#star trek the orginal series

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Star Trek ask game!! 🖖

1. Your favourite episode? 💕

2. Your least favourite episode? 💔

3. Your favourite character? 🐋

4. And least favourite character? 🦎

5. Dream job on the Enterprise? 🛸

6. Favourite alien race? 👽

7. When did you start watching Star Trek? ⏳

8. Are you a nepo baby? (has Trekkie parents/uncles/siblings) 👩‍👧‍👧

9. Is there something that suprised you when you were watching Star Trek? 😮

10. Do you read fanfiction? If so, what are your faves? 📖

11. Do you have any songs that you associate with Star Trek characters? 💿

12. Do you own any merch? 👕

13. Did you ever meet another Trekkie irl? 🤝

14. Your favorite room on the Enterprise? 🏠

15. Your favourite ship? 🚀

16. Your favourite ship? 👬

17. Favourite fashion look? 👙

18. Would you use the Star Trek transporter? 🚊

19. Share a headcanon you have! 🧠

20. What piece of widely accepted fanon is your favourite? 👐

21. What piece of widely accepted fanon do you disagree with? 🔫

22. What is something canon that you disagree with? ☹

23. Do you own something that you got because of Star Trek (that isn't merch)? ☕

24. What should have happened in Star Trek, but didn't? 🎷

25. What's your unpopular opinion/hot take? 🐈

Edit: I can no longer send an ask to everyone who reblogs as there are too many notes! Thank you everyone for participating and feel free to still reblog to play with your followers! ^^

[haute-pockette]

Chekov and Sulu are girlfriends in the sense that they get together for brunch and gossip over all the spirk nonsense going down on the bridge over mimosas.

[the-leech-lord]

🔧Caregiver! TOS Montgomery Scott Stimboard🔧

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[wolvesroampastelgalaxies]

The Star Trek Saga No One Wanted 😛

Okay, ya'll these guys have been in the making since like ...... 2017? When I first started Watching ST:TOS. I finally refined them and will be refining fics me and my friends made to post on AO3. There are 4 of these bitches. Ylva, Gaius, Selene, and Kyle. Selene and Kyle are being refined but I got the main two players!

P.S. All the art is from my friend or some janky character creating site that technically no longer exists.

[Next - Part 2]

Meet Ylva!

Planet: Canina (Kaw-knee-nah)

Species: Cani (Kay-eye) 

Biology: Anthropomorphic, dog-like carnivores, bipedal, with canine features, such as short faces, triangular ears situated higher on the head, large eyes, fangs, claws, and a tail. They are entirely covered in a smooth coat with silky hair on the scalp like humanoids. Coat and hair color are dependent on the sub-species that the individual is most genetically related to. Wolves, coyotes, jackals, and wild dogs such as dholes, and dingoes make up the original gene pool.       

However, breeding based on genetic compatibility has resulted in a varied appearance. Cani have claws on their hands and feet. The feet are in a digitigrade configuration. Some prefer going without footwear. Their claws and fangs can be used combatively. Cani also make a variety of dog-like barks, growls, and howls. Cani females experience the need to mate once a year, though breeding is not limited to these times. They possess a heightened sense of hearing, sight, and smell. 

Culture: Cani are considered less civilized due to their unwillingness to have contact with other civilizations despite having the technology to do so. However, they do make use of their smaller moon, Weiß (vise). This is where the Standing Council serves as an oligarchy to their socialist government. They practice isolationism since anything outside of Canina is a threat to their society. While xenophobic, they do not claim to be superior beings but aim for self-preservation. 

The Standing Council’s main responsibility is to approve of pairings. Canina scientists run a DNA analysis of every individual at the age of maturity. Mating pairs are determined by combining the best genetic matches. Psychological evaluations are also conducted as an adolescent and again when they are selected for pairing. Temperament and personality traits are highly heritable, so this also factors into their eugenics. Upon being bonded, it is customary that the male relocates to their mate’s region and family. 

The intense selection process has created a hearty population nearly devoid of disease, lameness and has increased strength. It has even extended life expectancy and aging. Every 1.5 Earth years are equivalent to 1 year of age for Cani. They usually live around 115-120 years (equal to 76-80 mental/physical).

If an individual happens to fail testing, then they are presented to the Standing Council and offered to be sterilized and relocated to anomaly designated regions or to displace. If sterilization is chosen, the individuals act as laborers and farm deer-like creatures called Cervuses (ser-va-seas). Far more anomalies have occurred than the Standing Council admits to the population, but less than 10 instances of exile have occurred in over a century. The Standing Council are the only individuals to possess access to interstellar communication. If a Cani chooses to explant themselves, they will contact a nearby space station to arrange transport. 

Behaviors: When Cani greet mates, it’s common to nuzzle their head under the other's jaw. Growling and teeth baring are akin to cursing. Placing their left foot in front of their right, with hands behind their back, and perking their ears is a sign of respect. They literally have their best foot forward; the stomach is exposed to show vulnerability, and they are actively listening.  

Families do have a strong attachment, especially siblings. However, rejection is common if a member behaves in a way that is averse to social expectation (i.e. being an anomaly).

Ylva’s Story

Life on Canina - Ylva is the eldest of her family’s children. Composed of her great-great grandmother, great grandparents, grandparents, parents, and younger, triplet brothers: Sirius (sear-e-us), Elio (eel-e-o), and Ay (eye). Ylva is 31 years of age, mentally/physically that lines up to about 21 years. Typically, it is around 28 1/2 years that genetic testing is done. However recent declines in food security due to undisclosed revolts in sterilization zones had pushed off the pairing process to insure food supply for the current population. 

As an adolescent, Ylva had scored unfavorably on the psychological evaluation. She exhibited personalized interests in comparison to the best interest of the whole. When confronted with this, she resorted to changing her answers and even lying to make up for it. Dissociating from the bigger picture was a big red flag, though she did wish to correct her behavior to regain favor. This could greatly endanger the gene pool if allowed to form a pair-bond. As an adult, she had passed the genetic testing but again, failed the psychological tests. Her family felt the shame of having reared an anomaly. This deeply hurt Ylva, all her family’s affections having been negated to appease the population over their daughter. The Cani has one meeting with their family for goodbyes. It was devastating when her parents told her brothers that they were to act like they never had a sister. 

Ultimately, she opted for exile. Even if sterilized, there would be no options to see her family and the sterilization zones offered little in ways of advancement. Being naturally curious it was exciting to explore what was beyond Canina. Once transplanted to the space station, Ylva spent several nights in the short-term dorms. It was when a Starfleet ship had stopped for repairs, that Ylva learned of The Federation. The crew was diverse and included many different species, which appealed to her. 

Starfleet Academy Years - Despite Canina’s lack of outside connections, they had an advanced knowledge of hard and soft sciences. Genetics and sociology especially. Ylva scored decently on her entrance exams, and due to her minority status, was admitted to Starfleet Academy. The lack of education in other cultures and species, drove her to the eight-year major of xenoanthropology. The greatest difficulty was overcoming the pack-like familiarity of Canina culture. Their behaviors would seem invasive to others and Ylva spent years correcting this.

 Four years were in a classroom setting, solely focused on studying cultures and communication methods. Four more years are required, split up into two years for two different residency studies. Because the academy was on earth, Ylva spent two years studying humans. There had been a rare opportunity to study Romulans in the single embassy of the Romulan Star Empire, located in the neutral zone on Nimbus III. Ylva, for no real reason, spent her last two years there. 

After graduation, all potential on-ship cultural experts and diplomats must intern for one year with the Federation Diplomatic Corps (FDC). There they work to provide cultural outreach to Federation citizens abroad. 

Marriage to Gaius – Around eight months into her internship, Ylva is called by the FDC to assist in resolving a conflict between the Romulan Star Empire and Federation due to a territory dispute. Despite being several months from graduating, her residency on Nimbus III made her some of the few members to have contact with Romulans in a non-militant setting. Ylva and an ambassador from the FDC, escorted by a Starship, arrive at Nimbus III for the conference. Once there Ylva met with the Praetor, Gaius (guy-s). 

Throughout the negotiations, Gaius had been purposely difficult. Ylva, eventually, in an aggressive public display, calls him out on his deliberate attempts to prevent a peaceful treaty. The Federation is horrified at Ylva’s misrepresentation and force her to sit out the rest of the meetings. It is discussed if she should be expelled from Starfleet Academy. Gaius, however, is intrigued by her outburst which is uncommon for Federation meetings and never having encountered a Cani. To The Federation’s surprise, the Praetor requests to negotiate with Ylva privately. He asks about her personal beliefs on the matter at hand as well as posing questions about her. Ylva answers honestly and Gaius seems unmoved. Three days follow where both parties are at a stalemate, as the Praetor refuses to even talk. Finally, he says that he will only establish the terms of their agreement with Ylva. The Praetor’s willing to remove his armada from the neutral zone and resume the original boundaries, if Ylva will enter a Trust Bond. This is the equivalent to pair-bonding in her culture and is, essentially, marriage. 

He explains that he has yet to choose a wife as there hasn’t been one that proposed an advantage. Gaius had been wanting to establish a better form of communication between the Romulan Empire and The Federation, but it was not in Romulan nature to be passive. Ylva, being a diplomat and one of the few to observe and understand Romulans, would make exchanges smoother. As Trust Bonds are considered a three-way marriage between the two partners and The Empire, she would be able to safely work between the two parties. He, of course, is lying. Ylva, who had never considered a partner, the point of her banishment was so she could not pair with someone, agreed to the terms. It would be very transactional, with official paperwork as to the conditions of the marriage. 

The Federation is embarrassed at the medieval way of establishing diplomacy, but are desperate to have some peace with the Romulan Star Empire. With her explicit consent, the rest of the conference establishes the responsibilities of each party. Gaius has agreed to keep Romulan warships out of the neutral zones. Ylva agrees to be at the Praetor’s disposal for any situation regarding the Empire and Federation. Her job is not to create a peace treaty, but to prevent aggression. 

   Gaius arranges for them to go to Romulus where a so'rdaz (s-oh ur, dahz) is performed. The ceremony involves a type of mind-meld, which is when Ylva discovers Gaius’ true intentions and motives.

5 Year Mission - Upon graduation Ylva is assigned to the U.S.S Enterprise, as Lieutenant Ylva, Cultural Expert and On-Board Diplomat. Diplomacy is considered to be a type of communication and therefore falls under operations, so Ylva wears a red dress uniform. Her direct supervisor is Lieutenant Uhura who heads the communication division, then Lt. Commander Scott who oversees all departments in operations, followed by Commander Spock and Captain Kirk. 

  Ylva has a strong adherence to the chain of command. However, she frequently teases her equals. Her training in neutrality has allowed her to make friends easily due to her unbiased nature. She takes her position very seriously and places that as the highest priority.

It had been a decade since Ylva left Canina and at the start of the five year mission she is 41 years (mentally/physically, 27 years). 

Affair - Leonard McCoy and Ylva become actively involved in an affair a year into the mission. The only person who is aware of this is the Caitian (kay-she-an) psychiatrist, Dr. Selene. McCoy was initially frustrated about having a patient from a species with little medical information. Often saying that between Dr. Selene and Ylva he might as well be a veterinarian. However, he was secretly curious to understand the physiology of a Cani. 

It is typical that any planet landing outside of Federation territory requires a brief medical evaluation post contact to ensure the crews’ health. Typically, the nurses perform this, but due to Ylva’s rare species, a doctor must personally attend to it. Ylva is deathly afraid of medbay and anything to do with medical procedures. Her species had utilized eugenics so effectively that, upon discovering the concept of a hospital, Ylva developed a deep fear of ingesting mysterious pills and being cut open, needles especially. This makes McCoy’s job difficult as she actively avoids him when she’s to report to medbay. McCoy can only get her to comply by pulling rank and it is a struggle to get the most basic procedures done. 

Ylva’s physical prowess and sound health is of great fascination to him. McCoy has masochistic tendencies and knowing what injuries Ylva could inflict and how he could patch himself back up becomes an obsessive interest. Ylva often attempts to bridge any hard feelings due to her uncooperative behavior by making a point to befriend him, as much as you can a superior. It becomes increasingly frustrating as he starts to develop romantic feelings, causing him to push back and Ylva to try harder to act as her own advocate. After an incident in medbay, McCoy ends up kissing Ylva who was greatly surprised. Despite knowing drastic consequences, he becomes more willing to risk as their involvement progresses. 

Ylva develops more genuine feelings for McCoy, but due to the link she shared with Gaius, and the intimate knowledge she’s gained about him, creates doubts. Despite McCoy attempts to suggest ways they could be together post 5-year mission, Ylva isn’t committed to the idea.

Fun Fact -  Ylva is average for her kind at 5’9’’. 

[Next - Part 2]

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I figured it was past time to own a Star Trek zine!

@duxduxdux I ordered this zine primarily because of your comics, so thanks!

While I was expecting more comics, it was quite fun. And I pre-ordered it months ago, so it was also a bit of a nice surprise. Well done all.

[kulkulcan]

Most favoured episodes of Star Trek (original series)

Ich versuche eine Rangliste meiner Lieblingsfolgen der Serie Star Trek - Raumschiff Enterprise zu machen:

Griff in die Geschichte

Schablonen der Gewalt

Ein Paralelluniversum

Der Wolf im Schafspelz

Das Zeitportal

Im Namen des jungen Tiru

Der erste Krieg

Im Jahr des roten Vogels

Der Tiger im Käfig

Spock unter Verdacht

Notable mentionings: Die unsichtbare Falle, Ganz neue Dimensionen, Der Tempel des Apoll, Der Obelisk, Eppigonen, Brot und Spiele, Wild West im Weltraum, Kampf um Organia

[vulcankisseshuman]

Star Trek The Orginal Series - The Devil in the Dark

[utenaposter]

in what sense are we talking about watching star trek? which star trek to start with? where to watch? the orginal series non-remastered is on the internet archive (in stardate order rather than episode order for some reason)

i want to watch star trek the one that women were going crazy over in the 70s. the original series in the original order i think

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Tuesday, June 25

Willow: You dreamed about Angel again? Buffy: Third night in a row. Willow: What did he do in the dream? Buffy: Stuff. Willow: Oh! Stuff! Was it one of those vivid dreams where you could feel his lips and smell his hair? Buffy: It had surroundsound. I'm just thinking about him so much lately. Willow: You two are so right for each other. Except for the, uh... Buffy: Vampire thing.

~~Buffy Episode #17: "Reptile Boy" ~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Spuffy Coffee Shop Date (Buffy/Spike, G) by heyh0wdyhey

His Heartstrings (Are So Thin) (Buffy/Spike, E) by MadeInGold

Hate Me (Buffy/Spike, M) by violettathepiratequeen

[Chaptered Fiction]

it takes a village Ch. 1 (Ensemble, Unrated) by WillowBee326

The Watching of Watchers Ch. 2 (Buffy/Faith, T) by Scar_Eve

In Case You Haven't Noticed... Ch. 35 (Buffy/Giles, E) by Sdhuskerfan

Vampyr Chronicles: A Crack In The Sky Ch. 4 (Buffy/Spike, M) by MrPerfectCell

In the Company of Witches and Slayers: Ch. 78 (Willow/Tara, E) by VladimirHarkonnen (TheLightdancer)

Rewind Ch. 7 (Angel/Cordelia/Wesley, unrated) by Enigmatist

Casts Shadows Ch. 3 (Ensemble, T) by arcanedreamer

Blasphemy Ch. 17 (Buffy/Spike, M) by wickedrum

bloodclaim Ch. 1-2/2 COMPLETE (Angel/Spike, G) by tigriswolf

Devil Inside Ch. 3 (Buffy/Willow, M) by Xyex

The Degradation of Duality [Series Part 2], Chapter 12 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Ragini

Spiked, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Maxine Eden

Boyfrenemy, Chapter 18-20 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Lady Emma

Ever After, Chapter 9 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Desicat

Revelations, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Niamh

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork:Buffy the vampire slayer human au () by jeskerthefool

Manip:Episodic art for BtVS 01.09. “The Puppetshow”. () by revello-drive-1630

Video: Tara + Willow - Love was out to get me () by Faith Victoria

[Reviews & Recaps]

Mothman's Buffy Rewatch: Season 3, episodes 11 and 12, "Gingerbread" and "Helpless" by mothmans-wedding-photographer

ReWatch: Angel - S3, E 21 - 22 by kimannebb

ReWatch: Angel - S3, E19 - 20 by kimannebb

ReWatch: Angel - S3, E17 - 18 by kimannebb

[Fandom Discussions]

the mystery of why angel was Like That as a vampire by moistvonlipwig

your fav hcs of buffy & angel by bangelism

Spike being the first to realize that Tara's family were manipulating her by tara-fantastico

this plot of willow and xander having a forbidden affair by lesbianmarrow

I don't care for Andrew by isagrimorie

willow/cordelia but while cordelia and xander are dating. by lesbianmarrow

They orginally cast a chubby girl to play Willow by lesbianmarrow

i need a buffy episode like the lower decks episode of star trek next generation where it follows a group of random normie students at sunnydale high by lesbianmarrow

by lesbianmarrow

I know a lot of people aren't fans of season 7 of Buffy, but there truly are some hidden gems among the mess. by buffysummers

i might be nearing the breaking point again though where the character writing is getting too bad for me to care. by transmutationisms

willow being so excited to tell everyone she's dating a guy in a band is so funny by lesbianmarrow

the "never be friends" quote by greensaplinggrace

You guys talked so much shit about season 4 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, when season 6 literally exists. by madisonwasmurdered

Dawn Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) by

rating the (canon) buffyverse ships based on how much i like them by anthonysalazar

I feel like when Angel went evil, Buffy closed herself up, not just to romantic relationships but to friendships as well. by there-are-many-ways-to-smile

Does a good young Giles fanfic exist? by whersmacheese

Tara is so gorgeous by rosehathaway13

Why Hate Buffy? by Organic_Individual52

Should there be more active slayers? by Careful_Persimmon_61

Is there anything about the founders of Sunnydale? by OppositeTooth290

Buffy's gratitude kiss to Spike in Intervention by debujandobirds

If there was a OMWF episode in Angel, what would the songs be for each character? by Kat-Attack-52

We were robbed of Willow/Faith in S7 by maybebitterxox

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✨ Fic Writing Review 2023 ✨

Thanks for the tag @non-plutonian-druid 💖🌸✨💖🌸✨💖🌸✨

Words and fics

uhhhh 9,467 words written this year 🫣 I’ve got more unpublished… a lot more. Some of it is fanfic but most of it is original fiction I muse about for fun. No idea to determine the total word count alas. Overall, not a great fanfic year for me.

Total of THREE fics posted this year. The majority of those words are for the FNAF sequel I finally got around to writing. The two others fics were a Battlestar Galactica character study that came out of left field ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and a little Star Trek series of one-shots I wrote in a fit of inspiration for the mind shenanigans I’ve always wanted to see for Bones and Spock after Star Trek III.

Top Fics by Kudos

I’m going with fics posted/updated in 2023. I didn’t count Promentory in the 2023 word count because I had finished writing it way before the year was up.

Promentory is obviously in the top spot with a whopping 970 kudos. Writing that fic was crazy. Fun, but crazy XD

Love does not see with the eyes, but with the soul (the Star Trek fic) is in second with 51 kudos. More than I ever expected to get with it XD

Worth One's Weight In Gold is in third with 10 kudos and boy when I tell you I was watching for every single one of those. This is the one I was most excited about sharing.

mutualistic symbiosis is my BSG fic with 7 kudos. I think it even got a comment. Thank u my dearest reader I did not expect that and I adore u for it

Art events 2023

I joined art fight this year. I was very nervous about putting orginal characters out there but I overthought per the usual. Even though I joined late, I had a lot of fun and I hope to do it again next year!

Fic Milestone

A milestone I REALLY wanted to mention is that I passed my ten year anniversary of writing fic! Can’t believe I’ve been doing this for ten years. It’s been a journey and I loved just about everyone I’ve encountered along the way. Even if you’ve felt like you haven’t done much this year, if you’ve just left me even one comment on one of my fics, I want you to know that you make the world feel a little less lonely and I really appreciated it :)

Upcoming 2024

I’ve gotta finish posting my fnaf fic. It’s literally all written I’ve just been procrastinating.

Not many plans other than that. We’ll see what happens :)

Rules & Tags below the cut!

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass, just keep on scrolling.

I’ll tag @quite-likely-valentine for this and @dazais-guardian-angel as well :) if you’re a fic author or an artist, please feel free to join in, no tags required!

[the-leech-lord]

🌕Hikaru Sulu Stimboard🌕

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Part 6/7 of my TOS crew stimboards

[heidi891]

Data’s Happy Ending

…because he definitely deserves it 🥲

I wrote this fanfic some time ago as a way to deal with my late autism diagnosis. It’s written in a way resembling the TV series, with distinct scenes and less subjective POV.

Data’s dreams come true, even though hardly anything changes.

I love conspiracy theories that try to make sense of some inconsistencies in books, films or TV shows, so I came up with my own theory about Dr Soong and his work. It’s based on the canon material with quotes and examples 😉

I don’t ship Data with any canon character, so I made up my own. I based her on the similarities and differences that Data shares with Spock, discussed by the series a few times. So the OC is also a half-Vulcan, but unlike Spock she grew up on Earth and struggles with her Vulcan side more than her human side.

Summary: A half-Vulcan cyberneticist, who studied dismantled Lore and tried to prove Exocomps were just machines, comes aboard the Enterprise to study Data. Her research reveals unexpected truth about Data’s emotions, and also other secrets concerning his past and Dr Soong's true intentions behind creating androids.

After TNG Season 7, not compliant with the films nor PIC.

Completed.

Relationship: Data x Orginal Female Character

Characters: Data, Original Female Character, Lore

Tags: Friends to Lovers, Data Lives (Star Trek), Data Has No Emotion Chip (Star Trek), Emotional Data (Star Trek), Social Anxiety, Anxiety, Self-Esteem Issues, Autism, Autistic Data (Star Trek), Noonian Soong Critical, Data's Emotion Chip (Star Trek), Adoption, Lal Lives (Star Trek), Happy Ending

Words: 27k+

Songs:

In chapter 7, T'Mal sings Bésame mucho—a famous Mexican song written by Consuelo Velázquez.

In chapters 9 and 10, T'Mal sings Tiny Blue Dot from the cartoon "Ready Jet Go".

[uncleasriel]

via @dyscomancer

#fun fact! Richard Gariott AKA the guy who made the Ultima games has been to the ISS and he bought a little something#he smuggled a small card containing the ashes of James Doohan (#the guy who played Scotty in the orginal Star Trek series#and placed this card underneath the flooring on the ISS#iirc this card is still there and James has traveled hundreds of thousands of miles in space because of this

Astronaut Mark Kelly smuggled a gorilla suit into the ISS, without telling the rest of the crew