I wrote my undergraduate dissertation on matte paintings used in films. If you are unfamiliar of what a matte painting is, it is a painted landscape, set, or distant location that allows filmmakers to create the illusion of an environment that is not real or at present filming location. While many famous matte paintings come from Star Wars, here are some from Star Trek. I encourage to click on these and look at the wonderful detail.
I’m ready to walk the path the Pah wraiths have laid out for me.
@theadmiralwho@narwhalsarefalling I’m not denying Kai Winn was a truly despicable person, but she’s not turning her back on the Prophets after just 7 years, she’s turning her back on them after a LIFETIME, which included being sent to a CONCENTRATION CAMP for preaching the word of the prophets. You can say what you want about Kai Winn, but if my gods saw me beaten, raped, and tortured in a forced labor camp for years, but never once appeared to me even when I became Kai, despite appearing to other people who don’t even believe in them, I would be upset too.
@nerdfishgirl spilling the tea in the tags. She’s an extremely complex and dynamic character, and I would hesitate to clearly define her as a villain. And perhaps most importantly, she helps Sisko defeat Dukat when it really comes down to it.
answering this asknaturally made me think about a cute Garak and Bashir sleepover where they do classic sleepover things like braid each other’s hair and read juicy encrypted stationwide gossip (Garak please get out of people’s subspace messages)
surprise, it’s my first ever Garashir drawing! Hooray, it only took me months to get around to it.
I love that there are so many possible answers to the question “When did Garak and Bashir start fucking?” and I’ve seen all of them beautifully realized in fic: immediately after their first encounter, sometime during “Cardassians,” after “The Wire,” after “The Search” (actually, I’m not sure whether I’ve seen that in a fic, but it probably exists), after “Civil Defense,” after “The Die is Cast,” after (or during) “Our Man Bashir,” after “By Inferno’s Light,” after “Empok Nor,” on the Defiant in early season 6, at any random time during seasons 2-6 (season 7 isn’t particularly auspicious), a few weeks or months or years after canon…
Pretty much any time is a good time for Garak and Bashir to start fucking. Though whenever they do (with the exception of right after they meet), they probably should have started earlier.
ok i saw a post abt jake sisko and it made me think about much i love him and nog as friends. both of them are children of single dads at the beginning and then get step moms. their careers kind of switch their expected path where jake was expected to join starfleet like his father but decided he wanted to work towards his passion, where nog was expected to go into business like his father but he decided to join starfleet instead. and how their personalities balance each other out and i LOVED jake teaching nog and helping him study bc it shows how much jake cares about him because he isnt off put by nog’s lack of interest in the beginning he just wants the best for his friend. i love them so much my BOYS
Cecil. She/her. During the day I sit in libraries staring at books. During the night I write queer fanfiction with a historical slant.
Some not-so-random facts: Gay space lizards are the best lizards. Star Trek is my life. I have too many DS9 ships. Classic Who and the Eighth Doctor Adventures make me grin stupidly. Kelas Parmak is the best. I will defend historically accurate portrayals of Alan Turing to the last drop of blood. Likes and asks end up in the name of @apolesens-otheraccount, because Tumblr doesn't have a way of changing which blog is your primary one. Nothing happens over there - this is the one to follow.
