#star trek tng fanfic

[fictionfromthevoid]

Being in a QPR with Data would include:

Fandom: Star Trek TNG

I'm very much Team Data has always had his own android emotions. He just cannot really understand them since he is limited by languages of species that experience emotions in a vastly different way than he does.

He experiences his own form of love and affection for his friends, colleagues, for spot

So when you enter a committed relationship/partnership the term Queerplatonic best describes it, since your relationship is unique and specially tailored to the way you two experience love and affection towards each other

In the beginning, you are friends

Maybe you are a scientist and at some point you notice that, even tho he always denies it, he must experience some kind of emotions

You help him explore these, understand his emotions better, categorise them and relate his experiences to human and other species‘ concepts of emotions, so that he can better communicate them to others

Naturally, you grow very close in the process

You become the first person he goes to for advice when he doesn’t understand a social construct, behaviour, etc.

You seek him out for comfort when you are struggling with something, since he never judges you for anything

You never have to be ashamed of your feelings with Data, and he always tries his best to be there for you and help you out

“Are you in need of advice, or do you want me to only listen to you?“ is the first question he always asks

After a bit of practice, he also gives surprisingly good hugs

Data notices that in some circumstances, hugs seem to have a positive effect on his neurological functions - he just hasn't figured out in what way yet.

You are not really a big fan of his romantic endeavour with Jenna Wilson

Not because you experience any feelings of jealousy, but because she just left a bad relationship, and you are worried that she uses Data as a rebound

which turns out to be pretty much true, and when she leaves Data, feeling utterly unlovable and unable to have a relationship, you are there for him

You challenge his ideas of relationship hierarchy that he has adapted from the human source material he has been studying

You make him realise that just because he does not experience romantic attraction, it doesn’t mean that he will never be loved or experience feelings of love himself

Data realises that his friends very much love him, that you love him and that he feels something akin to (platonic) love for all of you

He realises that while he considers Geordi to be his best friend, he will always seek a romantic connection with someone and make them their first priority

He can never get the closeness and the commitment that he realises he has been trying to experience out of this relationship

You are different in that aspect

Bonus points if you are on the aro and/or ace spectrum

You become each other's first priority

You refer to each other as a partner

If you are a physically affectionate person, hugs and cuddles become your thing; if not, then not

If you say something looks nice, he will paint it for you

Data also found that he can express his emotions well through art, so expect at least one VERY abstract painting handed to you with the words „this reminds me of you I hope you understand it“

You never share quarters, simply because it makes no sense. Data doesn’t sleep, you very much do, and it would be insanely boring for him if your quarters were unusable for him for extended periods of time every day while you are unconscious

But during the day you spent a lot of time together in one of your quarters

You each do your own work or hobbies in the other's presence,

He paints while you play with Spot, go over research files or do any other hobbies of yours

talking about everything and anything, or simply enjoying each other's company

Apart from your "Data's emotions" project, you sometimes do scientific studies together

Especially if your specialty is kybernetics, they more often than not revolve around Data himself

If you have another specialty, your combined knowledge often leads to new approaches and findings.

You fiercely defend him against anyone who doubts him being a person, or threatens his autonomy in any way

You get into a lot or arguments with Dr. Pulaski over her unfair treatment of Data

Data really appreciates you for it. It makes him feel loved and reassures him that he is worth just as much as any other person

The whole "I am not less perfect than Lore" thing breaks your heart

Even tho he doesn't admit it to other people, the uncertainty of whether he was a less perfect version of Lore, since he was less human-like, really bothered him

So when he comes back from the encounter with Dr. Soong, he is the Data version of really excited to tell you that he is, in fact, not less perfect than Lore

As soon as Data starts referring to you as his partner, the whole crew is invested in the nature of your relationship

Riker and Troi get it the most since they have a similarly unique relationship with each other, just with very different parameters (a lot more sexual and romantic attraction involved)

Still, since Riker thinks A LOT about sex and romance,e he asks you and Data a thousand questions about what your relationship is like before he gets it. He wants to know all the details and is a bit disappointed when there are no spicy ones, since he is pretty much a gossip girl

Vulcan crew members do not bat an eye since their concept of T'hy'la is not limited to romantic partners but includes all kinds of love, and I imagine the Betazoid „Imzadi“ to be similar

I like to imagine that QPRs are a well-known relationship type in Star Trek since it’s the future, but canon doesn’t give that away, so I‘ll leave the human crewmembers' reactions out

[annaonthemoon79]

Why I stopped writing TNG Fanfic, and why I've returned.

In 2018 during NaNoWriMo, I decided I wanted to write an epic TNG fic in celebration of my 40th birthday in 2019. And I did. I published the story over the 40 weeks before my birthday in 2019 and it was a success along with the other long and short stories I wrote. 2019 was pretty much the peak of my TNG writing, with over 250 TNG fics under my belt in 2 years. I was gearing up to get myself an agent to make a pitch to the folks at Shuster & Shuster to write my own TNG tie-in novel. It was amazing. It was incredible...and then the walls crashed down.

The announcement of Star Trek Picard had everyone excited. We wrote speculative fic based off the tiny snippets and 30 second trailers, we wrote tags for existing TNG novels, we continued to speculate about the direction Picard would take....and then the bombshell was dropped that actually, the TNG post-series novels we enjoyed and the world those authors had created (the world that I often played in!) was not going to be considered canon. No Beverly/Jean-Luc marriage. No child. None of it. It all went POOF and was ending in an epic three-parter written by some of my favourite authors/friends to then make way for Picard tie-in novels instead. My idea(s) for any TNG novels were now completely up the spout. (And no, I still haven't read the 3 books. I own them, but I don't want the series to be over)

The first Picard tie-in novel I didn't even finish reading and I haven't read any of them since. It abruptly ended the friendship between Beverly and Jean-Luc, let alone any possible romance between the two of them. IMHO, the situation should have been dealt with better.

I was lucky enough to attend the premier of Picard with my friend John in London. I liked it, and I even had a few ideas for adding Beverly onto episode tags. (the series is unfinished)

Then, the pandemic hit and with it, my ENTIRE love for Star Trek TNG. What was once a comfort watch for me didn't appeal. I would stare at the curser, looking at my unfinished works and just trying, barely, to keep it together, to hold on and to keep writing in my world.

It didn't work. I'll get into the other reasons in a minute. Instead, I found myself falling into the Snupin fandom for Harry Potter and writing small bits here and there. I wasn't as prolific as I had been writing TNG. but I was still writing something.

Another reason I became a bit distant with the franchise has to do with the fandom at large. Or rather, a few individuals in the fandom.

The first was a man who I became friends with through my fanfic. He enjoyed my writing and wanted to help me and while I DON'T DO COLLABS, I found myself pushed into collabs with him. He would add bits to my stories (which I've mostly edited out), ask me to write bits for his (which I have and am working on editing to republish as my own), and at one point became so influential over my writing that I was writing a character I didn't even want to write anymore to appease him. The relationship on my end was nothing more than friendship, and I assumed it was on his too. I'll never know if he expected more (even though he knew I was quite happily married) because I finally gained enough of a backbone to cut him out of my life, and to remove anything he and I had co-written. (this is where I've lost about 5 stories because I apparently didn't have them saved anywhere)

The second reason has to do with one of the semi-local clubs. I hadn't attended one of their meetings in several years (and of course, the pandemic cancelled I think 2 of theirs), but because I had made ONE comment in my other local club regarding organizing a get together (for our club!), it got blown out of proportion by the organizers of the other club who then accused me of trying to...I don't know...take over? It was weird and I didn't really understand any of it, but the long and short of it was that I lost a few friends through it and our localish club has pretty much broken up.

The UK has also struggled in recent years (since about 2018) to actually hold a UK trek convention. Without seeing my trek friends all in once place, it felt like I was out here on my own trying to keep my nose in the fandom.

And so, as I said above, I stopped writing.

But why am I back?

Honestly...I don't know. I was clearing through and trying to organise my files when I came across a 68-page document containing an unpublished colab with the above man. I want to edit it and make it my own. I also found bits and pieces I had written for him for HIS works that he has since removed that I think I can make work. Then I found the recent tid-bit, or rather, piece of a story idea. And through looking in my files, I found i had vague outlines for 3 stories within one of my series, and I found my TNG fic notebooks that still have loads of unwritten ideas.

So I'm back. Ish. Will I be as prolific as I once was? Time will tell. But I'm older and I have other responsibilities. I also want to try to pull a EJ whatever her name is and try to edit one of my fics into a publishable story (though I haven't decided which one yet!)

Thanks for all your support.

[erraticrandomficwriter]

Danara and Commander Riker - Shadows of Honor

Danara is allowed to wear her red uniform because it is an official uniform of her home planet, reflecting her status there. It is not a standard Starfleet uniform.

[shadows-of-honor]

Danara with her mother Tavara (Klingon) and father Drakor (Drellan) - Shadows of Honor

It's a misconception that Drellans, because they are known to be Technopaths, are not warriors. In reality, they are indeed a warrior race, albeit a paranoid one.

Not all Drellans possess Technopathic abilities. Over the generations, this ability has become increasingly rare. Consequently, the Drellans had to learn to defend their planet through more traditional means, independent of technology. This led to the development of their dual nature: technologically advanced yet also skilled warriors.

When a Klingon vessel crash-landed on Drella, a fierce battle ensued. This encounter showcased the Klingons' exceptional combat prowess. The Drellans, recognizing the need for such ferocity to safeguard their people, especially with the decline in Technopathic abilities, decided to harness this power. They utilized their technological expertise to subdue the Klingons. Under the directives of the Old Ones, the Drellans conducted extensive experiments on the captured Klingons. These procedures were so invasive that they often resulted in significant memory loss or confusion among the subjects. This marked the genesis of the Beserkers.

The Beserkers were Klingons who had been transformed through the Drellans' experiments. To manage this unpredictable force, the Drellans settled the Beserkers in the Outlands, outside the city's limits. While the Beserkers believed they were autonomous, the reality was far more sinister. The Drellans maintained covert control over the Beserkers, manipulating them from the shadows to ensure they remained under Drellan influence without realizing it.

The Drellans conducted experiments of another nature as well—by blending the two species. The only hybrid to survive into Drellan adulthood was Danara. She not only inherited the slowed aging process of the Drellans but also the Technopathic ability.

The Drellans' willingness to experiment on the Klingons, inflicting considerable pain and erasing their memories, underscores their ruthless dedication to protecting their race. This readiness to do whatever it takes to safeguard their people makes the Drellans a force to be feared. Their commitment to survival at any cost, even through ethically questionable means, highlights the lengths they will go to ensure the safety and continuity of their civilization.

[allofmystudentsrunaway]

Chapters: 8/10 Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: William Riker/Original Female Character(s), Original Female Character(s)/Original Female Character(s) Characters: William Riker, Jean-Luc Picard, Data (Star Trek), Deanna Troi, Worf (Star Trek:TNG/DS9), Miles O'Brien, Keiko O'Brien, Original Female Character(s) Additional Tags: Archaeology, Smut, hahaha, Cunnilingus, Mission Fic, Science, Shagging, Angst and Humor, Nihilism, Swearing, Lust at First Sight, probably not a happy ending haven't decided yet, Grief/Mourning, Emotionally Repressed Summary:

okay sooooo...... i have wanted to write this one for ages..what must it be like to be a Starfleet archaeologist? dealing with Jean-Luc Picard; enthusiastic amateur? So meet Lizzy, she is Scottish, knows what she wants and what she wants is to dig stuff up in peace. unfortunately this is the Enterprise D This is the most toxic relationship ever to happen on a starship, even worse than the leah bramhs hologram and geordi incident. These two should not be together, so many red flags..so much shaggingseaon3x05 the bonding. there will be no yearning.

space, archaeology and sex. what more do you want?

be updating later. enjoy.

[dataentryspecialist]

"it was a long road getting from there to here... A dark road... A road so broken and wide you had to wear two sets of shoes just to make it to the other side..."

But I did make it. With a final flourish, my work, Electric Excavations, is now marked as complete and fully posted on Ao3.

It ended up coming out to 387 chapters. Over 1.3 million words. (For context, that's over twice as many words as "War and Peace", about 300k more than the entire Harry Potter series, and almost three times the word count of "The Lord of the Rings")

And I still have more to write someday.

For now, I will rest on my laurels and appreciate this accomplishment. This was the first book I've ever made from start to finish (unless you count the comic book I made out of scrap paper and pencil back in elementary school--a Wolverine comic if you're wondering).

Cheers

[geekysteven]

The best demonstration that the writers of Star Trek truly understand their fans is the episode "Sub Rosa" where Dr. Crusher develops an unhealthy attachment to some erotica she found

[cchipollo]

felt really REALLY normal when i saw this comic panel ha ha ha !!!!

[the-kreizler-institute]

Lmfao fun fact for all the lovely fanfic writers out there (y'all do God's work🫡)

In some of the behind-the-scenes material of TNG (s3-s7), the actors aren't wearing the full uniform, and one can see that the uniform pants are held up by suspenders underneath the uniform top!

So far I haven't seen anyone mention them, so I thought I'd bring it up (also most of the actors wear a black tshirt underneath the uniform top)

For the non-believers:

Even the uniforms from the movies have suspenders:

Anyway, I personally think suspenders are sexy as hell- they should be way more commonly used in fics imo🙏 (I may or may not be begging on my knees)

(I could go on and on about how much functional sense adding suspenders to the uniform makes lmfao-- I wear them all the time. They keep one's pants in place, for sure, but more importantly, they keep one's outfit neat! They make sure your undershirt stays neatly tucked into your pants and kind of prevent your entire fit from moving out of place too much. And if I'm not mistaken, some military uniforms today also use suspenders)

[idol--hands]

⭐️: Best thing about this is how tight his Lore-ship conjured up their uniforms.

[cupcakeshed]

Bad fanfic idea: a Star Trek fic where Wesley Crusher meets a future version of himself… after she's transitioned. Title is "Shut Up, Deadname"

[annaonthemoon79]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Picard Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Beverly Crusher/Jean-Luc Picard Characters: Beverly Crusher, Jean-Luc Picard, Jack Crusher (Star Trek: Picard), Guinan (Star Trek) Additional Tags: Family, pre-Picard, Clever child Summary:

Based on ideas presented in Crusherv's fic, Carousel.

Beverly has been going away for weeks, leaving Jack under the care of his Aunt Kate on weekends. After overhearing a conversation where he heard his name and the word "father", he decides to follow her. What happens when he shows up at the chateau?

OR

Jack meets his father without his mother's permission.

[erraticrandomficwriter]

How did you choose your title 'Shadows of Honor'?? :D

I chose "Shadows of Honor" because I wanted the title to kinda have a dramatic and reflective vibe to hint that Danara will be dealing with some heavy stuff like her family's legacy, her duty, and personal struggles. She's going to be grappling with a pursuit of honor, among other things, due to being half Drellan half Klingon and I thought "Shadows of Honor" fit that well.

Thanks for asking!

[shadows-of-honor]

Some more random edits of my little alien Danara from my ancient Star Trek TNG fanfic Shadows of Honor.

[yellowcakeuf6]

B-4 at large...innocently annoying his two very busy android bros in Chapter 15 of Hiraeth.

Yup, Lore IS carrying a phaser rifle but it's a replica lol 😆

[allofmystudentsrunaway]

Chapters: 22/22 Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: William Riker & Original Female Character(s), William Riker/Deanna Troi, Deanna Troi/Worf Characters: William Riker, Original Female Character(s), Deanna Troi, Worf (Star Trek:TNG/DS9) Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Crash Landing, Enemies to Lovers, Pining, Mutual Masturbation, Touch-Starved, Major Character Injury, Blood and Injury, Cunnilingus, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Injury Recovery, Eventual Smut, Angst and Feels, Sassy, Swearing, Watching Someone Sleep, Self-Doubt, Episode: s07e25-26 All Good Things..., Canon Compliant, Marooned, Shipwrecks, Pon Farr, Mind Meld, Naked Cuddling, Porn with Feelings, This Is Not Going To Go The Way You Think, Fuck Or Die Summary:

totally self indulgent shuttle crash fic, will update fairly regularly. it's simple. What happens when two sexy people, with lots of emotional baggage get marooned on a pretty, if dangerous planet? you know what happens... eventually.. *eye brow wiggle* *note set in late, like all good things late, season seven of TNG*

complete enjoy