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weedle-testaburger · 3 years

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Fun fact: Chairman Drek and Qwark’s Bouncer have the same VA. (He also voiced Tartarus in Halo 2). I just learnt this now.

Ah nice. He also voices Sheriff Blubs in Gravity Falls and a bunch of other characters in kid's cartoons iirc.

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ao3feed-swanqueen · 4 years

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Voyage of the Damned

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2YY5fVm

by FrankenSpine

One day, while out with the naiads, a young Goddess named Emma is abducted by the Queen of the Underworld and taken away into the depths of Tartarus. Her mother, Snow, is furious and takes it out on the mortals. Snow sends a reluctant young man named Henry to the Underworld to rescue her daughter, not stopping to think that perhaps Emma might not want to be rescued.

Words: 4885, Chapters: 4/5, Language: English

Fandoms: Once Upon a Time (TV), Ancient Greek Religion & Lore

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F

Characters: Emma Swan, Evil Queen | Regina Mills, Henry Mills (Once Upon a Time), Snow White | Mary Margaret Blanchard, Huntsman | Sheriff Graham, Cerberus (Once Upon a Time), Charon (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)

Relationships: Evil Queen | Regina Mills/Emma Swan

Additional Tags: Inspired by Hades and Persephone (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Action & Romance, Magic, Swords & Sorcery, Reluctant Hero, Alternate Universe - Creatures & Monsters, Alternate Universe - Gods & Goddesses, Humor, poem, Fear, Madness

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2YY5fVm

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #swan queen #ouat

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lilacmoon83 · 5 years

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Dreaming Out Loud

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Chapter 117: The Tower

"Wait...so you were looking for this golden flower, which can trap someone in a place, and encountered a princess in a tower with long hair?" Emma asked, as they ate, while Killian explained how Alice came to be. It was pretty obvious to all of them that Hook had definitely changed, though it wasn't too surprising. Parenthood was the one thing that could create such drastic change in a person. It was one of the few things that could become more important than anything, even revenge.

"Aye...why is that amusing?" he asked.

"It's just...was her name Rapunzel?" Emma asked. He looked surprised.

"Yes...or at least that's what she told me. How did you know that name?" he asked.

"Rapunzel...it's a pretty well known fairy tale," she replied.

"Ah that...well, somehow I doubt they got this one right either, because the next morning, Rapunzel was no more. In her place was a witch named Gothel and my child in her arms," he explained.

"That's quite an acceleration in pregnancy, but I guess we all know that magic can do just about anything," Persephone mentioned.

"Gothel is dangerous...I'm not sure I like the idea that she might come here after you. We have enough trouble with Queen Ravenna and her vendetta against our daughter," Hades said sternly.

"Papa Hades...we can't turn him away, especially if his child is in danger," Snow chided. He sighed.

"And I don't intend to, snowdrop...but Gothel is powerful and she hates humanity," Hades said.

"Wait...are you saying she isn't human?" David asked.

"She appears human, but she is really a part of a dead race of tree nymphs that were the first children of Mother Earth herself, Gaia," Persephone replied.

"Gaia was once benevolent and they lived in peace, secretly concealed away from an early race of humans. But she became very dissatisfied with humans and their mistreatment of the Earth. She and her eldest daughter, Gothel, grew very angry and bitter," he explained, as he paused for a beat.

She wanted them to pay, so with her husband Uranus...the Titans were born. But while the Titans raged against humans and nearly drove them to extinction, the Earth suffered their wrath as well. So when Uranus refused to stop his onslaught upon the Earth, Gaia implored her son Cronus to slay his father, which he did. In the process, Cronus and Rhea gave birth to the Olympians. I was their oldest son," Hades stated.

"Then you much of the rest of the story," Persephone added. He nodded.

"Yes...Zeus killed Cronus with Rhea's help to preserve humanity, but in the process, this world was stripped of its magic, thanks to Gothel. She fought us and nearly even toppled Zeus for control of Olympus. But he banished her to another realm. Before she was swept away, she cursed this land and took the magic with her," Hades explained. Realization dawned in Snow's eyes.

"That's why this land became the Land Without Magic," she said, putting it together. He nodded.

"Yes...exactly. Once Gothel was gone...Gaia was distraught and faded into the wind to become apart of the earth she once loved. The Olympians sealed the Titans away in Tartarus. Zeus was awarded control of the skies, Poseidon the seas, and me the Underworld," he continued.

"And now that the realms are United...this Mother Gothel is back?" David asked.

"My suspicion is that she resides in that magical forest that we don't know much about, as confirmed by the Captain," Persephone answered.

"I guess I did not realize the threat she was or that she could be that powerful. I had no idea she was descended from Mother Earth herself," Killian said.

"It's okay...we will not turn you and your daughter away from a better life. If Gothel is here, then it would not have mattered if you came here or not. In fact, it's better that we know of her now than let her lurk in the shadows and catch us by surprise," Persephone assured.

"I just can't believe she had a child for the soul purpose of getting free and just abandoned her," Snow said, as she cuddled her baby daughter close.

"Unfortunately...Gothel has no humanity. But if she comes here...she will meet an opposition unlike what she has faced in the past," Hades said, as he looked at Persephone.

"He's right...and I won't just banish her like Zeus did. That was the answer to problems he couldn't defeat or destroy," she added, as they watched Alice playing with Alexander nearby, while Tallie, Gideon, and Iris sat with their respective mothers.

"We wouldn't have known Gothel was free if not for you, Killian...so we owe you that. We can now make sure she doesn't get away with whatever she may be plotting," Persephone said.

"Now that she is free...you think she may try something?" Snow asked her mother.

"It wouldn't surprise me. But we'll be ready for her now that we know," Persephone answered, as the hour grew late and they soon returned home to their respective castles for the evening.

~*~

Queen Ravenna huffed in annoyance, as they disembarked from the small ocean liner. She hadn't dared to take one of the royal ships, as all those vessels had to formally log and record their voyages and she wanted this trip strictly off the books.

"I can't believe I had to be subjected to that...how disgusting," she complained, referring to the conditions on board the modest ship.

"It was a perfectly modernized cruise ship, Your Majesty," Frollo reminded.

"The silverware wasn't even real silver!" she complained and he rolled his eyes. The woman was beyond spoiled and ridiculous. He hated that he was enslaved to her and constantly had to put up with this kind of nonsense.

It wasn't hard to hire a carriage to take them from there. It seemed that this land, since they had not made contact with other realms, was still not modernized. It was all perfectly mysterious and though the driver had no inkling about the object they were seeking, Frollo's research told him it was east of the Harbor.

"It will be a few hours until we come to the place you described," the coachman called to them. Ravenna growled, as she looked out the window in boredom.

"You better be right about this," she hissed, as the carriage continued on its journey.

~*~

David opened the door to the loft and showed Hook in, as he carried one meager bag and his daughter in his arms.

"Are you sure, mate?" he asked. He nodded.

"The loft was and is a special place for us. It was our first home together with Emma, besides the dreamscape," he replied. They had struggled with the decision on whether or not to sell it in the last three years and decided not to. They had kept it furnished and hired someone to keep it clean until they could let go of it. But now that Hook had come back with his own family to raise, they knew why they had hung onto it for so long and Snow felt this exactly what the reformed pirate and his little girl needed.

"That's what I mean...this place has a lot of memories for you and your lot," Hook mentioned.

"It does...and we have been reluctant to let it go. I think we've been waiting for the right person and tonight, he came along," David said. Hook looked truly touched by that.

"This will be a good start for you and Alice," he said, as he handed him the keys.

"We'll take care of it and enjoy it, I promise you that," Killian assured. David nodded.

"Oh and since I'm sure you need a job, come by the castle tomorrow. I'm sure I have something," he said. Hook nodded.

"And Alice?" he asked. David smiled.

"I'm sure my parents will happily watch one more," David said, as he left them.

"Well starfish...welcome home," he said, as he ventured upstairs, only to find that the loft was ready for a little girl to live in and he was touched again. It seemed that Snow had arranged it all in a very short amount of time, though she was Queen and had the power to do such now.

"Papa look!" Alice called, as she pointed to the chess set on the table.

"Well, I suppose we have time for a game before bedtime," he said, as he carried her into the room.

~*~

Flashback

Three Years Ago

"Magic…" she growled, as they suddenly watched the entire palace disappear. Next, the clock tower disappeared, then Granny's, and everything on Main Street. The magic swept around them and when it was gone, there was nothing but woods around them, like there had never been a town there in the first place.

"What the hell just happened?" Channing asked. But even Circe had no answers. Storybrooke was gone, without a trace or explanation to offer. And with it, gone was her revenge, leaving her with nothing.

Strangely, just as quickly as the town had disappeared, it started to reappear again.

"What's happening now?" Channing asked, even more confused now, as they watched a bright cloud of magic sweep around them again. This time though, the clock tower reappeared, then Granny's, and everything on Main Street. The magic continued to rebuild the town with the Sheriff's station, the school, and the Toll bridge. Storybrooke was back.

"They're back," Circe observed, as Cronus' palace reappeared. It was as if they had never been gone, but she knew better. She had a feeling whatever had happened was going to have serious ramifications; to what extent, she did not know.

"Madam Circe...something is very different…" Channing called, as she saw what he was looking at. In her very long life, she had seen many things and not much surprised her anymore. But this did.

"By the Gods...what have they done?" she uttered, as there was a poof of magic and her father, Mushu, stood before her.

"Father…" she greeted evenly.

"You must leave here, my daughter," he implored.

"I'm not going anywhere...not until they pay and I destroy magic. If I can't have it...then neither can they," she hissed.

"You cannot win this. Zeus is dead and Persephone reigns supreme. Not even Cronus or the Chernabog will openly and directly challenge her," the dragon warned.

"It figures you would want me to run...it is what you do best," she snapped.

"Please, my dear daughter...they will imprison you if you do not leave and your mother has refused to help me hide you. I do not know how long I can keep them off your trail," Mushu warned.

"We will take our chances," Circe refuted.

~*~

It was the next day and business as usual resumed in the United Realms, which meant Emma and Neal resumed their daily duties at the Storybrooke Sheriff's station. But today, they were sequestered in the bug on a stakeout, because of a tip about suspicious activity at the cannery.

Emma sighed in boredom, as they were six hours in already and Neal returned with a tray of coffee and cocoa.

"Are you sure about that tip?" she asked, as she sipped at her cocoa.

"Yes...I'm sure. This is the hotspot, which makes sense. The cannery is close to the harbor," he replied. She sighed.

"I just...magical smuggling? Really?" she asked skeptically.

"Merida swears that there is a witch in her Kingdom that's fond out that selling her magical goods and items in the United Realms is even more profitable than when she was limited to Dunbroch," he replied.

"Yeah I get that...but why is she so hung up on finding this helm? And if we know this witch has it, then why don't we just go all swat team on her hovel in Dunbroch?" Emma asked. He looked at her skeptically.

"Because she's a witch and invading her turf just means we'd be dodging a bunch of magical traps I'm sure she has bugged all over the woods around her hut," he reminded. She couldn't argue with that.

"As for the helm...no idea what's so special about it other than it once belonged to her dad," he replied, as they saw movement out back of the building.

"Oh...here we go. There's the old hag now," Emma said, as they witnessed the old witch appear in a puff of smoke. But to their surprise, her customer was wearing the armor of a Knight and not just any armor.

"That's Camelot armor," Neal said.

"You think his King sent him?" Emma asked.

"My father does get quiet when Arthur is mentioned," Neal replied, which they both found peculiar.

"There it is...the helm!" Emma hissed, as they slowly got out of the car.

"Yeah...there's something else in her hand too," Neal replied, as he used his binoculars.

"Can you tell what?" she asked.

"No...it's a vial of some sort," he replied.

"Well, the helm is stolen so that's good enough. Let's move in," she said, as he pulled his sword and she moved in with her gun.

~*~

"Just give them to me, you old hag," Sir Percival hissed.

"Mind your tongue boy...or I'll relieve you of," the witch warned in her thick accent.

"Listen...you will get your payment when I get the items I require," he said.

"You mean that your King requires," she said, as she held them up.

"The magical helm of King Fergus and this…" she hissed, as she held up the vial of glittery red sand.

"Say those words, witch and I will cut out your tongue," he warned.

"No one is cutting out anyone's tongues. Hands up," Emma ordered.

"This is none of your concern, Sheriff," Percival hissed.

"This is Storybrooke, so it's exactly our business. Hands up," she ordered. But Percival lashed out with his blade and Neal stepped in to duel him.

"Hands up witch," Emma warned, but the old hag smirked and launched a blast of magic at her. Emma dodged and countered with her own.

"Ahh...the magic of the Savior. How exhilarating! But I have been practicing magic long before you were born...long before your parents were born even," she boasted, as she volleyed magical blasts at her. But Emma countered with one big one and broke through her defenses.

"Give the advantage to youth then," she quipped, as she placed a pair of magical dampening cuffs on her and picked up the helm, along with the small vial of red, glittering dust.

"What is this?" she asked, as Neal brought back a cuffed and disarmed Percival, who gave the witch a hard glare.

"I have no idea," the witch feigned ignorance.

"Yeah right...but it doesn't matter. I'm pretty sure my grandmother and step-grandfather will know what it is," she said.

"And if for some reason they don't, my dad probably will," Neal added, as they put their prisoners in the back of the bug, before getting in and taking back to the station.

~*~

After several hours, they finally came upon the garden that Frollo was looking for and it happened to be at the foot of an old tower.

"This is it...this is where the map the cauldron provided showed," he said, as they got out of the carriage.

"It better be...I'm tired of waiting!" Ravenna complained, as she stomped into the garden.

"You have about as much finesse as a raging bull," Frollo commented. She turned and glared at him, as she extracted a pouched from her dress pocket. It glowed red, reminding him once again that she held the only object that could control him. Not that he needed reminding.

"Watch your tongue and find this flower you keep telling me about," she ordered.

"May I ask how you plan to use it against your enemy?" he requested. She smirked.

"Shouldn't that be obvious? I plan to use it to trap Snow White in some incredibly horrible place. I don't know where yet...perhaps Bald Mountain. Wouldn't that be poetic? I could trap her in the place her parents created to trap you," Ravenna answered.

"An interesting plan, but you don't think the heroes will find someone less desirable to take Snow White's place and rescue her from your captivity?" he questioned.

"You're going to figure that part out for me," she snapped and he rolled his eyes.

"Of course I am…" he muttered, as he didn't notice the vine slither out and wrap around his leg. He cried out and quickly took his monstrous form and snapped the vine. Ravenna watched with trepidation, as the vines slowly gathered and formed a cocoon of sorts. It glowed briefly and became the shape of a woman that soon revealed herself.

"Easy there beastie…" the woman with blonde matted hair cooed.

"Who are you?" Ravenna demanded to know. The woman smirked.

"I am the answer to your revenge…" she said softly.

"Are you the keeper of this garden?" Ravenna questioned.

"I am…" she answered.

"Then you have the golden flower I need," the Queen said.

"I do...but the flower isn't what you want," she responded. Ravenna frowned.

"And why not?" she demanded to know.

"The flower will hold your enemies for a time, but inevitably she will escape. However, I can offer you a solution to your Snow White problem if you help me," she tempted.

"And just who are you?" Frollo questioned, as he took his human form again.

"Mmm...you have been bonded to the black God and you possess Prometheus' flame," the woman surmised.

"How do you know that?" Ravenna questioned.

"Because I was there when the Titans were born. In a way, we are related, Chernabog. We have the same mother," she revealed.

"Gaia was your mother?" Frollo asked. She nodded.

"I was her first born, during the times of peace on this planet, long before she had the need to breed the Titans. But we all fell to those deceitful, treacherous Olympians," she replied.

"I am Gothel…" she revealed.

"You would help me get revenge on Snow White?" Ravenna questioned. She nodded.

"If you free me from the confines of this place. I cannot go beyond this tower or this garden thanks to those golden flowers you seek," she responded.

"Then we need someone to take your place," Frollo surmised.

"Correct," Gothel confirmed.

"But why help us? What could you have against my wretched former step-daughter?" Ravenna questioned.

"You mean what do I have against Demeter's beloved granddaughter? Hades' adored step-daughter? Persephone's perfect little snowdrop?" Gothel questioned. Frollo smirked.

"Of course...Persephone sits on the Throne that should be rightfully yours as Gaia's first born," he said.

"What is your plan for her?" Ravenna asked eagerly. Gothel smirked and a vial of potion appeared in her hand.

"If Snow White ingests this poison...it will cripple her heart. It will ruin it beyond repair. Not even her mother can revive her from this," Gothel revealed. Ravenna's eyes gleamed with an evil glint and desire.

"You're sure?" she asked with bated breath.

"Quite," Gothel replied.

"And true love's kiss? It cannot save her either?" Ravenna questioned.

"Not even true love's kiss can overcome this poison. It's the last of my mother's own concoction. She planned to use it on Zeus...but she died before she could. Then I was saving it for a pirate...but I feel it is better used on that demi-Goddess spawn," Gothel responded.

"And any soul to take your place in that tower will do?" Ravenna questioned. Gothel smirked.

"Absolutely," she replied. Ravenna looked at Frollo and the Promethean flame glowed.

"Find me some little waif to trap in that tower," she ordered. He sighed and transformed back into his monster form, as he flew off to do her bidding.

"So, as soon as you are free...I can have that potion?" she questioned. Gothel smirked.

"I cannot reveal my presence too soon. Persephone and Hades will suspect me now that a certain pirate has absconded to Storybrooke. But the potion is yours if I can hide...or rather grow in your garden," Gothel answered.

"Done," Ravenna agreed, as their devious deal was made...

~*~

Flashback

Three years ago

Circe ran toward the Harbor at Longbourne. Her father had been right and in the weeks that followed the reappearance of Storybrooke and subsequently, the United Realms, newly minted Supreme Sheriff and King David made it his personal mission to arrest her and all her followers. She had hoped for sanctuary in Cronus' Kingdom, but he had chosen to shun her in an attempt to make it seem like he was conforming to Persephone's rule. She knew better, but for whatever reason, she no longer fit into his plans and she was on her own. Not even her traitor of a mother, Hecate, would support her and she soon realized, begrudgingly, that she should have listened to her father.

"End of the line, Circe…" David called, as he and his Knights, including Lancelot, cornered her.

"You really think I'm letting some insignificant mortal like yourself take me down?" she challenged, as she fired several plasma blasts at his Knights. One was hit, while the others dodged. She cackled, as the Knight that had been hit was now struggling to stay alive and she fired her blasts at David. But she became truly shocked when he swatted her blasts away harmlessly, as the steel of his blade blocked and absorbed her blasts effortlessly.

"How...is that possible?" she questioned in disbelief. David smirked.

"Hephaestus reforged my blade. It has a few added advantages and strengths now. Hades was specific in the modifications and your weapons are useless against mine," David replied. She seethed. So that was how he and his Knights had easily captured and arrested all her followers. She growled and fired at him wildly, as he advanced on her, blocking every blast, until she was unwillingly disarmed. Lancelot cuffed her and Hades appeared, looking at her with a smug smirk.

"You really think this is over?" she questioned.

"All your lackeys, including Calypso and your blind sheep are behind bars and you're about to join them. I'd say over is an understatement," he retorted.

"If you think that we're all that there is to this...you're sadly mistaken. This isn't over...not by a long shot," Circe warned. But Hades didn't seem concerned.

"Whoever you still have out in the Land Without Magic can't get to us here and we have no plans to venture out there," he said. But Circe's face was marred with a smirk.

"I've waited centuries for my revenge...a few more years is nothing. You'll soon know how wrong you are," she hissed under her breath.

~*~

The United Realms prison was actually a very humane place. They had three meals a day, visitation twice a week, and even a bit of free time outside. But Circe and her followers didn't really get visitors these days, with the exception of an occasional call from her father. Upon her capture, Mushu had escaped the United Realms and faded into the obscurity of the Land Without Magic. And only Circe truly knew the reason why.

Her father, dissatisfied with the rule of the Gods, had taken up her leadership of what remained of the Home Office. Unfortunately, there was some opposition they were facing outside Storybrooke and he had not been able to regain access to the United Realms as a result. But Circe continued to wait patiently. She and her father both were very good at playing the long game and she wholeheartedly believed that someday, she would be free and wage war on Olympus, as well as all the Kingdoms. She would rule or she vowed to die trying.

#Snowing #SnowxCharming #Charming family #Swanfire #Rumbelle #KnightRook #HadesXPersephone #Greek Mythology meets fairy tales #The United Realms #romance #adventure #family #dreaming out loud

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DSC 2.10, the not so quick and dirty

Spoilers for DSC 2.10, “The Red Angel”, under the cut.

The direction for the funeral is stunning, but it strangely feels empty. Perhaps because it’s the first time anyone bothers to organise a funeral for someone on the bridge after they lost god knows how many people. Perhaps because the last episode has managed to create a sense of intimacy between the members of the bridge that feels absent from those official, grandiose public scenes of mourning.

It’s a shame because the direction and editing for Ash’s release and Airiam’s memory being erased was *chef’s kiss*. Could Discovery fill that Dark Matter-shaped hole?

Ash and Michael’s scenes in elevator… It’s a pattern. Ahahahahaaha, en apesanteuuuuuuuur. Ahahahaah, pourvu que les secondes soient des heures.

Revealing this early who the Red Angel is hilarious, but feels so much like a Red Herring they should have cooked it en papillote. They never talk about DNA, only about vague biological makeup, and with an actual alternate version of Georgiou walking the universe, never question the possibility it could be alternate Michael?

Talking about Georgiou, this is my absolute favourite getup she’s worn. Space Sheriff of Nothingham.

Her hair extension is a crime against hair though.

STAMETS AND GEORGIOU TEAM UP. Too bad that scene was tremendously awkward and that the awkwardness actually prevented it from being funny for me. I could sue the writers for making me have to watch something this gross? Yeah, please, do keep hypersexualizing your only bisexual Asian woman on-screen and have her hit on the gay man while throwing racist nonsense around. I get the point of the scene, thank you, but I am tired.

Thank the stars for Tilly. The actors had great timing and expressions; it’s just the jokes… *waves hands*

UM NHAN AND MICHAEL. SOFT. Y a quelque chose de magique Entre toi et moiiiiiii I feel my very early crackship is vindicated. But more seriously having Nhan acknowledge what happened and how hard it must be for Michael and not making it about her… Good.

Saru’s speech about S31’s questionable behavior is hilarious given this ship’s history, but I find how assertive he has become fascinating.

Well, Daedalus was Icarus’ father… So that reveal about her parents behind the time travelling project is not that much of a surprise. I hope that down the line Disco will use a mythological reference that does not AT ALL reveal everything about the twist. Like, “oh, I wonder what we will find on this super secret Tartarus station” and it turns out it’s just a refugee hospital that is off the grid for security reasons.

SMG’s acting is so good, but it would be a lot more enjoyable if the plot wasn’t what it is.

I don’t want to defend Leland, but that’s not his fault? His responsibility, yes. But not his fault. That’s like saying the government is to blame for failing to prevent a terrorist attack? They have a responsibility but that’s the terrorists’ fault for killing everyone? Michael is right to be angry at him, because she’s been lied to and spent years blaming herself, but Leland is… a professional. That can’t be the first time he screwed up and got agents killed. Hell, they just lost an entire station to a rogue AI. I am confused about how we are supposed to read this.

I can’t believe Leland apologized more sincerely or at all to Michael than Saru, Sarek and Spock combined. Incredible.

That punch was cathartic though.

I don’t like how the plan was announced really early on and then the writing just presses pause on everything concerning the plot. Not agreeing with the pacing of that episode. Bring Michelle Paradise back.

Okay, so Discovery has no therapy on-board. Cool. Makes sense.

Cornwell being a psychiatrist is far more interesting than her being an admiral. And she looks happier.

(That’s not how you make a road though, that’s a path you are talking about. )

Me, traipsing in the wilderness, ignoring existing ways and common sense: I am making a road.

Yeah, I know what she was trying to say, but the word she was looking for was “way” or “path”. “Road” doesn’t make much sense.

I don’t know what to feel about the Culmets content. It feels like they are just going over a checklist of things the narrative has to do, rather than tell a story? It’s all the more evident in such an episode where Michael and Ash get a semblance of relationship conflict and resolution.

Yes to Michael expressing her anger by punching at things (apologies to Leland who is not a thing). It was high time.

The way they are supercharging every aspect of Michael’s emotions makes me fear this will be the only episode they will actually be dealing with this in earnest. @Disco, “hire black women in your writing staff” challenge.

I am totally drawing Michael and Philippa in that workout outfit. Gersha Phillips is on fire this ep.

Oh, Spock… A good heart-to-heart. BUT SHE DIDN’T NEED TO APOLOGISE IN THE FIRST PLACE. Honestly, the way the show is bending over backwards to have Michael apologise to being slightly blunt or emotional around the men in her life without them acknowledging how traumatized she is behind is absolutely befuddling. Like, she keeps apologizing as if she violently attacked or betrayed them when most of the time her anger or emotion is absolutely justified. If Spock or Sarek or Saru cared even a little bit about her feelings they would point it out but noooooo, we can’t have that.

Yes, this plan conceived by two traumatized people is such a good idea.

They keep talking about endangering all sentient life but like are they sure about this? Even a super AI would not have the reach to endanger EVERYTHING like this. It would need a great deal of complicity from various sentient species as well. Show us how?

Why is everyone going along with this? Why? Pourquoi? Warum? どうして? Perché? quo usque tandem abutere, Scriptor, patientia nostra ? quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet ? quem ad finem sese effrenata iactabit audacia ?

“Much more than the life of Michael Burnham” Isn’t that enough? I am tired.

Erm, no, again. Michael again, you don’t need to apologise to Ash about pointing out the truth. Not at all?

ANYWAY I am going to focus on FOREHEAD TOUCH! HAND ON NAPE! NOSE TOUCH! ASH SHOWING CONCERN! MICHAEL BEING AFRAID!

Airiam’s replacement! This feels like a lot of this episode is apologizing for Landry’s treatment last season. Except it doesn’t feel much like an apology given than this show’s treatment of WOC is… still not good. Case in point: this entire episode.

Ah, yes, who wouldn’t want Michelle Yeoh looking after one’s back when one is about to die?

That speech and shoulder touch was peak Captain/Second bond and I am living.

(The way Michael grips her hand… I am dying now.)

Episode 215452 of “why isn’t Cornwell out of a job yet?” Why the fuck is she sanctioning this? All of the points Michael made about S31 can be made about Starfleet and fucking Cornwell and Pike. But again they’ll say it was S31’s plan.

Fuck them.

Why are they doing this?

Jett Reno would have solved it. That’s the only reason she’s been absent these past episodes.

Have you ever seen a plot that’s like a mixture of idiot ball and angst porn? This episode is like a marble cake of psychopathy and stupidity, I don’t even know. I am not happy. I think the big, big problem is HOW early they came up with the realization that Michael had to be the one nearly dying, because then you get half an hour of people going along with this and NOT QUESTIONING IT. They could have found a way to make Michael jumping into the chair a last minute realization and everyone would have been outraged and surprised, but noooooooo, why do this?

Admiral Cornwell’s expression is peak “Ten when River Song is being burnt alive and his face just crunches like he’s just burnt himself on the stove”.

They are all psychopaths. And filming the thing.

Why is the autocrat the only one with a lick of sense and empathy? Why?

I have absolutely no sympathy for anyone on this crew. No one. Maybe if any of them had antecedent of not going down the “hurting or ignoring Michael Burnham because it’s the easiest way” route before. But nope. I honestly don’t care what reasons they can possibly have to go along with this without committing another mutiny.

And Michael, in the meantime, is dead.

Spock can meet me in the courtyard and I’m not even going to give the benefit of getting to fight me fair and square, I’m just going to slap him silly with my glove and let him shout “I accept the fight, stop it” while I keep on slapping him with my glove because there is really nothing else to do.

Cue Michael’s answer to the Talosians “Survive another way”.

You know what, this is actually a prime example of characters being so completely oblivious to trauma being a thing that they keep on making bloody stupid decisions. Who thought that sending the guy who had lost his mind because of a vision was a good idea?

I am not kidding when I say they are all psychopaths. All of them who let her do it and could only quietly emote while she was screaming. They can all rot in hell.

The direction is very good though. I found it particularly striking during Leland’s last scene, the framing of his face, the edition and his tone.

It’s MICHAEL’S MOM. @starfleetdoesntfirefirst GOT IT RIGHT. I love this development to bits.

Michael’s reaction made me laugh a little. It’s the epitome of “how could this possibly get weirder”.

Oh, you were doing so good, Disco, why, why, why… I can’t really say I enjoyed this one because a lot of the excellent character stuff got marred by how phenomenally in contradiction it was to all of the characters’ action toward Michael. I have discussed it before but there is a huge difference between saying you have someone’s back and that you understand their emotions, and actually having their back in the field and showing a smidge of understanding of how they feel. And what this episode showed most of all is how bloody disconnected from Michael everyone is. I have no doubt that it is intentional, but past a certain point you are making every single one of your characters into unlikable arseholes and I don’t need yet another show treating a woman like she’s the emotional punching bag. I am tired of shows fascinated with women’s pain and wounds, always enduring and suffering, and have their healing be an afterthought in the arc, an epilogue rather than a whole-ass story. Subverting a trope by using it is still using it: you still get to torture your female character with little to no support when it matters like any other show does. I don’t like how much the plot has to twist on itself to justify hurting her as much as it does. And a kiss from her traumatized boyfriend and a pat on the shoulder from her intergalactic Daimon in leather do not constitute support when she has to endure alone every single sacrifice.

Plot-wise, pacing-wise, not a fan either of an episode that is mostly preparation and 10 minutes in a warehouse, with twists on twists in between, even if the character talks were interesting; it feels like Marivaux meets G.R.R. Martin, Haviland Tuf era.

Loved the direction though and the actors were especially brilliant —SMG in particular, but everyone rose to the occasion.

Why do I feel like this one worked actually better on paper?

DID THEY JUST QUOTE BAUDELAIRE IN THE PREVIEW FOR NEXT EPISODE? I FORGIVE THEM EVERYTHING

#j'en connais au moins un et peut-être aussi les trois autres #le premier c'est Anatole #le second c'est croquignole #le troisième c'est Barbemolle #le quatrième c'est encore Anatole #disco spoilers #spoilers #the red angel #discovery criticism #in which I am ranty #and sing in French #and wail in latin #look I tried to make it fun #I didn't hate it but I am vocal about certain aspects of the story

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