After over 12 years on this website, I'm actually making an intro post. Will wonders ever cease? 😅
Hi! I'm Blake, or just Geek, (they/it/any, surprise me) and I've been a lurker for years but now I'm trying to be a little more social around these parts. This is entirely the fault of Thunderbirds and its wonderful community finally cracking the social anxiety shell. Thanks Thunderfam 🥰
That being said, Thunderbirds isn't the only thing I've loved this much over the years, so there will be plenty of other things to see around here. This is my personal blog so it's like 70% my brain and 30% fandom posting.
I AM AN ADULT PERSON WHO SOMETIMES POSTS ADULT THINGS. I'll generally keep it pretty chill here on the blog, but I will occasionally post content you might not want to see! It'll be flagged and tagged as appropriate, look after yourselves ❤️
Now, onto the blog guide!
COMMON TAGS;
#the geek yaps - personal posts
#the geek writes - fanfics and writing
#the geek draws - art tag
#ask the geek and it may answer - ask tag
#the geek rewatches TAG - my running commentary as I watch Thunderbirds Are Go for the second time
#AU: Captain Scarlet and the Thunderbirds - the tag for the primary universe I write my Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet fanfic in. Basically instead of keeping the two shows and their respective reboots separate, I'm smashing them all together into a single universe that fits my own tastes. E.g. I'm a Blond John, Ginger Gordon diehard but ALSO am just straight up in love with Black-Haired Virgil. It uses the puppet shows as a base (Jeff is still in the picture) but opts for the updated technology, either presented as-is or as part of Brains continually iterating and improving his own work. Heavy with OCs, many of which are Captain Scarlet OCs specifically because that's the show I got into first.
OC related posts will be tagged as '#OC: [character name/title]' e.g #OC: Larkin Carver-Grey or #OC: Captain Sable. If you're looking for a specific OC of mine you can probably find them searching like this on my blog lol. Same with fics, with links and related posts being tagged as 'Fic: [Name of Fic]'.
CURRENT WORKS;
Lines Left Behind - The chronological beginning of the Captain Scarlet and the Thunderbirds AU, where several of my OCs are introduced first joining Spectrum, told mainly from the perspective of Captain Sable. Ongoing. Ao3 | Tumblr
dance in yellow, kiss in lilac - Tosia and John go to a party and finally kiss. Oneshot. Ao3 | Tumblr
Errant Fractionality - Tracy Island has to weather a blowout argument that pulls the future of International Rescue into sharp focus, and Gordon thinks it's a good idea to piss off to Brazil for a week with the guy he has a crush on. Ongoing. Ao3 | Tumblr
Unclipped Wings - Scott discovers and rescues a powerful psychic from an abandoned research facility. The consequences are far greater, and much closer to home, than he ever could have predicted. Ongoing. Ao3 | Tumblr
Encore for an Old Song - The Songbird is in custody, and Colonel White must take their measure. They aren't what he's expecting. Oneshot. Ao3 | Tumblr
I Break My Teeth Upon Your Scales - The Virgil Tracy Skyrim Isekai Torment Nexus. Exactly what it says on the tin, with a hefty seasoning of self-insert shipping. Set post-TAG. Ongoing Ao3 | Tumblr
FANDOMS;
Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, UFO (1970), Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Star Wars, Star Trek, The Elder Scrolls, Dragon Age, Fallout, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Starfield, Mass Effect, Destiny, Baldur's Gate 3, Critical Role, Lord of the Rings, Fire Emblem, Soul Calibur, Zoids
... I think that's all of them? I think that's all of them. For someone who has a negligible online footprint, I've been privately losing it over my hyperfixations for YEARS. Now I'm playing catch-up.
I'll pin and update this post, hopefully regularly. Sometimes I forget things 😅 If you made it this far, by god you're a trooper, thank you for your time! Have a wonderful day ❤️
Paralives day 4: the new neighbours are settling nicely into their house! Paul and Adam immediately walked off to do stuff, leaving Riku and Tosia to chat and get comfy. Riku has a comfy deck chair in the garden where they can chill when they need to be alone lol.
Living their best life.
Also this one has such potential as a reaction meme I had to screenshot it.
When your colleagues are interacting with the thirstbot again
This will no doubt be appearing on the RP blog lol
the more i watch star trek tos, the more it becomes abundantly clear that the reason why modern trek doesnt get kirk at all is because they dont utilise mccoy nearly as much anymore
in modern trek, they always present the idea of logic vs emotion, with spock being logic and kirk being emotion, but thats not how tos has it. in tos, the logic vs emption debate is spock vs mccoy. kirk is supposed to be the mediator between the two, sometimes siding with one side over the other, sometimes finding a middle ground between the two. thats why hes the captain, hes able to see all angles and pick the best course
when you make kirk the emotional one, it completely breaks the format, because 9 time out of 10, it means kirk has to be correct. theres no more balance
mccoy is just as important to tos as spock is, and while i do understand why spock is as popular as he is, without mccoy, the show doesnt work. you need them both. kirk spock and mccoy are the three leads of the show, and removing one requires you to change the others, which is whats happened to kirk
I have been saying this for approximately 400 years, thank you.
When I teach rhetoric in my college essay writing/analysis course, it's always with the example of Kirk, Spock, AND McCoy. Ethos, Logos, Pathos--you need all three. Kirk isn't the counterweight to Spock; he's the fulcrum that balances Spock and McCoy.
Kirk isn't emotion. Kirk is ethos: credibility, authority. Spock and McCoy are there to stop him from damaging that credibility by falling back on an authority he doesn't actually have in the situation, to remind him of the logic or compassion that's lacking when an abuse of power would be the easy or basely satisfying thing to do.
What keeps Kirk credible is that he usually chooses the most ethical thing to do based on the information he has; what makes him a good leader, outside of his own innate abilities, is his understanding that he requires these two trusted advisors to keep him on an even keel. When Kirk says "I need you" to both Spock AND Bones, he means it.
ADHD affects how I experience time, not how I experience attachment. I love you. I miss you. I just don't realize how long it’s been since I last said that, let alone messaged.
I understand that most normal functioning brains need regular engagement to maintain a bond. Absence doesn’t diminish my affection. My silence isn’t neglect or disinterest. It’s time blindness and object impermanence. The contact gap is purely neurological, not emotional. Thank you for being patient with my inconsistency and holding a seat in your heart for me.
Yes it did. I just let it slide because I was taught that I'm "too sensitive" anytime something bothered me. But now I'm finally standing up for myself.
"You never struggled with this when you were a kid."
Yes I did. I just burned myself out in order to do it so I wouldn't be punished. But now I'm accepting myself enough to not force myself to do what I was never meant to do.
"You didn't have these problems when you were younger."
Yes, I did. I just spent my child/teen years with structured institutions like school while not having to worry about whether I had a roof over my head or food to eat and spent my early adult years using up every bit of adrenaline I will ever have to ignore the fact that I've been chronically burnt out my whole life.
Paralives day 4: the new neighbours are settling nicely into their house! Paul and Adam immediately walked off to do stuff, leaving Riku and Tosia to chat and get comfy. Riku has a comfy deck chair in the garden where they can chill when they need to be alone lol.
Living their best life.
Also this one has such potential as a reaction meme I had to screenshot it.
When your colleagues are interacting with the thirstbot again
This will no doubt be appearing on the RP blog lol
given the current climate this pride especially i feel i must mention that i love my trans friends, i stand with trans people in the fight against transphobic legislation and those who would enforce it, and this blog is not a good place for you to be if you do not vibe with that
yeah yeah rainbow capitalism is bad and whatever but like. when I was a child, being pro gay was not the popular or lucrative choice. I'm happy that times have changed.
I miss rainbow capitalism. I do. I miss when it felt like public opinion was still pro gay. I understand it was always an empty gesture, but it mattered in a sense of knowing how socially acceptable being queer is. If that makes sense.
