#picard's fish

[prickly-pickle-cat]

[msarams]

Who Wore It Better

Jorge or Darius

Jorge or Rios

Jorge or Andres

Jorge or Oscar

Jorge or Lancelot

A thank you to @dailydoseofrios for the use of their Jorge in a hoodie screencap; @radioprinz for the extensive Darius Tanz image library; and @ofsmokenandgold for the collection of Jorge Sanchez images. Your posts were extremely helpful in my research.

[aw-colorcat]

Rule #5 - James Picard

[gay-caesar-truther]

Oh this song is going on the Joshua Graham playlist for SURE

[slippery-domjot-balls]

Sisko: Captain's frog. Stargate 432...

Kira: Huh?

Sisko: Good boy.

[perfect-fourth]

I'm aware

 of the madness that has stained our air

So I paint all the darkness and the wounds

We must face

[a-concert-just-for-you]

Back on my bullshit

[yourbuerokrat2]

I know, Picards relationship with his family is quite the source for angst, but maybe for a time the persuasion of trying to keep Picard in La Barre was actually more like the song ‘Under the Sea’?

[cptnjeanlucpicard]

poor fishies

Yes, quite. I'm down to only two now. I must hope that Livingston and Livingston Two don't suffer the same fate as Livingston Three and the unnamed fish that got turned into sushi.

[roachfurby]

my gay ass should NOT watch a star trek !!

[karmaphone]

fish? fish statuette on house's desk?

[andyoullhearitagain]

Top Ten Least Bad Outfits in TNG

I'm gonna be honest and say that the non-uniform outfits in TNG are not my favorite costume design in the world, but there are some looks that stick with me:

10. That Girl Who Kissed Data That One Time's Outfit:

I can never decide if I like this look or I think it's ugly, but I love the pants and tall boots combo. Her blouse is bad and the bouclé jacket is both too heavy and too fussy for this outfit, but I love the belt and suspenders combo, and the chevron embossing on the suspenders. This costume and all the others except #9 is a Robert Blackman design.

9. This Jumpsuit On That Girl From "The Dauphin":

This is the only William Ware Theiss design on this list. I love his TOS stuff but most of his TNG designs leave me cold 🤷‍♀️. But I love this is extremely 80s jumpsuit. Love the pretty drape, love the ruching on the sleeves, love the harem pants silhouette. Only note is that the whole bodice should be a structured corset bodice instead of the kind of odd structured panel it has now.

8. Picard's Shorty Pyjama Set:

TNG is absolutely full of the strangest pyjama choices you can imagine and Picard is no exception but I love this bold look. Would kill for this pyjama set. He also takes a work zoom wearing this one time which is insane.

7. Data's 1890's Looks But Specifically This One With The Shirtsleeves And The Blue Shirt:

The best part of "Time's Arrow" is that Data isn't a fish out of water in the 1890s, he's absolutely killing it, and I love that the only real Casual Data look we get is this one. I prefer the blue shirt to the pink because Data should really wear more blue, it's a nice contrast with yellow. Please also note his emerald watch fob, which was 0% necessary to blend in, he's just having fun with it.

6. 12 Year Old Keiko's Linen Overalls:

The paperbag waist! The bow! The little bows at the shirt cuffs! I can understand why she replicated a miniature copy of this outfit.

5. Beverly and Guinan's Dixon Hill Holodeck Costumes:

I'm counting these as one because they're essentially the same design in different color pallets but what color paletts! Bev is pulling off the very difficult pink+red+red hair and the mint green on Guinan is 🤌. I particularly love how Guinan's hat is so 1940s yet also echos the silhouette of her usual costume.

4. Deanna's Teal Dress:

Like all of you I prefer Deanna in the uniform, but this dress slays, ok? The space age asymmetrical neckline. The drop waist. The structured bodice. The slit almost all the way to the hip. And of course the matching tights and shoes CANNOT BE BEATEN. Also one time I saw a dude on a Star Trek forum call this a "ballgown" which baffles me to this day, this is clearly a slightly fancy day dress.

3. Picard's 1890s Look:

You'd think Picard would go full posh in the 1890s but instead he gives us this working-class Shakespearean director look and he 👏 looks 👏 incredible 👏. Way to mix textures, Jean-Luc.

2. Lore's Turtleneck and Giant Vest:

You and I know that Lore stole these clothes from the Pakleds because we pay a lot of attention to Star Trek costumes, but to a normal viewer Lore shows up and this is just his outfit!! It's giving, like, space-age goblincore and it's incredible. I want wear this oufit every day. I want to make a little doll Lore wearing this outfit to express my love for it. It's only not #1 because the pants are too orange and a strange weave.

Deanna's Ancient West Holodeck Outfit:

Deanna!!! The pants! The hat! The calico! She looks 10/10 hot in this outfit. For sure the superior version of this is before she gives her neckerchief to Worf (it really benefits from that cool highlight) but either way this is the best anyone's ever looked on that holodeck.

[isagrimorie]

I adore the crack-y Trek episodes. I love them because they always give it 110% but also while comedic and bizarre it usually says something about the characters.

(This is why I think SNW's The Elysian Kingdom didn't really work for me on two fronts, I didn't think they went far enough in the concept and didn't really tell me anything about the characters).

One of the few times the Voyager crew gets to be in an over-the-top scenario where they get to keep their memories -- Voyager crew's memories get erased and overwritten a lot. No wonder Seven made her own psychological assessment in season 2 of Picard-- is Bride of Chaotica.

As much as Janeway had to be dragged to the role of Arachnia, Janeway took to the role of a 1930s star like a fish to water:

The production crew was BRILLIANT this episode:

And then Janeway asked if she could sit on Chaotica's throne:

"Somehow I feel comfortable here."

LOL. Janeway.

She was a theater kid for sure. Kate Mulgrew must have enjoyed this episode a LOT.

And then Janeway pauses, and possibly wonders what that says about her. It's the look of, 'I hope this didn't awaken anything in me.'

Too late!

(It says you're a queen).

I love how Janeway actually loved playing an over-the-top villain.

And then she does this thing where she gives the wire of the mic a whipping flourish.

Calmly watches as Chaotica is electrocuted to death.

And takes a moment to gloat over his body, even telling Chakotay to wait before shutting down the holodeck. LOL. It's the most she's enjoyed herself, and to think earlier she was chiding Tom for enjoying this kind of entertainment.

Tom enjoys playing the hero but Janeway just gets to indulge this delicious side of her.

Remember when I said Janeway has no Mirror equivalent? I love her..

And then when her 'rescue' party arrives they find her just looking over Chaotica.

Yes, yes you are the queen!

I think Janeway just learned, that if Tom likes playing the swashbuckling hero, Janewa loves playing the over-the-top villain. This is the most Janeway's enjoyed herself without being brainwashed into forgetting she's Voyager's Captain.

Seriously, I love Janeway. She's the most Extra. And she's learned to embrace the Extra.

/edited

[whinges]

oh ouroboros - an estinien fanmix

[on spotify here] / annotated tracklist below

the decemberists - severed i alight like a whisper / i alight with the lights out

fish in a birdcage - rule # 5 james picard as i rose from the ashes / i embraced his rage

augie march - becoming bryn and though nobody wants a part of the ritual / you could at least keep me an honest vigil

frightened rabbit - late march death march there’s a funeral in your eyes / and a drunk priest at your side

neko case - the next time you say forever i’ve been away for so long / i’ve lost my taste for home / and that’s a dirty, fallow feeling

interpol - anywhere you know all about me / that’s what’s so frightening

the national - demons do not know what’s wrong with me / the sour’s in the cut when i walk into a room / i do not light it up / fuck

joywave - bad dreams don’t you worry ‘bout what change brings / cause you can’t stop it

saintseneca - pillar of na i ate my weight in your words / gnawing on your proverbs

iron & wine - cinder and smoke you ask me to pray for rain / with ash in your mouth / you’ll ask it to burn again

the oh hellos - notos but you’ve got no one left to blame

[risingchaos]

Every day I’m reminded Captain Jean-Luc Picard has a lionfish named Livingston in his Ready Room and every day I get more confused on tbe logistics.

Why is he there? Who approved this? Do all Captains get a complimentary fish? Does he come with the ship or did Picard ask for it? I have so many questions and not enough time.

[azzayofchaos]

An OC Wip

Her Name is Myre, she’s Nephilim. (I am reworking her design a little bit…)

Some theme songs:

- Carrion Flower // Chelsea Wolfe

- Poison Garden (allegory of the cave) // HVDES

- James Picard // Fish in a Birdcage