#casperia

[pktechgirlus]

Am I the only one whose brain went to another place during the scenes between Picard and Laris in "The Next Generation"?

Straight back to "We'll Always Have Paris" and....

Beverly: I can't compete with a ghost from his past, no one could.

Deanna: She's not a ghost. She's here right now.

Beverly: She may be in the here and now, but it's the ghost he sees.

[immaginibellissime5678]

-Casperia..

[cabinboy100]

STAR TREK: PICARD: Theory: Borg/Pah-wraith Combo Meal Deal!

Beware: Season 3 spoilers! If you have not watched the first eight episodes of STAR TREK: PICARD season 3, get thee to your streaming device and watch! Then come back for some combo crazytalk. =)

Thesis: JC was born to be a Pah-wraith Emissary with power over the Borg. He could easily have either PW or Borg ancestry, but no one is ever really just one thing, right? =)

MY THREE DADS.

After Jean-Luc was "cured" of Locutus in 2366 (TNG "The Best of Both Worlds"), vestiges of Jean-Loc's Borg connection remained in his body. BC's analysis of JL's assimilation revealed that "microcircuit fibers" rewrote his DNA. When JL was released from the collective, BC explained that his DNA was returning to normal. However, JL's ability to sense and "read" the Borg in 2373 (FIRST CONTACT) demonstrates that some of those modifications persisted, likely concentrated in his parietal lobe.

At some point, before 2379 (NEMESIS), archaeology nerd JL acquires a Bajoran tablet for study. Sometime between 2375 (DS9 "What You Leave Behind") and 2379 (NEMESIS), the tablet breaks, releasing a Pah-wraith contained within. The incident is accompanied by a discharge of energy that renders JL unconscious. When JL wakes, he finds the tablet broken, but otherwise, nothing out of place. Of course, the truth is that while JL was knocked out, the PW bonded with him, possessing him, but in a passive way, taking up residence in JL's mind and body. Typically, it would take control of its host's form, but cut off from the rest of its kind (trapped in the Fire Caves of Bajor in 2375), it is weakened, and rides shotgun in JL, aware of his actions, but not able to control them.

After the events of NEMESIS, JL joins BC for their fateful shore leave on Casperia Prime. The PW within him contributes its energy to JC's conception, and so Jack is destined to be the PW's Emissary (following the formula used by the Prophets to create Emissary Sisko).

JL's choice as Emissary sire was not made by chance. The PWs are aware that JL was once Locutus & that his offspring will possess unique mutated Borg abilities that other hosts could not. Due to the hive mind and techno-organic nature of the Borg, the PW have no influence over them as followers or hosts, but their Emissary shall. He will be able to control the Borg and turn them into an army for the PWs.

Thanks to the decimation of the Borg by Captain Janeway and her alternate timeline Admiral self in 2378 (VOYAGER "Endgame"), that army is significantly reduced by 2401. Because time travel enabled those events, the PWs could not foresee them. Regardless, Emissary Jack has the "natural born" abilities of Locutus, the Borg Consort.

The Prophets' Emissary, Ben Sisko, acted as their agent on the mortal plane. Not possessed, but inclined by nature, duty, & sometimes persuasion to do as they required.

Previously, PWs once chose Dukat as their Emissary, imbuing him w their power, but not possessing him. Dukat was not a true Emissary, fated from birth, but a convenient vessel, free of the influence of the Prophets and already possessed of a will to destroy Emissary Sisko.

Emissary Jack is meant to serve the PWs the way Sisko served the Prophets, by following his nature, which is predisposed to darkness thanks to his PW heritage. However, I believe that nature has been modified, partly by BC's nurture and parenting, and partly by the red door, or rather, what JC visualizes as a red door, a psychic block or partition that isolates the malevolence inherited from JL's PW passenger and the dormant Borg connection.

BC explained to Jack that when he was a child, he suffered terrible nightmares, bad enough that he stopped sleeping. These nightmares were conjured by his PW self, his dark side. JC doesn't remember having them, but BC does, and remembers that he got through them. She does not share with him how.

It was the psychic block, aka the red door, constructed within his mind to lock away the parts of him that are not human, the Borg connection and the PW darkness.

But how was this block created? I have a few ideas…

1. JC instinctively used his latent Borg abilities to build a psychic defense against his PW-ness when he was young. Over millennia, the Borg have developed a techno-organic method of overpowering and controlling the consciousness of thousands of species. The separation of one part of a mind from another is a low-level feature of their systems. BC had tried helping him however she could, but when the sleep/nightmare issues seemingly ended on their own, she knew it was not due to any of her efforts, but thanks to something within JC that had changed.

2. BC came up with a treatment that psychically blocked JC's nightmares. She suspected the Jean-Loc origins, but could not identify a physiological cause and so treated the symptom using any psychological treatments available, which resulted in locking away the PW darkness that caused the nightmares as well as his Borg self.

NB. JC may have been suffering from two competing forms of nightmares. Fiery galactic apocalyptic visions inspired by his PW self and the distorted psychic cries and confusion of the drones of the Borg in the wake of Janeway's viral attack in 2378.

3. It turns out that Section 31 had been keeping tabs on BC and her son, aware that JC was the son of ex-Borg JL. When JC's nightmares manifested, they approached BC and offered their help to manage them. They used programming techniques that involved hypnosis and exotic technology to lock away JC's darkness and inherited Borg abilities. Their programming would have to be refreshed and reinforced periodically, so BC and JC would rendezvous with S31 operatives regularly to get that done. These treatments also allowed S31 to program JC with skills and intel needed to complete missions for them while performing his Doctors without Galactic Borders duties with Dr. Mom. To execute these missions, the red door would be unlocked, allowing JC to access both the darkness of his PW lineage and the abilities of his Borg lineage. On mission completion, the door would be locked again. Note that S31 knew about JC's Borg potential, but were unaware of his PW darkness. They attributed his knack for black ops action to natural ability. The training he received as well as the memories of the missions themselves were locked up behind the red door, too. JC's conscious self ihas no recall of his actions when the door is open. His dark side is in charge then. S31 shares the basics of JC's issues and their "treatment" with BC, charging her with becoming her son's handler. It is a deal with the devil she enters into willingly, as S31's technique has succeeded where all of her medical knowledge has failed. Their dependence on S31 is another reason that BC continues to keep her distance from her old friends and colleagues. See my "Agent Crusher" theory for more along these lines. =)

When JC needs to protect himself and those he cares for, the red door opens so that he can access the abilities and natures hidden behind it as needed, but he retains no conscious memory of those times. Recently, that has changed. He experiences visions while awake, finds himself experiencing lost time, and able to share or project his consciousness into others. JC's time spent in and around "integrated" Starfleet tech has awakened and stimulated his Borg self, weakening the door and allowing influence and abilities to bleed thru. Starfleet "integration" has been accomplished using tech derived from the Borg Artifact, and the ship computers have achieved a level of sentience. They sense the latent abilities of Locutus within JC and call out to him to join them and make them whole.

BONUS ROUND: WHAT ABOUT Q?

Did Q's meddling help fulfill JC's destiny? Did he interrupt and interfere with JL's life in order to ensure the events unfolding this season? Did Q push humanity's encounter w the Borg to intentionally set events in motion that would lead to JL becoming Locutus, and ultimately to Jack and his unique gifts? Also, in "All Good Things", it is Borganic growth in JL's parietal lobe that ends up being diagnosed as irumodic syndrome, causing his friends and colleagues to doubt him in that future. Also also, Q helped close the timeline loop-de-loop in the events of season 2 in such a way that traces of Confed timeline Borg tech were left on the grounds and in the home of Chateau Picard, inert for centuries until a young Jean-Luc was infected by them. Not in a high enough concentration or by the right nano components to fully assimilate him, but enough to perhaps make him… assimilation-friendly as an adult. The ideal candidate to become Locutus. The Borg did not choose him by chance, either. JL notes their surprising interest in the Enterprise and himself in the log playing on the Eleos.

MORE LATER?

No promises, but I'm hoping to get my thoughts together on why the Revenge Squad wants Jack and who might be behind Meathead. There are still just too many possibilities—argh!

LLAP…aka…

Keep on keepin' on~

P.S. Check out "What's Up with Jack?" for more rambling on JC's potential Borg- and Wraith-ness =)

[wcrpbubble]

" i think it's our tradition. " @hiippocrates

"----you mean listening to dr. russell continue to gripe about starfleet medical denying her risky research again?" beverly remarks dryly, casting a furtive look across the open space at the offending human doctor in question as she sits down at the table dr. mccoy currently occupies alone. it's lunch break on day three of a particularly interesting conference on casperia prime. beverly finds most of the speakers and their subjects to be fascinating; she's been following the research of several. she has her own panel tomorrow bright and early that she's been looking forward to, though she does still miss being on board the enterprise.

"i hear the board denied it again based on the arguments of a prominent chief medical officer. or two" she adds as she slides a cup of tea toward him, before she sets about fixing her own with two sugars. "can't imagine who that could be."

[metalmessage]

Radiant, enchanting & uplifting!

Action: KATE NORD Base: Casperia • Italy Genre: Symphonic Fantasy Metal Title: Compass To Your Heart’s Desire FFO: Nightwish, Epica, Enya Format: Album Label: Independent Release: Dec. 16, 2022

🌐 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤 & 𝙋𝙍 Action: 𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗔𝗚𝗘 ᴳᴸᴼᴮᴬᴸ • 𝐸𝓈𝓉. 2001 https://www.metalmessage.de/PR_KATE_NORD_en.php

Bulletpoints: • Deeply soulful, upliftingly visionary debut album • Sensational clear, operetta-like female vocals • Inspiring noble mix of Melodic, Power & Symphonic Metal

https://www.youtube.com/embed/9f1yYLIXZ78 [ Embrace The Cold • Lyric Video ]

Kate says about the song: „This is a dark and epic story about facing difficult times and the struggle to keep going nonetheless. ‚Embracing the cold‘ is not about giving up or bending to your circumstances, but is rather a metaphor for radical acceptance of your situation and trying to make the most out of what you have. Embrace the cold, to find your way back to the sunlight!“

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qeen4n2uWZ8 [ Compass To Your Heart’s Desire • Album Teaser ]

KATE NORD is a classically trained Finnish singer/songwriter who creates high quality SYMPHONIC FANTASY METAL in central Italy.

With her versatile, impressively clear as well as amazingly soprano strong exceptional voice, this fabulous golden throat can easily compete with the best and most famous of the entire guild.

LINE-UP: Kate Nord • Vocals, Keys, Orchestration Francesco Mattei • Guitars Andrea Arcangeli • Bass Omar Campitelli • Drums

„Compass To Your Heart’s Desire“ is KATE NORD’s debut album as a solo artist, with a special guest solo by Timo Tolkki, popular by Finnish Power Metallers Stratovarius.

TRACKS 01. Recitative To The Moon 01:47 02. All Alone 03:28 03. The North Wind And The Troll 03:50 04. Embrace The Cold 02:59 05. Wither And Rust (feat. Timo Tolkki) 05:04 06. Dream Of Daylight 05:37 0. Breathe In The Night 03:43 08. Dance Of The Fairies 02:58 09. Aeternam Vale 04:24

„Compass To Your Heart’s Desire“ is inspired by Scandinavian folk tales about trolls and fairies and the illustrations to these tales, such as the works of John Bauer, as well as fantasy novels as well as the works of the world famous fantasy grandmaster J. R. R. Tolkien.

„Compass To Your Heart’s Desire“ is embedded in wonderfully powerful Heavy/Power Metal sounds with slamming drums and furious distortion guitars, often bursting with fully melodic, catchy outbursts.

FLASHBACK: Her first release as a solo singer was a cover of Howard Blake’s „Walking In The Air“ in 2017.

Kate’s musical resume includes formal studies in classical singing in both Finland and Italy. She began her music studies in Porvoo, Finland with pianist Diana Bärlund, who also taught former Lordi keyboardist Awa (Leena Peisa).

Kate already appeared as a lyricist of the Italian Progressive Power Metal ensemble Noveria since the band’s formation in 2013. She was also featured as a guest vocalist on Noveria’s album „Forsaken“, released 2016 via Scarlet Records.

MEDIA FEEDBACK:

98 / 100 ➤ „… a stunning album … a must for any fan of (female fronted) Symphonic Metal … fantastically beautifully composed and arranged … goosebumps … beauty and purity … phenomenal voice … incomparable … if you think Tarja Turunen is the best female singer, then Kate Nord comes right after!“ (Musika)

95 / 100 ➤ „… very melodic, harmonic structures … a good album full of first-line classic elements … KATE NORD’s beautiful voice is unique with a clean, white and soft register! Excellent soprano!“ (Darkzen Dragon)

9 / 10 ➤ „With a good sound … style influenced by Nightwish, Xandria, Amberian Dawn, including her soprano skills … intense songs … very emotional and melancholic … brilliant vocal performance … very outstanding … an exquisite album … recommended from start to finish …“ (Locos Por El Power Metal)

9 / 10 ➤ „… an exhibition of classical vocals … outstanding … has a unique ability to transport emotions … very well produced … KATE NORD sets a very high bar in terms of individual performance … very promising … Symphonic Metal fans can be very excited about ‚Compass To Your Heart’s Desire‘ …“ (Metal Temple)

80 / 100 ➤ „… reminds me of a good Nightwish, Epica, Within Temptation … so good for those who prefer something more melodic, clear and beautiful rather than something heavy and aggressive … Timo Tolkki is a guest musician … I can recommend it to those who like opera and classical music, and it is also suitable for those who listen to pop music, as a few songs are quite catchy …“ (MariMetal)

7,5 / 10 ➤ „… will not fail to appeal to fans of formations such as Epica and Nightwish, but also to those who are not generally accustomed to sounds of this kind, resulting in an effective product that is worth giving a chance.“ (Heavy Metal Webzine)

7,5 / 10 ➤ „… turned out quite pompous … immediately the intro shows their skills in all facets … the voice is clearly focused … very harmoniously kept … everything sounds like from one cast … who likes Nightwish, Within Temptation, Epica or the soundtrack to ‚The Lord Of The Rings‘ (keyword: Enya), should definitely listen in here!“ (Crossfire)

7 / 10 ➤ „… brings back memories of glorious Nightwish times with Tarja as the front woman … musical treat …“ (Metal DE)

7 / 10 ➤ „… varied vocals that give you goosebumps especially in the middle registers … fantastic melodies … KATE NORD’s songwriting talent is beyond question on this album … from brisk to gloomy, bombastic to dreamy and classical to Metal, the artist glides through the stylistic elements with her songs and skillfully combines them into a coherent, entertaining album … fans of female fronted Metal and Symphonic Metal may heartily enjoy!“ (Der Hörspiegel)

➤ „… practices her soprano voice with bravura … opera-inspired … stunning classical content … imagine Nightwish mixed with Rhapsody Of Fire with female vocals taking classical singing to the extreme … this is it.“ (Metal Addicts)

➤ „This album is awesome, Symphonic Metal with touches of Progressive and Power Metal, masterfully executed, with great arrangements and beautiful vocals … excellent work …“ (Metal Pedia)

➤ „Tremendous listening experience … even if I don’t like to draw comparisons, in the case of KATE NORD some with Tarja are obvious, after all they both have the same home … so if you like to be enveloped by symphonic sounds and enchanted by a beautiful voice, this is the right address!“ (Metalmamas Neuigkeiten)

➤ „… a promising debut and an artist to keep an eye on if female-fronted Symphonic Metal is your thing.“ (Sea Of Tranquility)

➤ „… this is tightly packed … good production … soul piercing through every line and riff … KATE NORD’s singing voice is clear in every word, in every syllable, and she is the clearest of all … her high voice is no different from a graceful fairy goddess … great … her throat is the best … as for the symphonic part, it is both elegant and beautiful, changing depending on the song … everything can make happy … truly heavenly …“ (Noisewriter) etc. Credits [ Logo: Nicolas Spreutels ] [ Pic: Marco Savi • SPF Produzioni ] [ Artwork: Nicolas Spreutels ]

[the-last-dillpickle]

first lines game

Rules: share the first lines of ten of your most recent fanfics and tag ten people. If you have written less than ten, don’t be shy and share anyway.

A few days late since i’ve been sick (🤮) but I got tagged in this game by several people, started doing it and then got sleepy tired and saved it into my drafts. Only just remembered it was hidden in there. Anyways.

1) Julian rode the turbolift to Ops, bouncing with anticipation. By this time tomorrow, he would be waking up to gorgeous pink sand beaches, orange hued cliffs across the pristine waters of the bay, and, if he was lucky, a lover or two clinging onto him in bed. (Hold, Bashir/Sloan, M)

2) Julian woke to a shifting in the bed next to him. He kept his eyes closed, reluctant to move when the pleasant haze of a good sleep was clinging to his forebrain. (In Morning, Bashir, T)

3) Winn rubbed at her temples, wondering who in the world might be ringing at her door chime this time. (acta deos numquam mortalia fallunt, Bashir/Winn, E)

4) Sloan is a toxic sludge—the byproduct of the Federation’s careless existence. He taints everything he touches, a carcinogen by design. (the love canal and other disasters of hope, Bashir & Sloan, T)

5) “What-” Julian started, only to cut himself off with a bubbly belch. He paused, looking mildly upset by the interruption and frowning at the bottle of alien liquor in this hands before looking back to Miles as he continued, “What if I was tiny and helpless, and you could do anything you wanted to me?” (small intents and purposes, Bashir & O’Brien, T)

6) The sun was rising over Casperia Prime’s equatorial continent. Bruised twilight hues gave away to radiant orange beams that left not a single crag on the distant limestone cliffs unilluminated. None of it touched inside Julian’s hotel suite. (The Jet-Setter, Bashir/Sloan, M)

7) The Romulan didn’t laugh at the joke. Nevertheless, she tilted her head and a small smile graced her lips before it was quickly covered over with a sip of her drink. Julian counted that as a win and picked his own glass up off the bar to do the same. (New Lows, Bashir/Sloan, E)

8) Julian laughed brightly. Miles felt his heart drop. Of course this had been a stupid idea. It didn’t matter what any of his therapists had ever said; Feelings were one of those things that were better left unsaid and unacknowledged. (name something that's twelve inches and completely straight, Bashir/O’Brien (one-sided), T)

9) Julian hated sleeping alone. Actually, no, not really. Scratch that. He hated waking up alone, and also, trying to fall asleep alone. (sleepsong, Bashir/Sloan, T)

10) Garak was a degenerate. He knew it. He understood it. His association with Julian Bashir was continuing proof of it. (pricked, Garak/Bashir, E)

[saint-moro]

Calling it now. This season ends with Seven and Raffi taking shore leave together on Casperia Prime... by the waterfalls.

[colnerys]

[  STRAND  ] :  receiver stands still as sender leans closer to their face, expecting a kiss but is surprised when receiver just tucks a strand of their hair behind their ear.  (From @bever7y )

nearly a kiss / accepting.

truthfully there's been a lot of anxiety building up within herself at the prospect of a vacation —— a real vacation that didn't involve an unconscionable sense of guilt for not being able to shield kasidy and her unborn child from the onslaught of bajoran faithfuls swarming her. but she's spent hours alone on a runabout plotting a course to casperia prime only because a certain commander riker poked and prodded her relentlessly over subspace over her "apparently" not-so-subtle crush on a certain doctor.

at first, she felt punked. only to conveniently find out at the moment of arrival that the enterprise's crew were on shore leave.

now, nerys by no means is shy nor timid —— it wouldn't be the first time she's found herself positively charmed by an intelligent woman. yet, it is both her experience and the respect she holds that stops her from being reckless ( unlike her earlier years aboard the station ). then again, she doesn't mind hanging around neither will nor @bever7y : it's nice to be away from the station every now and then.

jadzia once told her how the scenery of casperia prime is so beautiful that people would breakdown and cry —— it's not bajor but it's nice, i like it. a phrase she's said so many times throughout this scenic walk along the sandy beaches.

idle conversations bounce between the two and hours only feel like minutes... until it all paused when beverly crusher is a little too close to her face. her heart's beating at warp speed, her once relaxed shoulders begin to tense as anticipatory eyes flick between looking at the other woman's eyes and at the lips that kira's been so curious about. don't be weird, nerys! she subtly reminds herself.

and just like that, smooth, idyllic moments at the beach becomes languorous and long. but just as unexpected as this whole ordeal is, kira cracks an awkward smile to conceal the exhale of a breathe she didn't even know she held. with her hair tucked behind her ear, the warmth of the doctor's hands only linger on her skin.

" a-anyways! that all happened on starbase 80. i spent five days there tryna discuss stuff with their first officer 'cuz their tech's so outdated 'n can't read most of our files. so i went in person. " she shrugs, feigning nonchalance whilst turning her incredibly feverish face away.

[scp11325s-library]

Fanfic Review #4: Hope Is The Thing With Feathers by Lelinor

site: ao3

fandom: Star Trek The Next Generation

ship: Beverly x Picard

words: 34k

This is the first part of the No Other Will Do series by Lelinor which got me into the Beverly x Picard ship so I'm excited to reread these and review them.

I just want to start this by saying the freaking set up for S3 of Picard is a complete butcher of the relationship between Beverly and Picard and I'm so glad that fan fic writers do it so much better

I love how vieament Picard is that he can't have a son like man's never considers the possibility until he is told it 100% and even then it isn't until Beverly is brought up that he accepts it

They way he reaches out to form a connection with his son through the starship models, like he just knew his son would love him the way he loved them 🥹

I can't read/hear I don't want to set the world on fire without thinking about fallout 3

Jean Luc teaching Jack to ride a horse amd giving it to him for his birthday 😢 it's so cute!

I always love the conversation that happens between Beverly and Picard about whether or not he wants to be a father. She's so convinced he would hate it and he is certain he wouldn't want it with anyone but her

Seven of Nine mention pog! Can't wait to see her character in Voyager

Beverly and Jacl reunion makes my little heart ache, it's so cute! And Picard still having Beverly's horse ahhhhhh

The scientist and the poet ❤️❤️❤️

"Do you know how many times, during our observation lounge meetings with the senior staff, my mind was on making love to you rather than listening to Data’s briefings?”

Leave my boy alone I'm sure his briefings were fascinating!!!

Oof I forgot this fic delves with some heavy implications, wish that was tagged properly

Jack telling Lune that he'd hurry 🥹🥹

You know it's a good thing that Picard never gets with other people once Beverly disappears (I have read some triad fanfics, I have a review lined up for a good one just you wait) because in all these fics man's is so freaking fertile, Picard would have like 100 kids at this point

"She's yours, Jean-Luc... You're her papa."

Listen I'm not a Picard Papa enjoyer but fuuuck man that's so touching with the whole Jack Papa thing!!!

Jack is such a little doctor and cares for his mother so much by holding the tricorder and helping her through labor

I'm a sucker for a sweet mother son relationship

Jack helping teaching Isabeau how to walk while Beverly is worried about adjusting to her more basic life

I love the idea that Beverly and Picard struggle to adjust to modern slow down life. Its pretty well established that Picard struggles with a homebound life and longs for the stars every time that he's planet bound. Beverly is different because we really haven't seen her planet bound (besides her leaving between S1 and S3, which doesn't get referenced at all), so seeing how she will interact to trying to live a normal life is interesting. I like the fear that she has being separated from her children especially with her motivation to flee for her children's safety (also side tangent but fuuuucck that plotline, I hate the idea that Beverly would completely flee from all the people that she cared about and depended on to keep her child safe, she knew the dangers of Starfleet life but still volunteered to bring Westly onto the enterprise, I get her anger about being constantly pulled back and forth by Picard and wanted something permanent but fleeing into total isolation and still putting him in some danger by doing her medical ship stuff, it just feel hypocritical and like poor writing)

The honeymoon on Casperia Prime <3

Whole side tangent about Beverly leaving aside, I think the line "I will be able to protect mine, but I didn't know if I could protect yours" is a really good way of summarizing the complexity of Beverly's internal world

The postludes <3 they are so in love

[sebastianmercier]

Issue 13 of Garashir Alternate Universe

Garak and Bashir ‘travel’ to Casperia Prime.

[oldschoolfic-ds9]

Honeymoon

by Katia, 1999

An idyllic honeymoon on Casperia Prime goes wrong.

Words: 4355, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Rating: R

Warnings: none listed

Characters: Jadzia Dax, Worf

Relationships: Jadzia Dax/Worf

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[cabinboy100]

STAR TREK: PICARD: 3x05: "Imposters": What's up with Jack?

Beware: Season 3 spoilers! If you have not watched the first five episodes of STAR TREK: PICARD season 3, get thee to your streaming device and watch! Then come back for some crazytalk 23-and-me speculating. =)

So! I have some kooky thoughts and theories about Jack Crusher's heritage…

1. PART BORG.

Jean-Loc passed his residual connection to the Borg collective on to his son. When he was a child, he had terrifying nightmares, which were actually visions of disoriented, perhaps crazed & dying Borg, as the Collective disassembled in the years after alternate Janeway's infection of the Borg Queen. Dr. Mom was able to come up with a treatment that rid him of the visions so that he could sleep. Whether she somehow only treated the nightmare symptom or actually learned of and addressed the Borg-y root of the issue, there's no telling yet. Years later, Jack is once again receiving messages and information via this psychic link, originating from a Borg, ex-Borg, or Borg-adjacent entity.

2. PART PAH WRAITH.

At some point before JL's visit to Casperia Prime w BC, a Bajoran tablet came into his possession and was accidentally broken (seen in JL's home in season 2). This released a Pah Wraith which had been imprisoned within. The Pah Wraith possessed JL, but did not assume full conscious control. Instead, realizing that his host was already taking steps toward the PW's own goal, it rode shotgun in JL's mind and body, and let nature take its course. Together with Beverly, JL and the PW conceived the Pah Wraith version of the Prophets' Emissary, a mortal who can commune with the Pah Wraiths and serve as their autonomous agent in the mortal realm.

Red eyes have been seen to be a sign of possession by a Pah Wraith.

Ben Sisko's mother Sarah was fully possessed by a Prophet when she met and married Ben's father Joseph and gave birth to Ben. In Jack's case, the PW possessed JL after he and BC were involved, so the PW did not need to exert active control of JL to bring its progeny into the world.

If Sisko is the Emissary, what is Jack? I have a feeling that he may be the Eschaton or perhaps the Sacrifice or Offering, a being fated to bring about a cataclysm (freeing the PWs and/or trapping/killing the Prophets?), possibly killing himself in the process.

When Seven shot the Changeling wearing Sidney La Forge's form, the Changeling's eyes went red on its death. Not quite the same effect as with Jack's eyes, but I'm gonna say it's close enough for now. To me, that means that at some point a Changeling visited the Fire Caves of Bajor and left with a Pah Wraith passenger, maybe possessor, maybe partner. I haven't decided if PWs would be controlling rogue Changelings (and other non-Changeling hosts?) or are partnered with them. In either case, would every Changeling be partnered with a PW or carry a fraction of a single PW (I don't remember seeing that in PWs or Prophets before), or Sideeye/Sidney was the only or one of only a few Changeling's possessed by a PW.

PWs and Prophets appear to their faithful and agents as familiar faces and voices. We are hearing the PWs call to Jack in his visions in the voices of people he knows. Perhaps JL has translated enough of the tablet's inscription to know or say the right thing to free his son from a dark destiny. Or—Beverly's influence, guidance, and love will prove that nurture can overcome nature, and JC will throw off the fate the PWs planned for him, Hellboy-style.

3. PART 8472.

While pregnant with JC, BC used the genetic modification techniques of Species 8472 to eliminate the genes responsible for Irumodic Syndrome, inherited from JL. These techniques were acquired in an exchange of information between Voyager and the 8472 humanoid mimics in the Delta Quadrant. BC employed 8472's techniques without adjustment, and in doing so—knowingly or not—boosted some of JC's baseline physiological characteristics because the mods included and assumed some of 8472's natural attributes, including a powerful immune system, a very resilient healing factor, and telepathy. JC does not have these attributes at the level of an 8472, but at a high level for a human.

8472s in humanoid form had to learn to sleep, as their original bodies do not need it. This is how JC, as a child and now as an adult, can go for days without sleeping. His visions are a consequence of some entity or entities tuning into his latent telepathy. His BOURNE IDENTITY-like fighting prowess is also enabled via telepathy, either by remote control or a psychic "download" of skills.

If this crazytalk turns out to be even close to accurate, I really hope that his vision experiences connect to a conspiracy of warhawk 8472s who are masquerading as (meatier) Changelings in order to frame the Founders for a series of terrorist attacks and plunge Starfleet and perhaps the Alpha Quadrant back into war with the Dominion.

NB. The genetic modification of JC makes him an augment, forbidden and outlawed in the Federation. This is another reason that BC cut herself off from her friends and Starfleet.

4. PART CHANGELING.

While pregnant with JC, BC used the genetic modification techniques of the Founders to eliminate the genes responsible for Irumodic Syndrome, inherited from JL. These techniques were reverse engineered from studies of Founder, Vorta, and Gamma and Alpha Jem'hadar biology. The Founders engineered their follower species and could dial specific physical and mental qualities up and down as desired. Embedded, but perhaps not recognized by Starfleet or BC herself, in the Founders' mod processes are traces of Changeling genetic sequences, the creators' signature on their work. Combined in human DNA, these sequences express themselves in an enhanced immune system and healing factor as well as a psychic connection compatible with Changeling linking.

The psychic connection resulted in JC's childhood nightmares, which BC treated. There's no telling yet if she only treated the nightmare symptom or learned the root cause of the issue, but she is recognizing its return now.

NB. The genetic modification of JC makes him an augment, forbidden and outlawed in the Federation. This is another reason that BC cut herself off from her friends and Starfleet.

5. MIX AND MATCH.

Take some or all of 1 thru 4 and mash them up good. Like, he's part Borg—maybe thanks to Jean-Loc's nanoprobed sex cells, or maybe thanks to actual Borg-rewritten DNA—and an Irumodic Syndrome-free augment! Or—he's part Borg, which is where his visions come from, but also playing host to a Pah Wraith, which is where the voices and ninja skills come from. Try one of your own!

I've had several more notions that I couldn't quite extrapolate into meaningful theories, but maybe some new pieces will fall into place for them in episode 6. If they do, I'll try to work them out in another post.

LLAP…aka…

Keep on keepin' on~

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#ARTEr.i.e 2023 a Casperia: Una Festa di Arte, Cultura e Magia

Se sei un appassionato d’arte, cultura e divertimento, segna subito nel tuo calendario le date dal 7 al 10 settembre 2023 perché ARTEr.i.e è di ritorno! Questa affascinante Rassegna di Ipotesi Espressive trasporterà la magia dell’arte nei pittoreschi vicoli di Casperia, un incantevole borgo Sabino. #ARTEr.ie2023 #ArteACasperia #CulturaInSabina Dopo il grande successo dello scorso anno a…

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"rawdogging on casperia prime had galactic consequences I fear" <- galaxy class tagging here

The overarching arc of Picard/Crusher's unresolved tension being the current cause of destabilizing Starfleet? Making their breakup everyone's problem. Inconique tbqh.

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