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youvebeenlivingfictional · 3 years

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I’m Always Curious Part Twenty Seven

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Sooo..... How are we doing................ Also for this week, new character incoming, the person I was picturing when I wrote Eli Durling is Michael Ealy, in case y’all want someone to picture

Warnings: ….Angst again I know my bad again

Also cursing and mentions of canon-typical violence Summary: I took the hands that were offered to me in introduction and did my damnedest to keep contact.

“Jett Reno, engineering.” Engineering, how was it I always wound up rooming with someone from engineering?

The problem was, with my separation from the Enterprise and the wounds of Somonia still fresh, I found myself desperate for connection where my life had been voided of it.

Jett, Tilly-- I took the hands that were offered to me in introduction and did my damnedest to keep contact.

-- “What brought you to Starfleet?” I could tell by the strained way Jett was asking that she didn’t do small talk for fun the way Tilly did. I’d been on the Hiawatha for a couple of days and we’d hardly talked when we’d been in our quarters together. Neither of us had pushed to fill the silence. But now, Jett was making the effort to… Chat. Maybe it was an attempt to stop my harried pacing in the cramped craft, but I could hardly keep still. My first official mission was set to begin in just a few minutes-- I was piloting a new federation attack fighter with an experimental cloaking device into Klingon airspace for the purposes of picking up subspace chatter. The Hiawatha would be in range as it ferried the first few war-wounded to Starbase 515. As soon as I collected what transmissions I could, I was to return to the ship, and then we’d jump to maximum warp -- barring any complications. “... My dad was an attaché to the Federation when I was growing up. I was brought to a lot of planets when he had custody. And when I was home there were a lot of different languages around me. I was just... curious.” Jett grunted. “What about you?” I asked. “I was always taking shit apart when I was a kid,” Jett leaned away from the control panel, “I had a teacher at school that steered me to circuit analysis. Kicked off from there.” She pulled off her gloves, turning back to me. “Good thing she jumped in when she did, I was electrocuting myself like, once a week. My mom was a doctor, said electrocuting yourself is frowned upon.” I smiled a little bit, “You know, I’ve heard that.” “Apparently everyone but me had.” “When you joined Starfleet...You ever think you’d be doing something like this?” “Helping a language nerd fly into enemy space? Can’t say it was in my top five. Did you think you’d be a pilot?” I shook my head, shoving my hands into my pockets, “No. I always liked flight sims, but steering was the furthest thing from my mind. I had this...Grand idea of going to new planets, building bridges between cultures… Not getting my ass bounced from ship to ship to ship and keeping my head down in the hopes I don’t wind up on Admiral Cornwell’s bad side…” I sighed, shrugging, “But we put our dreams away.” Jett’s brows were furrowed, and I could see the question she wanted to ask, but instead asked: “You got a plan after this?” “After the mission?” “After the war.” I was quiet for a moment, turning to survey the control panel. “... I think I’d rather focus on what I’m gonna do after the mission, not get too far ahead of myself.” Jett pursed her lips, nodding a little bit, looking around. “You oughta get off of this vessel if you don’t wanna join me for its maiden voyage,” I warned. Jett grunted, picking up her toolkit and heading for the ramp. “Try not to get blown up out there,” She said over her shoulder, “I did good work on this ship.” “I’ll do my damnedest,” I called back.

It became routine for Jett and I to chat before missions - occasionally making plans for what we would do once I got back. My missions tended to vacillate between two types: either a transmission intercept, or a mission type that protocol labeled a 22-9-14. 22-9-14 operations consisted of approaching a Klingon craft, deploying a tracking and transmission device, and piloting the hell out of there before any Warbirds could catch wise. It didn’t always work of course -- which was why Eli and I started calling 22-9-14s ‘Tag and Runs’. Lieutenant Commander Eli Durling was a security officer stationed on the Hiawatha for the purpose of handling Communications-based missions. I’d known of him while I was at the Academy. He had been a couple of years ahead of me, and we had a few mutual friends, but as we'd been focused in different course tracks, I'd never had occasion to really interact with him until now. He’d graduated top of his class, and had been stationed on a ship in the Mempa sector until the war had broken out.

Durling reminded me of Pike, a little. When he wasn’t focused on the mission at hand, he was fairly easygoing, lighthearted, and made it a point to follow orders - when those orders were the right course of action in a given situation. Eli wasn’t above changing course mid-mission when something took a bad turn, and he wasn’t afraid to go to bat for me with command for doing the same, either. He covered my back, and I covered his.

“You should see the job Durling did to his phaser canons,” Jett half-yelled, half-grumbled from under the control panel. I eyed where her legs were in view, just beside my pilot’s seat. “Something tells me the job was done by a Klingon Warbird and not by Eli himself.” “Well if he hadn’t gotten spotted by a Warbird, they wouldn’t have chased him, fired at him, and fucked up his phaser canons.” “...You might have a point there.” “I’m wounded, lieutenant,” I heard from just behind me, and I turned to see Eli ducking his head to step onto the craft. “I really hope you mean emotionally," I teased. Eli’s lips twitched into a smile, and I returned it. It was moments like this that his attractiveness was...Really not lost on me. He was handsome, with golden, copper brown skin and gentle blue eyes. His smile, which was turned at me now, was typically kind -- a kind smile that could turn flirtatious or teasing at the drop of a hat. “I’m broken up inside,” Eli reassured me. “Mm, mhm,” I nodded, “What’s going on?” “I’ve got some news.” “Is it that you learned how to fix your phaser canons yourself?” Jett asked, sitting up from under the console. “Sadly, no.” “Sadly? That’s not sadly no, that’s morbidly depressingly no,” Jett grumbled as she took my hand to help her up, “You have any idea how long it’s gonna take me to fix those when you inevitably fuck them up again?” “Well, not long at all. The lieutenant and I are being transferred.” Jett and I let that sink in in silence as the three of us stood in silence. It felt like a punch - but Reno recovered faster than I did. “...Well, godspeed to whoever takes you over, Durling. You’re an engineer’s worst nightmare.”

“I’ll miss you, too, Reno,” Eli chuckled before turning to me, “We’ll be shipping out once you get back, as long as everything is status quo.” “Got it.” “Be careful out there.” “Yessir.”

I watched Eli go before I lowered my eyes, making a careful study of my shoes. I’d been on the Hiawatha for two months now. It was only just starting to feel… Not like the Enterprise, but like a safe space again. “Well,” I said after a moment, “Least you’ll be getting your room back to yourself.” “Looks like it,” Jett agreed, “Don’t get all mushy on me, huh?” I shook my head, pushing back my upset and flattening my expression before meeting her eye: “I was about to ask the same of you.” Jett nodded. “Would’ve been nice if we could’ve seen this through together.” “Would’ve,” I agreed quietly. “But we put our dreams away,” Jett reached out, slapping me on the shoulder before picking up her toolkit, “Don’t get blown up at the last minute. It would be a hell of an anti-climax.”

I scrolled through the contacts on my PADD stilling over Sidhu, Thira for a moment. The little status bubble beside her name read ‘Active’. Despite the fact that Eli and I were stationed together on the USS Pinnacle, and had been for months, I was antsy for news of the Enterprise. I’d reached out to Cornwell for an update on the crew, but I had yet to get an answer from her. I couldn’t blame her. She was entrenched in strategy, but I was desperate for news -- especially after the news of the Hiawatha’s loss had reached us nearly a week after Eli and I had been re-stationed.

I scrolled further down on the contacts list, tapping on the contact name for Tilly, Sylvia. I eyed the ‘Active’ bubble beside her name before tapping on the small video icon. I lifted the PADD up to my face, grinning when Tilly came into view. “Hi!” She greeted, waving. “Hey there. How are you?” I asked, shifting back on my bed. “Oh…” I watched Tilly glance at her surroundings before she answered, “Lorca’s on the warpath.” “The literal warpath or the metaphorical one?” Tilly laughed before sighing, “Both.” I winched, “Sorry, Tills.” “It’s not all awful,” She shrugged, “I have a roommate again, actually. Michael Burnham.” My brows rose. I knew of Michael Burnham - her name was splashed across briefings in relation to the war and the Battle of the Binary Stars. But I’d known of her, first and foremost, through Spock. He’d never spoken of her in honeyed tones, mind, but I knew that he regarded her highly. What was all of this doing to Spock? I couldn’t imagine him having to reason himself through this with limited intel from the Federation at such a distance-- “Hello? Hel-- Hello? Did I cut out? Am I frozen? Are you frozen?” I was jolted from my reverie at Tilly’s waterfall of questions. “I’m sorry,” I smiled, “Got distracted-- How’s the roomie situation?” “Well she frowned about as much as you did when you got on board.” “I warmed up.” “So did she,” Tilly smiled, and I relaxed a little, folding my legs up under myself. “Glad to hear it.” I looked away from my PADD as the doors to my room opened. “Hey, Eli,” I greeted. I saw Tilly’s eyes widen, and I glanced down to see her smoothing her hair down hurriedly. “Eli, you remember Tilly,” I added as he crossed to my bed - I’d introduced them on a previous call. “Course I do,” He smiled, sitting down beside me and giving the screen a wave, “Nice to see you again, Sylvia.” I grinned as a flush as red as her hair well up on Tilly’s cheeks. “Hi,” She answered, matching Eli’s wave. Her gaze was directed away from the screen as an announcement that I couldn’t make out crackled on her end. “Ahh-- I have to go,” She said hurriedly, turning back to the screen, “I’m sorry!” “No, don’t worry about it,” I shook my head, “Be careful.” “You guys, too!” Tilly chirped before hanging up. I looked down at the screen as it winked off. I eyed the contact for Sidhu, Thira, one more time before swiping away from my contacts. Eli leaned back against the wall, shifting further back on my bed. “If you put your shoes on my bed, Durling--” “I know the rules, kid,” He chuckled. I rolled my eyes. He’d taken to calling me that weeks ago, and I couldn't get him to shake it. “What’s got you in here, anyway?” I asked, “New mission?” “Can’t sleep.” I frowned, glancing over at Eli before I turned back to my messages. I had a new message, but where the hell was it? It wasn’t from Cornwell, I’d already checked. “Something wrong?” I pressed. “Just one of those nights. Ever have one?” “Oh, all the--” I froze, damn near dropping my PADD at the sight of the unopened message. It was recent - minutes old. And it was from Una. “...You okay, kid?” Eli’s knee nudged mine, but I couldn’t tear my eyes away from the words ‘You’re on the Pinnacle?’.

“I-- I um… Yes. I have those nights all the time. Think I’m gonna have another one of those nights tonight.” Eli crowded closer, peering over my shoulder. “Bad news?” “I don’t know yet… Can you gimme a minute?”

It had started with Paledore, apparently. He’d been looking for something I’d sent him a while ago, some verb conjugation that I'd worked on, and he’d noticed that my status was active. He’d figured that it had to be a fluke, and he’d gone about his business. But it had happened again and again, and he’d brought it up to Thaleh, who had brought it up to Spock. Spock had done some digging, located me in Starfleet's medical database at the Academy, and then in the ship’s records for the Pinnacle. He had brought that information to Una. Una, who was now staring at me through a video feed. Her face was carefully blank. I’d seen that look before -- I knew that she was making a concentrated effort to not give anything away. Una could be hard to read in the first place, but I may as well have been looking at a statue. My heart was thudding low in my chest, beating out a panicked, jittery tattoo that usually only accompanied the running of a 22-9-14 and a Klingon Warbird on my tail. “...So,” I started, “How’s the Pergamum?” “You’re alive.” I gave a small nod. “Yeah, they’re not trucking a corpse around on the Pinnacle for the sake of filling the new communications specialist minimum.” “You’ve been alive this entire time and you’re making jokes?” Una seethed. It chilled me through the screen and I lowered my eyes, swallowing thickly. “I know you’re upset--” “Upset?” She repeated with a scorning little laugh, “I have spent the last year watching the repercussions that your loss has had on this crew, on Pike-- and you’re making jokes.” Guilt spun through me and wobbled like a top. “Can I explain?” “I wish you would.”

I took a deep breath, steadying my nerves before I told Una what had happened - all I could remember. Soivo, Somonia, Cornwell, my time on the Discovery and the Hiawatha. Una’s face remained unmoved throughout. My only indication that the screen hadn’t frozen was Una’s occasional shift in her seat. Once I’d finished my explanation, Una gave a small nod. “Well… That certainly lines up with the timeline that Spock put together.” I couldn’t help but smile a little at that, even as I ached at the mention. “Of course he put a timeline together,” I muttered, scrubbing my hand over my eyes. I sighed, quiet for a few moments. “How are you all?” I asked, “Will you tell me that?” “You don’t deserve that answer.” I clenched my jaw, hot tears prickling at my eyes as I felt my entire being want to fold in on itself. “Una, please understand--” The video feed cut, the message on the screen indicating that the call had been terminated from Una’s side. My fingers curled around the device, my chest racking with sobs as I curled forward.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa,” I heard behind me, “What did that punching bag say to you?” I raised my hands to stop the bag from swinging back and hitting me before I turned back to see Eli. After Una’s abrupt end to our call, I had cried until I couldn’t anymore - until my sobs had been dry and my breathing had been hiccups. And then, when the hurt had still ebbed through me, when I saw that there were no transmissions waiting for translation or missions for me to run, I went to work the rest of my hurt out on a punching bag. “I’m not in the mood, Durling,” I cautioned quietly. My voice was hoarse from its rough use earlier, and my body and nerves were rung raw from the war, from losing Jett -- from my call with Una, and from the news that had hard followed - the Discovery had been destroyed. My last call with Tilly had been our last call. Eli took a couple of cautious steps closer to me, looking me over. “I can see that. Came to offer my assistance.” I arched a brow. “Assistance?” I repeated, “The bag over here offered the same thing and look where it’s wound up.” Eli smiled a little. “You’re gonna run yourself ragged like this,” he warned. I shook my head a bit, biting the inside of my cheek to staunch a fresh wave of tears. “I already have, Eli, I can’t--” I took in a deep, shuddering breath, “I can’t rest my head right now. That’s just a fact.” “Neither can I. Maybe we can help each other out with that.” “I’m not gonna ask you to help me.” “Why not?” “You see the mood I’m in?” I nodded toward the bag, “At least one of us needs to be in a condition to fly.” “I think I can handle you.” I arched a brow. “Eli,” I warned softly. He took a step closer, warm blue eyes and kind smile pointed at me with all softness and sincerity. “Kid,” he murmured, “You don’t have to worry about being gentle with me.” Tag list: @angels-pie ; @fantasticcopeaglepasta ; @mylittlelonelyappreciationtoo ; @how-am-i-serpose-to-know ; @onlyhereforthefandomandgiggles ; @inmyowncorner ; @tardis-23 ; @2manyfandoms-solittletime ; @paintballkid711 ; @katrynec ; @hypnobananaangelfish

#I'm Always Curious #captain pike x reader #Captain Pike/Reader #Captain Pike Imagine #Captain Pike x You #Captain Pike/You #christopher pike x reader #christopher pike/reader #Christopher Pike x You #christopher pike imagine #Christopher Pike/You

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starfleetdoesntfirefirst · 3 years

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5 characters: Michael Burnham, Joann Owosekun, Jett Reno, Tracy Pollard, Katrina Cornwell

(Put 5 characters in my ask and I’ll put them in my preference order)

...WELL.

Going for blogger-specific custom challenge mode, I see. :>)

1) …Tracy Pollard. Leaving aside all headcanons, ships, and other fandom accoutrements, she’s just…she’s fantastic. If we didn’t tend, in Star Trek background characters, to see competence and compassion as lack of characterization rather than characterization in its own right, I maintain that Pollard would have the same kind of (admittedly tiny) loyal fandom following that, say, Landry does.

In addition to her competence and compassion, she’s able and willing to push back against condescending advice from a captain (it’s played for laughs, but Saru’s ‘do your best!’ is such a useless ‘order’ in a situation where sickbay is filling up with injured crew), and against unproven assumptions by a commanding officer (her iconic “You’re attaching a known medical diagnosis to an unknown entity” scene with Burnham). And, of course, there are all the complex layers of her response to that situation.

In other words, Tracy is urging caution, and potentially an adversarial viewpoint, towards the current threat to the lives of her crew—but doing so through a framework that suggests an underlying openness to observation, discovery, and resisting easy assumptions about the universe around her.

Reader, I love her.

2) Michael Burnham. Oh captain, my captain. Commander of my HEART. Cares so deeply for the people and the universe around her no matter how many times her ostensible family and friends hurt her, manipulate her, kill her, or otherwise put her in terrible situations (if she isn’t selfless enough, she’s a terrible person; if she is, she has a ~ridiculous martyr complex~ not that that might have anything to do with anyone else around here…) Mutinied an admiral to prevent a space genocide. Loving co-pet-parent to a giant cat. Thankfully not a real person in my life because her penchant for test-piloting fast space things is terrifying. ;_;

3) Jett Reno. Kept her crewmates alive on a crashed starship for a year. Grease monkey, duct tape enthusiast, and beloved nemesis to Paul Stamets who, let’s be honest, needs one. Tig Notaro might have been battling with the technobabble behind the scenes but her delivery of the technobabble lines she does have is never less than flawless. Wrangled a time crystal to help save all life in the universe. Named “Jett Reno.” What even is a zipper? Star Trek’s most quotable lesbian. It’s not food, it’s candy, it’s practically an accessory.

4) Joann Owosekun. Cool, calm and collected ops officer of a ship careening around the mushroom multiverse across multiple millennia. Friend to robots. Likes tomatoes. Is in fourth place not really for any compelling reason other than it not really being in the spirit of the ask game to let her tie with the above three, though if I had to pick the reason that I personally would want to go get space coffee with her only slightly less than the others it would probably be onscreen canon Owosekun’s lack of scenes pushing back against Starfleet, commanding officer fuckery, or both—not so much re: Lorca, I wrote a whole Jola fic about not blaming oneself or others for not countering a manipulative, abusive authority figure in an isolated environment, but unlike Pollard-Burnham-Reno she hasn’t gotten a scene pushing back against Pike, Saru, Burnham, Vance, etc’s questionable or annoying moments. Yet. Not counting the “Take the tomato” deleted scene with Burnham, anyway.

SIKE I was writing some rambling tags about Owosekun and remembered that she went against her own upbringing to become a technology expert (even if she did so by joining Starfleet, booo to 23rd-century Starfleet) (we don’t really know how judgemental her family was or wasn’t about her technology interest, and frankly I hope not at all, but even if they supported her, that decision is still A Lot). Post amended accordingly.

(Honestly, the “Take the tomato” scene totally counts as well. Look, I was really grasping at straws here.)

5) Katrina Cornwell. The only easy choice (sorry, Admiral). If she wants to get away with attempted space genocide and still have a place in the Star Trek Characters section of my heart, she needs to at the very least be someone I’d enjoy a) smooching or b) going to a bowling alley with, and instead she mostly just reminds me of my least-favorite authority figures from high school.

#tysm for this ask ^_^#pollard #burnham #reno #owosekun #cornwell #food #medical #genocide #abuse #character death #asks #spiritintheteapot

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theadmiralslegion · 5 years

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Ring out the old, ring in the new; Ring out the false, ring in the true. — Lord Tennyson

In celebration of our first year as a community and in anticipation of Star Trek: Discovery’s season two premiere the Admiral’s Legion is hosting an end of the year FANWORKS GIFT EXCHANGE!

SIGN-UPS NOW THROUGH NOVEMBER 14

Who can participate? Everyone is welcome, however you must have an AO3 account. You can request an invite from AO3 by going to the Invite Request page and adding your email to the queue (the page shows you how long you'll have to wait for an invite). Please contact the mods at [email protected] if you are waiting for an invite.

How do I sign up? Click on Sign Up Form. You will be asked to input your request(s) and offer(s).

What can be requested? Any fanworks, including fiction, art, vids, meta, playlists. All prompts must include Katrina Cornwell, other characters and/or relationships are optional. Any requested characters or relationships must exist in the tag set.

Requirements: Requests You may request up to five prompts. You must select at least one additional tag for each prompt: Fic, Art, Vid, Playlist, Meta, or Any. Each prompt must include one character and may include up to ten characters and up to five relationships.

Offers You may offer up to ten configurations. Each offer must include two characters and may include up to ten characters and/or up to ten relationships. You must select at least one additional tag for each offer: Fic, Art, Vid, Playlist, Meta, or Any.

Note: You will match on any ONE so you do not need to include every character or pairing mentioned in a request.

Gifts Fic: the gift should be 500 words or more Art: all mediums are welcome (pencil and ink, digital, photo manip, giftset, etc.), the gift should be neat, clean and complete Vid: the gift should be 1:00 or more Playlist: the gift should include 8 or more songs and cover art (at least 500x500px) Meta: the gift should be 500 words or more (lists are acceptable)

What should I include in my prompt? Here are some examples: Fic: -A story about Gabriel and Katrina celebrating the holidays at home. Any rating, but no angst, just fluff and cheer. -A Hogwarts AU about Katrina. Include whomever you want. Art: -Katrina and Afsaneh and Pippa not in uniform! -I’d really like some new Kat mood/reaction icons to use for the new season. Vid: -a vid about Katrina’s gaze, please include as many pairings as possible -a vid about the similarities between Katrina and Kirk Playlist: -Katrina’s Workout Playlist -The songs that played at Kat’s wedding to Leonard McCoy Meta: -How would you cast A Christmas Carol with Katrina and her friends? Why? -Tell me about Katrina’s relationship with Chris Pike

It is important to include any Do Not Wants or triggers. These may include requests for certain ratings or to avoid certain tropes, physical requirements for vids (e.g. “no quick cuts or flash effects”), and strong preferences (e.g. “please don’t include any songs with strong language or violent themes” or “I headcanon Gabriel as Jewish, please do not show him celebrating Christmas”). Creators are expected to take these requests seriously.

What if I can't finish? We understand - please default and your assignment will be given to a pinch hitter. You may sign up for the pinch hit list by emailing [email protected] or contacting pixiedane on tumblr.

I have more questions. Please feel free to ask!

#katrina cornwell #lorca x cornwell #cornwell x georgiou #admiral cornwell #fanwork exchange #mod pixie

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kelpiencomplexities · 6 years

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I NEED TO

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Saru L’Rell Admiral Cornwell

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orhelponefaintingrobin · 7 years

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Star Trek: Discovery - “Lethe”: Review

WARNING: The nature of this week’s episode means that this review is a little more spoilery than usual. Specifics will still be put under a ‘read more’, but people’s definitions of spoilers vary, so if you haven’t seen the episode yet, maybe skip this for the time being.

Anyway…

This week’s episode of “Star Trek: Discovery” actually might be my favourite, all things considered.

Stuart Foley, of YouTube channel Trekyards, said in their review of “Lethe” (Here), said that it felt that this week Discovery had found its “Star Trek legs”. And, despite the fact that I personally believe there to be PLENTY of classic Star Trek aspects in Discovery, it’s hard to disagree with him. I don’t know if it’s because all of the main cast are actually introduced now, or just that it’s taken some time to get into the story properly, but this week, more than any previous episodes, Star Trek: Discovery feels like it’s come into its own.

“Lethe” feels like another episode that does its best to marry a fresh new story, that feels like a show that fits into 2017, while keeping some of the aspects that make Star Trek so iconic in the first place. Specifically, it’s characters, and how the story is used to push them along.

In “Lethe”, we see Michael Burnham embarking on a mission to save Sarek as he drifts through a nebula, injured and dying. As far as the progression of that is concerned, it’s relatively simple as far as structure is concerned. A way to track Sarek down is worked out pretty quickly, and there aren’t any major outside forces stopping them from finding him. There aren’t any flashy fight scenes, full of explosions. Out of the two scenes of fighting we see, one is a brief simulation at the beginning, and one is actually a very nicely choreographed Vulcan martial-arts fight between Michael and Sarek, both of which aren’t there just for the sake of being there.

Lorca and Tyler’s simulated Klingon confrontation was a way showcasing Lorca’s quick trust for Lieutenant Tyler, giving us a little bit of background to Tyler’s past, and showing us Tyler’s respect for his captain, all in the space of a couple of minutes.

Meanwhile, Michael and Sarek’s fight had plenty of implications in the scheme of the story. Being specifically a Vulcan martial art, it reinforces how good a Vulcan Sarek brought Michael up to be. It gave Sarek a window where he had to begin to open up to Michael. And, yeah, it looked pretty cool.

The rest of the main plot-line was exactly what Star Trek is supposed to be about. It was almost entirely character-focused, for multiple characters. It gave us background to Burnham, with how she felt she had let Sarek down all those years. It gave her progression as well, with her finally starting to properly embrace her humanity.

We got some focus on Lorca, with the show finally starting to dig into his internal struggles, and giving us a little bit of insight into his history with Admiral Cornwell. It’s clear that he’s going to be shifting his behaviour a little bit over the next few episodes, and I hope that we end up with some proper development at the end of it.

We didn’t get too much else from anyone else this week. Saru was barely in the episode, and other than Stamets shift in personality, we didn’t really get that much focus on him. Tilly was much more present in the episode than Saru or Stamets, but she didn’t have too much personal progression. Still, her excited enthusiasm is always nice to see on-screen, so it didn’t damage the episode too much.

But yeah, overall, I really enjoyed this episode. I can’t quite put my finger on exactly what I enjoyed so much, but it just felt right. Star Trek: Discovery has proven, to me at least, that it is perfectly capable of both being its own show that wants to be something new and different, while bringing in the parts of what makes classic Trek so iconic. And, with the show having now been officially renewed for Season 2, it looks like we’ll be seeing it for plenty of time to come.

Trekyards’ Review of this episode: https://goo.gl/QSrvhf (It’s long, but their reviews are excellent, so check it out!)

And, of course, Spoilers under the cut.

Spoiler notes:

It’s such a stupid thing, but something really annoys me about how Lorca eats his fortune cookies. Crushing them like that just makes a mess…

‘We’ll have this conversation one day, father’

I LOVED this line. Also, I do disagree with people’s interpretation of Sarek’s asserted that they aren’t actually related. I mean, of course they aren’t, but I don’t think he was just being a dick. He was being stubborn, but I think he considers himself her father as much as she does.

Amanda! It’s nice to see her being included (Especially since we were originally told she wouldn’t be, although this was when Bryan Fuller was still in charge. The casting felt strong as well. I’ve only seen Mia Kirshner in ‘Defiance’, but she definitely pulled this off well.

One really weird question I have: Why is Burnham in her uniform in Sarek’s mind, especially when she was wearing the DISCO T-Shirt? Like, it isn’t important, but it did feel strange to me…

Stamets is acting weird… And it’s very conflicting, because on the one hand, it’s super entertaining, but on the other, it is DEFINTIELY going to go badly…

Although I’d be lying if I said I thought Lorca was to be trusted in general, and Admiral Cornwell’s remark about not knowing if he was telling the truth was entirely justified, I actually think he was telling her the truth before he left. The Discovery really is all he has, especially after having already lost one crew to the war. I think that was genuine. Possibly the first really genuine thing he’s done since we met him.

#Star Trek Discovery #Star Trek Disco #Star Trek #Star Trek Discovery Spoilers

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alanafsmith · 5 years

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And the winners of the Legal Cheek Awards 2019 are…

Gongs galore for industry’s top players, including firm of the year Taylor Wessing and ‘Most Admired’ chambers Blackstone

The Legal Cheek Awards 2019

The legal profession has celebrated the top rookie-rated law firms and chambers of the year in a glitzy ceremony held at the top of London’s iconic Cheesegrater skyscraper.

This year’s Legal Cheek Awards, sponsored by BARBRI International, took place on Thursday evening in Landing Forty Two of the tapering City of London tower officially known as the Leadenhall Building. Three-hundred guests from the UK’s leading corporate law firms and barristers’ chambers donned their sharpest suits and highest heels to ascend the escalators and glass-panelled lifts for the exclusive ceremony, hosted by Legal Cheek founder Alex Aldridge.

Before the Awards bash got underway, Sarah Hutchinson, BARBRI International managing director, presented the findings of Legal Cheek‘s Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) survey, before the audience were treated to the premiere of a short film, produced exclusively for the event by the Legal Cheek team.

Can you spot the special guest playing a cameo role in this year’s Legal Cheek Awards video?

Legal Cheek student campus ambassadors presented no less than 23 gongs alongside a handful of sponsors and legal celebrities, including Love Island solicitor Rosie Williams.

Rosie Williams with the Legal Cheek campus ambassadors and vloggers Chrissie Wolfe and Eve Cornwell #squadgoals

So who won what? Read on to find out.

Best Law Firm for Training 2019: Osborne Clarke

The Osborne Clarke team pick up their gong from King’s College London’s Simran Malhi

Highly commended: Ashurst, Bristows, Burges Salmon, Clifford Chance, Hogan Lovells, Linklaters, Macfarlanes, Mayer Brown, Norton Rose Fulbright, Pinsent Masons, Taylor Wessing, Travers Smith, Walker Morris

Best Law Firm for Quality of Work 2019: Shearman & Sterling

Emma Hopkins, our campus ambassador for Cambridge Uni, with Paul Gascoyne and the Shearman & Sterling team

Highly commended: Bristows, Farrer & Co, Fladgate, Foot Anstey, Gowling WLG, Kirkland & Ellis, Macfarlanes, Milbank, Mills & Reeve, Osborne Clarke, Ropes & Gray, Taylor Wessing, Travers Smith, Walker Morris

Best Law Firm for Peer Support 2019: Mayer Brown

Mayer Brown’s Danielle White receives the award from Hertfordshire Uni’s Gayathiri Kanagasundaram

Highly commended: Baker McKenzie, Bristows, Burges Salmon, Farrer & Co, Herbert Smith Freehills, Hogan Lovells, Irwin Mitchell, Linklaters, Osborne Clarke, Pinsent Masons, PwC, Simmons & Simmons, Taylor Wessing, White & Case

Best Law Firm for Partner Approachability 2019: Womble Bond Dickinson

Carter Corson business psychologist Sara Duxbury presents Womble Bond Dickinson’s Joanne Smallwood with the award

Sponsored by Carter Corson, business psychologists supporting high-profile organisations, particularly professional services firms.

Highly commended: Bird & Bird, Bristows, Clyde & Co, DAC Beachcroft, Eversheds Sutherland, Gowling WLG, Osborne Clarke, RPC, Ropes & Gray, Shoosmiths, Squire Patton Boggs, TLT, Taylor Wessing, Travers Smith

Best Law Firm for Work/Life Balance 2019: DWF

LawCare CEO Elizabeth Rimmer with the DWF team

Sponsored by LawCare, the charity that supports and promotes mental health and wellbeing in the legal community throughout the UK and Ireland.

Highly commended: Ashfords, BLM, Blake Morgan, Browne Jacobson, Fieldfisher, Forsters, Irwin Mitchell, Mills & Reeve, Royds Withy King

Best Law Firm for Tech 2019: CMS

STEM Future Lawyers ambassador Nishant Prasad hands the CMS team their trophy

Sponsored by STEM Future Lawyers, the legal careers network for science, technology, engineering and maths students.

Highly commended: Addleshaw Goddard, Allen & Overy, Bird & Bird, Bristows, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, DWF, Gowling WLG, Osborne Clarke, Pinsent Masons

Best Law Firm for Perks 2019: Clifford Chance

Coventry student Phoebe Howard presents the award to Clifford Chance trainee Adam Hunter

Highly commended: Allen & Overy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hogan Lovells, Kirkland & Ellis, Linklaters, Milbank, Ropes & Gray, Skadden, White & Case

Most Impressive Law Firm Office 2019: Gowling WLG

The Gowling WLG team collecting their award from University of East Anglia student Giannis Christofi

Highly commended: Allen & Overy, Bird & Bird, Burges Salmon, Clifford Chance, Kirkland & Ellis, Norton Rose Fulbright, Reed Smith, Ropes & Gray, Taylor Wessing

Best Law Firm Canteen 2019: Addleshaw Goddard

Roehampton Uni’s Aimee Peacock with the Addleshaw Goddard team

Highly commended: Bird & Bird, Burges Salmon, Clyde & Co, Gowling WLG, Jones Day, K&L Gates, Kirkland & Ellis, Linklaters, Taylor Wessing

Best Law Firm for Social Life 2019: Burges Salmon

Imperial student Gatsby Fitzgerald presents Burges Salmon with their award

Highly commended: Bristows, Browne Jacobson, Charles Russell Speechlys, K&L Gates, RPC, Taylor Wessing, Travers Smith, Walker Morris, Wedlake Bell

Best Law Firm for International Secondments 2019: White & Case

HBW Consulting co-founder and director John Hancock presents the prize to the White & Case team

Sponsored by HBW Consulting, a boutique agency that works as a specialist extension to your graduate recruitment team, helping law firms with media strategy, spend and analysis.

Highly commended: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Clifford Chance, Debevoise & Plimpton, Dechert, HFW, Shearman & Sterling, Skadden, Stephenson Harwood, Watson Farley & Williams

Best Law Firm for Client Secondments 2019: Squire Patton Boggs

City Uni law student Malek Arab presents Squire Patton Boggs with their gong

Highly commended: Baker McKenzie, Bird & Bird, Bristows, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Mayer Brown, Reed Smith, RPC, Walker Morris, Weightmans

Most Admired Law Firm 2019: Bird & Bird

Final-year Queen Mary law student Saeed Mahmood hands a Bird & Bird rep their prize

Highly commended: Allen & Overy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith Freehills, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Mishcon de Reya, Linklaters, Osborne Clarke, Slaughter and May

Legal Cheek Firm of the Year 2019: Taylor Wessing

BARBRI’s Sarah Hutchinson with Taylor Wessing’s Lydia Block and Olivia Coppin

Presented by BARBRI, the interntional legal qualifications specialist.

Highly commended: Bird & Bird, Bristows, Burges Salmon, Gowling WLG, Kirkland & Ellis, Linklaters, Osborne Clarke, Pinsent Masons, Travers Smith

Best Chambers for Training 2019: Hardwicke

The Hardwicke team receive their award from Coventry Uni’s Samiksha Shetty

Highly commended: 2 Temple Gardens, 5 Essex Court, 7 King’s Bench Walk, Atkin Chambers, Blackstone Chambers, Kings Chambers, Littleton Chambers, Serjeants’ Inn Chambers, Wilberforce Chambers

Best Chambers for Quality of Work 2019: Littleton Chambers

Bar Squared CEO Helen Ford with Littleton Chambers

Sponsored by Bar Squared, legal tech company and developers of LEX, a leading software solution for barristers’ chambers.

Highly commended: 11KBW, 4 New Square, 5 Essex Court, Blackstone Chambers, Brick Court Chambers, Fountain Court Chambers, Landmark Chambers, Serjeants’ Inn, Wilberforce Chambers

Best Chambers for Colleague Supportiveness 2019: Cornerstone Barristers

Carolina Gasparoli and the Cornerstone Barristers team pick up their gong from Kingston Uni’s Maria Dvornikova

Highly commended: Devereux Chambers, Exchange Chambers, Hardwicke, Henderson Chambers, Kings Chambers, Outer Temple Chambers, St John’s Chambers

Best Chambers for Facilities 2019: Exchange Chambers

Bristol Uni’s Holly Hill presents Exchange Chambers’ Tom Handley with the trophy

Highly commended: 2 Temple Gardens, 3 Verulam Buildings, 39 Essex Chambers, 4 New Square, Blackstone Chambers, Cornerstone Barristers, Fountain Court Chambers, Hardwicke, Radcliffe Chambers

Best Chambers for Social Life 2019: Henderson Chambers

The Henderson Chambers team with City Uni’s Zulkaif Riaz

Highly commended: 1 Crown Office Row, 12 King’s Bench Walk, 2 Hare Court, 4 Pump Court, 5 Essex Court, Cornerstone Barristers, Keating Chambers, Radcliffe Chambers, XXIV Old Buildings

Most Admired Chambers 2019: Blackstone Chambers

UCL’s Christopher Ho with the Blackstone Chambers team

Highly commended: One Essex Court, Brick Court Chambers, Matrix Chambers, Fountain Court Chambers, 1 Crown Office Row, Essex Court Chambers, 11KBW, Doughty Street Chambers, Landmark Chambers

Legal Cheek Chambers of the Year 2019: Radcliffe Chambers

BARBRI’s Sarah Hutchinson presents the Radcliffe Chambers team with their trophy

Presented by BARBRI, the interntional legal qualifications specialist.

Highly commended: Blackstone Chambers, Cornerstone Barristers, 5 Essex Court, Exchange Chambers, Hardwicke, Henderson Chambers, Kings Chambers, Littleton Chambers, 2 Temple Gardens

Best Use of Social Media 2019: YouTuber Angeliculture

Who better than Rosie Williams of Love Island fame to present Angelica Olawepo with the award for ‘Best Use of Social Media’?

Highly commended: Vlogger Chrissie Wolfe (Law and Broader) and Irwin Mitchell, 5 Essex Court’s Instagram account, Linklaters and Eve Cornwell’s collab video, The Bar Council’s ‘#iamthebar’ Twitter campaign, Blogger Rosie Watterson (Apply.Shine.Win) and Herbert Smith Freehills, Shoosmiths’ Facebook Livestreams, The Secret Barrister, The UK Supreme Court’s Instagram, Shearman & Sterling’s video series, ‘Whiteboard Wednesday’

Best Legal Cheek Journal Contribution 2019: Max Aitchison for ‘Revenge porn: Love Island and the law’

Max Aitchison receives his trophy from LPC Law partner Michael Javaherian

Sponsored by LPC Law, a specialist firm of solicitors, focused on providing a high quality advocacy and clerking service to clients throughout England and Wales.

Highly commended: ‘Why our employment laws need some serious attention’ by Fraser Collingham, ‘The coming of the age of AI in the law’ by Soh Kian Peng, ‘Consensual sadomasochism is private sex — not violence’ by Gina Heung Lai Yin, ‘Should there be criminal liability for corporations?’ by Rodney Dzwairo, ‘What does artificial intelligence look like?’ by Nishant Prasad, ‘Should law firms be able to float?’ by Clive Wong, ‘Should sex offenders have access to the internet?’ by Maro Polykarpou, ‘Black Lives Matter: How to fix a failing criminal justice system?’ By Eeman Talha, ‘Owens v Owens: Has the time finally come for a ‘no-fault divorce’ system?’ By Thomas McGrath

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