#remember the cant

[talesfrommedinastation]

Why should you watch 'The Expanse'? This scene alone:

So my raggedy ass wrote a novel length longfic with Star Wars and The Expanse, in a somewhat pithy attempt to get some folks interested in this amazing show. I even threw in some quick one-shot pieces too. *

But you know what? This battle scene, from one of the first episodes, should sell you on the show itself rather then my story of Ryan-from-Accounting banging Camina Drummer's giggly nerd cousin and the shenanigans that followed.

Strap in, mi beratnas, it's gonna get wild.

Donnager Battle (youtube.com)

The Martian ship, The Donnager, is sleek, futuristic, and its crew is in neat uniforms. But their cadence is calm, easy, even as torpedoes are firing at them. It's like they're going for a grocery run to Trader Joe's, they know what they're doing.

We get to see all different parts of the massive ship, from the brig to the bridge, to say nothing of the crisp graphics and efficient weapons systems. The Martian Navy knows WTF it's doing in a way that is grounded and believable.

How CALM Captain Yao is! Strolling around with her coffee and checking in on her crew as they're firing off missiles and bullets. It's a Tuesday for her. Love seeing this.

The different lightening and the reactions of the captured Canturbury crew let us immediately know they're form different places, with former Martian pilot Alex Kamal knowing EXACTLY what's going on when he hears missiles firing.

THE SUBDUED SOUNDS IN SPACE.

Quick shot of the magboots, keeping the crew member on their feet even as they're in battle.

Effective use of storytelling with an effective use of accurate engineering. We know shit's hitting the ceiling because power is being diverted, and suddenly, gravity is lost, and everyone is starting to float.

The Donnager is a major Martian warship...but that doesn't mean the hulls are impenetrable. Flying debris can take someone out in seconds, seen at 4:45.

SEATBELTS SAVING THE DAY BECAUSE PHYSICS.

Jim Holden has the excuse to grab that gun and escape...but he goes for the downed Martian marine instead to check on him and help out. Confirmed, homeboy was going to be the Himbo Hero of this show.

Trust me, folks...it gets even better after this!

*=(I'm not the only person who's written some, check out @eyecandyeoz as well!)

#the expanse #theexpanse #remember the cant #MCRN #the expanse spoilers #naomi nagata #jim holden #alex kamal #amos burton #the expanse season 1 #the donnager #mars #martian navy #you need to watch this damn show!

[circleturk]

Miller and Holden dying of radiation poisoning on Eros is the best strangers-to-friends road trip movie since Planes Trains and Automobiles

#the expanse trevy rewatch #s1 e10 #the expanse #james holden #josephus miller #detective miller #remember the cant

[lemniscate-graphics]

I've been re-cutting the decals for my car over the last six months, and since it's supposed to hit 108F (42 ish?) for the next few days I decided to get up early while it's below 90 and scrape the old ones off, clean the windshield and apply the recuts.

Each of these are hand cut using an xacto knife, each color is cut separately. Then the different vinyls are all lined up and put on the same backing before the transfer tape is laid over it for application.

#hand cut vinyl decal #lemniscate graphics #personal work #unsc infinity #thomas lasky #gordon malloy #the orville #egon spengler #ghost busters #jack oneill #stargate sg1 #jonathan archer #star trek enterprise #sluga naroda #slava ukraini bitches #battletech #the expanse #remember the cant #tlok #bolin

[bigolscrewup]

this is just too good. in hindsight, should have looked for the next works of the writers of "Children of Men" Just Perfect!

#expanse #science fiction #james holden #remember the cant #Rocinante #currently watching #the expanse

[kenaran]

1x03 "Remember the Cant"

German title is "OPA und die Canterbury" aka "OPA and the Canterbury" aka "Now we're starting to get into the classic poetry of German episode titles".

Love the language lessons cactus guy is taking. And a whole lot of good they did him :-\

Starting to find Miller less unlikable. Still not my favorite.

Major Star Wars vibes this time, the Mars ship would not draw attention in the imperial fleet.

Not sure what those telepathy-but-not-quite-telepathy clear pills are doing. Clearly he still needs them to cooperate. And Holden has an ... interesting family back on Earth. (I keep thinking Holden Caulfield and it's not helpful.) His back story regarding his dismissal from Earthforce (which isn't called that, I know) is also noteworthy. So is medic's.

And it would seem Mars really is being framed :) Though Avasarala is burning through friends at impressive speed.

Quote of the episode: "We had a garden, and we paved it."

Yeah :-\

Jump to next episode

#kenaran watches the expanse #the expanse #1x03 #remember the cant

[aninizi]

Holden enjoying his executive officer badge owkwa kaka.

#the expanse #james holden #owkwa kaka #nice use of the XO badge #remember the cant #my edit

[my-chemical-ratz]

HAPPY ACE WEEK FUCKERS

#my post #asexual #queer #IS IT ALSO ARO WEEK I CANT REMEMBER

[wolfythewitch]

i have so much rage in me one day i think i will explode. i dont think i know how to forgive as much as i know how to forget

#art #wolfy religious tedtalks #sketch #comic #i have such a huge disconnect with my emotions and i do genuinely think a lot of it ties back to religion #crazy how that happens #whats funny is i now have a lot of people i vaguely dislike but cant remember why. #crazy what happens when you treat forgiveness like an instruction and not a process

[aesrot]

shout out to people who's family isnt entirely bad or entirely good, but something in between and you dont know how to feel about them. you feel angry but you also feel guilty, because you know they genuinely love and care about you, but sometimes they show it in a way you know its not okay. your feelings are valid, your anger and sadness and grief are valid, and you dont have to prove this to no one. bigger shout out to those with memory issues who know something isnt right but can't recall all of the bad events, only the feelings, which only increases the guilt.

#lua talks #this is actually for myself #its easy to feel like i've been overreacting. specially when i cant remember why im upset with them #is this a vent post? it doesnt feel like one but maybe?

[payasita]

being a manager sucks balls half the time but the cashier kids im in charge of trust me enough to dick around in front of me so ive been keeping a running list of the shit they say that makes me laugh randomly: -"guys, is it cheating if you play fortnite with your ex" [4 seperate others, immediately]: "YES" -"there must be like… infinite sentences" -"bro what bro what the fuck bro what's that mean bro why'd you say that bro what" <distraught response to a girl randomly greeting him with 'hey there big boy' in an old timey transatlantic news reporter accent

#personal #text #gonna miss these kids lol #theres more i cant remember rn but i swear to god some of them do it just to make me crack up when im the only one in charge #infinite sentences kid and bro what the fuck kid are the same kid #he could not give less of a shit about this job it's so fucking funny

[copepods]

Hello, Video Game Youtuber. Despite being a "lore expert," you appear to have not noticed that the main character of the game you love uses they/them pronouns. You have 30 minutes to speedrun editing the correct pronouns into all your videos or I will detonate the bombs planted inside your gaming PC, killing you instantly

#text #has someone made this post before? i feel like they mightve but i cant remember

[talesfrommedinastation]

Lopez: So you decided to switch sides? Holden: I stopped playing.

The Expanse, Season 1 Episode 3, "Remember the Cant"

#the expanse #cloneforce99 #thebadbatch #belter #martian #remember the cant #tbb #crosshair #crosshair tbb #crosshair the bad batch

[hg-aneh]

shined too bright

#good omens 2 #good omens 2 fanart #crowley good omens #crowley #good omens #gos2spoilers #Twinkliel #gos2 #good omens comic #i remember someone asked me to do this but my askbox is a mess i cant find anything #:( #I've never watched spongebob in my life dkgbdng

[bloodbending]

someone please help me find that quote about how someone was overwhelmed with the weight of the world and their problems when they were physically alone, but that weight felt like nothing in the presence of a friend and good conversation

#i CANT FIND IT #i don’t even remember if it was from a book or what #edit: #greatest hits #i did not expect this to get notes i genuinely just couldn’t find this excerpt #im so glad so many people resonate

[watchingwisteria]

listen there really was just something about how in the book, snow’s 3-page descent from hesitant lover boy to deluded psychopath happens entirely in his mind. lucy gray gives him no indication whatsoever that she suspects him, that she’s going to leave or betray him. he’s just sitting quietly in the cabin waiting for her to return when that seed of calculated suspicion, which he has needed to survive the capitol, takes a hold of him and chokes the life out of any goodness left inside him. it really drives home your terror as a reader that “oh my god did he kill her? did she escape? what happened to her? why would he even think that?” in a way that when the movie had to adjust for visualization it lost some of that holy shit this guy has lost it emphasis.

#seeing some discourse and im not saying lucy grey didnt know #im saying she never dropped the kind of hints that she knew like she did in the movie #or if she did snow isnt worried about them until he very suddenly is consumed by them #snow is not concerned about whether or not she believed him. of course she did! hes snow! #but then shes gone…. for a while…… #and its the sudden immediate drastic unravelling that comes across so clearly in the book #that i knew wouldn’t translate to screen yet still cant help but miss #the hunger games #coriolanus snow #tbosas #lucy gray baird #not a crime or anything just a note that i cannot stop thinking about #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #this is all from memory of reading it quite a while ago. so maybe 3 pages is an exaggeration #but i remember it happening VERY quickly and without much external cause #like we as the reader have no indication as to whether shes nearby or not. #snow has no idea either. he just SUSPECTS. and his suspicion breeds the hatred that has been bubbling inside him all this time #he hates how she undoes him. he hates that he WOULD run away with her if shed let him keep his secrets #and he HATES more than anything that she makes him WANT to tell his secrets #he wants to be vulnerable and reveal the ugly nasty parts about himself and still be loved #but he does not let himself and it is everyone’s downfall #he chooses cruelty bc it is easy and familiar and makes him feel more powerful than the vulnerable give and take that real love requires

[zzoupz]

"Cecil would want Sans to win" "Sans would want Cecil to win" you fools. you buffoons. Cecil would want his husband Carlos to win

#went fuck it and posted it anyway PLEASE DONT GET MAD I KNOW ITS PROBABLY OOC PLEASE DONT GTE MAD #idea kind of from a post ive seen before but cant remember who it was SO #tumblr sexymen poll #sexyman tournament #cecilsweep #wtnv #welcome to night vale #wtnv cecil #wtnv carlos #cecil gershwin palmer #cecil palmer #carlos the scientist #cecilos #zoup art