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gennsoup · 1 month

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Her beauty was great enough to excite if not his desires in the night his suspicions and jealousy.

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sshbpodcast · 3 months

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Character Spotlight: Guinan

By Ames

Guinan gives The Next Generation the closest thing the show gets to a wizard: just some kind of supernatural being whose unquestioned wisdom gets the heroes out of scrape after scrape but whose true powers are never entirely explained. Oh, and she wears baller hats.

Sure, she may play into that “bartender, here to listen to your problems and guide you on your path” trope (which frankly Deanna should be doing but rarely does), but Guinan is so much more than that. We’re going to get into the good number of moments this week on A Star to Steer Her By, so get ready for your personal epiphany as you read on below and listen to our chatter on the podcast (pull up a stool at 1:02:25). El-Aurians are always listening.

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Best moments

Whole generations of disposable people Simultaneously one of Picard’s best scenes, the peptalk Guinan gives to Jean-Luc when he’s being thoroughly whooped by Riker’s prosecution in “The Measure of a Man” feels like a turning point in the show. Whoopi Goldberg’s calm presence as a Black woman in a scene about creating androids as slaves imbues their discussion with meaning, weight, and stakes that are both personal and universal.

Every time you feel love it’ll will be different The perpetual sounding board, Guinan helps Wesley parse his feelings at the end of “The Dauphin” in a scene we really give the both of them credit for. Guinan doesn’t speak down to the kid or just tell him everything will be okay while he’s broken hearted after watching Salia leave. She tells it like it is: love is deeply subjective and his feelings are valid.

A warrior’s drink Guinan introducing Worf to prune juice in “Yesterday’s Enterprise” is such a perfect microcosmic scene depicting her character in a lot of ways. She just knows people. Worf is a tough nut to crack, but she reads people in such a way that she figures out just what he’d like in a drink, just as she does later in the episode on a much greater scale…

I look at things, I look at people, and they just don’t feel right …when she figures out the parallel dimension problem at the heart of “Yesterday’s Enterprise.” In that slightly fantastical wizard way she has, Guinan can feel that something is wrong with the timeline when the Enterprise-C shows up out of some rift or other and suddenly her once familiar crewmates are denizens of a warship. And even better, she gets Picard to believe her.

You have to let go of Picard Whenever anyone on the crew needs a little guidance, that seems to come from a really great scene with the ship’s bartender, and who could possibly need it more than Riker at the top of “The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2”? She gives him the confidence he needs to keep going in the absence of Picard, whom she insists she’s super close to for reasons we don’t know yet.

Job opening in the Empath field Another crisis, another peptalk from Guinan. We all know Troi handles losing her empath powers in “The Loss” pretty terribly, but you know who handled it great? This El-Aurian bartender I know who swoops in and reverse psychologizes Troi with such stealth that even if she had all her senses at the time, Deanna wouldn’t have known what hit her!

You saw exactly what you wanted to see in the holodeck It is downright glorious how Guinan puts Geordi in his place in “Galaxy’s Child” when he’s unironically whining about how Leah Brahms is nothing like the hologram he created of her (vom!). “She's probably done the most horrific thing one person can do to another,” she says, “not live up to your expectations,” and I can’t help but stand up and applaud.

I’ve heard some Klingon belly laughs that would curl your hair Guinan’s advice to crewmembers isn’t limited to the human ones! In “Redemption,” she not only schools Worf in holodeck target practice (and left-landed, to boot!), but she also makes him consider what it means to be Klingon, as his experiences are atypical from most of his people. We have no doubt that her chat with him inspired him to get involved in Kurn’s war.

You ain’t never had a friend like me When Guinan sees other officers like La Forge pointedly avoiding Ro Laren, she makes it a point to befriend her in “Ensign Ro.” That in and of itself is very Guinan-like behavior, but it also comes with some of her copyrighted motivational chats when she is able to convince Ro to come clean to Picard about the secret mission she was tasked with for Admiral Kennelly.

I tell you, that razorbeast was a good friend All throughout “Imaginary Friend,” while the other officers not only infantilize Clara Sutter for having an imaginary friend, but they entirely ignore the signs that something isn’t right. Everyone except Guinan. Guinan talks to Clara as an equal, even if she’s a child, and imparts the story of her own imaginary friend: a Tarkassian razor beast, which somehow seems fitting.

We are also lonely Despite being conflicted about Hugh being on board in “I, Borg,” Guinan goes and meets with him and it’s such a cute little scene. You forget that someone as old and wizened as Guinan still has things to learn, and to find some common ground with a Borg was unexpected for her. And she even convinces Picard to see him too, giving us yet another great scene from this great episode.

Why are you still sitting here? Let’s see, is there a single member of the crew Guinan hasn’t peptalked yet… ah right, Dr. Crusher. Now we have a full BINGO card! Our final tete-a-tete from Guinan comes in “Suspicions” when Bev is doubting her decisions to look into Dr. Reyga’s murder and Guinan cheers her on until the good doctor solves the mystery, kills the baddy, and flies in a sun like a badass! Truly so many of our Best Moments from other character spotlights are initiated by Guinan!

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Worst moments

Give yourself permission to be selfish Guinan’s first significant scene in the series is in “The Child,” and of course she’s doing better counseling than Troi. However, your hosts here at SSHB can’t help but cringe because, while the show got rid of Beverly Crusher for a season, it means we were still stuck with Wesley because Guinan convinced him to stay, especially after a season in which we were so annoyed by his character all the time! Guinan, how could you?

You’re a ‘droid and I'm a ‘noid You saw above all the times Guinan helped all the other characters with a little self introspection to find their way through a problem, and the one character whom I’d say she fails with is Data in “The Outrageous Okona.” It’s probably because encouraging Data to consult Joe Pesci on how to do comedy led to the events of my least favorite TNG episode, and it’s all Guinan’s fault!

Tell me more about my eyes While the scene in which Riker flirts with Guinan when Wesley asks for dating advice in “The Dauphin” is hot as hell and inspired a little bit of shipping, we’ve got to admit that it’s not at all helpful to Wesley. Usually Guinan scenes are much more beneficial to the crewmember who is struggling, and in this one, none of this is what Wes asked for. I’m still totally into it though.

Let me introduce you to the Borg We learn in “Q Who?” that the El-Aurians were almost wiped out by Borg… because apparently Guinan and her people never told Starfleet this before? Think about it: she clues Picard in after Q has flung them into the Delta Quadrant about who the Borg are, and it is news to him! Starfleet spends every other interaction with Borg playing catch up because they don’t have any info on them!

That’s what you get, Charlie! You get fork stabbed! Pardon the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia quote, but I couldn’t help myself. And Guinan seems to me no better than a McPoyle when she stabs the suddenly human Q with a fork in “Déjà Q” and generally mocks him. It just seems petty and violent for a character who is usually so stoic and reserved. So much for the tolerant Alpha Quadrant.

But I know it was an empty death, a death without purpose While Guinan had a lot of instances from our Best Moments list above from “Yesterday’s Enterprise,” we’re still troubled by her nudging Tasha Yar to go sacrifice herself on the Enterprise-C to make up for her waste of a death in “Skin of Evil.” Even if you consider it a better death than a tarpit, then you get freakin’ Sela in “Redemption,” which Guinan somehow blames Picard for when she’s the one who compelled Yar to go!

That was setting number one While some might give credit to Guinan for quelling a riot before it could get out of control when everyone was on edge due to sleep deprivation in “Night Terrors,” I’m not one of them. As I said in “Déjà Q,” violence doesn’t seem the answer for Guinan, and this scene escalated so quickly (partly because the bar scenes in this episode feel like afterthoughts), it makes me wonder how she let things get that bad.

A Yankee in Captain Picard’s Court Oh boy, I’ve got to question some of Guinan’s standards when we see her hanging out with Samuel Clemens in “Time’s Arrow” (and a terribly acted Sam Clemens at that!) after Picard had claimed in “Ensign Ro” that she’s very picky about her friends. Her cohorting with the author led to some of the most obnoxious scenes from The Next Generation that I’ve ever seen.

Our relationship is beyond friendship, beyond family There are several instances of Guinan hinting at her and Picard’s established kinship before we get to the story of the bald man who was kind to her in “Time’s Arrow” and my reaction was… that’s it? We say sometimes that leaving something unexplained is better than giving it a stupid explanation, and oh boy, Picard just sitting with Guinan in a cave once was totally fizzled what had been built up for so long.

Were you this much fun when you were a kid? Some of this is the overall child acting being bad in “Rascals” and Guinan’s child actor had it especially stacked against her since her voice had to get dubbed (resulting in her just sounding super smug all the time), but boy was she insufferable as a child! It was cute for adult Guinan to befriend adult Ro in “Ensign Ro,” but we felt bad that little Laren had to put up with this! Let this girl mope by herself, lady!

Forty to love Though Guinan helps boost Beverly’s confidence in “Suspicions,” she does it by tricking her with this lie about playing tennis that just seemed unnecessary. Guinan always finds ways to converse with people who need it, but this whole tacked-on frame story had some weirdness to it because it forced both Guinan and the episode to be indirect when it really didn’t have to.

Think of me as an echo of the person you know I’ll take every opportunity I get to shit on the Nexus in Generations. It’s just such a confusing device they used to get Picard and Kirk together that really makes no sense if you think about it for more time that it’s actually onscreen, which isn’t a lot. And there’s an echo of Guinan in there, feeding Picard exposition and generally complicating what this place is supposed to be, and I’m just done with it.

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That’s enough from Guinan’s advice column this week! We’ve got a really special DOUBLE spotlight next week, in which Tasha Yar and Ro Laren are going to go head to head for the title of Baddest Bitch on the Enterprise-D. Place your bets now and be sure to come back for that! Also keep coming back for more of our series watch of Enterprise over on SoundCloud or wherever you get your podcasts, order a drink with us over on Facebook and Twitter, and enjoy your prune juice.

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peninsularian · 6 months

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1982, from LA based Motown

#bettye lavette #suspicions #tell me a lie #motown #soul #ballad

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snowedinrowan · 9 months

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Wally Darling the main puppet of Welcome Home Ronald Dorelaine the (assumed) creator of Welcome Home ........ Darling Dorelaine Hmmmmm...

#Wally Darling #Ronald Dorelaine #Welcome Home #suspicions #The two HAVE to have some sort of connection with each other that goes deeper

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lilac-den · 1 year

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The mailman is blonde and so is Hermes... I don't believe in coincidences

Idky, I imagine this being you atm. XD

#silverking #suspicions

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soulinkpoetry · 1 year

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You can’t build up from ruins when there’s no trust. Might as well leave.

#ruins #no respect #no trust #doubts #suspicions #nothing left #letting go quotes #soulinkpoetry #poetry #she writes #thoughts #feelings #poets on tumblr #that’s life #it is what it is

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data2364 · 1 year

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Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan 1993 in Star Trek: The Next Generation ”Suspicions”

http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Suspicions_%28episode%29

#Star Trek #Star Trek TNG #Whoopi Goldberg #Guinan #Suspicions #Verdächtigungen

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satashiiwrites · 1 year

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Snippet Sunday

Still working on Suspicions. Hoping to have it done this week. Tagging whoever wants to play along on this rainy Sunday morning.

Graphic by the ever-talented @radio-chatter

Title: Suspicions, part of the Firefigher!Derek AU series of one-shots

Fandom: Teen Wolf but borrows a few people from 911 Lonestar

Pairing: the series will eventually be Sterek. No overt relationship this part other than Noah Stillinski instantly pegging Derek as his son’s type.

Fic summary:

Noah had his suspicions about the Hale fire. With Laura Hale dead and animal attacks increasing exponentially, he knows that Derek is not the problem but possibly an answer to the question of what is going on in Beacon Hills.

Tags/warnings: Hale fire aftermath, Laura dies off screen right before the start of this fic. Traumatized Derek Hale (isn't he always?), first draft. Noah Stillinski POV. Timeline what timeline applies here in spades. Angsty. Derek’s feelings of needing to atone and feeling responsible. Stiles is a menace. Scott is an in-love idiot.

“What do you want, Sheriff?” Derek asks, getting right to the point and exuding anxiety.

Noah feels old. He hates giving bad news. “Your sister Laura was found two days ago.” Derek flinches and Noah almost stops but he needs for Derek to hear this from him officially. “She’s dead.”

The pained whine that escapes Dereks’ throat reminds him of a wounded animal and he hunches in on himself, eyes closed and expression pained. Derek’s shoulders shake with suppressed sobs and he again flinches when Noah tries to touch his shoulder so he lets his hand fall uselessly back to the table.

Thirty seconds later, Derek straightens just a bit and opens his eyes. The devastating loss in them convinces Noah that Derek would do anything for his sister and did not kill her. He knows something but won’t tell Noah.

Or at least, won’t tell Noah yet because he doesn’t trust him and that’s breaking Noah’s heart. Derek’s had a lot of tragedy in his life but someone did something to make him not trust people. How recent Noah doesn’t know but he suspects that it happened either right before the fire or immediately after.

Derek’s eyes are red rimmed, his skin pale and washed out. There’s a few days worth of stubble along his jaw and he looks like he’s been through the wringer before being informed of Laura’s death. Noah just has confirmed what Derek already knew—either that or something bad had happened at home that Derek wasn’t telling him.

“How did you find her?” The words are soft but Derek doesn’t flinch this time, even if the words are bitten off at the end like he can hardly say them. He’s braver than Noah would be in his situation.

There’s no gentle way to tell Derek how they found his sister. “She was torn in half. We’re still looking for the other half and I’ll need you to officially identify her with the coroner.”

“Do you have any leads?” Derek’s beginning to look numb, his fingers loose around the cup of coffee in front of him and the muffin untouched. Noah worries that he won’t eat, that the loss of his sister will be too much.

“We’re still investigating,” Noah deflects.

“So that’s a no.” Derek’s tone isn’t sharp but it still feels like a dagger digging in deep. Noah hates to not have answers for the families of crime victims.

“It’s a not yet,” Noah corrects out of habit. “Can you tell me why Laura came back?”

Derek shrugs. “She said that she got called by the hospital. That she needed to check on Uncle Peter.”

“Did she say why?” Noah is unaware of any change in Peter Hale’s condition. Melissa would have mentioned it in their regular chats given she knew that it was Laura Hale that had been found in the woods. Noah has been depending on her to keep half an eye on Stiles when he’s with Scott for the last week.

“No… and I didn’t ask,” Derek answers his follow up question before he can ask it.

Noah doesn’t have more questions because he doesn’t know what to ask yet. “Had she said how long she was going to be in Beacon Hills?”

“Just a few days. She has finals tomorrow… had finals tomorrow.” Derek’s face falls as he corrects himself to past tense. The pain ages him but Noah is still fighting his instincts that scream at him to comfort Derek as he’s a secondary victim to this crime and possibly others. The amount of damage and death done to the Hale family would make anyone break down and the kid—young man, he corrects himself—is holding up better than most.

Then again, Noah supposes Derek has experience in terrible loses.

“What was she studying?”

“Pre-med. Laura wasn’t sure if she wanted to be a doctor or a nurse but she was getting her general credits done.”

A healer. Laura had been studying to be a healer. Noah felt like that little bit of information somehow just made her death even worse.

#suspicions #teen wolf #teen wolf fic #firefighter derek au #firefighter!derek #pre-sterek #sheriff stilinski #noah stillinski pov #Snippet sunday #first draft #grief/mourning

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quasi-normalcy · 2 years

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Going to be honest, I kind of think, upon rewatch, that Beverley Crusher is schtupping Dr. Reyga the Ferengi scientist and she doesn't want to tell Guinan about this part.

#star trek the next generation #suspicions #tng s6e22 ''suspicions''#dr. reyga #dr. beverly crusher

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goldensunset · 8 months

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advice i think we should tell children is that when adults say stuff like ‘now that i’m an adult i get really excited about stuff like coffee tables and bathrooms and rugs etc’ they don’t mean ‘and now i don’t care about blorbo and squimbus from my childhood tv shows anymore’ bc your average adult still loves all the same pop culture stuff they always did; they just have a greater appreciation for the mundane as well. growing up just means you can enjoy life twice as much now. you can get really excited about a new stuffed animal AND about a new kitchen sponge. peace and love

#peach rambles #you don’t have to get rid of blorbo and squimbus!! they would look great on top of your beautiful new nightstand you’ve been excited about #hall of fame i guess #i get. the sneaking suspicion this post has inspired at least two other posts #to the effect of ‘uhmmm i was ALWAYS excited about these things??’#yes i did have to do my own chores as a kid prommy. i just didn’t have feelings about stuff yet ok

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mo-mode · 4 months

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I love how Walker Scobell just appeared one day. He’s acted in only three projects now, all within the last two years, all where he’s the main character. Nothing else. No nepotism. I think someone in Hollywood just said “Yeah I need an angelic little blond boy who watches too many rated R movies, bites people, and swears like a sailor?” and then they found Walker skateboarding in the dumpster out back and went “PERFECT”

#l just wanna know how that happened #I’ve got a sneaking suspicion he knows how to pickpocket and blackmail #walker scobell #percy jackson the lightning thief #the adam project #secret headquarters #percy jackson #pjo #pjo tv show #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson and the olympians #percy jackson tv show

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ughwhycantisleep · 9 days

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I follow several groups from the small town where I grew up, to kind of keep in touch without having to actually interact with anyone.

The annual father/daughter dance just happened, and as usual the photographer for the dance posted all the father/daughter posed photos publicly.

Every year, I scroll these photos and look at the little girls' eyes, the tension in their shoulders, how familiar their fathers' touch is. Every year I see little girls who are probably being abused, who likely don't have a safe way to report it.

But I'm a total stranger. Nobody back home trusts me, because I ran off to the city and got myself liberalized. Even if I reached out to someone back home and asked then just to check in, nothing would happen.

Small towns have a culture of repressing these things, even normalizing them. If my suspicions were to become public, those little girls would be ashamed, accosted, treated as the perpetrators rather than the victims. A bunch of little Jezebel temptresses somehow coercing their Good Christian Fathers to sin.

I feel so powerless. How do you fight a corrupted system that is working precisely as intended? Especially when all you have is suspicion based on a couple of awkward snapshots in their Sunday best?

#personal #small town america #backwoods #xtianity #suspicions #purity culture

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