#luchenko

[lifewithaview]

Marcus Loges and Anya Taylor-Joy as Luchenko and Beth Harmon in "The Queen's Gambit" (2020) End Game

A visit from an old friend forces Beth to reckon with her past and rethink her priorities, just in time for the biggest match of her life.

Yes!It was a great episode and series!Mesmerized!

#The Queen's Gambit #tv series #mini tv series #chess #Anya Taylor-Joy #Marcus Loges #Luchenko #Elizabeth Harmon #end game #series finale #flashbacks #friends #relationships #Moscow #chess tournament #drama #just watched

[dragontopaz]

President Susanna Luchenko

#babylon 5 #babylon5edit #president luchenko #stuff i made

[therighthandofvengeance]

Pres. Luchenko: your fiancée, the alien—

Sheridan: do you mean Entil’Zha? or the ambassador? or the light of my life, the brightest star in my sky? or a literal goddess? or—

Pres. Luchenko: I mean the one that just called the new Centauri emperor “a dumbass”.

Sheridan, mostly to himself: and just when I thought I could never love her more, too.

#babylon 5 #b5 #President Suzanna Luchenko #john sheridan #incorrect babylon 5 quote #bamf delenn #source: @therighthandofvengeance #listen. listen. #we love Londo. Londo has his moments just like the rest of us. #and sometimes those moments are moments of pure dumbassery. #which is okay because we love him anyway

[vintage-ukraine]

Moon Night by Yehven Luchenko, 1969

#moon #night #Yehven Luchenko #Ukrainian art #Ukraine #Kyiv #vintage winter #1960s

[tqgincorrectquotes]

Luchenko: It'll cheer Vasily up. He'll be over the moon. He may even lean back in his chair and nod slightly.

#the queen's gambit #the queen's gambit incorrect quotes #tqg incorrect quotes #dimitri luchenko #vasily borgov #source: brooklyn nine nine

[moocowmoocow]

Babylon 5 rewatch

President Susanna Luchenko in 4x21 “Rising Star”

#susanna luchenko #babylon 5 #beata pozniak #long post #i want a miniseries about her

[stardustinthesky]

couldn’t love you more. babylon 5. john sheridan, delenn. they give them the presidential suite of the luxury hotel in earthdome. set somewhere during rising star. companion fic to for fear that tonight is all and there is light in us.

title stolen from john martyn’s couldn’t love you more. i own nothing, just playing in the sandbox for a little while.

read at ao3 or continue under the cut

They give them the Presidential Suite of the luxury hotel in Earthdome.

Earth politicians’ hypocrisy has always been astounding, if not unexpected; from being branded as a traitor to being lauded as hero and liberator, going from a shady cell on Mars to being given one of the nicest hotel rooms on Earth—all in the span of only a couple of weeks and no one seems to bat an eye. It should make his head spin, but he’s got enough experience with politics that this reversal doesn’t surprise him in the least.

Earth officials have to make do with protocol now that he’s been introduced as President of the newly formed Insterstellar Alliance during the latest press conference, but John is no fool; if she had her way, President Luchenko would have him put on the first transport and out of Earth-controlled space as fast as possible.

He can’t blame her though; he’d like to get the hell out of here as soon as possible just as well.

‘Does this still hurt?’ Delenn’s fingertips run down his chest to the bruising on his ribcage. They’ve been intimate for some time now but they barely had time for much of anything since Shan’Fal, almost six months ago. Too busy with trouble at home, both homes; their last night together on Babylon 5, only their second night, feels like a lifetime ago.

Six months without her; without holding her, kissing her, having her in his bed, having her. He’s pretty sure Shan’Fal is supposed to be a one-time thing among the many rituals leading up to union, nevertheless she spent the night with him before her departure for Minbar. Had wanted it, wanted him. One last night and he’d been terrified then, of what it meant for them, of the possibility he might never see her again.

He’s missed her, in his heart and in his bed. He has no shame in admitting that; he’s a man after all, with wants and desires, and he wants her, and desires her. Made that pretty clear for the last three nights.

After six months, being able to share a bed again with the woman he loves for a couple of nights in a row now suddenly feels like luxury.

His eyes take in her naked form in the soft glow of the bathroom lights; his parents are waiting for them and they’re already late and she’s not helping.

‘Only when I laugh.’ He tries his best boyish smile; but her frown only deepens, her fingers tracing the outline a still particularly nasty-looking bruise. ‘I’m fine.’

That is anything but the truth, but he’ll just have to pretend. One look from her and it’s clear she doesn’t buy it either. ‘As fine as I can be,’ he concedes.

He kisses her, as much reassurance for her as it is for him. For three nights now he’s woken up and reached for her to make sure that he’s not dreaming, that he’s not back in that fucking cell on Mars. To make sure she has made it back from Minbar.

He’s heard the rumors and read what few reports there have been about the Minbari civil war. She has been particularly tight-lipped about it but he hasn’t pushed, just as she hasn’t pushed him either about his imprisonment. Too stubborn for their own good, some would say, and maybe they’re right.

But she’ll talk about it just as he will, when they’re ready.

Her nails dig into his back, just like she did only ten minutes ago in the shower. He brings her closer, deepens the kiss; they fit like they’ve always been made for each other. Oh, he has loved before her, there is no denying the past, and it is different from what he had with Anna, but isn’t that the whole point? And yet his heart races at the mere thought of Delenn, had from the beginning. He didn’t think he could love anyone after Anna; never expected he could love this much.

But he does.

‘A’fel E’,’ he whispers against her lips. He feels, rather than sees, her smile.

‘You know what it means.’ Her fingers brush softly along his spine and the shivers it sends through him are nothing but extremely pleasant; she’s always been tactile, even when sex between them was only a notion, not a fact, but she can’t seem to get enough of touching him lately. Not that he’s ever going to complain about it.

‘I started learning when you were away. I wanted to make it a surprise.’

His Adronato is thick with his American accent and hesitant, something he’s more than aware of but he tries his best anyway and she listens. She doesn’t correct him, only guides and encourages him. They must make quite the picture, standing naked and fresh out of the shower, in each other’s arms, her laughter echoing throughout the bathroom when he accidentally propositions her. 

She responds very favorably to his advances; they’re going to be very late but that’s okay.

He feels like he’s on top of the world.

And maybe he is.

—end

#babylon 5 #john x delenn #john sheridan #delenn #m: babylon 5 #mine: fanfic #otp: we are star stuff #warning for nudity #yes i will have john and delenn naked as much as possible in my fics #consider that a promise #no plot only feelings

[icepixie]

baseball and russia both have me intrigued 👀

"baseball" was almost certainly inspired by a conversation @rivendellrose and some other folks in our B5 rewatch group on LiveJournal about which sports the B5 characters were fans of. I think we came to the conclusion that Ivanova was a hockey fan and turned Delenn into one as well. Anyway, this is a riff on the Mulder/Scully batting practice scene from "The Unnatural" featuring my ship of choice, Ivanova/Garibaldi.

"russia" is my white whale of a fic, in that it requires PLOT and POLITICS and ACTION in order to finish, none of which I am great at. I am better at all three than when I started it, though, so there's that. Again part of my Ivanova/Garibaldi universe, to take place between "Epithalamion" and "Biological Inefficiencies." While trying to have a honeymoon on Earth, they get pulled into stopping a plot to assassinate President Luchenko. I have about 5,000 words and a two-page outline, but there's a lot of "and then we somehow get from point A to point B" in that outline.

Here are a couple of snippets (okay, long snippets) I particularly like:

She was pacing again.

Michael Garibaldi watched his wife of not quite four days, thoroughly amused at her obvious frustration.  "You're going to wear a path in the carpet," he commented.

Susan Ivanova paused, glared at him, and then joined him in leaning against the bulkhead of their tiny cabin, ostentatiously standing still.  "I just wish getting to Earth on a commercial liner didn't take so long."

He laughed.  "That's not why you're pacing."

She raised an eyebrow, silently asking for an explanation of the patently untrue words that had just come out of his mouth.

He provided one.  "You just hate being on a ship you're not commanding."

She looked like she was about to glare at him again, but then she shrugged.  "Captain's prerogative.  Besides, don't think I didn't see you re-encrypting the standard lock code right after we boarded."

Michael blanched.  He thought he'd been more subtle than that.  They didn't have any reason to suspect someone would want to get into their berth for purposes nefarious or otherwise, but accusations of paranoia or not, it never hurt to be cautious.

"All right, so we're both married to our jobs," he said.  He caught her hand in his, and began tracing his thumb lightly across the inside of her wrist.  "We are also married to each other.  And since both my boss and your second were very insistent about us taking time off for a honeymoon, I think we should use this trip as it was intended."

"Do you," she asked, but it wasn't a question.

"Absolutely," he murmured, leaning down to kiss her.

"Incoming message," the computer said before he got there.

Michael closed his eyes for a moment, sighing softly.  He heard a matching sigh escape Susan's mouth.  "Who's it from?" he asked.  Sheridan and McCreary were the only ones who would dare call them during these two weeks, and if they were on the line, something serious had happened—like B5 blowing up, or one of the Alliance races declaring war.  He really hoped no one had declared war.

"John Sheridan," the computer replied.

He opened his eyes, catching Susan's annoyed expression.  "I suppose this is his idea of payback," she said.  At his questioning glance, she shook her head.  "I'll tell you later."

Curious on two fronts now, he let her go and turned to face the vidscreen.  "Put it through."

Sheridan's face appeared on the screen.  "Susan, Michael," he greeted them.  "I'm so sorry to interrupt, but we *really* need your help."

----

[At one point, Susan throws herself in front of a PPG to save Luchenko, which enabled me to write the angsty-then-fluffy hospital scenes I wanted.]

Around one in the morning, he was about to experiment with making a bed out of four of the chairs when a doctor walked in.  "Mr. Garibaldi?"

The smile on the doctor's face gave him more hope than he'd had all night.  "Yes?"

"She just woke up.  We had a little trouble in surgery, but she came through just fine in the end.  It's going to be a while, but she'll make a full recovery."

He nearly collapsed onto a chair, but managed to convince his legs to hold him up.  *Thank you,* he sent into the ether.  Just in case.  "Can I see her?" he asked.

The doctor nodded.  "This way."

He found her lying partially propped up on the hospital bed, pale where bruises didn't mottle her arms and shadows darken her face, but her eyes were open and she was alive.  He'd never in his life been happier to see her.

This time he let himself sink into the chair beside her, unable to speak for a long moment.  She was *alive*, and she was going to be just fine.

"Hey," she said, her voice husky from the ventilator that had been used while she was under.

"Hey," he replied, finally finding his tongue.  "How're you feeling?"

She shrugged her good shoulder.  "They've got me on so many painkillers I can't actually feel much of anything.  They said it'll start hurting in a couple days."

"Well, you look like you've been through a war."  Actually, he'd seen her when she'd been through a war, after the Shadows.  She'd looked better then.

She snorted.  "Thanks.  You don't look so great yourself."

"Well, you try pacing around a waiting room for seven hours straight and see what you look like," he joked back.  God, he'd thought he'd never get the opportunity to speak to her again.  He wanted to wrap his arms around her and never let go, but he settled for squeezing her hand between both of his.  "You scared the hell out of me," he admitted.

"Sorry," she murmured.  They both knew she'd do it again without hesitation, but the exchange made it better, somehow.

"The president asked after you," he said.  "You're going to get a medal out of this."

She let out a tired laugh.  "Great.  My office needed something shiny."

#babylon 5 #ivanova/garibaldi #fic ramblings

[chaya-mga2022mi4012]

Analyzing the Chosen Clip | Task I

The camera follows Luchenko as he enters the competition hall, followed by a symmetrical shot framed by the hall’s doorway. Lighting is dim as we still haven’t entered the tournament setting with Beth waiting for Luchenko, which happens to be the main focus of the scene and is lit with a spot light above. The camera follows Luchenko as he walks towards Beth, with a low angle shot of the show’s commentator. Next, a static shot of Beth watching as he approaches the table.

[chaya--mga2022mi4012]

Analyzing the Chosen Clip | Task I

The camera follows Luchenko as he enters the competition hall, followed by a symmetrical shot framed by the hall's doorway. Lighting is dim as we still haven't entered the tournament setting with Beth waiting for Luchenko, which happens to be the main focus of the scene and is lit with a spot light above. The camera follows Luchenko as he walks towards Beth, with a low angle shot of the show's commentator. Next, a static shot of Beth watching as he approaches the table.

[chcherrybomb99]

The little exchange with Luchenko and Beth after their match melts my damn heart. Like this old grandpa-like gentleman gives Beth such a heart felt compliment like ahhhhhh if that doesn’t give you good feelings in your chest I don’t know what will

#the queens gambit #benny watts #beth harmon #luchenko #chess #tqg

[einaudis]

sportsmanship ·​ noun sports·​man·​ship | \ ˈspȯrts-mən-ˌship \ conduct (such as fairness, respect for one's opponent, and graciousness in winning or losing) becoming to one participating in a sport

#tqgedit #thequeensgambitedit #tvedit #tvgifs #The Queen's Gambit #perioddramaedit #useroptional #bbelcher #cinematv #Luchenko #Beth Harmon #mine* #mygifs #tqgmine #tv* #I feel like English is failing me because that's the dictionary definition; but the 'becoming to one' sounds horrible to me wow #I'll read about it in the morning; now I'm going to sleep but yeah; I needed to make this one #Luchenko was such a grandpa I loved him #and i loved this moment so much

[therighthandofvengeance]

when she could break your heart and your tyrannical government >>>

#babylon 5 #b5 #for once it's not an incorrect quote #source: @therighthandofvengeance #in this house we respect value and cherish the women of b5 #Ivanova was the inspiration for this post but it applies to basically every female-presenting character that ever appears on the station #and president luchenko #“could” is the operative word here #maybe not julie mustante. but her *position* would could be used to bring down earthgov. #but also: Delenn & Lyta & Talia & Na’Toth &— #just sayin’

[sybilius]

Every time Beth Harmon is given a genuine heartfelt compliment by a chess player she respects my soul ascends.

#queen's gambit #the queen's gambit #beth harmon #mr shaibel #luchenko #borgov #benny watts #i just!! it's what she deserves #she takes it gracefully most of the time too ugh i love her

[all-purpose-bitch]

ok can we talk about luchenko in the queen's gambit? i firmly believe that his match with beth was the best game in the show (yes, not the last one with borgov) im probably being dramatic but i nearly cried tears of joy when beth defeats him bc he accepted the loss with such grace and he's just so nice to her?? he tells beth that she's the strongest he's ever played and beth is just having a fangirl moment w one of her chess idols, like it's so heartwarming to see the two interact even if it's only for a brief scene.

#the queen's gambit #luchenko #beth harmon #also that one scene where he's just dozing off lol what an icon #wild haired adorable grandpa

[josephus-miller]

Luchenko tells Beth that she's the best player he's played in his life and Borgov looks over at him with pain in his eyes and whispers 'Am I A Joke To You?'

#beth harmon #luchenko #vasily borgov #the queens gambit #the queen's gambit #tqg #betrayed by Everyone's Grandpa Lev Luchenko