Discovery 3x02 - "Far From Home"

[lizbee]

Bit late this week, sorry -- for some reason moving house has really impacted my fannish work. I need to reassess my priorities.

Comments

[lizbee]

My thoughts, in no particular order:

- where is Grudge?
- what's she doing?
- is she happy?
- A+ knitwear for a post-spacepocalyptic future, well done guys
- Saru and Tilly are in a western, but they don't know it
- I'm not saying this could do with some Baby Yoda, I just think a little Baby Yoda never hurt anyone
- Discovery crew: pulling together, solving problems. Georgiou, a horrible goose: I think I will cause problems on purpose.
- welcome to the main credits, Rachel Ancheril, and welcome to my Georgiou/Nahn shipping
- I have never identified with a Star Trek character so strongly as when Jett was complaining about her bad back

[sabotabby]

Grudge is main cast, I'm sure she's as happy as a cat ever is.

I enjoy the knitwear. Did they just have it lying around? Is there like a TARDIS wardrobe full of various eras of clothing lying around the ship? I know a few people in the costuming department and sometimes fabric finds its way to my school and I really hope we get some.

I loved the ridiculous Westernness of the whole thing.

I love Georgiou even more. She's my favourite. I don't even care that she's a space fascist; she's chaotic chaotic and I'm here for it.

Cleaning up the the Leland bits was hilarious. I like that they just kept going with the gag and it still wasn't clean at the end.

I identified with Jett so hard. That's my life every day and I appreciated seeing it depicted as such.

Was it just me or is Culber growing a little personality?

The sentimental Starfleet stuff did not make me sniffly as much as it did last episode for some reason.

I'm into Michael's braids!

[kore]

she's chaotic chaotic and I'm here for it

YES

[kore]

Also OMFG, check out the writer's explanation of her MANY titles: https://twitter.com/jnardino/status/955642131086917632

[sabotabby]

I adore her omg

[kore]

Georgiou "She Did Everything Wrong And We Love Her For It" Defense Squad

[sabotabby]

I think my issue is that so many people deserve to be roundhouse-kicked in the face and then blasted repeatedly until they die, and I obviously can't do this, so it's cathartic watching a character who can.

(No lie she's my favourite on the show. Michael is who I most want to be like, Georgiou is basically my id.)

[kore]

YES

I feel like, I basically am Tilly, Michael is the ideal, Georgiou is the evil ideal who looks great in black leather. (Also, all hail Michelle Yeoh who is obviously having a BLAST in the role.)

I think the real reason I love her is she is so UNQUALIFIEDLY devoted to Michael. Like, she's evil and chaotic, but she's also going to do absolutely anything to protect her bb girl. I'm just a sucker for that kind of trope, where someone has basically no ethics except for this ONE person, and when it's mother/daughter, I can't resist.

(WHY CAN'T I SEE THIS NOW: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Milkshake)

[sabotabby]

YES THIS ALL OF THIS

(WHY CAN'T I SEE THIS NOW: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Milkshake)

what the what I need this now!
don't they know I have been having a very bad time lately?

[kore]

I KNOW, my therapy is hot women shooting up shit and don't they know there's only so many times I can watch The Old Guard?!

[goodbyebird]

*casually slides the latest Terminator movie your way*

[kore]

OMG, Dark Fate? I LOVE THAT SO MUCH. I keep wanting to write fic for it!

[pixiedane]

Me.

[tellitslant]

I'm into Michael's braids!
I loooove the braids, but I was also like, is that REALLY only a YEAR'S worth of hair growth?!

[sabotabby]

I suspect they are extensions. ;)

[tellitslant]

C'mon, we're in the future now - follicular stimulator at LEAST, surely. :P

[strangesistas_writings]

Pretty sure they replicate clothing for away missions. Just like they showed Michael replicating her uniform way back in season 1.

I have yet to warm to Georgiou. I feel like she is just sexy chick in black leather talks sexy, non-stop, it's kind of cheesy to me. I am hoping they figure out a way to meaningful expand her character if they're going t keep her around.

[goodbyebird]

Very happy Nhan is featured right away this season. She had an interesting introduction in s2, but then faded completely into the background.

Georgiou, a horrible goose: I think I will cause problems on purpose.

Thanks for the mental image lol.

[kore]

Grudge is babysitting Baby Yoda, or would it be the other way around?

JET <333 (she looks and talks EXACTLY like my very first sponsor, I am primed to adore her)

[yossi]

I would like to think I'm the badass hero (Michael) or maybe the stalwart captain (Pike) but in reality I am absolutely Jett: grumpy engineer complaining about my bad back.

[pixiedane]

I really should not write a fic about Michael and Book and Baby Yoda but what if it was a DIFFERENT Baby Yoda and it's about them meeting up with Mando and handing their Baby Yoda off and Mando's clan grows and oh no I'm crying?

[starlady]

I admire Saru's devotion to the ideals of Starfleet in adversity, but they absolutely did not know they were in a Western and it was hilarious. They even had a saloon door!

My pet theory is that at the end of this season Georgiou will jump back in time to run Section 31 (if anyone can find illegal time travel technology in the 32ndC, it's her), but I like the push and pull of her and Saru in the meantime. They both need each other for different things and they know it.

I want to know more about Nahn, and hopefully we will someday.

[kore]

Fucking LOL, a horrible goose with a TIME MACHINE. All Starfleet needs!