Richard Siken, War of the Foxes | Lord Huron, “The Night We Met” | Lev St. Valentine, There’s This Game I Play Every Morning | @notbigthief | Coldplay, “The Scientist” | @ruhlare | @mobydyke | John Green, Paper Towns
On my first watch of Age of Resistance I wondered why everyone treated the Scientist so poorly when he is probably the single most important Skeksis in the Castle.
And on later watches, I realized that’s the point.
He is truly indispensable and if he and the other Skeksis realized that, he’d be a threat to the Emperor’s power.
So he’s treated as essential and also as a figure of mockery. He’s relied on but not respected. Except maybe as lip service.
(OOC Note: if quote text is italic and bold, it’s present day scientist talking. Also- I will leave this open for reblogs I guess, as it’s starting from only scientist’s POV, they won’t meet until after the first reblog I or someone else does. Dunno how long after though.)
“Man…I can remember it like it was yesterday…”
A younger scientist- currently known Jack/Joel (both are part of his name), was speeding around on a motorcycle (imagine the FN rogue bike combined with a regular motorcycle and you have the general look), blasting old rock music as he drove. He was delivering pizzas and papers, and was on his way to the last stop, the local pilot academy/laboratory, when he decided to take a quick stop- mostly to refuel. Once he parked to refuel, he took his helmet off as he got off the bike- which somewhat resembled his helmet for his armor he has now.
“Alright…just gonna grab a quick snack from the store and continue. Don’t wanna be late for this delivery, considering i’ll be scolded, and then late for that thing I had scheduled with my friends…”
Heading inside the refuel station (sci-fi fuel thing where gasoline isn’t used anymore), he’d head up to the counter, paying for both a snack bar he grabbed, as well as to refuel his bike. Once that was taken care of, and his bike was refueled, he was back on his way. While heading towards the last delivery stop, he sang along to the song he was listening to while driving.
“I see a red door and I want it painted black…no colors anymore, I want them to turn black…I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes! I have to turn my head- until my darkness goes!”
Talokan Rises! Namor Week 2023 - Day 1 - Talokan or Atlantis
I commissioned this Talokan art from the wonderfully talented @pointdotiozao who did my Atlantis inspired art last year! Here is an alternate version on their blog!
Namor - Tenoch Huerta
Attuma - Alex Livinalli
Namora - Mabel Cadena
Princess Fen - Maria Mercedes Coroy
The Shaman - Josue Maychi
The Scientist - Jewelianna Ramos-Ortiz (the Talokanil woman on the far right, she was in the extra cut scenes of Wakanda Forever as the Talokanil Scientist and I wanted to include her in the art)
And the Talokanil!
~ After searching through the empty manor for a sign of anyone, they hurriedly make their way to the shore. When they surface from the waves, they can only stare on in shock at the sight of Grunty’s statue, the bloodied Fuse, and the smiling Icekey. ~
- @thetis-thegoddess
*Bug still stands there stunned but quickly ends up holding his ears. Blood still drips from Icekeys jaw, his sharp teeth stained a deep red. Fuse is just a sobbing mess…*