I hope I didn’t go off the rails of the prompt too much… Your fun fact - the combination of “conspire”=”scheme” and “conspire”=”breathe (together) with someone” - made me think of them. (for canon context – the two characters in question are centuries-old alien friends-turned-frenemies)
Again, you scheme, you plan, and you conspire With yet another cunning alien race, Led by an all-encompassing desire To conquer – so you say – all time and space.
And yet you always fail. And yet again You always turn to me when you’re betrayed, As if an armistice with me would then Bring you a satisfaction just as great
Or even greater than a victory – For if you win, then this would put an end To our dear old fight. But as for me, I think I have a question, my dear friend.
Why do you, if you want the Universe, Take Earth – my favourite prison – always first? Think: do you want the Universe at all, Or do you see, indeed, a closer goal?
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timeasmymeasure
Doctor Who (1963), Third Doctor/Delgado!Master
Date: 2022-07-10 10:59 am (UTC)Your fun fact - the combination of “conspire”=”scheme” and “conspire”=”breathe (together) with someone” - made me think of them.
(for canon context – the two characters in question are centuries-old alien friends-turned-frenemies)
Again, you scheme, you plan, and you conspire
With yet another cunning alien race,
Led by an all-encompassing desire
To conquer – so you say – all time and space.
And yet you always fail. And yet again
You always turn to me when you’re betrayed,
As if an armistice with me would then
Bring you a satisfaction just as great
Or even greater than a victory –
For if you win, then this would put an end
To our dear old fight. But as for me,
I think I have a question, my dear friend.
Why do you, if you want the Universe,
Take Earth – my favourite prison – always first?
Think: do you want the Universe at all,
Or do you see, indeed, a closer goal?