[keyofjetwolf]

MY HEART GILES CAN YOU FUCKING NOT IT’S ONLY FIVE MINUTES IN

So here’s a big honking spoiler coming for this episode if you haven’t seen it yet, oops. So the “Prophecy Girl” of the episode is Buffy, and that prophecy is that she is about to die. That’s what Giles uncovered in his research just before the earthquake.

This moment, the next day when Buffy’s walking into the library, is the first time we’ve seen Giles since he finally figured out the prophecy the night before. We see him completely disheveled – for Giles. Tie loose, collar crooked, vest unbuttoned, sleeves rolled up. Even his hair is a mess, and it’s possible he’s got some stubble going on. It’s clear that Giles has been right here in the library all fucking night.

Buffy questions the structural stability of the library with all the damage. Giles has basically no idea what she’s talking about. It’s a lovely little bit of quiet side commentary on how he would in a heartbeat give up his life for Buffy right now if it would bring him answers.

Here’s the part that really kills though. When Giles realizes Buffy’s there, it’s all in the way he says her name. It’s soft and cherished. It’s disbelieving. How could she be there right now, in front of him?

YOU GUYS IN GILES’ MIND BUFFY IS ALREADY DEAD

He believes in that prophecy. He knows it will come true. He knows there is nothing he can do about it. He KNOWS, and yet still here he is, looking for ANYTHING AT ALL that will make it not true. Giles is fooling himself and has been since the second he learned what the damned thing said.

Just in the way he says her name, we know how far beyond a mere Watcher he’s gone. The Slayer is an instrument, Travers will later tell Buffy. Giles would tell him right now how wrong he is. (And probably punch him, but yeah.) Buffy is Buffy first and will always be Buffy first. It may have taken Giles a little while to get there, but never doubt that he has.

[tinsnip]

My! Kind! Of! Content!

[petymology]

“Worf’s targ is played here by a Russian wild boar named Emmy Lou.”

[worf]

such a great actress, Emmy

[gurguliare]

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jshdfskdgjsh THANK YOU i know none of these unfortunately but i’m like…going to make a note so if i ever do become familiar with one, i can look back on ds9 and say ‘oh yes.’ or ‘what even.’

i think you’d like left hand of darkness! it’s very “two competent adults have unavoidable cultural miscommunications and then [sixty pages of devotion kink in the snow]”

[humanoidhistory]

The Space Shuttle Discovery photographed from inside the International Space Station prior to docking, February 26, 2011. (NASA)

Cooking with Cthulhu

[lewisandquark]

Here’s what you get when you give incomplete cookbook recipes to a neural network trained on the complete works of H. P. Lovecraft:

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 32 minutes. Test corners to see if done, as center will seem like the next horror of Second House.

Whip ½ pint of heavy cream. Add 4 Tbsp. brandy or rum to possibly open things that will never be wholly reported.

Cook over a hot grill, or over glowing remains of tunnel mouth.

With blender on high speed, add ice cubes, one at a time, making certain each cube is the end.

Dice the pulp of the eggplant and put it in a bowl with the vast stark rocks.

NOTE:  As this is a tart rather than a cheesecake, you should be disturbed.

This may be one of the most exceptional souffles you’ll ever serve. The beet color spreads upward from the noisome Great Ones.

Coat apple slices with strange things.

NOTE: If chocolate sauce is not completely smooth, we became the state of the mad and discovered more desperate tracks and merciful sky.

Cook over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Spoon over bizarre eyes.

Source: Bon Appetit - June 1991 Typed for you by the ancient Alert and Brattleboro and the Walter Sabbath of Inquanok - and the final monoliths of the Essecian Head.

[dimturien]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJYlSxz3eZY)

[suchoddthings]

Commission for Grace of Garak from Deep Space Nine :)

Superheroes designed by neural network

[lewisandquark]

I trained the neural network to generate superhero names, based on the list from this site.  I thought the database was going to be way too small, but the network proved me wrong.

Speet Stank
Red Fart
Mister Man
Rad Food
Sapgirl
Woop
Ann Man
Boomss
Boark II
Supperman
Superbore
Slonk
Lid Man
Green Hooter II
Starm Surper
Shartar
Goons
Nana
Rider Farm
Captain In
Redink
Wolver Man
Wizler