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Yay!!

We are nearing the end of our time travel journey... I posted two chapters today since the first one is relatively short.

Buckle up for explosions, angst, and reunions! Not necessarily in that order.

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Omg!! Thank you so much!!!

I did an art for @strkamand and her amazing fanfic The Cell dealing with breaking and healing Kathryn Janeway in the arms of the one man who is always there for her after suffering at his hands during the events of Repression.

They so love each other.

Alcohol markers and watercolor markers.

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I love this soooooo much!!

As expected, I couldn't resist adding some color to the grayscale pencil sketches I posted last week! Here’s one! I hope you enjoy! ❤️

Others in the set will probably trickle in soon, in no particular order either 😉

I hope this brightens your day! ❤️🖖

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Reminder for when he “saves” it. He was the one who wanted this, and now he gets to be the hero and win favour with young constituents. Don’t give him the credit for fixing his own problem.

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Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)

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Completed Fic: Composition

Excerpt from this completed work on Ao3:

Chakotay’s eyes narrowed. 

Why was the Captain gripping the armrest so tightly?

She was annoyed, yes. Her unfocused, eyes-forward glare was to be expected.

Kashyk’s voice would make anyone react that way.

And his voice over the comm on Voyager was a sign of the hell they would all walk through until the Inspector had completed his gleeful violation of Voyager’s every hold and hideaway.

But the Captain’s grip told another story entirely.

Chakotay wanted to provide whatever support he could. The last time Kashyk was aboard, she’d spit a terse order in response to Chakotay’s hand on her lower back.

“Don’t.”

And Chakotay understood. Clearly, she didn’t want Kashyk to know the extent of her affection for Chakotay.

So, Voyager’s First Officer stayed by his Captain’s side without acknowledging the panic only he could see.

Why was she so terrified?

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Read the rest here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/61365433

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@cnroth - feeling this today… you?

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Stunt doubles be the GOAT.

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This is beautiful and I love it! 🩷💜💙

Her Eyes

"My love," she spoke, her voice carrying at the same time the softness of silk and a bashful tremble, as she beheld the woman in front of her. A pause, as she tried to catch any one of the myriad of thoughts swirling through her mind. The more she looked at her, the more she found her thoughts lingering on all the things she was able to see in this very moment.

The softness of her skin, catching the sunlight like a prism, spreading its glow across her face. The thick curls of her deep brown hair, intensifying her silhouette against the setting sun behind her. The sly smile curling on her vibrant lips as she was beginning to see what was happening.

And her eyes.

Her large, dark eyes, radiating a comforting warmth to her observer. A glimmer of mischief sparkling across them like a stray ray of moonlight dancing on the ripples of a hidden forest stream. The fires of passion burning behind them, exuding an intoxicating confidence and will.

As she noticed that their eyes had met and she felt a rush of blood reach her cheeks, the silence, which had lasted for but a few seconds yet had felt like an eternity, finally broke.

"There is so much I want to say to you," she continued, "but I don't know how to find the words." Her eyes fell slightly, and she noticed herself fidgeting timidly with her hands.

"I know, love." was the answer. "Your eyes have already told me everything you have ever wanted to say. When you look at me, I can see your admiration, your love, your desire. When our eyes meet, your smile tells me of the joy that fills your heart. When your gaze drifts across the rest of me, the colour in your cheeks reveals your innermost thoughts."

"I love those things about you." she continued. "I love you. With all of my heart."

The beginnings of a tear appeared in her partner's eyes, as she was powerless to stop the smile that was forming on her lips.

"I love you too," she replied, "more than I could ever express. And I want to keep loving you for as long as I live."

"I know."

Her voice was serene and calming, yet with a flirtatious tone.

"I can see it in your eyes."

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Empathy

Dunno how I feel about this one: “I want to be clear about this: If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.” —Nikki Giovanni

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100 Things

Following Kleon's example, here... making a list of 100 things.

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Read Read Read!!

Year of Hell Day 161!

Or, start at the beginning!

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Oh @pc-corner, you BRILLIANT artist you! I'm linking to this post next time you say ANYTHING about how dissatisfied you are with your own talent. 🩷💜💙

2024 in art - review

My finished art this year.

January: Illustration for @go-tell-the-bees and @sparkleplatypuswriter's Holiday Fanfic on this winter night with you for the 25 Days of Voyager Event @25daysofvoyager.

Illustration for @elephant-in-the-pride-parade's amazing story A Universe to Mend.

Icelandic landcape and Northern lights.

April: My first image with the new graphics tablet! Illustration to a fic idea with Kathryn Janeway and Culluh!

April: The beginning of my Pike/Una obession.

April: Sketch of Kathryn Janeway/Beverly Crusher for @divinemissem13

April: Sketch for @strkamand that even made it to Kate Mulgrew herself. I'm humbled.

Illustration for my fic Mate. (There exists a NFSW-ish version.)

Attempt at a Pike/Una hug from behind with horrid faces, but the colors are neat.

Chris and Una huggung it out (and kissing.)

Illustration for @curator-on-ao3 fic Youthful exuberance (some kind of love) showing a picture of Chris' and Una's wedding at crater lake that Chris looks at later.

Illustration for @curator-on-ao3's fic Facets of Belonging in which Chris and Una have the fluffiest of bathroom rugs.

The absolute canon bridge kiss.

Chris in a cowboy hat for N_Squared and @emilie786.

Chris and Una nude cuddling (Pic is NSFW-ish).

John Sheridan (B5) for a colleague.

B'Elanna and Seven for @wonderofasunrise's Potluck @startrekpotluck Story When the Daylight Takes Us where they share a lovely dinner in the mess hall.

Tom Paris and Kathryn Janeway hugging it out with pizza in @divinemissem13's Potluck @startrekpotluck story Pizza and Beer

Cover for my Potluck @startrekpotluck story The Forbidden Fruit in which Chris and Una accidentally marry.

Portrait of Numer One for @aristofranes.

Tom and B'Elanna ready to go on a holodeck adventure for @regionalpancake's Potluck @startrekpotluck story PBJ, Warm, Kinda Squished

Kathryn Janeway Portrait with watercolor markers.

I made some artistic progress this year and I'm far from done. There is still the potluck queue for the rest of the people I haven't forgotten and lots of WIPs. But that was my art year 2024. Thanks for everybody who supported me through my journey.

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I do this! YAY! I was wondering if readers would like it or not...

loveee reading multiple fics by the same author and seeing little nods and references among them like yes! this is a multiverse to me!!!! i giggle and squeal everytime i catch a reference!!!!!!!!

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About a year ago, I made a post asking people on here which scifi universe they would want to live in. The answer was overwhelmingly (and unsurprisingly) Star Trek. That wasn't my answer, but I can also say I'm not shocked or resentful of that landslide.

What didn't sit right with me were the comments on all the reblogs. Everyone talking about why anyone would pick anything other than space communism, which, again, valid point, but the way so many people phrased it bugged me. Everyone automatically assuming the worst timelines for the other option and nothing but the best option for Star Trek.

So I'm posing another question to all the people who picked Star Trek over everything else. You're in the Trek universe, but you're a member of Star Fleet, and you have to serve under a captain during one of the crisis they faced.

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SO CUTE!!! And this fic is adorable!!

The amazing @pien-art has done an illustration for my epos The Golden King and His Dark Queen showing the ending of the story after many challenges that had to be faced by our heroes. Or to put it in the words of @justreckin:

A fairytale of love and family. Just, first the world has to end. A few times.

Bless this amazing artist for this wonderful piece of art. I cannot stop looking at it.