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Discovery Thoughts

I am personally devastated that it's Disco's last season... But!

It will always hold a special place in my heart.

I spent a few years avoiding it and watching TNG reruns on the BBC instead (because of the paywall) but then I decided that life is too short not to watch every Star Trek there is - I'm still working my way through the movies - and I subscribed.

And for a while, it was epic. Then Prodigy was cancelled, and axed from the network entirely. And then it was Discovery's and Lower Deck's turn.

And at least we'll still have Strange New Worlds. We need to be grateful for that, and for the fact that Star Trek exists at all. I couldn't - no - I wouldn't want to - imagine a world where Star Trek in all its myriad forms didn't exist.

And then there's fanfiction, both to be written and to be read. It's truly wonderful.

Even Discovery is coming to its curtain call, it'll always live on in our hearts. The haters are always going to be lurking out there, but what Trek wasn't without its faults? Nothing is perfect. But to me, Trek is the one thing that comes closest.

Fly swiftly, Discovery.

#star trek #star trek discovery #st disco #st discovery #star trek voyager #startrek #star trek disco spock #no spoilers #disco #disc #discovery #star trek is life #star trek meta #meta #discovery season 5 #disco s5 #michael burnham

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ship asks

what is your absolute favorite ship?

what ship do you hate most?

what was your first ship, and what fandom is it from?

explain why do/don’t ship [pairing]

how did you start shipping [pairing]?

is there a ship that you used to ship, but don’t anymore?

what’s a ship you like that most people don’t?

what’s a ship you hate that most people like?

what is the most underrated ship, in your opinion?

what is the most overrated ship, in your opinion?

do you prefer [pairing] as an otp, brotp, or notp?

why do you think [pairing] is so popular?

why do you think [pairing] isn’t popular?

rate [pairing] from 1-10 and explain why

what’s your favorite headcanon of [pairing]?

what’s your favorite canon moment of [pairing]?

favorite AU ideas for [pairing]?

rant about [pairing]

what’s a meme/quote that reminds you of [pairing]?

what song(s) remind you of [pairing]?

what kind of dates do you think [pairing] would go on?

realistically, do you think [non-canon pairing] will ever be canon? why or why not?

have you ever written fanfiction/drawn fanart of [pairing]? would you consider it?

any other questions?

#ask me any question #ask #ask me and i'll tell you #ask me anything #star trek

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Time for a new icon! Edited with Canva. My fav Star Trek couple. 💙 🙏 🩵

#star trek #star trek discovery #st discovery #star trek disco #st disco #culmets #paul stamets #hugh culber #paul stamets x hugh culber #love #disco #discovery

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Yes. THIS.

Theories:

It's Someone's pet and they have had it neutered or something so at least its progeny aren't born pregnant.

It's actually not a tribble. It's a tribble-bot and it's secretly a spy. Or maybe...

Triibles really are the space rats of the 32nd century but all life must be respected so they're allowed to roam free as long as they don't breed excessively.

The tribble????? The fact that it's just there crawling up the wall and no one gives a fuck??

Does this imply that by the 32nd century they're just like. Space rats. Idk, if I saw a rat in my house tho I would be concerned

#discovery spoilers #tribbles #st disco #i am taking this way too seriously

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Just Finished Watching Discovery Season 5 Episodes 1 & 2

Clickity-click below the spoiler bar to see my thoughts & reactions to the fifth and - sob - final - season of Star Trek: Discovery. SPOILERS ahead. Beware.

Well, starting en media res really worked for me - until the flashback scene. It felt like fluff and filler. Also, is Adira even old enough to drink? I don't think they are! They don't look it! Is skincare different in the 32rd century or what?

But what I did like - was the dynamic between Adira and Tilly. Here is Adira, basically a kid (see above point) and they are a product of their time - but so is Tilly. And they are thinking in a very 32rd-century way, and Tilly (presumably) has all the benefit of that knowledge but she was classically trained almost a millennium ago. And it takes Captain Rayner - a bridge of sorts - to shake them up and get them thinking. Really thinking.

This tells me two things: 1. Captain Rayner is going to be a great first officer, even if I do kind of object to it. I kinda feel that 'two is too many captains to have in the chair;' I honestly hope they demote him.

And secondly, I personally - I could be wrong - but think they're setting Adira up for leaving Starfleet. Don't quote me on this. Just a feeling that they're not long for the uniform. I mean, especially - the next episode being on Trill? Maybe they want to go 'home,' or at least to somewhere resembling home.

Also - who else is not-so-secretly hoping for a Dax appearance? I loved Jadzia! (Ezri not so much but she would have had potential if the writers hadn't thrown her at Julian.) I also kind of think it's a missed opportunity for a Dax first officer! Omgosh how cool would that be? I think that in terms of rank, only Worf and Jadzia ranked near to Sisko, and Worf came only later. I lose track of exactly when they each became Lieutenant-Commanders.

I also love the throw-back moments. To TNG. (Obviously, I'm going to have to watch the episode they're referring to.) I love the self-sealing stembolts.)

And I also kind of like the villains. Especially Moll. I've got a thing for villains, what can I say? Tarka was my fav - my absolute fav - last season - and I have a feeling I'll totally be shipping Moll and L'ak by episode 5 or sooner.

One thing that didn't impress me much? The dialogue. I kept thinking, "Hmmmm that's sort of cringe," or even, "Who would say that?" or the infamous, "You're saying that now?"

And the break-up! Between Book! And Michael! They are totally getting back together, though. You can see it in their eyes.

Also, the season-one-flashback conversation between Micahel and Saru was kind of heavy-handed. Don't get me wrong. I love Discovery. I do. It's my favorite Trek. But Season 5 is off to a tepid start. Every other season? Drew me right in. Maybe I can't enjoy it quite as well because I know it's ending.... I mean, both DS9 and Voyager ended in my lifetime too. I was watching Voyager as a child who was much too young to be watching Star Trek. But I waited to watch DS9 until just recently, hence I am a somewhat well-adjusted adult.

So yeah. My two slips of latinum.

#star trek #star trek discovery #star trek ds9 #disco #star trek discovery season 5 #st disco #st discovery #star trek disco s5 #star trek disco spoilers #spoilers #star trek spoilers #disco spoilers #star trek discovery spoilers

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Say It - a Star Trek DS9 Garashir Fanfiction

A short, sweet, sexy story in which Garak must ask Julian to make love to him.

Okay - so hear me out:

I really like the DS9 Garashir fanfic trope of "ahhhh yes, Cardassians as a whole generally have more dangerous, rough, violent sex than Klingons even - but Garak is different and prefers gentle love-making."

I have seen and enjoyed fics where Julian is expecting some rough and tough tumble during his first time with Garak. I've not seen yet (but would enjoy, come to think of it) a fic where Julian has to teach Garak to be gentle.

This could have gone one of two ways - either long-fic or short-fic. It is short-fic but not only that, it is also 100 percent a kink-fic because heyyy it's called Good Friday for a reason, right?

Right.

#star trek #star trek ds9 #ds9 #fanfic #fanfiction #julian bashir #garashir #elim garak #deep space nine #fic #star trek fic #my fic #ficlet #st ds9 fanfic #st ds9 #startrek #star trek deep space 9 fanfiction #ds9 garashir #garashir fanfiction #garashir fanfic #julian x garak #julian bashir x elim garak #nsfw fic #explicit fanfic #rated e #rated r

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Personal Log: Not Sure Why This Friday is Good BUT

I'm glad my roommate and family member has the day off to spend it with me.

We went mattress shopping!

It's a Good Friday indeed. 🙏

#not star trek #personal #good friday #personal log

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The latest chapter of my Post-Dominion-War AU with Weyoun 9, Damar, Garak, and Julian - is now posted.

It's winding to an end, now. Just a few more chapters left!

I hope you enjoy it!

This idea turned into a novelette - and for that, I have only Tumblr to thank! 🥰

#star trek #star trek ds9 #ds9 #fanfiction #fanfic #julian bashir #garashir #elim garak #deep space nine #dayoun #damar x weyoun #damar/weyoun #legate damar #weyoun 9 #weyoun x damar #weyoun #weyoun/damar #star trek fic #my fic

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Chapters: 10/?

Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Julian Bashir/Elim Garak, Damar/Weyoun (Star Trek), Damar & Weyoun 9 (Star Trek)

Characters: Elim Garak, Damar (Star Trek), Julian Bashir, Weyoun (Star Trek), Weyoun 9 (Star Trek), Quark (Star Trek), Kira Nerys, Worf (Star Trek:TNG/DS9)

Additional Tags: Dramatic Elim Garak, Established Julian Bashir/Elim Garak, Garak being nicer to Damar than Damar deserves, Tailoring, Just a Simple Tailor, Dirty Thoughts, Work In Progress, Damar Lives (Star Trek), Damar being an asshole, Garak misses a date, Damar is to blame, Post-Canon, Post-War, Post-Dominion War (Star Trek), Domestic, Domestic Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Augmented Julian Bashir, Weyoun needs a hug, Eventual Happy Ending, Sort Of, Angst, Angst and Feels, Angst and Hurt/Comfort

Summary:

A post-canon AU where Damar lives with Weyoun 9 on Deep Space Nine after the war ends.

Communications with Cardassia have recently gone dark. Damar must learn to trust Garak in a world of high stakes. Julian befriends Weyoun and together, the four of them grapple with the aftermath of the Dominion War, the present reality of xenophobic tensions on the station, and their fears for an uncertain future. In this story of found family, two couples find the strength to put their stead in each other.

Now Posted Up to Chapter 10!

#dayoun #damar/weyoun #damar x weyoun #ds9 #star trek ds9 #fanfic #fic #fanfiction #ds9 fanfic #ds9 fanfiction #deep space nine #deep space 9 #ds9 post canon #garashir #garak #weyoun #weyoun 9 #damar #julian bashir

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Chapters: 5/?

Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Julian Bashir/Elim Garak, Damar/Weyoun (Star Trek), Damar & Weyoun 9 (Star Trek)

Characters: Elim Garak, Damar (Star Trek), Julian Bashir, Weyoun (Star Trek), Weyoun 9 (Star Trek), Quark (Star Trek), Kira Nerys

Additional Tags: Dramatic Elim Garak, Established Julian Bashir/Elim Garak, Garak being nicer to Damar than Damar deserves, Tailoring, Just a Simple Tailor, Dirty Thoughts, Work In Progress, Damar Lives (Star Trek), Damar being an asshole, Garak misses a date, Damar is to blame, Post-Canon, Post-War, Post-Dominion War (Star Trek), Domestic, Domestic Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Augmented Julian Bashir, Weyoun needs a hug, Eventual Happy Ending, Lunch

Summary:

A post-canon AU where Damar lives with Weyoun 9 on Deep Space Nine after the war ends.

Communications with Cardassia have recently gone dark. Damar must learn to trust Garak in a world of high stakes. Julian befriends Weyoun and together, the four of them grapple with the aftermath of the Dominion War, the present reality of xenophobic tensions on the station, and their fears for an uncertain future. In this story of found family, two couples find the strength to put their stead in each other.

CHAPTER 5 IS POSTED!

#dayoun #garashir #star trek ds9 #star trek deep space nine #deep space 9 #deep space nine #fanfic #fic #fanfiction #update #fic update #fanfic update #ds9 fanfic #deep space nine fanfic #weyoun/damar #weyoun #damar #weyoun 9

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OKAY so let's go on a checkbox trip together across the galaxy:

🌟 an update on the ongoing saga that my fic is "First Amongst Follies" but it's only an out-of-context screen-grab? ✔

🌟 and it's only not even been three weeks since I started this but it's already (the author checks watch she's not wearing) twelve thousand words? ✔

🌟 and it's also gotten way too serious? ✔

🌟 but it's not over 'til it's over and I have sacrificed sleep and the occasional working hour to write it? ✔

🌟 AND I am loving writing it as much as Julian is liking his time with Garak in the GIF below: ✔

#writer stuff #writer problems #st fanfic #startrek #star trek ds9 #star trek ds9 fanfic #star trek #julian bashir #elim garak #garashir #deep space nine #fanfiction #fanfic #ds9 #star trek: deep space nine #lol #deep space 9 fanfic #deep space nine fanfic

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Inquiry for the Purposes of Research on Human Interpersonal Relationships

#poll #not star trek #nsfw #nsfw poll #love #lovers #sex positive #sex positivity #sexuality #consent #anyone can answer #please answer #just curious #asking for a friend #asking for a friend of a friend #I need to know #and so do they

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When Your Fic Takes You To Strange, New Places....

It's a strange feeling, to lose control of a story, now isn't it?

You set out to write something, and something else entirely comes out.

Yes, I'm talking about my latest fanfic, "First Amongst Follies," a DS9 Garashir & Dayoun post-Dominion-War AU where Damar lives - for those of you who haven't been following along. (For those of you who have, I am forever grateful!)

My point is that all this time, I was thinking about the story in a certain way, and the story was a few county lines over, shouting at me through the fugue that I was the one who was lost.

TL;DR: I tried to write a nice, fluffy story and it's coming out serious and angsty instead.

#star trek #star trek ds9 #ds9 #fanfiction #julian bashir #elim garak #garashir #deep space nine #fanfic #dayoun #my fic #fanfic update

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Chapters: 4/?

Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Julian Bashir/Elim Garak, Damar/Weyoun (Star Trek), Damar & Weyoun 9 (Star Trek)

Characters: Elim Garak, Damar (Star Trek), Julian Bashir, Weyoun (Star Trek), Weyoun 9 (Star Trek), Quark (Star Trek)

Additional Tags: Dramatic Elim Garak, Established Julian Bashir/Elim Garak, Garak being nicer to Damar than Damar deserves, Tailoring, Just a Simple Tailor, Dirty Thoughts, Work In Progress, Damar Lives (Star Trek), Damar being an asshole, Garak misses a date, Damar is to blame, Post-Canon, Post-War, Post-Dominion War (Star Trek), Domestic, Domestic Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Augmented Julian Bashir, Weyoun needs a hug, Eventual Happy Ending, Lunch

Summary:

A post-canon AU where Damar lives with Weyoun 9 on Deep Space Nine after the war ends.

Communications with Cardassia have recently gone dark. Damar must learn to trust Garak in a world of high stakes. Julian befriends Weyoun and together, the four of them grapple with the aftermath of the Dominion War, the present reality of xenophobic tensions on the station, and their fears for an uncertain future. In this story of found family, two couples find the strength to put their stead in each other.

CHAPTER THE FOURTH is now posted - featuring married-longer-than-Damar-and-Weyoun-have-been-dating!Garashir, smooth!Julian, struggling!Damar and a very angry!Weyoun.

#dayoun #weyoun #weyoun/damar #damar #garak #bashir #ds9 #fanfic #fanfiction #st fanfic #garashir #star trek fanfiction #fic #ao3 #update

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Chapters: 3/?

Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Julian Bashir/Elim Garak, Damar/Weyoun (Star Trek), Damar & Weyoun 9 (Star Trek)

Characters: Elim Garak, Damar (Star Trek), Julian Bashir, Weyoun (Star Trek), Weyoun 9 (Star Trek), Quark (Star Trek)

Additional Tags: Dramatic Elim Garak, Established Julian Bashir/Elim Garak, Garak being nicer to Damar than Damar deserves, Tailoring, Just a Simple Tailor, Dirty Thoughts, Work In Progress, Damar Lives (Star Trek), Damar being an asshole, Garak misses a date, Damar is to blame, Post-Canon, Post-War, Post-Dominion War (Star Trek), Domestic, Domestic Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Augmented Julian Bashir, Weyoun needs a hug, Eventual Happy Ending

Summary:

A post-canon AU where Damar lives with Weyoun 9 on Deep Space Nine after the war ends.

Communications with Cardassia have recently gone dark. Damar must learn to trust Garak in a world of high stakes. Julian befriends Weyoun and together, the four of them grapple with the aftermath of the Dominion War, the present reality of xenophobic tensions on the station, and their fears for an uncertain future. In this story of found family, two couples find the strength to put their stead in each other.

CHAPTER THE THIRD is now posted.

#dayoun #garashir #weyoun #ds9 fanfic #deep space 9 #deep space nine #star trek #fanfic #fanfiction #star trek fanfic #star trek fanfiction #st ds9 #julian bashir #weyoun 9 #weyoun/damar

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#is it just me #or they look like they're dancing #? #threshold day 2024 #threshold day #voy #voyager #star trek voyager #st voyager

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I don't celebrate Threshold Day. It isn't a celebration so much of a milestone in future!history that we all solemnly agree to talk about once a year because you just know that those lizard!babies either (a) got eaten by a predator five minutes offscreen or (b) went on to build a fucking empire. There was no Plan C for these lizard babies. They didn't go on to live normal lizard lives. They looked up at the stars and they *knew.*

#threshold #star trek #star trek voyager #st voyager #captain janeway #tom paris #lieutenant paris #paris #threshold day #threshold day 2024