Janeway and Chakotay totally slept together in "Timeless"
The evidence:
That is NOT platonic lighting.
And then she greets him with "I hope you've got an appetite" in that extra soft, sultry voice she only uses when she's alone with him
Then, in the same voice, "It's a special occasion"
She also mentions "After desert"—but at no point does she actually mention having made dessert!
And then… she walks over to him, touches him on the shoulder, and says…
"Are you ready to try some home cooking?"
Like. Excuse me? I don't care how close we are, if someone I'm in a platonic relationship with talks to me like that, I would assume it is no longer platonic.
But then! He puts down his PADD…
And the very next shot! Is it still on her table, frosted over, 15 years later!
“With respect, Admiral, you once told me to listen to my emotions, not be guided by them. If this is about Chakotay, you are being guided by them right now.”
🖖Thanks so much to @picardstea @bizships @quirkette100 @labrat226 @grissomesque for helping me find the perfect moments! There are some missing scenes because I also wanted to include Prodigy ;) ❤️🖖
Bob Pardo, Vietnam War pilot famous for Pardo’s Push maneuver, dies at 89
Jonathan Snyder
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Pardo is known for carrying out an unorthodox aviation maneuver, later coined the Pardo Push, to save the lives of his wingmen during a bombing mission over Vietnam on March 10, 1967.
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Pardo is known for carrying out an unorthodox aviation maneuver, later coined the Pardo Push, to save the lives of his wingmen during a bombing mission over Vietnam on March 10, 1967. (David Cooper/U.S. Air Force)
Bob Pardo, who left his mark in Air Force history for using an unorthodox maneuver, Pardo’s Push, to save his wingmen’s lives during a bombing mission over Vietnam, died Dec. 5. He was 89.
On March 10, 1967, Pardo and weapons officer 1st Lt. Steve Wayne were on a bombing run on an enemy steel mill north of Hanoi in an F-4C Phantom, flying alongside Capt. Earl Aman and 1st Lt. Robert Houghton.
The target — North Vietnam’s only steel mill dedicated to war materiel — was heavily guarded by anti-aircraft guns and artillery.
During the mission, ground fire damaged both Pardo’s and Aman’s Phantoms, causing both to lose fuel. However, Aman lost too much to return safely to base, and Pardo knew he had to act quickly, according to a 2007 recounting of the mission by Gen. T. Michael Mosely, then the chief of staff of the Air Force.
“I knew if I didn’t do anything, they would have to eject over North Vietnam into enemy territory, and that would have resulted in their capture for sure,” Pardo said in a 2015 interview for the Air Force Veterans in Blue program. “At that time, if you were captured by civilians, you were probably going to be murdered on the spot.”
Pardo decided to push Aman’s plane using the nose of his aircraft against Aman’s tailhook, a retractable hook on the underside of the plane used for arrested landings.
He managed to decrease the rate of descent of Aman’s jet by 1,500 feet per minute, and they successfully reached friendly territory. Both air crews safely ejected over the Laotian border and were rescued by friendly forces.
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Pardo died Dec. 5 at 89. (David Cooper/U.S. Air Force)
The Air Force at first reprimanded Pardo for further damaging his aircraft. Twenty years later, he received the Silver Star for his actions in the aerial rescue.
Pardo was born in 1934 in Herne, Texas, and began his Air Force career in 1954 at age 19. After flight school, he flew the Phantom during the Vietnam War, logging 132 flying missions.
He retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1974. In addition to the Silver Star, his awards include the Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart, Air Medal with twelve Oak Leaf Clusters and the Meritorious Service Medal.
Pardo is survived by his wife, Kathryn, whom he married on March 7, 1992, five children and 10 grandchildren.
Includes only works that I’ve read, watched or listened to. Some works are out of date or contain errors, but are still included for their enjoyable writing or other strengths. This list will be updated as I find new media I like. Feel free to recommend more to me!
Biographies
Antony and Cleopatra, by Adrian Goldsworthy (review)
Augustus: First Emperor of Rome, by Adrian Goldsworthy (review)
Augustus: The Life of Rome’s First Emperor, by Anthony Everitt (review)
Brutus: The Noble Conspirator, by Kathryn Tempest (review)
Caesar: Life of a Colossus, by Adrian Goldsworthy (review)
A Companion to Julius Caesar, anthology, ed. Miriam Griffin (review)
Julius Caesar and the Roman People, by Robert Morstein-Marx (review #1, review #2)
Cato the Younger: Life and Death at the End of the Roman Republic, by Fred Drogula (review)
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome’s Greatest Politician, by Anthony Everitt (review)
Clodia Metelli: The Tribune's Sister, by Marilyn Skinner (review)
Fulvia: Playing for Power at the End of the Roman Republic, by Celia Schultz (review)
Marcus Agrippa: Right-hand Man of Caesar Augustus, by Lindsay Powell (review)
Scipio Africanus: Rome’s Greatest General, by Richard Gabriel (review)
Servilia and her Family, by Susan Treggiari (review)
Tiberius Caesar, by David Shotter (review)
Tiberius, by Robin Seager (review)
Classical Sources
Catiline’s War, by Sallust (review)
The Jewish War, by Flavius Josephus
The Twelve Caesars, by Suetonius (review and discussion; see also my Suetonius tag)
Other Nonfiction
A Companion to the Roman Republic, eds. Nathan Rosenstein and Robert Morstein-Marx
The Last Generation of the Roman Republic, by Erich Gruen (review)
Latin for All Occasions and X-Treme Latin by Henry Beard
Horrible Histories: The Rotten Romans, by Terry Deary (middle grade audience)
Roman Homosexuality, by Craig Williams (review, chapter summaries)
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, by Mary Beard (review, timeline from the book)
The Storm Before the Storm, by Mike Duncan (review)
Comics
Cardinal's art and comics on Tumblr
The Cartoon History of the Universe series, by Larry Gonick (graphic novel; Roman history starts in Volume II; review)
The Dead Romans Society on Tumblr
Historical Fiction Books
Augustus, by John Williams (review)
The Cicero Trilogy (Imperium, Lustrum, Dictator), by Robert Harris (review)
The City War, by Sam Starbuck (review)
Cleopatra: Daughter of the Nile, by Kristiana Gregory (middle grade audience; review)
Masters of Rome series, by Colleen McCullough (review)
Roma soy yo, by Santiago Posteguillo (review)
Roma Sub Rosa series, by Steven Saylor (review, suggested reading order)
Podcasts
The History of Rome by Mike Duncan
TV, movies, videos
Fulvia y Cleopatra, dos destinos cruzados - Spanish docudrama (review)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Hannibal’s March on Rome, Smithsonian Channel
Historia Civilis Youtube Channel
Invicta Youtube Channel
I, Claudius, BBC
Last Days of Pompeii, Amazon Prime Documentary
Meet the Romans with Mary Beard
Murder in Rome, BBC Timewatch
Overly Sarcastic Productions Youtube Channel
Rome: Empire Without Limit with Mary Beard
Plays
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
See also:
Things I look for in history books - my tips for evaluating whether a book is reliable
Warning signs of fascism in history media - also by me, with additional antifascist resources.
Disability studies for ancient Greece and Rome
White supremacy, racism, and decolonizing classics studies
Women in Classical Antiquity (list of scholarly sources)
Queer Classics: A Speculative Reading List
LGBT Meets SPQR
Lesbiantiquity: "A zine-anthology of Greek & Latin writings about women loving women"
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Weekly Challenge # 6
On our chat server that starts with a D, the current challenge is New Homes; between 100 and 700 words of fic about new homes, be they literal places, new ships, new crews or people in general.
Stories Archived
Star Trek: Enterprise
By Jespah
The New House - G - Malcolm Reed/OFC
By @merfilly
The Unquiet End - T - Takashi Kimura/Hoshi Sato
Star Trek: The Original Series
By @beatrice-otter
Undiscovered Stars - G - James T. Kirk/Lando Calrissian (SW x-over)
The One Great Choice - T - Cleante al-Faisal, T'Shael, Jasmine al-Faisal
By @merfilly
A Breath of Fresh Air - T - Emony Dax/Leonard “Bones” McCoy
Dreams - G - Hikaru Sulu
Feelings - G - Spock
Introspection - G - James T. Kirk
Diplomacy - G - Mara, Pavel Chekov
Storyteller - G - Nyota Uhura
Serenity - G - Leonard “Bones” McCoy, Julian Bashir (x-over with DS9)
So Much - G - Montgomery “Scotty” Scott
Enterprise - G
Contemplation - M - David Marcus/Saavik
Strong Ones - T - Una Chin-Riley/Nyota Uhura
A Gift - T - James T. Kirk/Spock
One Friend Lost... One Gained? - G - James T. Kirk
A Shore Leave to Remember - G - Leonard “Bones” McCoy, Nyota Uhura
Necessary - T - Leonard “Bones” McCoy
The Sound of His Engines - G - Montgomery “Scotty” Scott
Frayed - G - Christine Chapel
Sippin' Time - G - Leonard “Bones” McCoy
Complications of Empire - G - Kang
Farewells - G - Christopher Pike
Just One Man - G - Leonard “Bones” McCoy
Change of Command - G - Christopher Pike, Robert April
Points of Communion - M - David Marcus/Saavik
She Would Have Known - G - Spock
Acceptance - G - James T. Kirk, David Marcus
Memories of Smoke - G - Nyota Uhura
Assumptions - G - Spock, Sarek
By @sl-walker
'Cross the River - G - Spock
Iron - T - Montgomery “Scotty” Scott & Spock
Not Too Soon - G - Sarek, Amanda Grayson, Spock
Maps, Rules and Moderation - G - James T. Kirk & Leonard “Bones” McCoy
Star Trek: Alternate Original Series
By @beatrice-otter
Those Left Behind - G - Christopher Pike, Sarek
Star Trek: The Next Generation
By @beatrice-otter
the simple secret of the plot - G - Guinan/Jean-Luc Picard
Hope of Thee (The Zombie Remix) - G - Lwaxana Troi, Kestra Troi
Processing - T - Data, Deanna Troi
Reboot: The Chase - G - Jean-Luc Picard (x-over with Stargate:SG1)
Reboot (Legacy) - G - Jean-Luc Picard (x-over with Stargate:SG1)
By @merfilly
Game in Town - G - Q
Intimidated - G - Worf
Admiral Compensations - T - Jean-Luc Picard
Fell For Him - G - Beverly Crusher
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
By @beatrice-otter
Nerys and the Emissary - G - Kira Nerys & Benjamin Sisko
In Due Season - T - Prophet/Joseph Sisko (Rape/Noncon)
Ornament - T - Kira Nerys, Lupaza
By @merfilly
In a Different World - T - Elim Garak (Mirror)
Star Trek: Voyager
By @sl-walker
Idle - G - Kathryn Janeway, Chakotay
Expanded Universes
By LordMcCoveyCove
Communiques - G
The New Threat - M - Tenth Doctor (x-over with Doctor Who)
What Law & Order Thursday Could Look Like Next Season as Organized Crime Moves to Peacock
What Law & Order Thursday Could Look Like Next Season as Organized Crime Moves to Peacock
Could a Criminal Intent Reboot Be the Answer?
Coming off the heels of my recent post on the current state of the franchise and the news that broke earlier this week (via The Hollywood Reporter) - Law & Order: Organized Crime has a deal being made to be renewed to run a fifth season, exclusively on Peacock for 10 episodes, the first time an L&O series will air first-run episodes on a streaming service. NBC has yet to announce any plans on the 3rd hour of Law & Order Thursday, which begs the question is: what will Thursday nights look like next season as there will likely be a void in the 3rd hour without another L&O series in its place?
NBC's newest arrivals, Found and The Irrational could potentially be scheduled on Thursdays in the new season. NBC also has two dramas, Dr. Wolf and The Hunting Party, set for next season, with two more drama pilots: Suits L.A. (spinoff from USA Network's original series, Suits) and Grosse Pointe Garden Society — in the works. Meanwhile, NBC could also acquire rights to air Canada's CityTV's version of L&O, Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (10 episode 1st season) -- which hasn't been renewed for a 2nd season as of yet.
But from a Law & Order franchise/Wolf World perspective, this is a chance to see if there is another new iteration of the brand that can be in addition to the already robust brand as Wolf's worlds continually build themselves (the FBI franchise on CBS as well as One Chicago on NBC Wednesdays - which all are renewed for the upcoming season).
We all know pilot order spin-offs Hate Crimes (co created by Criminal Intent and SVU executive producer Warren Leight, originally posed for Peacock) and For The Defense (co created by CSI veteran executive producer Carol Mendelsohn) went to the back-burner and never became series. Also Wolf has the True Crime iteration (co creator L&O and CI executive producer Rene Balcer) of the brand that while isn't canceled in an official capacity, NBC hasn't shown recent interest in seeing it go on. Then there are 3 canceled former spinoffs; Criminal Intent (ended in 2011), Los Angeles (ended in 2011), and Trial by Jury (ended in 2005).
In interviews (one here via TV Line) and across social media, former stars Vincent D'Onofrio (Det. Robert Goren), Kathryn Erbe (Lt. Alexandra Eames), Alicia Witt (Det. Nola Falacci), and Annabella Sciorra (Lt. Carolyn Barek) as well as former executive producers Warren Leight, Julie Martin, Norberto Barba, and Michael Chernuchin - who all reunited as executive producers on SVU - have shown or voiced interest in a TV reboot of some kind. Star D'Onofrio stated on Twitter/X that the decision to reboot would ultimately be up to creator Dick Wolf but that he would love to reunite with Kathryn to do it.
The question is: would a Criminal Intent reboot be worth it for Wolf Entertainment/NBC to reboot and/or would it suffer the same fate as Organized Crime?
The answer? Yes. It would be totally be worth it for all involved. While stating the obvious, it brings our old favorites back into a new era of television and showing that element of the criminal mind and "why dunnit" in this new age that we live in, and of course the number of new jobs created as well as old jobs reopened; to this day Criminal Intent has something that Organized Crime hasn't, and that is syndication rights with a solid following still tuning in (even after the show has been off the air well over a decade)!
It is a factor that helped reboot the mothership series back in 2022 after NBC canceled it in 2010, the solid audience of syndication viewers (i.e. TNT, ION Television, WEtv), sales from home entertainment (DVDs/Amazon) and streaming services (Peacock) aided in NBC making the decision easy to reboot the flagship Law & Order series. And while the reboot isn't NBC's highest rated show, it's in the top 20 and performs pretty solid, enough to score a full 22-episode twenty-fourth (S4 of reboot), season next season. It also proves to be a great lead-in for SVU (renewed for S26), that comes on right after.
And much like the reboot and even SVU which has reinvented itself more than once over it's 25 seasons, not only could old viewers return, but this also opens the door to introduce the series to new viewers as well, especially if our favorites do make a return on screen.
What do you all think? With Organized Crime going to Peacock, could a Criminal Intent (or other spinoff) reboot help revitalize NBC Thursday nights as well as the franchise? Or is it time to try something new with the brand? Sound off!
Hey how are you? I tried looking through your blog for a certain book cover that caught my attention. I was wondering if you had any spicy book rec? I've been meaning to do some reading in my free time :)
Oooooohhhh okay. Well 95% of what I read is on Kindle Unlimited so hopefully that is helpful for you lol but some. I do a monthly round up on my tiktok but here are some that I really really enjoyed.
Authors who I will always read:
Lillian Lark
Kathryn Moon
Regine Abel
Clio Evans
Elle M Drew
Jillian Graves
Sarah Baliey
Holly Roberds
Books 100% worth the read, and then a re-read:
Property of the Green Bastards by Flora Quincy
Desperate Measures by Katee Robert (it's Jasmine x Jafar lmao)
Orc-Ward Encounter by Sam Hall
Built to Fall by Julia Wolf
Hooked by Emily Mcintire (Captain Hook x Wendy vibes)
Horseman Series by Laura Thalassa
Soul Trilogy by Harley Laroux
Naga Brides by Naomi Lucas
Ensnared by Tiffany Roberts
Muscles and Monsters by Ashley Bennett
Self Promo:
I have a book coming out on August 22nd! For long time followers/readers, you know I wrote a biker fanfic about a certain beefy boy... and well now it is a full on Novel! The smut has gotten hotter and the people all the more loveable... and the ending ain't a rush job anymore. I'm so excited for you guys to read about Estelle and Conner!
The ebook is available for pre-order on amazon now!