#Vivian Kimura-Mori

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The Commander

So I haven’t been able to do GW2 things for awhile (RIP to my desktop), but! I’m slowly getting back into the ability to do game things - and, to revive this blog, I thought it would be fun to do an ask meme (though I’m filling it out more as an introduction/bio!) Credit goes to @moonlit-grove! This “ask thing” is for Vivian Kimura-Mori, my Commander (see my character page for her bio, if you’re interested!)

1. A verse or so of lyrics that just gives me vibes for them and why:

'Cause I've been a devil, I've been a saint Somebody help me, I can't change I keep on (runnin' toward, runnin' toward the fire) I keep on (runnin' toward, runnin' toward the fire) Oh, I let my lover go, didn't wanna be a liar Ashes in the cold, now I'm running toward the fire

I love this lyric from Bishop Briggs’ The Fire for Vivian, because she’s very much defined by her sense of personal duty/obligation towards Tyria and the peoples who call it home; in part due to her early education as a noblewoman by her grandfather, who taught her that noble birth is a responsibility to everyone who relies on you, and in part to her own inherent martyr/savior complex. Although she’s a loving wife and mother, she cuts considerations to her husband and child out of her decision-making when it comes to her roles as both the Pact Commander, and the leader of Dragon Watch. I’m not saying she’d set herself on fire to keep Tyria warm; but if she’s immolating the most recent threat to do so and she’s standing a little too close, well. Shit happens.

2. A piece of music without lyrics that could be their background music:

So I don’t usually lean into instrumental music for my characters, and I found this a little tricky. I think Hidden Citizens’ cover of Moonlight Sonata would be a good action/overview/trailer song for Vivian as a character? But I would maybe suggest something more like Vitamin String Quartet’s cover of Bad Habits might be a good song for her as a person at-rest or in downtime.

3. Where they would most likely want to settle down:

As a member of a noble family, Vivian has access to both the family holdings in Divinity’s Reach, as well as the country estate just outside Claypool (where she spent most of her childhood.) She considers Claypool to be her “hometown,” but her own daughter currently resides in Beetletun under the guardianship of her godfather, Lord Faren. Vivian herself maintains rooms in various capital cities across Tyria, where she occasionally crosses paths with her husband. Mostly, she travels alone, or with her companion, Jaya.

4. What their dream home would be.

Kind of related to the question above, I don’t think Vivian really has a concept of settling down, or a “dream home”; the Pact is her life’s work, and although it has less urgency with the conclusion (?) of the cycle of elder dragons, she’s spent far too much of her life living in the present to do too much personal daydreaming about the future.

5. General opinion of Nobility

As a member of nobility herself, Vivian has some strong opinions. She believes that the function of a ruling class is to serve the common people who look to their rulers for leadership. She is a supporter of Queen Jennah, but something of an uncomfortable dinner guest; Vivian can be rather scathing about what her peers get up to with the education and free time their wealth affords them, and about how they manage their resources to assist the common man in times of need and crisis, as well as in times of peace.

6. Their relationship to Aurene:

Although she’s not the best mother, Vivian is quite maternal; she considers Taimi and Aurene to be her daughters, just as much as she does her own biological child. She worries about what will become of Aurene in the future, and works hard to ensure that the young dragon develops a healthy love and respect for all life in Tyria - as well as ensuring that individuals around the dragon develop an equal respect for her.

7. Thoughts on the Soundless:

Due to not being Sylvari herself, Vivian largely considers the Soundless to be a situation it is not her place to speak on with regards to their treatment and existence. However, she’s empathetic to their desire for freedom, having loved and married a Sylvari whose path takes him as far from such constraints as possible without breaking them entirely.

8. Do they believe in destiny or fate:

No. Vivian very much believes in a person’s ability to shape and forge their own future. Her choices and willingness to do the work have brought her to the place of being Pact Commander, Champion of Aurene, and leader of Dragon Watch; her fortune at birth afforded her education and opportunities that others lack. She considers that luck, more than some kind of irrevocable destiny or fate.

9a. How does Vivian greet Bohai (her husband) after a long time apart?:

Vivian is not what anyone would consider a particularly romantic individual; even around her husband of several years. Although she’s always privately quite relieved when their paths cross, or when he turns up from one of his bouts of wandering, she rarely expresses this externally. Usually there’s sharp questioning about where he’s been, what he’s been up to, and whether he’s managed to come back to her in one piece. Occasionally they fight. (They usually, but not always, manage to make up.) Despite the very deep love and affection the two have for one another, they’re not particularly demonstrative people and their lives and work take them in frequently opposite directions; so their reunions are fairly....unique.

9b. How do they greet their closest friends?:

It does very much depend on the friends; Jaya is usually greeted with a drink and a long talk about what they’ve been up to while apart. It’s a quiet warmth, and perhaps more intimate for it? Faren gets a bear-hug, a shoulder shake, and a very stern series of questions about what he’s been up to (in a very different tone,) and out-loud wondering why she chose him for her child’s guardian. Kasmeer, it’s a total sleep-over, complete with girlish giggling that Vivian would die before letting anyone else see! With other close friends, she’s friendly but a bit distant, as per usual.

10. Do they have any weird nicknames?:

Absolutely not. If she does, they’re not spoken where she can hear them. If her husband has any endearments they’re not spoken where anyone else can hear them. She does go by Commander, or Lady Kimura-Mori, in mixed company. She’s comfortably just Viv with her friends and companions. She is otherwise not a woman who invites weird or funny or joking nicknames.

11. A song that punches me with inexplicable vibes for them:

Okay, so it’s not inexplicable, necessarily. But Sam Tinnesz’s Far From Home always punches me with the softest Vivian feelings; particularly towards her husband, daughter, and best friends. It’s that like tiny kernel of yearning for perhaps the life she might have had if it weren’t for [gestures to everything], that flicker of doubt that she’d never express of maybe not being enough to handle the problems that come her way.

12. Thoughts on Largos:

Honestly, Vivian respects the shit out of it. She’s pretty honor-bound herself, and she can get behind the kind of grind Largos put into their work. If she gets to meet them without being a target, I think they probably vibe. If she gets in one’s crosshairs, I think it’s big ‘I hate to kill such a masterpiece’ energy.

13. Thoughts on the dragon cycle?:

I’m not sure Vivian spends a lot of time thinking about it? She’s not remotely academic as some of her companions (though she is quite well-read and educated!) I think there’s some relief about the cycle ending, some anxiety about what comes next, and maybe a sliver of fear that maybe she’s actually irreparably broken the world and the wheels are about to come off the cart and pitch them all into something horribly unknown. (It’s fine. It’s the PTSD, probably.)

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hey there! hope you guys are having a good weekend. :) i'm looking for actors who have been in space/scifi movies. do you have any suggestions? i've been looking for a masterlist, but i can only find ones for period fcs. thank you.

Here’s a masterlist of over 240+ faceclaims who have starred in Space / Science Fiction media with their roles and ethnicity noted! If you have any suggestions or know any missing information feel free to send us an ask. Please give this post a like or reblog if you found it useful.

Note: If it’s a franchise for example “Stargate” I’ve noted it as such and not the specific movies so a quick look at their IMBD page will tell you which ones they’ve been in! 

Female:

Sandra Bullock(Gravity)

Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow)

Anne Hathaway (Interstellar)

Jessica Chastain (Interstellar)

Noomi Rapace (Prometheus)

Charlize Theron (Prometheus) 

Kate Dickie (Prometheus)

Sigourney Weaver (Avatar and Alien) 

Karolina Wydra (Europa Report)

Anamaria Marinca (Europa Report)

Embeth Davidtz (Europa Report)

Frankie Adams (The Expanse) Samoan heritage. 

Dominique Tipper (The Expanse) Dominican / White. 

Shohreh Aghdashloo (The Expanse) Iranian.

Florence Faivre (The Expanse) Thai / White.

Athena Karkanis (The Expanse) Greek, Egyptian.

Lola Glaudini (The Expanse) 

Antje Traue (Pandorum)

Natascha McElhone (Solaris)

Viola Davis (Solaris) African-American. 

Jodie Foster (Elysium)

Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

Summer Glau (Serenity and Firefly)

Jewel Staite(Serenity and Firefly and Stargate: Atlantis) 

Gina Torres (Serenity and Firefly)Cuban (African, likely other)

Emily Mortimer (Spectral)

Zoe Saldana (Star Trek and Guardians of the Galaxy) Puerto Rican, Dominican Republic, evidently small amount of Lebanese and Haitian.

Olivia Thirlby (Dredd) 

Rachel Luttrell (Stargate) half Tanzanian (Shambaa).

Torri Higginson(Stargate)

Amanda Tapping (Stargate and Star Trek)

Sofia Boutella (Star Trek) Algerian.

Winona Ryder (Star Trek)

Sonequa Martin-Green(Star Trek) African-American. 

Michelle Yeoh(Star Trek) Cantonese and Hokkien.

Bianca Comparato (3%) 

Mel Fronckowiak (3%) 

Viviane Porto (3%) Unknown. 

Olga Kurylenko (Oblivion)

Andrea Riseborough(Oblivion)

Zoë Bell(Oblivion)

Olivia Wilde (Tron: Legacy)

Beau Garrett (Tron: Legacy)

Claudia Black (Farscape) 

Rinko Kikuchi (Pacific Rim & Terra Formars) Japanese.

Jaime Murray (SyFy Defiance)

Stephanie Leonidas (SyFy Defiance)

Mia Kirshner(SyFy Defiance)

Julie Benz(SyFy Defiance)

Rebecca Ferguson (Life)

Olga Dihovichnaya (Life) 

Amy Adams (Arrival) 

Chloë Grace Moretz (The 5th Wave)

Maika Monroe (The 5th Wave) 

Maria Bello (The 5th Wave) 

Sanaa Lathan (Approaching the Unknown) African-American. 

Scottie Thompson (Skyline)

Gemma Chan (Humans) Chinese.

Mila Kunis (Jupiter Ascending)

Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica and Riddick)

Tricia Helfer(Battlestar Galactica)

Grace Park(Battlestar Galactica) Korean. 

Mary McDonnell(Battlestar Galactica)

Jenna Coleman (Doctor Who) 

Karen Gillan(Doctor Who and Guardians of the Galaxy)

Billie Piper(Doctor Who)

Freema Agyeman(Doctor Who) Ghanaian / Iranian.

Pearl Mackie(Doctor Who) West Indian / English.   

EmiTakei (Terra Formars) Japanese.  

Eiko Koike (Terra Formars) Japanese.

Mariko Shinoda (Terra Formars) Japanese.

Lina Ohta (Terra Formars) Japanese.

Rila Fukushima (Terra Formars) Japanese.

Megumi Kagurazaka (The Whispering Star) Japanese.

Yuqi Zhang (Lost in the Pacific) Chinese. 

Mano Erina (The Next Generation Patlabor - Tokyo War) Japanese.

KannaMori (The Next Generation Patlabor - Tokyo War) Japanese.

ReikoTakashima (The Next Generation Patlabor - Tokyo War) Japanese.

Lina Ohta (The Next Generation Patlabor - Tokyo War) Japanese.

Asuka Kirara (Iron Girl: Ultimate Weapon) Japanese. 

Meisa Kuroki (Space Battleship Yamato) Japanese. 

Caity Lotz (The Machine)

Pooneh Hajimohammadi(The Machine) Iranian. 

Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World & Terminator)

Emilia Clarke (Terminator)

Ishihara Satomi (Shin Godzilla) Japanese. 

Han Ye Ri (Illang: The Wolf Brigade) Korean. 

Han Hyo Joo (Illang: The Wolf Brigade) Korean. 

Ha Ji Won (Sector 7) Korean. 

Shiina Eihi (Helldriver) Korean. 

Kinoshita Ayumi (Travelers: Dimension Police) Japanese. 

Nagasawa Nao (Travelers: Dimension Police) Japanese. 

Olivia Wang (Bureau of Transformer) Chinese. 

Wang Zhi (Kung Fu Traveler 2) Chinese.

Nagasawa Masami (Gintama 2: Rules Are Meant To Be Broken) Japanese.

Liu Mei Lin (Hot-Blooded Goddess) Chinese.

Jin Chen (The War for Light) Chinese. 

Karina Hai (Hero’s Dream) Chinese. 

Fonthip Watcharatrakul (Atitha) Thai. 

Yoshii Rei (The Parasite Doctor Suzune: Evolution) Japanese.

Use at your own discretion:

Michelle Rodriguez (Avatar) transphobic (LINK) 

Jennifer Lawrence (Passengers) racism, slurs, albeism, and many more (LINK)

Male:

Matt Damon (Interstellar and The Martian and Elysium)

Sharlto Copley (Elysium and District 9)

Wagner Moura (Elysium)Brazilian (Portuguese, possibly other)

Chiwetel Ejiofor (The Martian and Serenity) Igbo Nigerian.

Jeremy Davies (Solaris) 

Ulrich Tukur (Solaris)

George Clooney (Gravity and Solaris)

Basher Savage (Gravity) Unknown. 

Sam Rockwell (Moon) 

Khary Payton (Astronaut: The Last Push)African-American. 

Sharlto Copley (Europa Report) 

Christian Camargo (Europa Report) Mexican, English, possibly other.

Daniel Wu (Europa Report) Chinese. 

Steven Strait (The Expanse) 

Wes Chatham (The Expanse)

Thomas Jane (The Expanse) 

Chad Coleman (The Expanse) African-American.

Cas Anvar (The Expanse) Iranian.

Jared Harris (The Expanse)

Paulo Costanzo (The Expanse) 

Jay Hernandez (The Expanse) Mexican.

Andrew Rotilio (The Expanse) Unknown. 

Danny John-Jules (Red Dwarf) British Dominican.

Craig Charles (Red Dwarf) Unspecified multiracial.

Chris Barrie (Red Dwarf)

Idris Elba (Prometheus and Pacific Rim) Sierra Leonean / Ghanaian.

Logan Marshall-Green (Prometheus)

Benedict Wong(Prometheus) Chinese. 

Sean Harris (Prometheus)

Rafe Spall(Prometheus)

Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy) 

Joel David Moore (Avatar)

Sam Worthington (Avatar)

Stephen Lang (Avatar)

Giovanni Ribisi (Avatar)

Dileep Rao (Avatar) Kannada Indian.  

Matt Gerald (Avatar)

Sean Anthony Moran (Avatar) Unknown.

Ben Foster (Pandorum)

Dennis Quaid (Pandorum)

Norman Reedus (Pandorum)

Cam Gigandet (Pandorum) 

Cung Le (Pandorum) Vietnamese. 

David James (District 9)

Brandon Auret (District 9)

Mandla Gaduka(District 9) Unknown.

Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina)

Oscar Isaac(Ex Machina)Cuban, Guatemalan, French. 

Tom Cruise (Edge of Tomorrow and Oblivion)

Bill Paxton (Edge of Tomorrow and Aliens) 

Franz Drameh (Edge of Tomorrow) Black British, Gambian.

Nathan Fillion (Serenity and Firefly)

Alan Tudyk (Serenity and Firefly)

Adam Baldwin (Serenity and Firefly)

James Badge Dale (Spectral)

Max Martini (Spectral)

Bruce Greenwood (Spectral)

Clayne Crawford (Spectral)

Cory Hardrict(Spectral) Unknown.

George Takei (Star Trek) Japanese. 

Karl Urban (Star Trek and Dredd and Riddick)

John Cho (Star Trek) Korean.  

Zachary Quinto (Star Trek)

Chris Pine (Star Trek)

Simon Pegg (Star Trek)

Eric Bana(Star Trek)

Chris Hemsworth(Star Trek) 

Christopher Judge (Stargate) African-American, Cherokee ancestry.

James Spader(Stargate)

Kurt Russell(Stargate)

Jason Momoa (Stargate) half Native Hawaiian.

David Hewlett (Stargate)

Joe Flanigan (Stargate)

David Nykl (Stargate)

Richard Dean Anderson (Stargate)

Michael Shanks (Stargate) 

Rodolfo Valente (3%) 

João Miguel (3%) 

Michel Gomes (3%) Unknown. 

Rafael Lozano(3%) 

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Oblivion)

Morgan Freeman(Oblivion)African-American, more distant English. 

Jeff Bridges (Tron: Legacy)

Garrett Hedlund (Tron: Legacy)

Michael Sheen (Tron: Legacy)

Lani Tupu (Farscape) of Samoan descent.

Charlie Hunnam (Pacific Rim) 

Charlie Day(Pacific Rim)

Burn Gorman (Pacific Rim)

Max Martini(Pacific Rim)

Robert Kazinsky(Pacific Rim)

Clifton Collins Jr.(Pacific Rim)

Diego Klattenhoff(Pacific Rim)

Grant Bowler (SyFy Defiance)

Tony Curran(SyFy Defiance)

Hiroyuki Sanada (Life) Japanese. 

Ariyon Bakare (Life) Nigerian.  

Ryan Reynolds (Life) 

Jake Gyllenhaal (Life)

Jeremy Renner (Arrival) 

Forest Whitaker (Arrival) African-American.  

Michael Stuhlbarg (Arrival) 

Mark O'Brien (Arrival) 

Mark Strong (Approaching the Unknown)

Tzi Ma (Arrival) Hong Kong Chinese.

Nick Robinson (The 5th Wave) 

Alex Roe (The 5th Wave) 

Liev Schreiber (The 5th Wave) Eric Balfour (Skyline)

Laurence Fishburne (Passengers) African-American.

Channing Tatum (Jupiter Ascending)

Sean Bean (Jupiter Ascending)

Douglas Booth (Jupiter Ascending)

Edward James Olmos(Battlestar Galactica)

Jamie Bamber(Battlestar Galactica)

James Callis(Battlestar Galactica)

Aaron Douglas (Battlestar Galactica)

Matt Smith (Doctor Who) 

David Tennant(Doctor Who)

Peter Capaldi(Doctor Who)

Christopher Eccleston(Doctor Who)

Arthur Darvill(Doctor Who)

Tom Baker (Doctor Who)

Hideaki Ito (Terra Formars) Japanese.

Tomohisa Yamashita (Terra Formars) Japanese.

Takayuki Yamada (Terra Formars) Japanese.

Shun Oguri (Terra Formars) Japanese.

Kein Kosugi (Terra Formars) Japanese.

Kenichi Takito(Terra Formars) Japanese.

Brandon Routh (Lost In The Pacific)

Toshio Kakei (The Next Generation Patlabor - Tokyo War) Japanese. 

Kotaro Yoshida (The Next Generation Patlabor - Tokyo War) Japanese.

ShigeruChiba (The Next Generation Patlabor - Tokyo War) Japanese.

SeijiFukushi (The Next Generation Patlabor - Tokyo War) Japanese.

YoshinoriHorimoto (The Next Generation Patlabor - Tokyo War) Japanese.

Takuya Kimura (Space Battleship Yamato) Japanese. 

Chris Evans (Sunshine) 

Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy and Riddick) Filipino / White.

Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Sean Gunn(Guardians of the Galaxy)

Benicio del Toro(Guardians of the Galaxy)

David Duchovny (Evolution) 

Orlando Jones(Evolution) African-American.  

Seann William Scott (Evolution)

Toby Stephens (The Machine) 

Christian Bale (Terminator Salvation)

Sam Worthington(Terminator)

Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator)

Jai Courtney (Terminator & Divergent)

Use at your own discretion:

Michael Fassbender (Prometheus) domestic abuse claims (link)

Donald Glover (The Martian) misogynistic, rape jokes, fetishizes Asian women, lyrics linking Virginia Tech massacre, f-slur, r-slur, and many other gross things (link)

Harrison Ford (Star Wars) support(ed) Roman Polanski (link)

Eddie Redmayne (Jupiter Ascending) transphobic (link)

Vin Diesel (Guardians of the Galaxy and Riddick) sexual harassment (link)

Adrien Brody (Predators) has spoken up about supporting Bill Cosby, Woody Allen and participating in a standing ovation for convicted paedophile and convicted child rapist Roman Polanski.(link)

Matthew McConaughey (Interstellar)appeasers to endorse Donald Trump’s presidency, and suggesting that Hollywood needs to “embrace” it. (link)

Non-Binary:

N/A

Credit:

Lovely people who helped out! 

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