#tos: 3x09

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i wish we got more time with uhura off-duty... her quarters are so <3

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rosie! i don't know if you are up to date with it, but your thoughts on the latest season of for all mankind? i actually really hate where they've gone with it and feel like it's a totally different show now, but curious to see what others think!

ok turns out i have a lot of thoughts

i really loved the first half of this season, but god there have been soooo many narrative choices i’ve hated in the second half. 

the treatment of kelly and her pregnancy has been so gross. and it’s so narratively stupid and unbelievable on so many levels! you can’t tell me she (and nasa under margo fucking madison) hadn’t made sure there were precautions so this couldn’t happen. and it’s just gross that the russians knew she was pregnant before she did. and i hate that we don’t know how she felt or feels about the pregnancy. and why is no one talking about how risky it is for her and the baby! they took away her agency and continue to use her only as a plot device and i hate it! it’s lazy and bad! and the way the characters/world within the show are treating it as some cutesy novelty thing instead of a serious dangerous unprecedented health risk? bad

karen has really grown on me over the seasons, and i actually love this milfy lil business savvy girlboss and her ambiguously-aged grey hair and single wrinkle, but a lot of what has played out in the last two or three episodes with her and her work and everything with dev has just felt clumsy. not bad, but just badly thought out. kinda infantile. idk i can’t pinpoint it. 

i don’t like that we didn’t see any of the immediate fallout of the shit that went down on mars. that felt weird. something that catastrophic, that the whole season had basically been building up to and all we got was a time jump and a throwaway line that basically told us danny got off scot free?? wild

perplexed about the jimmy thing. what is his deal! can’t figure out whether i just don’t know where they’re going with this or the writers don’t either. the trajectory has been weird and felt a little all over the place.

ellen! i like her, don’t get me wrong, but she is very much a slimy republican and i can only sympathise with her so much. however, i really loved her lil speech and coming out moment. kinda think it’s bizarre that the public reaction seemed to be overwhelmingly positive, but maybe the writers just wanted to enjoy the positive vibes for a moment. i’ll take it, but like… considering the homophobia of not only the republican party but the wider society at that time? the whole thing felt a little too nicey nicey. but i’m sure there’s a lot more nastiness to come. anyway hate to say it but i’m not really invested in her and pam. oh also the fact ellen and larry’s son has appeared like twice and doesn’t even have a name is so funny to me like ok kiddo you literally just exist for future seasons’ sake huh

i like how the whole aleida/margo thing has played out for the most part. their relationship is one of the most interesting things in this show imo and seeing it totally tear aleida apart has been so stressful!!!!!!

the reveal at the end of 3x09 was very… American… idk but i’m intrigued to see where they go from here and what happens in the finale!! if anything happens to margo madison or sergei nikulov i will actually kill someone though

i’m absolutely dreading the 2000s vibes of the next season though. worst era for fashion and music and aesthetics! 

unfortunately i don’t care much for any of the second generation characters. the main characters who’ve been around since the beginning are great (except ed. he’s getting more boring by the minute) but i’m concerned about where the show can go from here character wise because none of the kids are interesting enough to carry it

this show stresses me out so much lmao

also forgot to say yes i actually kinda agree that it’s starting to feel like a different show. it’s always toed the line between realism and soapy pretty well but these last four or five episodes to me have felt a little too reliant on the shock factor, and veering too far from the Brutal Reality vibes and made it more Shocking Drama idk idk i just really feel like it’s gone downhill so fast lmao

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TOS REWATCH 2020-2022: SEASON THREE

(reaction post masterlist)

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3x01: Spock’s Brain

3x02: The Enterprise Incident

3x03: The Paradise Syndrome

3x04: And the Children Shall Lead (bonus thoughts)

3x05: Is There In Truth No Beauty?

3x06: Spectre of the Gun

3x07: Day of the Dove

3x08: For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky

3x09: The Tholian Web

3x10: Plato’s Stepchildren

3x11: Wink of an Eye

3x12: The Empath

3x13: Elaan of Troyius

3x14: Whom Gods Destroy

3x15: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (discussion thoughts)

3x16: The Mark of Gideon

3x17: That Which Survives

3x18: The Lights of Zetar

3x19: Requiem for Methuselah

3x20: The Way to Eden

3x21: The Cloud Minders

3x22: The Savage Curtain

3x23: All Our Yesterdays

3x24: Turnabout Intruder

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FULL JANUARY 2020 PROMPT LIST

Unspin the laws

No, his smile isn’t much like a skeleton at all.

Um… I’m gonna need vodka in a water glass, with ice, and I’m gonna be ordering ‘water’ from you all night long so… one… ‘water,’ please.

I write mostly on hotel paper, knowing that my thoughts will never leave this room.

You are the best thing that’s ever been mine.

Say that you’ll hold me forever; say that the wind won’t change on us.

I guess I kind of hate most things. But I never really seemed to hate you. So I want to spend the rest of my life with you, is that cool?

What’s that? In the distance? Such a ghostly glow.

I know.

Anywhere you go, let me go too. Love me: that’s all I ask of you.

“That’s right! It was a twist!” “No, it was a lie. A lie is not a twist.”

Sometimes a feeling is all we humans have to go on.

Everything seems simple until you think about it. Why is love intensified by absence?

There are so many lives I want to share with you. I will never be complete until… I do.

There will be boys who will tell you you’re beautiful, but only a few will see you.

Thinking that you can’t protect the ones you love, you have to hope they’re smart enough to save themselves.

Live with me and be my love.

Silence is a protective coating over pain.

He looked at you like you were the brightest planet in the galaxy.

And all the constellations shine down for us to see.

They are the hunters, we are the foxes (and we run).

It well may be that in a difficult hour… I might be driven to sell your love for peace… or trade the memory of this night for food… It may well be – I do not think I would.

And mostly I hate the way I don’t hate you. Not even a little bit. Not even at all.

As you wish.

I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday.

“Sir? I’d like you to take the helm, please. I need this man to tear all my clothes off.” “Work, work, work!”

'Cause we got the fire, and we’re burning one hell of a something.

Take this sinking boat and point it home.

Most of all, I’m scared of walking out of this room and never feeling, the rest of my whole life, the way I feel when I’m with you.

So this is how liberty dies: with thunderous applause.

I did not make it out unscathed! I am extremely scathed!

Source Material (below)

“The Universe,” May Swenson

“There Are Birds Here,” Jamaal May

Happy Endings 1x01

“Hotel Paper,” Michelle Branch

“Mine,” Taylor Swift

“All I’ve Ever Known” Hadestown

Parks and Recreation 3x09

“Journey On,” Ragtime

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back + Star Wars: The Last Jedi

“All I Ask of You,” Phantom of the Opera

Bob’s Burgers 1x05

Star Trek: TOS 1x23

The Time-Traveler’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger

“For the Next Ten Minutes,” The Last Five Years

Bone Gap, Laura Ruby

Bone Gap, Laura Ruby

“Passionate Shepherd,” Marlowe

We Were Liars, e.lockhart

We Were Liars, e.lockhart

“Hands On Me,” Vanessa Carlton

“I Know Places,” Taylor Swift

“Sonnet XXX,” Edna St. Vincent Millay

Ten Things I Hate About You

The Princess Bride

The Beatrice Letters, Lemony Snicket

Firefly 1x01

“Burn,” Ellie Goulding

“Falling Slowly,” Once

Dirty Dancing

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

Happy Endings 3x01

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can we please talk about how gentle sulu is with chekov in The Tholian Web even immediately after being attacked by him because it makes me want to start climbing up the walls (transcription under cut)

[VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION:

SPOCK: Security guards to the Bridge.

UHURA: Aye, sir.

MCCOY: What happened, Mr. Spock?

SPOCK: I was attempting to explain to Mr. Chekov the nature of our problems in this situation when he attacked.

MCCOY: Did anyone notice anything peculiar in his behaviour before this?

SULU: I think he had several spasms of pain.

MCCOY: Did he seem to be getting hysterical?

UHURA: Doctor, he seemed more angry than frightened.

SCOTT: He had no cause to be angry.

MCCOY: Take Mr. Chekov to Sickbay. Put him under restraint.

END TRANSCRIPTION.]

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Spock mourning Kirk in TOS

Yesterday @queenofgol posted, You know what? I’ve never read a TOS version of Jim dying like Spock did in The Wrath of Khan, and Spock’s subsequent reaction. Not AOS, not Into Darkness- just a TOS version of Jim’s death…….. interesting……

To which I replied, It happens all the time in TOS, my dude.

And she requested some examples. Just off the top of my head… In 1x25 “The Devil in the Dark,” Spock briefly believes that Kirk has been killed or seriously injured by falling rocks.

KIRK: Yes, Mister Spock, I'm all right. We seem to have had a cave-in. SPOCK: I could phaser you out.  KIRK: No. No, no, you'd better not. Any disturbance might bring down the rest of the wall. Besides, it isn't necessary. The chart said the tunnels meet further on. SPOCK: Very well, but I find it extremely disquieting that your roof chose that particular moment to collapse. Please proceed with extreme caution. I shall quicken my pace.

2x01 “Amok Time.” Spock realizes that he has strangled Kirk to death.

T'PAU: Live long and prosper, Spock. SPOCK: I shall do neither. I have killed my captain and my friend. Energize. Later, in sickbay... SPOCK: Doctor, I shall be resigning my commission immediately, of course. MCCOY: Spock, I SPOCK: So I would appreciate your making the final arrangements. MCCOY: Spock, I SPOCK: Doctor, please, let me finish. There can be no excuse for the crime of which I'm guilty. I intend to offer no defence. Furthermore, I shall order Mister Scott to take immediate command of this vessel. KIRK: Don't you think you better check with me first? SPOCK: Captain! Jim!

3x09 “The Tholian Web.” Spock realizes Kirk must be dead.

Spock and McCoy watch a tape meant to be viewed by them in the event of Kirk’s demise. When the tape is complete, Spock slowly removes the data chip and carefully places it inside its sleeve where it belongs and pauses, grief-stricken. MCCOY: Spock, I, er, I'm sorry. It does hurt, doesn't it? SPOCK: What would you have me say, Doctor?

In 3x16 “The Mark of Gideon,” Kirk should have beamed down at certain coordinates, but never arrived. Spock’s request to beam down and conduct a search for the captain is refused by the ambassador. Spock is frustrated. SPOCK: Institute a sensor scan three hundred and sixty degrees, one degree at a time. MCCOY: You mean you're going to scan space for him? SULU: But, sir, that could take years. SPOCK: Then the sooner you begin, the better.

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31, 63

31. Give us one thing about you that no one knows.

I HATE feet. Don’t really know why, I just do. I always wear socks and closed-toed shoes. If I have to take my shoes off, I’m wearing socks. I also hate looking at other people’s feet. Seeing a bare foot anywhere near someone’s face makes me gag. Strange? Perhaps. But I’m sure I’m not the only one out there who feels this way!

63. Three things that turn you on.

1. Lap dances

2. Whispering in my ear “I want you so badly” …or something along those lines

3. The sound of a woman’s moan. 3x06 and 3x09 of Wynonna Earp nearly KILLED me.

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