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satureja13 · 5 months

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It took a while until they reached their final destination. They had to sneak and made sure nobody followed them. But now they are finally at the end of their Jungle Adventure!

They way inside is barred... Ji Ho: "How are we supposed to enter?" Saiwa: "There must be a way. We've made it this far already. Let's search the surroundings." Jeb: "But stay together! And be careful! Gods when I think of only Jack and I survived - I..I..."

Jeb was interrupted by the Droid, who was beeping excitedly... He was standing in front of a pedestal. Jack: "So other Jeb said, we need the crystals for the pedestals by the ship. Leaves the potion..."

And really, as soon as they placed the potion at the pedestal, a crack opened! It was a bit of a hassle to slip through the vines and the narrow crack, but eventually they all made it to the other side.

There is the Ship! But it's in a cave and the roots keep it in place...

Saiwa: "So when we place the crystals and the meteorites - something will happen. But Ji Ho's pedestal is on this side and we are on the ship. This might divide us and Jeb ... the other Jeb warned us and said we have to stay together!" Rubyn: "But he also told us to do so..." Ji Ho: "I think you have to go ahead and I stay with Rubyn to find a way to use the meteorites to travel! Now that we have all the information from Albaleyh and ... the other Jeb and this pedestal here. And then we can meet again soon. And bring Kiyoshi back." The Bond only hears that Ji Ho and Vlad will be divided...

Saiwa shared his recordings from Albaleyh with Rubyn before they leave. Jeb: "I really hope we are doing the right thing here, Ji Ho." Ji Ho: "The other Jeb and Jack must have been sure it works out. If not they wouldn't have lead us here, hm? We will be together soon." Vlad was very, very silent in the background...

Jack was just about to explore the ship...

When Malfoy appeared in front of him! (Malfoy can sense any kind of magical interferences.)

Vlad shouted: "Jack! Wolf!" The Bond pushed him towards the others. The others who are going to keep him from Ji Ho - again! And Jack knew what was about to happen in an instant. He shifted to stop Vlad the Bond from killing them. Jack is the only one strong enough to keep Vlad at bay.

And Vlad knows that very well... he still has the scars, you know?

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derangedrhythms · 1 year

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She’s arguing with the Angel of Death in person.

Ted Hughes, Crow Wakes; from ‘The Ship’

#ted hughes #crow wakes #the ship #poetry #excerpts #celestial #death

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its-robot-fighting-time · 1 year

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MATCH 1

#polls #robotourney #pikmin #pikmin 2 #The Ship #Dog #Half life #Half life 2 #hl2 #hl2 dog

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jancysmixtape · 1 year

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Jancy really a “it’s you” and a “what if I don’t let you go” scene.. they’re such an insane ship fhdbdbdbd

#stranger things #stranger things season 3 #jonathan byers #nancy wheeler #Jancy #endgame things #THE ship #such iconic ship tropes #and Jancy got them!#their goodbye scene is my favorite Jancy scene ever #it brings me so much comfort #i love them sooooo much #happy valentine's day #to them!#endgame #jancy is endgame

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aries-rising-on-an-aquarius-tide · 7 months

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The Ship The Thing

#law and order svu #svu #olivia benson #elliot stabler #eo #grey hoodie of love #ghol #bensler #special victims unit #the ship #the thing

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skeletalswim · 12 days

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this is the only character ever just so you know

#kageyama tobio #haikyuu!!#they could never make me hate you kageyama tobio #my absolute favorite #ever!!!!#hes so cute #love hate oikawa #oikawa tooru #tsukikage #the ship

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elithemiar-blog · 2 years

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How Liminal & Why

The following is based off of common hc within the dp x dc fandom. Featuring Anger Management (Jason x Jazz)

We have liminality: people exposed to enough ectoplasm that something within them changes.

Jazz is liminal

Jason is liminal

Jazz has not died

Jason has died

Jazz has most likely consumed ectoplasm due to her parents trying to cook with the stuff

Jason has not likely consumed the stuff

According to the fandom, Amity Park has ambient ectoplasm due to the portal and/or AP being a natural thin spot. Wouldn't that make the rest of town liminal?

If Jazz is known to have sharper teeth, better vision, a little bit stronger but has not died is she the same level of liminal as Jason, who I repeat died and resurrected via the Pits (also fandom hc has corrupted ectoplasm)? For someone to be liminal, on a boundary, are they to be alive but still have heightened abilities?

If someone like Jazz is called liminal, as per fandom, she's NOT a halfa, nor borderline one just has Essense of ghost like abilities.

Let's say we take Jason's liminal status, and give him a little extra, a more borderline halfa, but still not quite. Some semblances of intangibility, invisibility, a more gliding effect instead of flight or hovering.

Jazz would be ghost powers liminal, while Jason would be halfa liminal? Maybe? Or since Jason remains in Gotham, as per fandom (mostly), is thin in ambient ectoplasm, it equals it out. Each are powers liminal.

Jazz Liminality:

Heightened senses (spacial awareness? Night vision? Hearing?)

Strength increase

Sharp canines/fangs

Scary eyes?

Sensing other liminals/ghosts?

Jason Liminality:

Heightened senses (spacial awareness? Night vision? Hearing?)

Strength increase

Scary eyes

Sensing other liminals/ghosts (could be partial to awareness--> particularly towards Danny, but not Jazz?)

Sharp canines/fangs?

Jazz grew up around ectoplasm, clean ectoplasm, possibly consumed the stuff, and Amity Park is ambient ectoplasm. She has not died, yet she has traits of something other, something more. She probably had to learn how to defend and fight fairly quickly in a short amount of time. Gaining more exposure in a short couple of years. Not as much as her brother who is a halfa due to high voltage accident with ectoplasm, but definitely more than the rest of town. Would possession count as increased ectoplasm exposure? Would she be liminal but just within her spirit, unless consumption or danger of BBP (Blood Borne Pathogen)?

Jason grew up in the streets, learning hard and quick before being picked up and trained. If Gotham has barely any ambient ectoplasm with an already volatile kid, would the rest of the city be the same? One would assume it's so tiny that there isn't enough to measure, nor make a difference, maybe it's why Gotham is violent the way it is? He died, violently, but due to reality altering he resurrected, then brought back to health, though wrong, from something called the Lazarus Waters. Corrupted but unknown why? Were the violent final moments enough to bring forth liminality, though by all purposes it should be minor? The only symptom being the scary eyes when under intense emotions, even increased strength, lashing out when angry (per fandom’s hc of the corrupted waters causing the intense lash out).

While Jazz (per fandom) has been around ectoplasm in large and constant doses her liminality is there, stronger due to being exposed by fresh non corrupted ectoplasm, and she's been possessed, though unknown if just possession is enough to cause exposure. Common liminality in her is increased senses, strength, canines being borderline fangs, eyes flashing green (sometimes), though unable to sense other liminals and/or ghosts. Sometimes she gets night vision and better hearing.

Jason (per fandom), just dying with some sort of ectoplasm is enough to become liminal, no matter how corrupted. Common liminality in him is flashing of eyes when angry, increased strength, senses, and can sense other ghosts, normally Danny (due to his halfa status?), but not commonly towards Jazz or other liminals. Another commonality in the fandom is the corrupted ectoplasm from the pits is purified by/with the help of Danny. If the once corrupted ectoplasm is now pure, he can become a halfa, but based on other authors he's not quite there. At this point he is more liminal than Jazz, despite her having been exposed more often and in greater amounts.

At this point I can say this. Dying and being resurrected can increase one’s liminal status but it also depends on the duration and amount of ectoplasm. As if there's something else there, but also something more. Is the turning point an element mix with ectoplasm, whether corrupted or not can create a potential halfa, but it should be activated to get a true halfa? As for the liminal's abilities, it stems from the individual's already set physical attributes.

Jason can already fight, how to survive the street, how to be hyperaware of one's surroundings. This is why he may be able to sense other ghosts. Compared to his liminal status, Danny is dangerous but at the same time he's still very young. While he still has to learn and train, for new abilities and strengths, the initial knowledge of how is already there. It's just building off from that.

Jazz isn't much of a fighter, well she is, but she doesn't need to use it all the time, thus when she becomes severely contaminated, it grows with her, with her strength. While that knowledge is there, the knowledge of being hyper-aware was never taught, because she never had to be until the ghosts became a bit more of a problem. It was never already learned, so she may become sensitive, but she might never get a sense of sorts.

Are the other Batfam liminal? Would Dick have a higher tolerance of electricity since he uses them? Would Tim have a connection with computers and technology similar to Technus, though not to the same extent? Bruce and/or Cass being able to blend into shadows a little better? What of Damian or Steph? How would liminality effect Duke?

Are Sam and Tucker liminal due to their extended possession from Undergrowth and Duulaman respectively? Sam having a better understanding of what plants need? While Tucker has a better knowledge of how monuments of Egypt were constructed?

#dp x dc #liminal characters #anger management #the ship #danny phantom #i had to look up the definition of liminal #apparently my brain likes to break things down #hopefully someone likes the logic behind this #where was i going with this?#batman #jason todd #jazz fenton

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sshbpodcast · 1 month

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Character Spotlight: Miles O’Brien

By Ames

Though he was introduced in The Next Generation (in the pilot episode, no less!), Miles Edward O’Brien doesn’t really get to stretch his legs until he gets promoted to chief engineer in Deep Space Nine. Not much room in the transporter room, I’m afraid. As Star Trek’s most epitomic everyman, the chief isn’t some magic-powered alien or augmented human or even a pinnacle of futuristic ethics. Hell, it’s his flaws that make him more relatable than most other characters in the franchise, and he remains one of the most popular crewmembers all around!

Is it Colm Meaney’s approachable yet nuanced performance? Is it the strength of the writing of DS9? Or do we just love watching a grown man suffer in the way only O’Brien can? Find out below as your hosts of A Star to Steer Her By shine this week’s spotlight on the chief, and listen to this week’s banter over on the podcast (beam over to 55:13). Jaysus!

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Best moments

They say you will be doing this manually, sir. No automation. O’Brien shows up in the first TNG episode, “Encounter at Farpoint,” though he doesn’t get a name yet. And even though Picard orders Riker to reattach the saucer section as a test of his skills, frankly O’Brien does almost all of the work. Riker really only tells O’Brien to reattach the two sections and he just goes and does it while Riker gets all the credit. No respect, I tell ya!

The minstrel boy to the war has gone For most of TNG, O’Brien is stuck in the transporter room, but he gets to use those abilities to beam over to the Phoenix in “The Wounded”! Even through shields! Now that’s impressive on its own, but there’s more. Despite his predilection towards hating the spoonheads, he talks Captain Maxwell out of destroying a Cardassian supply vessel and surely inciting another war.

I’ve been doing this for twenty-two years and I haven’t lost anybody yet One more great use of transporter chief O’Brien comes when Barclay is exhibiting transporterphobia in “Realm of Fear.” Though most of the crew view Barclay’s eccentricities as irrational, O’Brien remains understanding and patient throughout, and works with Reg to figure out what’s really going on in the pattern buffer and save the crewmen trapped in there.

Now you are Tosk as well, O’Brien Our overall favorite Miles moment from the show is probably how he stands up for Tosk in “Captive Pursuit” and helps him escape from his hunters. In one of our best examples showcasing when it’s a good idea to disobey the Prime Directive, O’Brien makes a statement by taking off his combadge to go do what’s right, saving the life of a subjugated person.

I’ve met some Cardassians I didn’t like, and I’ve met some I did O’Brien starts off “Cardassians” being racist about letting Rugal play with Molly or share their table, but it’s commendable how he warms up to the boy. They find common ground. Granted, it’s in how much they hate Cardassia, but it’s something. But it’s truly a great moment when he bonds with Rugal: someone who’s had no choice in life and whose future is being decided for him.

I want to die on my feet Here’s a quick badass moment from O’Brien. When he’s already dying from the bioweapon in “Armageddon Game” and the T'Lani and the Kelleruns are about the execute him to get rid of all people with knowledge of the harvesters, Miles requests that they allow him the dignity of dying on his feet instead of slumped in his own filth. There’s something powerful about that.

He’s their commander. They trusted him. He can’t leave them. This one’s controversial since “Hippocratic Oath” is so multifaceted in a lot of ways. Last time, we commended Julian for his humanitarian (Jem’Hadaritarian?) attempts to save our Dominion enemies from their ketracel-white addiction. Well, O’Brien is there to save Bashir from himself when the doctor’s attempts fail and a bunch of rabid alien soldiers are ready to tear the humans apart.

That boy’s life is in our hands and I won’t let anybody give up on him O’Brien’s friendship with Quique Muniz culminates in some beautiful scenes in “The Ship.” Muniz is dying a whole lot and O’Brien never gives up on him, even battling (verbally and physically) with Worf over how to handle his approaching death. And when the inevitable does occur, it’s all the more heartbreaking when Worf joins in the ritual ak’voh.

This is how an engineer plays kotra You don’t see a lot of scenes between Garak and O’Brien throughout the show. Now some of that is probably that they don’t like sharing Julian’s attention, but the rest is that there’s no trust between the Cardassian spy and the hero of Setlik Three. We get to see them stand off in “Empok Nor” and O’Brien impresses by outsmarting the homicidal Garak using his engineering skills!

Good cat, Chester! Even when infiltrating the Orion Syndicate (for reasons), O’Brien tries to do the right thing. He tries to tip Bilby off in “Honor Among Thieves” when he has entrapped him, though that does neither of them any good. But even more importantly, Miles agrees to take in Chester, who is a pretty cat and a good cat, and your SSHB hosts here have to give him credit for that.

The cause of death was the Orion Syndicate In fact, O’Brien was so dedicated to his sorta father figure that when Bilby’s widow has vanished in “Prodigal Daughter,” he goes looking for her. Without asking or informing anyone, which probably wasn’t the brightest move, but this is Miles we’re talking about. And without him, we’d never have solved her murder case at the hands of Ezri’s messed up family’s business.

You gotta friend in me Just as we did in the Julian spotlight, we’ve got to close out on O’Brien’s sweet friendship with the good doctor. Bashir, who never looks before he leaps, frequently finds himself needing the constant support and level head of someone like Miles when he does asinine things like leap into Sloan’s head in “Extreme Measures,” even when it’s a bad idea, as we've discussed before.

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Worst moments

Don’t phaser the messenger I’ll avoid citing marriage to Keiko as a Worst Moment because that’s mean, but the way they got married in “Data’s Day” was painful to watch. The audience’s first impression of their relationship is one in which both parties refuse to communicate over something as important as their marriage, and make Data (of all people!) act as their middleman. What a terrible start!

Sweetheart, I’m not a fish Don’t worry, there’s more to drag about how Miles and Keiko’s relationship was depicted in TNG. In the very next episode, “The Wounded,” we see just how they clearly didn’t know each other before deciding to get hitched. Neither likes how each other eats. Guys, you can hate each other’s food because, ya know what, food replicators exist! Order your own potato casserole!

I hate what I became because of you We give Miles a lot of grief on the podcast for his systematic racism. Which is fair – he certainly is quick to hate on other races on occasion. We see this explored interestingly in “The Wounded,” for which we already gave him credit for transcending his racism above, but not before he snaps at Daro and blames the Cardassians for Maxwell’s actions before knowing if he was even right or not.

Grapevine says Chief O’Brien and the missus are having problems But let’s move on to when Miles makes it to the main credits in DS9. As expected, we’re starting off with more Keiko drama. We learn in “A Man Alone” that Keiko was none too pleased about being uprooted (cuz she’s a botanist, get it?) from the Enterprise, and they argue about it publicly at Quark’s. In front of everyone. Do they never communicate before major life changes?

I suppose you’d be happier if I was miserable? I’m sorry that there’s more Keiko drama to include. I didn’t do this on purpose. In “Fascination,” Keiko is finally doing actual botany work and feeling useful doing a long term study on Bajor, and yet she and Miles end up fighting (again, in the middle of Quark’s!) about extending her assignment. And to make matters worse, Miles insinuates she’s having an affair! Dude! Stop.

They call me Smiley Smiley O’Brien is almost indistinguishable from our universe’s Miles (they’re both inherently good guys who suffer enormously), so I’d say it’s safe to include kidnapping Sisko in “Through the Looking Glass” and coercing him into pretending to be mirror Sisko on the naughty list. What a bold move! The Terran Resistance is lucky to have him even if we the audience are getting sick of mirror land.

They’re killers. That’s all they know how to do. Jake may have included saving Dr. Bashir in “Hippocratic Oath” on his Best Moments list, but we’ve also got to reprimand O’Brien for sabotaging Julian’s attempt to cure the Jem’Hadars’ addiction. It’s not just in order to save his friend’s life. Miles states up and down that Goran’Agar is not to be trusted because he’s a Jem’Hadar and starts spewing all the old propaganda again, like a racist.

Just leave a Yelp review, dude While it’s always sadistically fun to watch O’Brien suffer (Colm Meaney does it so well!), it’s also rough to see just how poorly he recovers in an episode like “Hard Time.” Miles is suffering hard from PTSD and guilt and he takes it by attacking Quark. Even worse, he nearly beats Molly when she’s annoying him, which is shocking coming from Miles. Please, seek professional help.

All the time you were holding out on me Later in “Hard Time,” we learn what was on Miles’s conscience the whole time. While in his memory jail, he gets paranoid enough of his cellmate Ee’Char that he murders him in cold blood over a couple orts of food that Ee’Char wasn’t even hoarding for himself. Even though none of it was real, the knowledge that Miles could be pushed to kill an innocent man is a huge blow for him.

It gets worse. There’s a view. We ragged on this plotline in the Kira spotlight as well, but there’s enough discomfort to go around. Those weird, unnecessary feelings Miles develops for a pregnant Kira in “Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places” are just a bad plot device. It feels forced to make two people get romantically awkward just because they’re in proximity with each other. Just lazy.

There’s no hiding from the Syndicate Does it make a ton of sense to force O’Brien to infiltrate the Orion Syndicate in “Honor Among Thieves”? Especially in the middle of the Dominion War? Maybe not, but he does a decent job winning the trust of Liam Bilby using his engineering skills and general good nature. In fact, he does such a good job that he certainly gets Bilby killed in Starfleet’s scheme, like a little rat.

Molly and the Hendersons It is just deplorable how “Time’s Orphan” treats the developmentally stunted Molly O’Brien, and the most shame belongs to Miles and Keiko. What parent would give up on their trauma-ridden child after just a few days and release her into the dangerous wild to live like an animal? I am appalled that not once did anyone float another option to aid in Molly’s rehabilitation, but even more appalled that getting rid of her was the proposed solution.

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