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“When the truth offends, we lie and lie until we can no longer remember it is even there. But it is still there... Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Soon or later, that debt is paid.”
Valery Legasov, Chernobyl HBO Miniseries
What I love about Seth MacFarlane: A summary
(Some of these gifs aren’t mine)
Was a cutie as a kid:
Was a cutie as a teen:
Still a cutie:
Has a glamourous laugh:
Seriously:
I feel like the sun is shining out of my ass everytime he laughs:
Modesty:
The faces he makes for his characters:
Dat hair tho:
Gets drunk and laughs about his own jokes:
Gets drunk and laughs about other peolpe’s jokes:
Gets drunk:
Dat arms damn son:
Loves cats:
The tongue thing:
The fact that this skit happened:
Is a ‘Back to the Future’ fan:
This look:
Is a ‘Star Wars’ fan:
Is a ‘Star Trek’ fan:
Doesn’t take himself too seriously:
Rocks a cowboy outfit: (The ‘I love you’ is giving me life)
Also this scene:
Is a dork:
Is a Broadway fan:
Appreciates a good orchestra:
Plays the piano:
Knows how to perform:
And whatever the hell this is:
Which leads me toooo:
Am I wrong for liking this??:
Can Tries to dance:
Casual as it gets:
Hellooooo:
Hosted the Oscars like damn can you be any more attractive??:
Roasted Donald Trump:
By the way I want to have this woman’s job:
Okay but why didn’t I know this existed??:
Actual footage of me meeting Seth MacFarlane:
And this:
And THIS:
Feel free to add. I know there is much more to include, but time is a b*tch. I have faith in y’all.
Got my mind set on you 😍
Because the world needs more Orville fanworks
So is anyone watching The Orville? And if so, can we talk about Kelly and Ed? I haven’t even made up my mind whether I like the show yet, but I already ship those two SO HARD. (Is their ship name Mercson? Is that the plan?) Anyway this ficlet popped into my head and demanded to be written, and since I am feeling too lazy at the moment to get The Orville added as a category on AO3, I thought I’d put it on my old friend The Tumblr. Just a short and (bitter)sweet little moment between the captain and the XO.
Rating: K
Pairing: Kelly Grayson/Ed Mercer (Mercson, I believe?)
“So what’s the deal with Alara?”
Kelly looks up from her lunch as Ed walks into her office and drops into the seat in front of her desk. “What do you mean?” she asks, although deep down she suspects she knows.
“I don’t know,” he shrugs as he casually reaches out and steals one of the cherry tomatoes off her plate. The move takes her back a year and a half and more, to a thousand meals just like this: the pair of them together, chatting casually over the table, with Ed eating her tomatoes because he knows she doesn’t like them. The thought gives her a pang of nostalgia that she violently shoves back into its usual deep dark corner of her heart. “She’s been kind of weird,” he explains after a moment’s thought. “Sort of jumpy and on edge, almost … nervous, you know what I’m saying?”
Yes, Kelly knows exactly what he’s saying, and she wonders how to respond. Alara is her friend, and she doesn’t want to embarrass her. To answer truthfully would feel like betraying a confidence, even though Alara hasn’t actually told her anything; what Kelly knows is the result of observation, not confession.
But on the other hand, Ed is her captain, and if she has information about a personnel issue that could affect how the senior officers interact with each other, maybe she should say something. Imagine if it led to sloppy behavior on a mission, or in a landing party: the results could be disastrous.
(And on a third hand, he’s more than her captain. Alara might be a friend but Ed is … well, she has no idea what she and Ed are to each other, but she knows that whatever it is, it’s strong, stronger than her friendship with Alara. It has not escaped her wry, resigned notice that even now, sixteen months after the divorce, Ed is still the most significant relationship in her life.)
“I’m just worried, I guess,” Ed is continuing. “Those could be indicators of stress. Are we overworking her? I know she’s well trained, and she’s strong as an ox, but she’s still so green; twenty-three is pretty young to be a chief security officer. Should I lessen her hours until she’s feeling better?”
“Don’t do that,” Kelly says immediately. She doesn’t want to undermine the tenuous respect that Alara is starting to command among the crew, especially not when stress and overworking are not actually what’s ailing the young Xelayan. “It’s just …” How to put this in a way that won’t embarrass her young friend? “It’s being around you, to be honest. She’s kind of got a little hero-worship thing going on.” That’s essentially the truth, anyway.
Ed’s eyebrows raise in surprise.
“It’s actually really normal for young recruits to develop that kind of admiration for their commanding officers,” she says. “I mean, you remember the first captain I served under, Captain Cardaleer? I followed him around with stars in my eyes for the first six months. I actually used to take notes on all his crew-wide debriefings.”
“I see,” says Ed with understanding in his face. Too much understanding, actually; she can see at a glance that he heard all the things that she carefully didn’t say. So much for discretion. She never could hide much from Ed … except the affair, of course. “You mean she’s got a little bit of a–yeah, in retrospect, that actually explains a lot. So what should I do?”
“Don’t do anything,” she says immediately. “If you say anything you’ll just embarrass her. Give her a few months and it’ll wear off; she’ll find someone new to admire.” It occurs to her, not for the first time, how lucky she is to be serving under Ed; she can only imagine what her previous captain would have done with the fact that one of his young underlings was harboring a crush on him. An XO shouldn’t have to spend half her time comforting heartbroken crew members and trying to keep her captain from causing an HR nightmare.
But Ed wouldn’t do that–not with a subordinate, especially one who is so young and so new to the Union. He’s got his faults, but deep down, he’s a good guy. Always was, always will be.
Kelly goes on. “She’s smart, and a good officer; I don’t think you have to worry about getting any love letters or anything.”
He gives her that little smile of his, the one that just sort of beams at her like she’s done something wonderful, the one that used to be exclusively hers, the one that she’s never been able to resist. “If you say so, Kel. I trust you.” He grabs another of her tomatoes. “What’s the deal with that, though? I thought she’d been dating some guys on the ship. None of those worked out?”
She shrugs. “Apparently most of the guys she’s tried to date on the ship have been really put off by the fact that she’s stronger than them.” She hesitates, then adds, “I think that’s one thing Alara likes about you. You see her strength as something to be admired, not something she should be ashamed of.”
He chuckles and leans back in his chair. “I didn’t do it to get her to fall for me, but I do stand by that attitude. It’s one of the things that makes her awesome.”
Kelly laughs and rolls her eyes. “I wish more guys felt that way. And not just about strength. Some males can be really threatened by female competence.”
Ed snorts. “Which I’ve never understood What’s the appeal in being with someone who needs you to do everything for them? I always find competence sexy. I mean, that’s why I first asked you … out …” He trails off, wincing a little, and fixes his gaze on something on the wall behind her.
They’ve gotten better about not bringing up their past; some days she can pretend that they’ve never been anything except professional colleagues. It’s probably better that way. And in that spirit, she should drop this, she really should. But her mouth doesn’t listen to her brain. “Really? That was what you liked about me?”
He meets her eyes then, grinning a little shyly. “Well, yeah. You remember that hand-to-hand combat class we had? You kicked my butt; I was sore for days. And you were so good that I just thought, ‘I need to know that girl.’”
This is the most they’ve talked about their romantic history since they were trapped in that Calivon zoo. And maybe it has Ed feeling a little vulnerable too, because he clearly feels the need to break the silence with a joke. “You know, I just said something really nice about you. You should return the favor. My ego needs some stroking.”
She laughs aloud at that. “All right,” she says, and thinks back to those early days at Union Point, when she first started noticing her over-eager, over-optimistic, over-sincere classmate with the warm brown eyes. Then, ignoring the little pang in her chest: “The first thing I noticed about you … well, I mean, you were such a hard worker, and so smart; we all knew you’d do great things. But what I liked about you was how you wanted to believe the best of everything and everyone. You weren’t naive, you just preferred … to hope for the best. I’d always been so relentlessly practical, so to be around your optimism was, I don’t know. Nice.”
Optimism you took from him, says a voice in her head that she’s mostly managed to keep quiet the last few months. She hates herself for cheating because she lost Ed, but she also hates herself for cheating because she made Ed lose his way, as well as his hopeful outlook on life. And his ability to trust others, adds the voice, and she savagely tells it to shut up because if she starts down that path of self-flagellation, she’s going to be in a bad mood all day.
Ed is nodding thoughtfully. “It’s not as cool as beating people up, but I’ll take it.”
She chuckles, and he slaps his hands down on his knees in a final sort of way. “So, do nothing? That’s your advice?” She nods and he smiles. “You always have been better at solving my problems than I have,” he says–something that’s become a bit of a joke between them ever since the first time he said it, after their first mission together on the Orville.
“That’s why they pay me the big bucks,” she says–another joke between them, from long ago.
There’s that little smile again, the one that–yes, she admits it–has her heart rate subtly accelerating. “Thanks, Kel,” he says, and rises from his chair, and leaves the office.
And Kelly sits quietly at her desk, her eyes fixed on her office door, for a long time after he’s gone.
tv challenge 1/10 lead males thank you for lighting me on fire and then giving me permission to be in pain.
Well, maybe we’ll fail. Have to go find someplace to live in secret.
The Orville Edits - depressing quotes
“Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.” - George Bernard Shaw
as if it might turn out this time it’s a love song for anyone who t r i e s
Kelly: Look at the Sunset every night
Ed: Wake up looking at you every morning
Me:
This is so me, especially when it comes to Ed and Kelly.
The Orville 2x14 || Star Wars
“they’re just friends”
That’s the thing that pisses me off. You are entitled to your own opinion. You can ship whatever ship you want to ship, as long as you do not hate on other ships. I am perfectly fine with that. But just friends?
Just friends?
Just friends?
JUST friends?
Just friends do not rescue each other and will be willing to protect the other person, even if it could be incredibly risky.
Just friends do not stick with each other through thick and thin, till the end of the line, even when the other has done some things which are unforgiving.
Just friends are not willing to die for each other and just friends are not just accepting of the other’s behaviour, no matter how quirky it may be.
Just friends do not just do everything for each other, even when those things might be incredibly dangerous and might risk everything else.
Just friends do not just expose their true selves to the other person and are willing to simply stand up for the other person.
Even if you disagree with the romantic coding between two characters, to brush off a strong bond as just friends? That’s a low blow.
These two people love each other, for goodness sake. Whether that love is platonic or not, that’s up to you to decide. But please do not say “just” friends. Because it is so much more than that.
“Is this what you want?” (½)
“Is this what you want?” (2/2)
Oh wow, that ending 👀👀 (I, for the record, would like to see prime!Ed and Kelly get back together by the end of the next episode 🤷🏼♀️)
On another note, I’m realllllly disappointed that it seems like Claire has moved on from Isaac. That she only saw it as a phase. That really sucks. 😕
I would love to see prime!Ed and Kelly get back together next episode and work out their differences and compromise and say what they both want from their relationship and make up for everything that has happened with also Ed staying as the captain. I’m also disappointed in the way of Issac and Claire’s relationship they were good together my question is what happened to make Claire’s mind change and think it was just a phase.
ADORBS 💙
We will rise, one small victory at a time.
