#only the best for MY captain

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

#only top tier moments from top tier captains of the ship #melissas favorite moment is mine too #also him giving her back the ring is my number one favorite moment of them #fell in love with them from that moment on #that scene is the best #i love them #chenford #tim x lucy #tim bradford #lucy chen #melissa o'neil #eric winter #love

[stop-breaking-my-heart-dragonage]

I said I wasn't going to get started on the topic of Aveline ruining Carver's chances with the guard but I lied okay, it's Carver Hawke defense hours.

Here's the thing; it doesn't matter if you believe Carver was or wasn't fit for the guard. That's a different debate that I'll get to. What matters is Aveline's in no position to tell the guard not to accept his application. Why does she think that's her right to judge whether or not he's fit?

Carver should've had the chance to prove himself one way or another. If it turns out he's not a good fit, then let him fail. Let him learn from it.

"Oh but failure could mean lost lives-"

Aveline doesn't get to talk shit about failure and the people. Plenty have died on her watch yet she still believes she's a good guard and Guard-Captain.

"maybe Aveline's protecting him, Carver could die while on patrol-"

Carver could die working in the Bone Pit, or serving as a templar, or when he's running around with Hawke. Carver could trip and fall down a set of stairs and die. In fact, he can die in the Deep Roads, somewhere he wouldn't have to go if the Hawke's weren't desperate.

Either Carver fails as a guard, or more likely, he succeeds and proves himself worthy of it.

But let's be real, Carver probably kept getting rejected due to being a Fereldan with a past of smuggling/mercenary work and Aveline only reaffirmed the decision, either because they asked her what she thought or she stuck her nose in unprompted.

But what irritates me is that she admits to telling them not to accept his application, and then has the balls to call Carver too proud to take up a trade or find another line of work.

Carver tells her, "And who would take on a Fereldan apprentice? Maybe in another year I could work my way up to pissboy." He has a good point here. Aside from the guard, the only other place Carver could work and use his skillset is with the Templars. Or go back to mercenary/smuggling work.

And Aveline doesn't even have a real answer for him. No suggestions, no encouragement, nothing. Just "Fine, let's crawl down some holes. Good bloody luck for your sake."

Also, if you do the Mark of the Assassin DLC in Act 1-

Aveline: You should see if any of the noblemen are looking for new men-at-arms. Carver: Are you trying to get rid of me? Aveline: It's a role with some autonomy. A good fit with your training and... tendencies. Carver: After serving King Cailan? You want me to suffer some poncy git who needs two servants to wipe his own ass? I'll find my own way, thanks. Aveline: I wish you would.

You wish he would?? Aveline, he was trying to find his way into the guard, a position he'd make a good fit for, and you helped deny him of it because YOU didn't think he would be good enough, I just-

If I haven't made it clear yet, I firmly believe that Carver would've made a great guard. He wants to help people, to be a protector. He's loyal, and despite what Aveline claims, he can follow orders and take his duty seriously. We see him do incredibly well with the Grey Wardens, after all. If he were a guard, he wouldn't have to go down into the Deep Roads with Hawke, and I think he would've been okay with that! He's so hurt and bitter when you leave him behind because that effectively tells him, "I don't need you." Carver's spent the whole first act telling you he wants to go on the expedition aka that he wants to be needed.

But if he were a guard, he would be needed elsewhere. He'd be in training as a recruit. He'd look after Leandra while you go. He wouldn't be backed into a corner with no income and only the templars left as his chance at forging his own path and providing for his family.

He doesn't get that opportunity, though.

By the way, if he becomes a warden, you can get this banter:

Aveline: I'm glad you found a place with the Wardens. Carver: Well, it's not the city guard, but it'll do. Aveline: Carver... it wasn't the place for you. Carver: No, it's all right. It is. It cost a lot, but I get it. I really was a bit of a tit those days, wasn't I? Aveline: Well...

This banter makes me want to scream.

Aveline's just... she's so insistent that she's right. She's someone who will double down rather than entertain the idea that she's wrong and it's not just with Carver and the guard, it's with everything. The "my beef with Aveline" list gets longer and longer every time I replay da2, I swear.

Say what you will about Carver, whether you think he would've been a good fit or if Aveline's right and it wasn't for him, he was denied a chance and it cost him so much in the end. He either dies, or he joins the templars where he deals with Chantry's bullshit trying to brainwash him with "mages aren't people" and "magic is a cancer in this world", or he's infected with the blight and becomes a Grey Warden, forced to serve the rest of his life fighting darkspawn, tormented by voices and nightmares.

I will never not be bitter about this.

#dragon age 2 #da2 #dragon age #carver hawke #aveline vallen #aveline critical #oh and also forever bitter that hawke doesn't have the option to talk to aveline about this #because listen my hawke would be on this #carver would be annoyed and all 'i don't need your help >:[' but that's not gonna stop ed from turning on Big Brother Mode #this is just one of many reasons i can't do the friendship path with aveline #i hate the thought of doing rivalries for all my other companions but i feel like aveline's rivalry route is the only chance to shake her #of her unwarranted over confidence and make her realize that she's not this lawful good 'i stand for all of us' guard captain #she still stands with me in the end but at that point i wouldn't be surprised if she was just doing to because she still feels she owes ed #for getting her outta fereldan and into kirkwall rather than because we're loyal best friends y'know? #she's certainly not doing it for the mage rights #but anyway i never miss an opportunity to defend carver #that's my baby brother and i love him

[cicicolorao]

Fun mindless doodling :)))

#captain laserhawk #clhabdr #captain laserhawk rayman #captain lazerhawk bullfrog #clh bullfrog #clh rayman #clh ramon #combining hcs in my doodles #rayman maaaaybe being too attached to Bullfrog #calling him his best friend as soon as they reunite #and more broadly #rayman is both emotionally and physically homesick #not only does he miss his friends his mothers and ESPECIALLY globox #but being stuck in a city with no nature around made him weaker and more palid #im actually surprised more hybrids arent constantly sick from having little to no flora around them #how’s bullfrog doing now thst I think about it??? #bro probably feels DRY take him back to the swamp holy shit #everyone living in a city can’t be healthy

[cuttyflammm]

lookit this lad!!!

#captain laserhawk #screencap redraw #assassins creed brotherhood #bullfrog captain laserhawk #bullfrog #phrog #frog guy #im so sick. quite literally #feverishly drawing is the only way I can deal wit a cold #otherwise i lose my miiiiind #gosh I love this lil fella #i think the overwhelming consensus is that he is best boy #and he is #he is undeniably best boy #he has yo back mon ami! #copping anotha anthropomorphic animal #for my hyperfixation arsenal nyehehe

[chidoroki]

December 30th - Happy Birthday Nozel - ft: his tvtropes

#black clover #nozel silva #bc manga #my edits #last edit of the year and i could not have chosen a more handsome man. i absolutely love him and desperately hope he gets more #time to shine during the current fight with acier. like yeah good for noelle for powering up once again but can this man PLEASE show #his mother how much stronger he's become not only as a mage but as a captain/brother/head of house as well? he deserves so #much praise okay? i want the best for him. he's fantastic. and i know chapters are real slow now but i hope we see him again soon.

[pastasilly]

decided to redesign kate blake’s pirate outfit too!!

#art #fanart #my art #doodle #digital art #treasure planet #treasure planet 2 #treasure planet fanart #kate blake #redesigns #i wanted to make her look more like a captain in a way #mostly because lions are seen as leaders and their whole thing is about pride #it also pairs with my headcanon of her motive being to follow her father’s footsteps and become the commander of the navy #so yk. it fits with the character traits i headcanon her with #ALSO with the jacket #its completely optional. but i included it because i feel like she really does take pride in being part of the academy #not only because her father is the admiral. but because she bases majority of her personality around it?? #as in. she takes the academy’s rule system very seriously. or she strives to be the best student and example that they’ve ever seen. etc #there was also the detail in the sequel synopsis that she has a very ‘type a personality’ #so she’s pretty high status and incredibly intellectual #anyways transfem lesbian kate is SO real

[colinoeyebrows]

Your favourite Captain Swan scene in Yellow

Happy Birthday to Colin's almost-birthday twin Julie!! (@julieenchanted-swans/@enchanted-swans)

#wishing the best in the world hun #you are one of the sweetest it's insane how we only know each other for a year but you are one of my closest friends #julieenchanted-swans #enchanted-swans #happy birthday Julie #csedit #captainswanedit #ouatedit #onceuponatimeedit #captain swan #killianjonesedit #hookedit #killian jones #emma swan #mygifsxx #January 25th here :)

[thelien-art]

Ulmo is the Vala who looks the most human because of his presence and observations towards the elvers and men thought-out the ages (naked version)

Uinen - Osse

#silmarillion #jrr tolkien #tolkien #ulmo #mermaid #mermaid art #merfolk #merman #me screaming while trying to draw muscular legs #ulmo is the selfproclaimed grandfather once captain who has the wildest stories you'll find at your local harbor #yeah this design is based on an old captain that lived close to my grandad #and we would eat there a lot as he owned a little restaurant and he had the wildest stories and everyone called him grandad #even my grandad #and he had a lot of tattoos and cursed a lot and either he walked in old baggy clothes with holes or stereotypical old sailor clothes #he also had the wildest beard and hair ever and claimed to never cut it #the only different is i tried to make ulmo look a bit less skandinavien and younger while still having the old captains look over him #i think i did that best with the patterns on the clothes and the first outfit and the not beer stomach #vala #valar #the first is when he meets people and dont want to be nakkede which he usual is #also when meeting people #and the second is when hes at a meeting in valinor

[vulturedimension]

doom patrol really has everything. superheroes, found family, robots, old man yaoi, old lady yuri (kind of), magic, alien mpreg, mean lesbians, musical numbers, a genderqueer street, my chemical romance, zombie butts, social commentary, brendan fraser, sex ghosts, detective ghosts, drag queens, outer space, time travel shenanigans, road trips, meta humor, love, sacrifice, i could go on. please watch it. it's so good i promise

(just be careful bc it does also contain a lot of potentially triggering topics, including but not limited to drug/alcohol use, violence, suicide/self harm, verbal/emotional/physical/sexual abuse of a child, racism/sexism/homophobia/transphobia/ableism, and probably more. but it's worth it imo)

#it's also the only show with my best friend captain larry trainor #doom patrol #mine #on my knees begging at this point

[jimmyandthegiraffes]

i finally started my tintin stats project, where i go thru each book from soviets to picaros and tally up certain things with the occasional note. im mostly doing it for fanfic, cosplay and headcanon reasons, and was just going to do it and then post my findings book by book but then i thought well. it's kind of a resource, and people might have specific things they want to know.

so far my categories are:

vehicles - what vehicles he travels in, which ones he drives, any crashes

health - when he sleeps, if he snores, if he dreams, if he has nightmares; any injuries and what kinds; any time he loses consciousness and the cause; when he eats and what he eats, what he enjoys eating and what he doesn't; any time he gets drunk

any time he is violent to another person

physical activity - any time he swims, climbs a tree, rides a horse

the law - any time he is arrested (including attempted arrests), imprisoned, sentenced to death, or joins an army

emotions - when he cries and about what; when he laughs and about what; when he gets angry, at whom and why; when he is visibly afraid and of what; when he prays; when he sings or dances

le petit vingtieme - any time he actually writes an article lol

QUIFF DOWN!!! - any time his quiff is down lol. this is kind of a joke one bc this only happens generally if he's soaking wet but also i think its funny any time it happens so its getting tallied

at a later point i'm also going to chart the passage of time across each adventure so i can have a rought idea of how long each story lasts. in a similar vein, i'm also going to chart what clothes he wears and whether he still owns them at the end of the album (sounds weird lol but he goes thru SO many different outfits in soviets just bc people keep blowing him up and wrecking his clothes lmao. and at the end of congo he returns to belgium with only a rifle and the clothes he's wearing). i might later add things like, any time certain characters appear, but im still early on and he doesnt know anyone yet lol

essentially, i just finished doing this for congo, so before i get any further are there any other things people would like to see tallied/noted? i am doing this so u dont have to (:

#disclaimer however that i am only human and i do sometimes miss things #so while it'll be accurate to the best of my ability #there may be times where i miss something or count something wrong #tintin #kuifje #tintin and snowy #the adventures of tintin #milou #snowy #captain haddock #archibald haddock #professor calculus #cuthbert calculus #tryphon tournesol #thomson and thompson #dupont et dupond #tintin stats

[justreckin]

Pretty sure half the reason I love Erica as much as I do is that she's actually okay. She's gone through shit, but she came out the other side and went "y'know, I'm not down with all this unresolved angst and poor coping mechanisms." Girl went to therapy and worked her shit out.

#erica ortegas #strange new worlds #she's the best #someone needs to look after their mental health okay? #have you seen this ship? #the captain's having a crisis of faith over his future #the first officers an illegal alien #the security officer only just started to go to therapy for her insane childhood trauma #the communications officer is still grieving the recent loss of her family #the science officer has daddy issues and dead sister issues and fiance issues and species issues that he can't talk about #the head nurse has ptsd and abandonment issues coming out her eyeballs #the cmo's probably the closest to being alright but he also just fought a guy to death so jury's out #one engineer's been killed #one engineer's an ancient thief #sorry for the tag rant #look i need more erica ortegas in my life and so do you

[goldenart0]

Gift for @emis-equivalent-exchange for @astranauticus! Some Theatre Dani and VR-LA hanging out

ao3 link

“Are you sure it’s fine we’re in here Dani?” VR-LA slowly closed the door into the theatre, trying to make it as quiet as possible. 

Dani strolled right up to the booth, twirling the set of keys around her finger. “Of course,” she called back at him, “I practically run this place. No one will question if I’m here, and if they do they can go fuck themselves. Now come on, I wanna show you how the board works.”

VR-LA jogged up to the booth, where Dani was already messing around with some buttons.

Dani patted the chair in front of the board, “Sit down, I’ve already pulled up the cues. It’s not too different from sound really, all you have to do is press the button when the SM says ‘go’.” Dani took VR-LA’s arm and pushed him to the chair in front of the board, standing to the side of him and holding onto the back of the chair with one hand, gesturing with the other.

“It’s honestly probably less complicated than what you’ve done on sound, since you aren’t focusing on cues and mics, just cues-”

“Are you doing sound this time? I’m surprised you aren’t doing lighting for this show. I don’t remember you saying anything about leaving,” VR-LA interrupted, turning to face Dani.

“No, it’s this music kid that’s been asking for a while and I thought since you’re doing lights why not give it him. H-, He-, I don’t really remember his name, think it started with an H. So no, I’m not in the booth this time, I did design and I’ll be watching the show like a normal person.” Dani looked disappointed for a brief moment before pointing back at the lighting board. “Anyway, here’s your list of cues. You’ll probably want to put them in your script as well, in pencil, before the Q to Q, but it’s really the same as sound. The Stage Manager calls a cue, you response with ‘lx’, and press the button when they say ‘go’. Make you don’t, VR-LA look at me.” Dani twisted the chair to face her and made eye contact with him. “Make sure you only press go when you get told too. Even if the Stage Manager forgets and you know it’s coming. You listen to the Stage Manager no matter what, even if they mess up. Then it’s on them, not you, for messing up a cue.”

VR-LA nodded at Dani and waited until she turned back to face the lighting board and stage to turn back himself. 

“I’ll be at the Q to Q as well, in case changes need to be made, which they probably will be. You know how adding cues works right?” 

VR-LA nodded.

“It’s the same deal, new cues are .5s or .1s or whatever. I’ll probably add or change cues when we have to, but the system isn’t too hard. You can pick colours here,” Dani hovered the cursor over a colour wheel on the monitor, “or there are sets of colours stored here,” she moved to a tab on the side of the screen. “’Cause we have LEDs you can pick all the colours from here. And then this button saves the cue.” Dani paused and looked back at VR-LA. “I can do all of that this weekend and you can watch, don’t worry.”

VR-LA took the mouse from Dani and clicked on a part of the colour wheel Dani pointed at before swirling around inside of it. The light on stage turned blue, before quickly flashing between all the colours VR-LA had hovered on.

“Oh wow that’s. A lot.”

“LEDs am I right. Delightful tools. Anyway, that’s probably all you really need to know, I mostly just wanted to show you the board.” Dani pushed off the desk, standing back upright, and started looking as if to head out, stepping behind him.

“Who is the stage manager by the way?” VR-LA asked, reaching to find the off switch for the board.

“MR-SN, though I would have assumed you already knew that.”

“I wouldn’t have asked if I didn’t know, why would you assume I knew that?” VR-LA asked, confused.

“Well,” Dani drew out the word, smirking, “I thought you two were close.”

VR-LA paused. He and MR-SN did work together and he enjoyed hanging out and talking with him, but he wouldn’t say they were particular close. Certainly not anymore than anyone else in the theatre, right?

“And on that note,” Dani continues, still smiling, “No flirting on headset. The booth isn’t as soundproof as you think it is-“

VR-LA whipped around to face Dani. “What?”

“-And I don’t want to hear anything while sitting in the audience.”

“We do not flirt, MR-SN and I don’t flirt with each other, what are you talking about? I don’t flirt with anyone and definitely not MR-SN.” VR-LA’s words came out rushed and he felt his face start to heat up.

“Well I still don’t want to hear anything, flirting or not.”

“I don’t flirt with anyone Dani!”

“I’m just saying that the booth isn’t fully soundproof VR-LA, that’s all.” Dani smiled at him and his, not serious, rage and embarrassment. Then she looked over his shoulder at the stage and her face fell a bit.

“Are you alright Dani?”

Dani made a small noise of surprise and looked back at VR-LA. “Yeah I’m good, just thinking.”

“Are you sure, you looked sad for a second, is something wrong?”

“No it’s fine, just a lot on my mind. It’s your first show as mlx, it’s a new sound op, this is my first time designing lights myself, it’s a lot going on.”

VR-LA didn’t respond to her. There was a lot of new things going on for this show, and Dani had to be under the pressure of designing her first show by herself.

“It’s just that.” Dani spoke up, tapping her fingers against the back of the chair. “I won’t be there if anything happens. I’m not doing cues to make sure they happen when they should, or on headset to say if anything looks weird, or if anything or one goes missing. After the Q to Q I’m done. Can’t touch anything, it’s out of my hands. I’ll just be sitting in the audience and trust you guys have it under control. Which I do, don’t get me wrong, but-”

“But you want to be there to make sure.”

Dani looked down at the floor. “I’ve never not worked a show before. Even backstage, running around making sure props were in their places or actors made their cues. It’s weird to not have to do anything.”

“And let go of your responsibility?” VR-LA added.

“I guess, it just makes me nervous to not be able to do anything. Even through I totally trust you guys, I don’t think you’ll mess up, but if you do, I can’t do anything and that’s nerve-wracking.” Dani squeezed the back of the chair and looked up at VR-LA.

She did look upset. Not angry, but sad, or longing. Like she didn’t want to give this up to VR-LA and whatever person she grabbed for sound. VR-LA knew Dani wouldn’t let him give up his job to her just so she could be back in the booth, even with how much more experience she had then he did. If she was accepting her role as a designer, for her first solo show, she would stick with that no matter how much she wanted to be in the show. VR-LA hoped that if she watched the tech runs it might calm her nervousness but made a mental note to talk to some of the others to do something for Dani in appreciation. 

For now through, “You know, I’m still a bit confused on how to add a cue, could you show it to me again?”

He saw Dani’s eyes light up with excitement again and give him a genuine smile as he pointed back to the monitor, and she came back next to him by the board.

#I’m imagining the set up of this theatre like my high school which had the booth just behind the seats (arguable not the best but you know #I may have creating an entire au from this but we don't have to talk about that #the end point is dani becoming the SM #rwd #rolling with difficulty #emi’s equivalent exchange #dani rwd #vr-la rwd #additional notes: captain = sm fight me. I spelled out q2q because I thought that would be unclear to anyone not in theatre. I only vaguely #know how a lighting board worked and I didn't want to look it up. the colour wheel thing was at least true in my high school

[emily-mooon]

Byler as Capvers from BBC Ghosts my beloved.

#in case anyone needs to know: Will is Havers and Mike is The Captain #that’s why Mike has a moustache #I did my best to make them look middle aged but know that I am only an intermediate artist so don’t expect perfection #also go watch bbc ghosts it’s amazing #stranger things #will byers #mike wheeler #byler #st bbc ghosts au

[fives-girlfriend]

Captain Helix of the 398th Ordnance Corps

Original cap for comparison

#sci's art #oc: the 398th ordnance corps #SOMEHOW THIS ONLY TOOK LIKE. AN HOUR #howzer was the best to edit bc basically the same hairstyle + the captain pauldron #BUT TH. H. #MY BOY MY BOY...

[munchboxart]

I brought up on Twitter months ago how I thought Agent 8 was overrated and people brought up that they only appeared once. The day when Side Order was announced, I saw more Agent 8 ass more than I saw my family that day

#slightly suggestive #where was this when captain 3 came out huh /j #ass is good i get it! but i dont need every artist in the world drawing her bottom orbs ! #idgaf im a hater #i get why theyre popular tho (OE is the best story out of the entire series imo) but all hell will break lose once side order is released #this better not leave my circle this is for my followers ONLY #etc #suggestive #tagging these incase

[octoagentmiles]

sobbing crying i love them so much-

aaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA—

#not ship - only ship here is the octopod ✨ #*sob* the best friends ever‚‚ #i have so many thoughts about this scene 👀 the way his voice is so sincere when he tells tweak to take care of ✨ their ship ✨🥹 #''take good care of our ship‚ tweak.'' oUGH MY HEART- /POS #also ''don't worry‚ cap'‚ we'll be fine.'' ooughojgugh <3 #octonauts #captain barnacles #tweak octonauts #i can't formulate words good but tldr IT'S ‼️ THEIR SHIP ‼️ AFTER THE MANITOBA OK-??? DO U KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING??? DO U GET IT????? #PLEAS UNDERSTAND HFJASKDSF 😭✨ #AND. THE WAY SHE KNOWS HIM AND HIS TENDENCY TO WORRY SO SHE REASSURES HIM- SOB SOB #they r bffs.............. good for them #😭🥹