#Fake Star

[pocketsizedjinx]

screencap redraw from one of my favourite ft4 songs

[lostromance]

???

Hitoki, cut those nails

Noooo

[beam-meup-scotty]

spock , roughly two seconds before doing something so unhinged no one else has even thought of it : good thing i’m a vulcan and i would never do something irrational or illogical lmaoo

[esperderek]

I have to have a chuckle at the Screenrant article posted recently about the Galactic Starcruiser, which totally wasn't about Jenny Nicholson's video honest.

In part, because early in Nicholson's video, she talks about how unnatural it is to have your influencers speak in adcopy and copyright rather than the more colloquial nicknames, and how it makes the people speaking about the product seem very insincere and, well, paid off. Because normal humans don't speak that way, but advertising does.

What's the first two lines in this article?

"As a life-long fan of Star Wars, there was nothing quite as exciting as finding out that I would be working on the immersive Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser experience. Located at the Walt Disney World Resort, the Galactic Starcruiser opened on March 1, 2022, and welcomed passengers to board a two-day, two-night cruise through the stars, during which they could live out their own Star Wars adventure."

No one talks like this naturally. No one writes like this naturally.

This is supposed to be your passioned defense of the place you worked at, the people you worked with, and the memories you made along the way. C'mon! Why don't you open with a story, perhaps an anecdote about the best moment you had working there, or the devastation of the day you lost your dream job. We need to feel your humanity! But there's nothing of that here, to the point where you can just hear the TM behind Galactic Starcruiser.

The first half of this article continues in this vein, reading like a press release Disney marketing put out, just with past tense rather than present or future tense:

"Essentially, the Starcruiser experience was a 48-hour movie that passengers were actually a part of. It was all facilitated through the "datapad," which was accessed through the Play Disney Parks app."

"To facilitate the overarching immersive experience and storytelling, the Starcruiser built a jam-packed itinerary for each and every guest that would consist of a variety of important activities: the captain's toast at muster, a bridge training exercise, lightsaber training, and more. These types of events were essential to understanding what was happening, as they would give passengers the chance to interact with characters and build their story. This is why the Starcruiser could never be just a hotel; every part of it was designed for enthusiastic interaction."

Like, c'mon. I used to work in television. I've seen and used adcopy in my former job, and this is some serious adcopy. It honestly wouldn't shock me if the author dredged up some old adcopy they had lying around about the topic and just transferred it over, changing the tense. You're not here to sell us this product, because there is no product to sell. It's gone, it's been gone for a year, you don't have to sell us on IT. Speak about your experiences.

The next part is yet another topic that Jenny Nicholson pointed out, the bad faith excuses that influencers and advertisers made for the extreme price point:

"What many people don't know, however, is that the price included much more than just a room. The passengers' food, park tickets, recreation activities on board, non-alcoholic drinks, and more were all included - with merchandise being one of the few additional costs on board."

Which is absolute bad faith reasoning, especially when there are plenty of other vacation options that are ALSO all-inclusive, but are MUCH cheaper and offer MORE amenities than the Galactic Starcruiser did! Including Disney Cruises, owned by the same company! Seriously, you can go on a halfway decent sounding cruise or all-inclusive resort somewhere warm for, like, a week or two and spend far less than GSC cost.

Then the last part is essentially: "All the workers liked working there and the bad reviews afterwards make the workers who worked on it feel sad. :("

Which, like, companies have been hiding behind that reasoning for ages. Curiously, the author never offers....any reasons or stories. WHY did working on it impact you so much? What set it apart, what were the people like, what did you like about working there, why are you so passionate about it even a year later? There's nothing, just a generic sort of "We worked hard." and "We're sad it's gone." Why? How? What happened? The video you're obviously writing this in response to is filled with personal anecdotes and stories, it's the backbone of the video! Again, you need to give us something to show your humanity!

Especially when you consider that Nicholson repeatedly points out that the only highlight about her experience, the only thing that kept the damn thing going was the workers.

She had nothing but praise for them, and nothing but contempt for the higher ups who wasted and abused that enthusiasm, to the point where one of her last points was "Hey, Disney is basically exploiting labor."

Much like Jenny, I'm also not condemning anyone who had a good time working there. Good! If you were having a good time at work, that's great. If you have good memories about the people, awesome. But I'll note two things:

a) That doesn't meant you weren't being exploited, and

b) That doesn't mean you have to be a useful idiot for the corporation you worked for afterwards.

I'm not conspiracy brained enough to go "Oh, Disney TOTALLY forced this article into being.", because a cursory examination of the author's prior works and such suggests a lifelong passion for Star Wars, she did work at the hotel, and she's a Star Wars Editor (whatever THAT means in this day and age) for Screen Rant. Apparently one of the heads of Screen Rant says that Disney had no hand in it either.

Though, I can see why people would think that way. It READS like a press release, not something a normal human being would write about an experience they feel passionate about.

[jedi-starbird]

Palpatine: My boy, Master Kenobi is lying to you!

Anakin: ?...yeah? He does that? Lying is Obi-Wan's favourite sport. Bant told me that he was dropped on his head by Master Qui-Gon when he was a child and Master Qui-Gon was really tall, so the fall shook loose some things in his brain and now Obi-Wan is allergic to giving straight answers. It took me 3 years to figure out his favourite colour. and his birthday. 5 to figure out that he's allergic to shellfish. I once told a restaurant that Obi-Wan can't have shrimp and he told me to "stop giving information to the enemy". I've made a game of it really.

Palpatine: *muttering under his breath* ok try using shrimp next time

Anakin: what?

Palpatine: Nothing!

[jayrockin]

The avian homeplanet's plants, and worms pretending to be plants.

Plantworms tend to out-compete the true plants in wet climates with nutrient poor soil or unstable substrate (such as wetlands and rainforests) because of their opportunistic carnivory and mobility. The true plants out-compete them in arid climates (such as tundra and deserts) because they have more robust water gathering and anti-freezing mechanisms. While both can form mycorrhizal associations to aid in water and nutrient deliver through the soil, true plants have extensive root systems and are not completely reliant on rainwater and condensation in the absence of mycorrhizal partners.

Both plantworms and true plants have clades that partner with pollinator animals to reproduce, but some plantworm "flowers" are honey traps. They use their colorful genitals as a lure to snare and eat potential pollinators, and reproduce "the old fashioned way," as in, reaching over to their same species neighbors to exchange gametes.

I've posted a little about avian flora before, though this is more up-to-date.

PATREON | Runaway to the Stars

[shamedisplay]

This was very mature of me.

[heartnosekid]

sugar cookie beetle plushies | friskwolfiecustoms on ig

[stra-tek]

Via Holodeck Four on Twitter

[headphones-lifeform]

Tumblr in the Star Trek universe [dashboard simulator]

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cute date ideas for this Valentine's Day: bring your significant other back from the dead with an ancient Vulcan ritual <3 <3 <3

♾️bisexualsurak Follow

this is illogical

💙andor-endorphins Follow

#get wrecked lol #op is right that is a cute date idea

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🌍just-human-things Follow

reblog if you kinda want a borg to step on you

#tw borg

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🖖saaviik Follow

I just found out this website has several "stan accounts" of my teacher Mr. Spock. Why are you like this

📷daily-spock-pics Follow

in our defence, your teacher is hot

🖖saaviik

I do not understand how his temperature is related to the topic

🚀starfleetheritageposts Follow

starfleet heritage post ( 8130.3 / 22 March 2285)

#starfleet heritage post #20k

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🍁mars-colony-sketchbook21 Follow

some hand drawing practice

🍁mars-colony-sketchbook21

hello vulcanblr

#my art #posts that got surprisingly popular

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going on a diplomatic mission and the ENTERPRISE is transporting us?? CANNOT believe I am on the flagship right now, like when have I done anything noteworthy

✨replicatedstardust

update: we got kidnapped by a Q

#travel blog #please help

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KLINGONS WITH SMALL FOREHEAD RIDGES ARE HONOURABLE KLINGONS WITH LARGE FOREHEAD RIDGES ARE HONOURABLE KLINGONS WITH NO FOREHEAD RIDGES ARE HONOURABLE

#klingon affiramtions #positivity #positive affirmation #you are beautiful and honourable

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[oldbookshop]

#stop setting him and his favorite things on fire!!!

[like-a-diamondinthesky]

boyfriend texts | s.c.b

pairing... bf!changbin x gn!reader tags... smau, texts, fluff, established relationship

fluffy texts with your boyfriend, seo changbin

a/n... and after four months . i am back . guys this has been half finished since DECEMBER i cant believe it took me this long to get it out. thank you all who waited for me and please expect more works soon! i hope you enjoy this, the last part of the skz bf texts series!!!

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comments, reblogs, and feedback are appreciated! © like-a-diamondinthesky 2024

[lucabyte]

deeply frustrating to eavesdrop on, i'd imagine

[darksilvania]

ASTRALOID (Solrock/Lunatone+Minior fusion) It comes in 2 types: Solar ASTRALOID and Lunar ASTRALOID Each has 2 forms: Asteroid form (Rock/Psychic) and Celestial form (Flying/Psychic) They are the same pokemon with just very little differences in the moves they learn by leveling up (Ex: At the same level Solar ASTRALOID learns Morning Sun and Lunar ASTRALOID learns Moonlight) Ability: Celestial Body - When its HP drops to a half or below it will change its form and type, its SPD rises and DEF decreases

When using Astraloidite: Mega ASTRALOID (Flying/Psychic) Both Solar ASTRALOID and Lunar ASTRALOID share the same Mega Evolution, similar to how FLAPPLE and APPLETUN share the same Gigantamax Ability: Gravitational Pull - Using thei strong gravitational pull they attracts all rock-type moves to themselves and keeps them floating around their bodies in a small orbit, using them as a floating shield, DEF rises.

[luvlyhyunjin]

Fallen Star┃Jake Sim

↳✶ Pairing: Jake Sim x Female Reader

↳✶ Genre: social media au, model!jake x reader, angst, lots of misunderstandings, mature themes, slow burn, smut, fluff here and there

↳✶ Synopsis: after being fired and blacklisted from the entertainment industry your life is on the verge of falling apart. An opportunity arises to save you when you get a job offer to work as a personal assistant for ex lead singer of the rock band PARANOIA! and now turned model, nicknamed the nation’s sweetheart- Jake Sim. However his image crumbles quickly when you discover he’s nothing but the devil in disguise.

A story of two hurt souls finding comfort within each other in the most unexpected ways.

↳✶ Warnings +18(minors dni): lots of swearing, inappropriate jokes, mature themes and sexual content, drug use and drinking, addiction, mental illnesses (ocd, anxiety, depression), mentions of deadly diseases. cheating (not jake or reader) , character death (not main)

-Will add more later.

↳✶ Characters: enhypen members , blackpink's jennie , itzy's ryujin , soojin , txt's yeonjun.

↳✶ Taglist : open | Status : ON GOING

↳✶ Spotify Playlist :

*this entire series came to life with the help of my angel @laceangel333 thank you for everything <3

⛥ PROFILES [YN'S SIDE]

⛥ PROFILES [JAKE'S SIDE]

⛥ MEMECANONS

⛥ one - manifest, manipulate, masturbate.

⛥ two - nishimura's sappy show.

⛥ three - just a tip.

⛥ four - the terrible trio

⛥ five - your boy is a weirdo.

⛥ six - you'll never catch me siding with a man.

⛥ seven - these are your employees?

⛥ eight - curiosity kills the cat.

⛥nine - the devil and angel are entangled. (6.1k)

⛥ ten - you're doing a good job.

⛥ eleven - everybody wants to be us.

⛥ twelve -

[gooberscollage]

Collage tonight? Collage tonight queen? 👀

Today’s collage is in yellow because I had a bad day and needed something to calm me (I feel better now don’t worry :D)

Also just a reminder, I have a ko-fi with free/paid printable zines!! More free zines to be added soon hopefully.