#Michael Burnham/Mirror Gabriel Lorca

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Fandom: Star Trek: Discovery

Character: Michael Burnham

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[darktiger57]

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seriously

i don't want anyone bitching at me

[obsidianmichi]

The crazy part about Star Trek Online is that it's stuffed full of cameos and missions that repeatedly star characters from the main cast of every major Star Trek show except, I think, Enterprise, Strange New Worlds, and Lower Decks.

Like you can go on a fully voiced adventure with Michael Burnham and Seven of Nine in her Fenris Rangers era to decide whether the Excalbians will embrace good or evil and fight Seven's evil simulation created body double.

Worf, voiced by Michael Dorn, Worf is in the major Iconian missions and a central figure for Klingon players as they shoot up the ranks.

Martok, voiced by John Garman Hertzler Jr. (rescue him from the Tzenkethi and go on so many missions together as random space adventures, and he's just like he is in DS9.)

Almost the entire cast of Deep Space Nine, including René Auberjonois's final voicework as Odo before his passing, the same for Aron Eisberg as Nog, Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys, and there's an entire episode where you play as Quark and his Ferengi friends stealing from Iconians. Even Salome Jens pops up as the Female Changeling to play a villain in the Gamma Quandrant arcs. Plus, Chase Masterson got in ahead of them all to chew through the scenery as Leeta's Mirror counterpart, Admiral Leeta!

Levar Burton as Geordi LaForge!

Janeway and Mirror Janeway voiced by Kate Mulgrew. (Mirror Janeway is a Borg Queen!)

Denise Crosby as my Romulan main's new adopted mother, Empress Sela and her mother, Natasha Yar. There's also Tuvok (my love!), Tom Paris, Harry Kim, Seven of Nine, Jason Isaacs voicing Prime Gabriel Lorca (!!) in the Discovery missions, Tilly and my much beloathed nemesis Mirror Tilly, Stamets, and Michael Burnham. Most recently we've gotten Mirror Wesley Crusher and Mirror Doctor Crusher during Picard's third season, and Ezri Dax in the latest episodes.

There's also Leonard Nemoy, who voiced the major exploration sections and Fed character level ups in the initial game but that's been in at launch.

It's honestly impressive. Every time I turn around it feels like another Star Trek alum is lending their voice to the game. Star Trek Online is somehow the most blessed and the most cursed tie-in game in existence. The dream and the hellscape for Star Trek fans.

Also, the space combat is genuinely really fun.

[best-star-trek-character]

Official DISCO Bracket!

And here’s the final bracket! Round One will go live tomorrow, 4/21 at 10 am EST!

Full List:

Round One:

Left Side:

Emperor (Mirror!) Philippa Georgiou vs. Dr. Hirai: poll here

Lt. Commander Ronald A Bryce vs. Kyheem: poll here

Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po vs. Carl (The Guardian of Forever): poll here

Mirror! Sarek vs. Gabrielle Burnham: poll here

Ruon Tarka vs. Ripper The Tardigrade: poll here

Ambassador Sarek vs. Commander Ellen Landry: poll here

Ryn vs. Tareckx: poll here

Lieutenant Spock vs. Lieutenant Nilsson: poll here

Haz Mazaro vs. Commander Nahn: poll here

Voq vs. Captain Gabriel Lorca: poll here

Lt. Commander Joann Owosekun vs. T’Kuvma: poll here

Adira Tal vs. Captain Philippa Georgiou: poll here

Ensign Sylvia Tilly vs. Dr. Kovich: poll here

Admiral Katrina Cornwell vs. J’Vini: poll here

Captain Saru vs. Admiral Charles Vance: poll here

President Laira Rillak vs. Siranna: poll here

Right Side:

General Ndoye vs. Captain Michael Burnham: poll here

Mirror! Owosekun vs. Lt. Commander Airiam: poll here

Captain Leland vs. Commander Ash Tyler: poll here

Dr. Pollard vs. Cleveland “Book” Booker: poll here

President T’Rina vs. Lieutenant Linus: poll here

Zora vs. Oros: poll here

Leto vs. Commander Jett Reno: poll here

Amanda Grayson vs. Grudge: poll here

Lieutenant Aditya Sahil vs. Gray Tal: poll here

Lt. Commander Keyla Detmer vs. Osyraa: poll here

Lt. Commander Gen Rhys vs. Mirror! Detmer: poll here

Su’Kal vs. Captain Christopher Pike: poll here

Harcourt Fenton Mudd vs. “May Ahearn”: poll here

Captain Killy (Mirror! Tilly) vs. Dr. Hugh Culber: poll here

Aurellio vs. L’Rell: poll here

Guardian Xi vs. Commander Paul Stamets: poll here

Round Two:

Left Side:

Mirror! Philippa Georgiou vs. Lt. Cmdr. Ronald A Bryce: poll here

Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po vs. Gabrielle Burnham: poll here

Ripper the Tardigrade vs. Ambassador Sarek: poll here

Ryn vs. Lt. Spock: poll here

Commander Nahn vs. Captain Gabriel Lorca: poll here

Lt. Cmdr. Joann Owosekun vs. Captain Philippa Georgiou: poll here

Ensign Sylvia Tilly vs. Admiral Katrina Cornwell: poll here

Captain Saru vs. Siranna: poll here

Right Side:

Captain Michael Burnham vs.  Lt. Cmdr. Airiam: poll here

Cmdr. Ash Tyler vs. Cleveland “Book” Booker: poll here

President T’Rina vs. Zora: poll here

Cmdr. Jett Reno vs. Grudge: poll here

Gray Tal vs. Lt. Cmdr. Keyla Detmer: poll here

Lt. Cmdr. Gen Rhys vs. Captain Christopher Pike: poll here

Harcourt Fenton Mudd vs. Dr. Hugh Culber: poll here

L’Rell vs. Cmdr. Paul Stamets: poll here

Round Three:

Left Side:

Mirror! Philippa Georgiou vs. Me Hani Ika Hali Po: poll here

Ripper the Tardigrade vs. Lt. Spock: poll here

Commander Nahn vs. Lt. Cmdr. Joann Owosekun: poll here

Ensign Sylvia Tilly vs. Captain Saru: poll here

Right Side:

Captain Michael Burnham vs. Cleveland “Book” Booker: poll here

President T’Rina vs. Cmdr. Jett Reno: poll here

Lt. Cmdr. Keyla Detmer vs. Captain Christopher Pike: poll here

Dr. Hugh Culber vs. Cmdr. Paul Stamets: poll here

Quarter-Finals:

Left Side:

Mirror! Philippa Georgiou vs. Lt. Spock: poll here

Lt. Cmdr. Joann Owosekun vs. Ensign Sylvia Tilly: poll here

Right Side:

Captain Michael Burnham vs. Cmdr. Jett Reno: poll here

Lt. Cmdr. Keyla Detmer vs. Dr. Hugh Culber: poll here

Semi-Finals:

Mirror! Philippa Georgiou vs. Ensign Sylvia Tilly: poll here

Captain Michael Burnham vs. Dr. Hugh Culber: poll here

Finals:

Ensign Sylvia Tilly vs. Captain Michael Burnham: poll here

[litcityblues]

Weird Feelings, But A Fond Farewell

I have weird feelings about Star Trek Discovery. When it was first announced, I was less than thrilled. Another prequel, I thought, and not even a particularly interesting one. (There's a whole blank page of history between The Original Series and The Next Generation that remains largely unexplored in the chronology. What happens in the Temporal Wars or the aftermath of the Dominion War? I would have been intrigued to see that any of those-- a prequel to the Original Series? Not so much.)

The first couple of seasons were interesting and I'm still not entirely sure how to feel about them. For a start, Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) is not exactly your typical Trek Captain. Point of fact, she starts out by getting her Captain, Phillippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) killed and starting a war with the Klingons. If that wasn't enough, we get more wrinkles thrown at us: Michael's parents had been killed in a Klingon attack on their colony, and with no other family, she gets adopted by Sarek of Vulcan and his wife, Amanda Grayson.

That's right: Spock had a secret adopted human sister.

Now, that part didn't bother me. In fact, it was logical, after a fashion- though why we hadn't met her before was still something of a mystery. But if you're Sarek and you've got a human wife and a half-human son that you struggle to understand and connect with, a human sibling (even an adopted one) would be something worthy of consideration should the opportunity to present itself.

The fact that Michael gets raised on Vulcan also makes the character make sense-- if Spock has trouble dealing with his emotions from time to time, Michael lets logic get in the way of hers, which is why she insists on firing on the Klingons, believing, logically, that they will only respond to a show of force.

Speaking of the Klingons: not the Klingons you've come to know and expect-- which I was also of two minds about. On the one hand: Discovery era Klingons are far more alien than 90s-Trek Era Klingons. They feel alien. They feel new-- their leader, T'Kuvma, lights the beacon of Kahless and unites the warring houses behind him in a war against the Federation.

We then meet a prisoner Michael Burnham who gets swept aboard the Discovery where we meet Tilly (Mary Wiseman), Stamets (Anthony Rapp), Saru (Doug Jones) and Dr. Culber (Wilson Cruz) and we soon find ourselves running around the Mirror Universe with Captain Gabriel Lorca (Jason Isaacs) using a spore drive, where Discovery jumps from Point A to Point B instantaneously using the spore network that runs throughout the Universe.

After we get the first season dealt with, we get a plot twist for the second season when they encounter the U.S.S. Enterprise and Pike (Anson Mount) takes command to investigate seven mysterious signals that have been appearing all over the galaxy.

Pike was so good in this role and the introduction of the Enterprise went so well that we got Strange New Worlds out of the deal, so if Discovery did anything for Trek, there's always that. You can hate every episode of this series, but we got Strange New Worlds out of it, so something good came of it. (I don't hate this series, by the way. I think parts of it are very good indeed.)

But what I think turns the show is the decision at the end of Season 2 to send Discovery 900 years into the future.

Whether it was because the showrunners and writers realized that had sort of written themselves into a corner or whether it was the plan all along, I don't know but it was the boldest move in the history of the franchise- they BOLDLY WENT-- how much more Star Trek could you get than that?

Season 3, Discovery's First in the Future was interesting. The Federation and the Galaxy were devastated by a disaster known as 'The Burn' where all the dilithium was suddenly rendered inert by something-- Discovery, once it reaches the future, sets about finding what's left of Starfleet and putting it back together, which they successfully do and defeat the Emerald Chain which is the preeminent power in the galaxy. By the end of the season, Discovery is transporting dilithium to start the process of reconnecting planets and the Federation starts coming back together little by little.

(Honestly, I need to rewatch this season at some point. I might be judging it a little unfairly. But it feels like the weakest of the five to me. There's more than a touch of Andromeda to it and the ultimate cause of The Burn should have been something more grounded in science than I remember it being, in my opinion. But overall, the story breaks new ground-- good for Trek and takes big swings-- which is also good for Trek, so on balance, I'm okay with it.)

Seasons 4 and 5 were where I think this show started to find its feet a bit. You can have issues with the serialized storytelling of both seasons, but they worked really well for me and ultimately, I think I'm going to come down to the notion that this show deserved at least one, maybe two more seasons.

The finale was good. There was a wedding and nobody died (which might be a first for Star Trek?). It was not revealed to be a holodeck adventure that Commander Riker was enjoying as a spectator. Nothing can probably top 'All Good Things' but I'd slot 'Life Itself' probably just behind 'Endgame' in terms of finales. You got the sense- especially with Zora and Discovery just being sent away for an unspecified mission- that there was more story to be told, but it also felt like an ending. It felt earned. It felt final and I could work with that.

It wasn't all perfect: Owo and Detmer were more or less absent from the back half of season five, which sucked- they do make an appearance in the finale though. And if Discovery wasn't that great at something, it was probably exploring the lives and characters of the rest of the bridge crew more effectively. I think they got better at the deeper into their run that they got, but it was still never what it should have been, in my opinion.

They left some interesting story possibilities on the table as well. I've seen a lot of older, crustier Trek fans complaining about how all the characters do is examine their feelings and their various traumas and yes, there's some of that, but also, look what these characters have been through: if you left your entire family behind and traveled 900 years to the future, you'd probably need some therapy too.

But it's not the Discovery crew that would have made the interesting storyline there-- it's the Starfleet that stayed hidden and stuck together through the years of The Burn. What was that like? Do those Captains resent the sudden intrusion of these randos from the past? (I think Rayner's character was meant to play with this idea a bit in the final season.)

Overall: I was left wanting more and who could ask for anything more than that? (Other than two more seasons and a movie, maybe?) Discovery may have fallen victim to the ongoing churn in the streaming wars, but I do think, on a rewatch, it will hold up better than people think.

But as the first new Trek series in over a decade when it debuted in 2017, it's worthy of appreciation. It took big swings. It wasn't afraid to challenge franchise orthodoxy and most importantly, to me, as a fan, it went boldly where no other Trek show had gone before.

Did I like the serialized storytelling? Not always. Did I like every episode? No. Do I think it could have been more grounded in parts? Yes. Did it miss opportunities and storylines? Yes. But on balance, this is a worthy addition to the franchise and I do think people are going to reassess this show positively when they look back on it. (My general impression is that people either love this or absolutely hate it.) My Grade: *** out of ****

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She raised Michael Burnham of Mirror Universe, who lost her biological parents at a young age, as her adopted daughter. As noted elsewhere in this document, her relationship with her daughter was doomed to a love-hate relationship that ended tragically.

It seems that he has other children besides Michael. After rescuing Klingon Chairman Lrel and Lrel's newborn son from near-murder in Season 2, she said that she also had a baby and had to get her nanny to nurse because she was busy.[46] Just by hearing this, you can never know whether the newborn is a real child or an adopted child, a son or a daughter, alive or dead. However, even if the baby is adopted, it is certain that she is not the Michael of the mirror universe. In Season 3, it is revealed that she adopted Michael after seeing Michael from the mirror universe losing her biological parents and living on a pile of garbage, but trying to protect herself unlike other children. If Michael was a baby at the time, such an action would not have been possible. Although the characters in the Prime Universe and the Mirror Universe are extremely different, it is the same that they have a deep affection for Michael Burnham. It is also the same that both characters cannot give up their affection for Michael even after being betrayed by him.

Philippa of the Prime universe acted as a mentor and mother who brought Michael, who grew up Vulcan-like and was unfamiliar with her people, into her human world. Right before the battle of the binary system, Michael attacked and knocked him down and caused a mutiny on board, but he was shocked to receive a report that the deck with the stockade where Michael was trapped was destroyed by the Klingon attack, and later Michael appeared unharmed. I was thrilled and continued to worry about Michael. In the hologram[47] containing the will that Michael got out of prison and boarded the Discovery, she said that she was proud of Michael as if she were her own daughter, and left the astronomical telescope that had been passed down in her family to Michael as a keepsake. [48]

Mirror Universe's Phillipa adopts Mirror Universe's Michael, who lost her biological parents in her childhood, so it turns out that she became a mother-daughter to Michael. [49] [50] That is why she developed a love and hatred for Michael, such as being angry and hurt that Michael became a lover with Gabriel Lorca and joined the rebellion, but still couldn't give up her maternal love. Prime Universe's Michael tells Mirror Universe's Philippa about their special relationship, "It seems our bond is strong enough to transcend the universe." In Season 1, Philippa of the Mirror Universe needed help in order for the Discovery to return from the Mirror Universe to the Prime Universe. Thanks to Philippa's maternal love for Michael, she was able to subjugate the cruel dictator Philippa relatively easily. In Season 1, the mirror universe's Philippa (the Emperor) believes that his adopted daughter, Michael, has colluded with Lorca in a plot to rebel against him. However, this part is only Philippa's idea, and Michael of the mirror universe has never appeared in the play, so the exact circumstances are unknown. Also, Michael from the mirror universe is presumed dead when the shuttle is shot down while chasing Lorca from the mirror universe, but his body is not found. Therefore, later, there was a possibility that a reversal such as Michael of the Mirror Universe acting as if he had betrayed Philippa or Michael of the Mirror Universe returning alive would appear.[51] However, in episode 10 of Season 3, it is revealed that Michael of the Mirror Universe really wanted to rebel against his mother, as Philippa went through it thanks to 'Eternal Guardian' and went back to the mirror universe. Philippa tried to allow some degree of freedom to his subjects, as he could not continue to suppress rebellions and war to maintain the empire as a ruler. However, Mirror Universe Michael saw his mother's attitude and judged that he was weak and unsuitable for imperial rule, so he rebelled and tried to kill her mother, saying he would save the empire.

In Episode 9 of Season 3, it is revealed that Michael had another reason for rebelling besides thinking Philippa was weak. When Prime Universe Michael asks Philippa why she chose Mirror Universe Michael as her adopted daughter, the other children (presumed to be orphans like Michael) see Phillippa and run to beg for mercy, but Michael finds a way to fend for himself on a pile of garbage. He said he chose Michael because he was there. However, in the same episode, Mirror Universe Michael admitted that he had rebelled, shouting that he was the owner when he lived on the garbage heap, but he became Philippa's shadow as he lived as Philippa's daughter and could not stand on his own. In other words, Philippa highly appreciated the independence and strength of young Michael and took her as her daughter, but after becoming Philippa's daughter, Michael became dissatisfied and even prayed for a rebellion, claiming that he could not live as an independent individual.

[thevagabondtrek]

Alright, I know I’m late to the party, but hear me out - what about an au where, first and foremost, Prime!Georgiou didn’t die because she was awesome and deserved better, and actually got to continue to mentor Michael and continued to build a rich and beautiful friendship. Michael made a mistake, which is understandable, and was busted down in rank but not called a traitor and was able to continue under Georgiou as Captain.

Then, second of all, have it that Prime!Lorca was BFFs with Georgiou and Pike bc they all went to the academy together, and as soon as Mirror!Lorca showed up, both Georgiou and Pike went “Uh no, this isn’t Gabriel Lorca” and instead locked Mirror!Lorca up and mounted a rescue mission to the mirror verse with the Discovery and the Enterprise to save their best friend? 

Like why can’t we have this healthy model of loyalty and positive human emotions to let Michael start her journey to greatness? She sees how vastly different Pike, Georgiou and Lorca are with their personalities, but how they’ve all achieved greatness in their own way and all value each other - and then she realizes that Tilly’s enthusiasm has its own illogical value and that she should broaden her horizon and risk things as well? 

Don’t get me wrong, the edgy antiheroes from the mirrorverse are fun sometimes, but I’d like some positive role models and painful but gradual growth. I want Prime!Georgiou. I want her to be three dimensional and bad ass with her own motley group that she went through fire with that the rest of the Discovery gets to meet and learn from and from that find their path to greatness. 

Or heck, maybe its the prequel, the Shenzhou is Georgiou’s ship, she and Pike with the Enterprise go over and rescue Prime!Lorca and after that experience, Michael learns what she needs to to trust herself and jump out of the nest. And just right out of the gate is made captain of the Discovery when it’s commissioned and put in charge of the crew and slowly becomes best friends with Tilly even though she’s a cadet because she’s learned friendship doesn’t care about rank or even dimensions. I don’t know I have a lot of thoughts about the possibilities of this that I’m sure no one cares about, but still.

Where’s this au? Can someone write this? Pretty please?

[starryeyes2000]

Rebellion: Chapter 6

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Status: In-Progress

Note: All characters are mirror universe.

Pairings: Pike x Una, Pike x Fem!OC (Aalin), Spock x Chapel, Sarek x Amanda, Lorca x Michael Burnham

Rating: Mature

Word Length: 1.1k

Chapter Summary: A slice of Mirror Christopher Pike's backstory.

Summary: In the Terran Universe, Christopher Pike and Enterprise are returning home in triumph after five years of conquests expanding Georgiou’s possessions. Gabriel Lorca is plotting to seize power. The rebels have instigated a new wave of unrest and uprisings. This is the story of the years leading up to Discovery's appearance in the mirror universe.

Excerpt: Terran (Mirror) Universe, 32 Years Ago, Mojave, California

After multiple climate alteration projects failed during the previous two hundred years, the natural environment had reclaimed Mojave and its surrounds. Life on the high desert was harsh and the few who made it their home possessed little material wealth. As they preferred. If you owned nothing considered valuable no one wanted to take it away. Thus this area lacking natural resources and mostly populated by nameless, faceless sexagenarians and older drew little notice from the imperial government or the oligarch class.

Morning began as most summer days did in Mojave, bright and warm with the temperature swiftly rising. By eight am, thirteen-year-old Chris Pike had been up for two hours tending to the early morning chores on his family’s ranch.

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Terran armor is jingly

[girlgoneangsty]

“Put the phaser down, Michael. If you were capable of killing me, you would have done so a long time ago.”

“Goes both ways.”

“Really?” Georgiou laughs, showing her red teeth. “Don’t overestimate the power your face holds over me.”

“It’s not my face that holds power. It’s your guilt, Philippa.”

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[chillychive]

Episode 13

i again forgot.

ooof mirror stamets

(the amount of power from the network can power the Charon, but could it also power Tarka's device to get to Oros??? Because it should be able to)

oh goshhhhhhhh

oh goshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

what a choice

oh goshhhhhhhhhhhh

saru's speech!!!!!! CAPTAIN MATERIAL yoooo

vulcan nerve pinch but not as strong- nice michael

ahh wholesomeness paul showing tilly he's proud of her/respects her yayy

hell yes michael she's so strong

This fight goes on for so longg ahhh

noo Emperor Georgiou noo. Its so weird how she seems reasonable and almost kind here but the Prime Universe she's unreasonable and borderline psycho.

ahh go paul goooo dont die guys

im not crying what

love that these get progressively more incoherent lmaooo.

oop the one spore on tilly

fuck this can never be easyyyy

welp. klingons won. everybody's dead. party's over. go home people.

[thesevenwondersofawitch]

Currently watching: Star Trek Discovery S1 e13

Of course Mr. Malfoy freed his people

Is that woman that guards sister?

Evil Paul sold them out

Wtf is the smoke doing to those guards😳

The Emperor has a weakness for Michael's face?😏

I need to learn to fight like that

Pew! Pew!

These guys really should make a group chat with Dr. Strange

Did Mr. Malfoy really just mention pillow talk on the intercom?😂💀

R.I.P to that commander

Of course she has a forcefield

Well shit it's down

Woo flash grenades are fun!

The team has a plan and it sounds fun!

Philippa left her sword behind and Mr. Malfoy has stolen it

HA! Evil Paul is dead 🙃

Mr. Malfoy is such an ass and I hate how manipulative he is

The only way to win is to out manipulate him

Ha! She rerouted the feed 😂

Yes hello I would like a bracelet like the Emperor's

Are we gonna get an emotional scene?

It seems to pain the Emperor how much Lorca has taken from her

I ship these two badass ladies so much

Discovery isn't Lorca's, she's her own spaceship!

Wow, guess that guy isn't gonna be a governor after all

Oh, Michael has a plan

Oh my god she pushed the Emperor to her knees, AHHHHHHHHHHH

Lorca is on such a power trip 🙄

I don't trust him for a second

He's gonna hurt them, isn't he

YEAH! I KNEW THEY HAD A PLAN!

Oh that's clever, they got a clear shot!

I like The Emperor's haircut

Michelle Yeoh could punch me all day and I'd be ok with it

He doesn't love Michael, he wants to control her, own her

That smile on the Emperor's face when she stabbed Lorca 😂

Talk about a tan to die for

"Go Michael Burnham, find a way out, live." AWWWWWWWWWWWW

I can't stop laughing that Michael ran and took the Emperor with her, I mean I expected as such, but it makes me so happy 😂😊 I keep having to bury my face in my pillow because I'm trying not to wake my family

Oh no, they are lost

That's dizzying and most uncomfy for my brain so I'm gonna not look

Wait, is Paul dead?

What is that glitter stuff?

Oh he's alive

Pippa's smad

Uh oh they're nine months late, and some shit went down while they were gone

[ashenstardust]

Second Best

I just posted a NSFW fanfiction to my Ao3!

You can read it here.

Summary: The Reader is a trinket that the Emperor picked up. While amusing, the Emperor has grown bored, and she needs something to keep Captain Lorca from preying on Michael. The Reader plans on fighting her new owner, but Lorca has other plans in mind for her. Word Count: 1799 Rating: E (18+) Warnings: Sex, forced soulmates, sensory issues.

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16. Through a Mirror, Darkly (Star Trek)

Title: Through a Mirror, Darkly Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24432127 Platform: AO3 Creator: @feckyeswriting Work Type: fanfiction  Fandom: Star Trek: Discovery Rating: T (subject to change) Pairing: Michael Burnham/Mirror!Gabriel Lorca Word Count: 3010 Warnings: Canon-Typical Violence, Mirror Universe (Star Trek) Number of Comments: 0 Completion Status: WIP Short Summary: The emperor doesn’t kill Lorca. Not right away. Not while she still needs him as leverage to reinforce her claim to the throne. Desperate, he asks Michael to help save him. After all, she said that’s who she was. What she does. Shouldn’t she help him now?

[halfblood-fiend]

Remembering - Star Trek: Discovery

Rating: Teen and Up

Words: 998

Warnings: obsessive love and a somewhat controversial relationship

Mirror Gabriel Lorca intervenes on Fate's behalf and reflects upon his feelings for Michael Burnham when they meet again for the first time.

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Finally.

Gabriel Lorca's months of searching were finally--finally--over. This opportunity that had presented itself seemed just too good to pass up.

His ship, the Discovery, had been waiting here in the middle of Federation space for some time. They were monitoring the electric storm raging below them, something mildly important for Lieutenant Stamets' work on the spore drive, when Opportunity came knocking. Here they were, here he was, conveniently in the path between her and a dilithium mining facility that exclusively employed convicts, when he was informed that the storm below them just so happened to be infested with a highly volatile form of electrical pest. Species GS54, Commander Saru had said, as he advised they keep their distance. For Lorca, it was as though a bolt of lightning had hit him. Fate was intervening now, the pieces he was waiting for fallen right into his lap. Lorca knew exactly what he had to do next.

"I'll be in my ready room. Saru, you have the bridge."

"Aye, sir."

Sending the subspace signal to the holding facility where Michael Burnham had been sent after her court-martial was an easy thing. Trivial, really. The Federation's "top secret" codes were simple ones to crack, nothing--mere child's play--compared to the complexity and intricacy among the Terran Empire. He was sloppier than he should have been in his haste, but he knew no one would trace the message back to him. No one would even think to.

Lorca practically laughed as he typed out his transmission:

Emergency, priority one. Piezoelectric incident in mining facility, Tellum. Much of mine destroyed. Fifty dead. Dilithium production integral for continuation of Klingon War and must not cease. Send able-bodied replacements immediately.

The message felt so familiar under his fingers that for a moment Lorca nearly believed he'd never left the Empire at all. He would never forget that it was by a stroke of luck, yet another string of fate, that he arrived in this place in the middle of wartime. He might not have been able to convince the people of the Federation that he was this Universe's counterpart had they not been so desperate for soldiers with the stomach for battle. And Lorca had plenty of that. Here, now, his Terran ruthlessness was praised and landed him precisely where he wanted to be: as captain of the U.S.S. Discovery with Paul Stamets and his spore drive under his watchful eye. That he was given license to appropriate anything he needed to further the war effort, was a nice perk. And one he would take full advantage of now. The prize today was the last piece in his grand cosmic puzzle, and his only ticket home.

No matter which way he looked at it, Lorca knew that this Michael Burnham would never be his Michael. Not really. Oh, she would probably look identical. She'd be just as powerful, just as fiercely beautiful, and maybe she'd even have some of the same traits: that scheming vitality, that fiery passion, her stubbornness, her drive, but she wouldn't be his Michael. In the end, it shouldn't have mattered how similar or not similar they were, he would need to keep his distance all the same. Lorca needed to hide any and all attachment to his past life. Michael Burnham was simply part of the plot; a means to an end, nothing more. To forget this would mean his undoing.

But even the best-laid plans had uncalculated variables. When Lorca turned around, when he saw her standing there, alive and well, before his desk as the room slowly eased into light...

His breath caught in his throat. He felt as though he'd been kicked in the chest, stomach pummeled until he was within an inch of his life. The shock was worse than any Agonizer.

It was all he could do to stop himself from grabbing her shoulders, from kissing her, from shaking her. Remember me? I didn't mean to love you! I didn't mean to let you die, but now we have a second chance!

She's not yours, he repeated to himself, vehemently--violently. But still... still his heart ached for Michael. Still, he saw her in his mind's eye gasping and unwinding beneath him, or restraining his arms from above him--he was never picky about which. Her's was a fire of unadulterated passion Lorca had no hope--or intention-- of putting out.

Even as he spoke to her, his heart cried for hers. He searched this Michael for any sign, any inkling, that she knew how closely intertwined their fates had been before. Recognize me, Michael! I'm here for you now. Remember me! His heart begged her in a sickening show of weakness the real Michael Burnham would have sneered at. For a moment, Lorca couldn't help himself.

But there was never any recognition.

The woman before him was not his Michael.

She was ruined. Resigned. Her eyes were lifeless, missing the fire that always made her her. In this universe, she carried the weight of the war on her shoulders and didn't relish in it. All this self-pity, over one measly mutiny, over a few thousand casualties...

She didn't recognize him. And suddenly, Lorca was disgusted with her.

She was nothing.

Michael back talked his orders (which he expected from her), some chicken-shitted excuse about wanting to serve out her sentence (which he did not expect from her), but Lorca knew better. If there was one trait he would bet his life that was the same, it was her curiosity. Once she realized what was going on aboard this ship--once he showed her--she would stay. Michael was another tie, another thread attaching him to the life he'd accidentally left.

And with no small amount of luck and a dash of fate, Lorca would return, destroy Emperor Georgeou, and rule the Terran Empire himself. Perhaps even with Michael at my side, after all, he thought, willing or not.