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. Here is the masterpost I made for it!
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 ❤️
This took me... Two days. I'll probably add more decoration as I go but this almost killed me. I'm very happy with how it turned out though! I think I'm getting better at this whole house building thing.
Obligatory terrible group photo as they wait patiently for me to finish building four entire houses.
Everyone is settling in well! For the most part, the four houses on one lot if working out just fine, though sometimes these fools will decide that the kitchen across the garden is much preferable to the one in their own home. I don't mind too much as it means they socialise with each other, but I do keep losing track of them 😅
Spectrum is chill 😎
Oh and it turns out Harmony and Scott are coworkers! They've been hangin out. He is FAR TOO TALL.
The most underrated act of kindness is letting people be. Let them mispronounce a word, talk too much about a show they love, or get excited about something you don't understand. Everyone got something that lights them up. let them shine, even if it's not your thing
I love when emotionally inarticulate/inexpressive/repressed women have a love interest who just loves them openly and unwaveringly. However this unfortunately brings the "she doesn't even like him" "he's too good for her" accusations that are NOT true let my girl be loved
some people are responding to this like its a joke and im going to assume u are the type of people to say "its only a 3 minute walk" when i tell them the nearest bench is too far away
Yeah man, this wizard sleepover is cozy. I just saw a guy gently clap his hands together and say "hot beverage conjuration" or something, and suddenly everyone was holding a perfect mug of their favorite warm drink in their hands. Nobody who was already sleeping even woke up, that's how cozy it is. I'm over here casting pillow and level 2 pyjamas. I think I just heard "power word: blanket fort" two groups over. I gotta get in there.
lol this person needs to read Vulture's David Cronenberg interview from a few years ago (it's paywalled, but you can access it through archive.ph here)
Louder for the people in the back:
... you cannot tell what an artist is going to be like personally from being very familiar with their art.
(incidentally, this article also talks about his film Crimes of the Future, which was super weird and which I really loved)
I've made this post a thousand times and I'll make it a thousand times more until I stop seeing people being ashamed for the crime of being creative and caring
