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@cptnbatel
# cptnbatel ; captain marie batel — of star trek: strange new worlds.
primarily headcanon-based & canon divergent. stolen from the narrative by katya ( she/her, 30+ ). ** this blog does not acknowledge events from season 3. ** — carrd | memes tag | thread tracker | @owedfavors & @eclipscd.
I know I bounce back and forth constantly with wanting marie on her own blog ( fundamentally, I do. I really do. ) and moving her back on my multi because I don't have enough going here for me to really keep a blog active. we're back at that later state, unfortunately, so I am going to at least for the time being move marie back to @eclipscd. I appreciate all of those of you who bear with me in my indecision and back and forth with her!
I don't know how to tell y'all how much I love marie...
PROMPTS FROM HERCULES * assorted dialogue from the 1997 film, adjust as necessary
what... are... those?
a true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the size of his heart.
i thought they looked kinda dashing.
you know how men are. they think no means yes and get lost means take me, i'm yours.
aren't you a damsel in distress?
i need your help.
i can handle this. have a nice day.
all i know is, you're the most amazing person with weak ankles i've ever met.
when i'm with you, i don't feel so... alone.
sometimes it's better to be alone. nobody can hurt you.
he's not gonna be happy when he gets outta there.
you know, when i was a kid, i would have given anything to be exactly like everybody else.
you're not like that.
if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.
how do you know what i'm like?
fine work, my boy!
you've done it! you're a true hero.
you were willing to give your life to rescue this young woman.
look, it wasn't my fault.
why does that name ring a bell?
you finally made it.
you know, a little dark, a little gloomy. and, as always, hey, full of dead people. what are you gonna do?
my friends call me [name]. at least, they would if i had any friends.
[name], why did you... you didn't have to...
people do crazy things when they're in love.
will you forget the head-slicing thing?
don't be such a stiff.
join the celebration!
can't. love to, but can't.
i'm a big tough girl. i tie my own sandals and everything.
i'm sorry. you mind running that by me again?
read my lips. forget it.
of course he's real.
i'm afraid being famous isn't the same as being a true hero.
look inside your heart.
looks like your game's over.
don't even go there.
i've done my part.
i need somebody who can handle him as a man.
look, i learned my lesson, okay?
is there a downside to this?
thanks for everything. it's been a real slice.
lighten up, dude.
we'll take it from here, darling.
you can't do this to me, you can't...
dreams are for rookies.
a guy can only take so much disappointment.
are you always this articulate?
you ought to slow down.
how sentimental.
pardon me. it seems to me that what you folks need is a hero.
how do you kill a god?
i don't care. i'm not going to help you hurt him.
this one is different.
the point is, i love her.
we were so close.
it was tragic. we lost everything in the fire.
you might feel just a little queasy. it's kinda natural.
it looks better that way.
he won't listen to me.
i know what i did was wrong, but this isn't about me. it's about him. if you don't help him now, he'll die.
use your head!
sometimes odette says things, and then they live indefinitely in my head rent free...
❝ i’ve never known what’s reasonable and what isn’t. ❞
@cptnbatel ➤ starter call.
❛ as a baseline? if it involves bodily or emotional harm to yourself or others, theft, or lying to local officials? it probably isn't reasonable. ❜
to say nothing of strictly legal.
❛ and before you argue — yes, there are doubtless exceptions. ❜ even, perhaps, legally speaking. ❛ however, if in doubt... ❜
❛⠀ no, no, no! maybe you didn't hear me right. you are healing, after all. high school president. four years of that. he somehow convinced a bunch of otherwise intelligent people to elect him to a meaningless position three times!⠀ ❜ it was the closest real life got to thiis book. a series of meaningless events that took themselves too seriously.
marie folds quickly, but christine pushes through, needling her brother from half a galaxy away. ❛⠀ are you sure? because i didn't feel a lot of certainty coming from you. just imagine you are fifteen and going around calling yourself a president. and now imagine you are this book. it's the same thing!⠀ ❜
there's an undeniable and inescapable pretentiousness to both the position of high school president and the book in question. still, apparently marie's cynicism runs too shallow to dismiss any and every high school as worthy of the book. ❛ did he really go around calling himself that? because if so, that changes everything. ❜
even then, she'd forgive a fifteen year old the arrogance if they grew out of it. ( could a fifteen year old be expected to know better? probably. ) ❛ rather than going after the publisher, perhaps we should ban the role of high school president and replace it with something that teaches teenagers to do something meaningful. catch it early. never let anyone be fooled by a book like this again. ❜
marie speaks with an unusual carelessness — the implications of the proposal left unconsidered. christine keeps making her excuses for her, after all, so why not take advantage.
⤷ ✧ @whatspoilers said, ❝ fine. you were right, and i was wrong. happy now? ❞
❛ no. ❜ perhaps another would be smug, would wish to take the opportunity to say 'I told you so.' marie's interest in being right began and ended with the pragmatic — with not having to fix the consequences. having been right is little consolation when, having been ignored, being right now means... this.
right now, marie would rather have been wrong.
❛ if you want me to be happy, tell me you have a way to set this right. a reasonable one. ❜
she hates that she needs to specify.
⤷ ✧ @shoulders said, ❝ see? nothing to be afraid of. ❞
lips pursed, marie counts to ten before she turns a disapproving gaze in his direction. it affords her a moment to breathe, a moment for heart and lungs to catch up in the wake of adrenaline. ❛ sheer luck and nothing to be afraid of are not the same thing. ❜
nothing to be afraid of implies a near zero chance of things going wrong. marie's no statistician, but she'd have set the odds worse than that — by a long shot.
even if it worked out. this time.
⤷ ✧ @jennifershepard said, ❝ we're running out of time. ❞
technically, they are always running out of time, but marie considers that too existential to be useful here and now. she bites back too a harsh 'do you think I don't realize that?,' irritation sinking hooks into her skin. ❛ what do you want me to do about it, jenny? I can't get involved: I've got orders to stay put. your teams and the prosecution they assigned to you are on their own. ❜
would she help, if she could? probably, in the end. she's not good at saying no, but she doesn't miss jag, not really, though she regretted her choices plenty during the war. she's happy enough to be left to command her ship in peace.
still, she isn't good at saying no. she sighs, reframes her earlier question. ❛ what can I do from here? ❜
❛⠀ now, that's the real crime here. ⠀ ❜
christine might have a small... well, a reasonably sized beef with federation law. rarely did a day go by without her brushing up against some strange restriction set in stone two hundred years ago during the eugenics wars. laws that had no sense of science, of what she saw and could do with just a bit more wiggle room to breathe.
❛⠀ there should be consequences for something so bad. just sayin'. oh? my brother? ⠀ ❜ a quip to change the subject is on the tip of her tongue. something of a habit, but marie seems more engaged about that little tidbit than anything else, so she pushes through the strangeness of talking about her family and tries to make sense of her brother's worst decision. ❛⠀ uh, well. hard to describe. but first, you have to know he was high school president all four years. you need to know that to understand it. him. ⠀ ❜
marie keeps to herself the many reasons that it's best federation law not encompass such things, the complexities of adjucating such indefinite matters as wasting time, the many abuses such a law would prove subject to. it might be the lawyer in her, but none of this conversation is meant to be taken so seriously. she does not need to taint it by failing to take in jest what is meant lightly.
with eyebrows raised, marie instead remarks dubiously, ❛ I'm not sure being high school president excuses liking this, christine. in fact... I think that might make it worse. I'd expect someone smart to pick a smarter book, not a book that pretends to be smart, and I'd expect someone with ambition to pick something useful, not that's a load of nonsense. ❜ then again... politics and politicians aren't exactly known for usefulness. marie frowns. ❛ okay, no, I see your point. ❜
oh, well, that's a surprise. here the blonde has been ready to defend her actions with some logic ( some impulsivity & confidence ). gambles are risky, but this one paid off. everyone made it safely back onto the ship, & that's what matters most. ❛ i sense a BUT coming . . . ❜
it's fine. Carol had been aware that there could be grave consequences for her actions, & she chose to move forward. protocol & rules don't always account for every little factor. it's not as if she regrets her actions either. she'd probably do it again if it meant saving even one person. sure, her career could be OVER in the blink of an eye, but at least she's able to live with herself.
❛ i'm aware. let the record state that those were my actions & mine alone. everyone else was following orders. ❜ perhaps she should remain silent now, but sometimes she cannot help herself. ❛ i fully accept RESPONSIBILITY for whatever happens. i can't say i'm sorry because it would be untruthful. however, i understand your position & mine. ❜ as long as she's not branded a criminal . . . she should be fine. as much as it would pain her, she could switch careers.
your position and mine. it was easier, marie thinks, to stand as arbiter when she possessed a greater distance, when the complexities of the decisions one must make abstract and not tangible. when the lines were clear. ( she has yet to decide whether the distinction means that all jag officers should have rotations in the field, or whether none of them should. )
still, she had begun this conversation as no more than a warning and possesses zero interest in permitting the situation to escalate. ❛ let's not have it come to that. ❜ marie doesn't add that just following orders isn't always the saving grace it might seem, for it seems counterproductive to minimizing the situation and its consequences. ❛ admirable though taking responsibility is. ❜
she sighs, restrains the impulse to massage tension from her temple. ❛ just... be careful. that's all I meant. there's plenty out there who won't give the benefit of the doubt, and there's only so many times things like this will fly under the radar. ❜ in the wrong place and time, or with a demonstrated pattern of behavior...
🐝 * ― 𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑶𝑴 𝑫𝑰𝑨𝑳𝑶𝑮𝑼𝑬 𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺 𝑷𝑻. 𝑰.
❛ it was wrong of me to assume you're ever gonna change. ❜ ❛ that's it? it was all just a lie? ❜ ❛ shame on me for thinking you were a good person. ❜ ❛ you're gonna pay for what you did to me. ❜ ❛ you didn't hear a word of what i just said, did you? ❜ ❛ believe me, you weren't my first choice either. ❜ ❛ if you've got a problem with the way i handle things, just say so. ❜ ❛ do you think we're gonna survive this? ❜ ❛ what's your problem?! ❜ ❛ will you please slow down a little? ❜ ❛ i can't believe you would do something like that. ❜ ❛ did it mean anything to you? ❜ ❛ i'm never gonna be good enough for you. ❜ ❛ we were just fooling ourselves this whole time. ❜ ❛ i'm sorry, i didn't know where else to go. ❜ ❛ i don't want to argue with you anymore. ❜ ❛ fine. you were right, and i was wrong. happy now? ❜ ❛ this day feels like it's never gonna end. ❜ ❛ i didn't think you'd care so much. ❜ ❛ this must be like the first time you were nice to me. ❜ ❛ out of all the people here, why do i have to be stuck with you? ❜ ❛ do you want to go on a date with me? ❜ ❛ honestly, i don't think i wanna leave the house today. ❜ ❛ were you ever planning on telling me about all of this? ❜ ❛ i wish i had another choice. ❜ ❛ don't flatter yourself, a fifth-grader could've done this as well. ❜ ❛ you're the most insufferable person i have ever met. ❜ ❛ here, you look like you need this more than me right now. ❜ ❛ oh, just so you know, i don't ever lose this game. ❜ ❛ just let me sleep for five more minutes. ❜ ❛ alright, is there anything else we have to do before they arrive? ❜ ❛ do you believe in ghosts? ❜ ❛ i wish we had more time together. ❜ ❛ you don't have to leave just yet ... you could stay the night if you wanted to. ❜ ❛ where are you taking me? ❜ ❛ trust me, this is the last thing i want to do. ❜ ❛ i need more time to think about what i want. ❜ ❛ why didn't you say anything earlier? we could've avoided this whole mess. ❜ ❛ i don't feel so good, i think i may be getting sick. ❜ ❛ help me! please! ❜
the one s3 thing we're keeping? it feels like a migraine suggesting that she gets migraines.
perhaps she's merely too odd. it isn't that she has a death wish, not by a long shot, but she's always known her destiny involves going out with a bang. hopefully, in the service of others, like protecting people. yes, that seems like an ideal way to go. ❛ i promise i'm not reckless despite whatever my files say. i'm very METICULOUS when it comes to my job. i calculate the risk & weigh all sorts of factors before making a decision. ❜
plus, she's not trying to shove her opinions or beliefs down anyone's throat. Carol respects the captain too much for that, & it's a noble sentiment. in a perfect world, none of them would have to suffer. ❛ one can only hope for a pleasant adventure with the people that we love. ❜ with one last SMILE, she adds. ❛ i apologize for rambling. ❜
marie waves a hand, dismissing the apology. even if she were one to be bothered by rambling ( and she isn't. usually. within reason and in no pressure situations ), she's scarcely discouraged off-topic conversation. not that, ultimately, a discussion of the end of the road can ever be truly irrelevant. especially not in their line of work. the gesture, however, serves equally to brush off the explanation the other attempts to offer. ❛ I've known too many starfleet officers not to recognize the difference between reckless and... ❜ — she flounders a moment for an appropriate word, and when she finally settles, humor tinges her selection — ❛ risk-tolerant, shall we say. ❜
which isn't to say it's invariable, to suggest that they're all that way. marie herself, for one, has always had her reservations.
her wry smile lingers as she adds, ❛ though, at risk of mincing adjectives again, I'm not sure people join starfleet looking for pleasant. ❜ there's something too passive, too mundane to it.
