George Takei was so excited to do this shirtless episode. He spent all his free time doing push-ups for a week before they shot this.
they were going to give him a katana and have him be a samurai, but he didn’t want to be stereotypical, so he told the execs that he could fence and they wrote in references to the three musketeers instead
he could not, in fact, fence
he spent the weekend before shooting learning how
Not only that, but he found he liked fencing, kept it up, and became a master fencer.
When I had the privilege to hear him talk at AwesomeCon 2015, he informed us he is a master fencer. It was a very clear implication that he is still fencing at his advanced age. No wonder he’s so healthy.
He had far too much fun with this episode and it shows.
A highly valid viewpoint: In this digital age, it’s so easy for the boundaries between fans and creators to erode… while this can be a good and fun thing, it’s also important that creators don’t feel obligated to put their whole lives on public display. They have a right to their priva—
Justin McElroy: HEY everyone just a reminder that my VASECTOMY is THIS THURSDAY
*realizes i haven’t drawn any subnautica fanart in ages and has only drawn yu and berkeley like once* OH FUCK
[image description 1: a waist-up drawing of cto yu from subnautica. she has dark tan skin, brown eyes, and very light blue/green hair with a few dark blue eyes strands. she has her hair in a messy bun and is looking to the left with a mischevious expression. she’s wearing a gray and orange diving suit that has ‘alterra’ written down one arm. text beside her reads, 'then perish’.
id 2: a drawing of three catified version of jochi khasar, berkeley, and yu from subnautica; khasar is dark gray with silver markings on his cheeks, throat and neck, and chest, with dyed strands of silver on bangs that cover one eye. his visible eye is orange. berkeley is a dark brown tabby with a pale brown stripe from his chin down to his stomach, and pale brown legs. he has brown eyes. yu is gray with lighter gray spots on her back, tail tip, face, and one ear. she has a short bob tail and brown eyes. there is text above khasar that reads, “quiet down small man”, above berkeley is “i own three pairs of crocs”, and next to yu is “gender”. /end id.]
how is the kentucky derby not trending on here?? the horse with the lowest odds wins and immediately starts biting everything in its sight, that sounds like a tumblr legend to me
oh my fucking god
This horse wasn’t even supposed to be in the race. Horse number 20 (can’t remember it’s name) dropped out the day before for whatever reason, and Rich Strike was just barely able to sneak a spot into the derby before the deadline. Not to mention that this was just some garbage $30,000 horse that didn’t have any kind of impressive breeding (yes I am aware $30k is still a lot, but for a Kentucky Derby horse, that’s chump change). He was the second biggest upset in the history of the Derby, with one other horse (Donerail) winning with 91-1 odds before in 1913 (Which, for reference, I’m pretty sure Donerail with his 91-1 odds still holds the record for the worst odds in the history of the race. Just for context of how shit Rich Strike’s 80-1 odds were. Not THE worst, but definitely up there).
I am in love with this shit horse who wasn’t even supposed to be there, had some of the worst odds in the history of the race, and had the worst starting position who completely destroyed all of the favorites to win. Watching him come up to first right at the last second was THRILLING.
how are you not going to post Rich Strike Chomping Leg.
so deborah chow (and ofc all the ppl who worked on obi wan) has given us a traumatized and broken plagued by infinite sadness obi wan who is still willing to risk it all for those he loves, a darth vader straight out of a horror film who is still emotionally complex, compelling side characters, baby luke and leia, AND a padawan!anakin and obi wan flashback? miss girl I am indebted to u
