#section 9

[omercifulheaves]

Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)

[vampyrekorkie]

i drew these forever ago (a couple months at least).

welcome to section 9

[morganhopesmith1996]

Chief Aramaki & Major Motoko Kusanagi by Shirow Masamune

[luckynightkryptonite]

[tmcphotoblog]

Major Motoko Kusanagi, or just "The Major", is the main protagonist in Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell manga and anime series.

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A female cyborg cop and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.

Director: Mamoru Oshii Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Akio Ôtsuka

[cyberelle2087]

Has anyone seen the major pass through here..? 👀

[shrimpyjackal]

Oh yes I am so, so funny

I`m gonna explode into confetti-

[idonotbitemythumbatyou]

2/2

[shinynewmemories]

All the final lines of each part of every Hunger Games book

THG: 

Part I:

“Because . . . because . . . she came here with me.”

Part II:

Before I can stop myself, I call out Peeta’s name.

Part III:

I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.

CF:

Part I:

It’s my mockingjay.

Part II:

This is no place for a girl on fire.

Part III:

“Katniss, there is no District Twelve.”

MJ:

Part I:

And his blood as it splatters the tiles.

Part II:

That I’m of more use to her dead than alive.

Part III:

I tell him, “Real.”

[justc2world]

Happy Versainz day ❤️

[theabstruseone]

With the announcement of the new movie starring Michelle Yeoh, it seems I have to go on my Section 31 rant again.

Section 31 was only done well in Deep Space Nine because the writers of Deep Space Nine understood that SECTION 31 ARE THE BAD GUYS.

They were used as a foil for the grey morality of the show as a warning of "This is where you will go if you continue on this path". Section 31 was the logical endpoint of the show's themes of sacrificing your ethics, morality, and principles in a pragmatic "the ends justify the means" mentality in order to defend those ethics, morals, and principles.

Because you CAN'T.

If you compromise your ethics, morals, and principles in an attempt to defend those very same things, what exactly are you defending? Things you yourself tossed aside when they became inconvenient.

All three (yes, there were only three) episodes of DS9 centering on Section 31 featured Bashir resolving the conflict of that episode WITHOUT compromising his integrity as a citizen of the Federation and a Starfleet officer.

Up to and including preventing Section 31 from committing genocide. Yeah, remember that? When Section 31 infected Odo with a degenerative virus so that he would spread it to the Great Link and kill all of the Changelings? Then specifically stonewalled Bashir when he attempted to find a cure?

Section 31 is not just a tool for telling happy funtime spy stories in Star Trek. That organization is called Starfleet Intelligence and was already around long before DS9. Section 31 is an unauthorized unelected black ops group that functions outside any chain of command or authority that can place any checks on their use and abuse of power. You know, just like EVERY OTHER evil Starfleet officer in every other episode where some Admiral goes off the deep end and starts doing shady shit the Enterprise then has to stop.

Section 31 are the bad guys. They are not antiheroes. They are not just the darker side of Starfleet. They are not the people who must do the evil things that have to be done. They are just evil. Period.

[writergeekrhw]

When they were introduced in DS9, it was sort of ambiguous as to whether Section 31 was bigger than Sloan, or if he was just a single (potentially rogue) agent of Starfleet Intelligence. Later series' have taken the idea of Section 31 and run with it, but I personally always liked the idea that Sloan was largely working alone and outside of standard Starfleet Intelligence practices.

When coming up with the idea for the character/concept and the arc, was the intent for Section 31 to be more of a rogue faction, or were they always meant to be a real part of Starfleet Intelligence?

I always thought S31 was bigger than Sloan, but smaller than how it's appeared in later episodes. Not one guy, but not thousands of people. Maybe... dozens? A couple hundred tops. In my mind they're definitely a rogue faction and not an official part of Starfleet Intelligence.

[morganhopesmith1996]

Chroma,Azuma,Batou,& Togusa by Shirow Masamune in Ghost in the Shell 1.5 Human Error Processor Deluxe Edition Published by Kodansha Comics

[milkweedman]

It's cool that I've reached the point in knitting where tinking back stranded colorwork is totally fine and quite quick. (I have reached this milestone due to making many many many many mistakes)