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Zhaan/Stark from Farscape moodboard with “spiritual” inspo.
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Zhaan/Stark from Farscape moodboard with “spiritual” inspo.
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Something unusual this week from the depths of AO3 (made in 2006), this interesting John and Stark ode to the tortures they've endured, the prisons they exist within.
This isn't exactly an easy listen. The music is challenging, it gets a little frantic and incoherent. This is more artistic than pure fanvidding. (The song mixes two versions of "Be So Glad" by Ed Lewis and Group and North Mississippi Allstars.)
But I found it fascinating. I know Ben Browder was a big fan of Paul Goddard's work and advocated for bringing Stark back and making him a regular cast member. I remember in commentaries Ben talking about how to Stark he's the hero, or at least he wants to be the hero, not John. And there's a lot of layers to that, from the similar emotional beats both John and Stark take (captured and tortured by Scorpius, driven mad, loving and losing powerful women, being twisted by a desire for revenge or at least a need to control how vulnerable they are). This fanvid really highlights their shadow versions of each other connection, and that's interesting to think about.
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FAQ
What should we do with Stark (Farscape)?
Hug
Kiss
Marry
Kill
You’re an attorney who runs an extremely busy firm. Because of how busy you are, you need to hire a paralegal to handle the paperwork and all the other duties that don’t require a lawyer. Of the characters listed, who are you hiring as your paralegal? Choose wisely! (fandom: Farscape)
John Crichton
Aeryn Sun
Ka D’Argo
Pa’u Zotoh Zhaan
Dominar Rygel XVI
Chiana
Pilot
Scorpius
Bialar Crais
Stark
Stop Looking At Me Like That.
two men and a prison cell
I have a type and it’s sad, pathetic little men in fluffy coats who are gentle healers turned violent paranoid prey animals because of institutional trauma :)
Bonus: both go by mononym names that likely aren’t their real ones
Bonus bonus: both not very popular characters, for some reason.