#vulcan martial arts

[bumblingbabooshka]

A Klingon and a half Vulcan participate in a myriad of rituals.

[princesscolumbia]

So about the musical episode...

This is specifically geared to "Subspace Rhapsody," which if you haven't watched it shame on you go now and watch go go go go!!!

So by the end of the ep everything goes back to normal and it turns out the real musical ensemble was the friends we made along the way etc., but what if it didn't?!

Yes, there'd be immediate consequences; highly classified secrets getting out, relationships starting and ending, etc.

But humans adapt, and since the other species in the galaxy are the same kind of "fuck you, I'm surviving!" results of evolution, they'd all adapt, too.

First off, the big one: It'd be like that post where somehow Anakin and Obi-wan can hear the musical score an realize Palpatine is a sith lord; the bad guys would be outed, like, the SECOND their musical number started up. Khan would have been identified before the Enterprise even finished scanning the Botony Bay, the Prime Directive would have to get a big 'ol asterisk pointing to a clause describing the specific mathematical properties of different types of music the crew can expect to hear when approaching a potential first contact. Science experiments would be (metaphorically) killed on the spot because the "mad scientist" theme would start playing.

But a century on? Well, everyone would have adapted...

The Vulcans would have come up with an entirely new discipline; Rhythmic Logic. Rather akin to rap, it'd be syncopated speaking with periodic inflections to denote emphasis on certain points, and the passive aggressive sass levels would be off the CHARTS. Counterintuitive to most Vulcan training for centuries, to properly learn and master this new discipline, the Vulcans would need to induce moments of high emotion to properly initiate the musical triggering conditions, but once started their logic and ability to freestyle would then be put to use to focus and direct the song.

Andorians would be less about the singing and more about choreography. Their troop movements would be works of martial art and their ability to synchronize with each other during operations (any operation, whether medical, business, black-ops, etc.) would be legendary throughout the galaxy. When xenoanthropologists start proposing theories, the truth is swiftly buried for the sanity of the galaxy; since the "musical universe" is based on human musicals, Andorian affinity for good choreography is rooted in figure skating.

Tellarites would unabashedly embrace Weird Al as a sort-of prophet/god once they figured out that parody is the sincerest form of insult. Whatever musical number you're performing, the Tellarites will ride on top of it and twist it in crass ways until the song they sing drowns out whatever they're parodying and is considered the superior work. This, amusingly, results in relations between Tellar and Earth to improve as "bards" of both races across every strata of society compete to see who can make the better parody.

Romulans would lean into the villain pieces, like, unironically. Go to a diplomatic party on Romulus and you're beset by a massive orchestral work of interweaving harmonies as a melody of every big number and quiet ballad are melded together in a symphony of intrigue, emotion, politics, and betrayal. Yes, there's good Romulans, but because their music is JUST as "villainous" as the heroes, it's nearly impossible to tell them apart. Somewhat ironically, it's That One Romulan who only sings spritely songs in a major key that turns out to be the baddest, most lethal Romulan of all.

Klingon society would fracture into new houses based on musical style. The "Old Guard" would be the Klingons who break out into Klingon Opera on the regular. K-pop would be known for being vicious berserkers. Shakespere may be beloved by the Klingons, but the Soviet Anthems would become THE way to unify the Klingons during the "cold war" era.

Once the effect stretched into the Delta Quadrant (nobody in the quadrant knows why they've suddenly started breaking into song, and it isn't until well after Voyager returns home that someone in a university history department is given access to the full history of the Borg's interaction with Starfleet that they realize that it was Q launching the Enterprise D into the Delta Quadrant that created the contact), the Hirogen would come to be known for their absolutely epic power-metal ballads. Their "hunting axes" would become some variety of electric guitar almost overnight.

Because Voyager's crew had grown up with the "random" musicals, Voyager has a leg up on the entire Delta Quadrant, further solidifying Janeway as an unmitigated badass when she uses her absolute mastery of the musical forms to kick ass in every genre.

Cultures that had been introduced to warp flight badly (turns out the Federation had the right idea with the Prime Directive, just not for reasons that anyone could have ever predicted) can always be identified as being...cut rate. It'd be like going from a Broadway Musical production of Hamilton to encountering that one "Christian" production where they butchered the lyrics and the "b-list" actors were the best they could get.

Cardasians would be all about the martial themes. Even their counterculture movements would be all about the percussion-heavy 4:4 musical numbers.

Bajorans would be split between Broadway Musical-style numbers that seem to take inspiration from plays like "West Side Story" and Epic Battle Hymns sung by every Bajoran involved in a given conflict that reach deep into your soul and make you feel simultaneously victorious and deeply sad for reasons you can't quite identify.

The Borg would be EDM for some reason. Nobody is quite sure why.

Even the species that sent the whale probe in the 23rd century wouldn't be spared. Dubstep...dubstep everywhere!

Section 31 and the Tal Shiar would be in a black-ops weapons race to see who can weaponize the musicals the most effectively.

Time travelers would have a blast. Turns out the big reason for the Temporal Cold War was to stop a massive Temporal Prime Directive violating wave of time tourists who just want to go back to a time before musicals were a fact of life. Mariner and Boimler wouldn't even realize they hadn't broken out into song once until they returned to the 24th century.

Humans would be driving everyone nuts. A species that had adapted to using Rent-style musical numbers to form social collectives that were so "in-crowd" that nobody else could even think of joining would suddenly find this one asshole human that picked up on it and was fitting in perfectly. Klingon slasher ballads would be met with children's cartoon bubbly pop music. Andorians would be simultaneously overjoyed at having companions that could work so perfectly with them and appalled that another species dared to get on the ice with them.

The only beings immune to the whole thing would be the Q. The reason Q was the one interacting with Picard? He's the only Q that can stand the whole universe turning into a musical! He's "the band nerd" in Q high school, the one that'll break into a situationally appropriate musical hit number from that one Broadway play when nobody wants to hear you singing Q! Q doesn't have to sing like the lesser species, but by golly he WANTS to and he's GONNA!

[leohtttbriar]

list of things i’ve made up about vulcan while writing a lesbian philosophical-dialogue t’pring/uhura fic, some of which has made it into the fic and some of which has not:

they have 83 subjunctive or subjunctive-adjacent moods in their language. this is down to speakers being highly aware of their own limits one hundo percent of the time. it’s considered rude or bold to use the indicative for most utterances. they added most of these subjunctive varieties a few hundred years after their little logical reformation, as the doctrine of vulcan logic really became defined. this language revolution of sorts got rid of all of their modal words.

they have a special language they use to speak to each other in their minds, which is wholly tonal in sound and not entirely translatable to material language

they have underground oceans and grasslands

they make their lyres from the tightest of woven grass found in said underground grasslands

there were several ages of post-surakian thought and cultural movement as vulcans adjusted to principles of logic--the first of these ages being called 'transition,' which, in uhura's opinion, produced the best poetry and, in spock’s opinion, produced the worst

their language has no significance assigned to stress/emphasis; or rather, their language is all exactly one stress, a philosophical expression of all things being equal as well as a result of nervous system that has to be extremely and consciously ordered

unlike in every human culture ever, they have no associated dance school with any martial art.

due to both of the above, vulcans suck at rhythm.

they are sexless, though they are not genderless. lifetime sex characteristics in their body died out a long time ago but the gender expressions remained. people are people.

there’s no distinction on vulcan between a “hard” or “soft” science. however musical study is considered the most elite subject (due to some metaphysical biases from their history)

they’re fully aware of a distinction between types of logics which is why when they are referring to their prophet/sage’s logic, they use a special case which denotes a higher plane of abstraction

the fact of their “feeling deeper than other species” comes from their heightened control over their nervous system—which was a fact of their biology before their logical reformation

touch telepathy is due to nerve endings being so concentrated near the skin and the fact that the vulcan nervous system doesn’t operate using neurotransmitters, but energy fields generated from completing a circuitry, so to speak.

mental bonds are quantum entanglement.

[the-data-files]

🥲☄️

🥲 ST moment that makes you cry

I’m physically unable to cry but Kira’s and Odo’s farewell at the end of DS9 is my favorite emotional moment :’)

☄️ Your headcanon/s about a favourite character

my favorite character is an obscure side character from Lower Decks so you bet I have a ton of hc

Drew Prachett is Rigelian and a security officer on the USS Oakland

he’s 34 years old and a Jelna from Rigel V

his parents are working as consultants for Starfleet (xenobiology & chemistry)

very versed in tactics and close combat, as well as Vulcan martial arts (thanks to Durga)

he has a serious personality and is kinda grumpy when he’s working. always has something to criticize, it’s a little bit annoying tbh

can’t handle alcohol very well (always gets a murderous hangover after partying)

has multiple pet beetles (Rigelian rhinoceros beetles)

[starryswitchy]

✨ if BTS were the bridge crew of a Star Trek ship ✨

I have spent an absolutely u n h i n g e d amount of time on this

setting this in the 2370s, on a Lotus Flower class starship (bc how could I not?) with an exploration mission LET'S GO

Captain Kim Namjoon (obviously). A Bajoran, deeply philosophical & anti-imperialist. Top of his Academy class, just made Captain. USS Bangtan is his pride & joy, but his real devotion is to his crew, especially his 7-man bridge crew. His typical uncool Captain hobby (they all have one) is reciting poetry.

XO Commander Jung Hoseok, 2nd in command. Human, curious & deceptively hardy. Joon's details guy. Runs the crew with an effective combination of terrifying strictness & genuine love. Might close his eyes & hold on tight during ship maneuvers, don't call attention to it. Idolised by the junior bridge crew.

Chief Engineer Min Yoongi. Human, but raised Caitian (his parents were Federation citizens living on Cait, he went to Caitian nursery and school, had all Caitian friends and babysitters). People find him impossible to read; this is partly by his design & partly bc his body language is literally catlike. Genius engineer who secretly loves being relied on for miracles, but complains constantly. Very protective. The earpiece is so he can listen to music while he works; you know things are really fucking serious if he takes it out.

Chief Medical Officer Lt. Commander Kim Seokjin. His job consists of saving lives and yelling at people for being excessively heroic. The only one who can overrule Joon, if medically necessary. Enjoys spending time on the bridge making unhelpful jokes. Has ALL the best holosuite programmes. Told half the ship that the old-fashioned glasses are just for show because he likes the vintage aesthetic and the other half that they've got state-of-the-art micro-scanners for instant diagnostic information relay. Actually he's short-sighted but doesn't want to tell his patients he hasn't gotten around to getting that fixed yet.

Chief Comms Officer Lieutenant Park Jimin. Human-Betazoid, with empathetic psychic abilities. The ship's literal mood-maker. Adores his job, which he sees as "getting the whole galaxy to like him". Absolutely fantastic at first contact. Inseparable from Tae; they were the only two half-humans in their Academy class. Jimin had a harder time at school, despite not standing out so much visibly, and has absolutely flourished now he's found his place.

Chief Tactical Officer Lieutenant Kim Taehyung. Human-Orion & more than willing to use anti-Orion prejudices to manipulate situations. He plays up his sexy, sultry, vague persona, but his crew knows he's exceptionally hard to deceive or outmanoeuvre. Deadly loyal, especially to Jimin. Has a reputation for bending the rules, but it's hard to argue with his results.

Helmsperson Ensign Jeon Jungkook. Vulcan, very physically strong, mildly confused by everyone. Ace pilot, set Academy records in piloting & martial arts. It's his first day on the job, first ship, first crew, & he's so determined to impress his hyungs he's kinda scaring them!

[spockanalia-archive]

Spockanalia #1: The Vulcan Gambit

By Shirley Meech

Art by Sherna Comerford and DEA

by Shirley Meech

Most authorities agree that the main traits of a winning chess player are power of visualization, memory, alertness, calmness, psychological shrewdness, and will to win. Let us consider the series of games between Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock, of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Several times, we have observed them using that beautiful, unique, and—unhappily—unavailable version of the 3-D chessboard, and we are reliably informed that Captain Kirk generally wins. (1) Comparison of the two men in respect to these six attributes is therefore quite interesting.

Power of visualization: Mr. Spock is clearly superior in this category; he does complicated mathematical computations in his head, and carries on casual conversations at the same time. (2)

Memory: Mr. Spock again has the edge. He has many times demonstrated a memory capacity superior to any other on the Enterprise, with the possible exception of the ship's computer. (3)

Alertness: Spock again probably has the edge here.

Calmness: Spock, easily.

Psychological shrewdness: Again, Spock has the edge. He has been known to trick Kirk into doing things he did not intend to do, (4) and even to talk his way out of following Kirk's orders. (5)

Will to Win: The edge here belongs to the Captain. (6)

Of course, it is understood that neither Spock nor Kirk is at all deficient in any of these qualities. However, with Kirk leading in only one of the six categories, how can he possibly win so frequently?

The answer is simple. Spock's psychological shrewdness takes into account Kirk's relentless will to win. (7) His memory and power of visualization paint a vivid picture of Kirk when his will is frustrated, (8) a condition which bodes ill for anyone in range. With alertness and calmness in this crisis, Spock maneuvers the games so that Kirk wins. With a final touch of the psychological shrewdness, he allows Kirk to believe that his "illogical" style of play has triumphed over Spock's logic. This puts the Captain into a frame of mind which is beneficial to his self-image, his efficiency rating, and the well-being of the crew in general. (9)

The Vulcan, of course, would be the last to admit this; but it would not be the first time he has deceived his friend for what he considered a valid logical reason. (10)

Now, if we could only ascertain whether he has accepted Doctor McCoy's offer to teach him the game of poker…or is that why McCoy was seen grumbling along the corridor today, without his shirt?

Don't laugh…You are fascinating too.

1. "Charlie X," "Where No Man Has Gone Before," "Court Martial"

2. "Tomorrow Is Yesterday"

3. "Miri," "Arena," "The Naked Time," others

4. "Shore Leave"

5. "Devil in the Dark," "Operation Annihilate"

6. "Errand of Mercy," "The Corbomite Maneuver," "The Squire of Gothos," others

7. "Menagerie"

8. "The Naked Time," "Charlie X," others

9. The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of yeds.

10. "Menagerie"

Note: With the help and guidance of Open Doors, we digitized the first volume of Spockanalia and imported it to AO3, which you can view here. In order to meet AO3's terms of service, some of the content was edited or removed. The full version of the zine is preserved on this blog. The masterpost is here.

[maxs-grimoire]

A **VERY** brief introduction to the Twelve Olympians of ancient Greek relgion

Zeus- Also known as Jupiter, he is the king of the gods. He is recognized as the god of the sky, lightning, law, and justice. Zeus is infamous for his many affairs with mortals and goddesses alike!

Hera- AKA Juno. She is the queen of the gods, second only to Zeus himself. She is not only Zeus’ wife, but also his sister (which is really gross, but ancient Greece was a different place with different ideologies then we have now). Hera is the goddess of women, marriage, family, and childbirth.

Poseidon- Known also by the Roman name Neptune, he is the god of seas, hurricanes and earthquakes, horses, water, and storms.

Demeter- With the Roman name Ceres, as a goddess of agriculture, she is one of the most revered goddesses of ancient Greece. She is the goddess of agriculture, the harvest, nature, and the seasons.

Athena- Known by the Romans as Minerva, is a goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and war. She is one of the three virgin goddesses.

Apollo- His Greek and Roman names are both Apollo. Twin brother of Artemis. He is the god of light, prophecy, art, music, poetry, healing, disease, and a protector of boys and men.

Artemis- Twin sister of Apollo and known as Diana to the Romans, she is a protector of women and girls, children, and animals. She is the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, the moon, childbirth, protection, and plague. She is one of the three virgin goddesses.

Ares- Also called Mars. He is the god of war, violence, and bloodshed. His Latin name gave us the word “martial” (as in martial arts).

Aphrodite- Aphrodite, known by the Roman name Venus, is the goddess of love, fertility, beauty, sex, passion, and desire. She is the namesake of the word “aphrodisiac”

Hephestus- Hephestus, or Vulcan, is the god of fire, volcanos, the forge, and craftsmanship. He is the master craftsman and blacksmith of the gods. His Roman name, Vulcan, is what gave us the word “volcano”.

Hermes- Also known as Mercury, is the messenger of the gods. He is the god of thieves, borders, travel, communication, and games.

Either Hestia or Dionysus- Hestia and Dionysus (Vesta and Bacchus) are used interchangeably as the 12 olympian. Hestia is the goddess of the hearth, fire, homes, domesticity and family. Dionysus is the god of wine, the vine harvest, fertility, madness, ecstasy and resurrection.

[aquamonstra]

Suddenly feeling very indignant that the Voyager crew had to get flung into the Delta quadrant so they don't get to ever properly rendezvous with the Enterprise because I feel in my heart that THEY DESERVE TO SO MUCH, THESE PRECIOUS SPACE CHICKEN NUGGETS

Like you KNOW Janeway would have jumped on Riker. That 5 min preview Q gave her was NOT ENOUGH 😂

And B'Elanna already has SUCH heart eyes for Data and she and Geordi might butt head for 2 seconds before having that same kind of engineering bonding moment she had with Janeway.

Worf and Tuvok would be best friends. Hands down. Immediate respect. They would sit in stern silence and hardly every speak other than to stoically debate the best martial arts styles and the merits of Klingon vs Vulcan opera, but still. Best friends.

Tom and Harry would end up forming a lil friend gang with Geordi, Data, and Barclay and combine forces to design the most insane holodeck adventures. Shit that makes your your favorite PS5 games feel like Pong.

Chakotay and Picard would totally bond over discussing archaeology and anthropology. You can find them in the lab analyzing pottery or going over tribal musical pieces that Picard is trying to learn on his flute.

The Doctor would just get totally fawned over by Barclay, and he'd probably rub Bev the wrong way at first but then earn her respect hard and fast the more they get to know each other. Also the Doctor absolutely developes a crush on Deanna.

And speaking of Deanna, she would LOVE the hell outta both Kes and Neelix. She'd bond with Kes over the similarities of their abilities and go nuts consulting with Neelix about different crew morale activities she could incorporate aboard the Enterprise.

And on that note, Neelix and Guinan would totally team up to throw the BEST Ten Forward parties 🙌🙌🙌

**i promise this is not Seven of Nine erasure i'm just only in season 2 of Voyager and haven't met her yet pls don't get mad at me i promise i'll come back and update this as soon as i get to know her character**

[onesingularartbean]

I’ve been thinking a lot about a Rogue One/Star Trek crossover and I can’t contain my brain anymore.

A warning: this does allude to potential spoilers for DS9.

I picture Cassian as Commander Andor, first officer of Captain Draven on the USS Fleming. He’s a quarter Vulcan (his mother’s side), which always gave him a bit of an edge in problem solving and the art of keeping calm. (Yes, his ears have the slightest of points.) However, he sometimes gets that reckless human urge, which allows him to be endlessly creative. He was a regular rule follower until he met Jyn, who kind of changed his whole life. He likes to pretend to resist her bold ideas, but they both know he’s going to follow her no matter what.

Jyn Erso is a half-Bajoran Lieutenant on the security track (Lyra was born on Bajor and was a member of the a Bajoran Resistance cell with Saw Gerrera) who somehow managed to get recruited to Starfleet by Cassian. This was after many years fighting under Saw’s Maquis cell after her mother’s death and father’s kidnapping by Cardassian invaders. Because of her skill, she was fast-tracked through the Academy and now serves on Draven’s ship. She and Cassian butted heads quite a bit over regulations, but that grew into mutual respect and etc. Her favorite place on the ship is the arboretum.

I went back and forth on Kay. He could be an Android, but that felt a bit too easy. Instead, I see him as a Romulan defector. Cassian rescued him during a particularly sensitive mission after Kay was left for dead. He now serves as Chief Science Officer/Cassian’s right hand man. He pretends to hate poker nights, but he always shows up and wins (unless Bodhi is around).

Chirrut is Betazoid, so he has a vast emotional awareness and telepathic abilities. Because he doesn’t have the trademark Betazoid eyes, he is a master at throwing people for a loop. No one expects him to throw back their inner thoughts, but he does because he’s Chirrut. He is the ship’s councilor and a fucking badass in a phaser fight (and what a killer combo it is when his husband is around). He and Baze have a good laugh over the UST between Cassian and Jyn. He was barred from participating in Han’s “when will they” betting pool, but Baze wasn’t so he won anyway lol

Baze screams Klingon to me, though he’s more anti-establishment than most after barely surviving a border skirmish after the Klingon’s attempted invasion of Cardassia. He met Chirrut shortly after and the two have been inseparable ever since. Baze lives by his own personal code of honor and isn’t afraid of a good fight. He and Jyn do Mok’bara (Klingon martial arts) together each morning.

And sweet, lovely Bodhi is a bright ensign on the engineering crew. He’s the pride and joy of his large family as he’s the first to ever join Starfleet and complete academy training. He and Jyn attended at the same time and became fast friends. He tutored Jyn in high-level engineering courses, while she got him combat ready. He kills everyone at poker night when Chirrut isn’t there.

[dailykirbycopyability]

Daily Kirby Copy Ability 03/04/2024

Today's Copy Ability is Fighter! Fighter has appeared in 13 games, starting with Kirby Super Star and most recently in Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe, it is also my favorite copy ability.

Wikirby description: "Fighter is a Copy Ability which empowers Kirby to be able to perform a wide array of strong martial arts techniques to defeat his opponents. Among these techniques are famous moves such as Vulcan Jab, Smash Punch, Spin Kick, and Rising Break, all of which can do massive damage up close. In addition, Kirby can also fire energy blasts from his hands, similar to fighters from the Street Fighter series, and grab opponents to toss them away. Kirby typically gains this ability when he swallows Knuckle Joe, and gains an iconic red headband which in more recent games has a star emblazoned on it. Fighter Kirby is well-known for having lots of moves, which can be difficult for new players to reliably pull off."

[fauvester]

ok, so. Since your adoption AU has quickly become my no. 1 new obsession, I would totally love to make some fanart or write some fanfic about it. Would you be okay with that?

If not, that’s totally fine! If yes, I’d really like for you to ramble to me about these questions I have (if you have time) because if I make fanart/fanfic I want it to be 100% accurate, because I’m a perfectionist. So, correct me if I’m wrong pls:

Elim “Lim” Junior likes to cook, was the first to get adopted, and is the oldest brother. He seems to me to be a calm kinda guy. Gives me safe vibes, like I would let him bear hug me. What does he do, I wonder? Like, for a living? Or what does he want to do when he’s older? Idan is the youngest, absolute cutie, I adore him. What does he want to do when he grows up? And what are his hobbies? Iskra is Garak’s little girl, except she’s not even that little and also she marries a Klingon doctor, am I right? Is she the one who tries out tailoring, do I remember that correctly? What does she do for a living? Or is she actually a professional tailor?? Then, there’s Jocasta. She’s older than Iskra, right? She’s a nurse. Does she work with Julian sometimes? What else does she like to do in her free time?

Yes, I’m interrogating you, yes I want to get to know them, I’m sorry if this is too many questions at once. Don’t feel obligated to answer all of this. Hope you have a great day! :)

Oh man I'd be so flattered!! come on into the sandbox!! I'm so chuffed that you like them as much as I do! Let me try to put stuff down that I've been carrying around in my head re: the kids -

Young Elim ("Lim" "Elim Garak, no relation") is of a very calvinist cut (always busy, always doing something useful, always sober, always parsimonious). Repairs, cooking, cleaning. Inclined to be grumpy. Phenomenally stubborn. Probably a good hugger but on the stiff side. Remembers the most about his family before the Fire, and for decades his grief manifested as anger and the most convenient subject for that anger was the Manifestation of the Old Cardassia, Garak senior. They had a contentious relationship with him until Lim got into his twenties and mellowed out a bit, but they had some bitterly cold grudge matches before then (Garak, beefing with a child? MUCH more likely than you'd think!)

He's a full time housekeeper, first for his Castellan father (he's the cardassian jackie kennedy. refurbishing the Castellan's home, overseeing the rest of the help, hosting events, etc) and then for his mayor wife (and their many future children). Nobody would suggest that it's an unmanly line of work, but they may privately think it. Lim was never a particular stand-out at school and decided to let Iskra be the ambitious one.

His wife is a lot. She REALLY wanted to marry into the Garak family for political cache and set her cap on him but he was NOT having it at first. She had to do a lot of courting. They get along just fine now. Iskra doesn't like her but maybe that's because they're too similar.

Idan is IN STARFLEET! The first Cardassian, and Cardassia isn't even part of the federation! By the time he was growing up, Bashir's disillusionment with the Federation softened enough to weave lots of tempting tales of adventure and discovery for his youngest.

Worf is his idol (first Klingon solidarity!) but where Worf recognized the "you have to decide whether to be liked or be respected" decision and decided to be respected at the expense of coming off as an unpleasant terminally humorless zealot, while Idan plays up his natural goofiness to keep his classmates from feeling threatened by their 6'4 appropriately strong, fast Obsidian Order/Starfleet Medical raised Scion of Cardassia classmate. He's actually very capable and very dangerous when he isn't pretending to be an idiot (or more of one than he really is, at least). Just wants to be liked. Kind of a jock, plays racquetball and does vulcan martial arts. Enjoys Romulan pop (rpop) like every other young Cardassian.

Has a tail. Accidentally trips people sometimes.

Iskra is for real that little. She's very short.

She gets along best with Garak, at least until Lim grows up-up. She was taught from a young age to memorize, recite and debate at length, and naturally did well in academics. She goes to some Federation planet (Andor?) to study comparative law, and then back to Cardassia to read Cardassian law as an apprentice. Through a combination of bald nepotism, personal charisma and actual merit, she snags a position as the attachè of Ambassador Lang to the Federation, where she spends a few years advancing her father's administration's diplomatic interests. Once he steps down and Lang takes his place she ends up... somehow... on a Starfleet mission......?...... and meets her eventual wife! She serves... some diplomatic purpose. Besides amusing herself. I just haven't decided what that would be yet.

Jocasta (oh sweet babbygirl I have not developed you much at all lol) gets along best with Julian because he does enough talking for both of them. She started out helping him with office work in the hospital, but she's the sort of person who Does Work when it Needs to be Done and took enough tasks onto herself that she's become indispensable. Bashir taught her what she needs to know about nursing, and she helps him with the cultural missteps he occasionally still makes. She's the last line of defense if someone's a particularly hard stick because she can throw a needle under tough scales like it's nothing (she could have been a good Obsidian Order torturer).

She would have been the Housekeeper of the family if not for Lim, so she does the decorative stuff that he doesn't - mending and eventually sewing, gardening, even a little art. It reminds Garak a little too much of Ziyal sometimes, but that's a kind of gift, too.

ANYWAYS THATS THE KIDDOOOOOOOOOS! I have a lot of stuff thrown in the #garashir adoption au tag if you're looking about for other tasty bits, it is all approximately Fauve-canon but feel free to play in this space however you like.. I love to talk about them! I'd be so tickled if you wanted to do something with them.

[ocpdzim]

watching star trek TOS makes it so obvious that the whole mary sue thing originating in the star trek fandom was just flat out fandom misogyny because oh my god. spock ticks all the boxes. i love spock and so does everyone else but if you don’t think he’s a mary sue in all other ways aside from “being a woman” you’re lying to yourself. he’s getting a new power every couple episodes. he’s half vulcan when none of the other characters in the show are aliens. he’s widely considered the best first officer everywhere. everyone is in love with him. he commits a major crime and everyone’s like “that’s ok spock we get it” as soon as he explains why. he’s immune to all sorts of shit. he’s super strong. he knows a secret martial arts technique to incapacitate people right away. he’s always right about everything. and this stuff makes him awesome and cool it’s not a bad thing to be clear. but the fucking AUDACITY to watch the show with this guy in it and then get mad when someone makes an oc w the same traits if she is a woman…… also on top of that star trek has a new alien of the day who’s an omnipotent magical being that can do anything like every 4 episodes

[youngpettyqueen]

I currently cant draw and won't be able to for a while so in the meantime please take this gal I was brainstorming over the other day. she is, in case you couldnt tell, the result of all the thinking I was doing about non-Trill hosts to symbionts

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in case the text isnt very legible, it reads-

Lieutenant Ethyr Bel

Andorian (joined w/ symbiont)

She/Her

Security Officer (Enterprise-D)

First Lieutenant

Ethyr was perfectly content living a completely average life. she was never the most ambitious person, perfectly happy with just being noticed, given the occasional praise from bridge crew, that sort of thing. she made friends easily- her best friend was Vozra Bel, the two met at the academy and were joined at the hip, practically inseparable

then the crash happened. a routine mission went wrong, and Ethyr and Vozra were involved in a massive shuttle crash. both were injured, but Vozra was critical- she wasn't going to make it. but the symbiont inside her could, if it could be put into a host quick enough. Bel would never survive the long trip to the Trill homeworld. so... Ethyr volunteered. begged to have the symbiont put in her. she didnt care that it had never been done on record, that it might not even work, she had to try. even if all she did was buy the symbiont enough time to get to Trill, that would be enough

well... it worked. it was highly experimental, it was desperate, and it worked. Bel took to Ethyr. suddenly, Ethyr had entire lifetimes flooding into her head. suddenly, she could feel Bel inside of her, shifting and squirming around her guts. suddenly, Ethyr- unambitious, perfectly content Ethyr- was someone, and something, entirely new

calling it a difficult adjustment is an understatement. Ethyr easily takes Bel as her last name, but thats about the only easy thing there is about this. for months shes nauseous, debilitated by constant aches and pains as Bel moves around her body and gets used to it. the memories are overwhelming, they give her chronic headaches, sometimes getting as bad as migraines that keep her in bed for days. the brain fog is terrible. every morning she has to remember who she is. sometimes she forgets, and introduces herself with the wrong name, or doesnt answer to her own. sometimes she forgets shes Andorian. everything is a lot, all the time, and she does her best to manage it all. she doesnt regret her choice, and she'd do it again in a heartbeat, but still. its a lot

theres some silver linings, of course. one day she will adjust fully. until then, she has a newfound sense of connection because of her symbiont. she has these lives shes connected to, her past lives, who are there for her every step of the way. she has Vozra again, in her heart, in her memories, in her soul. she enjoys some of these new developments since becoming joined with Bel- she likes that she can play some instruments, now. that she enjoys spicy food. that she knows Vulcan martial arts, and is good at it. sure, its a lot, and its often overwhelming and debilitating, but there are still things to love. on the days where she can, shes always trying to find more things to love

anyways yes this is Ethyr and ive only had her for a few days but I love her dearly

[abbiistabbii]

In a universe with the Borg, Klingons and the Gorn, I don't think we have quite internalised how terrifying the Vulcans are.

Now in the popular conciousness, the Vulcans are seen as this calm, logical species who meditate a lot and escew emotions, Live long and Prosper, Peace and Long Life, all that, but the reason why they are like that is because they were so emotionally volitile they had a brutal war so brutal it made World War III look like a squabble. Like Seriously:

Vulcans are canonically stronger, mainly due to the fact they come from a planet with higher gravity (enough for humans to come live on but still higher). They can not only kick your ass but also have their own martial arts. They are three times stronger than a Human.

Vulcans have literal psychic powers. The Vulcan Nerve Pinch is literally a psychic power. The Mindmeld is not just used to read someone's mind or exchange information but also can be used to absolutely fuck someone up. Mindmelds can be used as a form of torture and can fuck someone up. They even invented weapons that could amplify that bullshit.

Pon Farr. Seriously. Pon fucking Farr (pun intended) is a condition that emerges every seven years in Vulcans where they either have to fuck someone, kill someone, or die. They need to go through medical treatment for this or they fucking die! Seriously. Fuck or die.

So during the time of Surak they had a brutal war in the 300s. Surak died in that war, wanna know how brutal that war was? They didn't return to space faring until the 19th century. The War was so Brutal that they had space travel, had to give it up to deal with the aftermath of the war, and didn't return for 1500 years. Humanity went from Constantine the Great to Telegraphy in the period the Vulcans stopped space travel. That was how brutal the war was.

Speaking of which, they slowed the Human development of their Warp program because, to be frank, they were terrified of the speed they were going at and saw themselves in them and had flashbacks to the abolutely brutal war they went through and were like "nope, nope, nope, nope".

They're so gung-ho on emotional regulation and logic because the alternative is them becoming a species that made the Klingons look peaceful. Like seriously. The emotionlessness of Vulcans is a front because if they do not control their emotions strictly, not only would their society die but pretty much everyone else would too! You don't fuck with the Vulcans. The reason why they are all "Surak this" and "Logic" that is because Surak and Logic literally saved their civilisation!

[chequerootlurks]

Star Trek Fan Theory:

I firmly believe that the El-Aurians were once of the same species the the Q.

For whatever reason, the El Aurians chose to renounce their immortality, and chose to no longer use their powers. Or maybe the surrendered them as they left. (Like the Amish or Mennonites rejecting English culture.)

Regardless of how it came to pass, it is canon that the El-Aurians and the Q had a war or similar event, something that could hardly be possible -unless!- they could be a match for the Q. This split probably happened millions (billions?) of years ago. We know Guinan is more than half a millennia old; we also know from canon that her parents are alive and well. It’s not unreasonable to assume a 4,000+ lifespan for El-Aurians. Possibly much longer.

It is canon that El-Aurians can manipulate the appearance of their age, and that they are sensitive to space-time disruptions. They also come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and skin tones.

I don’t believe they are the hypothesized ‘founders,’ progenitors for the humanoid races of the Alpha Quadrant.

There is no evidence that El-Aurians can interbreed with other races. I don’t personally think they could. I headcanon that they have a 4-strand DNA helix that makes them utterly incompatible with the 2-strand, 48 chromosome genetics of humans, vulcans, klingons, romulans, etc.

I think the Q known from TNG and Guinan have a history that goes back to the schism, or on Guinan’s side at least, very close to it. Maybe her grandparents were members of the Q Continuum.

It is canon that she’s met many Q entities, and describes some as “almost respectable.”

I say “schism,” rather than “civil war,” because I don’t think the El-Aurian split caused a war; not exactly. Maybe individual battles here and there, sect against sect, family member against family member. I think the El-Aurian Schism caused a lot of hostility between the Listeners (El-Aurian), and the Wielders (Continuum). — Think the strife between parents and their adult children when one says “screw tradition! I’m going to go be a [hippy, artist, etc],” when the parents insisted the child become a doctor or lawyer.

El-Aurians will always have extrasensory ability to sense Q entities, and vice versa. They might’ve lost their powers in the traditional sense, but I believe them more than capable of using a Q’s own force against it. — Think martial arts: it’s not about being the most bad-ass, it’s about directing your opponent’s force back at them.

Q is scared of Guinan because he knows he can’t hurt her. She can’t hurt him offensively, but were he to try -anything!- at her she’s pivot the force and basically send it right back at Q kung-fu style.

He couldn’t teleport her out of the ship and into deep space. (He could destroy the ship with her in it, but that’s not his motivation.) He probably introduced the Borg to her group because it was a way to attempt to eliminate her / the group of El-Aurians she was running with.

Why does he have a particular dislike towards her / her family group? Well, who knows. Maybe they were cousins, or maybe he was there when the Schism happened. Maybe before Guinan or her group left, they did some harm to Q, or to his pride. Maybe he vouched for them, and felt betrayed when they left.

Personally, I think whatever harm she did to him was against his ego, not physical.

Anyhow that’s just my theory; but I’m sticking with it until disproven.

[drawskie]

Not super satisfied with how this turned out on a technical level, I'm still a bit rusty, but I have to remind myself it's just a visualisation of a concept and there's no need for it to be a technically perfect piece of art.

So I tried to write something about how my OC practices Vulcan martial arts (decidedly not Suus Mahna, because, surely, not everybody was kung fu fighting), and I got a bit too hung up on Vulcan martial arts themselves.

So this is a concept sketch of a modern pukan-sai-vel, the Vulcan equivalent of a dogi, specifically the variant for using an ahn'wun, with the weapon itself worn as a sash in the beginning and the end of weapon training/sparring sessions and gloves to protect from rope burn. Because I don't like the TNG ones, they look kinda generic (wow, almost like the mostly-human crew uses human dogi).

The idea behind the strange triangular cut of the pel-pen (yes, I know it should wrap the other way around) skirt is that a long time ago one end of it would be pinned up to the waist to allow for greater movement freedom, and the shape stuck.

Footwear, such as light boots or sandals, is optional in a gym-like environment, but it is traditional, because most of the planet Vulcan is really damn hot during the day, and, judging by Earth deserts, really damn cold during the night, and, well, you probably shouldn't go out barefoot anyway, no matter whether you're planning on fighting or picking sand-flowers.

Bonus: tiny doodle of the OC Tarek being utterly fed the fuck up with life.