#you_want_it_darker

[regionalpancake]

Out of the Game - Regionalpancake - Star Trek: Picard [Archive of Our Own]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek: Picard Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Raffi Musiker & Cristóbal Rios Characters: Raffi Musiker, Cristóbal Rios, (mentioned) Additional Tags: Grief/Mourning, Angst, Episode: s02e10 Farewell, not so much a fix-it as a fixate-on-it, these two deserved better, or at the very least a little mourning, You_Want_It_Darker, Merry Month of Cohen Summary: Aboard La Sirena, Raffi tries to come to terms with her friend’s decision.

Written for the @you-want-it-darker​ angst fest. Thank you so much to Servalan for organising our yearly dose of angst/trek/cohen!

[you-want-it-darker]

This year's Cohen fest is May 1-15 2022. Usual parameters with this year's twist: No happy endings.

Sign up dates are filling up fast! Please message me if you would like a date. If we do fill up, please note I will turn no one away! We can do double ups as necessary.

So far:

1: BlackVelvet

2: @amoderngirl

3: @marymoss1971

4:

5: @70thousandlightyearsfromhome

6: @darksideofthecoffeebean

7: @pixiedane

8: TracyLordHaven

9: CAMIR

10: @caladeniablue

11: @neverenough37

12: @grissomesque

13: @mia-cooper

14: @seemaunbound

15: @regionalpancake

[mia-cooper]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: La'an Noonien-Singh/Number One Characters: La'an Noonien-Singh, Number One (Star Trek) Additional Tags: Merry Month of Cohen, You Want it Darker, Episode: s01e01 Strange New Worlds (Star Trek Strange New Worlds), plus some Discovery callbacks, how surprising that my first contribution to this fandom is angsty as hell, with a touch of femslash, the warning is there for one brief paragraph but better safe than grossed out Summary:

La’an dreams of dying, even when she wants to live.

Inspired by Leonard Cohen's So Long, Marianne.

[marymoss1971]

Hallelujah - The Traitor's Song

Fic for the Merry Month of Cohen--

The only Leonard Cohen song I know is Hallelujah, which I think is beautiful. To me, the song is about loss of faith and I think it'd really apply to someone who feels betrayed by their government and commits treason. While Star Trek has had some disgraced officers, the song seemed to apply most to Eddington.

[grissomesque]

It’s the casual thoughtlessness of it all, Kathryn thinks, gazing speculatively at Inspector Call Me Kashyk, Please pacing around her briefing room. Chakotay is nowhere to be found today, either because he’s wholly unbothered by this spectacle or because it bothers the hell out of him, and she won’t know which unless he deigns to tell her. She’s less… aware of the interiority of her first officer now than ever before. Since the ordeal with the Ramuran. Like he, too, is now a closed society, or maybe just closed to her.

He should be here for this.

[you-want-it-darker]

Our annual May Cohen event is upon us! Bring us all your angst & pain.

Starts today/tomorrow! (Depending on your timezone …)

Participants: 1. Post your masterpiece on your chosen date, tagging your Tumblr post with #You_Want_It_Darker. 2. If posting to AO3, please add to the “You_Want_It_Darker” collection, and tag your story “You_Want_It_Darker”. 3. Message this blog with the details of where your fanwork is posted. Any questions, message this blog.

As of this update, there is technically one spot left, and we've been told there may be a few surprises. It is never too late to sign up, so join us!

[mia-cooper]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Chakotay/Kathryn Janeway Characters: Mestral (Star Trek), Kathryn Janeway Additional Tags: Merry Month of Cohen, You Want it Darker, Episode: s03e08-e09 Future's End, Episode: s02e02 Carbon Creek (Star Trek Enterprise), Alternate Timelines, Temporal Mechanics, Dementia, Loneliness, Not A Happy Ending, I killed Chakotay again sorry Series: Part 2 of The Sea and the Stars Summary:

As she waits for death in pre-apocalyptic California, an old woman tells a nurse her impossible life story. But her caretaker has an impossible secret of his own.

Inspired by Leonard Cohen’s song The Faith. Lyrics within are from that song.

Thanks to @you-want-it-darker​ for running this year’s Cohen fest.

[you-want-it-darker]

You Want It Darker

The Merry Month of Cohen Awaits and You Want It Darker

Usual parameters as before but this year’s twist: No Happy Endings.

1. Pick a Leonard Cohen song. Any Cohen song/lyrics you like as long as they sing the Siren’s Call of Pain and Angst. This year there are no happy endings.

2. Pick a date between 1 May and 15 May to sign up. If we get more than 15 sign ups, that’s great! We will double/triple up. I will turn no one away. Message this blog and you’ll be added to the timetable. Message any time with questions, etc…

3. Produce a fan work (art, fic, vid, gifset, poem, podfic, filk, etc…) that is based on some aspect of Star Trek (characters, plotlines, settings, pairings, ratings etc) and is somehow related to your chosen Cohen song. You can use the lyrics, the title, or the overall feel.

4. Mashing up Star Trek fandoms is cool but keep any crossovers contained in the Star Trek universe.

5. Post it to your chosen platform on your chosen date.

6. Either message this blog with the details of where it’s posted so we can publicize it, or if you’ve posted it on tumblr, tag your post with #merrymonthofcohen and tag this blog.

7. If you’re posting on AO3 you can also add your fan work to the you_want_it_darker collection.

#you_want_it_darker

#merrymonthofcohen

[you-want-it-darker]

Coming to a close soon on the Merry Month of Cohen #You_Want_It_Darker fest of 2022 with this year's theme of No Happy Endings. Please message me if you'd still like to contribute, there's still a little time left!

Also - if you added to the ao3 collection and it did not work properly, please message me and I'll get you added. This year it's been a bit funky (even when posting my own stuff) so let me know if you did not get included and I'll make sure you are.

In a day or two I'll post all of the links and small summaries for those interested.

Thanks for participating and reading!

[darksideofthecoffeebean]

I'm a published author! 😄 Feeling ridiculously proud of my first fan fiction ever. 😁

It's a "Resolutions" story which is probably fitting as a debut for an avid J/C shipper.

This is such a great fan event. Big thanks to Servalan for organizing it! ❤

The contributions so far have been stunning. Thank you all for keeping the fandom alive and thriving!

This year's Cohen fest is May 1-15 2022. Usual parameters with this year's twist: No happy endings.

Sign up dates are filling up fast! Please message me if you would like a date. If we do fill up, please note I will turn no one away! We can do double ups as necessary.

So far:

1: BlackVelvet

2: @amoderngirl

3: @marymoss1971

4:

5: @70thousandlightyearsfromhome

6: @darksideofthecoffeebean

7: @pixiedane

8: TracyLordHaven

9: CAMIR

10: @caladeniablue

11: @neverenough37

12: @grissomesque

13: @mia-cooper

14: @seemaunbound

15: @regionalpancake

[caladeniablue]

Yeah! It's back!

So, baby fic with pink frosting. Got it.

This year's Cohen fest is May 1-15 2022. Usual parameters with this year's twist: No happy endings.

Sign up dates are filling up fast! Please message me if you would like a date. If we do fill up, please note I will turn no one away! We can do double ups as necessary.

So far:

1:

2: @amoderngirl

3: @marymoss1971

4:

5: @70thousandlightyearsfromhome

6: BlackVelvet

7:

8: TracyLordHaven

9:

10: @caladeniablue

11:

12: @grissomesque

13: @mia-cooper

14: @seemaunbound

15: @regionalpancake

[arcadia75]

Yes! Waiting for my heart to be ripped out and stomped on…

This year’s Cohen fest is May 1-15 2022. Usual parameters with this year’s twist: No happy endings.

Sign up dates are filling up fast! Please message me if you would like a date. If we do fill up, please note I will turn no one away! We can do double ups as necessary.

So far:

1:

2: @amoderngirl

3: @marymoss1971

4:

5: @70thousandlightyearsfromhome

6: BlackVelvet

7:

8: TracyLordHaven

9:

10: @caladeniablue

11:

12: @grissomesque

13: @mia-cooper

14: @seemaunbound

15: @regionalpancake

[mia-cooper]

*bormp*

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Chakotay/Kathryn Janeway Characters: Mestral (Star Trek), Kathryn Janeway Additional Tags: Merry Month of Cohen, You Want it Darker, Episode: s03e08-e09 Future’s End, Episode: s02e02 Carbon Creek (Star Trek Enterprise), Alternate Timelines, Temporal Mechanics, Dementia, Loneliness, Not A Happy Ending, I killed Chakotay again sorry Series: Part 2 of The Sea and the Stars Summary:

As she waits for death in pre-apocalyptic California, an old woman tells a nurse her impossible life story. But her caretaker has an impossible secret of his own.

Inspired by Leonard Cohen’s song The Faith. Lyrics within are from that song.

Thanks to @you-want-it-darker​ for running this year’s Cohen fest.