there was just something so genuine about kirk realising they’d need money in the 21st century, spotting a chess table and .. just .. sitting down and playing random strangers for a few spare notes at a time. no competitivity, no real sense of urgency, no hard feelings, he just spends the whole afternoon betting strangers he can win and winning every time because of course he can. ‘one dimensional’ chess is a cake walk compared to the chess he’s used to.
and no one leaves that table feeling like they’ve really lost out. it was a good game, kirk wins fair and square, they enjoy their time with him, he even gains a crowd as people get invested in the matches. he shakes their hands and they move on. it was such an endearing way of showing us the kind of person kirk is. charming, easily personable. he finds a fair way to get by in a completely alien situation that still matches his skillset.
I don’t know, it was such a short scene but it showed us so much without any dialogue. They could have shown la’an and kirk figuring out how to grab some quick cash in a bunch of different ways, but they chose one with a lot of heart and that’s why I really love this show.
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I have now finished season 2 of ds9 and here are my thoughts a first time viewer:
- when does a government stop being provisional and just become real
-damn Kai Winn is a villain VILLAIN! I hate her (character)! I love her (actress)!
- Kira having her fleabag/hot priest moment
- Dr. Julian "I can fix them" Bashir
- seriously Nog needs to go back to the school, I wasn't joking
- fashion spotlight: Jake's brown onesie
- Quark is canonically attracted to men and you can't change my mind
- Dr. Julian "Tennis" Bashir
- Cmdr. Benjamin "Baseball" Sisko
- Jadzia, babe, you'd bang literally anyone wouldn't you? You sick lil freak, we love you! 🥰
- Odo's scientist "father" 100% tests on animals
- O'Brien, dude, just admit you have a crush on Julian - we all know 🙄 (Your wife told us)
- Dukat is OBSESSED with Sisko... 😏
- UM HELLO 2x22 THE WIRE?!!!?? I have many comments and feelings on this ep specifically
- *opens incognito tab* Ao3 search: kira/mirror kira
- ok but seriously that mirror universe ep was wildly horny
- Jem'hadar is a very cunty name for an alien and honestly? They were serving (queer/military way)
- everyone on this space station is gay and polyamorous
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this is inpired by the line in @soft-galaxies’s wonderful precanon fic, words and tricks : ”They look at each other and Odo wishes he could simply download his thoughts into Quark’s mind somehow, or transmit them without having to rely on mere words.” that made me go ooh, what if Odo actually tried to link with Quark before he knew what that even was, just the need to be truly connected and undertsood in a way he instinctually knew he could be overriding he’s impulse control, wouldn’t that be a wonderful disaster? : DD
also I’ve drawn this back in february for a free star trek valentine themed zine that is still available on @startrekswimsuitspecial along with more really fun free zines, go check it out ! Anyway I’m posting only now bc I lost the quote that inspired the piece and Softy has so many (wonderful, wonderful) Quodo fics that I had a lot of trouble finding it again lmao OTL
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Imagine you have to do surgery on a Vulcan for the first time AND it’s the ambassador AND he’s your boyfriend’s dad AND your boyfriend’s mom is there AND the ship is shaking AND your boyfriend also might die because of experimental blood transfusion.
I swear Bones’ salary better be a trillion million dollars every second
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Fanfic Writer Asks
Threw together a list of random questions, because I told my therapist I'd start interacting with more people (apparently my barista doesn't count).
🍄How do you come up with ideas for your stories?
🍉Are you a pantser or a plotter?
🍒What genres/tropes do you find yourself using most often?
🥝Who are your literary influences, and have they shaped your own writing?
🥕What's your favorite fic you've written, and why?
🥨How do you overcome writer's block?
🍕What's your favorite comment you've received on a fic?
🌭Do you have any writing rituals to help 'get in the zone'?
🍔What's a headcanon that hasn't made it into a published fic yet?
🍭What's been your most challenging story to write, and why?
🍬What's a genre/trope you've never written, but might in future?
🍩What advice would you give to aspiring fic writers?
🌶How dependent are you on feedback, good or bad?
🥑What are you currently working on?
🍹How do you decide a story is ready to post?
🍊What's a story that changed significantly from its initial idea to the final draft?
🥠What's your approach to world-building?
🍎How do you prioritize which stories to work on when you have multiple ideas?
🌮How do you balance the desire to write for yourself versus the desire to write for an audience?
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ngl that scene towards the beginning of search for spock makes me a little bonkers. the way that to sarek it's just a given that spock would have given his soul to kirk for safekeeping, it's not even a consideration that he wouldn't have done so. the realization that he never got the chance to. the implication that he would have if he had. the "we were separated. he couldn't touch me"
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