So I know we here at Startrekfandom love that "came back wrong but from the pov of the wrong" thing and apply it to many different characters and canon situations and I am far from trying to complain about it (I'm "came out wrong" trope myself so I was always gonna obsess over it) but having recently watched a very important episode (you'll know which one) for the first time I think there's a character who hits both tropes mentioned but llike, intertwined, opposite and subverted, and whom I wanna talk about.
Julian Bashir.
From his parents' pov he's "came out wrong but we got him help and he came back better" while from his own pov it's "came out 'insufficient', was destroyed for it, came back wrong and only later slowly came to terms with his new self tho never the process (justifiably so)" and it's heartbreaking because in a way, he's right! Jules Bashir died! His parents had an intellectually disabled child and decided to eugenics him! Julian is not the person he used to be and while I do love the person he is now, that doesn't bring back who he was! Part of me wishes we could've gotten to see Jules at least once and part of me hopes we never do because my heart would shatter.
This isn't a good comparison but nonetheless one I can't help drawing: it's giving similar vibes to anti-vaxxers. "I'd rather risk having a child who is dead than one who's autistic". Obviously this doesn't map over since Julian is still autistic and the procedure his parents subjected him to specifically targeted his intellectual disability and if any folks with id wanna comment on this I definitely recommend you listen to them over me, but it's a similarity I, as an autistic who has encountered anti-vaxxers again and again, can't help but point out. "Give me a normal child or give them death."
This may have been written about already but there needs to be stories about teenage Julian (after finding out and rediscovering who he was) practicing some good ol' recognition of the self through media. I need to hear about how he would encounter a story about someone who came back wrong (I'm gonna assume there's plenty of "wrong" pov stories floating around by the 24th century) and absolutely weep. I need to see Julian mourning Jules, taking years and years to process his feelings, experiencing guilt about how he, the imposter, didn't deserve to live Jules' life.
Came back wrong from the returned's pov but it wasn't an accident. It was done to you deliberately by the people who claim to love you. And now you are here, piloting the corpse of your predecessor.
Jules Bashir is dead. Long live Julian Bashir.
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HII HI HI BUSTING DOWN UR DOOR. coming in shaking u by the shoulders visibly trembling and wild eyed oh my GOD. also i typed out like THREE PARAGRAPHS in ur inbox already & then my computer restarted so fuck me i guess. anyway FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS... WAVELENGTH..... DUDE HES SO GOOD. I LIKE HIM SO FUCKING MUCH hes so so good. huge fucking wavelength fan hes like one of my favorite types of guy. what a fucking dude. i cant believe he was so guilty over the everything or something he offered to help find tide. second dad acquired!!!!!
....does tide have two more clone siblings who are earth and air themed. he has to, right? anyway god... i cant believe the past two episodes took place over ONE DAY it feels like its been a million years!! holy shit!!!! i hope they get 2 go to bed soon.... i have never wanted so viscerally to throw some kids in a hot shower & wrap them up in quilts as i have right now. anyway anyway i gotta go but im going INSANE over them & all of this!!!!! man!!!! ALSO all the trivia has been fucking awesome i WILL talk abt literally all of it now that im done with that rollercoaster!!!!! 💥💥💥🌊
DUDE I FUCKING LOVE WAVELENGTH SO MUCH YOU DONT EVEN KNOWWWWWWWWW. GOD. like from day fucking one on amalgam island i was like "oh no oh fuck hes got a cool voice filter and an accent i have a history of being weak for those" and i think ive made like three separate posts/messages to jonesy like "i think im a wavelength apologist. im afraid to say that because hes a villain and im only on episode 5 but like he has a kid though.... hes a dad...." and ive just gone downhill from there. hiiiiii wavelength i love you. kind of a dilf reblog . he and tide are so divorced to me im sorry
RIGHT. RIGHT. RGIHT. RIGHT. I WANT THEM TO TAKE A FUCKING NAP. like please for the love of god theyre miserable their friend betrayed them and blew up their house and their dad got kidnapped and now they have to stay with a supervillain and theyre scared and hurt and. auguguhghhghghhhhg. fuck man. im actually listening to ep 10 rn i just got to vyncents magical girl transformation hi i love him
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man i remember being at my grandparents on my moms ipad googling percabeth solangelo going on images just endlessly scrolling through art until i realized you could WRITE stuff. i miss that didnt even know what ao3 was & it was before my wattpad era.... i used ff.n exclusively for YEARS do you know how that still affects me. there is a conscious part of me that imagines rise of the gaurdians crossovers for every new fandom i'm in. nothing hits like plots you absorbed before age 12 nothing could be better written
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im actively losing my mind over my teacher lmao !!! the dude gave me insanely detailed reviews. and they were also so nice??? so so fucking nice ??? like he praised the hell out of my work.. pointed out all the mistakes, praised little stuff, gave extra advice and sources, and i genuinely in my whole fucking life never had a teacher this great, like i'm so fucking sad he won't be checking my work after this bc this module has ended and there will be new teachers/mentors !!! and all of this is online and i have his discord my dude has an anime pfp like he's so cool for that !! wtf!!!
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I’m watching 10x20 and “I make a mistake, a change of clothes fixes that. You make a mistake, and I lose my daughter” Jesus CHRIST and also how did Roy know that Haley basically died because of hotch🤨🤨 he’s not wrong but how did he Know
roy probably knew at least a little about the situation when haley went into witness protection; with his daughter and grandchild in hiding for who knows how long and his ex-son-in-law’s face splayed over the papers, im sure even if that was all he knew that it would be enough to realize this was hotch’s fault. hotch also doesnt seem like someone who would try to hide it. i bet he probably pulled roy aside at/around the funeral and told him what happened. considering he already knew haley’s struggles with hotch’s work, plus hotch likely taking more of the blame than he should, it’s not surprising for roy to hold hotch responsible for his daughter’s death
thats genuinely such a fucked up line tho oh my god akdhsjd roy was NOT pulling his punches with that one. but again, im not really surprised that he would grow bitter and resentful towards the easiest target—especially since hotch blames himself for it too. he hates himself for what happened nearly as much as roy does. (its also highly probably that roy blames himself as well, thinking “why did i let her get involved with him,” and “why couldnf i protect my own daughter.” hotch is an outlet for roy’s guilty conscience—something he likely already knows and accepts as part of his penance. he doesnt think he deserves to be forgiven, and he’s not so cowardly as to make excuses).
im not sure if its more or less fun if hotch had always had a strained relationship with roy, or if the gap between them came from anger and bitterness over this tragedy. theres a special kind of drama that comes from haley’s father/family not approving her marriage. if haley and jess spent their time defending hotch from their parents’ scrutiny, i think it adds an extra layer of hurt for roy, jess, AND hotch when roy gets to say “i told you so” at his daughter’s grave. but i think theres also something to be said about roy and hotch having a relatively normal relationship (likely distanced since the divorce, but still not at the point of outright hatred), but this even being enough to completely shatter that. im never quite sure which one is more interesting: especially given what we know about roy’s good nature. has hotch always been on roy’s bad side or has hotch finally done enough to earn the wrath of a good man?
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i'm making a gotham edit and looking for when the ed kink scenes were and the first result is your blog
ah. wonderful.
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I’m happy to see you active again!! I used to ramble on anon about my crush, way, way back, and we’ve since started dating!! we’ve been together for a year and a half and I’ve never been happier! to everyone out there feeling nervous, you’re totally valid, but please, please, try to fight off that anxiety as best as you can! things can work out and confessions can go well. sometimes, you just need to panic and ramble about your feelings while half asleep because you’re too tired to actually be anxious???
( thank you so much - im so proud of you !!! also hardcore agree, sometimes getting it out in words does so much good, it's why i started this blog in the first place 😎🥰💖 )
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