[garaks-padded-bra]

[funnywormz]

adding on some moments from "a stitch in time" hehe 👀 he is so envious..........

[slangry]

Ah, so the Empoc Nor episode is what happens when space meth and a gay jealous crash out meet.

[onetobeamupart]

She was never meant to be rescued—only used. Isha Dalid knows her husband is powerful. What she doesn’t know is how many enemies he’s made in the shadows. When she’s abducted from their penthouse and taken across the system under heavy guard, she learns the truth with chilling clarity: she isn’t a wife anymore. She’s leverage against a man who has secrets worth killing for. Her captor is known only as Leit—a covert obsidian operative whispered about in intelligence circles, a man who completes missions without hesitation or mercy. He doesn’t pretend to be kind. He doesn’t soften the truth. Isha is a bargaining chip, and he intends to squeeze every ounce of value from her. Liet is calculating, relentless, and terrifyingly controlled. He withholds comforts. He uses silence as a weapon. He lets her see just enough of his brutality to understand that escape is impossible. And yet—he never allows anyone else to touch her. Never leaves her unguarded. Never lets the threat come from anyone but him. Isha tells herself it’s strategy. Ownership of the asset. But while her husband’s silence becomes a betrayal and the operation spirals toward a violent endgame, Isha faces an impossible truth: the ruthless man holding her captive may be the only one who refuses to treat her as expendable. And falling for him won’t just be dangerous. It will be war.

its been a while but we are back on that in-universe trashy alien lit train. Garak has never read this and pretends this genre doesnt exist. Mila has an annotated copy.

[gesssekai]

STAR TREK: VOYAGER // S6E13: Virtuoso

[costumeloverz71]

Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) Purple sequined dress.. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990-97).. Costume by William Ware Theiss.

[aenslem]

Karim Diane as Jay-Den Kraag Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1.04

[evviejo]

KIRA NERYS - STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE S1E5 Babel

[smileyobrien]

It‘s a shame you‘re not alive to experience disembodiment. It‘s the epitome of perfection.

Susanna Thompson as the Borg Queen in STAR TREK: VOYAGER – 6.26/7.01 "Unimatrix Zero"

[glitteringhostofheaven]

To anyone saying Janeway was the most ruthless captain in the fleet I can only say that no other captain was in as isolating and ruthless a position as her

[boophisburnhamae]

I forgot how early they made Wesley an acting ensign. He's still so young. Hey, what are the Federation's child labor laws?

[boophisburnhamae]

The Traveler's relationship to Wesley feels so predatory, and it is clear that he is able to bond with him so quickly because of how dismissive and rude everyone else on the ship is to Wes. Ends up being pretty good commentary on children's liberation, which Star Trek doesn't usually touch. Of course, there's also the fact that I'm not sure how intended that predatory vibe is

[boophisburnhamae]

To be clear, I don't even mean the "The Traveler gives off literal pedophilic vibes" the way a lot of people say, though I certainly won't call that an unfounded reading. But even just looking at the Traveler's textual relationship to Wesley, it very much feels as though he has purposely engineered the situation in Where No One Has Gone Before to force him to access his own latent ability to become a Traveler, something that will fundamentally alter Wesley's relationship to his body and personhood, and, as we see in Prodigy, is a nightmare for his mental health. And he does this without providing Wesley with any information on what it will mean for him or allowing him a choice. The closest he comes to seeking consent is by telling Picard- an adult with authority over Wesley who has already repeatedly used that authority to demean and control him- that he needs to nuture the seed the Traveler is planting in Wesley.

Not to say that not becoming a Traveler would necessarily have been better for Wes- as mentioned, he gets treated pretty terribly in his life as a regular human and he later becomes the poster child for gifted kid burnout. But that doesn't change the fact that the Traveler sought out Wesley and backed him into a corner to completely change his life without even trying to get meaningful consent.

[tprings-hair]

there's so much delicious tension in this scene.

this is early on so I think this plays a part in kirk's doubts about spock betraying him later on in the series (see: obsession, the deadly years). I think someone with kirk's trust issues would like that idea about vulcans being loyal, because he's always afraid of being betrayed. he finally has someone who is literally incapable of betraying him. what does it mean about him, as a friend or as a captain, if spock really has decided not to trust him? even if it's for a good reason, spock decided to go behind his back and not even give him a chance to act. he now knows for a fact that when it comes down to it, spock won't ask him for help. that's got to sting.

and his professional pride has just taken a beating. kirk has just spent the last few minutes defending spock against these accusations. if they're true, he's going to look like an incompetent captain who can't control his men. and the previous captain who spock apparently likes better is right there, watching his command fall apart.

mccoy is defending spock.

mccoy isn't even pretending it's painful to defend spock, which is how you really know it's serious.

I think this also plays into mccoy's issues with spock. I think the way dee kelley played mccoy's antagonism with spock shifted a little after this episode. it's not just that mccoy takes issue with spock's cool, logical approach (though that's definitely part of it) -- it's that he knows now that spock is just as prone to lying or running off half-cocked as the rest of them, and those are traits mccoy sees in himself, that have got him into trouble. he trusted spock to be better than the rest of them, and he can't count on that anymore.

also!! at this point, mccoy believes spock is genuinely incapable of making a rash decision based on emotion. he learns in this episode that that isn't true. I think this partly explains why mccoy is always after him for a reaction or to take action (especially where kirk is concerned. see: the gamesters of triskelion, the tholian web). he knows spock can and will make emotional decisions for people he cares about in extreme circumstances. seeing him refuse to do it now offends mccoy's sense of character and integrity, which is why he's so vicious with spock sometimes.

the next thing that happens in this scene is spock's fake message from the enterprise to beam mccoy up so they can leave kirk behind. mccoy is defending spock to kirk WHILE SPOCK IS ACTIVELY BETRAYING THEM.

I don't know why more fics and meta don't talk about this episode (that's a lie, I know why) when it's such excellent drama in the early days of the mission!

[satans-trek]

"Neep Gren 😊"

@chibeast

[tlirsgender]

Just caught myself thinking "why is he kind of sexy though" about Brunt, FCA I think I need to log off

[lazuelazuli]

I love Jake Sisko. And I am so shocked that no other writer character in fiction (that I’m aware of) FEELS like a writer to this degree. I’m still in love with the part in For The Cause where Jake is quibbling over accuracy of Kavarian tiger bats. He’s just like me for real.

[lizardsfromspace]

Star Trek fans, 2026: "Ugh, I hate Starfleet Academy! We need real Trek like we had in the 90s, like Voyager."

Star Trek fans, 2000s: "God these internet reviews are right, Voyager was literally unwatchable! It wasn't real Trek, like DS9!"

Star Trek fans, 1990s: "They don't even go anywhere! This oddly joyless book about Trek bloopers literally said the show should be called Bajor: Terek Nor! It wasn't real Trek, like TNG!"

Star Trek fans, 1980s: "TNG isn't even real Star Trek. Only the original is real Star Trek."

The world's largest Lost in Space Fan, 1966: "This upstart program will never displace Lost in Space in the hearts and minds of the people! Lost in Space will be the number one space opera show FOREVER!"

[glitteringhostofheaven]

To anyone saying Janeway was the most ruthless captain in the fleet I can only say that no other captain was in as isolating and ruthless a position as her

[michellee]

janeway is THE single mum who works two jobs, loves her kids and never stops. has gentle hands and heart of the fighter. and also she’s the survivor.