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hebuiltfive · 9 months

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Meanwhile, on Skybase...: Debrief

Series: Part 2 of The Long Game

Colonel White is growing increasingly concerned, and Scarlet seems to be keeping secrets.

Words: 1,657

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Additional Tags: Dark themes, violence, mentions of injuries, implied mentions of suicide, heavy angst, blue and scarlet being bffs, cross between ocs and ncs, black is very machiavellian, Swearing

Notes: Earlier drafts had me word vomiting the relationship between the GDF and Spectrum, so I'm hoping that I managed to fix it enough for it to flow better. One thing I underestimated as I went into writing this series is that timelines are horrendous and difficult to manage.

Read it below or on AO3 here.

Part 1: The Alaskan Train Crash

Chapter 1 found here on Tumblr, or here on AO3.

Chapter 2 found here on Tumblr, or here on AO3.

Chapter 3 found here on Tumblr, or here on A03.

Chapter 4 found here on Tumblr, or here on AO3.

Part 2: Meanwhile, on Skybase...

Chapter 1 found here on Tumblr, or here on AO3.

Skybase was abuzz with activity.

On the bridge of the vast aircraft carrier base, Colonel White sat at his desk. His brows were pulled into a concerned frown. Scarlet had yet to report in and, whilst he knew had no need to be so worried over his virtually indestructible officer, White found himself troubled more often than not when Scarlet failed to get in touch whilst on mission. Couple that with his call from the Global Defence Force, and Colonel White found himself teetering on the edge of a very colossal ‘worry’ cliff. He didn’t acknowledge it however. After all, he didn’t reach the rank of Colonel by being an anxious mess. He quickly pulled himself straight. He would have to take things as they came and, for now, the only thing he could do was assess the GDF’s situation whilst he waited for Scarlet to report in.

The call had been as pleasant as Colonel White could have expected. The GDF’s long standing reputation and legacy was naturally always going to be in contrast to that of the newly created Spectrum. Occasionally, White often wondered whether Colonel Casey felt the same way as her operatives clearly did. More than once his officers had reported their GDF counterparts were less than welcoming and claimed that Spectrum were stepping on the toes of the organisation. It had been three years now, almost to the day, since the Spectrum Organisation had been signed into existence, and still the squabbles between the teams seemed daily. White couldn’t have cared less, and he hoped Casey didn’t let the petty rivalry between certain officers taint her own view of the set-up they both had to deal with.

Set up by the World Council after a series of GDF failures, Spectrum were originally created specifically to aid the former organisation in duties they found more challenging. Spectrum were created to be more elite compared to the GDF’s more mundane, and were developed to deal with any manner of issue in a more succinct manner than the GDF could have ever dreamed. Answerable only to the World President, the red tape that had been cut was beneficial not only for Spectrum but also for the Council itself.

Spectrum’s role had grown beyond it’s original conception, however. In the months following the expedition to Mars, and Captain Black’s rash attack on the formally peaceful race of beings known as the Mysterons, the earth had been catapulted into a War of Nerves. Vowing revenge on Black’s attempt at decimating their Martian city complex, the Mysterons had repeatedly tried to attack and destroy the planet. Spectrum, and only Spectrum, had been given clearance by the World Council to deal with the threat.

“Imagine the state of the world if word got out about this mess.” World President Younger had exclaimed to Colonel White in their private meeting on the matter, and White found himself agreeing with the man. Better for the world to continue unaware of the threat that was now posed to them than to send the planet into turmoil, though he was sure the Mysterons would have benefited from that greatly.

And so, the war remained classified. Only those who worked for Spectrum were privy to that knowledge, and even then, only those with higher clearances were allowed to know the specifics. They were the only thing standing between the Mysterons and the earth being completely decimated.

But, as only Spectrum knew of the threat, the world continued life as normal, including the GDF. Hence the call from Colonel Casey earlier. Protocols demanded than any case that the GDF were unable to handle were to be handed over to the more capable outfit of Spectrum. At first, White was going to decline her call. He had far more pressing matters nowadays than a bizarre train wreck in North Alaska, and was about to ask his right-hand, Lieutenant Green, to come up with an excuse when the initial details came through. Three workers who were seemingly uninjured in a crash where all evidence suggested it should have left no survivors.

With Scarlet still silent, White began to develop a hunch. He hated hunches. Matters were best worked out logically, not emotionally, and yet he couldn’t shake this one.

Of course, he had left out any information about the beings from Mars on his call, but they were in the forefront of his mind. As Black had found out, the Mysterons had the remarkable ability of retrometabolism; the ability to recreate any object or being. From their Martian city complex, to the murdered bodies of Black and Scarlet, the Mysterons were able to recreate almost anything.

He had not long signed off the call when Scarlet finally buzzed in. After relaying his report on his skirmish with Captain Black, who had now turned traitor against his will and was being used as a pawn by the Mysterons in their War of Nerves, White ordered Scarlet back to Skybase with immediate effect.

Whilst he may not have liked his hunches, Colonel White often found the ones he couldn’t shrug off were the ones that rarely failed him.

The capabilities of Spectrum’s jets were incomparable to anything else on the planet, except the Thunderbird machines. Within three hours, Captain Scarlet was back on base. After a brief visit to Doctor Gold in the Medibay, he appeared on the bridge for his debrief. He greeted Lieutenant Green, who was sat at her command control desk, with a nod and a smile. “How was the vacation?”

“Relaxing.” Green replied with a smile that matched his. The back of her chair bent as she stretched backwards. “Not that I feel as relaxed now I’m back.”

“Isn’t that always the case?” Scarlet offered a chuckle before jogging up the few steps to reach the desk of Colonel White. The glass sound barrier slid into place behind him and secluded White’s office from the rest of the bridge. Scarlet remained standing, hands clasped behind his back, the image of pure military professionalism. “Colonel.” He greeted his superior officer with a nod of his head.

“Injuries all healed, Captain?”

“Like new.” Scarlet replied.

Despite escaping Mysteron control, and being the only known replicant to do so, Scarlet had retained the talent of retrometabolism. Even mortal wounds that would have made the best of men fall were nothing but scratches to the now virtually indestructible Captain Scarlet. This advantage, as well as his ability to sense nearby Mysteron agents, had made him one of Spectrum’s best hopes in their war against the Mysterons. Unfortunately, the Mysterons also knew this and went out of their way to try and dispose of Scarlet whenever they had the opportunity.

“Good. Take a seat.” White extended out a hand toward one of the chairs in front of his crescent-moon shaped control desk. “We have a lot to discuss.”

Scarlet took one of the seats.

“You claimed in your call that you didn’t know why Black was in Burgas?”

“That’s correct, sir.”

“Take a look at this.”

With a simple swipe White had displayed a grainy CCTV image. Though blurry, it clearly showed a person appearing from what looked to be an abandoned warehouse.

“Black, sir? Scarlet guessed from the worn, washed-out features he’d come to equate to his former friend.

White flicked through the images until one that was slightly more clearer came into the frame. It was indeed Black. “These were captured a few hours prior to your arrival. It was a warehouse a few miles southeast to where you caught up with him.”

“Any ideas as to what he was doing there?” Scarlet’s brows furrowed. There had been no intelligence suggesting Black had been meeting anyone.

“So far, we have found no possible reasons for him even being in Burgas at all.” White swiped at the images again, this time making them disappear. “I assume Black didn’t give anything away whilst you… bumped heads?”

For a moment, Scarlet remained quiet. He hoped that White would not clue in on his hesitation and instead believe him to have been in deep thought. Pursing his lips, Scarlet shook his head. “No, sir. Nothing of note.”

“Very well.” White concluded impassively, though Scarlet was certain he saw something akin to disbelief flash across his features. “That’ll be all, Captain. I hope I can assume a report will be on my desk?”

“Tomorrow morning at the latest, sir.”

Satisfied, White offered Scarlet a single nod. He pressed a button on his desk and the glass partition doors slid open again. Scarlet then left the bridge, offering Lieutenant Green a wave as he passed her, and entered the elevator.

It was only once Scarlet had disappeared from view that Colonel White stood and made his way towards Green’s desk. “Lieutenant, see if there is any CCTV in the area Scarlet brawled with Black.”

“Sir?”

“I have the feeling Scarlet was withholding something from me, and I fear he won’t be putting it in his official report either. See if you can find out what it is.”

White had never liked nor agreed with spying on his operatives unless it was an urgent case, but the pause Scarlet had taken when he had asked about Black had the Colonel feeling uneasy. It wasn’t that he distrusted Scarlet, but the captain still had many things to learn.

“S.I.G, sir.” Green affirmed and began her search.

White returned to his office.

From the windows that curved around the outer wall, he saw Spectrum planes and heli-jets parked and landing amongst the clouds that surrounded Skybase. Hands clasped behind his back not dissimilar to Scarlet’s earlier, White stared out at the sky they floated through. He sighed. That hunch of his was starting to grow into something more tiresome. He still couldn’t shake it and he doubted it would leave him any time soon, not until this whole messy business was resolved.

#fic: the long game #captain scarlet fanfiction #thunderbirds x captain scarlet #i'm going to tag #thunderbirds fanfiction #because even though the boys aren't in it there are mentions of the gdf #and they will soon be back too #colonel white #captain scarlet #lieutenant green #five fics

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galaxytransman · 10 months

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1 and 16 for Gordon? :D

Hmm, inTeResTiNg ask /j. 1: what is a queer head cannons that you enjoy? Difficult question, cause I have many. For this particular ask, imma say ✨genderqueer Gordon✨(I HC that he uses all pronouns as well) cause she's just a silly little guy in a silly little submarine and well yea

#congrats you are the first ask of the ask game #but and maybe the most chaotic #who knows #i know i don't #if you don't like chaotic post then sorry for some reason i am just in a silly goofy mood #anyway proper tags #thunderbirds #thunderbirds 2015 #thunderbirds are go #gordon tracy #thunderpride #thunderpride 2023

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gumnut-logic · 1 year

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Virgil, Buddie and Ellie for the ask game?

Virgil: What’s your favourite form of creative expression?

All of them. Though in different ways. Writing gives me the most emotional outlet. I can channel whatever I'm feeling directly into words (sorry, Virgil).

Unfortunately, I haven't worked out how to do that with my painting or drawing. Emotions just end up making a muddy mess. There is too much technical requirement in creating an image to have enough room for expression. I can put emotion into my artwork, but it is designed emotion, planned and executed with a result in mind. With my writing I can just write and it happens and evolves as I go.

Handicrafts like beading and crachet, I do when I have no brain. Most of my design effort is in creating the pattern. Actually making it, unless I'm being daring and designing on the fly (always a risk), is simple execution of a prewritten plan, so I can do that with half a brain. In fact I designed my first beaded pendant while too sick to paint - that is how it works.

Ultimately, I'm always creating in some form. I get cranky if denied it and go a little feral if Imy creative practise gets derailed.

Which is exactly what happened last week. Apparently, I don't like surprises (like family members beingslammed by covid) and it takes me a while to settle and the muse to reignite. In the meantime I get cranky like Virg without his coffee :D

Buddy and Ellie: What’s something that you would cross the universe for on the slim chance of success?

Oooh, that's a tough one. I'm not much of a risk taker. While I don't plan everything, I do have plans in place to play catch if something doesn't work.

I guess I haven't been in that position (and hope I never will be), but there are a number of dire situations that could instigate that kind of effort.

On a milder note, little me who never does anything on her own, flew to Sydney to meet a fandom friend all by myself, there and back, not only once, but twice. It sounds little to most people, but to me, it was BIG. Still is. Looking back even further I did scary stuff in the name of several fandoms. Let's just say I can do stuff if I'm motivated enough.

Thank you so much for asking and so many apologies for the delay in answering. ::hugs::

Nutty

(yeah, I don't get out much, I'm a wuss :D)

TAG Ask Game

#thunderbirds are go #thunderbirds #thunderfam #tag ask game

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tracybirds · 2 years

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Prompt Generator Fic #4 Headcanon

(Actually this one is not a repost bc I never posted it... just musings on the prompt :P Feel free to start a conversation about it)

Gordon + John + Headcanon + leave

“Leave” brings to mind leaving the island. And I know everyone’s immediate reaction is ABSOLUTELY NOT none of them is EVER leaving how dare you even suggest it and like… I dare to suggest it because they all need space to grow and the island can’t give them that. I’m not super outgoing, but I value community and love to be around people so naturally that’s skewing my view, but like don’t you remember being in your late teens in particular – but also your early twenties – and wanting to build something separate from your family, something that was yours? It’s not a rejection of family to want something for yourself, it doesn’t mean you don’t love them, or that you can’t work towards goals together or anything like that.

And this is about Gordon and John, the two most middle children to have ever middle child-ed. You can’t tell me that they wouldn’t want to break free and forge their own paths. I mean they already have to an extent - I think it’s a fair interpretation that they’re the ones who’ve crafted a unique space in iR in a way that Scott, Virgil and Alan haven’t.

Anyway specific headcanonning as per the prompt

I fully believe Gordon lived pretty much independently from his family during his high school years because they all went to the island and he stayed behind to train on the National Swim Squad and for the Olympics and things, and as such I don’t believe he was on the island when Jeff disappeared. He’d visited, but it was never home to him, although it became that when he committed to International Rescue. And although I see him wanting to stay involved for a long time – I also can see him breaking off and establishing a Northern branch with Penny. He has contacts in the business, people he can trust and I think Gordon more than any of them needs a space for his own, partially because of that independent streak and partially I think to prove that he can.

John, of course, can hear an accusation in his family’s messages every time he goes to his own home, the faint whisper of how John always leaves. And that’s why I think he’ll stay the longest – not only because he loves what he does, even when it’s hard – but also to prove that he’s not the one who leaves, he’s never been the one who leaves. So he’ll break off last, if he does at all, and to be honest – if he breaks off it’ll be because he is leaving an active role with International Rescue for good. Whereas Gordon might not stay on the island, but he’ll stay with iR a long time yet.

#this is not a fic it's just headcanon ramblings #and true to form i have no skin in the game for these ones #they're interesting ad I like them #but my headcanons fluctuate wildly #i stand by this even if i don't think it's the only right interpretation #what is right when there's no wrong #schrodinger's canon lmao #gordon tracy #john tracy #thunderbirds are go #sometimes i fic #look i know it's NOT a fic #but i'm tagging it like that anyway

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druidx · 2 years

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Unashamed Adoration tag game

Tagged by @spacetimewraithwrites! TY, this is such a neat game <3

Tagging back: @strosmkai-rum @spacetimewraithwrites @wildswrites @tetrodotoxincs @odysseywritings @ayzrules @morganwriteblr @my-writblr @bexminx @writingingraves @dreamwishing @aalinaaaaaa @wardenoftheabyss @pleaseloathemyveryexistence @jaguarthecat @catharticallysarcastic @bread-of-death @bluegreystarstuff

Rules: Pick lines from your WIPs out of context that you love

From Talis wants some 'Shrooms:

As it was, my pantry consisted of a bread loaf you could bludgeon someone with and a single desiccated onion.

From Who Watches the Watchman:

[Millie said] "He said he was happy to wait, because he wanted to meet you at the start of your day, to, and I quote, 'get a feel for the noble Lady's temperament at the rawest point of our time together'." The noble lady in question was giving her assistant a look that indicated she wanted to say a few choice words about that idea, but Millie could see her Captain biting it back.

From Crown:

Where the candlelight hit, it flashed like it was filled with white fire, the hues flickering and sparking as she took measured steps around the plinth. [...] It was the pinnacle of dwarven craft as a whole – to take an ugly, dull lump from the ground and fashion it into the superlative creation that sat here now. The miners, the lapidaries, the jewellers – everyone through the chain – should be lauded for bringing such a stupendously fine-wrought thing before her.

These are from What Alexis Did Next:

"But he was your friend! You took his life!" "I was going to give it back!"

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[Edwin] kept up his babble of prayer, his words trickling over themselves like a stream over rocks, and poured the water on the herbs. The light increased in the room, as if the sun was filling the space, and I noticed whorls appearing within. Small eddies of green light flowed and coalesced, reaching down to the diamond. The tendrils gently touched the gem, and it swelled with light. The magic burst out, refracting over the table. Filaments of light curled and spun, pooling into unseen pockets and reaching out for the finger and the blooded cloth. As I watched, those involutions latched on to the anchors of Fai's body, and from them the light began to take shape. An outline began to form, soft green light tracing the shape of his body and the contours of his face - an exact replica of the man I knew.

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I shrugged and took a swing. "Not my tower, not my animated crockery," I said. Bazra closed her eyes briefly and sighed. "I don't even know what that means," she said. "Means I don't care," I said.

From TES vs TB:

"'M tired." Alan bit his lip, mentally rifling through the Big Book of Rescues for something convincing. Scott and John would have demanded, Virgil good-naturedly bully and Gordon tease. But none of those approaches would sit right on him. Then he had it. "Please? Try to stay awake. For me?" She cracked an eye, and Alan turned the full power of his winsome baby-blues at her. Alpha Golf's face sagged. "F-f-fine. Only c-cuz you asked n-n-nice."

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halowritesthings · 2 years

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My Archive of Our Own

Feel free to check out my Ko-fi while you’re here! :D

hello to all of you dear readers out there! whether you got here from a link on one of my fics or managed to follow the chaos that is my main @halorocks1214 - welcome welcome welcome!

i felt compelled to make a writing side blog for my works, as my main is a crockpot of fandoms most people either didn’t follow me for or ones that people don’t even know exist BJDFSNJSDF. i will also use this blog for ANYTHING writing! all of those writing-based ask games i used to rb to my main? they will go here now :D

note that i won’t be offended or mad if you send asks to my main about my works, though. i’m happy for any kind of attention, and it’s super easy just to send the answered asks over here once they are posted. i hope you enjoy it here just like you do with my other stuff!

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(^ if these two tags are NOT on a post, the fic is a WIP! if you don’t want to get attached to something of mine that is not done, use these tags for filtering!)

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katblu42 · 29 days

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Writer’s Truth or Dare

🔪 ⇢ what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

Hi. Thanks for the ask.

Hmm. Not sure how weird any of my search topics have been - mostly innocent things like minimum ages for pilots licenses and various motor racing categories, rich people hiding money and creating treasure hunts, geographical locations . . .

One (or two) of the most surprising research topics I found myself investigating for a fanfic involved information on raccoons, and ventilation/heating systems built within walls/roof spaces in American houses!

(For the fic Stuck)

#tag ask game #writer's truth or dare #thunderbirds fanfiction #thunderbirds are go

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riallasheng · 2 years

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Hello again my tripleace gurl! Done dirty by the creators!!

I AM STILL SO CONFUSED, WHAT IS A TRIPLEACE?!

(I thank you still most kindly for the ask but please send me another explaining this word!! ^^;; )

Also, sorry for the delay of a few days in responding, I was out of town till today!!

And aaaawwwwwwaaaaaaay we go! XD

Fireball XL5: Hmmm, hard one. Obviously the way Venus was written out of the Century 21 comics is the go to, and one I'm VERY annoyed at (actually pretty much hate. I ADORE the stories from the comics, indeed story wise I generally prefer the comics to the show... BUT THERE IS NO VENUS AND IT SUCKS)

Outside of that / in the show proper.... hmm. I can't really think of one, to be honest?

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Stingray: Again, the reoccuring and severe issue of the ladies being written out of the comics. Hate it so much beucase OUTSIDE of that the comics are TONS of fun.

As for the show proper obviously Phones once again Nah, nah. While he was underutilized, I can't honestly say that Phones was done dirty by the creators XD

I'm gonna go with an odd one here, and say the Aquaphibians. Their abilities tend to vary WIDELY, and we tend to get either 'totally evil and crazy to boot and want to kill anything that is not us (Triton and his forces) or... kinda useless and passive characters who don't DO anything on their own / need constant saving. Marina is an exception to this (even if she DOES get herself in trouble on the regular, she isn't PASSIVE and always TRIES. ***TRYING OCCURED*** success varies, and mind she DOES save the day quite often, but rather like Troy there is a strong trend of 'trying occurred, success debatable' XD

But the Aquaphibians OUTSIDE of her (not including evil ones) Just don't get to DO much of anything

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Lady Penelope: Parker in the show, particularly in the two films. He just... came across as less useful and having less courage in the show/films than he did in the comics (and ESPECIALLY the novels. Parker got to SHINE in the LP and TB novels. Theydon obviously loved Parker and it shows). But outside of one or two moments when he got to show off his skills, Parker gets undercut in the show proper (and particularly in the films), which is too bad becuase he's REALLY AWESOME in the comics and novels.

TAG Penny: Penny herself. I don't get WHY the creators went the route they did with Penny.... maybe they didn't want two bad ass spies in the show? But if you could 'only have one'... PENNY SHOULD HAVE KEPT HER SPY STATUS, she is one of the FIRST female spy characters, was a 'female James Bond' and was (And is) quite an icon for who and what she was, esp for how EARLY it was in film/television.... Just let Penny be the special ops/spy and give Kayo her own skillset - focus more on the security side of things and drop the special ops for her. But as it stands, Penny got nerfed pretty badly in TAG. She's young, naive, uncertain of herself, has no combat or stealth skills, gets quite emotional (and fearful) fairly often, and even her socialite skills feel... a bit roughshod and 'just getting started'. *shrugs* I like her, but only so long as I consider her to be an OC that happens to share the same name as the og Penny.

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Thunderbirds: Comics erasing Grandma and TinTin. Again, REALLY SUCKS given how much I love the comic stories.

In the show proper... Grandma. She comes across as foolish and fearful in "Move... and You're Dead!" and then doesn't really get to DO ANYTHING in the other episodes outside of remembering the Underground one time. The novels, thankfully, correct this - making her a calm and strong willed, yet still incredibly KIND and down to earth woman, who gets to really hold the family together and pulls Jeff out of a vicious depressive spiral when it seems like Alan, Virgil, and Scott have been killed; TinTin, Brains, and Lady Penelope have been kidnapped; and the Hood has successfully captured Thunderbird Three. It's one of my favorite moments IN the novels, and it really defined Grandma Tracy to me when I was a kid, so I ended up quite disappointed when she didn't really get moments like she did in the novels in the show. We get a GLIMPSE of it in Vault of Death (and End of the Road as well to a degree) but I never really got to see the Grandma I'd come to know in the novels in the show.

TAG: Can I count machines in this? BECUASE I REALLY WANT TO!! :( Thunderbird One got NERFED, y'all. In making it where all the TBs can solo missions (and removing Scott's role as Field Commander... seriously, does Scott get to succeed in ANY mission solo?! He doesn't ever really act as commander, that goes to Sally, and every time he's on a rescue he seems to just do what others tell him to do instead of soloing it), One got nerfed. She's FAST yes, but her sensor/scanner array is gone, she lacks the ability to bring gear (or people) to rescues so the rescues she can solo are HIGHLY limited, and it just... feels like they kept the basics of each craft without really understanding the role each craft brought to the table. Four and Three weren't used that often simply becuase they were HIGHLY specialized (and you has WASP and WARP/Fireballs canonically handling rescues in those areas so there wasn't much call for them... and technically Four is a Pod vehicle like the Mole and Firefly and Domo... it's just that she's GORDON'S personal craft, thus she s given the Thunderbird status because THAT IS WHAT MAKES A CRAFT A THUNDERBIRD - and is what thunderbird 6 didn't understand. If Gordon had been focused on mining or firefighting, Thunderbird Four would have been the Mole/Firefly and not the sub) five was the communications hub and rescue call receiver, two was the workhorse/ heavy hauler... one's purpose was to GET ON SITE FAST so that Scott could figure out what they needed / how to affect the rescue... and in the comics and novels, there are many times that Scott just coordinates the rescue with locals and/or acts as a scout to find a missing person or the like.

04 Film: Gordon, Virgil, and Scott. They could have been written out of the Film and no one would have noticed :(

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Captain Scarlet: hrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmm.... ....oh this one is HARD. I guess if I had to choose, then it'd be Black. We only get a glimpse of who he was before hand, and the show treats him as if he was VOLUNTARILY helping the Mysterons / is evil himself (even to the point that he is called a Mysteron Agent) when he is really the first victim of the Mysterons and one held and tortured by them the longest. ...we're told in supplemental material that Black was a REALLY GOOD man, honorable and admired by pretty much everyone that knew him. It feels like the creators did him dirty when who he is/was is never mentioned and no attempt is made to save him or even specify that he (basically) is just the Mysterons using him as a mask

new Captain Scarlet: Destiny (and Magenta). They managed to take one of the top five most popular characters from the OG and turn her (and Magenta) into the most disliked by the fanbase - to the point where both were basically written out of Season 2 as much as possible. I went in expecting to LOVE Destiny as she has long been in my top 3 CS characters... and it ended up being the Godfather 'look at how they massacred my boy' meme

#ask game #century 21 #fireball xl5 #stingray #thunderbirds #thunderbirds are go!#lady penelope #captain scarlet #new captain scarlet #thunderfam #no seriously #WHAT IS A TRIPLEACE?!#I AM SO CONFUSED #forgot the thunderfam tag first posting XD

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room-on-broom · 5 months

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20 Questions for Fic Writers

Tug by @marvellouslymadmim thank you so much me luv

Tagging @heathtrash @teapotteringabout @holdmecloser-gandydancer @womble1 @janetm74 @kiwi-cackles and YOU! and who else wants to do it! more questions under the read more

1. How many works do you have on A03?

48 (60 on fanfic)

2. What's your total A03 word count?

I've no idea, i messed up on my calculator and dont have the pactience to go back over it

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Currently Stingray and Thunderbirds. and worst witch. its always worst witch

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Jabberjay-ded (128 vs 4 comments lol) Little Wizard, The Broken Hand mirror, Mildred's Monstrous Misadventures, (ah yeah witching kind!) and I saw Seven Idiots.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Fanfic.net dosnt let me reply any more??? but I do try to. even if its just a key smash and a thankyou. or if its an emoji spam i emoji spam back. I love those.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Hm. The closest ones I could think of are Death's acquaintance and In grief we bake. I don't tend to do agnsty endings. even the sad ish ones are kind hopeful.

EDIT: JABBERYJAYED! I forgot!? litreally a hunger games fic ends up in devistation?? fool.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I couldnt narrow it down so top 2: I saw 7 Dogs and Christmas Cards

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Onlya few times in the past. two of those times were Worst witch ship trolls and just deleted them. one was my fault, i got uppity with an 'UPDATE NOW' comment and user just went a few my other fics being rude. againn deleted.

9. Do you write smut?

write yes. post no. (not yet-!) :o

10. Do you write crossovers?

yes. Ive have a good half a dozen under my belt and a couple in the works.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

angain no not that i know of.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No but I would count @teapotteringabout @kiwi-collideoscope and Princess Sammi as , the amount i've bouced ideas about with them.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

Mary Poppins and Bert. the OTP before i knew what the internet was.

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Froot, SEASICK and Cherrytree Carol. plus a bunch of WW ones. I keep picking them up but i feel like they might be left on the shelf a little longer.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue and character voices. I also love mixing humour in too, even just a little sprinkle into sad bits and I think i do that quite well.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Plot bunnies. and not finishing current WIPS. Ive made a mountain of improvement on that frount but yeah posting chapters before before the fics even 50% done. To the point ive sequeals to fics that are only two lines of an epic.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Massivise kudos who can do that. not my forte. The closest I've come is writing the odd burst of ASL and BSL for Unshackled and Chest Compressions, and a pinch of welsh for Lucretia’s Baller but as yet Hypothetical Birthday Cake.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Corpse Bride (2005). a sad little fic for a le sad victor van dort.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

Ever? Probably have to Mildred's Montorus adventures. but Your mother and Mine's got a special place in my heartjust cos family and the catharisis .

Thank you!!

#y know?#long post #the worst witch #worst witch #fanfiction #thunderfam #the adventure zone #mary poppins #stingray 1964 #thunderbirds #thunderbirds are go #corspe bride #ask game #writers #taz balence #the hunger games

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