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Shipmas Day 6: KiTy Headcanons Part 1

This was co-written with @autumnangel20 . They wrote the first 3 points (most of the post). Thank you!!!!

I firmly believe that he starts calling Jem and Tessa some kind of thing meaning mom and dad at some point within the three year gap between TDA and TWP even if it isn’t in english because the word Dad might have been ruined for him.

So I think most of the fandom recognizes that Kit is hugely into pop culture, and is somewhat of a nerd. Most things I’ve seen written tend to focus on the Marvel side of geekdom because of the MCU, and that’s cool, I get it. But I think that what everyone is sleeping on is another fandom that given his age, he would have been a prime member to be a part of...the Star Wars fandom (I also might be projecting on this one). Between the prequels and the new books and comics coming out to go with the movies, and then the Clone Wars, Kit would have had a whole new universe to thrust himself into, and he did. He read all of the old books and comics, watched the original movies, got his hands on a bootleg copy of The Star Wars Holiday Special, and even watched The Ewoks and The Droids cartoons. He bonds with Simon over this later on of course. But because of his liking Star Wars, he got into Sci-Fi in general, like Star Trek, Stargate, Battlestar Galactica, and Farscape, Firefly, old Doctor Who...etc. Kit likes Sci-Fi, because he enjoys science, which leads to my other headcanon.

Kit is smart. Like I have seen one other person in the entire fandom point this out, and I can’t remember who, but in the entire fandom, only one person has pointed out how smart Kit is. Johnny took him out of school and gave him books and left Kit to teach himself. Now Kit could have half-assed it, but he didn’t. The proof? He could keep up with Ty academically when it came to science. And after he started learning at the Institute he picked things up very quickly. This, as well as his general ability with persuasion points to someone who is extremely intelligent, because not many people can self-teach with barely any schooling themselves. He would only have known the basics of reading and counting when he was pulled out, but as per canon, when the books start, he is relatively well educated, and he can’t have gained all of that knowledge from tv and movies. (Now here’s the part that is reaching just a little bit…)CalTech is just outside LA proper, and Johnny couldn’t have cared less what Kit did as long as he stayed out of his way and away from his clients; Kit could have snuck off there to attend lectures that interested him if he wanted to, personally I think that Kit is a math nerd, but again, this part of it is reaching quite a bit) What isn’t reaching is that Kit would have had to develop skills that would make it easier for him to brush of well-meaning police officers who would want to know why a kid his age wasn’t in school, well-meaning librarians with comments like, isn’t that book just a little to advanced for you. He probably read a book or two on psychology, because since he wants to please Johnny so much, he wants to make himself useful, and how better to than to figure out how people work so that he can figure out how to make this specific person do that to get this end result. He’s also very good at judging how much objects are worth, just by examining them a bit.

Kit helps Ty when he goes out to get animals and things. He finds it really interesting but is also the kind of person that when asked to hold a snake is like ‘no thank you’.

They also work together to improve the technology at the institute. That desk top from 2007 just ain’t cutting it.

Julian is the overprotective sibling that does the whole ‘I like you as a person but if you break his heart...’ but he says it kind of jokingly. He also doesn’t realize ghost Livvy has also done this to poor Kit.

Kit and Ty start watching the Sherlock TV show. Every night before bed they watch an episode and then pick it to pieces for ‘not being accurate to the books’ or ‘not something the characters would say’. They like the show but love the books more.

They always seem to have a side project/case that no one knows about and it stresses out Julian. He’s like is it necromancy? Is it magic? is it dangerous? Is it just two teenagers having harmless fun?

Kit and Ty train together a lot and Ty shows him a lot about shadowhunters that Kit didn’t learn from the market. In return, Kit shows Ty around LA and different mundane things like super heroes.

Kit has a sweet tooth (this is canon) so for holidays Ty’s go to gift is anything candy.

I hope to see more of their relationship in TWP. This is a reunion I am very much looking forward to.

#kity #kit herondale #ty blackthorn #headcannons #the wicked powers #shipmas #the dark artifices #the shadowhunter chronicles

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aion-rsa · 4 years

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Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Episode 2 Review: Far From Home

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This Star Trek: Discovery review contains spoilers.

Star Trek: Discovery Season 3, Episode 2

Star Trek: Discovery season three continues to take its time in the second episode, which acts as a satisfying parallel to the season premiere. Last week, we followed Michael in her first day in this strange, new frontier. This week, we’re doing the same with the rest of the Discovery crew. Like Michael, their introduction to this new time begins with a traumatic, dizzying fall from space. Unlike Michael, they have one another to lean on, not to mention an entire starship to keep them safe. With sloppy writing, this kind of retread of the “stranger in a strange land” plot could have been redundant and boring, but Discovery nails it for the second week in a row, giving us further insight into how the values and the experiences of these 23rd century characters fit and don’t in this new world.

There’s something deeply unnatural about seeing a starship on the ground. Usually built in space and equipped with shuttlecrafts for away missions, a starship could conceivably live out its whole life without ever touching the surface of a planet. Because of this, if a starship is on the ground, something has probably gone terribly wrong, for example: the starship has jumped 930 years into the future and come out in the middle of an asteroid field with many of its systems straight-up not responding. Or something like that.

Like Michael in the premiere, Discovery’s first experience in this new time is crash landing onto a planet. A planet that the crew quickly realizes is not their intended destination of Terralysium (aka Burnham’s mom’s home base). Where are they? Doesn’t matter! Discovery can’t fly and can’t communicate, and Saru makes it clear to his crew that fixing these problems needs to be the priority, even if there is a shiny new future out there to explore. (Shiny new futures are like cat nip for these Federation types.) The crew goes about fixing the plasma manifold rupture, which means finding and fixing all of the EPS conduits that went boom.

But, really, where are they? OK, fine. The planet doesn’t really have a name; the few people who live in the man-made pockets of breathable atmosphere simply call their home “The Colony,” and that no-name status tells you pretty much everything you need to know about this place. It’s a backwater that no one cares about, especially, presumably, now that its mining colonies have been sabotaged. If this were a western, a genre the episode mades several explicit references to, then this would the mostly-abandoned frontier town way down on its luck.

The Colony may be a dusty frontier town, but it’s still 930 years ahead of the Discovery when it comes to tech, which is good news for the battered ship. While the crew works diligently to make the repairs necessary to get Discovery flying again before the planet’s parasitic ice crushes the hull and everyone in it (did I not mention there is parasitic, hull-crushing ice?), Saru and Tilly travel to one of the settlements in search of a repair for a broken transtator. As with any good western, they find a saloon filled with trigger-happy locals (well, two trigger happy locals). But even future folk can’t resist the one-two punch of Sar and Tilly’s earnest likability. They agree to help.

It helps that one of the miners, Kal, believes in the Federation. Like Mr. Sahil in last week’s episode, Kal is a true believer, someone who hopes for the Federation long after there is evidence to inspire or support that hope. Unlike Mr. Sahil, Kal has bigger problems than keeping his teeth clean and. his bird alarm clock set. The Colony is under the thumb of local bully Zareh, a violent courier who uses his position to exploit the remote community. When Zareh shows up on the saloon scene, the situation quickly takes a violent turn. Kal is killed, and Zareh plans to send Tilly out into the parasitic winter to retrieve the dilithium Saru has promised in exchange for their safe release.

But Saru and Tilly aren’t in the same situation as Michael: they have backup, even when they don’t ask for it. Emperor Georgiou, highly critical of Saru’s plans to simply ask the locals nicely for their help, has followed Tilly and Saru. She saunters in and turns the situation on its head, quickly taking Zareh and his henchmen out. The backup definitely saves Tilly’s life and probably saves Saru’s too, and presents an uncomfortable truth: Saru might not like Georgiou’s methods, but it’s hard to deny that she is a useful ally in this lawless future. Still, Saru won’t let Georgiou kill Zareh, after he has been safely apprehended, giving the choice of justice to the remaining miner instead. Georgiou goes along with it when Saru pulls rank, but it’s not clear how long that will work. Right now, Georgiou is of value to the crew and willing to, more or less, follow the rules of Discovery, but it’s not hard to imagine that there will come a day when this is not the case anymore. When that day comes, Saru will have some hard choices to make.

While Saru, Tilly, and Georgiou secure a messy victory on the planet, the crew of Discovery manages to secure a last-minute victory repairing the ship’s systems, with a huge assist from a very injured Stamets. (Yeah, his medically-induced coma has been cut short.) We often speak about Star Trek, at least in its initial incarnations, as a utopian show and, for me, I understand that utopia as directly related to workplace. Star Trek: The Next Generation especially is a show about the best office ever, one where everyone is excited to be there, is good at their jobs, and will show up for their colleagues’ poetry readings. It’s a depiction of a workplace that is so healthy and functional that the near non-existence of everyone’s domestic lives is depicted as not a problem. Past Season 1, the Discovery has had more of this happy workplace vibe—that being said, this ship has a serious problem with employees working while sick and/or wounded (a very American work culture flaw). In this episode, we see both Detmer and Stamets work through their serious injuries. While it works out for now, especially in Stamets’ instance, it’s a dangerous game and one that, at least in my workplace utopia, is sad to see. While this is a lesson I need to internalize myself, addressing any and all medical concerns and listening to your doctor’s advice (as is demonstrated in this episode by Reno) is necessary for a healthy and efficient workplace. (But, seriously, someone needs to check on Detmer.)

The episode ends with a hell of a plot twist that, while many viewers may have seen coming, still packs a punch. A mysterious ship shows up to help haul Discovery out of the ice. It’s Burnham, and she has finally found Discovery… after a year of searching. Frankly, she looks great, and is probably overjoyed that she didn’t have to wait longer for Discovery to appear in this time. (In last week’s episode, she and Mr. Sahil agreed that it could be days or it could be centuries.) We’ll have to wait until next week to see what Michael has been up to, but, now that the Discovery crew has been properly reunited, this future feels one step closer to restoring the Federation.

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Additional thoughts.

It’s a very broad title, but it makes me laugh that this episode has the same name as the last Spider-Man movie.

Is there anything scarier than having your helm yell “Brace!” because there is nothing else they can do?

Having the bridge crew cheer Detmer after that crash landing was a nice touch. I love this group.

The sickbay needs to step up its game. Dr. Pollard, right now I’m looking specifically at you. (But, again, Detmer, you got to speak up about those symptoms, friend!)

“Um, you have some Leland on your shoes.”

Stamets’ “Worse than me?” upon being awoken from his coma so that someone else can have his bed is a real metric of the situation. I am still unclear what the capacity of this medbay is. How many beds does it have? It always seem to have a skeleton crew of doctors.

“OK, what the f-?!” Tilly snaps at Georgiou in a highly relatable way.

Different incarnations of Trek have had different policies and patterns when it came to how often the captain would go on away missions. Thoughts on Saru, the captain, leaving the ship during this crucial moment?

“We are introducing ourselves to the future. You, Ensign Tilly, make a wonderful first impression.” I love that Saru (and this show) recognizes this quality as the skill that it is.

Beautiful Iceland!

We get some great Saru as captain moments in this episode. He is kind and clear-eyed, communicative and firm, smart and calm under pressure, and he also kicks some ass when it is called for.

“What an unbelievably shitty decision.” Georgiou’s thoughts on Nhan’s choice to ditch the Enterprise in favor of Discovery. I mean… I kind of get where she is coming from on this.

“Bureaucracy is where fun goes to die.” Emperor Georgiou, not a fan of Section 31 or, most likely, Starfleet.

“We’re odd and strange.” “Not to each other.”

Do you think we will see Zareh again? I kind of hope not.

Gene is credited as “Ensign Hazmat,” which is a nice touch. I hope we see him again.

Like the season premiere, this episode was also directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi, and it was beautiful.

While I am excited to see Michael and the Discovery crew reunited, it would have been interesting to spend a good chunk of the season alternating episodes between these two groups, a la Farscape Season 3, and only having them reunite well into the season. But I am cool with this too.

What did you think of “Far From Home”? Let us know in the comments below.

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stoplookingup · 6 years

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Getting to Know You Meme

Tagged by @liz-squids, and glad she did. Hello again!

1. Nicknames: Tweets, but it goes back decades before Twitter, and only my husband uses it. 2. Gender: Female 3. Star sign: Capricorn, a fact that has no meaning to me. 4. Height: 5′2. I used to be 5′3″. It’s a sensitive subject. 5. Time: 8:42 EST (US) 6. Birthday: Dec 29 7. Favorite bands: Talking Heads (I keep coming back to them), Beatles (they live in my brain and defined my childhood), Velvet Underground, Clash, Ramones, Devo, Kraftwerk, Cigarettes After Sex (just discovered them, don’t know anything about them), Crash Test Dummies. That’s what randomly comes to mind. 8. Favorite solo artists: Joni Mitchell, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Donovan, Patti Smith, Billie Holiday, Hoagie Carmichael, David Byrne, Grace Jones. Again, just off the top of my head. 9. Song stuck in my head: “Common Disaster,” Cowboy Junkies 10. Last movie I watched: Lady Bird. 11. Last show I watched: DS9, but I’m also going to say Ashes to Ashes, because I don’t really sit down and watch DS9, it’s more something I put on in the background while I’m doing other things, whereas I’m in the middle of a serious LoM and A2A binge. 12. When did I create my blog: August 2010. Like @liz-squids, I was wondering where all the LJ people had gone. But I didn’t start using Tumblr regularly until sometime in 2014, and I still think it’s the most annoying blog format ever. 13. What do I post: Mostly whatever fictional world is consuming me at the moment; I also make gifs that amuse me. At various times I’ve posted about Star Trek in every iteration (my first and forever fandom), Doctor Who, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Farscape, Babylon 5, Valerian, Life on Mars, Sleepy Hollow, X-Files, Murdoch Mysteries, Grantchester, Endeavour, Agents of SHIELD...etc. 14. Last thing I googled: Star Blecch Mad Magazine. Because that’s what The Orville reminds me of. I read the Mad ST spoof a thousand times when it first came out, because rereading favorite bits of Mad Magazine a thousand times was something one did in the dark days before bringing a smartphone into the bathroom was a thing one did, or a thing that existed, and because back then any mention of Star Trek in pop culture was a big fucking deal. For the record, Mad Magazine is clearly where Seth MacFarlane learned everything he knows, and that’s not a good thing.

15. Do I have any other blogs: Not on Tumblr. I was posting so many words on Tumblr about ST Disco, and Tumblr is so bad for words, that I created It Started With Trek. Maybe I should move it to Dreamwidth? I don’t know, that seems like so much bother. Also for more serious topics I occasionally use the blog Smoking Toward New Jersey.

16. Do I get asks: Almost never. 18. Following: 277 19. Followers: 293 20. Free space: We really should. 21. Average hours of sleep: 7-8. 22. Lucky number: No. 23. Instruments: I wish. I live vicariously through the musical talents of my kids. I tell them that music is magic to me because I can’t make it but I love it, so I feel like the muggle parent of wizards. 24. What am I wearing: PJs. Shit, I really need to get dressed and go to work. 26. Dream job: Astronaut. I have given this same answer nearly all my life, but never did anything about it. Another sensitive issue. 27. Dream trip: Anywhere and everywhere that’s not a war zone. (I have lived abroad for a year at a time three times in my life, though not recently: Jerusalem, London, Bucharest.) 28. Favorite food: Really good sushi. 29. Nationality: Do I have to answer this? Because I’m deeply ashamed of my country. 30. Favorite song right now: This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody). At my funeral I want everyone to hold hands and sing this.

I tag @bluecityrose, because she appreciates Harpo as much as I do.

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xcziel · 5 years

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Would anybody be interested in participating in a Small Fandom Science Fiction Big Bang? Or I guess a "smaller, older" fandom BB?

Someplace to post like Orville, Expanse, Pacific Rim, Murderbot, Killjoys, Ancillary Justice, Weird City, Ex Machina, Saga, Mass Effect, Westworld, Overwatch, etc. etc. fic

but also fic from some of the older fandoms that have kind of slowed down, or don't have many fic challenges going (at least on Tumblr): Battlestar Galactica, Pitch Black/Riddick, Farscape, Blake's 7, Quantum Leap, Alien/Prometheus, and so on

Bigger fandoms I'm not so sure about including, but: Doctor Who? Stargate? (I know there's definitely some challenges still running there) or, do Star Trek or Star Wars fandoms have any Bangs or Reverse Bangs running regularly? Would writers in those fandoms like a challenge to shoot for, or is it preferable to just post the fic they were writing anyway when it's convenient, since those fandoms are pretty large and busy?

Mainly, I'm thinking of a challenge for fics outside the MCU or DCU (the comics and TV universe as well) since those fandoms are booming and throwing out all kinds of content

Maybe a 10,000 word minimum? Post summaries for artists to claim, maybe get some cool art? Or try a reverse bang to inspire people? Should there be a Theme? Ay Yo, A.I.!, Timy Wimey Stuff Goes Ding, Prove You're Not a Robot, Humans Are Space Orcs? In Space No One Can Hear You Meme?

I just know there's people still steadily writing in some of the fandoms that don't have a huge push behind them like the comics/superhero fandoms do, and just wondered if anyone would be interested in a place here on Tumblr to post and pimp their San Junipero AU or Annihilation missing scene or The Martian hurt/comfort fic

Would it be better to have a Dreamwidth community, as well as a Tumblr and an AO3 Challenge page?

(I know there are a couple of SciFi & Fantasy BigBangs that have run over on Livejournal, but they don't seem super current, and I'm mostly talking about a purely 'Science Fiction' challenge)

So, IDK, just wondering if there's any interest

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