𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠

𝚒 𝚏𝚒𝚡 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎

[asteroidborn]

LOG ://  “You can tell a lot about a place by how they treat their people.“ SOURCE :// @violencefcrged​

           to say naomi was tired was an understatement at this point.  she can’t even remember if she’d felt this bad during that part of her tenure in the opa.  glass comes to her lips, crisp and cold.  images of eros keep replaying in her head over and over again, in such rapid succession that it’s a little difficult holding the conversation with amos.  another hand reaches out, gently anchoring down to the back of his neck as if her thoughts wouid whisk her away.  nails scratch in a slow, circular pattern while naomi gathers her thoughts.

          “ i didn’t want to believe fred johnson was a good person, “ the engineer finally whispers.  “ or, maybe i couldn’t.  can’t really think of the distinction right now. “  what she did know is that based on hew few conversations with camina, naomi was extremely impressed by what tycho offered.

        turning her head, she looks all around her.  bodies gyrated.  smiles stretched across a number of faces.  some of them were fake, they had to be.  still, as her mind drifted back to camina she also thought about all the perks given for working on the station.  she thought about the recreational aspects, clean streets, and overall feel of the station.  how much different would her life have been had she grown up in this kind of environment?  what if this was the effort and care put into every belter home?

          “ makes me feel a little better about docking here.  still not sure how i feel about being sent out like a hunting dog, though. “

[moocowmoocow]

[thepersonalquotes]

[asteroidborn]

to expand: naomi steps onto the canterbury to hide.  she’s trying to run from what happened in the opa.  she’s trying to run from the fact that she was manipulated into silence and her child was a tool in that.  

because this was all attached to the opa i think, at least subconsciously, naomi tried to erase anything “ belter “ from her, well, life.  she acted like everyone else on the cant.  she stayed away from everyone else.  there was no connection to her heritage or what made her feel so strongly about joining the alliance to begin with.

then they find tycho.

and she finds drummer.

now you see naomi opening up.  she’s blossoming like a flower under the sun.  she indulges in more tattoos and spends time around more belters.  on top of that?  she looks fucking  HAPPY.  it’s like she’s found a piece of herself again and it’s all because drummer took the time and effort to gently nudge naomi from this ten ton wall she’d created around herself in the five years since she first started running.

[asteroidborn]

camina means everything to naomi.  no arguments.

[asteroidborn]

LOG ://  “We make it all this way, so far out into the darkness. Why couldn’t we have brought more light?“ SOURCE :// @mercyfcrged​

          at first, naomi just smiles.  the hand holding her drink curls up to press the lip to her cheek.  out of though, mostly.  as they sit in a corner, tucked away from the gyrating and loud music of the dance floor her eyes are taking in as much information as possible.  yet, the engineer also finds herself deep in thought.

          she’d heard of king arthur from camelot.  both versions, actually.  the first being an old earther tale from way too many millennia ago.  the other, about a shift in power gone wrong.  oddly enough, their stories aligned more than she’d found comfortable but naomi never said as much out loud.  didn’t take a genius to guess he got the joke one too many times.  people thinking they were clever or the first to make such a link.  in fact, she was pretty sure miller muttered it under his breath when they all collided into each other a few days prior.

         “ because there are other precious things, “ naomi takes a light sip, eyes still firmly fixated on the dance floor in the hopes of finding a glimpse of amos.  “ and in the belt we make our own light. “  in more ways than one.  she wondered how an earther could understand.  it wasn’t her right to assume dottie wouldn’t.  only that some concepts were inherently harder for the other side to grasp.  

         the conversation also walked more along a metaphorical line.  after all, they were drowning in man-made light.  fluorescents advertising everything up and down the tycho’s hallways.  her statement still stood, though.  as long as there were colonists on the belt there were belters who looked deep within for an inner light.  it was that light that kept them going, kept them hoping, and kept them fighting.  if they didn’t have it then they would’ve been stomped out a long time ago.  either the weight of earth would’ve crushed them or the weight of mars would’ve snuffed them out.

        “ besides.  looks like you brought plenty of light with you. “

[rpmemes-galore]

the expanse : season 1 … sentence starters

“So, you killed her.“

“We live in strange times.”

“Just tell me if she’s alive.“

“And that makes me a monster.“

“So, you decided to switch sides?“

“Some people aren’t worth saving.“

“I’d keep that to myself if I were you.“

“What if they don’t like being followed?“

“They might be infected with that crap!”

“I remember I didn’t like to be excluded.”

“Air is good, don’t you think? Air is nice.“

“Folks, I do believe somebody got away.“

“Sometimes you have to kill to preserve.“

“How much are they paying you to find her?”

“You haven’t answered any of my questions.“

“You had no way of knowing that at the time.“

“Can I ask you a question? Do you miss Earth?“

“It’s a good way to start a war and to cover it up.“

“Trust your gut before your head gets in the way.”

“Sure. It’s part of the legend you like to leave out.“ 

“So, everybody dies for the cause, except for you.“

“They started this fight, and we’re going to finish it.“

“We may have stopped a war. For a while, anyway.“

“We could be a supernova a few seconds from now.“

“You’re short-sighted, selfish… and it will destroy you.“

“When people don’t tell the truth, it always ends badly.“

“No one’s gonna believe our story. I wouldn’t believe us.”

“It’s okay to be a pawn, so long as you’re on the right side.”

“I have the facts about your son, but I don’t understand him.“

“If we act like animals, we only justify their belief that we are.“

“You can tell a lot about a place by how they treat their people.“

“All that’s waiting out there for you is more trouble, more death.“

“You must think I’m pretty stupid, don’t you? I mean, you’re right.“

“You took an innocent kid and you forced her to do your dirty work.“

“Watch your eyes. People get killed over a wrong look around here.“

“Coming here was your only option. But it was also your best option.”

“We’re here looking for survivors and some answers… If we’re lucky.“

“Not technically, he ducked my punch. I broke my hand on a bulkhead.“

“Do you know it is possible to cry so hard that your tears turn to blood?“

“Well, partner, it’s gonna be kinda hard for you to stay anonymous, now.”

“We can still do what needs to be done. We may not get another chance.“

“Hey, what’s the deal with you and (name)? You two an item or something?”

“You’re either some kind of genius, or you’re the luckiest dipshit in the solar system.“

“You want to continue to play games, or shall we talk about how to help each other?“

“I’m sure you’ve told so many lies about it, you don’t even remember what happened.“

“None of us can change the things we’ve done. But we can all change what we do next.“

“Why, when the universe has bestowed so much upon you, you seem to care so little for it?”

“We make it all this way, so far out into the darkness. Why couldn’t we have brought more light?“

“I’m not judging, I’m just curious to know what your rate is, in case I need you to suit up for a different side.“

“You will do anything to win. Just like your father. That’s what got him killed. I won’t play with you, ever again.“

“Usually, when a man is about to lose everything, he realizes what mattered to him most. He sees it clearly for the first time.“

“But ask me whether or not I should rip your helmet off and kick you off this bucket, and I couldn’t give you a reason why I should or shouldn’t.“

[bruceswaynes]

THE EXPANSE 4.08 ‘The One-Eyed Man’.

[expansesource]

Dominique Tipper and Cara Gee at NYCC 2019

[thepersonalquotes]

[asteroidborn]

growing up in the belt and being in the opa meant following her gut.  naomi relied on her own instincts to survive.  but, then she couldn’t.  then someone started holding something over her head and she had no idea what was up or down.  after so long of holding those instincts back by the time she landed on the canterbury she didn’t know herself anymore.  all naomi knew what was eating away at her and i think, in a lot of ways, giving in to the instinct that she trusted amos was the spark she needed to become herself again.  amos helped her navigate back to the confident young rebel she used to be.

[asteroidborn]

just me testing things again

[promptfairy]

𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐄 𝐋𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐒   ♡   𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒

    some lyrics slightly modified.     change gendered language to your needs.  ♡

“  people say crazy things.  ” “  everybody here is watching you.  ” “  let me stay here for just one more night.  ” “  if you’re gonna let me down,  let me down gently.  ” “  where you go,  i go.  ” “  why don’t you remember?  ” “  i want you to love me.  ” “  you know my heart more than i do.  ” “  you’re gonna wish you never met me.  ” “  i’ve made up my mind.  ” “  nobody told me that you’d be here.  ” “  for me,  it isn’t over.  ” “  i see my future in you.  ” “  they say time’s supposed to heal you,  but i haven’t done much healing.  ” “  hold your breath   &   count to ten.  ” “  have i ever asked for much?  ” “  when will i see you again?  ” “  you’ve been telling people things that you shouldn’t be.  ” “  i hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited  …  ” “  i still care,  do you still care?  ” “  i can’t help myself from looking for you.  ” “  don’t underestimate the things that i will do.  ” “  i must’ve called a thousand times.  ” “  don’t forget me,  i beg.  ” “  say it ain’t so.  ” “  you’re like a dream come true.  ” “  why do you love me?  ” “  when was the last time you thought of me?  ” “  yes,  i swam dirty waters but you pushed me in.  ” “  i ain’t lost,  just wandering.  ”

[universalslipper]

The Expanse S04E01 “New Terra”.

[thetruecaptain-blog]

“You were a radical, and then you were betrayed. Then you hid out with the Inners, and then you become a big hero. So why is Naomi Nagata here with us now?”

“I think this is our time - time for the Belt to stand up. If not now, maybe never.”

Naomi Nagata in episode 3x07 “Delta V”

[spiridakos]

[thepersonalquotes]