— light the path

[pathlit]

# pathlit ;

multimuse — featuring canons & ocs from a variety of ( primarily sci-fi & fantasy ) fandoms.  low activity. penned by katya ( she/her,  30+ ). carrd | memes | @owedfavors & @cptnbatel.

[pathlit]

my new multi is all set up over at @eclipscd !! so, find me there.

[pathlit]

my new multi is all set up over at @eclipscd !! so, find me there.

[pathlit]

hey, loves!! I am working on a new multi, under a new url. I should have it ready in the next few days. I'll try to remember to come post it here at that time, but in case I forget, you'll also be able to find it via una's blog, where I'll definitely share it: @owedfavors.

[meowmeowchapel]

happy birthday @pathlit

[pathlit]

I expected to find the post-gibbs days of ncis boring... but I realized this evening that the gibbs-parker transition is the lorca-pike discovery transition of my lorca's au... and now this all I will be thinking about for the next 5-10 business days...

[jennifershepard]

"At today's private memorial service, one mourner, who declined to give his name said Director Shepard ... would be remembered for her courage, determination, and loyalty."

#JENNIFER SHEPARD. Independent, private, & headcanon-based portrayal of Jennifer ‘Jenny’ Shepard from CBS's NCIS. Solved by Dorothea.

[mcflymemes]

INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989) PROMPTS *  assorted dialogue from the film, adjust as necessary

i hate these guys.

this is a new experience for me.

it happens to me all the time.

you lost today, [name]. but that doesn't mean you have to like it.

may we go home now, please?

i've got a lot of fond memories of that dog.

he sticks out like a sore thumb. we'll find him.

does anyone here speak english?

what are you hiding?

archaeology is the search for fact, not truth.

forget any ideas you've got about lost cities, exotic travel, and digging up the world.

we do not follow maps to buried treasure, and "x" never... ever marks the spot.

70% of all archaeology is done in the library. researching. reading.

we cannot afford to take mythology at face value.

help me get us out of here.

are you kidding? i made all that up.

she talks in her sleep.

try not to talk.

give me your other hand. i can't hold on.

i can get it. i can almost reach it.

[name], let it go.

those people are trying to kill us.

i didn't know you could fly a plane.

our situation has not improved.

i'm as human as the next man.

i'm like a bad penny, i always turn up.

throw down the gun or the girl will die.

no! don't shoot!

please do what he says!

[name], what are you doing here?

head for the fireplace!

why are you sitting there resting when we're so near the end?

don't look at me like that.

i would have done anything to get it. you would have done the same.

i'm sorry you think so.

i'll never forgive myself.

thank god... it's fake.

look, can we discuss this later?

i came here to save you!

look what you did! i can't believe what you did!

i'll never forget how wonderful it was.

you have chosen wisely.

did you intend to leave us standing on the doorstep all day?

now look, i've gone and caught a sniffle.

don't take that tone with me!

this is the second time i've had to reclaim my property from you.

that belongs in a museum.

why are you trying to kill us?

my soul is prepared. how's yours?

what have you brought?

i'm sorry about your head. i thought that you were one of them.

you came back for the book?

is that what you think of me?

who gives a damn what you believe?

follow me. i know the way.

i find that if i just sit down to think... the solution presents itself.

in this sort of race, there's no silver medal for finishing second.

we didn't talk. we've never talked.

what are you complaining about?

you could go down in history.

you're going the wrong way.

the pen is mightier than the sword.

are you crazy? don't go between them!

my reputation preceeds me.

it would make me very happy.

shooting me won't get you anywhere.

we're well out of range.

you call this archaeology?

we are on the verge of completing a quest that began almost two thousand years ago.

we're just one step away.

since i've met you, i've nearly been incinerated, drowned, shot at, and chopped into fish bait.

we're caught in the middle of something sinister here.

you're a great deal like your father.

how dare you kiss me.

leave me alone. i don't like fast women.

you say this has been just another typical day for you, huh?

you're meddling with powers you can't possibly comprehend.

if only i could have been there with you.

[pathlit]

been awol from all my blogs and quiet on discord because my brain keeps telling me rude things. I'll be back eventually — I always am. but please bear with me in the meantime.

[heartsofblood]

ELLA PURNELL. on Late Night with Seth Meyers, 2018

[nursc-arc]

❛⠀⠀you don't avoid it either, ⠀ ❜ ⠀christine retorts in the same tone. it was perhaps a tad childish, and she half-expected someone to tug on her pigtails. yet, strange as it seemed, annoying and arguing with him made her feel better. for one brief moment—while she was ordering him about and fussing over his injury—she wasn't consumed by the fact that there was no enterprise-shape shadow looming in the skies.

correction, it wasn't childish. it was selfish and ungrateful.

and tonight, under the cover of stars, she'd kick herself for it. but, for now, she tutted and used a clean shirt, before applying some salve and wrapping it up.

❛⠀⠀and you're not supposed to point out my inconsistencies either. i thought you farm boys were supposed to be polite. ⠀ ❜

[pathlit]

he could argue that he's not quite a farm boy, but some stereotypes fit too well — and he didn't want to open the door to that vein of teasing. ❛ oh, we're polite in a carry your bag and a open doors for you sort of way. even in a please and thank you sort of way. ❜ hell, one doesn't grow up with a mother like wendy mitchell and forget those, ever. ❛ but askin' us not to blunder over ourselves with our words? that might be asking a bit much. we're not quite that sophisticated. ❜

❛ here, think of it this way: I went exploring and got my shoulder dislocated so that you don't have to. ❜ not quite a credible motivation, but cam might argue that it is less hyperbolic than it seems at first glance. at a certain point, if the ship fails to return first, they will need to know the lay of the land, will need to rely upon what resources the area has to offer. ❛ that not polite enough for you? ❜

[aranostra]

Sheppard scrunches his face a little, looking away. He still doesn't really know how to process that. He doesn't really know why she went out on a limb for him, especially considering... Well, he might've held a grudge if he were her.

"You sure that's about keeping me and not about avoiding Caldwell?" It's a joke, but it's half-hearted. Still, he grins crookedly. "I guess, uh, I could be a little more careful sometimes. Out of respect for your capital."

He shifts his weight, trying not to seem as uncomfortable as he is. He's not exactly proud of some of his behavior, especially not when he first got here, but he hasn't been perfect since then either. Sometimes it's like he's outside of himself, watching himself say and do things that feel necessary in the moment but he hates it at the same time.

They've moved past a lot of it, but it still feels like it has more to do with her patience, her forgiveness, and his dumb luck. That same recklessness that has saved the day a few times, and has made him less dispensable than he'd like to be.

"Out of, uh, out of respect in general. Still taking risks when I need to, though. That's out of respect, too."

[pathlit]

she raises her eyebrows at his half-hearted question, her expression a silent demand to know if he really thinks she couldn't have gotten rid of both him and caldwell, if she'd wanted. of course, he doesn't know what was said in that meeting, doesn't know she threatened to pull strings with the president of the united states. but he does know her tenacity.

had he not yielded, she might have put the question to words, but as it is, she has no desire to belabor the point, to distract from the tentative agreement elizabeth fully intends to hold him to like a promise.

❛ alright. I'll accept a little more careful. ❜ — even if she will also give him a hard time for the rather noncommittal words. — ❛ but be warned, I'm holding you to it, too. ❜

[aranostra]

He can't argue; her best behavior is certainly several, several rungs above his best behavior. Anyway, he wouldn't take it personally. He's grown to appreciate her sense of humor, now that he can tell when she's employing it. Subtle, dry, a little nerdy, verging on gallows humor sometimes. Not usually something you'd laugh at, but not in a bad way.

What actually concerns him is just how down she seems to be. He's seen--first hand, from time to time--how undaunted she is in the face of bullshit. He's starting to see that undaunted doesn't mean invincible.

"There're a couple of balcony's with better views you could've picked, but this one's all right. Other than that..." He glances at her, then back out at that view. "You can talk about it, if you want to. Instead of trying to convince me to pile on."

[pathlit]

what is there to talk about? or rather, what good is there in talking about it? no sense burdening others with the constant resistance she faces from those technically responsible for their expedition and who have not the slightest conception of what it is to live on atlantis.

on the other side of the conversation, she'd chide another for it, but still elizabeth takes the easy way out, leaving unacknowledged his offer. with a shake of her head, she explains, ❛ no, see, if I chose a balcony with a better view, I'd increase the chance someone would find me there. ❜ whether by accident in seeking the view themselves, or in searching for her and anticipating that she might choose it for that same reason. ❛ I thought that one through. ❜

the remark brings to mind a question that perhaps ought to have occurred to her earlier, and her eyes narrow. ❛ how did you find me up here? ❜

[samueltanders]

[jumpingpuddles]

Stargate Atlantis: No Man’s Land

[mcflymemes]

NATIONAL TREASURE (2004) PROMPTS *  assorted dialogue from the film, adjust as necessary

i'm gonna steal it.

who wants to go down the creepy tunnel inside the tomb first?

if it's any consolation, you had me convinced.

you're not hurt, are you?

i am so getting fired for this.

is there a question in there?

we have no money.

how about a bribe?

it was cool. you should try it sometime.

we can't go back there.

i've never been so happy to be proven wrong.

you handled that well.

are you trying to steal that?

it's thirty-five dollars.

you know the key to running a convincing bluff? every once in a while you've got to be holding all the cards.

stop talking. start the van.

you're treasure hunters, aren't you?

i'm still working on it.

why don't you just come back down here and we can talk through this together.

don't speak again.

is that the hot girl?

are you with me?

what do you think? i'm a hostage.

do you trust me?

once we catch them, what do we do?

is this real?

i made something for you.

tell me what i need to know.

just another clue.

i can explain, but i don't have time.

i wasted 20 years of my life, and now you've destroyed yours.

what was the secret?

i found something!

i broke a shoelace this morning.

it can't be done.

i understand your bitterness. i really do.

i want you to have a chance to do that.

i've got some duct tape in the back.

promise you won't be any trouble.

i finally figured it out.

the treasure is a myth.

we need more juice.

you're all lunatics!

still a little on edge from being shot at, but i'll be okay. thanks for asking.

see? okay? now could you please stop shouting?

give me that!

you would do well, [name], to be a little more civilized in this instance.

who were those men?

we did the only thing we could do to keep it safe.

we probably deserved that.

i was thinking, what if we go public? plaster the story all over the internet.

it's not like we have our reputations to worry about.

people don't talk that way anymore.

beautiful, huh?

i have no idea what you said.

if there's something wrong, those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.

what do you see?

what time is it now?

we missed it.

i know something about history that you don't.

i'd be very excited to learn about it.

hold on one second. let me just take in this moment.

this is cool. is this how you feel all the time?

[name], you're a genius.

how do a bunch of guys with hand tools build all this?

the aliens helped them.

i volunteered.

it's invisible.

i'm sorry for your suffering.

when are we gonna get there?

i'm hungry. this car smells weird.

i'm so sorry i dropped you.

i would have done exactly the same to you.

why can't they just say "go to this place, here's the treasure, spend it wisely?"

anyone crazy enough to believe us isn't gonna want to help.

we don't need someone crazy.

[name], are you crying?

look. stairs.

i'm guessing that's significant.

i'm just trying to hide from my ex-husband.

stay as long as you like.

you want something?

i see what you left him.

this isn't a day for "um."

we didn't find the information credible.

well, this might be possible.

i leveled with you one hundred percent.

everything i told you was the truth.

it's not a conspiracy theory.

you know what? i take it back.

i'm in a little trouble.

this... is huge.

you are gonna go to prison. you know that, right?

that would bother most people.

you know what you have to do.

i'm just trying to think if there's anything else we could do.

i'm not letting it out of my sight.

how do you look?

a toast to high treason.

here's to the men who did what was considered wrong in order to do what they knew was right.

why do you need them?

look... this is a waste of time.

i'm still not against you.

i really couldn't accept something like this normally.

we don't actually have it.

did bigfoot take it?

is there a door that doesn't lead to prison?

get out of there. get out of there now!

[name], can you hear me?

can i marry your brain?

our evil plan is working.

why does that never happen to me?

meet me at the car. call me if you have any problems.

no broken bones?

a jump like that could kill a man.

[pathlit]

what if I continue my habit of adopting tiny characters from shows with the tiniest of rpcs and add light of my life special agent abby borin to my muses list...