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St Voyager Crew's Casual Chats: X

[kismightymouse]

This is so perfect

[animentality]

[delicious-trash-tree]

This info needs to be out there, it turned the tide against cryptocurrency in the public eye it might fit so too

[whetstonefires]

Okay so, got here from a book on animal behavior but: Vulcan stand-up comedy as a competitive activity.

Because most Vulcans don't actually pretend they don't have emotions, it's all about self-regulation, right? And good comedy usually hinges on manipulating the relationship between our faculties of recognition and surprise in various ways, you can get pretty scientific with it.

So Vulcans go to the comedy act, and the idea is the comedian is trying to make you crack up, and the audience is trying to not even crack a smile, and if you do laugh, you lose. Like all in good fun, but Vulcans are both really competitive and really aware of how dangerous that urge can be to a society, so this could actually be classified as highly orthodox Surakian practice.

So of course the comedian has to actually be funny, or there's no challenge and the game is boring.

Which means the really good Vulcan comedians (most of whom tend to extremely dry delivery of their bits) are going to go around playing to packed houses, which mostly sit staring stonily back at them, with occasional breaks when someone loses it and reacts.

And after a show you'll have Vulcans walking out discussing with great approval how very humorous that was, with varying degrees of muted smugness or chagrin depending on if they won or lost.

I bet there are human comedians whose grandest fantasy is being good enough to do a set in Vulcana Regatta and have people going around bragging about not laughing at them.

[biblioimmortal]

"My agent was very concerned, wanted to make sure that I knew that no one was going to be laughing at my jokes."

"'Yes, I know' I said. 'I'm used to that.'"

[rowark]

Tour of Voyager's bridge with Kate Mulgrew, from E! Inside Star Trek Voyager (1995)

... I'm not sure I believe her about how they end their bridge shifts 🤣🤣

also, I tried really hard to transcribe this, but there were parts I just could not get... if anyone can decipher the parts I missed, please let me know and I'll fix the captions!

also... Kate and Garrett weren't even acting, were they? They're just as obsessed with each other as Janeway and Harry are, and in the exact same way 🤣🤣

[rowark]

#and that's our day on the bridge ;) omggg I can't believe I didn't figure that one out! Now it sounds so obvious lol

(I fixed it and edited the original post lol)

[kismightymouse]

What an absolute work of art haha

[miakagrewup]

Hi ! I had this idea of campy Lucius in this

And for the pose I was thinking he could be in a chair but his legs in the air, in a type of seductive pose (but if it turns out too complicated, it's okay, do whatever)

Thank you ❤

Nothing is too complicated for Campy Lucius.

[tackytigerfic]

Me: Hey whats up? My Brain: WHAT IF HARRY WAS A NIFFLER ANIMAGUS AND EVERYTIME HE TRANSFORMS HES DRAWN TO RICH BITCH™️ DRACO MALFOY WITH HIS GOLD AND HIS RINGS AND HE PROBABLY WEARS FANCY BROACHES AND OTHER SHINIES AND HARRYS LITTLE NIFFLER BRAIN IS LIKE YES SHINY MAN AND DRACO ACTUALLY REALLY LIKES NIFFLERS BC HES A SLYTHERIN AND HES LIKE FUCK YEAH STEAL TO GET WHAT YOU WANT, I BELIEVE IN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT. anyway, how are you? Me: ...

Your brain is a wonderful place, Anon - WRITE THIS ONE PLEASE as I want to read it! Draco loving Nifflers is very in character imo (also he’s the lord of the manor so he probably would like animals in general, right?)

Also, exhibit A to support your theory - Hagrid having to dissuade eleven year old Harry from buying a solid gold cauldron on his trip to Diagon.

[miakagrewup]

Ron and Hermione were nonplussed the first time they saw Harry in his animagus form. “A niffler, mate? No offense but I thought you’d be a lion or something,” Ron blurted, as Hermione furrowed her brow in confusion. But Harry had felt right at home in the unassuming little body. He could quickly get out of sight when unwanted company was around, which he found useful at formal events when the press began to circulate. And the desire to get his paws on shiny objects was not altogether foreign to someone who had grown up with nothing. Harry didn’t have to seek the advice of a mind healer to know that deep inside he would always worry about being without, and that his animagus form was an outward expression of his desire to have security via hoarding things. Pretty things. Shiny things. Like the jewels on Draco Malfoy’s rings that drew Harry’s gaze hypnotically as he stood frozen, clutching the pocket watch he’d just nicked.

He’d been doing the rounds at a ministry event - wondering how many hands he’d have to shake before he could slink to some alcove and change into his surreptitious form and enjoy a little peace and quiet -when those same jewels had caught his eye. Malfoy had raised his hand, gesturing to illustrate whatever point he was making in his discussion with some pompous so and so whose name Harry had forgotten the instant it left the man’s lips. When Malfoy stepped away from the crowd and entered an empty lounge, Harry was compelled to follow him. As he felt his body shift forms, he wondered if he was suddenly coveting things even while human.

Now, pocket watch in paw, was the moment when he should run off into a dark corner with his prize. But he couldn’t tear his eyes away from those hands with their long, pale, clever fingers. Or was it the rings he was staring at? He felt fuzzy and confused, but oddly pleased. A posh voice cut through the fog of his animal mind. “Like what you see, little fellow?” With a start, Harry realized that although Malfoy had not moved at all, ostensibly not to startle him, he was looking down at Harry with a hint of a smile curling the corner of his mouth. “Your kind aren’t afraid to take what you want. You don’t give a toss what anyone thinks about you, do you?” Harry tensed as Malfoy slowly reached down, and gently unclasped the pocket watch, nudging the end of the chain toward him. Harry found himself grabbing the golden chain involuntarily, and looked up to see Malfoy easing himself off the ledge upon which he’d been perched. He put his hands in his pockets and sauntered back out to the main gallery. Harry watched him go.

[miakagrewup]

hello!! i love your art so so much i cant even!! If you could, maybe Drarry being fluffy or something and then lucius comes in and ruins the mood (what if he tries to join them 😂) I love your art and would love to see anything from you, if you're feeling up to it of course. Have a lovely day!!! 💕

The best I could do for ‘fluffy or something’ was ‘grudgingly collaborating against their will’. But Lucius definitely ruined the mood, such as it was.

Bonus panel...

[autumnsnuggling]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love it so much!

[ace-aro-fandroid]

So we got an Amazon Echo and we changed the wake word to “Computer” and now I feel like I’m on the Enterprise all the time. Additionally, whenever I watch Star Trek, she only responds to “computer” when Data says it and it’s kind of adorable. Not Picard, not La Forge, not Troi, not Dr. Crusher, not Riker. Not anyone but Data. The other night Data asked his Computer what the time was and my Computer told him it was 10:47. Watching Star Trek is even more fun now

[catgirldick]

Ur echo has a crush

[boldkatte]

[the-goofball]

Resume your disorder.

[stephenhawqueen]

a harry potter au where potions is taught by gordon ramsay

[malfoycat-blog]

neville: *messes up his potion*

gordon ramsay: *holds neville between two slices of bread* what are you

neville: an idiot sandwich

[iamthepureblindraven-blog]

no no no!

Imagine that this is Gordon Ramsay a la Masterchef Junior

Neville: *messes up the potion, realizes it, starts crying quietly*

GR: What’s going on?

Neville: *explains how he messed up*

GR: Oh gosh okay…we can fix this, don’t cry, see, it’s fine now? Just be more careful when you’re adding the Newt’s eyes, all right? Drop them in gently. There we go. No more tears.

Neville: *giggles wetly, wiping eyes*

[mirab3lle]

Yes, he only screams when he’s dealing with people that claim to know what they’re doing and clearly dont, when he’s teaching he’s very kind and patient because they’re still learning.

[wickedbitchofthewestcoast]

He’d probably do the bread thing to Malfoy.

[therewerenorelevanturlsavailable]

nononononono. I get that Malfoy is a bit of a twat, but he’s still a kid. It’d be the teachers fucking up that he’d have trouble with.

Ramsay: All you had to do was treat it with a fucking Beozar! 

Slughorn: It was a stressfu-

Ramsay: How long have you been teaching potions?!

or

Ramsay: So you’re going to raise this boy SPECIFICALLY so he can die as part of your twisted little scheme? 

Dumbledore: It’s for the greater good, professor. 

Ramsay: The greater fucking good?! *holds two slices of bread either side of dumbledoor’s face* What are you? 

Dumbledore: Am I, per chance, an idiot sandwich? 

Ramsay: Yes, you fucking are. 

[marauders4evr]

Okay, now I can reblog it!

[theiguanaamarillaart]

@marauders4evr

[marauders4evr]

Fantastic!

[thebookishgurl]

@alrightanakin

[marisatomay]

I’m in love

[bellesbloggg-blog]

I MUST HAVE REBLOGGED A THOUSAND TIMESSSS

[cameoamalthea]

My favorite Gordon Ramsey moment is from the latest season of Master Chef Jr.

Gordon had run in to help a group of struggling kids with a team challenge and one of the older kids, a 12 year old boy, wasn’t passing attention while taking a pan out of the oven and not only spilled all the food but scalded Gordon.

It’s clear Gordon’s leg is in pain. He’s been badly burned without warning. But he doesn’t scream. He doesn’t yell, not even in pain, and he doesn’t go off on the child who is now frozen in fear. He calmly tells the child to set the pan down and to close the oven, safety first. Then tells him to go restart the food he was making, calm instructions.

My husband and I grew up in abusive homes where any mistake meant parents getting angry (my husband is terrified of spills or broken glasses because that meant beatings growing up, for me, anything going wrong, that could upset my mother, even if it wasn’t my fault meant screaming and emotional abuse).

I didn’t know someone could be so calm. That someone could not get angry, and put aside what they’re feeling (in this case a lot of physical pain) and not take it out on those around them, even when someone around them had messed up, because that person is a child.

Gordon Ramsey is a survivor of child abuse himself and as an adult, the most non-abusive person ever when it comes to kids.

[owleensnest-deactivated20220718]

im going to cry can gordon ramsey be my parent this sound so beautiful

[betterstayabsurd-deactivated202]

[bemusedlybespectacled]

Gomez gives out better relationship advice than like 90% of dudes.

[obstinate-nocturna]

Gomez Addams is a suave motherfucker who loves his wife more than his own life.

Everyone should want a Gomez. He’s p cool.

[breelandwalker]

Gomez and Morticia Addams actually have a very loving and extremely healthy relationship, both in the old TV show and in the more recent movies. They were also one of the first television couples to be shown to have an active (albeit offscreen) sex life. Their frank attitude towards sexuality was shocking in its’ time, but their relationship and their family dynamic is actually more functional and more…dare I say it…sane than most families portrayed on TV.

The comedy in the show came from the family’s “odd” lifestyle, rather than from infighting and petty bickering, or worse, as was common on other shows of the time, thinly veiled references to spousal abuse. They didn’t make fun of each other or act like their children were creatures from another world. Were they strange and outside of social norms? Yes. Were they united in creating a loving home and being good, supportive parents? Absolutely.

These two support and adore their children, care for an aging mother and an estranged brother, put family before everything, and they love each other, wholly, fiercely, without reserve. They are every bit as much in love after at least a decade of marriage as they were the day they met.

Relationship goals. LIFE goals.

[avotica]

Just remembered in the second movie when their third child became “normal” for a period and although they were shocked and didn’t know how to handle it, they didn’t mistreat the child or love it any less. They accepted the difference, even though it was hard for them. 

[drnerdlove]

Reblogged for truth.

[franklyunfabulous]

❤️❤️❤️

[endreal]

Posts about Gomez and Morticia Addams are almost always uplifting and I’m happy to have them on my dash, but I think my favorite bit about this conversation is what Gomez is actually saying to Fester.

It’s nobody’s surprise that many of the aesthetic and thematic elements of The Addams Family in its various incarnations are influenced by Gothic tradition (not goth, that mostly came later. And not Goth, that was much much much too early), and I think Gomez’s words are a dead bullseye in terms of Gothic mentality.

“Make her feel like she’s the most sublime creature on earth”

The sublime is a recurring theme throughout Gothic literature. Although the word (like “awesome”) has lost a lot of it’s original luster over the intervening decades, sublime doesn’t really mean elevated and lofty (or even heavenly) as it’s often used today, but rather something possessing the power and grandeur to induce awe and veneration in the mind of the beholder. Although less than divine, something sublime possessed a wildness and power that transcended human ability to control…or even to comprehend.

Sublime is standing at the edge of the Grand Canyon leaning as far as you dare over the railing and still not being able to see the canyon floor below. Sublime is warrior-queen Galadriel being tempted by the One Ring. Sublime is waking up in the middle of the night in the heart of a wild thunderstorm.

“Make her feel like she’s the most sublime creature on earth”

Gomez isn’t advising Fester to treat a woman he fancies like a princess, or even elevate her to pedestal of angelic nature (who’s idea was it to equate femininity with purity anyway? What a laughable and historically damaging idea. Shame on whatever dead (probably) white dudes promoted that!)

Gomez is advising Fester that if he truly loves a woman he must do everything he can to remind her of how she’s an untameable force of nature who’s grandeur brings him to his knees in awe and terror. Just like Morticia, for Gomez.

I’ll sign off with one of my most favorite quotes of all time, because it feels suddenly very relevant:

“When I find myself surrounded by so much beauty, I feel as if I am the eye of a hurricane.”

- -Sanjay Kulkarni

[360degreesasthecrowflies]

It got better.

Get you a man who treats you like an untameable force of nature

[lucy-9000]

[kirknspock]

#holy trinity of picard being a Mood

[s-trip-tease]

Janeway: *Busts into Picard’s office after returning to the Alpha Quadrant* GUESS WHO GOT ASSIMILATED!!

[kismightymouse]

😂

[and-down-we-go]

My Mom just accidentally prematurely sent an email to an accounting firm… It was supposed to say ‘I am afraid that we will have to postpone our meeting”

but she hit send when all it said was

Hi Jeffrey,       I am afraid

[kismightymouse]

I seriously just thought about this text post today 😂

[imaginationallcompact]

Kirk: Rules are made to be broken.

Picard: Rules are made to be followed.

Sisko: Since that’s a stupid-ass rule, I’ve elected to ignore it.

Janeway: We’re over 70,000 lightyears from where the rules originated so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Georgiou: The rules exist for a reason.

Lorca: The rules don’t apply to me.

Archer: I’m the reason why they made the rules.

[kismightymouse]

😂 accurate.