A Warrior Does Not Let A Friend Face Danger Alone

Soph, they/them. SophCat on AO3. Fandom old, disabled folk, bi lesbian, regularly vagueblogging about academia. Current and ongoing obsessions include Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Arrowverse (esp Legends of Tomorrow/The Flash), The Magnus Protocol/Archives, Buffy the Vampire Slayer... ♿️♾️🏳️‍🌈 Jett Reno usericon by @awfuckward

[sophinspace]

About Me I Guess

So before I accidentally deleted my blog last year (I'm hopeless, it's my brand) I had a shiny separate 'about' page, but I have finally caught up to how the kids are doing pinned posts for that now (I am an old, plus see note on 'hopeless' above). So here is one of those.

Soph (they/them), SophCat on AO3, fandom old, disabled bod (chronically ill wheelchair user & various flavours of neurodivergent), queer obviously (bi lesbian since 2003). Grew up on Star Trek and Buffy and a lot of other sci fi shows and books, had an intense Arrowverse near-decade in which I wrote about 85 fics, now trying to match that with Starfleet Academy.

I do not get to decide what hyperfixations grab me, but I will work very hard to persuade you my shows are Good Actually (against all evidence to the contrary, no one remind me of the existence of Season 9 of the Flash pls). Yes I am AuDHD, no you can't tell me what neurodivergent headcanons I'm (not) allowed to write. When I'm not writing fic I am often regretting academia (disability studies rocks tho). My taste in music is as bad as my taste in TV, but the better end includes Tori Amos, Indigo Girls, Kristin Hersh, Metric and everything on the very long line that connects those points; sorry about all the 90s/2000s pop. Religion is another hyperfixation, fight me. Have been excessively using the em-dash in my fics since before AI meant anything other than Data and the Cylons (how I miss those days). Been with the long-suffering Spouse for 20-ish years; see #shit my spouse says tag for occasional delightful nonsense from them. Cats like me for some reason (#biscuit). I'm really not as aggressive as the tone of this post suggests but it's 85 degrees F in the house today.

Ships: Many; living that rarepair life, but I like gen even more. Responsible for quite a few of the reymir fics in the Starfleet Academy tag. I used to write a lot of dccoldwave and coldwestallen (Arrowverse). Faith/Buffy (btvs) is a longtime favourite which I’ve never actually written. 'Angst' is my most frequently used tag but I'm a very cheerful person I swear. Except when it's 85 F in the house. Warning, #personal tag may contain religion (but more often just cats and neurodivergence and disability life). Multi-fandom blog, as if that wasn't obvious by now.

[theadhdgoblin]

[hano-dakukita]

Played with the star trek title generator

[thermywho]

Starfleet Academy s01e05 Series Acclimation Mil

[sophinspace]

I have to have the kind of 'mentoring' type job-related meeting today that is supposed to be supportive but is actually going to make me want to ragequit and do nothing but write fanfic for three weeks before the money runs out (I work ALL THE TIME and need to do so much more if I want a chance at having my precarious short-term contract extended if I'm very lucky while everyone around me is being laid off). Meanwhile the spouse (who is also ridiculously stressed in a ridiculous job) keeps going "yeah we'll both quit and travel the world" for five mins before the money runs out. Oh and I'm still in bed at 9.30am because fuck all this. Help me

[sophinspace]

The mentoring was mostly sympathetic, only a little bit “spend more time applying for things so you don’t end up unemployed” so there is that

[movedtofailhag2]

you can’t even fathom the problematic things me and my mutuals are romanticizing

[northern-punk-lad]

You might read headlines like this and think “that’s bad but that doesn’t constitute genocide” do me a favour google what happened to disabled people last time they where separated from family and friends and society

Look up what happened in asylums

[sophinspace]

I have to have the kind of 'mentoring' type job-related meeting today that is supposed to be supportive but is actually going to make me want to ragequit and do nothing but write fanfic for three weeks before the money runs out (I work ALL THE TIME and need to do so much more if I want a chance at having my precarious short-term contract extended if I'm very lucky while everyone around me is being laid off). Meanwhile the spouse (who is also ridiculously stressed in a ridiculous job) keeps going "yeah we'll both quit and travel the world" for five mins before the money runs out. Oh and I'm still in bed at 9.30am because fuck all this. Help me

[sophinspace]

I sure am glad no one was judging me when I was 17-21 like some of the sfa discourse does with literal children. And I wasn't even a fictional character.

[sseureki]

#GIVE THEM A SPINOFF

[stephenkingspookytesticles]

So I leave you now with this takeaway That there might not be a normal But that might be okay Happy trails, Legends.

Bonus:

[mndvx]

— I know I took a lot of shots at Kyle, but… — Forgotten. But congratulations. For realizing that you are essentially an asshole. STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY — Ko’Zeine (S01E07)

[jaydenskyle]

As clunky as the exposition was, the detail that Kyle is top of the class is great. He’s the War College’s specialest little guy and for some fucking reason he’s latched on to a NERD from the NERD ACADEMY next door and the entire War College must hate it. It’s The War College, there is no shortage of hunks here why is he flirting with that lanky Med Student??? Chancellor Kelrec must be made aware of this outrage!

[puppetsoftomorrow]

[flutterbvnny]

daddy has regretfully informed kitten that we need a dual income household to survive

[jet-plane]

SAM + the Benjamin Sisko museum

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 01x05 - "Series Acclimation Mil"

[aroace-ryland-grace]

when you're trying to work on saving your planet but your best friend won't stop throwing a fucking circle at you

[aroace-ryland-grace]

rocky not fucking like ball. warning.