3 funny scenes [1/3] When Hercules is the voice of reason because Pythagoras and Icarus are actually just smitten nerds who momentarily forgot they were y’know in the middle of escaping Atlantis…
Fossil skulls create confusion in human family tree.
Science published a paper describing the first complete and best preserved hominid skull ever found, discovered with four different skulls and associated with primitive stone tools and extinct animal remains. They were excavated at Dmanisi cave in Georgia, dated to the Pleistocene 1.8 million years ago and have sparked a controversy over our evolutionary past.
I was tagged by @girlwhowasntthere and also @ariadnedionysia, and I’m on holiday this week and therefore have more time so decided to give it a go.
1. YOUR CURRENT OTP(S)/OT3(S)/OTX(S)
Pythagoras/Icarus from Atlantis, of course. Lewis/Hathaway (Lewis fandom), and also Dom/Lofty (Holby City - shhhhhh, don’t tell anyone!).
2. A PAIRING YOU INITIALLY DIDN’T CONSIDER BUT SOMEONE CHANGED YOUR MIND (BONUS POINTS: WHO WAS THAT PERSON).
That’s a tough one! Probably Connor/Cutter (Primeval), and the person who really made me love that pairing was Telperion15 and her huge long running Connor/Cutter fic series.
Oh, also how could I forget Becker/Lester (also Primeval), and the person who was responsible for *that* was @serceleste
3. A PAIRING YOU USED TO LOVE, BUT IT ALL FELL APART FOR YOU.
Probably the obvious one is Connor/Abby in Primeval. I really disliked what canon did with that relationship in series 4 and 5, to the point where I kind of gave up on it. Also, I have still never forgiven that show for having them get together *offscreen* in between the end of series 3 and the beginning of series 4. WTF, show??!!
4. HAVE YOU ADDED ANYTHING CRACKY/HILARIOUS TO YOUR FANDOM, IF SO, WHAT.
There’s a few fairly cracky Atlantis wallpapers, such as the one with Pyth/Jason mpreg (Jason is the one who is pregnant, I’d like to note). And the one with the Pyth/Jason sex pollen accidental aphrodisiac wallpaper.
5. WHAT’S THE LONGEST YOU’VE EVER BEEN IN A FANDOM
Almost certainly Primeval. We are currently celebrating ten years of the show, and the fandom is still going, even though the show ended in 2012.
6: DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR FIRST OTP, IF SO WHO WAS IN IT
Bloody hell, this was a long time ago! I think it might have been Daniel/Janet in Stargate SG1.
7. NAME A FANDOM YOU DIDN’T CARE/THINK ABOUT UNTIL YOU SAW IT ALL OVER TUMBLR.
There isn’t one. For me, the show always come first, and then I go *looking* for the fandom.
8. SAY SOMETHING GENUINELY NICE ABOUT A CHARACTER WHO ISN’T ONE OF YOUR FAVES (CHARS YOU’RE NEUTRAL ON ARE FAIR GAME, AS ARE CHARS YOU DISLIKE)
I really liked what they did with Ariadne in series 2 of Atlantis. In series 1 she was a bit wet most of the time, and had *no* survival instinct when it came to baiting Pasiphae. But in series 2 she really took responsibility and stepped up and became a hero along with the boys.
9. NAME THREE THINGS YOU WISH YOU SAW MORE OR IN YOUR MAIN FANDOM (OR A FANDOM OF CHOICE)
Hercules/Pythagoras pairing! I know most people’s reaction to that pairing is, “Ewwww!”, but I love it. All the wonderful, sarcastic, supportive, bickering, but genuinely affectionate, *funny*, old-married-couple-comedy-double-act thing they had going on, especially in series 1. I think there’s about three or four fics, and maybe a couple of fanarts for this pairing. And half of them are by me.
Oh, hang, I have to think of *three* things for this question? Um...
Okay, I’d also like to see more *realistic* post-series 2 Pythagoras/Icarus fics, where they take time and struggle to reconcile and forgive and trust again after what Icarus did. Much as I want them to ultimately have a happy ending, there are so many fics where it’s just magically better and forgiven straight away, and I think Pythagoras would take longer to properly deal with it and sort out how he feels after what they went through.
I’d also love to see more fics exploring the friendship between Pythagoras and Ariadne, and how that might have developed in a series 2/post series 2 setting.
10. CHOOSE A SONG AT RANDOM, WHICH SHIP OR CHARACTER DOES IT REMIND YOU OF
I have no idea. Pass.
11. A PAIRING YOU SHIP THAT YOU DON’T THINK ANYONE ELSE SHIPS
See above - Pythagoras/Hercules.
12. YOUR MOST SCANDALOUS HEADCANON FOR YOUR CURRENT OTP(S)/OT3(S)/OTX(S)
I don’t think I have any headcanons that could be described as ‘scandalous’.
13. DO YOU HAVE ANY HARD AND FAST HEADCANONS THAT YOU WILL DIE DEFENDING, ABOUT ANYTHING AT ALL (GENDER IDENTITY, SEXUAL OR ROMANTIC ORIENTATION, EXTENDED FAMILY, SEXUAL PREFERENCES LIKE TOP/BOTTOM/SWITCH, RELATIONSHIP WITH POETRY, SERIOUSLY ANYTHING)
Pythagoras is is the top in Pyth/Icarus. I’m pretty certain that Icarus is actually the more sexually experienced of the two, and I’m also certain that in any other pairing - such as Pyth/Jason or Pyth/Hercules - Pyth would be the bottom. But with Icarus he is the more dominant of the two, and and that’s exactly how Icarus *wants* it. That said, they do switch occasionally, because Pyth is bound to be curious.
14. 5 FAVORITE CHARACTERS FROM 5 DIFFERENT FANDOMS
1. Pythagoras (Atlantis)
2. Connor (Primeval)
3. Hathaway (Lewis)
4. Merlin (Merlin)
5. Chandler (Whitechapel)
15. 3 OTPS FROM 3 DIFFERENT FANDOMS
1. Pythagoras/Icarus (Atlantis)
2. Connor/Ryan (Primeval)
3. Merlin/Gwaine (Merlin)
16. 5 FAVORITE SHIPS
Have we not already covered this in the previous question? I don’t actually dabble in *that many* different fandoms these days.
17. JUST RAMBLE ABOUT SOMETHING FAN-RELATED, GO GO GO (PROMPTS OPTIONAL BUT ENCOURAGED)
There are so many people that I have have become properly friends with in real life who I met through fandom. There are are so many sfi-fi cons, and theatre trips to see ‘some actor off the telly’ that I have done because of fandom. And even the friends who geography dictates I will never actually meet in person, if we have chatted online on a comments post, or on tumblr, or even got as far as e-mailing each other, then we are just as much friends as the people who I now know in RL. Fandom is a wonderful thing when it brings people together to squee about common interests.
If Atlantis had been given a full five series run, right now we would probably be watching series 5.
There’s a cynical part of me that wonders if Icarus would still be alive by this point if it had ever got this far. Because it’s not like any of the other main relationships in the show worked out well.
This amazing shot by Tom Pfeiffer shows the violent eruption of the Sakurajima volcano in southern Japan on the 27th of September 2013.
Sakurajima is one of the most active volcanoes on the planet, erupting more than a thousand times annually. The cone of the volcano rises 1,117 metres above Kagoshima Bay and first erupted 13,000 years ago.
In this image we can see jets of lava and ash streaming into the air. Also noticeable is lightning produced by electrostatic charges as a result of ash particles colliding; similar to the effect of rubbing a balloon on a jumper (at a much lager scale!).
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