



You don’t have to do this. I’m okay.
How could that possibly be true?
Just eat… and talk if you want to. I’m here.
I absolutely love the relationship that Burnham, Tilly, and Stamets have built.
It started with a lot of distrust. Here’s Burnham, the mutineer, Tilly, the inexperienced cadet, and Stamets, the hard-edged scientist that takes his work super seriously. None of them got along in the beginning.
Now look at them. They’re so close emotionally. And they rely on each other in different ways. They all come up with different ideas, they all turn to each other to help those ideas flourish, and they all, to some extent, provide the other people in the group with much needed emotional support. Tilly’s support is emotional focused, Stamets’s support is work focused, and Burnham’s support is silent, physical, with stares and soft smiles and shoulder or arm touches. They believe in each other, but they also rely on each other and their strengths to get them through everything.
So nice. Much wow.
I’ve been trying to understand them better. And Terran strength is born out of pure necessity. Because they live in constant fear, always looking for the next knife aimed at their back. Their strength is painted rust. It’s a facade.
HELLO
this is Captain Tilly
what the HE- HECK
HELL
WHAT THE HELL???
HOLD YOUR HORSES!