almost 60. he/him. an ace/progressive “libtard” trying to find their place in the world. bookseller. mostly about Star Trek (def ship nerd and Spirk is canon) but also sci-fi, books, design, cute animals, eclectic history, and tango, with the occasional sh*tpost and signal boost.
unavoidable that you will be the villain in someone else's story. You will be painted in an unfavorable light. You will be the irredeemable one. and all of this will happen despite how nice you might usually be or how kind or how respectful or how warm. and you will just have to move on.
unironically my favorite thing about tiktok is how the algorithm will sometimes assign you a random niche interest like for a while. it's just like hey you're gonna be into beef tallow now. last year it gave me pointe shoes. yes as in for ballerinas. my current tiktok-assigned niche interest is the north sea.
does tumblr know about tim misny??? like has the level of tim misny awareness that exists in northeast ohio broken containment and become known online yet???
sometimes i’m struck with the realization that as a member of the star trek fandom i’m participating in a tradition that is more than twice as old as i am, and that for nearly fifty years people have touted the same beliefs i hold close to my heart now, from the incredible gayness of two dumb starfleet officers to the ability for peace and equality to spread across the stars. people have been writing and fighting for these things for decades, and i’m part of that. that is amazing.
My only real beef with NuTrek set at the same time that Bashir and Garak exist is that they haven't had the balls to make it screen canon. Like, it was there in DS9 to the point the Powers that Be had to tell Alexander Siddig & Andrew Robinson to Knock It Off, and separated the characters as much as they could without pissing off the entire fan base.
The actors saw it, the fans saw it, it is there!! If you can give us Picard and bring back all those people and little nods, you sure as hell can give us 30 seconds of Bashir consulting with Beverly with Cardassia in the background and Garak popping over Bashir's shoulder to ask about her magic-borg-son.
TOS Kirk: Space Golden Retriever, the alpha dog but in a super chill and loyal way, looks at everyone with heart eyes, would like to friend the entire galaxy
AOS Kirk: Space Australian Shepard, alpha dog with perhaps too much energy and a very strong pack mentality, Blue Eyes™, requires affection… aggressively
TOS Spock: Space Abyssian, has adapted to life with space golden retriever but it still a cat, friendly but plays favorites
AOS Spock: Space Shelter Cat, plays favorites harder, resting bitch face, screams™, random outbursts of violence
TOS McCoy: Space Bulldog, tired, resting angry face, employs nihilist humor to cover the fact that is actually a nihilist
AOS McCoy: Space Toy Snchnouzer, yappy™, also angry but in a more tightly wound way, will not be denied or ignored