirt. It's logic and it doesn't need more than that.
And Tuvok was all like "it doesn't make sense" or however else he justified it, I don't remember, being the Vulcan killjoy, and Vorik was all "if we joined Starfleet to travel and learn about other cultures, it stands to reason we have to participate in said cultures". It also happens to be fun sometimes. Maybe "fun" is an emotion but so is "bored" and if I am not supposed to feel either, I'd much rather block them through action. Also, when I feel a pinch of fun emotion, it also feels better than a pinch of bored emotion, so I don't know what Sarek thought of this, but I didn't do the pilgrimage in the desert and at this point I may never do it, so flowery shirt it is.
Artwork by A. Petzold, CC BY-ND 4.0
At the right time of year along rushing streams in the humid rainforests that stretch the length of Madagascar's eastern and northern mountain ridges, otherworldly trills of piercing whistles can be heard.
Are they birds? Insects? Communicator beeps? Tricorder noises?
No, they're little treefrogs!
Boophis janewayae. Photo by M. Vences, CC BY-SA 4.0
Until recently, we thought all of the populations of these little brown frogs across the island were one widespread species, Boophis marojezensis, described in 1994. But genetics in the early 2000s and 2010s showed that there were several species here, not just one.
Now my colleagues and I have shown that they are in fact eight separate species, each with unique calls!
These whistling sounds reminded us so much of Star Trek sound effects that we decided to name the seven new species after Star Trek captains: Boophis kirki, B. picardi, B. janewayae, B. siskoi, B. pikei, B. archeri, and B. burnhamae.
Photos of all new species described by Vences et al. 2024. CC BY-SA 4.0
I subtly and not-so-subtly built some Star Trek references into the paper, but probably the best one is this one:
'Finding these frogs sometimes requires considerable trekking; pursuing strange new calls, to seek out new frogs in new forests; boldly going where no herpetologist has gone before.'
— Vences et al. 2024
There’s a real sense of scientific discovery and exploration here, which we think is in the spirit of Star Trek.
Of course, it doesn't hurt that there are at least two Trekkies amongst the authors (including yours truly). As fans of Star Trek, we are also just pleased to dedicate these new species to the characters who have inspired and entertained us over the decades.
On a personal note, this marks a milestone for me, as it means I have now described over 100 frog species! I am very pleased that the 100th is Captain Janeway's Bright-eyed Frog, Boophis janewayae (if you count them in order of appearance in the paper)—she is probably my favourite captain, and I really love Star Trek: Voyager.
You can read more about the discovery of these new species on my website! You can also read the Open Access paper published in Vertebrate Zoology here.
putting this one out here because i'm scared to tag it on etsy with actual names (bc of the lurking enemy titled Cease and Desist order)
