Myths, Creatures, And Folklore

TELSU

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Fandom: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series

Relationships: James T. Kirk/Spock (background)T’Pring/Nyota Uhura

Additional Tags: Childhood Friends, Slow Burn, Academy Era, Fluff, Angst with a Happy Ending, Xenophobia, Tarsus IV, Misunderstandings, Accidental Bonding, Idiots in Love, T’hy’la

Summary

Spock is Vulcan, a concept he struggles with as a child of two worlds. Jim Kirk isn’t sure what he’s supposed to be, he just knows he isn’t his father. Their friendship begins seamlessly, but life catches up to them faster than they can keep up.

CHAPTER ONE

STAR TREK BEYOND

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Top 10 Star Trek Planets Chosen by Our Scientists

What would happen if the crew of the Starship Enterprise handed over the controls to our scientists and engineers? It turns out many are avid Star Trek fans with lengthy itineraries in mind.

1. Vulcan

What is perhaps the most famous Star Trek planet was placed by creator Gene Roddenberry in a real star system: 40 Eridani. This trinary system of three dwarf stars, about 16 light-years from Earth, could play host to exoplanets; none have been detected there so far. The most massive is 40 Eridani A, chosen as Vulcan’s sun.

2. Andoria

An icy “M-class” (Star Trek’s term for “Earth-like”) moon of a much larger planet—a gas giant—that is home to soft-spoken humanoids with blue skin, white hair and stylish antennae. In our solar system, gas giants play host to icy moons, such as Jupiter’s Europa or Saturn’s Enceladus, that possess subsurface oceans locked inside shells of ice. Our missions are searching for lifeforms that might exist in these cold, dark habitats.

3. Risa

Another Trek M-class planet known for its engineered tropical climate and its welcoming humanoid population.  The planet is said to orbit a binary, or double, star system—in Star Trek fan lore, Epsilon Ceti, a real star system some 79 light-years from Earth. The first discovery of a planet around a binary was Kepler-16b, which is cold, gaseous and Saturn-sized.

4. “Shore Leave” planet, Omicron Delta region

This is another amusement park of a planet, where outlandish characters are manufactured in underground factories straight from the crew members’ imaginations. In real life, astronauts aboard the International Space Station print out plastic tools and containers with their own 3-D printer.

5. Nibiru

“Star Trek: Into Darkness” finds Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy fleeing from chalk-skinned aliens through a red jungle. Red or even black vegetation could exist on real planets that orbit cooler, redder stars, an adaptation meant to gather as much light for photosynthesis as possible. An example may be Kepler-186f, a planet only 10 percent larger than Earth in diameter. At high noon, the surface of this planet would look something like dusk on Earth.

6. Wolf 359

A star best known in the Star Trek universe as the site of a fierce battle in which a multitude of “Star Trek: Next Generation” ships are defeated by the Borg. But Wolf 359 is a real star, one of the closest to Earth at a distance of 7.8 light-years. Wolf 359 is also a likely observational target for the Kepler space telescope in the upcoming Campaign 14 of its “K2” mission.

7. Eminiar VII/Vendikar

These two planets are neighbors, sharing a star system. So, of course, they’ve been at war for centuries. While we have no signs of interplanetary war, multiple rocky worlds have been discovered orbiting single stars. A cool dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1 is orbited by three Earth-size planets; two have a chance of being the right temperature for liquid water, with possible Earth-like atmospheres.

8. Remus

The planets Romulus and Remus are home to the Romulan Empire (ancient Rome, anyone?), although Remus seemed to have gotten the raw end of the deal. Remus is tidally locked, one face always turned to its star. Tidally locked worlds might well be a real thing, with many possible candidates discovered with our Kepler space telescope. The habitable portion of the surface of such planets might be confined to a band between the day and night sides called the “terminator zone”—a.k.a. the twilight zone.

9. Janus VI

A rocky world lacking an atmosphere, perhaps similar to Mars. While humans must maintain an artificial underground environment to survive, the innards of the planet are a comfortable home to an alien species known as the “Horta.” Their rock-like biochemistry is based on silicon, rather than carbon, inspiring us to imagine the many forms life might take in the universe.

10. Earth

In the Star Trek universe, Earth is home to Starfleet Headquarters; the real Earth is, at least so far, the only life-bearing world we know. No true Earth analogs have been discovered among the real exoplanets detected so far. But a new generation of space telescopes, designed to capture direct images of exoplanets in Earth’s size range, might one day reveal an alternative “pale blue dot.”

Learn more about exoplanets at: exoplanets.nasa.gov

Link to full article: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1378/top-10-star-trek-destinations-chosen-by-nasa-scientists/

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My soul is tired, fuck You.

Ratatouille (2007) dir. Brad Bird

no way.

no way no fucking way no FUCKING WAY

yes! i do like [problematic thing]! and unfortunately i am under no obligation to defend my interests to strangers on the internet. good day and thank you for your time

I’ve been a dirty bastard But I will clean my act up I wanna stop doing bad I wanna meet your mum and dad It’s not an unpretending Little happy ending This is a Grande Finale Rolling snare drums echo The rain sounds like applause I’ve finally found you The one that I’ve been waiting for I’ve finally found what I’d already stopped looking for

Movie Recommendations

since quarantine started, I think I’ve watched more movies in the past three weeks than I have in the past 6 months. here’s some of my favorites

The Lobster (2015)

dir: Yorgos Lanthimos

available on: Netflix

if your looking for a movie that’s going to make you think beyond what you are given, this is it. Facinating concept, executed well, beautifully shot and gripping ending.

Her (2013)

dir: Spike Jonze

available on: Netflix

One of my favorites I saw during this time. Thoroughly engaging through its longer runtime and stunningly done. Great performances by all invovled.

Booksmart (2019)

dir: Olivia Wilde

available on: Hulu

Shocked me with how much I enjoyed it. If you are looking for an upbeat, feel good, and funny movie, I reccommend it. 

Boy (2010)

dir: Taika Waititi

available on: amazon prime

My favorite movie ever made. Taika Waititi is a genius. Mixes emotion with humor very well. Beautifully done.

What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

dir: Taika Waititi/Jermaine Clement 

Please watch this if you want to laugh. One of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen with somehow having a group of characters where you like them all.

Submarine (2011)

dir:  Richard Ayoade

I don’t have much to say since I haven’t seen this movie since 2013, but I remember being infatuated with it.

The Way Way Back (2013)

dir: Jim Rash/Nat Faxon

What I believe to be an underrated movie. 

Nightcrawler (2014)

dir: Dan Gilroy

available on: amazon prime

Watched this days ago and still can’t decide on my feelings about it. Gripping and deeply unsettling. Do wish there was more of a backstory on the main characters part.

Moonlight (2016)

dir: Barry Jenkins

available on: netflix

This movie is beautiful. Everything got to me after the final cut.

Bo Burnham: Make Happy (2016)

dir: Bo Burnham, Christopher Storer

availabe on: netflix

Now this is a comedy special. Since watching it when released, I haven’t stopped thinking about it. One of the smartest, most thought provoking pieces of film I have ever seen. It truly sticks with you even after you finish. Plus, it’s very funny.

Chronicle of a Summer (1961)

dir: Jean Rouch/Edgar Morin

Watched for a class and was stunned by how much I was enamoured with it. Follows ethnographers asking the question, “are you happy?”

Skeleton Twins (2014)

dir: Craig Johnson

available on: Hulu

this movie was great. shocked by their acting, to be quite honest. loved it