The story of these two men is my Roman Empire.
Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Komarov were highly decorated Cosmonauts, both of which made firsts in the history of space flight.
Yuri Gagarin famously became the first man in space on April 12, 1961.
Vladimir Komarov piloted Voshkod 1 on October 12, 1964 on the first space mission to carry multiple crew members. He flew again aboard Soyuz 1 on April 23, 1967, becoming the first Russian man to make two spaceflights.
Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Komarov were close.
The Soyuz 1 was described as being “a piece of shit” and a “devil ship” as issues plagued the spacecraft throughout development and failed testing. Yuri had done everything he could to get the launch postponed, including writing a ten-page memo detailing the 203 structural problems he had discovered during inspection of the Soyuz 1. Any person who had laid eyes on the memo would be fired or demoted.
Komarov knew of these issues, but refused to step down from the missions. In March of 1987 he met with Venyamin Russayev, a then-recently-demoted KGB agent who had been assigned to "mind" Yuri Gagarin.
He met with Russayev and said, "I'm not going to make it back from this flight." Russayev asked, “Why not refuse?” Komarov answered: "If I don't make this flight, they'll send the backup pilot instead." That was Yuri Gagarin. Komarov couldn't do that to his friend. "That's Yura. And he'll die instead of me. We've got to take care of him." Komarov then burst into tears.
Yuri, nicknamed Yura by friends and family, showed up on the day of the launch “demanding to be put into a space suit,” "demanding this and this and this...", doing anything and everything he could to be the one on that spacecraft instead of Vladimir. Unfortunately, his attempts were be futile.
Soyuz 1 would launch on April 23, 1967 and faced serious issues throughout the flight. The parachutes failed to deploy during reentry and the spacecraft burned up while Vladimir screamed and cried and cursed out those responsible.
Yuri Gagarin was grounded from future space flights and denied permission to pilot military jets. This was devastating for the already deeply depressed man and everyone knew it. Even his favorite hairdresser said that “Yuri couldn't live without flying. It was his whole life. A man can't live without his trade. He can't survive.”
He eventually convinced them to let him fly, but on March 28, 1968, less than a year since Komarov’s accident, he was tragically killed during a routine-training flight aboard a MiG-15. The cause of the accident is unclear, though many speculate that the accident was an assassination on the cosmonaut as he had a falling out with several high-ranking officials following the death of his close friend.
Both Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Komarov’s names are featured on the memorial for fallen US Astronauts and USSR Cosmonauts left on the moon by the Apollo 11 crew.
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Since some people have headcanons about one or both of Akashi's parents being part European (where in Europe usually changes per person, but it's normally somewhere in West Europe), wouldn't it be funny if the English that Akashi had been taught growing up was British English? I would pay money to see Akashi and Kagami to be put in a room, speak solely in English, and side-eye the lingo each other uses because they both learned different dialects.
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watching s3ep11 of hannibal is so unbelievably funny like the way hannibal says ‘im not letting them die, you are’ and ‘save yourself. kill them all. then i gave him your home address :)’ to will and the way he was so ready for that guy to just kill will’s WIFE AND CHILD is absolutely insane he is SUCH a catty little bitch over the fact that will moved on from him is crazy
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im tired of ppl fighting over wriolette and furillette bc they're both just
ships
yall
one of ems gay one of ems straight
Neuvillette loves both of them, they're the two people he trusts the most, so BOTH ships are good when put into perspective
Stop fighting over ships if they make SENSE
Dont argue ppl are homophobic for not liking wriolette, dont hate wriolette just because the people that ship it suck, everybody just like the ships you like and respect other people
except for toxic, incesty, or underage ships, but like, that's a given
Go beat those ppl up but dont beat each other up when (IN CANON) they're *fine*. Sure u can hc furina and nova as a family but they arent in canon
its not homophobic to not ship smth, but its also not nice to be an asshole to ppl that ship that thing and *dont* do that
Yours truly, a multishipper that likes Wriolette and Furiallette
(I am ofc slightly biased, our Neuvillette alter likes both, but yeah)
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She would never but I somehow wish Ann Margret would speak out and tell the truth about her and Elvis’s love for each other </3
she would never nooo :( but i do respect her for that. ann margret is a literal angel and i love the way she loves elvis.
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241 Spoilers WTF
Kye-Sook thanking Hak y’all!
“For protecting His Majesty... I am deeply grateful.”
Hak: “....I was just doing my job...”
“I WAS JUST DOING MY JOB” MY FOOT
WHAT KIND OF SHITTY COMEBACK IS THIS
LIKE IT WAS EVER YOUR FUCKING JOB TO PROTECT HIM TO START WITH
AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU TSUNDERE DUMBASS
YOU PROTECTED THAT MAN END OF STORY
YOU’RE NOT EVEN LOOKING KYE-SOOK IN THE EYE WE ALL KNOW YOU’RE LYING
FUCKING TALK TO SOO-WON MY DUDE
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Ngl i like new pictures of jealous Mork and Day smiling and being happy because he's on the court with his friend (ohm's chara) and Hia'Mork. How do you think Mork and Day are already dating on these pictures?👀 For me it seems like Mork will realise his feelings first and won't say a word because who is he and who is Day so he'll just pine while Day just trying to live his best life from day to day.
IM STARTING TO THINK THEY'RE NOT KIDDING WHEN THEY SAY LAST TWILIGHT IS ACTUALLY A ROMANTIC COMEDY BECAUSE THESE ARE THE FUNNIEST PICTURES I'VE EVER SEEN LIKE
MORK DOESN'T GET DAY'S UNDIVIDED ATTENTION FOR LITERALLY ONE (1) SECOND AND HE'S LIKE THERE'S NO LIVE LAUGH LOVE FOR ME ONLY DEPRESSION DESPONDENCY DESPAIR
i have to admit im usually not the biggest fan of jealousy in BLs because it often results in controlling possessiveness and unfounded mistrust, but when i tell you IM SEATED FOR MORK BEING JEALOUS OF AUGUST BECAUSE (all jokes aside) I KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA BE ANY OF THAT. i also admit i didn't feel like this the first time i saw the mock trailer, which already had an hint of jealous mork, however the more i think about it the more it makes sense to me
i definitely agree with you that mork is gonna fell first and is gonna fell HARD, but he's never gonna make a real move on day because of his own perceived unworthiness, which is also where his jealousy stems from. mork looks at august and sees everything he wishes he could be for day: august (probably) is the same age as day, he is of a similar background and social class, he has known day for a long time and shares his same dream, he is day's friend first and foremost which means that day feels happy and comfortable with him. in mork's eyes, mork himself has nothing to offer day, while august can give day the future he's always wanted, so of course mork is gonna step aside and let day go, but it's still gonna hurt like hell, he's still gonna feel jealous, even if he knows full well that he has no right to be
this is also why i don't think mork and day are already together in these pictures yet. day is going through a lot, and like you said at first he's just gonna be focusing on figure out how to live again, but when he finally realizes that he has feelings for mork? OH MORK BETTER BE READY. idk why, but i feel like at his best day is very confident and straightforward, so he's definitely gonna be the one to make the first move on mork and slowly but surely tear down every single doubt mork has about them
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ALINA SERGEANT QUEENCARD DID THE LIPGLOSS CHALLENGE WITH JUYEON HELP
WHAT GKFKFM IM WATCHING HE REALLY FNFMKDK HE IS SARGEANT LIP GLOSS NOW
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