reasons to love philippa georgiou
brought to you by @wearecaptaingeorgiou’s Captain Philippa Georgiou January - February event, on Tumblr Mobile™ because my laptop charger broke
her hair. the soft waves? those braids??? she literally made a low ponytail look sexy like how tf
that SMILE. the makeup department gave her rosy cheeks for a reason and that reason is her entire face lights up with warmth and Softness when she beams at michael
michelle yeoh is tiny, i mean like Tiny tiny, yet georgiou is easily the most commanding presence we’ve seen in the entirety of disco. lorca and pike whomst? i’m not even going to dignify saru with a comparison bc the moment georgiou steps onto the bridge with the phaser and looks michael in the eye is deadly and terrifying and would make a grown man beg
“is this amount of sarcasm always necessary?” “necessary? no. but i do like it”
walking quoteable quotes machine, i mean, “i set a star”? “sometimes the universe allows for the making of unexpected memories”? who even DOES that. who allowed her to be like this. where is the writing team. i’d like to ask them a few questions
it is the 21st century and we all already stream our music. philippa lives in the 23rd century and somehow, inexplicably, still owns a record player
HEIRLOOM TELESCOPE AS HER MOST BELOVED POSSESSION
grew up on an island steeped in lore, legend, and historical shenanigans. i’m talking pirates, princesses, seduction, a seven-generation curse—every single person who has even written space pirate philippa aus should read up on the history of langkawi, i’m telling you
“what would you do if you were trapped here for 89 years?” “that’s easy. i’d escape.” that CONFIDENCE. that DARING. the sheer AUDACITY to shrug in the face of her first officer’s growing concern and be like “rapidly approaching impassable storm? no worries. i’m gonna walk in the shape of a giant starfleet delta and not tell you what we’re doing until we’re rescued.” the embodiment of the 23rd-century equivalent of the rickroll
michael: yeets self into space philippa, proudly: “she’s having fun” (as if she’s not being a Highly Questionable influence on her entire crew for a) captaining a ship so old it’s probably held together by duct tape and willpower and b) specifically mentoring the women who would later yeet themselves 900 years into the future through a wormhole in nothing more than a funky space suit and do a doughnut in a ship powered by mushrooms, respectively)
is somehow a friendly acquaintance of sarek??? do you know how hard it is to earn that man’s approval. how did they meet and what did philippa do for sarek to be like “ah yes. this is the one i will trust with the life of my human experiment—i mean daughter. i make great parenting decisions”
what kind of a dork displays a wayang kulit of all things in her ready room when she works in literal OUTER SPACE and is a diplomat for ALIENS
“i was a human who had seen a life of loss, but still chose hope” do you know how rare and precious it is to find a character who has such an impact on a fandom despite being killed off very quickly in the premiere? that people would make a fanbook and organise a whole appreciation event for her three years after her last fleeting onscreen appearance? that she would inspire countless fanfics and fanart and headcanons and meta and gifsets and other creations?
philippa georgiou may be gone, but her message lives on in the lives of all those she touched. she is a star who made the universe a little brighter with her light and warmth, and me? i’m the fool who gets to love her