#janeway [redacted]

[jonathanarcher]

Drama ensues on Voyager when Tom Paris enthusiastically recommends the movie Crash, calling it “the most amazing thing he’s ever seen”. Neelix, Tuvok, and Seven bond over how insane they think human mating rituals are. B’Elanna wonders if this is Tom telling her he wants to try something new in their relationship. Chakotay, known for crashing shuttles, thinks this is some coded message for him that he does NOT appreciate. Harry watches over the chaos with a shit eating grin, knowing that the movie that Tom actually watched was Crash (2004) dir. Paul Haggis.

[bumblingbabooshka]

Tuvoktober Day 31: Bring Your Twins to Work Day [Patreon | Commissions]

[well-and-true]

Started reading Full Circle

[mylittleredgirl]

Actually revising my last ask to all #s that haven't been answered yet (I agree that answering all livejournal style looks fun!)

i should have seen this ask first and spared everyone the many posts! thank you for enabling me <3

1. How many fics have you worked on since January?

12 fics posted, and 12 unfinished fics. not the worst ratio??

2. What’s something new that you tried in a fic this year?

it was very big and brave of me to post fic for m*a*s*h without having seen the whole series first

3. What piece of media inspired you the most? (This can be the fandom you wrote the most for, the one that spawned the most ideas, the one you thought about the most, etc.)

babylon 5, although you wouldn't know it to look at my finished ao3 works.

5. What ships captured your heart?

same b5 topic, this is the first time since puberty that i can remember going into fully feral otp mode with a non-romantic pairing (sinclair & delenn). screaming crying freeze-framing, the whole deal. it's so embarrassing of me that i don't even want them to fuck.

7. Did you write for any new fandoms or ships this year?

m*a*s*h <3 and ship-wise, sheridan/delenn and mirror trip/t'pol.

10. What fic was the most satisfying to finish writing?

WELL since a full half of my fics were posted 1 minute before the deadline (i wish i were exaggerating), the primary emotion involved was relief that the page loaded before the hour ticked over, but i worked soooo unnecessarily hard on Placed Among the Stars (stargate atlantis, sheppard/weir) and felt like i hit all the notes that it was the most satisfying to finish i think (even though i had more and it was going to be much longer -- hopefully a sequel this year!).

11. What fic was the most difficult to write?

Desert Fire (enterprise, mirror trip/t'pol). i thought i was going to have to download tinder to remember how sex works.

12. What fic was the easiest to write?

Difficulty: Advanced (stargate atlantis, sheppard/weir)

13. What were your shortest and longest fics posted this year?

longest was Desert Fire (7500 words), shortest was Evenly Matched (x-files, msr, 1700 words)

14. What were your go-to writing songs?

i somehow wrote so many fics themed around stars that i ended up with a songs-about-stars playlist. (favorite of the bunch is Stars Will Align by kygo & imagine dragons)

15. What was the hardest fic to title?

there were a couple real weak ones in the mix this year, the weakest being The Long, Dark Night (the x-files, doggett/reyes). like come on girl!

i listened to every possible song i could find with "stars" in the title to eventually run out of time and choose and at the center, just you and me (stargate atlantis, sheppard/weir, title from "stars fell on alabama"), but i'm happy with that now!

16. What's your favorite title of the year?

a road with no wrong turns (voyager, janeway/chakotay) because the line "the future is a road with no wrong turns" came to me first and then i write a fic that would let me use it.

17. Share your favorite opening line

none of them really nail it honestly! of the choices available, "It doesn't happen often." intriguing at least?

18. Share your favorite ending line

[redacted while fic is anonymous]

20. Share your funniest line

oh noooo when i couldn't think of one i went back through my works page and i haven't written a humor fic since 2022. the only thing i can think about is this little exchange because i smile when i picture it (keiko & molly on ds9):

“I didn’t know about that yet. We still lived on the Enterprise.” “Oh, of course.” Molly sighs so dramatically that Keiko has to pinch her lips to hold back a smile. “The Enterprise.”

22. What writing programs did you use? Did you write by hand?

i'm a basic microsoft word girlie, bravely writing fic with a software license owned by my employer

23. If you had to choose one, what was THE most satisfying writing moment of your year?

people enjoying my m*a*s*h fic! i still get nervous whenever i enter a new fandom <3

24. Did you do anything special to celebrate finishing a fic?

no, the very act of surviving a deadline is celebration enough. go outside? get some sleep??

25. How did you recharge between fics?

i almost always watch episodes of whatever fandom i'm going to write next to charge up before writing fic. we'll pretend it's not procrastination and just that i must become one with the character voices before i can proceed.

26. Did you create fanworks other than fic?

just a few tumblr creations, my favorite of which was an attempt at web-weaving (i am become a name; sinclair & delenn) and a recent meta post i'm proud of about chakotay and starfleet.

27. How many events did you take part in? (bangs, exchanges, ship weeks, zines, prompt memes, they all count!)

nine exchanges!

i answered all the other questions, but in looking at my stats i realized i am at 45k words for the year, so maybe by the end of 2024 i can make it to 50k... probably not though!

full ask list is rebloggable here

[isagrimorie]

Here’s the biggest nitpick I have about Star Trek: Picard-Firewall:

I know Seven was distracted and angry but she didn’t even comment on being on the exact replica of the USS Dauntless that Arturis made to entrap her and Janeway during Hope and Fear?

Or even made a comment later on that it used a Slipstream drive???

A technology she helped developed together with B’Elenna Torres?

B’Elenna is the main chief engineer of the project but Seven also had a hand in its initial development.

Seven was Voyager’s unofficial Science Officer/Science Consultant on Voyager and Science and Engineering often collaborated.

Also, whenever B’Elenna was down— it seems B’Elenna trusted Seven to put her in charge of Engineering when she’s not around.

When she was incapacitated in Nothing Human, Seven seems to be leading the Engineering department. It wasn’t Vorik nor was it Joe Carey. (I know the Doylist reason was because they didn’t get the actors); and I know the Demon duplicates weren’t the originals but they were almost equal and original as the True Voyager crew, but we see B’Elenna hand over Chief Engineer duties as she’s about to go on her honeymoon. (Course: Oblivion).

But again these are nitpicks because Seven of Nine lives rent free in my head a lot.

She would make a comment about this project. And honestly, would be one of the reasons that could add to Seven’s reasons for being disgruntled with Starfleet. I bet at this time they would try to redact her involvement in the project.

I also feel B’Elenna, as the Project Lead for the Dauntless, would have tried to get Seven involved in the Slipstream project but I assume B’Elanna was told, in no uncertain terms, that Seven can’t even know the existence of the project.

This is also why I feel, if she could, Seven would try to install a slipstream drive in her Enterprise-G.

TLDR; In my opinion, Seven would have at least commented, even only to herself, about the Slipstream drive.

[lorcaswhisky]

Tag Game: First 10 Lines Challenge

Rules: Share the first line of your last ten published works or as many as you are able to and see if there are any patterns!

(Thanks for tagging me, @curator-on-ao3 !)

From newest publication to oldest:

1. Long Shot

(Discovery, 123,907 words)

He ran the data a second time, even though he already knew there was no mistake. He had made quite certain of that.

There it was again. Proof. Incontrovertible proof.

2. Probably

(SNW, 732 words)

"Next week?"

"I'm in the Antares Sector next week. Next month?"

3. We are here, and this is now

(SNW, 794 words)

“Are you alone? Or are there others like you?”

Brown curls bobbed as Khan nodded towards a photograph tacked to the cold grey wall, barely illuminated by the flickering light overhead. 

4. tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

(Discovery, 1,490 words)

"This is a terrible idea."

Katrina opened her eyes.

5. Tactical Briefings

(Discovery, 1,378 words)

Commander Angharad Jones halted outside the Captain's quarters and took a deep, calming breath. She had carefully rehearsed what she would say on the turbolift ride to deck five. Rule one of crisis management: don’t make an even bigger crisis by saying something stupid.

6. Nutritional Values

(Prodigy, 385 words)

Janeway folded her arms. 

“None of the items on this menu provide an appropriate balance of nutrients for - any known species.” 

7. Drawn that way

(Lower Decks, 847 words)

"Did you see how her hair moved? All - swooshy? And she had, like, in-di-vidual eyelashes." Eyes boggling, Mariner wiggled her fingers. "So gross."

8. Tap

(Discovery, 1,436 words)

Tap. Tap. Tap.

It’s been more than an hour now. Waiting in front of a screen for a call from - someone.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

9. Lost Cause

(Discovery, 55,980 words)

This one is a little different, and I couldn't work out what counted as the first line, so have the whole chunk...

Personnel File - Lorca, Gabriel

Status: Retired

Current location: [REDACTED]

Service record: [...] 2246.3 Awarded Medal of Commendation for action taken on Tarsus IV. 2246.7 Promoted to Commander, assigned to USS Hawking [...] 2251.2 Assumed command of USS Buran [...] 2256.4 [REDACTED] 2261.7 Retired

-Starfleet Personnel Logs, accessed 2270.3 by <UNKNOWN USER>

*

>>MESSAGE RECEIVED 2261.7.10.22:34<<

TO: Pike, Captain C.

FROM: Lorca, G.

SECURITY: HIGH

Chris,

I don't know if my last few messages reached you. I guess not. I'm hoping this one works.

You'll have heard the rumors by now. They're true. I'm home. Back, anyway. I can't say any more than that here. I need to speak to you, in person. I have so many questions. I'm sure you do, too.

Let me know.

Gabriel

>>MESSAGE DELETED<<

10. Settle

(Picard, 1,819 words)

"We’re safe here."

Laris snorts.

"All of the Romulans on this vineyard are ex-Tal Shiar. Of course we aren't safe."

Pattern analysis:

Hmm. My shorter fics tend to start mid-conversation. My longer fics, though ... they start however they want. I think all of them ask some kind of question, either big - what data? Why has all this information been redacted? - or small - who are they talking to? Who's waiting for what? I don't seem to go for many action starts, though, so maybe that's something I could try in a future fic. Opening lines are definitely something I'd like to strengthen in future projects.

Tagging: @lizardperson, @liz-squids, @ussjellyfish and anyone else who'd like a go!

[janeway-lover]

Picard: Earl Gray, Hot.

Janeway: Coffee, Black.

Kirk: (REDACTED?)

i...don't know what kirk drinks.

[bluebird-writing]

Fanfic Masterpost

Star Trek

Wedding Attire - VOY, Janeway/Chakotay

Red Hills and Bones - DS9

Everyone’s Favorite Everything Bagel- PRO, Dal & Gwyn

Regrets - PRO, Janeway/Chakotay, Zero & Janeway

Frosty Affairs - OC-centric

I Hate It - LWD, Tendi/Rutherford

I’m Glad Whenever I Can Share Her Laughter - DS9, Garashir kid fic

Weirdness - LWD, Boimler/Mariner

Hiveswap

Dying is for Normies - Kuprum & Folykl

Fade to Black - Folykl-centric

Doublethink - Kuprum-centric

Hetalia

Ties of Blood and Water - Liechtenstein & Austria

Those Who I Cherish - Liechtenstein-centric

A Taste of the Truth - Liechtenstein & Austria

The Kane Chronicles

Anything For You - Thoth/OC

Ashes - OC-centric

SPY x Family

Operation Comic Book - Anya & Loid

Corn Maze - Anya & Bond, the Forger family

Cinderella Moment - Damian/Anya, Anya & Becky, the Forger family

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Kyoshi and Her Friend - Aang-centric, Kyoshi/Rangi

Avatar: Legend of Korra

Midnight Snack - Korra & Tenzin

Penguin Sledding - Korra & Katara

Cells At Work

Falling - AE3803/U-1146

Encanto

Ghosts - Mirabel & Camilo

The Hunger Games

Unto the Labyrinth - OC-centric [ONGOING]

Tales From The Labyrinth [Tributember 2024] - OC-centric

Crossovers

A Chance Meeting - Frankenstein/Original Work, Frankenstein’s Monster & OC

A Burning Question - Encanto/Hercules, Luisa & Hercules

Redacted - Hetalia/DS9

Reserved - Hetalia/DS9

The Town of Anywhere - Multifandom crossover [ONGOING]

[mnemonicpneumaticknife]

"integrating Borg technology" You've only scratched the surface.

You know how even with the Temporal Prime Directive (which conveniently lets Starfleet indefinitely classify information from the public) we still know there's going to be a Temporal Cold War in the future?

Well if there's a war involving time travel in one time period, then that war is happening in _every_ time period. We're already living through the beginning, middle, and end of that war.

And it's a "cold war". No one is making direct moves, they're making subtle shifts and handing out weapons so one power will eliminate another power before they become a problem in "the future" (whenever that is).

Shortly before Voyager's return, they received a new course from a known time meddler, Q. Q was also responsible for first introducing Starfleet to the Borg Collective.

Voyager has Temporal Prime Directive redaction all over their mission logs. Janeway and Picard both provided us with incredible advances in anti-borg technology and both had a relationship of some kind with Q.

We're pawns in someone's game.

meme I would post. if it was 2394

[savameh]

I made some Picrew versions of what I think Admiral Alba Gutierrez from my fic Redacted looks like

https://picrew.me/ja/image_maker/163421/complete

https://picrew.me/ja/image_maker/608028/complete

Here’s the fic she’s from, but she doesn’t appear until chapter 3

[siderumincaelo]

Kathryn's first year back on Earth, involving her mom, her crew, a lot of debriefings, a therapist, a new dog, and coffee.

Gen, 22.3k words

[ncc-42069]

Seconding this, especially the first scenario.

Dal is a seasoned Lt. Commander who is XO or 2nd officer under Raffi, who knows his story and loves that he's another outsider reminding Starfleet what its ideals are. Has mutual respect with Seven due to the Janeway connection.

And rides Jack like a rented mule. This uppity ensign gets treatment that would make Wesley think, damn that's cold.

Jack has no idea where this Dal guy came from or what his deal is. Hell, not only can he not place Dal's species, when he tries to look it up finds it redacted in Starfleet records. And Dal not only takes no shit from Jack or anyone, he shows Jack up at every chance. Dal negotiates like he was raised by Ferengi, fights like he grew up in a prison, and is as smart and tough as an augment.

If someone writes this fic, please send me a link.

i really do wonder whether dal would be more liked if he were played by a white performer. on one hand, it's not like he reads as a black character as written. the child-accessible, telegraphed dialogue and writing certainly make his initial stages as a cocky kid irritating to a lot of older viewers. then picard s3 happened and i was blown away by the response to jack crusher. i didn't even want to hate jack crusher at the start, he's not even an uncharismatic character. and yet the story just ruined any opportunity to like him by making a case for why he's the most important special little boy in the world who gets to do horrible things regardless of consequences but that's fine because he's starfleet royalty and you're just. ??? ????? how does anyone like this character after that??? and yet people do actually like this shithead still!!!!! but they don't like dal even though he went through really well-written and realistic character development???

i don't know. i can't stop thinking about it. it's weird.

[fyeahcompetentwomen]

Kathryn Janeway vs. River Song

Remember: don't vote on "who would win in a fight", but on "who, when given a task that fits her skillset and talents, would do that task better: more comprehensively, faster, with more pizzazz, with less collateral, etc."

Endorsements! "What is she good at?"

Kathryn Janeway, Star Trek: Being Captain, and all the complicated future science stuff. She also seems a lot more compassionate than most of the earlier captains, and helped Seven adjust to being an individual, accepted a crew of Maquis into her crew including as a first officer, and treats multiple crew members as her children

River Song, Doctor Who: She always shows up when you least expect her with a gun and a mission. She's a professor of archeology, a badass fighter and a master manipulator, can get the Doctor to do what she wants like nobody else. As a small child she was programmed to assassinate the Doctor, but went against that programming to become redacted for spoilers.

[shanie-the-toyaddict]

CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR A UNIVERSE I RUN (2021 Follow Forever)

@wrestlezaynia - Zowens is canon

@coloursflyaway - See above.

@mithen - Yep, same for you, although for you, I would also change the past and make Steenerico canon as well.

@thebestintheworld - a secret rendezvous with MJF and a career as a WWE Writer

@alyssaowens915 - Coffee shop conversation with Shane

@lilaviolet - Sami and Kevin win the AEW tag titles

@merryadampage - Hangy under the tree wearing only a bow

@colesterstrudel - Michael Cole under the tree wearing only a pink tie

@smashthegiantkiller - Shirtless Shane photoshoot, followed by a private photoshoot wearing [redacted]

@aquilalorelei - revelation of and an entire movie about a canonical MCU universe where Steve and Bucky ended up together.

@dawnandpiplup - Supernatural gets a sequel series run by Jensen Ackles that features ZERO John Winchester and is exclusively about Dean and Cas in heaven before Sam gets there.

@peppermintquartz - A brand new brutalist mansion

@retro-rezz-the-est - a billion dollars, tax free, to do with as you wish.

@writinglionqueen - your soulmate

@jazzy-tzw - Roman Reigns. That's it. That's your entire present.

@wizardgame100 (and the rest of my Wizzy followers) - KI actually starts listening to the players and implements our ideas. This includes making all crowns items available for gold, free-to-play through Krokotopia, better POC hairstyles, the return of PROPER double gardening rewards, and most importantly, 'Elixir of Trans Your Gender.'

@the--blackdahlia - A TARDIS and a money tree so you can go zooming through history to see all the classic wrestling your heart can imagine.

@girl4music - a universe where neither Xena nor Tara were killed off and where Joss isn't an abusive asshole and actually cares about his creations

@cylonalyna - All your ships are canon. ALL OF THEM

@classicwhostuff - A universe where the BBC never wiped any Doctor Who stories. None of them. Every one is still extant and fully available in DVD and Blu-ray format (individually and by seasons).

@randomnessoffiction - a giant house with a home theater and 4K Ultra Blu-ray sets of every single show you love including ALL of Doctor Who. (Yes, this includes the ones mentioned above.)

@timelord-of-the-moon Same as above but with the inclusion of a trip back in time for front row seats to the Original Broadway Cast of TSBM

@thatnerdwriter - Coronation as the Demon Queen

@unknownwhalesworld - a universe where Janeway/Chakotay was both canon and endgame

@mistress-omega-majesty - All Expense Paid Ringside tickets to AEW for life (or to wherever The Elite might someday end up)

@alliedbiscuit - A universe where the X-Files still ran for 11 seasons, but they were contiguous, never dropped off in quality, and the last four seasons, Mulder and Scully are a canonical couple. Also, the Lone Gunmen never died. (That one's for me.)

and finally

@bakurapika and @octoberspirit (My first two followers) and @fozzy-ozzccur (My newest follower) - The infinite patience to put up with my dumbass blog for 10 more years.

I want to thank all my wonderful mutuals and followers for putting up with me for another year. Special shout out to Zaynee and Lexie aka - the earth beneath my feet and my shining star. I have no idea where I would be if it weren't for you two glorious ladies. If I could give you both the whole universe, I would. I love you so much. But really, I love all my mutuals and followers, whether you've been here 10 years or 10 days. All of you, I love you. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for yinz.

Thank you so much for putting up with me and being my friend.

Happy Holidays and Happier New Year.

[ussjellyfish]

6, 8, 24 for the fanfic new year asks, if you like! :)

Thank you!

6. Which yet-to-be-started fic is first on your list?

The first part (I think it's a trilogy? Maybe?) If the Temporally Bizarre, somewhat redacted, Autobiography of Lulu Georgiou, Starfleet Admiral, (retired).

The first part being her recollection of the time she violated temporal law to meet her father and see what the 23rd century was like (and accidentally meet her very not reformed mother) and probably get help from Captain Philippa Georgiou, because that's impossible to resist).

Which would have to be told from the perspective of like 150+ year old Lulu commenting on her journals and what she remembers from being 17 and foolish.

It'll be wild. I might get distracted and write other things. It sounds so fun though. (To me and like ... Me, it's so self-indulgent.)

8. Is there a story idea in your mental vault that you’ve never been brave enough to try writing? Is this the year? Can you tell us about it?

Maybe I write Michael/Philippa (captain variety)? I don't know! Usually I write the ridiculous things I think about eventually.

There's Katrina and Emperor fall in love in the awkward future where really they both should be dead (but that's a short fic).

Emperor has to pretend to be Captain long term when the war doesn't end when it's supposed to. (But she'd be SO early on the 'be a somewhat decent person" journey.)

I have half an idea about Post-Terra Firma Emperor being stuck with fixing the post Picard season 1 Starfleet Intelligence mess but it's like....all incredulous looks and snark.

It'll probably Lulu-something, because I love her, or some truly bizarre idea that I haven't come up with yet because the best ideas have to be in the middle of the night.

I have spent a year investing my whole soul in a not romantic in the slightest babyfic that is by some metrics one of the least popular things I have very written. I fear no ridiculous Fic idea.

24. By the end of this year, you want your fandom to think of you as “that author who _______.”

Aren't I already "that author who wrote the one where [insert female character here] was pregnant?" (I think I have actually had this as a conversation).

When I was pregnant, I didn't need to write about it. When I would like to be pregnant and am not (because money/timing/so much of this is just luck) I want to write about it.

I think (unfortunately? Perhaps?) I am conditioned to feel bad about writing fic about pregnancy.

It's *disturbing and/or triggering for a lot of people* (actual conversation).

And sure! I get it, it's complicated. (But other people write things that are disturbing and/or triggering and don't feel bad about it).

I should not write it, it's cringey. I should not write it, these characters don't want children. I should not write it it's...profoundly unwanted. I get it.

It is in my current fandom corner it is the least wanted thing I write. The least read, the least supported, especially if I want to write Discovery. Maybe I could get away with a little bit in Beverly/Kathryn space? (This uh, doesn't really exist though, it's like a pocket universe somewhat adjacent to Beverly/Deanna or Janeway/Seven).

(Kind of like how the Michael Burnham appreciation server doesn't exist? )

"that author who wrote that really long pregnancy fic about [character] that I heard was good, but I didn't read it" is probably like...peak fandom for me.

(they heard it was good, dammit.)

And it is! Weirdly my fandom self doubt is NOT that I write well. I can put the words in order in ways that please me. My fandom self doubt is that no one wants what I want to write.

2021 had a lot of me getting over that. Learning NOT to check for comments after I post a chapter, learning to enjoy the process, not the results, and I'm maybe halfway there?

I have some resentment. If I just wanted to write X and Y instead I might have more of a community. I might feel more like I belong.

Lazing on my own fandom island with a coffee when the occasional reader drops by to ask "hey aren't you that author who wrote the one where Philippa had a baby on the bridge?"

That's me!

So maybe 2022 is when I stop feeling guilty about it.

[isagrimorie]

Janeway is really great! It did take a while for the writers to nail down Janeway, and the writers realized: Janeway would be a lot more compelling if she’s more like Kate Mulgrew.

It’s so funny the writers apparently made these observations early on but only started to really implement this by the end of season 3 of Voyager!

One of the things I love about Janeway is how she’s flawed but also, so strong willed. She had to be, in order to hold two crews together into one unit.

I also love Sisko as Captain, Sisko and Janeway are my Trek Captains.

It took me a while to realize it was fandom received perceptions on Janeway that prevented Janeway’s entry to being higher in my Trek Captain rankings. And when I revisited the show I realized why the hell did I do that?

I love Janeway, she’s Great. She’s not perfect, her hardheaded-ness is matched only by a Borg’s tritanium skull, she claims she knows when to quit but in reality she doesn’t know the meaning of the word “quit”. And she won’t ask any of the crew to do anything she won’t do… which is it’s own double edged sword since she kind of has a death wish.

(Proven by the number of alternate Janeways who sacrifice themselves. It’s truly an astonishing number. What happens when there’s two Janeways? One of ‘em eventually sacrifices themselves.)

And she will do anything for the safety of her crew, woe betide an enemy who kills a member of her crew, especially if they’re killed in front of her. On the other hand, psychologically, this is why Janeway won’t do well during the Dominion War— the constant death pushed Sisko to enlist Garak in that Pale Moonlight gambit. What will that do and push Janeway to? We know she’s capable of erasing an entire timeline for the sake of three people she cares for the most. And destroy the Borg in the process— the Picard/TNG crew were just mopping up.

Truly Janeway is the definition of:“Demons run when a good man goes to war.”

And also that quote from the same 11th Doctor episode: “Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many.”

Not to say she’s evil but everyone around the galaxy should breathe a sigh of relief that Janeway does have a lot of rules. Because her alternate evil self is honestly not that far from our Janeway. A little more self indulgent, yes. But not that far off.

She doesn’t have a mirror counterpart. She is her own mirror counterpart.

(And if someone brought up Tuvix to undermine Janeway, I will look them in the eye and make like Lower Decks and kill more Tuvixes).

She is also a hell of a tactician— she had to be! She had to make bold choices or else her crew dies.

(Which is so interesting since she’s ranked up from Science division into Command.

Why would an exploratory science vessel captained by a scientist get the assignment to hunt and track down a Maquis cell? What was redacted from her service record that makes this possible?).

All that said, Janeway is also an incredibly warm person who cares deeply and intensely. Once you’re in her family, you’re in for life— and as Seven found out when she was Severed whether you liked it or not! (Both a flaw and a strength).

She will geek out over every little scientific wonder and would get her hands dirty with a lot of elbow grease. If she didn’t have to command a ship, she’d be happy mixing it up with B’Elanna and Seven in Engineering. She loves talking to mechanical objects like they’re her pets and disturbingly (or not) like a lover.

She’s a Lot. But that’s a feature and not a bug.

And as for everything else— Sorry, Not Sorry :D.

Another example of Janeway being a great tactician is in Flesh and Blood 2 parter.

On their best day, Voyager is no match against one Hirogen ship but they have to go up against two to save B'Elanna and the EMH Doctor. Voyager's also in no condition to fight.

What does Janeway decide?

Hide Voyager in the wake of the Hirogen engines:

And the moment the Hirogen tracks the rogue Holograms who kidnapped B'Elanna, disable the Hirogen ships before they even know what hit them.

And then disables the two ships just as she planned with Voyager having barely functional shields at this point.

Seriously, imagine the kind of damage she would have done during the Dominion War. Sisko and Janeway would've been a force.