kudos to Moiraine for managing to end up in both the most wholesome and the most toxic relationship of the show, respectively. She really does contain multitudes
Wheel of Time Star Trek AU 🌟🖖
Sometimes you just need to nerd out and combine your two favorite shows hehe.
Text from the drawings is written out below the cut!
When I think of this AU the "present day" would be like, early DS9 timeframe I guess? The angst potential of the upcoming Dominian war... delicious.
Moiraine works for intelligence as a secret operative but she is a very reluctant one. Her family connections, eagerness to know things, and skill at subterfuge made her a prime candidate but she only shares things she thinks would benefit the greater good. She shares more with Siuan and Lan than she does with her bosses, and runs rogue operations if she thinks she can't trust anyone else in Starfleet, especially when the Dominion starts invading.
I considered making Moiraine Siuan's first officer but I do like Leane for that. First officer would put Mo in a better position to gather intellegence than science officer but it also doesn't suit her very well. I initially wanted them all to be on the same ship but Siuan being a captain and Moiraine remaining (somewhat) stationary tickled my brain so I imagine Mo and Lan working on a big Starfleet station DS9 style, where Mo could gather intel on all the comings and going and conferences and whatever, and Lan being chief of security of the station.
For Lan/ L'Lan's name,, I'm no expert on Vulcan language so this is what i got from the internet but the prefix L' means bearer (of), and Lan in vulcan means rank. So his name being bearer of rank could literally notttt be more perfect for him. Idk if in this AU it will be L'Lan or L' An or just Lan or like,, Al'Lan idk!! if anyone has like great Vulcan language insights lmk.
Idk it's not fleshed out yet at all!!! Just thoughts and little scenarios bouncing around in my head!!!!
Drawing him I got desensitized to Lan's bangs but omg. It does look so cursed but hey he holds to traditions. Also he wears blue eyeshadow. For uh tradition.
Moiraine - 50% human (father), 50% vulcan (mother)
Joined Starfleet to be a researcher/historian, but was recruite by Starfleet Intellegence straight out of the academy. They had their eye on her from the start.
She resents her human side and has spent most of her life surpressing that side of herself. She was raised by/around emotionally volatile humans (Damodreds) and left home age 13 to study on Vulcan until she was old enough to Join Starfleet Academy.
Mindmelded to Lan. They're best friends, met on Vulcan.
Married to Siuan, met at the academy where they were roommates. Siuan helped her embrace her human side more.
Guilt tripped into becoming an intelligence officer.
Siuan Sanche - Captain/scientist. Human.
Grew up on a small earth colony where Starfleet was not well-regarded, close to the DMZ (demilitarized zone).
Rose through the ranks fast because of her impressive (battle) strategies and ability to puzzle out/solve problems.
Married to Moiraine, who keeps her informed on her intel. Siuan uses her higher rank to help her with missions. As captain she is more informed and can pull strings.
Started as a marine exo-biologist but switched to command after recommendation after taking charge during an awaymission gone wrong.
Her quick thinking makes her lead choice for battling the Borg.
L'Lan - Lieutenant commander, chief of security. Vulcan
Orphaned as a baby, his parents were very renowned philosophers and spiritual masters. They were killed in an attack on their shuttlecraft. L'Lan was raised by his parents' fellow masters in a temple, prepping him to become a master himself.
Met Moiraine at the temple where she came seeking help to control her emotions. After initial conflict they became best friends and eventually mindmelded.
Uncomfortable with the path laid out for him but unsuer what else to do. Mo joining Starfleet made the decision easy for him.
Recommended for command but he wanted nothing to do with it. Working security and helping Mo gave him a purpose.
just wanted to say that I absolutely love The War of Power. been reading and re-reading it a lot lately, and the dynamic you've built between Mo and Lanfear is insane in the best way! I love how each of them follows their own agenda and think they can manipulate the situation to achieve their own goals, that they know enough about the other to be able to… yet they keep being surprised by things they discover in each other
Oh my gosh! Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm glad you like it. I'm finishing writing up the next chapter soon. I want to have a Lanfear chapter finished up by the end of the week for you guys! If you ever want to chat about it hit me up in the comments- I'm always down for a good gab! ❤️👍
So. I'm writing my fic right now (My fic is War of power- Dance of hearts on A03 if any of the three people reading it still are here! Hello it's Lou 🤣)
And to do that, I've been deep delving and reading the World of the wheel of time book- for background lore. I love that the book goes so in depth about everything, it's great for my ADHD goblin brain. But it's still WOEfULLY short of descriptors of any of the cities and/or the way the territory taken by the shadow was structured during the war of power, though by all accounts it was VERY messy.
Brian...give me more age of legends content Brian....
Lanfear: Hello, I am Lanfear, daughter of the night, of the forsaken... and I am here with LADBible to read... thirst tweets
*intro plays*
Lanfear: "Lanfear could torture me every single night in my dreams and I would still be saying please and thank you ma'am"
Lanfear: OK, if this is about that dirty skank al'Vere... I wasn't torturing her, we were just... hanging out. Gals being gals, you know? You don't have to take everything so seriously
Muffled voice off screen: She seemed to be pretty, uhm... deeply traumatized by it?
Lanfear: *ominous stare*
Muffled voice off screen: I mean... deeply traumatized... by how much fun she was having ha ha
Lanfear: Right? This guy gets it
Lanfear: "I want Lanfear and Moiraine to step on me"
Lanfear: Ok why Moiraine? What does she add to this? You will squirm gratefully under my heel and to even think to ask for more would be a deranged folly. Would you wish for the sun and then a single hearth also? Riddiculous! Completely ridiculous
Lanfear: "Ishamael, Moghedien, Ravhin, Lanfear... some people would call this 'the terrible and fearsome forsaken' I call it 'list of people that I would like for to rail me' "
Lanfear: I'm not so sure you want that honey. Moggy is freaky in ways you can't even begin to imagine in the short span of your insignificant lifetime. It will be an experience... that's for sure, but... you won't survive, most likely. But maybe that is what you want, all you mortals seem to want to do is throw your useless lives away, so maybe that works out for you
Lanfear: "The way Lanfear acts around Moiraine is so cute, she is really just a small bean"
Lanfear: Small bean? What is this... insanity? Clever with words are you? Why don't we see how clever you are in person! Find this... *looks down* find this 'moiraineswhore69' and bring them to me!
Muffled voice off screen: We uhm... we don't actually know who these people are, we just have their usernames
Lanfear: All you mortals ever have to offer is excuses! Did you write this?!
Muffled voice off screen: No! I... I didn't write this, I swear! I don't even watch the show
Lanfear: What?
Muffled voice off screen: I mean... doesn't seem worth getting into... you know, after it got cancelled
Lanfear: I think you will find your life canc
*sharp cut*
Lanfear, blood splatter on face: Thank you... LADbible, for having me. I am Lanfear, daughter of the night, and this has been thirst tweets
So I'm writing a Hella long War of Power (WoP) Moiraine/Lanfear fic, trying to stick close to the source material from the lore book (TwotWOT) and it occurred to me that we don't really have much info on Shayol Ghul itself, aide from the descriptions of the Thakan'dar valley we get from Padan Fain in Fires of Heaven
BUT! We do know there are structures within the mountain, as the chosen are said to have gathered there often for meetings. It's also said that the Dark One is also capable of altering time and reality in the mountain itself. (Which i shall use to MANY ends in the fic yaknowhatimsayin)
So all I'm saying is there definitely has to be a fortress in that damn mountain, around the lake of literal boiling lava at it's core. For such an important place there is little to no info!
As I am decidedly not heterosexual I've only ever been able to examine the Lanfear stuff through a detached lens of narrative and analytic interest (though the magic thing about Robert Jordan is that basically his entire world and plot can stand up to that scrutiny), but heterosexual men have assured me repeatedly over the years that Lanfear's 'Selene' act in TGH a) would have worked on them and b) did represent a level of appeal that's Rand's ensuing Stupid(TM) re: Lanfear makes a lot of sense.
With that in mind I find it hilarious how the show has updated Lanfear's manipulation attempt, not to appeal to Rand but the audience, and what that says about the way what is attractive in women has shifted in the twenty odd years since TGH came out.
Basically, mysterious intelligent beautiful maidens who are eternally grateful to their rescuer are OUT and worldly confidant financially superior older women who wield their power over you in only benevolent and/or fun ways are IN.
MY QUEEN Natasha O'Keeffe as Lanfear, Josha Stradowski as Rand al'Thor and Kate Fleetwood as Liandrin Sedai Behind the Scenes for Wheel of Time Season 3
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