#blink of an eye

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Blink of an Eye

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Тіні забутих предків Shadows of our forgotten ancestors, 1965 Sergei Parajanov

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Capt. Kathryn Janeway - Blink of an Eye

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[ID: USS Voyager in front of a planet with text ""Blink of an Eye" is the most relatable Star Trek episode A planet simultaneously fascinated and annoyed by Voyager? Buddy, I'm there"]

[emeralddoeadeer]

Lily pov for :

In The Blink of an Eye

Please?

Or a sequel?

hey! Thanks for the ask, though In the blink of an eye is a fic I haven't thought about in quite a long time and I'm not sure this is going to satisfy what you were after... consider it a sequel, that is also Lily pov.

When Lily wakes the next morning it’s the first thing she thinks of, the look on James’ face, the flat tone of his voice.

He had said it didn't matter, said to move past it.

Lily isn't sure how long they’d sat on the sofa, side by side in silence. Long enough for her to dose, long enough for James to gently wake her and encourage her to go to bed.

Seeing her to the bottom of the girl's stairwell and offering her a hushed, “Sleep well”.

The dorm is empty when she finally rises, enough replaying of the evening memories, she needs to get on with her day.

“She lives!” Mary sends a bright smile her way from their usual spot at the Gryffindor table, “Tea?”

Offering her friend a nod as she stifles a yawn, Lily slips onto the bench opposite, feeling eyes from all directions focused on her. 

Marlene unfolds the paper in front of them, seemingly drawing her attention to something on the page, “Ok, spill it, what happened last night? The men in your life are all acting weird”.

Tea splutters down her chin, “Excuse me, the men?”

“You know, Potter and the lads are all… disconcertingly quiet, Snape looks almost pleased with himself under his typical glare, oh yes, and Mr Ravenclaw beater is heading this way – he’s been watching for your arrival”.

“Oh god”

Looking up from the fast-forming tea stain on her white shirt, Lily trains her attention on the incomer in an effort to gauge his intention. 

Dylan moves across the flagstones confidently, paying no mind to the scorn from the Slytherin table, or the looks passing between the seated Gryffindor seventh-years. 

Mary turns in her seat at the sound of footsteps approaching, voice aimed low, “Guess we have to wait for the gossip”.

“Morning all, Lily, sleep well?” His blue eyes lock on hers, a smile tugging at his cheeks. 

She knew she’d have to face him this morning, but his appearance only serves to remind her of her shame. A lapse in judgement in more ways than one and now to face it in front of her housemates, in front of James. 

The table sits silently for a beat too long, the blonde releases a small laugh, leaning closer to her, “Can I walk you to class?”

“I– I have to run a few errands before lessons, Heads stuff, sorry”.

Dylan looks towards the cluster of boys farther down the table, and back to her again “Right, no worries… I’ll catch you lat–”

Before he can finish his retreat though, James stands, “No need, Heads stuff is… unimportant”. 

Before Lily has a chance to process the dismissal, Sirius bangs an ungraceful fist on the table, jumping up to follow his best friend as he makes quick strides out of the hall. 

Lily watches them retreat, he said to move past it, and she assumed that meant they were fine, still friends, but his exit leaves her unsettled.

The small smile offered to her by Remus only encourages her concern as he slips from the bench slowly. Peter and he exchange a silent conversation, the boy left sitting nods towards his full plate mumbling something about catching him up.

“You sure know how to scatter a crowd Hardwick”, Marlene lifts an incredulous brow.

“And I didn't even have to use my bat”, he smirks.

Peter coughs, spitting crumbs as his eyes water, grabbing pumpkin juice to swallow the lump in his throat, “That’s not what I heard”.

Laughter tumbles from Mary and Marlene, drawing eyes from surrounding tables, attention Lily would rather avoid.

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Lily and James share near identical schedules, so, that they don't cross paths or interact throughout a full day of classes can only be by design. 

Snape, however, appears at the bottom of the main staircase as Lily and her friends make their way to the dining hall.

“Lily, Lily. Come on– five minutes”, his brow pulled tight.

“I have nothing to say to you”, she dismisses.

“Fine, so listen then. Look, I was wrong, I know you aren't falling for pompous Potter, and I’m not mad about Hardwick, we can–”

“You are delusional. There is no we, you and I aren't friends, we are barely classmates, if I never see or speak to you again that will be just fine with me, so stay the fuck away from me”.

“Lily”, her name spoken through clenched teeth sounds like nails on a chalkboard. 

“And for your information, James Potter is one of the best people I know. He isn't the arrogant toerag he once was, he is so much more, and– and you could learn a thing or two from him”.

“Talk about delusional, it’ll be that much harder on his side”.

“Nothing worth having comes easy Sev, you should know that by now”, Lily pushes away from the wall, finished with the conversation. 

“You don't have him you know, I saw how he looked last night, he won't be as forgiving of your indiscretions as me”.

She makes it two meters before his parting words land, she doesn't turn, won't give him the satisfaction of a response. 

Taking a sharp left Lily decides against the dining hall, looping back to the entrance hall and slipping down the shadowed stairs to the kitchen.

She shouldn't be surprised to see the dark-haired boy reclined against the table where she planned to sit, after all, it was he that showed her how to access the space.

“For what it's worth, James is without a doubt the most forgiving person I know, but if you keep fucking with him I will be a brick wall between you”.

“Sirius– I– Do you know where he is?”

Retrieving a basket from the floor at his feet, he stands to his full height, “Of course I do”.

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It's almost curfew when James and Sirius reappear in the common room, looking as though they’ve been rolling in mud, eyes bright with exhilaration. 

Sitting by the window with her friends, the pair haven't noticed them and she takes a moment to just enjoy seeing him having fun.

“James, I– Do you have a minute?”

Lily tells herself she is imagining the tightening of his shoulders, the dimming of his smile.

“Sure”, he hovers by the bottom of the boy's stairwell, sending Sirius on his way.

“I wanted to apologise again, and… I don't know, make sure we were ok? I know I messed up, by taking your help for granted and then with Dylan and–”

Holding up his left hand to stop her, James shuffles his feet, his eyes finally lifting to meet hers, no sign of their earlier brightness.

“I meant what I said last night, we don't have to talk about any of it, I– just move past it, move on…”

The expression on her face must display her confusion, his hand straying to his hair as he pushes on, “This thing we’ve been dancing around, it’s done, I thought it was something… but it doesn't— I’m done”.

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Top Five Star Trek VOY Episodes

by Ames

We made it back to the Alpha Quadrant, y’all, and it was a pretty good trip! Overall, we’d say Star Trek: Voyager is a pretty decent contender for one of the best series in the franchise. Sure, we here at A Star to Steer Her By are probably still on Team DS9 for the most part, but our plucky friends lost in the Delta Quadrant are at least giving TOS and TNG a run for their money in terms of overall episode quality, character development, and consistency. Hell, TNG’s first season alone brings its average way down, so it might be a pretty close race!

Considering Voyager usually gets overlooked on a good day and unfairly criticized on a bad day, it’s a damn good show with a lot of stunning episodes that leave the audience invested, affected, and ready for more. And now that we’re out of episodes, we’ve assembled our favorites of the series for you to warp through below, and/or listen to on our finale episode of the podcast (series discussion at 1:29:20) which features even more picks from guest star Liz. Bon voyage, Voyager!

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“False Profits”: Chris We’d be remiss if we didn’t include some of the fluffy comedy shit Chris loves (I’m just as shocked as you are that it’s not Bride of Chaotica!), so here’s a very funny yet very Star Trek example that brings back the two Ferengi all the way from TNG’s “The Price.” It’s a pretty deep cut for a reference, but they certainly run with it in an ultimately satisfying way, complete with putting Ethan Phillips back in Ferengi makeup, as we saw in TNG’s “Ménage à Troi” and will see again in Enterprise’s “Acquisition.”

“Course: Oblivion”: Ames Just for the whiplash of it all, let’s pivot from a fun romp of an episode to a deeply depressing, tragic episode in “Course: Oblivion.” The inevitable demise of all the Silver Blood Duplicates is like watching a slow-motion car crash: you know what’s going to happen is going to be upsetting but you can’t tear your eyes away. And the nihilist cherry on top of this ice cream cone of sadness is that their message never even gets through! It’s so successful at being so bleak!

“Memorial”: Caitlin Let’s kick off a handful of noteworthy episodes that examine how we connect with and remember history, starting with a space genocide that plays out in the memories of anyone who happens along as both a memorial to its people and a not-so-subtle disparagement of Holocaust deniers. The post-traumatic stress disorder that the crew displays is also expertly done, making their reactions to atrocity something personal and all the more intriguing, like “The Inner Light” on a whole ship’s scale.

“Remember”: Caitlin Before getting saddled with Paris, B’Elanna Torres had some really good character work early on, and her living out the moments in the life of an Enaran woman in her dreams gives Roxann Dawson quite a lot to play with. We also did a lot of comparing this episode to the classic “The Inner Light,” and for good reason! Dawson really shines in this role, and we also get a spellbinding portrayal of the really troubling Enaran culture and their genocide of the Regressives.

“Blink of an Eye”: Jake One of the cleverest episodes of Voyager comes in this fast-paced planet that develops quicker than you can ascertain, and thus allows for us to view the full evolution of a culture’s advancements in perfect little vignettes. And it all culminates with a hopeful and touching moment with one of Jake’s favorite characters, Gotana-Retz, finally connecting with the ship that has shaped his planet’s history and saving their asses.

“Distant Origin”: Ames Here’s another episode that’s almost too clever for its own good. The Galileo allegory is so strong and fascinating that we entirely accept that some sapient dinosaurs left earth at some point, which should be so silly as to utterly distract from the episode, but Forra Gegen is just so earnest and his plight to open the eyes of his people to their forgotten history so reasonable that we just go with it! Plus Chakotay is probably the most in character he ever gets to be all series long and it’s great to watch!

“Death Wish”: Chris While Q is at his best when paired with Jean-Luc, and his other appearances in Voyager may stretch credulity a little bit, this episode shows us a side of the Continuum that is refreshing and new. Quinn’s depiction of life as a Q as a prison is rather fascinating, and he expertly plays a compassionate character whom you root for even though you feel conflicted by it because his winning the trial will result in his death. But that’s the kind of moral conflict that Star Trek plays so well!

“Nothing Human”: Caitlin Speaking of moral conflicts, we’ve got another ethical debate on our hands in this allegory to Nazi medical experiments. While everyone here on the podcast was firmly in the camp that it is okay to use medical knowledge obtained through deplorable means, it’s still a fascinating reminder to see the full context of what it means to use data from someone like the Cardassian Josef Mengele. The science fiction lens of this real-world allegory is just what Star Trek is for.

“Relativity”: Ames I have such a soft spot for this episode. I’m a sucker for a really interesting use of time travel in storytelling, and the way this episode is structured: chef’s kiss. The twist that it was a crazed future Braxton the whole time. Yes. The weirdly sexy dynamic between Seven and Ducane. I’m there for it. And the best thing of all is seeing Jeri Ryan in a Starfleet uniform, looking fly as hell! Her character journey is now complete because someone finally dressed her well.

“Eye of the Needle”: Jake Another very soft spot of ours is in this season-one episode featuring another of Jake’s favorite Voyager characters. This is the first time (of many) that the Voyager comes this close to finding a way back home to the Alpha Quadrant only to have those hopes dashed to bits by circumstance. It’s so Voyager-specific a story that it’s actually quite perfect. So many episodes could be TNG in Voyager clothes, but it’s episodes like this one that really gave a particular voice to the show.

“Homestead”: Caitlin The literal journey the Voyager characters go on is a big part of the whole series (even when they dipsy doodle around on sidequests so often), and the most complete and meaningful character journey is Neelix’s. Throughout the show, we’ve seen him grow as he got further and further from his homeworld, became an important fixture on the ship, and developed friendships with the other characters (like Tuvok, as you’ll see in a moment). So the closure his character gets in “Homestead” is too perfect for words.

“Riddles”: Caitlin, Chris The Neelix-Tuvok relationship is on full display here. Where normally they’re paired together for the comedy of an odd-couple dynamic, this episode really shows the love these two have for each other. And Tim Russ acts his butt off as a Tuvok who is struggling to recuperate from a serious injury, trying to find himself again, and being supported by his best friend. It’s so good that it didn’t even make Caitlin’s tops list of that season, but has reemerged in the finals!

“Jetrel”: Chris, Jake One more Neelix episode to round out his character, and this is one of the early ones. We’ve already talked about some good allegories on this list for Galileo and Mengele, and appropriately for this moment, we’ve got another great scifi lens to view Robert Oppenheimer (almost said Barbie, but alas). Jetrel is a fascinating character just like Oppie, but Neelix really steals the show with the remorse he feels for draft dodging and then surviving an atrocity that would have killed him. Damn, those are some deep layers for a usually fun character.

“Year of Hell”: Ames, Jake This may be one of the best two-parters in Star Trek, as it never lost momentum and its conclusion was that jaw-dropping kind of satisfying that marks really good writing. Watching the ship and crew getting more and more wounded over the course of the two-parter was excellent to see, and the character Annorax is one of our favorite Voyager villains. And for good reason! Kirkwood Smith infuses that character with such humanity and resolve you almost root for him. Almost.

“Living Witness”: Ames, Chris, Jake Finally, the episode with the most votes from your SSHB hosts is yet another original way of looking at how people represent history, and how so much of it is told through the biased lens of whoever’s in charge. But the best thing about “Living Witness” is how much the actors get to really ham it up by portraying evil versions of their usual characters. It’s like doing a mirror universe episode, but more thought provoking, less contrived, and less doofy.

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See also: our Bottom Five Star Trek VOY Episodes list. And why not: here’re all the seasonal tops and bottoms from seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7!

Welcome back to Earth! We hope you had as great a time following along with Janeway and crew throughout the series, but we’ve got more Star Trek on the way! Next on the docket is the one you’ve no doubt been waiting for, so make sure you’re following along here as we finally fill out the classic Trek roster with Star Trek: Enterprise in our watchthrough on SoundCloud or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also hail us on Facebook and Twitter, and give one final toast: To the Journey!

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Jack says these are his two favorites pics of Paul Stanley. (22may23 Launchpad 71 working on 8 string bass for ‘blink of an Eye’)

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“So you weren't one of those children that had the entire series of Sky Ship Friends?”

I want the entire series of Sky Ship Friends. 

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Blink of an Eye

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In the blink of an eye another day is gone,

In the blink of an eye another week is gone.

In the blink of an eye another month is gone,

In the blink of an eye another year is gone.

and in the blink of an eye I'll be gone too,

and not just me but also you.

So maybe we should be wishin' and hopin',

That we could just keep our eyes open.

And see and appreciate all that we can see,

And learn how we can be, the best that we can be,

Before it's too late, Time flies, so let's not wait.

Whether we have just one life or many, one thing is true,

we should try to enjoy every moment we can; it's the wisest

thing to do. 🦋

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Janeway and her Girls: B’Elanna

Star Trek: Voyager - Blink of an Eye

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Oh, I'm glad you brought up Ted Dekker actually. I was going to ask about him but thought I sent enough questions at the time lol. I saw a lot of his books on your shelf and I'm kinda intrigued. What kind of novels does he write? Which would you recommend to a newbie of his work? Tbh, and I know this is so judgy, but from his last name I get this weird impression he writes horror. Horror and I don't get along very well 😭

Also Mark Greaney too. I recognize that name from a recommendation list you gave, I think. Something called the Gray Man series? What's that about? How long is it and is it finished?

Sorry, bombarding you with even more questions but I can't help it 😂

-Book Anon

LOOOOOOOL okay welllllllllll...you're not that far off? Ted Dekker's forte is the suspense/thriller genre, and he can get pretty intense with it. But he also writes action/adventure/fantasy as well. He writes for adults and young adults too, and the young adult books are definitely not as intense.

If you choose to look into his work, I recommend looking more into the YA stuff. I've yet to read it, but I've heard the And They Found Dragons series is really good. I've read The Lost Books series which is a fantasy series, and I enjoyed it. Any of his YA books should be safe.

There's also a stand-alone novel I recommend called Blink of an Eye. It's a romance, action/adventure book that has a really fascinating premise. It's been a while since I read it, but I think it's more chill than anything else that's not YA that I could suggest.

Mark Greaney is an action writer as well, and he has some stand alone books (at least one anyway) I've yet to read, but his series is The Gray Man series, following an American assassin named Court Gentry, the most unlucky lucky dude I've ever met in my life. He's incredibly skilled and knowledgeable and ends up in a lot of situations he has to get out of.

The Netflix movie of the same name is based on the first book which I highly recommend watching. The series is very fast paced and lots of fighting and lots of curse words in case you're not into that, you need to know. The series has maybe 13 books now? Still going as far as I know. I'm about to start book four.

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Blink of an Eye

Domestic violence that Evil Beast Thriving on hurt when all you want is Peace Insecure person always comparing in loss Punching out your feeble Anger But your Family pays the cost Vulnerable? Were you beaten yourself? Shouldn’t you know better than to put them through this Hell? Poor little person… Is that what you want them to think? So here you stand at a Crossroad You can change all of this in…

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