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theweirdwideweb

hachimitsubani

copperbadge

New definition of gritty reboot: the story is exactly the same, but one main character has been replaced by Gritty.

princesssarcastia

#pride & prejudice (via @mylordshesacactus)

mylordshesacactus

#but who would be gritty?#darcy’s too obvious so that’s out#elizabeth has phenomenal comedic potential#so does lady catherine de bourgh#NO WAIT I’VE GOT IT:#MRS. BENNET

Jane. All the dialogue about how she’s objectively the prettiest and sweetest sister with the most delicate manners and constitution and has trouble expressing her emotions especially when in love remain 100% unchanged.

Meanwhile, Jane “Gritty” Bennet is in the background of the shot in a 100% period-accurate dress, throwing Mr Collins through a window.

priscellie

Pride and Extreme Prejudice

copperbadge

The responses to this post just keep getting better.

leaveharmony

@lone-gunwoman-of-the-week

muffinworry

Mr. Darcy: You are dancing with the only handsome girl in the room.

Meanwhile:

Mr. Bingley: She is the most beautiful creature I have ever beheld.

sliversoakley-deactivated202008

daluckdragon26

When my children ask what the world was like before coronavirus I’m showing them this

parkchanwoohoo

draculasswife-deactivated202212

"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted – nevermore."

Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven.

spockslash

Instead of Generations and the stupid Nexus why couldn’t we have the Enterprise going back in time to scoop up Freddie Mercury and bring him to the twenty-third century? Not only would they have benefited from his fashion sense, but surely if aliens were psyched about whale song they were also psyched about Queen, and there would be a probe headed for earth accidentally destroying everything in its path asking Why did Freddie stop singing?, and when the aliens found out why they would be like, “You shunned gays and blamed them for AIDS and didn’t try to cure it for the longest time? You morons you deserve to have your planet destroyed,” so yeah, once again we’d need the Enterprise crew to go back in time and save humanity from its own stupidity and also, you know Spock would secretly be so into Queen and try to hide it but Jim would find out and croon some lyrics from “Love of my Life” to Spock and how cute would that be?

spockslash

An open Tumblr letter to younger fans, from a 77-year-old TOS fangirl

* who has shipped Spirk since that night in 1967 that Amok Time first aired * and helped storm NBC to keep TOS on the air for a 3rd season * and wrote fanfic way back in the day * and was privileged to be around for the earliest days of fandom, when Leonard used to come to your house if that’s where the fan club was meeting and sit on the sofa with you in that Spock hair cut and eat cake

All of you who are writing TOS/AOS fan fiction and creating fan art now: remember, YOU are the ones shaping the traditions of fandom. You have inherited the kingdom. Bless you for keeping it vibrant, growing, alive. In fifty years, you will be the ones who are remembered for molding it and handing it down to the future. It probably doesn’t feel like now, but you are making history.

Your current addiction to TOS and the feels you get when you contemplate the love between Jim and Spock will be with you for life. It won’t always be in the forefront; you will sometimes go years, sometimes go a decade, without Star Trek being more than a passing thought. But then something will remind you and every consuming feeling you feel right now will come rushing back, every bit as powerful and deep and strong as it is today. All there, right where you left it.

The friendships you make in fandom will be with you for life. Like all friendships, they will wax and wane as the focus of your life shifts over time, but you will always be able to pick up the thread. You will — to give you a hypothetical example — be 77 years old and discover Tumblr and get a rush of Spirk feels after a decade of not giving TOS a thought, and contact your 83-year-old fangirl friend in the nursing home, to whom you haven’t spoken in several years. You will open the conversation with, “So, Jim and Spock love each other and that just makes me so happy.” And your friend in the nursing home will sigh and say, “Yes. They do love each other. It’s such a comfort.”

That look that Jim and Spock give each other, of absolute adoration and acceptance and love? That’s real. It’s rare, but it’s real. One of my greatest joys in life is to see my son and his husband give each other looks like that. Of course I don’t know you; I don’t know your strengths and struggles or your place on the spectrum of gender or anything about your sexuality or what you look like or what your life has taught you to believe about yourself, but I do know this: YOU DESERVE TO BE LOVED AND LOOKED AT THE WAY JIM AND SPOCK LOOK AT EACH OTHER. Please don’t accept less than that in your life.

The future of our planet does not seem very hopeful at the moment. But please remember that when Gene created Star Trek, the world was in turmoil and the future seemed very bleak. Star Trek is, was, always shall be about hope. Reach for it. When TOS first aired, we hoped to see some form of a Starfleet on the horizon in our lifetimes. That vision must be passed on to you. Do it. Make the world worthy of launching the human race out into space. CREATE STARFLEET.

You are all creative and funny and amazing. Far more amazing than you know. Be kind to yourselves. Live long and prosper, kids.

Tags are in reference to my first bullet point. Meant as a kudos to your work, but feel free to untag yourself if you don’t want to be linked to my ramblings; I won’t be offended! (Also, this extends to a thousand other artists and writers out there who deserve kudos. tag at will.)

spockslash

I am re blogging this ‘open letter’ tonight because I wrote and posted it one short week, and 5324 notes ago.

When I wrote it, it was for myself, because I honestly thought it would be read by the people I tagged (maybe) and no one else. I had 5 followers, at least one of which was a spam bot.

I could not have imagined how that post would lead to the kindness and welcome I have received here, to my new fandom grandkids, my very own Star Trek grandma portrait, all the conversations and sharing of memories and making of new friends.

Tonight I just want to say thanks to all of you for being so wonderful. For keeping fandom wonderful.

You make me proud to be a fangirl among you.

Love, and LLAP, Grandma