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unknownfacelessfanfictions · 4 months ago

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i have an idea for a q x reader (specifically the one from the next generation cuz idk) but i have absolutely no writing pizzazz so id thought you’d like to hear about it:

ok so reader (can be she/her or gender neutral whatever ur comfy w/) works on the enterprise and she was betrothed to a guy when she was born. he’s a bit of a jerk, she doesn’t rlly wanna marry him BUT in grooms society a betrothal is a binding vow so the crew on the enterprise can’t interfere with it as it’s their way of life (cuz i THIIIINK that goes against the prime directive im not too sure tho). so anyways she/they is feeling a little bit down so she decideds to pray to *any* god out there to help her (i think you know where this is going accidental summoning of god trope here we go). SOOO unfortunately she summons Q. Q says “i’ll help you, but you need to get married to me instead because ever since i was turned into a human i’ve wanted to know what that’s like and fortunately ur in the right place at the right time girlfriend”. reader says yes cuz again groom is a jerk. their relationship develops (and obviously everybody on the enterprise and their mothers are VRRY mad, picard even more so).

if the reader ever does develop actual feelings for him and turn it into a fluffy fic or if she is totally disinterested and it can be a lil angsty twinge that’s for you to decide. SORRY if this is too many details and doesn’t rlly leave room for creativity i tried to keep it as barebones as possible. again if you wanna write this that’s totally up to you and i 100% respect it if you don’t but if you do see this and it catches ur interest then im glad i asked. love ur stuff 🫶

I do.

Q x fem!reader (3rd POV) Words: 3.1K Warnings: Arranged marriage, marriage of convinience A/N: Thanks again for the request @franlovesyouu and I am so sorry again, that it took so long. I changed a bit, I hope that's okay. Hope you still enjoy it :) P.S. the fiancé became a bit of an asshole. Sorry for that

His hand lay on her back and travelled up and down. She felt sick and had to turn to the side as the mere sight of him was too much for her. From the corner of her eye, she could see that Worf and Will, among others, were sitting at one of the tables nearby, watching her tensely. She tried to give them an encouraging smile, but she already knew it would be useless. There was nothing encouraging about the situation.

Just then, she could feel Esua's hand move from her back to her waist and pull her towards her. "Hey. Eyes on me sweetie." His breath reeked of alcohol and she squeezed her eyes shut as tightly as she could to stifle the tears that suddenly welled up, but before she did, she could see Worf sit up straighter and was held back by a grim-looking Will. "Hey!"

His fingers gripped her chin firmly and he turned her face almost brutally towards him.

Reluctantly, she opened her eyes and looked at him, still fighting back the tears. He grinned smugly. "' That's good." She managed a growl and yanked her head out of his grasp. "Don't. I told you I don't like it." His fingers tightened around her chin again, this time with more pressure, and she was sure she'd bruise. "You are my wife. You have to obey me, whether you like it or not."

Her heart grew heavy and at the same time she felt like she was going to throw up. She tore herself away again and stood up this time to get some space between herself and him.

"I'm not your wife yet," she hissed softly so as not to draw attention to her, but she couldn't stop the tears from welling up in her eyes. "Which means you have nothing to dictate to me."

She turned on the spot and stormed towards the door. Will stood up, concern clearly visible, but she just shook her head. She just wanted to be alone

At that moment, she was glad that she could have mapped out the layout of the ship in her sleep, as her vision was obscured by a veil of tears that allowed her to make out nothing more than outlines. She only allowed the tears to flow freely when the doors to her quarters closed behind her and she was in the private safety of herself.

A sob escaped her, clawing at the back of her throat, and she pressed a hand over her mouth to stifle the sound. Even if the walls were soundproofed, there was that small part of her that refused to shed tears over this man. She wouldn't give him that satisfaction.

"God," she gasped, running her hands vigorously over her face in the hope of getting a hold of herself without much success. "Pull yourself together. You're strong, not fussy, you shouldn't be sitting here crying."

But no matter how hard she tried to keep it together, she couldn't and eventually the first hot tears began to roll down her cheeks. As soon as the liquid wet her skin, there was no escape in sight and as much as she tried to fight it, she couldn't help but collapse on her sofa, sobbing.

She should have been more composed and in control of herself by now. After all, she knew it would come to this since she was a little girl. The Drakthar, her people, were a fairly traditional people, as the humans liked to call them, and betrothals of children for political and social benefits were not uncommon and more importantly: binding. There were very few reasons why a betrothal could be broken off and Esau, as obnoxious as he was, was no fool and had taken meticulous care to ensure that none of these cases would occur.

And she had actually come to terms with it by now. However, now that the wedding date was only a few months away and the time when the bride and groom were supposed to be together began, the whole thing seemed so much more realistic and threatening.

She knew that crying wouldn't help her either. She would have to marry Esau and spend her life by his side.

Not even the Enterprise could help her, as it was already clear that he would live here with her.

There was no escape. And yet she caught herself as it escaped her lips. "Please, someone, help," she pleaded, but knew it was useless. No one would be able to help her. No one.

At some point, she must have fallen asleep, exhausted and weeping, because she woke up as a flash of light coursed through her quarters. Sleepy and a little disorientated, she looked around and it wasn't long before her eyes fell on the tall, brunette man in the captain's uniform, who was looking at her with a raised eyebrow and a mischievous smirk on his lips. She had never seen him before, let alone met him in person, but it was no secret who was standing in front of her.

"Wrong quarters Q," she muttered, more resigned than angry and annoyed, which was probably how she should feel. "The captain's quarters are on a different deck."

Q, however, contrary to her expectations, did not move more than a step towards her. "No, no, my dear lieutenant, I'm definitely in the right place."

She frowned, but didn't have enough energy to actively argue with him. "Q, please. I'm really not in the mood for any games."

Q clicked his tongue admonishingly and stepped a little closer to her. "So ungrateful. Even though I've generously agreed to help you out." These words caught her attention and she straightened up a little on the sofa, confusion clear on her tear-streaked face. "To help out? How so?"

The grin had returned to his face and he seemed to take her question as an invitation to come closer. "I've heard your dilemma, with this ... creature you're supposed to marry because of your parents' wishes. Truly awful, no taste this man, just his choice of clothes seems even more boring than you mortals normally wear."

She didn't interrupt him, no matter how much she wanted to argue with him. She was desperate and if he actually had a way to help her, she would take it, no matter how impossible it seemed.

"But don't despair, for I have heard your plea!" Q spread his arms out as if he were standing in front of a huge crowd and giving a speech that would be followed by thunderous applause. She didn't clap, but simply raised a brow.

"Please don't get me wrong, I don't want to underestimate you or anything, but how are you going to help me? Breaking a Dratharkian engagement is next to impossible." Q smiled and leaned forward so that his face hovered directly in front of hers, allowing her to see the twinkle of mischief in his eyes. "But not completely." He snapped his fingers and a scroll appeared in his hand with a small flash of light.

In a loud voice, as if he were standing in an open courtyard, he proclaimed, "A betrothal between the son and daughter of Drothrak is to be cancelled only if the son has betrayed the daughter; if the family of one harms the family of the other; if the daughter of Drothrak is claimed by divinity; or if the son of Drothrak is unable to provide a life for the daughter."

He rolled up the scroll again and it disappeared in another flash of light as he looked at it expectantly.

But she was only the more confused and devoted than before. "I know the rules, Q. And trust me when I say that none of them apply to me. Esau has not deceived me, at least not demonstrably, or cannot provide for me, nor do our families have a feud that can prevent this marriage. There is no way out." She pulled her knees to her chest.

Q, however, sighed heavily and dramatically and shook his head. "And here I thought I'd caught an intelligent mortal." He leaned further forward so that their faces were inches apart as she glared angrily at him. "What about the fourth exception?"

She snorted and turned her head away so she no longer had to stare into his irritating eyes. "Oh of course, how could I forget, silly me. Let me just call our neighbouring god and see if he can 'claim' me. Of course, how could I not think of that."

She expected a snippy comment from Q, but he remained silent, which irritated her even more. Although it was the first time she had met the omnipotent man, she knew from stories that he rarely remained silent. When she turned back to him, however, he only looked at her expectantly, somewhat amused, she thought, and seemed to be waiting for her to come to the conclusion he had already reached.

With a furrowed brow, she looked at him in turn and thought hard, mentally going over the things he had told her and the things she knew, and suddenly everything seemed to click into place. She widened her eyes and looked at him in surprise. "Oh."

"There you go!" Q straightened up and spread his arms. Out of nowhere, fanfares sounded and confetti fell to the floor like an awards ceremony. "The penny has dropped."

She was still a little behind, a little overwhelmed by the revelation. "You want to claim me?" Q grimaced slightly. "Claiming is such an outdated term. Very toxically masculine, don't you think? No, no, my dear. I'm offering you marriage."

The situation seemed to be slipping away from her more by the second. "You want to marry me?" Her voice got a little too high for her taste towards the end. "So my solution to escaping a marriage is to enter into another one?"

Q clicked his tongue again. "Well, I certainly hope that my presence is a lot more pleasant than that deadbeat's." She didn't even try to answer. "But why? What benefit could you possibly gain from it?" "Can't you just settle for me trying to help you?" Q was beginning to look a little annoyed and massaged the bridge of his nose, but she withstood his piercing gaze.

"You're offering to marry me. If you know our laws so well, you should know that a marriage like this cannot be dissolved. Never. So forgive me if I would like to know your motives before I bind myself to you for the rest of my life." Q stared at her for a few moments, as if contemplating whether it was worth it, before sighing devotedly and waving his hand dismissively in the air. "I've become curious." She raised her eyebrow in disbelief. "Curious? About marriage?"

He just snorted. "Don't sound so surprised. I was mortal myself. Admittedly not for long and it was an experience I would have liked to avoid, but there were definitely aspects that piqued my interest. And one of them is marriage."

His gaze slid to the porthole and his eyes flickered back and forth, as if trying to burn each passing star into his memory. "The idea that you choose one person to spend every moment of the rest of your life with... It's a strange thought, but an interesting one."

"Q," she muttered warningly. "If I agree to this, you'll be the one. This is not a game. I won't force you to spend time with me or anything like that, but I won't be allowed to have any other kind of relationship. So you need to be clear about what it means and be sure you're serious."

He looked at her and for the first time she truly felt that the man in front of her was eons old and had seen unimaginable things, just from the way his eyes looked in the dim light. " I am more than aware of the fact." She nodded slowly and exhaled shakily. She had to be insane, completely insane. Then again... What choice did she have? Q tilted his head. "I take it you'll accept the offer?"

A bittersweet smile settled on her lips. "I do."

~**~

"This is irresponsible! A disgrace!" Her mother's voice rang shrill and sharp in her ears, but she couldn't help but smile slightly herself. They were sitting in the captain's office and for the last ten minutes she had been listening to her mother and Esau's mother ranting in turn. Esau himself was sitting next to her, devastated.

Opposite her sat the captain and Will, both with serious faces, although she thought she saw the hint of a slight smile on Will's lips. "How dare you?" "Hasn't been particularly hard," she returned, which didn't make either woman particularly happy. "You've brought shame on both our families," Lytal, the mother of her ex-fiancé, screeched. "Esau was supposed to be your husband! You had obligations!"

"Ladies," said Picard, who had risen from his chair. His face was one of practised neutrality, but she could see the little sparkle in his eyes as his gaze flitted over to her for a brief moment. "I don't think this is going to get us anywhere. What's done is done."

"It's not valid," her mother hissed and she let out an annoyed sigh. "Mother, I've already explained it to you several times: Q and I followed the traditional rites. We are legally married according to Drothraki and Federation law. You can't undo it, when will you finally understand!" "You were betrothed to Esau, that's binding!" "I obeyed the law, Lytal." She was getting tired of it all. She had already repeated herself at least four times. "It is written in the law of our people that a betrothal can be cancelled if the bride is claimed by a god. That's what happened."

Lytal was fuming, so much so that she was sure the woman was about to burst a vein. "This is nothing more than a loophole, something added for the sake of etiquette-"

"And still part of the law!" Her mother gasped. "You apologise for your behaviour right now!" She exhaled slowly and squeezed out a forced smile before turning to Picard, to everyone's surprise. "My mother is right. I apologise for all the inconvenience I've caused you. I realise that I have caused some problems, but I hope you can understand my motives, sir."

She could see how hard it was for Picard not to smile. Will had completely given up, the smug grin clearly visible on his face. Her mum didn't think of it as funny.

"You ungrateful child!" She stormed towards her, her hand raised, but she didn't get far. A flash of light travelled across the room and suddenly Q stood between them, his eyebrow raised in warning, his expression one of amused annoyance. "Ladies, I think that's enough." There was something threatening in his tone.

"If any of you lay a hand on her, you'll have a problem with me, and believe me-" there was an almost dangerous glint in his eyes "- no one wants that." Both her mother and Lytal recoiled, frightened and the protest stifled in their throats, while Esau watched him sceptically from the corner. Picard, for his part, cleared his throat. "Q, I think that's enough."

However, he only snorted and just stepped far enough to the side for her to see him, but close enough to be able to step between them again in an emergency. "My own mother-in-law wanted to go after her daughter. My wife! As amusing as the whole thing has been so far, I would be neglecting my marital duties if I didn't intervene."

His gaze hardened as he looked back at the two women and Esau. "She is now under my protection. Any harm done to her will be dealt with in... creative ways." It truly amused her how quickly the colour drained from the three's faces the longer Q stared at them.

Will cleared his throat this time and stood up too, so that everyone present was now standing. "Let's face it: it can't be changed. The necessary documents have been submitted to prove that the marriage between her and Q was concluded months ago and is legitimate. However they managed that."

She had to suppress a grin, whereas Q presented his openly. It certainly had its advantages when space and time were no longer obstacles. "We should concentrate on what the lieutenant desires and what she wants."

He turned to her. "Lieutenant, did this marriage take place according to your wishes? You were not forced?" She nodded. "Yes, sir, it was all with my consent." "There you have it." Q raised his arms as if to say 'I told you so'. "Problem solved." Picard and Will exchanged a few glances before he turned to the two mothers. "As Commander Riker said, there's nothing we can do legally. And since the lieutenant is satisfied, we're not going to intervene. So we have no choice but to accept the whole thing and put it behind us."

Her mother turned red in the face again and seemed to want to say something, as did Lytal, but both were held back by Esau. "Leave it," he muttered, pulling them towards the door. "It's not worth it."

Q eyed her with a smug smile. "Smart decision, little mortal." He gave Q a scathing look, which wasn't particularly intimidating, before the door closed behind them and she exhaled in relief. With a somewhat exhausted smile, she turned to Picard. "Forgive me again, Captain." He just nodded. "Dismissed." She could still see Will's grin before she and Q disappeared in a flash of light and emerged in her quarters, where she dropped onto the sofa with a frustrated sound. Q followed quietly and settled down on the cushion. "You held yourself well. For a mortal."

It sounded derogatory, but she had learnt to read his mood over the last few months. He was impressed and pleased, at least a little. She turned her head slightly so that she could see him and noticed him twirling the ring on his hand, lost in thought, before he quickly withdrew his hand.

"Thank you Q. For stepping in." He just shrugged his shoulders, but she could see how pleased he was with the praise. "I would be a terrible husband if I didn't defend my wife's honour and health. I've learnt that much, after all."

She smiled. Although their relationship was not exactly a romantic one, she had grown fond of the god. And who knew what might come of it?

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lyssak09 · 7 months ago

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hello love!! could i please request yandere headcanons for Q from star trek: tng? thank youu so much!!! <3

Yandere Q hcs

I AM SO SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG!!!! Q is a basically canonically Yandere for Captain Janeway in Voyager. Also please enjoy my friend! 💙

Q is a manipulative, narcissistic, obsessive, and possessive yandere.

He first met you on one of his many adventures to f*ck with Picard and everyone on Enterprise. You were covering for one of your friends on the bridge.

When he saw you he froze, and he never freezes because of a puny human. You were just so breath taking.

Maybe you're different from humans. Or you're using some weird power over him, but thats highly unlikely.

Q continues his antics but he harasses you a bit. To the point Picard notices it.

Picard finds it annoying how often he harasses you during his time messing with the enterprise, and how often he forces you to be involved.

If Q doesn't see you while screwing with the Enterprise then he will force you to become a part of it some how, including threatening the captain and enterprise.

"Oh Picard, where is that little Lieutenant of yours? Its almost like you're hiding her from me. Don't tell me I have to shake the ship down till I find her?"

Q loves telling you how lucky you are to have caught the eye of an all powerful being like him. He also loves showing off how powerful he is.

He basically uses his powers as pallor tricks to impress show you how truly amazing he is.

Q periodically comes on the Enterprise to see you, and to piss of Picard.

He gets really mad if you're living your life avoidng him when he comes to visit. How dare you go on a lunch date! He is right here.

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“Oh, darling!” You hear a familiar voice say. ‘Oh god.’ you think. You duck your head down and look toward your date, “Don’t do anything to draw his attention please!”. Your date looks at you extremely confused, “Why are you hiding from Q?”, they whisper. You shake your head, saying you’ll explain later. All while Q is scanning the room for you, he starts to get more frustrated the longer he can’t find you. But then unfortunately for you, your server has come with your food, drawing Q’s attention to you. “Ahha! There you are my little-” Q starts to say as he nears you but then he notices you’re not sitting alone. His smile drops and his face tightens. “Who are you?” he hissed. Your date is about to introduce themselves when Q interrupts them, “Actually, I don’t care. I already know you’re an insignificant speck of matter, who has no right to be associating yourself with Y/N.”. You try to defend your date but Q snaps his fingers and sends your date to god knows where. He turns his attention back towards you, arms folded and nostrils flaring. “You should know better than to associate yourself with people like them” Q sneers. He gives you a hard stare before his personality takes a flip. “Why don’t we go eat somewhere new, hm? If you’re good I might bring your ‘friend’ back to the ship. Key word, might.”

Q loves to give you little tests, to see how you’ll respond and react. He says it's to gain more information on you humans for the continuum but that's a lie.

He’ll try giving you powers just like he did to Riker, but whatever your answer is it doesn’t matter, he’ll find it fascinating either way.

Because that's what you are to him, you’re a fascinating incredible human. Not that he’ll admit that to you.

“Your race is so fascinating, you do realize how lucky you are to have caught my eye right?”

Q will eventually take you, one way or another. He already has a special dimension just for the two of you.

The bridge crew will do whatever they can to protect you though. But it won’t be enough against him. Not unless they’re willing to start a war against an omnipotent being.

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“Just give her to me and I’ll send you and your ship on your way Picard.” Q offered. Picard looks at him like he’s insane. “In case you haven’t noticed Q, but our civilization has evolved past selling humans.”, Picard spat. Q rolls his eyes which ticks Riker off. “Look Q, we’re not giving her to you. She’s a human being with rights, including the right to not give herself to a narcissistic lunatic.” Riker sneers at Q. Picard gives him a scolding look before continuing to argue with Q, “You’re not getting her Q. Now leave before this gets serious.”. Q chuckles darkly before giving Picard a pointed look. “I’m giving you one last chance Picard. Just bring her to me and nothing bad will happen.”. “That's not going to happen Q.” He glowered. Q let out a big sigh before giving Picard a wicked grin. “Well, that's too bad.” Q laughs as the ship starts to shake.

He can give you everything you could ever want, all you have to do is give in to him. Just give in and there won’t be a problem, no one will have to get hurt. Just give in

Q is willing to do and give you everything. He’ll show you the multiple universes to your heart's content, he’ll shower you with presents. But he’ll say it's because of how lucky you are to have him, not because he desperately wants to shower you with affection.

He’ll also manipulate you to love on him. This man is desperate for your touch. Even just accidentally brushing your hand against him will do something to him.

Q can change his appearance, but he thinks the human form he’s chosen is amazing. He will change his appearance for you, but only slightly. And he won’t admit he did it because he overheard your dream guy has blue or green eyes. No, he didn’t add freckles to himself because he heard you talking about them with a coworker. He just felt like changing things up! That's why, no other reason.

He’ll be willing to change certain things in the bedroom though, but that's for another day another headcanons.

After a while of beating around the bush and acting subtly, he’ll just start being straightforward. (If you can call how he was acting that.)

He’ll start showing up in your quarters when you come from duty, he has changed how they looked to appear like a wedding venue and he’ll be wearing a suit and tie.

“There’s my dear little human! Are you ready for our wedding? I made it look just as amazing and spectacular as we are together.”

As time goes on his straightforwardness will get worse. Like, extremely.

“Oh my god!” You yell after coming from duty and finding a naked Q on your bed. He had just barely covered himself in rose petals. “Salut mon chéri,” Q purs with a rose in his mouth. You look around and notice all the lit candles, dimmed lights, and wine glasses. Before he knows it you’ve started throwing things at him, screaming for him to get out. He reluctantly leaves before you try attacking him.

I hope you understand how lucky you are that he hasn’t truly used his powers on you. He’s an omnipotent being for universes’ sake! With a snap of his fingers, he could have you in another universe with just you and him. Q could force you to agree to marry him. He could even force yourself on him if he gets that desperate.

But, just because he hasn’t really used his powers yet doesn’t mean he won’t. Hopefully, you won’t push him that far.

I told you he’s utterly devoted to you right?

Like to an unhealthy amount, (who am I kidding, isn’t that part of the yandere criteria?)

Just the mere look of another human could set him off.

“Who do you think I am you harlot?! How dare you look into my eyes! I’m taken!”

The same goes if someone even glances at you. You’ll need to hold him back or something.

“HOW DARE YOU TRY TO GET INTO HER PANTS YOU WHORE!” He screeches and tries to lunge and attack the poor ensign who accidentally touched your arm. While you’re struggling to hold him back by his arm.

I’ve already mentioned that he’s manipulative but I didn’t explain how good he is at it. Of course, his powers help him manipulate people, but even without them, he’s still got a nack for it. He’s especially good at manipulating you with your own emotions.

Q will use fear, guilt, anger, sadness, and any emotion of yours against yourself.

Have a stalker (who he totally didn’t create) who won’t leave you be? He’ll send him away! Only if you kiss him though.

Your friend has an unexplainable incurable disease and is dying? Q will fix them up even better than before! Just agree to a date with him.

Your favorite commander (whom you were better than friends with) sacrificed themselves to save you and now you have not only grief but survivor’s guilt? He’ll bring him back with a flick of his wrist! You have to marry him and stay by his side forever though.

Just agree to be his forever and everything will be fine. Sure you might not see your family or friends again. But you’ll see every dimension and universe imaginable! And, no one gets hurt.

So unless you’re willing to sacrifice your friends’ lives, hell even the whole ship, just so he might have difficulty getting you, then by all means! Go ahead.

Just remember how much the crew cares for you, and how little Q cares for them.

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kassandragreyson · 11 months ago

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@yourbuerokrat2 brought up a very interesting AU where Q and Toymaker are interacting one with another.

It was in my head for quite a while that Q cannot be the only one spoiled self-concentrated narcisitc hypocrite entity that terrorize little mortals out of fun and exhaustion of existing.

It would be really fun to see how Q would introduce Picard to Toymaker or Picard by accident bumps into him during one of the Enterprise's mission.

I mean. In one way, Q would show Picard that the borg or even him are not the worst. Partly desiring to scare Picard out of pure worring for his life out there and partly to prove a point that Picard needs him to continue his little itty bitty explorations.

In another, if Picard would meet Toymaker by himself, without Q, what would it be?

Obviously he would not like to be a toy and be toyed with, thanks he already has one omnipotent child, and he would not appropriate over playing a theater play that Toymaker would arrange. But Toymaker isn't Q and he would get mad.

Just like Sisko to Q, he would not tolerate a naughty attitude towards his personá. He would not take Picard's temper and that probably would cause a dramatical problem for Picard as he is used to Q and his little mischievousness but this is another level.

Picard hasn't been in contact with any other member of Q Continuum or someone like them to explore the methods of dealing with this sort of creatures. (Mayby Q did spook them away or they just not interested in middle aged balding man, wr can't know for sure.)

So when the Toymaker arrives, Jean-Luc is helpless and useless in front of the real danger like him. Watching his crew being turned into puppet and played in a little scenes makes his stomach flip inside out and turn around. He is sick. He is scared. He is just a mortal after all.

His regular tactic does not work and for the first time he realizes that Q was right: he does not belong in the open space. He cannot handle a little bloody nose and God he should have just shut the fuck up.

And that's where he calls for Q, desperately and hopefully. Q, of course, already saw what was happening and he was that close to kick the Toymaker out in one of the backhoes he would make specifically for him. But then he waited, not that he liked that but he needed Picard to understand. He needed him to get to the realization. Pushing Picard never worked but maybe through his own mistakes, letting his human make a misstep will bring this stubborn man some sense?

Q is here to help. To be here when needed. He is his guarantee that nothing ever will harm Enterprise and especially Jean-Luc.

Just a little time and the right enemy/friend

And Vjola!

Picard has never been so happy to see Q and if not the fact that his crew needed him he would even give Q a hug.

But for now, he just has to watch how entity gets rid of the Toymaker, talking to him in some sort of old ancient language Picard has no idea about, with his glowing eyes and sparking aura.

When Q is done he turns to Picard and he smiles.

Jean-Luc smiles back and quietly asks Q to fix his friends.

Entity is pleased to serve and does as he is asked.

For the first time Picard is truly glad to see Q aboard his ship and be around him.

For the first time Q was thankful to Toymaker and glad that Picard got a little bit closer to understanding of their bond and his need in Q.

Maybe with time, he will admit that he needs Q as much as Q needs Jean-Luc.

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celestialholz · 2 years ago

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The Anatomy of an Outfit (aka 'holy fucking Continuum THE LOOK™)

Y'all know I haven't seen a single STP episode since 2.9. I would rather gargle with acid than go near this show ever again frankly, but, well...

... Good sweet sanctuary what the fucking hell is THIS. :O (@tennant, clearly a fellow appreciator of all things ancient god, must be thanked profusely for these glorious few shots I'm about to show off. <3)

I called this lovely, lovely man returning about ten minutes after he 'died', but I don't think any of us were expecting his outfit to slay THIS HARD when he did. And not only is it the sexiest thing my fortunate eyes have ever had the pleasure to absorb, but it also happens to be very, er... well let's be real here, it's ridiculously Qcard-coded.

Let's break it down, shall we?

We'll start with the obvious: it's maroon and black. This look appears to be a mad fusion of his Encounter at Farpoint judge robes (which is fair, we end as we begin), and his husband of forty years' captain's uniform. That piped shoulder's hugely reminding me of this, in fact:

It's the inverse! You know, the same look, flipped? Because they have perfectly distinct personalities but are also mega gay???? Costume department allies fr.

The delightfully dramatic sash Q's rocking is also interesting - it places maroon at the centre of the outfit, and is its grandest statement, which makes it an excellent example of the importance of the colour to its wearer. This is the clothing equivalent of him having mon capitaine tattooed across his essence, which... well yeah, valid. Canonical facts. It's worn across virtually his whole chest, too, because nothing says 'that's my husband' more than having him literally held against your heart.

It's a different era of captain, across two shoulders - the old teasing, and the new love.

Also, this fucking brooch.

Now, whilst I doubt they've given even John de Lancie a piece made of actual rubies for a fifteen-second scene, the stones here are very clearly meant to evoke them. And rubies are interesting for several reasons:

They're Picard's birthstone, his birthday being July 13th;

They're symbolic of power and protection. What follows is some of the interesting info I've picked up from internet gemology on rubies:

... Huh. Resolve disputes. 'Dispel anger,' when we've seen a darker Q in this series. And 'protective powers'... mm, how many times has Q saved Picard's life again? What did we get up to, six?

... 'Romantic love.' 'Devotion.' Uh-huh.

This brooch is also evocative of the Navaratna, or this thing:

The brooch itself is clearly stylised, but it features eight gems orbiting a central larger ruby (which is meant to be the sun by the way, as though this motherfucker wasn't already evocative ENOUGH of the sun here or here), and is an important cultural and religious symbol in Hinduism. What's it symbolic of, exactly?

... Oh, nothing much. Just... just this.

... Like I said, nothing much, just the whole concept of Qcard in fucking jewellery form.

The brooch's also, as the wife @porgthespacepenguin pointed out, an eight-pointed star.

... Have I mentioned yet that I fucking detest this show? Because I really fucking detest this show.

There's nine rubies on it, as well. Picard's in his nineties.

So, let's recap:

Nine of Picard's birthstone for his ninety years

Sun symbolism, AGAIN

Celestial relationships

Beyond space and time

Romance

Prosperity

Protection

Resolution

So, all that, from a brooch worn over an outfit that looks suspiciously like Picard's, which has a sash across it in Picard's colour.

... And I'm supposed to believe that Qcard isn't endgame? You're really going to gaslight me to this degree right in front of my salad, you absolute bastards????

Guys, when you inevitably wipe this shitshow of a Star Trek from your collective minds like I'm about to do, just... take this with you. Take the fact that everything about this outfit and this SHOW has said all along that Qcard is endgame, until they couldn't be arsed. Until they lost their balls for the pathetic few who might have naysayed it.

Patrick, and certainly John, deserved so much better. I'm glad that at least someone on this set understands that. (I see you, costumers. I see you, and I love you.)

Just going to... just going to stare at the absolute fine-aged wine of a man that is John de Lancie for a moment, before I lose my whole shit. He calms my soul, you see.

HIT THE SLAY KING JOHN <3

#qcard #q of the continuum #jean luc picard #just gonna throw in here again that I DETEST THIS SHOW WITH EVERY FIBRE OF MY BEING thank you for listening #can't believe love won guys even if no one actually bothered to tell us #they're married now and everything #star trek picard spoilers #stp #meta

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cchipollo · 8 months ago

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HI your qcard clip propaganda montage is amazing. best thing i’ve ever seen. here take this 🎊💐 thank you

HAHA thank you! that video’s a lot of fun :oD

originally that video made for a slideshow presentation that was also about q and picard. im glad i got to upload it again cus i fixed up the timing for some of the clips since it was driving me mad lol

#chip answers

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porgthespacepenguin · 7 months ago

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hey! i want to read your fanfic No Easy Way to the Stars, but I haven’t finished tng yet(i’m on season 3). Would it be better if i watched all of tng first to understand the story better, or could it be read as a stand alone? thank you!

Hi nonny!

You're absolutely right: NEWTS is best enjoyed if you've watched all of TNG (or at the bare minimum all the Q episodes). A lot of context will be lost otherwise -- I wouldn't advise it.

Your ask got me thinking, however, so here's a handy reading guide in "chronological order" for my fics, based on how many seasons of TNG you've seen.

Up to 4.02 "Family"

The Fated Sky

Up to 4.20 "Qpid"

make a wish

Up to 7.04 "Gambit"

King Walk

All seasons of TNG

No Easy Way to the Stars

The North Star main 8 parts

the broken threads that bind us

The Picard Conjecture (this one you could read at the earliest after 6.15 Tapestry)

TNG + VOY 2.08 "Death Wish" (the episode can be watched on its own)

all that's left (is a ghost of you)

TNG + Star Trek Picard seasons 1/2

The North Star epilogue and one-shots (barking mad and the idol of discord)

we're not coincidence, we're fate

Non, rien de rien

Hope that helps. Happy reading! 🐧❤️

#qcard #porg's fanfiction #porg's fanfiction primer #porg answers #no easy way to the stars #qcard fanfiction

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supernovaa-remnant · 1 year ago

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hrrrsghjhadsgj Star Trek Picard is actually soooo good

(uhhhh mild spoiler warning I guess)

like I finished watching season 1 last night, and I enjoyed it, but I just started season 2 and ohhhh this is exactly the type of stuff I love and the characters are fun and there's the borg and Q is back and we have Seven of Nine and I love the new characters in Picard and the time travel and alternate timelines???

also: the main characters in Picard are the most rag tag group you'll ever find in Star Trek, I swear. because usually the main characters are a bridge crew, but here you have:

Admiral Picard (has saved galaxy many many times)

ex-Borg from the Delta Quadrant (first seen in Voyager)

ex-Starfleet officer turned captain of holographic crew turned Starfleet captain again who has very 21st century vibes

conspiracy theorist who ended up being right and is now Starfleet again who is also maybe sorta dating Seven of Nine?

ex-Romulan Warrior Nun turned first fully Romulan Starfleet cadet

ex-synthetic scientist who killed her ex in a moment of alien induced madness

synthetic android who almost fulfilled a Romulan prophecy and became the destroyer but last minute decided not to (also kinda in a way born from Data)

#sorry for posting abt star trek on main #it will happen again #can't wait to see this rag tag group face the 21st century #I hope they enjoy <3 #star trek picard #star trek picard spoilers #stella rambles

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thegeminisage · 10 months ago

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ok it's tng update time. im actually so behind idr when we watched what but the episodes were "the nth degree" "qpid" and "the drumhead."

the nth degree: holy shit this one sucked so bad. i hate barclay so much and it's a SUPER bad look to make him geordi's project specifically when geordi is equally as creepy in the fucking holodeck as this guy was

the only good part of this epiosde was when deanna was like, he made a pass at me. and riker looked at her SO fast and later he was like. deanna was it a successful pass. deanna. deanna please. and she just smirked at him. AND HE LOVED IT. he loved being toyed with. down to clown. that was so fun

my biggest gripe was that deanna turned him down THREE TIMES and then they eventually had the date anyway. disgusting. why do they hate her

i was gonna write a longer thing about how bad barclay's whole deal is but honestly it was ages ago, why relive it. it was bad is the point. shoulda shot him when they had the chance

qpid: i am SHOCKED to inform everyone that this episode finally brought me around to q. i didn't think it was possible because he was SO ANNOYING in every single other appearance but i think the guy playing him and patrick stewart have finally settled into a dynamic that works because it really worked for me. like suddenly it was funny instead of unfunny and embarrassing. like a switch flipped. i'm not sure what changed but it's great

the crucial element of this of course is that q wants picard to fuck him soooo bad and picard is Not gonna do it. picard Will Not fuck him. and the more picard is like i'm not gonna fuck you, you are a vile little man, the more q wants him. q is telling all his friends about him nonstop. q is drawing little hearts around his name in his diary. he is writing their names on the fog of the enterprise's windows and then sadly wiping them away. and all of this makes picard want to fuck him EVEN less which makes q want him EVEN more. it's a self-sustaining cycle and it's the funniest thing i've ever seen in my life. i don't understand people who write fanfic about them fucking. it would ruin every bit of the magic. i don't want them to fuck ever this is too perfect

sour notes: one racist worf joke. CAN WE PLEASE STOP.........we were doing so well otherwise

oh and the other sour note: ??? what is up with vash. like good for her that she will fuck q or anyone else she needs to if it gets her out of situations and even have fun doing it. but why is she like, picard how could you not tell your friends about me WHEN THEY WERE A FLING. they met on the fuck planet and they fucked and then they never expected to see each other again. why is it weird that he didn't tell everyone he fucked her? who does that? yeah thanks for asking coworker riker i went to the fuck planet and i fucked this lady named vash. let me give you the intimate details while we're on the bridge, our place of employment! ? NO

the drumhead: i think the mistake we made here was watching this one directly after ep5 of pjo. anything looks boring in comparison there you know......

i do like when picard gets good and fiery mad though. like righteously. as long as he actually does have a good reason to do this he does a GREAT job, it's some of his strongest acting. the first time i realized he actually could act was when he did this in the data courtroom episode and he does a good job in this courtroom episode i am just. tired of courtroom episodes. please. this and the holodeck. ENOUGH. i wish they had listened to gene roddenberry when he said courts don't exist in utopia

i liked worf in this episode even though they gave him the idiot ball. he's like, i would LOVE to be racist to this guy who is 1/4 romulan even though i didn't know that a second ago. wack. furthermore all he talked about was his honor in a way that reminded me of zuko. i hope he, like zuko, gets his honor back someday <3

anyway they were Saying Something in this episode about political witch hunts and you know what it reminded me of? that the cold war was Still Going when this episode aired. it was going when tos was airing and more than halfway through tng it is STILL GOING! wild.

TONIGHT: "half a life" and "the host" (i think i've heard of this one is it the gay one...nobody tell me)

#personal #star trek blogging #tng lb

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Wake me up before you boldly go go: Dreams in Star Trek

By Ames

I’m feeling pretty tired at the moment, specifically tired of dream sequences in various media. They’re a fairly overused trope: seeing some slightly off scenes that either teach our protagonists something they need to know or just toy with the audience to make them believe something is real. Until the characters wake up. Even Star Trek, a show allegedly bounded by science, falls victim to the lazy writing and overused device of the dream episode.

That’s not to say there aren’t some good dream episodes out there, and even in here. So this week A Star to Steer Her By is analyzing some dreams, some nightmares, anything that we might find in the subconscious and wonder if it means anything (even if it’s just to the plot). So get tucked in, snuggle up with Kukalaka, and drift out of consciousness below and/or on this week’s podcast episode (discussion starts at 1:15:29). Let’s see if all of this was just a dream.

Somehow, we couldn’t think of any episodes from The Original Series or The Animated Series that had dream sequences, which is a little funny since you’d think the campier and arguably less cerebral shows would have some true nightmares. But we’re starting off with a whole slew of episodes from The Next Generation instead.

“Shades of Grey”

Coma dreams are their own subsection of dream episodes, but definitely worth including in our list because they present some interesting examples of storytelling and structure. And then there’s “Shades of Grey.” As far as clipshows go, it’s got an okay wrapper in the form of some Riker dream manipulation, but it has too much going against it to be any good overall.

“Night Terrors”

Mention episodes that aren’t any good and “Night Terrors” will arise from your subconscious. As far as dream plots go, it’s actually got a decent concept in depriving everyone but Troi of REM sleep, so there are some really surreal (if disjointed) scenes, but watching what they put Marina Sirtis through proved to be the real nightmare.

“Violations”

This one’s probably in that grey area between visions and coma dreams, but worth mentioning just to bring up what a messed up thing that bastard Jev does to people – putting skewed, traumatic memories in their heads that leaves them in comas. Like in “Night Terrors,” it’s got some really upsetting scenework and direction that leaves you feeling appropriately disturbed.

“The Inner Light”

One of the best episodes of all of Star Trek is effectively a coma dream that Picard has in which he lives the life of Kamin in the twenty or so minutes that he’s knocked out by the Kataan probe. Talk about great use of the dream structure! We don’t need to deal with surreal nonsense because of the programming, and the effects on Jean-Luc are personal and emotional.

“Tapestry”

This one is debatable based on your interpretation. On the podcast, Jake likes to spread the possibility that none of this episode happened at all and it was all a dream Picard had while on Dr. Crusher’s surgical table. Which is an interesting way to think about this genuinely thought-provoking episode, although we enjoy the other view that Q’s behind it all as well.

“Birthright”

After a certain visiting doctor zaps him in the face, Data is able to unlock his dreaming program that daddy Soong had left for him as a little present. And it’s all pretty on-the-nose kinda stuff that dream episodes can be guilty of. Every little action is meaningful in some way that is just utterly unrealistic, but Data’s also an android, so realism may already be out of the question.

“Frame of Mind”

I’d say “Frame of Mind” might be our first real example of a good traditional dream episode. It’s not just a story told in a dream or a technique for the writers to convey something without stating it. This Riker mind adventure is meant to be a disorienting experience specifically because it’s all in his head. There was method to this madness and it paid off in spades!

“Phantasms”

This infamous episode is the reason why I wanted to do this post. “Phantasms” commits pretty much every sin a dream sequence can commit: it mainly uses characters from the episode in absurd roles, the dream makes too much sense in world because everything in it correlates to something from real life, and its randomness and surrealness just come across as a formulaic writing device. With mint frosting.

“Dark Page”

Literally on the heels of “Phantasms” is what I’d call a more interesting and effective use of the dream, in this case the coma dream that Deanna visits inside Lwaxana’s head. The symbolism isn’t as overt and at the same time there’s more emotional connection with the scenelettes. I also give it a pass because Betazoid mind powers help this one from feeling too heavy handed.

First Contact

Somehow, we don’t see a guilt-driven dream sequence in Star Trek until First Contact, and it’s just a pretty typical but effective little scene to inform the audience of Picard’s mindset and a little bit of backstory that you might need to understand the movie. Is it the most original way to convey this information? No, but it’s not a terrible offense either and it does its job well.

“Distant Voices”

One of our least favorite episodes of all of Deep Space Nine was all just a ridiculous coma dream in Bashir’s head. If this one isn’t the worst dream episode of Trek, I don’t know what is. Like “Phantasms,” it’s got every element of the dream symbolizing something and some very tiring tropey motifs. And I haven’t even gotten to the confounding acting decisions!

“Hard Time”

While Picard got to experience a life’s worth of touching memories in “The Inner Light,” O’Brien gets to experience a life’s worth of suffering in “Hard Time.” It may have only been a couple of hours in real time, but the dream that he sustains has huge impacts on his character and makes for a really thought-provoking and riveting episode.

“Body Parts”

When he’s destined to die to relinquish his desiccated remains to Brunt, Quark at one point has one of those trauma dreams that is a writer’s shorthand for “this is what my character is preoccupied with!” In this case, he dreams of the first Nagus Gint advising him to break the contract because someone needed to propel the plot forward, I guess.

“Business as Usual”

If “Body Parts” was a little obvious, then the dream in “Business as Usual” is downright heavy handed. Quark is feeling guilty about selling weapons on the black market, and if you weren’t sure he had a conscience, this dream sequence underlines it for you. Normally, I’d poopoo a scene like this, but O’Brien yelling “You killed my baby!” really sells it.

“Far Beyond the Stars”

Coma dream or prophet vision? I don’t feel like arguing for the Benny Russell story coming from some supernatural meddling versus from Sisko’s dreams, and it’s such a good episode that it’s worth bringing up anyway. And if we’re counting external meddling like in “The Inner Light” and “Hard Time,” then who am I not to include another really great episode that’s all in your head?

“Extreme Measures”

Similarly, I guess if I include “Dark Page” and “Distant Voices,” then I have to include “Extreme Measures,” though in a perfect world, I wouldn’t give it the satisfaction because it’s a really upsetting and invasive episode that turns Bashir into some kind of brain-robbing monster. And frankly, the inside of Sloan’s mind didn’t even end up being all that interesting!

“Jetrel”

Update 1/28/24: Oh no, we forgot one (or two, or probably more because dammit)! And it’s yet another of our favorite “this character is feeling conflicted about X” plot devices because writers think the audience is incapable of picking up on subtext! This time, Neelix’s history is dredged back up when Jetrel, the creator of the Metreon Cascade” pops by, and for some reason we need to see that Neelix is still having survivor’s guilt through traumatic dream vision.

“The Thaw”

Lotta coma dreams on this list so far, and our first taste from Voyager is the stuff of nightmares, literally. Fear the Clown takes what should be a paradisiacal shared dream for our friends in their cryopods and turns it into a horror movie and you could wake up dead. This one gets points for creativity, and points off for giving us all coulrophobia.

“Remember”

We really liked this one when we covered it in season three, even if it’s some more familiar ground. Reliving another culture through implanted dreams? Sure, it’s yet another instance where we can make parallels to something like “The Inner Light,” but it’s forgivable since this episode is so successful at communicating the Enarans’ story in Torres’s dreams.

“Coda”

I’d probably qualify whatever is going on with Janeway throughout this episode as something like the coma dreams we’ve discussed previously. It’s all alien interference, as happens sometimes, and winds up being like one of those episodes that pulls back the curtain and tricks you because it was fake all along, leaving the viewer ultimately unsatisfied.

“Waking Moments”

More alien intervention, this time into a world where the new species lives and communicates through dreams. Suspend your disbelief for a moment and accept that, difficult as it may be, and we actually do get some pretty original and believable dream sequences. The ones we see don’t try to go too far and mainly seem kinda right for the characters, so this one passes.

“The Fight”

But this one just fails utterly. We discussed in our recent season wrap episode how “The Fight” just seems like a chaotic mess and yet at the same time doesn’t capitalize on the Chaotic Space aliens in a way that is fulfilling. So we’re left with dream sequences that end up just feeling tired and confusing and maybe a little bit boring. Someone bet on the wrong fighter in this ring.

“One”

While most of what Seven experiences in “One” is all delusion and hallucination, she does have a legitimate dream of being in an Arctic wasteland at one point. And sure, it’s there to convey that she’s feeling alone and desolate and way out of her depth like a pretty standard dream metaphor, but the little sequence does its job. The CGI on the other hand…

“Barge of the Dead”

Like with “Coda,” I’d qualify all of this episode as a coma dream, though instead of being induced by aliens, we’re led to believe that all of this is just some Klingon afterlife nonsense. Setting aside that everyone assumes Gre’thor is real now, the dreams we get of Torres’s personal hell – just people on the Voyager? – are half baked and entirely out of character.

“Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy”

These are more daydreams than subconscious dreams, though the EMH’s program does get out of hand enough that I’d count this episode among the others in this post. The scenes we get are mostly meant to be comic relief so we can giggle at the EMH’s grandiose fantasies, except that some of them are fairly cringey, as usual at Seven’s expense.

“Memorial”

Memory or dream? That’s the question this episode poses in creating an actually pretty intriguing look at how and why we remember history. The dream sequences we get from Paris and Chakotay are very effective at blurring that line between the real and the surreal, and the more we understand that these were real events, the more we treat them with significance.

“Ashes to Ashes”

Update 1/28/24: Whoops, another I’d forgotten until we continued our Voyager watchthrough. It’s a small one, but Lyndsay Ballard’s dream sequence when she returns from the dead and back to the Voyager crew fit the old “show the audience the character is feeling conflicted” trope. She guilt-dreams that her friends are throwing her another funeral because she’s not acclimating back to life as a human. The scene does what it’s made to; it’s just entirely redundant.

“Shuttlepod One”

Let’s move on to Enterprise, starting with a pretty mean trick that dream sequences can do to an audience: manipulating you for a couple minutes into thinking that our heroes have been rescued and everything’s okay, until the rug gets pulled out from under you and it was all just a dream. The scene also leans on another trend we’ll see in Enterprise – objectifying T’Pol all the damn time.

“Fusion”

But the winner of the “objectifying T’Pol all the damn time” award is very obviously “Fusion.” Boy, what an upsetting episode. If you thought it was gross what Jev did to Troi and the others in “Violations,” then “Fusion” should have you gagging, and it all starts with a super gross dream sequence in which Tolaris creeps on T’Pol, and things get ickier from there.

“A Night in Sickbay”

Update 1/28/24: How could we forget yet another time that one of the characters had a wetdream about T’Pol? This time, it’s Archer because Phlox has put it in the cap’n’s head that he’s actually in love with the subcommander like a creep. The nightmare sequence also features another guilt-ridden message (a dream staple!) in which Archer is feeling so bad Porthos is sick that he dreams up a puppy funeral. Ugh.

“Vanishing Point”

Just when you think you’ve watched an interesting transporter accident episode that actually gives Hoshi something to do, this episode laughs in your face and pulls the “it was a dream the whole time” trick on you. The whole thing comes across as just kind of cruel and cop-out-y, though I’m kinda shocked there aren’t many other Trek episodes that consciously pull this stunt.

“Remembrance”

Say what you will about Picard season one (and we did!), but the dream sequences of Jean-Luc obsessing over the loss of Data are very effective at eliciting an emotional response. They’re just strange enough to provide that surreal quality of dreams but not just tedious nonsense like other episodes have given us. And the scenes are just so touching that it’s hard to fault them.

“The Impossible Box”

Okay, last one I could find. Soji has these recurring trauma-fueled dreams and she can’t tell if it’s a dream or a memory. This whole episode is an identity crisis waiting to happen, and when she sees herself as a wooden puppet being constructed, it all comes together that she isn’t a real girl, and you know what, it’s both one of the better uses of dreams and one of the better moments in Picard!

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Wake up! You’re going to be late for school and you didn’t study for that test and you’re naked and your teeth are falling out and Troi’s a cake and won’t somebody answer the phone?!

Put a pot of coffee on and stay with us for more dreamy blogposts. You can also share that caffeinated brew with our fearless Voyager captain as we continue through our full watchthrough on SoundCloud or wherever you listen to podcasts, respond to our wake up call on Facebook and Twitter, and have pleasant dreams!

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