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it's been 29 years and these poor babies are still waiting for their parents.... at least someone got them pizza birthday hats in honor of their father.

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-It's still sex, Robbie! -Ask Terry if it counts.

The Delta Flyers ships J/P: 3/?

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Happy Threshold day! 

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All the other Star Trek series fandoms: We don’t like to talk about our One Weird Episode. If you mention it you will promptly told to shush and never speak of it again. Besides the occasional meme, we really just like to ignore that episode.

The Voyager Fandom: HEY EVERYBODY HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT OUR LIZARD SEX EPISODE?????????? IT’S CONSIDERED THE WORST EPISODE OF ANY STAR TREK EVER AND ITS ALL OURS!!!!!! WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE IT!!!! IT WON AN EMMY!!!! OUR MAIN FANDOM HOLIDAY IS IN CELEBRATION OF THE LIZARD SEX EPISODE!!!!!! ITS THE FIRST EPISODE WE SHOW OUR FRIENDS WHILE TRYING TO GET THEM TO WATCH OUR SHOW!!!!!!! LOOK AT ALL OF OUR LIZARD SEX MEMES!!!!!

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In honor of Threshold day, on which we celebrate the most insane episode in all of Star Trek I would like to throw out the following:

In a (hopefully not so distant) future Kathryn and Chakotay are finally getting married. Everyone is excited for it, most of all Harry, because he wins the betting pool. Well, Chakotay might also be kinda excited.

At the beautiful ceremony, our two lovebirds are made husband in wife among all their friends and loved ones. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and a light breeze is moving Kathryn’s luscious mane of auburn hair. 

Chakotay has finally stopped dying his hair and it is at peak salt-and-pepper hotness. Of course, he is wearing his leather vest, because it can’t be a formal event unless vests are involved. 

At the lively celebration, they are given a gorgeous piece of artwork by Phoebe, who has managed to capture the essence of their eternal love in all its complexity. The other gifts are all equally thoughtful.

Finally, the time for speeches has come. As Tom Paris raises his glass, all eyes rest on him.  “Dear friends and family, Dear Chakotay, look at your beautiful wife. Always remember that I hit that first and that all the children you will have, will be siblings to the offspring I had with her and who you abandoned back in the Delta Quadrant.”

The end. 

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Threshold Day fics!!!!

In honor of the three lizard babies, here’s three of my favorite inspired by Threshold fics…

The silly https://archiveofourown.org/works/17580221 @mia-cooper

The sweet https://archiveofourown.org/works/29073522 @joyful-voyager

The J/P https://archiveofourown.org/works/21360943 @curator-on-ao3

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Emmy Award-winning lizards 🦎

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AITA for Leaving Our Transformed Captain's Offspring Stranded?

I know it sounds bad but please hear me out. I'm seeking your thoughts on whether I made the right call. I'm Charles (M43), the first officer of a starship. Now, this situation involves our pilot, Taylor (M27), and the captain herself (F37). Fake names for anonymity.

Taylor pitched this bold idea to break the warp 10 barrier, and against my better judgment, we went for it. Long story short, he ended up transforming into some amphibian-human hybrid. The twist? Turns out, during this warp 10 ordeal, Taylor kidnapped the captain they unknowingly conceived offspring.

Now, here's where I might've made a questionable call. After this transformation fiasco, we found ourselves on an apparently uninhabited planet, and the offspring were left behind. Yeah, I made the executive decision to leave them there. I know, it sounds heartless, but hear me out. I made the tough call to leave them there. Now, I can't shake the feeling that I might have messed up, especially knowing how much I care about the captain.

As the first officer, my primary concern is the safety and well-being of the crew. Bringing back the offspring seemed risky, and the area of space we are now is full of unknowns. My captain is someone I deeply care about, and she seemed to supported the decision, and I didn't want to undermine her authority.

But now, I'm grappling with whether I should've fought harder for a different solution. Leaving her offspring on that alien planet weighs heavy on my conscience. Did I prioritize the crew's safety at the expense of a moral obligation to someone I care about?

So, am I the asshole for leaving our transformed captain's offspring stranded on that planet? Or should I give myself some understanding given the complexities of navigating through uncharted territories?

Edit: In the spirit of Threshold this poll is all kinds of broken so I'm editing to try it again... Please vote :) (again)

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No justice in this quadrant for Chakotay

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Threshold Day

Here's the start of all my reblogged Threshold Day content.

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I'm so late to this, so tagging whoever wants to play!

EVERYONE ON TUMBLR NEEDS TO DO THIS

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See my why Chakotay needs a therapist post. So much to unpack from his life!

The more I think about Chakotay being stranded on Ysida for full 10 years, the less sense it makes in the context of the story.

To add a disclaimer, two of my favorite Trek episodes are Last Flight of the Protostar, parts 1 and 2. However, I truly believe that narratively, it would have worked just as well if Chakotay had been stranded for 'only' a year. In fact, it makes more sense from a storytelling perspective than having him be there for the full 10 years for no good reason.

Why you ask?

He is a character who has suffered greatly throughout his life and was already stranded in the Delta Quadrant for 7 years. Chakotay's portrayal as a person of color unfortunately falls into a common media trope where marginalized characters are often made to endure significant hardship or trauma to justify their character arc and presence in the story. Prodigy should have done better than subjecting him to a cruel 10 years of isolation for no good reason other than to make him, and I quote, 'grizzled'.

The Protostar was rendered completely useless on Ysida, making his role as its 'guardian' meaningless. If someone had found him, he was alone and essentially powerless, so there was little he could have done to prevent anyone from taking the ship.

I believe Chakotay would have been in a much worse state after 10 years of isolation (possibly even dead) compared to how the kids found him. Did the creators consider the severe effects of such prolonged isolation on a person, regardless of their strength? Chakotay had already shown vulnerability and a tendency to slip. His return to the prime universe doesn’t accurately reflect the trauma of a decade alone. His behavior and condition would be far more believable if he had been isolated for just a year.

If the math is correct, Chakotay is 66 years old. Despite the extended human lifespan in the Trek universe, aging still happens naturally. Janeway planned to retire at a younger age than Chakotay's current one, especially considering his 10 years of isolation. Given this context, it seems implausible that Chakotay would be assigned command of Voyager-A so soon after a decade of trauma, even if some time has passed. Someone stranded for so long might indeed be eager to avoid staying in one place and go back to work to honor his lost crew. However, his deep survivor’s guilt and unresolved trauma from those 10 years should have made such a quick return to command problematic. The reality is that Chakotay, at 66 and with a decade of emotional scars, wouldn’t realistically be ready to take on the captaincy without addressing his past experiences in a more meaningful way. Chakotay bounced back to his old self the moment the 'Cracked Mirror' episode happened, and his hardships and trauma are never addressed or mentioned again. It was a significant and intense arc for Chakotay, involving deep trauma that could not realistically be resolved within just two episodes. Yet, the story completely disregarded this development once it was no longer needed.

All of this could have been avoided if he had been stranded on Ysida for just a year.

If they needed Adreek to be a skeleton to set up that scene, it could have been attributed to anything on the planet affecting him after he died. The planet was hostile enough that no one would question how this happened. If we assume Adreek decided to look for a solution after a couple of months and then went missing, that would give Chakotay enough time to end up in the state he was found in by the kids—scruffy hair, a torn shirt, and all. Spending an additional 6 months alone, reflecting on what happened to his friend and dealing with such a sensitive topic, is a significant amount of time.

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