an ancient au from times of old that i suddenly felt inspired to touch upon once again. Whether or not i ever elaborate on this, we shall see. probably not cause it’s a horrible habit of mine to create an au, and then never touch on it again
also, small factoid for this au. Lance calls Keith “Fluffy” and Keith calls lance his “shiny”
Marie-Theo Manaudpose is a nun and member of the
new Vatican Athletics team aiming to compete in international contests like
the Olympics. About 60 Holy See runners, including Swiss Guards, priests, nuns
and pharmacists, are the first members of the team.
“I find it funny, you know,” Lance says, humming amused when Red meows in discontent from his hands when he’s taken away from the top of his mountain.
“He usually just naps all day but as soon as you are near, he turns into a spitfire.” “Is that a good thing?” Keith asks confused, arching an eyebrow.
Lance laughs as he nods. “Yeah, man; it’s a good thing. It means he misses you,” he says fondly, stroking Red’s head before he locks eyes with Keith. “I think he just wants to go home with you.”
“Oh.” Keith blinks surprised before he leans down to catch Red’s eyes, as if looking for a confirmation. Red blinks back at him blankly before patting his nose with his paw as an answer.
Keith’s lips twitch. “Let’s go home, then.”
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like dudes for real PBS has so many resources for education and stuff. you can watch HOURS of documentaries online for free on their site.
like no joke go on pbs dot org right now and you’ll find an entire netflix of public television with full transcripts to boot. the american experience site alone is loaded with multipart docuseries about american history
the availability can vary but even then watch pbs sometimes!! they have really cool crap on all the time. sometimes they play ballets and broadway shows. (donation ad voice) support public television
strange and bizarre how community-funded and supported programming and resources are made to be free and easy to access, and it’s some of the highest quality stuff you can get my friends! sorry not sorry socialism works
In highschool I wrote a story about a middle-generation of stellar travelers. Their parents were born on earth and left as children, and the middle generation will not live long enough to see their destination. They live their entire lives on the ship and I wrote about them trying to find their place in everything. They will never know blue skies and warm beaches and open fields with warm breezes. They’ll never know birdsong or crickets or frogs. They’ll never hear the rain on the roof of a dreary day. I never could find the right way to end the story. I wanted it to be a happy ending, but I didn’t know how to do it.
I realize now that it was a book about me dealing with depression before I even knew it. Looking back at how blatant the projecting was, it’s obvious now. It wasn’t then.
In the story, the middle-generation people are lost. They’re apathetic. They’re just a placeholder. The only job they have is to keep the ship running, have kids, and die. As the middle generation of people began becoming adults, suicide rates were skyrocketing. Crime and drug rates were jumping. This generation was completely apathetic because they felt that they had no use.
In the story, a small group of people in the middle-generation create the Weather Project. They turn the ship into a terrarium. They make magnificent gardens and take the DNA of animals they took with them and recreate them and they make this cold, metal spaceship that they have to live their entire lives on into a home. They take what little they have and they break it and rearrange it into something beautiful. They take this radical idea and turn the ship into a wonderful jungle of trees and birds and sunshine.
And I realize now how much it reflects my state of mind as I transitioned from a child into an adult while dealing with depression. You always hear “it gets better” and “when you’re older things will be easier” and I was so sick of waiting for it to get better. I was in the middle-generation stage. And I was sick of it. I was so sick of waiting.
When I was in highschool I didn’t know how to end the story. I didn’t know how to have a happy ending. I didn’t have the life experience then to finish the story in a meaningful way. I didn’t know how to make it better for these middle-generation characters.
But now that I’m older, I’m learning. That if you sit and wait for things to get better, it never will. You have to take your life and break it apart and rearrange it into something beautiful. You have to make the cold metal ship into the garden that you deserve. You have to make your own meaning. You have to plant your own garden.
You have to teach yourself that being happy is not a radical idea.
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