#the pandora principle

[spocksjuul]

Saavik 💖💓💞💞 (book: The Pandora Principle, by Carolyn Clowes)

#saavik #my art #Star Trek #the pandora principle #wrath of khan #search for Spock #Id in alt

[svengalia]

"Look up, Little Cat. Look up and see the stars."

#star trek #saavik #the pandora principle #star trek tos #the original series #body horror #eye strain

[zoozoocala]

Saavik's big lesbian crush on Uhura (from the Pandora Principle)

#saavik #nyota uhura #spock #star trek #the pandora principle

[friendofgeorgeharrison]

"And some things, thought Kirk gratefully, like the sun and the moon and Spock just never change-and whatever would I do if they did?"

The Pandora Principle, Carolyn Clowes

#if you know me you're aware im crazy about sun and moon symbolism #star trek #spirk #k/s #kirk/spock #james t kirk #spock #the pandora principle #pandora principle #spirk text #*mine

[tigerexe]

i've been rotating Mr Saavik in my head since i initially saw Wrath of Khan and reading The Pandora Principle simply increased the rotation speed. such a traumagirl of all time.

i BEG you all to read the Pandora Principle if you're as disappointed in Saavik's lost potetial as i was

#star trek #the wrath of khan #the pandora principle #saavik #spock #valeris #not art blog worthy

[laney-rockin]

I am like 110% certain that James T. Kirk is afraid of aging.

I'm reading the novel the Pandora Principle and while it is Spock and Saavik centric the moments between Kirk and Spock (and the rest) are interesting.

He gets frustrated when he forgets that things that had to be manual have changed since when he first captained the Enterprise. He becomes angry and frustrated at the fact Starfleet Admiralty wants him "back behind a desk"

That is 100% not the behaviour of a man content with living his life and aging with it. He seems to be a bit frustrated with the concept of aging and the world moving forward and trying to string him along.

Cause he's content with captaining the Enterprise for as long as he can but can't since he's getting older and Starfleet only gave him back his ship was cause he was the only solution to a problem.

Anyways! I just realized that Kirk hates the concept of getting older. Also the fact he forgets that modern tech exists and does a fair bit of the work he had to when he was younger is quite funny.

#star trek #jim kirk #star trek tos #tos star trek #tos kirk #the pandora principle #star trek novels #these novels are so fun #i love them all #and the character bits i can learn are just amazing #like i learned Saavik is half-romulan. i didn't even think about that possibility #anyways! toodles y'all! i am tired and I probably don't make sense lmao

[tprings-hair]

excerpt from The Pandora Principle by Carolyn Clowes

#aka the one where uhura has the conn!! #nyota uhura #pandora principle #the pandora principle #star trek tos #star trek novels #novels tag #carolyn clowes

[nuclearbattery]

starfleets finest pitcher

#saavik #star trek #thank you ali for getting me pandora's principle #just finished finals n already have another test and practical tomorrow hell world #but ive been working through all of star trek with the bf(bestfriend) so it's like bearable ig

[ariose-ghoul]

wonder if i can hire a hitman in this game

#talos principle 2 #''the deceiver byron had been slain!'' first of all he isn't dead he was i think kidnapped by pandora #second of all thats my friend you fuck i don't see you making an effort to improve our society #god i hope i don't have to talk to thecla again and if i do i hope i get the option to call her an idiot again #bcuz i didn't take it last time #and i regret that #i also spend like a solid irl half hour in the museum to cope with byrons disappearance and now im just sad about cornelius #anyways tldr FUCK thecla!! #my buddy my bro my main man is probably going thru some kind of manic episode i think but dude!! #he is slain. shut youre motherfreaking up. #anyways im going to bed now gn!

[amikye]

Music is my lifeblood. I listen to it as much as possible, in any form I can get it - radio, record, tape, CD, mp3, streaming, etc.

That being said, I refuse to pay for a music streaming service when I can use it for free

#it’s the principle #this is more directed at Spotify than pandora #I’ve considered paying for pandora #but they only have one or two ads #so I don’t mind #I prefer pandora to Spotify #the only reason #I have a Spotify account #is because #Pandora isn’t available internationally #stream music #bootlegs are great too #music #listening to music #streaming music

[spocksjuul]

UNPROVOKED…

#the Pandora principle #last one probably

[nattikay]

...hmm...just thinkin' about an Avatar "no angst" AU, y'know, like an AU where the characters who died in the first movie just...didn't? For example...

• Tsu'tey and Sylwanin are both alive and well. They officially tied the knot not long after the point when Sylwanin would've died in canon, and already have a child together by the time Jake arrives on Pandora.

• Eytukan also lives and therefore he and Mo'at are still leading the clan, though of course Tsu'tey and Sylwanin are next in line.

• Because the schoolhouse incident never happened in this AU, Grace was never kicked out of the village; her school is still running and she is on good terms with the Omatikaya.

• The RDA is overall less psychotic than they are in canon, and the Avatar Program has been largely successful in establishing diplomacy with the local clans. There is still some level of tension between the humans and the Na'vi of course, because the humans are ultimately still there to mine unobtainium and the Na'vi would prefer there was no mining at all, but in this AU the RDA is at least principled enough to not do things like bulldoze the Tree of Voices or bomb Hometree etc. (so, Hometree is still standing). Jake was never asked to spy on the Na'vi.

• Grace is actually the one to introduce Jake to Neytiri when she brings Jake and Norm along to the school one day. Neytiri is intrigued by the goofy non-scientist "warrior" dreamwalker and Jake finds himself equally intrigued by her; they begin spending more and more time together, and when Jake expresses curiosity about her way of life Neytiri just naturally kinda takes it upon herself to teach him the ways of the clan.

• Because Neytiri is neither tsakarem nor engaged to Tsu'tey in this AU, her romance with Jake is not quite as ~forbidden~ as it was in canon (and honestly they make zero effort to hide their feelings; the whole clan knows lol). The only remaining barrier is the fact that he's a dreamwalker and how that may affect things.

• Jake and Neytiri fall head over heels for each other about as fast as they do in canon; after three months Jake is already fully convinced that he wants remain with Neytiri and the clan for the rest of his life rather than ever go back to Earth, where there is nothing left for him. Even getting the spinal surgery to fix his legs no longer holds any interest for him, since of course his avatar body can walk just fine.

• By that point Neytiri begs Mo'at and Eytukan to let Jake do the coming-of-age ceremonies and become part of the clan so they can become mates. Mo'at and especially Eytukan are hesitant, but Mo'at consults Eywa and Eywa sends a sign of approval, so they allow it. Jake spends about an extra month preparing more specifically for Iknimaya and Uniltaron, and soon after completing those he and Neytiri actually get to have a proper mating ceremony. Jake does go through the permanent consciousness transfer at some point, though I haven't yet come up with the exact circumstances there...

• The Sully kids get to have more extended family! Grandpa Eytukan, Uncle Tsu'tey, and Aunt Sylwanin are all still around, along with a handful of cousins (Tsu'tey's and Sylwanin's kids).

• Quaritch never shot Grace in this AU, which means she never had to undergo the attempted consciousness transfer, which means Kiri wasn't conceived the way she was in canon. Buuuuuut I still want Kiri as part of the Sully family, so in this AU she is Jake and Neytiri's biological daughter and Neteyam's twin. She doesn't have the special Eywa powers that she has in canon, but does still have a spiritually-minded personality, and is a strong candidate for next tsakarem after Sylwanin. Grace still adores and dotes on her, especially when she shows interest in botany.

• Norm and Trudy are happy in a long-term relationship.

• There was no Battle at the Hallelujah Mountains, therefore Paz didn't die and was still around to raise Spider (undecided on how involved Quaritch was though).

• I like to imagine that in this AU Paz and Trudy are good friends, both being pilots and all. It's through Trudy that Paz and Spider become involved with folks from the Avatar program and Spider meets the Sully kids.

• Because she doesn't have the RDA-related traumas she has in canon, Neytiri is totally chill with Spider in this AU. She is mostly just curiously amused by the strange little human boy running around with his Na'vi friends.

• Spider is semi-trilingual English/Spanish/Na'vi. English is his go-to since everyone he knows can speak it, but he can also do some Spanish (Paz and maybe Trudy's influence) and quite a lot of Na'vi (Omatikaya influence, though Norm was thrilled to help when he caught wind that Spider was interested in learning). Sometimes he (subconsciously) mixes up a combination of any two or even all three and spews out mishmash sentences no one else understands immediately and has to stop and re-word.

• Because Quaritch is not the Big Bad Evil Guy the way he is in canon, Spider isn't really bothered by being called Miles. However, the nickname "Spider" somehow just stuck when he was very young so most people still call him that; it's mostly just Paz (and Quaritch) who call him Miles.

• Jake is not Toruk Makto in this AU, because with the RDA being more cooperative/less aggressive, he never needed to be. He and Neytiri are just normal (albeit well-liked/respected) hunters in the clan. Perhaps eventually a day will come when Toruk Makto is needed and Jake will have some reason to step up...but not yet. He's perfectly content being just a regular clan member.

• This has the side-effect of lessening Neteyam and Lo'ak's dramatic stunts as teenagers, because the legacy they're trying to live up to is simply "strong respectable hunter" rather than "legendary olo'eyktan Toruk Makto"

#avatar #''but without all that conflict there's not much of a compelling story so the movie would be boring'' SHHHHH #that's why this is only a just-for-fun ''what-if'' AU and not the the actual movie!! #also yes i know i said ''what if no one who died actually died'' but then Tommy is still implied to have died since Jake is on Pandora...😅 #sorry about that one; tommy's death is the inciting incident for jake leaving earth in the first place so. i left that one as-is #couldn't think of a good way to work him in #maybe another time :P

[zoozoocala]

Do you guys think Saavik ever had to take an intercultural communication course at the Academy where there was like a unit on Vulcan social norms and everyone in the class was like “damn easy A for Saavik” but Saavik who was literally a wolf child until age 8 and has never lived on Vulcan ever is in the library every night like

#saavik #star trek #the pandora principle #cornell notes #cornell note method

[friendofgeorgeharrison]

"Nearly an hour later she glanced up to ask something else, but Spock's chin was resting on his chest. His eyes were closed. He was sound asleep. He hadn't done that in years. Saavik watched him a long time before she slipped away."

The Pandora Principle, Carolyn Clowes

#i love their relationship #spock changed so much because of her #their love and care for each other. we love to see it #star trek #spock #saavik #the pandora principle #pandora principle #women of star trek #*mine

[tigerexe]

Re-watching TWOK with aa fresh re-read of the pandora principle on the brain feels so rewarding ... it's like seeing my friend mr saavik from the pandora principle brought onto the silverscreen instead of vise versa. The book so effortlessly weaves the littlest moments from the movie into the book, making them feel like organic character traits when it couldve come off as needlessly elaborate backstory.

Like the fact that Saavik swears! i straight up pogged when i realized that was what the book was pulling from

#fullfilling my weekly 'go read the pandora principle' post quota

[orange-artist]

I am absolutely in love with your God au and would love to write a fic about it if you don't mind. But since I'm not good at tumblr and may have missed some points, I want to ask a few questions to better fit your canons.

So: how did the gods choose their parents? I mean they agreed with them? Maybe they came in a dream or something like that?

Can a god not have a parent in principle? (it seems like I saw a post that Outlook does not exist and Uta is an adopted)

Did the priests have any gestures for prayers? (because I immediately came up with a gesture for praying to Ace when I saw his amulet and read about the priest Marco)

At what point did the gods remember themselves?

How do you feel about the change in ships? (because I'm sure I won't be able to adequately prescribe KidLawLu, and I'm also crazy about MarcoAce).

And lastly, can you give me some sketches with Uta, because all I found is that she marked Shanks' team, stayed on Elegia and that she fights with Luffy 😅

I hope you give your permission, because I really got fired up by this au and this work

P.S. I really hope that you could understand what I wrote, since English is not my native language))

Oh!!!! HELLA pls tag me if you write it I would love to see it!

how did the gods choose their parents? I mean they agreed with them? Maybe they came in a dream or something like that?

When the gods got unsealed at Raftel when Roger opened what was essentially Pandora's box, they gravitated towards the strongest source that called out to their domains. Sabo to Goa Kingdom, then to Dragon. Luffy to Dragon. Ace to Roger and Uta to Shanks.

Can a god not have a parent in principle? (it seems like I saw a post that Outlook does not exist and Uta is an adopted)

Nah! None of the gods have 'parents'. They just adopt their 'parent' as a parent for the funsies.

Did the priests have any gestures for prayers? (because I immediately came up with a gesture for praying to Ace when I saw his amulet and read about the priest Marco)

I have not thought about this yet! Go wild! Make it up! <3

At what point did the gods remember themselves?

They didn't forget! Just, none of them are cruel and have any desire to seek revenge for things done 800 years ago so they all just kinda lay low.

They got sealed 800 years ago in the Great War and was released with Roger got the Raftel.

How do you feel about the change in ships? (because I'm sure I won't be able to adequately prescribe KidLawLu, and I'm also crazy about MarcoAce).

GHJADKHFJA The KidLawLu is NOT canon to the AU don't worry. That's just me. I'm just stupid about them. There's no romantic ships in the AU right now. But yeah, feel free to ascribe whatever ship you want! <3 :)

And lastly, can you give me some sketches with Uta, because all I found is that she marked Shanks' team, stayed on Elegia and that she fights with Luffy 😅

When the Red Haired Pirates visit Elegia, she senses the spirit of Tot Musica and decides to stay there to keep it sealed. Elegia isn't destroyed and she starts her little live streaming there and becomes famous as a pop singer. Later, when Luffy and co. visit Elegia and help take on Tot Musica once and for all, Uta goes out too travel with Shank's crew again as their musician.

She has (realistic) wings that change color from white to light blue to black (colors in the movie). She's never without her headphones, she hears too much and it's overwhelming without them.

Let me know if you have anymore questions!!!

Feel free to DM me if ya want too <3 XD

#orange asks #asl god au