#ohlookbenedict

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pepitaladinamita replied to your post “Kirk and Khan growing old together...”

Do augments grow old at the same pace as regular humans? Sorry, I'm a newbie and felt curiosity ^^U

Don't be sorry~! :D<333 Wanting to know more about lovely Khan stuff is never something to be sorry for~!♥♥

(Wall of text ahead, I can't help waffling about Khan and headfic etc....)

We don't know for sure if they grow old at the exact same pace, since that wasn't covered in detail in canon, but they do grow old, quite visibly so as evidenced by Khan in Wrath of Khan. It's possible the horrific stress and trauma of life on Ceti Alpha V, especially losing his wife and worrying over keeping all the others alive, made his hair white sooner and/or made him age prematurely in general, and that if he had been in a more healthy setting he would have aged a bit slower, but in any case it's clear that aging happens for augments too, (drastically and noticeably even over a period of only 15 years like it was).

Personally, my headcanon based on what we see in the canon is that they age slightly slower (or rather than "slowly" perhaps a better way to explain it would be "age more gracefully than normal people" I guess) and probably live a bit longer than normal people (due to the superior healing/regenerative abilities etc.)

But I don't think they'd have a lifespan several times the amount of a normal human's or something that extreme. The difference is probably way less, or at least, it's how I imagine it would be. And considering that in the future people would live a lot longer than nowadays/than in the time the augments were created (as we can see with Bones still being around at almost 140 years old, and perhaps people can live even longer than that), an augment would probably live a bit longer than someone born in the future. So the difference between them would be less dramatic than between an augment and a normal human also born around the time of the eugenics wars. (Dunno how much the difference would be for new baby augments born in the future and raised with all the more advanced health care, better food etc. available... inevitably the life expectancies would lengthen, it would be a interesting thing to ponder. X3 They would discover allergies they never had in their time period. XD;;)

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So while it's totally possible to have khirk fanfic where Jim and Khan could grow old together, it's likely that unless Khan met a violent fate at some point rather than dying of old age, Jim would die first.

Cue endless amounts of angsty fanfic urges... ;-; (TW: super angsty headfic talk ahead: I have so many headfics where khirk happens, and they exchange vows of love and of being together until the end... and where Khan secretly plans to make sure that when they're old, his end comes on same time as Jim's so he won't be alone/so he can follow Jim. T^T And Jim most likely would be preparing contingency plans against that etc... *dies of feels*)

It's a similar angstfest as with Spock (and thus k/s (spirk)), since Vulcans live longer too... (In my headcanon, somewhat longer than augment, so the angst might happen even with Spock and Khan as a pairing. T^T *suffers*)

Also, even in old age augments retain a level of strength that is superior to that of a normal human (as evidenced in TWOK by Khan lifting Chekov easily, and even more so when he lifted that piece of wreckage off Joachim), even though as they age the strength is most likely not anymore the same as what they had as when younger. (Though Khan is probably exceptionally epic at any age. X3)

Which sparks much happier mind images of elderly Kirk calling Khan over to open a jar of pickles that his old fingers no longer can open, but which is no problem for Khan. XD;;

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ohlookbenedict replied to your post “A bug just landed on my husband, took a crap on his arm and flew off. ...”

Sounds like a statement... or a declaration of war. Maybe it was a Klingon bug... -___-

TOTALLY! XD<3

The truth about how the peace treaty between the Klingons and the Federation was broken... XD lol

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spacetimekhantinuum replied to your post “I did about 45km today and it wasn’t all flat terrain… *so dead tired*...”

Are you an augment?

Yes. XD Shhhh, section 31 will come. ;)

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ohlookbenedict replied to your post “I have become able to read lips… But my new skill only extends as far...”

Or u could start greeting old ladies with porn noises. *___*

The results could re hilariously epic. XD

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ohlookbenedict replied to your post “I am super hungry and a delicious food smell is wafting in from the...”

Hmm... how about breaking into their house through the window screaming "Lets talk about Star Trek!" They'll have to let u stay for lunch (don't forget your fazer... or a glue gun, at least).If they'll complain about the window, u can blame Scotty :D

Oh, I was just thinking of beaming in, going "OH HAI :D Don't mind me!", grabbing onto their food and beaming out... but your method is probably better. XD

Is this a violation of the prime directive, in a way...? XD

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captaincumberkhan replied to your post “I’m so tired I’m playing loud music to stay awake.. =_=”

Why can't you go to bed?

SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK. D: j/k

Because I stubbornly want to enjoy the day off by doing some edits and fanart, and if I nap I'll have wasted some hours... XD;;; *hasn't slept enough lately, will catch up sometime next night or something* It's only the afternoon lull making me extra sleepy. :D

ohlookbenedict replied to your post “OMG I just found ur blog and.."

"I have fast reflexes and dodge well" so adorable! ^____^

*blushes* It was meant to discourage any reboot haters from throwing rocks for my love of STID, but... maybe it does sound more like a small gerbil or something... XD lol

And thank you to all the lovely people with wonderful encouraging comments about my issue with the fanart that died when the PC crashed, the other day. :D

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ohlookbenedict replied to your post “I waited days to go to this distant bakery that makes a...”

-___- life's not fair...

At least they had walnut + orange peel bread. *-*<3 My other favorite bread from them, so the trip wasn't totally wasted.

It will give me an excuse to go again another day & buy more tasty breads. XD

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Xkit is having some issue where it won't show some of the replies to posts. D: Sorry if I missed anyone! ^^;

geminigrace replied to your post “Hey there! I've always wanted to ask you this, but what was your very first impression of Khan?"

Speaking as a very old school Trekkie, I love your analysis of Khan. FWIW, I love the reboot!

Bless you! :D There's been so much negative stuff on tumblr lately, so it's always extra lovely to hear from other fellow fans who love Khan and the reboot too.♥♥♥ *runs to follow your blog* And thank you so much for the lovely comment on my ramblings analysis also! :D♥

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johnhamishwatson replied to your post “I stubbed my foot against the corner of a wall so hard just now that I...”

Toes are a real pain. It can definitely make it feel like you're dying or bleeding out, and then nothing will end up being wrong with them. :/

Yep! D: Pesky little things... When they really are bleeding it's inconvenient but ok, but I was afraid they might be broken. (Because bleeding will stop, so I don't care... but broken bones would require me to actually go to a doctor, and I loathe having to do so...XD; ) Luckily it was not the case. :D

ohlookbenedict said:

Ouch :( I hope the pain will stop fast! ~___~

It did pretty fast, luckily. :D (well... later that day at least XD) Thank you~! :D<3

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theathenianrenegade replied to your post“My finger hurts. ;-; I wanted to put nail polish on and I had some...”

you could have traced your nail shape and size on piece of like tissue paper or toilet paper even, cut it out trace it onto a piece of tape safely cut tape on a cutting board - peel it off and reapply tape to your nail. : 3 dont cut off your finger !

Yeah, I definitely should have. But I was lazy and in a hurry. Always a dangerous combination... XD;

I also have really high pain threshold and always healed quite fast, so I have a tendency to be often reckless with minor injuries to myself XD; to not always be very careful when it comes to myself.

If I was doing someone else's nails, the stencil would definitely have been safely cut before being applied on anyone's finger, but because it was my own finger, oh well... XD;

aewgliriel said:

Cut the stencil BEFORE application.

  Yeah, I know, but lazy + in a hurry... XD

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ohlookbenedict replied to your post: -

I seriously can’t understand how pple can have problems with your color meme -___-

some people say the color palettes are too much common by now, some say I'm too pretentious when I make them, some say I'm making all of this up, some say I'm just fixing it as I like. I have A LOT of positive feedback, but at the same time the hate becomes more and more aggressive or passive aggressive so I'm not really fine, I'm not used to it.

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ohlookbenedict replied to your post “So I have discovered that when you’re drunk it’s possible to draw and...”

I see u have an issue with eyebrows =___= *looks at u suspicious*

I think it's more of an issue with correct anatomy at all XD rotfl

At least I can add their eyebrows afterwards, but there's not much I can do to save Khan's face/head shape/the size of the hands I drew while drunk. XD;;;; lol