#bhea

[autistictrekky]

A page of doodles of Muna and Bhea based off of this post by @the-maddened-hatter!!

[the-maddened-hatter]

I have an idea for what I want to try drawing next in the big sketchbook (no spoilers in case it doesn't end up turning out), but for after that, what should I draw next?

CHOOSE:

Finish the janky sketch of R'aahs in the spiral sketchbook

Index card drawing of Padaka (the Calico Caitian Pilot)

Big sketchbook drawing of Wilvous

Big sketchbook drawing of Aerelai

Big sketchbook drawing of Bhea and Muna together

''you should draw my oc instead'' (fine but give me pics/good description)

[two of my ocs scenario idea] (submit your idea in comments/rb, no promises)

Stop being a coward and draw Vasilios' index card pic

Voting ended onMay 4

(I draw people I haven't drawn before on index cards first so people can sit next to each other bc obviously I don't have any little Playmates style action figures of any of these guys (gn) </3) I'm perfectly willing to draw y'alls Ocs out of love/for practice but the quality is ✨debatable✨.

(also I'm fr so so scared to try and draw captain Vasilios, I can picture her, but I'm worried I can't do her proper justice at my skill level :/ )

[theabnormalleopard]

here’s an animation I made in 2 days (for 7 hours & 9 hours straight) cause i kept stalling to do my media assignment😞😞

(character is celena btw)

[the-maddened-hatter]

ALRIGHT! I think I have bulk of the move done and resume the OC Ask Bar at my regular schedule again! Today, for our beloved grump, Ive got an angsty Toka special!

[ 🧩 ]ㅤ.ㅤwhat’s a truth about themselves they refuse to admit ?

[ 🦇 ]ㅤ.ㅤwhat is a fear they never talk about ?

[ 💢 ]ㅤ.ㅤwho have they never forgiven and never will ?

[ 🌧️ ]ㅤ.ㅤis there a pain they refuse to heal from ?

And just to ease the angst a little, one for Bhea

[ 🐾 ]ㅤ.ㅤdo animals like them instinctively ?

Alright Toka Torture Time! XD 🥃 🥃 🥃 🥃

[ 🧩 ]ㅤ.ㅤwhat’s a truth about themselves they refuse to admit ?

That he actually got a lot of PTSD from the explosion. He can admit to financial ruin, the hit to his reputation, even to a lesser extent the chronic pain, but to admit that he's actually afraid because of it would be to grant a special kind of defeat. I don't think that's really a typical Ferengi response overall, but moreso one that he just kind of has maybe from his years working security as this hardened analytical badass.

(In a less sad way: That he actually really cares about a lot of people, he just isn't very affectionate most of the time)

[ 🦇 ]ㅤ.ㅤwhat is a fear they never talk about ?

Well like above there's the PTSD stuff, but in that I think that's more something he doesn't let himself think about even; So instead I'll go with deep water. He doesn't remember almost drowning from the rain, and he doesn't fear even the worst storms back on Ferenginar, even the ocean isn't so bad to him as it's always in motion, but a deep lake with its swallowing nature? Hates it but couldn't really say why.

[ 💢 ]ㅤ.ㅤwho have they never forgiven and never will ?

His uncle (his mom's brother) who tried to blackmail her after finding out where she and her family had moved to. He doesn't regret having him killed in the slightest, he just wishes he'd figured out who the blackmailer was sooner since he shilled out so much to keep things under wraps.

[ 🌧️ ]ㅤ.ㅤis there a pain they refuse to heal from ?

Yeepppppp take your pick honestly XD

I hate to say he "refuses" to heal from what cost him his previous job because obviously it was pretty shattering on multiple fronts, but I do think he sort of alternates between blaming himself and having episodes of vicious obsession about who it could have been that cross over from "flawed coping mechanism" to "you have got to let it go at least a little bit more than this"

And just to ease the angst a little, one for Bhea [ 🐾 ]ㅤ.ㅤdo animals like them instinctively ?

They do! When she comes over to visit sometimes some of Ceicive's pets will track her movements and like for her to hold them, being very interested in her Bolian biochemistry! (Ceicive usually makes her hold them over their terrarium drawers in case she zones out and they get away)

[the-maddened-hatter]

I think Nausicaans tend to have a kind of (borderline literal) pecking order within their social structures (pain an injury are games to them, and, I would think, points of communication as well depending upon what degree is permissible to inflict and/or return) and while ofc the exact dynamic would never be permissible aboard a Starfleet vessel I do think R'aahs probably has a rough structure of one that fits within a species cultural variance permissable overlap aboard an already atypical vessel:

Head tier is Captain Céline Vasilios; Full superior no question. She defeated him in combat upon their meeting but chose to spare him and incorporate him into her crew. She is in full command and anything less than full cooperation from him would be a disgusting offence. Too high above for any form of playful behavior.

Second tier is interesting in that they're all roughly of equal authority to his mind within a social hierarchy (though he does recognize the difference within the technical structure of command).

Kirev, moreso from a standpoint of getting to act/speak on behalf of the captain, though he does have some degree of unexpected physical strength due to Aenar physiology. Might give him a tap with his cane, but R'aahs recognizes this is a deliberate act of congeniality towards him. He may be more actively friendly towards him than he may be to the captain, but recognizes him as too far of a superior to be fully friendly towards

Toka: Considers him his most direct superior within his immediate day to day interaction. Toka is fairly willing to use a bit of physical directive with R'aahs given their notable difference of size, and not always with as friendly of an intention as R'aahs takes it, but it does actually ultimately serve fairly well to denote an authority while maintaining a decent sense of camaraderie to him (which eventually evolves into a more genuine one on Toka's part as well)

Doctor D'Hrava: superior, stronger, but enjoys a bit of playful roughhouse in casual social settings. She won't hesitate to put him back in his place if he gets too rough, but they can have a bit of a back and forth dynamic with it.

Third tier is kind of separate, with those who aren't quite as high ranking technically, but he isn't about to fuck around with them. He likes when he can be friendly with them, but that's fully at their discretion.

T'pril: (and Tbf he takes that kind of approach towards most Vulcans unless he knows them really well because their limits are harder to read). She doesn't really interact with him much beyond directives and brief interactions in the mess hall, where he is polite and subdued.

Aerelai: A bit different in that they're friends, but he'll give them a wide birth when they're angry or the minute he gets the idea he's crossed a line with them. They don't ever really physically strike but they will let forth a small neural pulse when those things happen and it's a much scarier little "back the fuck off".

Fourth tier is about level with him though it can vary just a little situationally. Friendliest tier overall:

Muna. She knew about Nausicaans when she met him and ran over his foot with her powerchair, then later shared some of her lunch with him (another indicator, in that resources are shared with those below you, taken by above). She'll give him a friendly swat sometimes that he can return lightly.

Wilvous. (seemingly) stayed stoic and (accidentally) cut his face pretty badly with one of his tusks the first time he met him.

Himself! :)

Bhea. His best friend right after Muna! She's pretty sturdy, They get into a lot of hijinks together and playfight. He's ultimately stronger than her but she'll put up a really good fight and recognizes that he's being friendly doing it! Sometimes they share the braincell.

Fifth tier is specifically under him, can push them around a little bit and they can't take his stuff (they very much don't try, but regardless they can't), but it also means they're deliberately under his scope of protection barring Weird Shit Happening or something.

[Arachnid Xenoanthropologist] (she actually could be a lot more dangerous if she chose to be, but use of venom is highly taboo and is only to be done in outright peril, so she's fine letting him see her as this level). He doesn't have much cause to interact with her, but letting her remain largely unchallenged while still on a protective tier is an attempt of a sort to respect her privacy while still seeing through his worldview filter.

[Bajoran/Cardassian engineer]. He likes them, thinks they're very smart and (with him) scrappy. They sometimes try and rise up a teir when they'll play around with him, but largely he just views it as cute that they try and stays protective of them

Ceicive. He threw Ceicive across sickbay the first time he met him. In all fairness he was having a really bad time medically and thanked the sickbay team afterwards. He and Ceicive are friends now; he was mildly concussed, but not really angry about it. He thinks of Ceicive as extremely sweet, patient, and fragile tbh.

Ryn. Withdrawn, skittish, still getting used to the new adaptive equipment, prone to a freeze response and only ever actually tries to fight back when he's extremely stressed and it's clear even to R'aahs that if it gets to that point it is way too far. Tries to help him feel safer but isn't always very good at it. (Has "guarded" him during panic attacks before though and that actually was helpful <3)

[I'll probably edit and add new people to the list as I come up with them, but this is as current a version as I have of the crew!]

[the-maddened-hatter]

Hello im back om my soft Space Sapphics kick so all of these are for Bhea and Muna!!! (And Ceicive's sister if you wanna make it a tripple but no pressure.)

What's the sweetest thing they've ever said to their partner (if they have one)?

What's something they do absentmindedly that their partner (if they have one) finds adorable

What's their favorite thing to do with their partner?

What do they smell like?

Oooh a rare Amae'll set! Honestly I don't have a ton of ideas for her bc I'm usually thinking about Omelas people, but I'll certainly give her a go!

What's the sweetest thing they've ever said to their partner ?:

(I'm going to sort of summarize bc I don't really ever tend to have too much dialogue ideas rather than just sort of scenario ideas):

Muna: Muna's never really shy with compliments to anyone, but Bhea definitely gets blushy little butterflies even after they've been together for ages when Muna compliments her appearance or skills tbh!

Bhea:So I think she's usually more of an acts of service type person beyond maybe sweet/flirty jokes, but one of her overtly sweeter times is early on in their relationship's budding stage when she tells Muna (who's feeling guilty about keeping her "stuck" because she has to finish some work task) that spending time with her, even if they're doing something unthinkably dull, is better than being off on some hollodeck adventure or working on her projects <3

Amae'll: Ooh ok so I don't have set partners for her yet still, but when she compliments someone, like really genuinely compliments them not just something they did or their appearance it's a bit of a rarity and it's very meaningful. She's very guarded emotionally (with good reason), so getting a genuine crack in that shield, even a small one, is a big deal even if it seems small.

What's something they do absentmindedly that their partner (if they have one) finds adorable?

Muna: Her whiskers sort of whuffle and twitch when she's thinking, and sometimes she lets out little walrus-y sounding sighs when she's tired

Bhea: Kind of a mix of adorable and alarming, but when she has something (usually more minor than her typical disasters tbh) go wrong like a pot boiling over and she doesn't want to alarm Muna she'll do a sort of quick shuffle walk with it to a safer area to deal with and make little sounds of alarm like "eep eep eep eep eeeep." , which is pretty uncharacteristic for her usual goofy chill vibe where she'd just kind of try and deal with it quickly XD

Amae'll: Point out the names of plants she sees! She picked up a lot of knowledge from J'hren and it's one of the things that will slip out that hint at her past to the people she knows now.

What's their favorite thing to do with their partner?:

Muna: When she gets the chance to, she really likes to go swimming in real water with Bhea! On a more regular basis, probably cooking!

Bhea: She's honestly pretty chill to do most anything with Muna, but I think she has a lot of fun doing Hollodeck adventures or movie equivalents

Amae'll: I tend to think of most of her dates as rather casual thus far, and when she's off the clock she tends to like to go poking around at night markets & carnivals that are common on the planet she's on. (With a longer term relationship I think she'd maybe really enjoy going on library or bookshop dates though <3)

What do they smell like?:

Muna: a sort of fish oil mixed with vanilla type smell; It's from an oil gland in her follicles that helps keep her warm in cold climates!

Bhea: normally kind of citricly acidic, but if she'd eaten something particularly rotted or toxic the smell takes on a sort of spicier smell to it from processed digestive enzymes

Amae'll: On the job not like much; She has to use stuff with low to minimal chemical reactivity risk. Off the job: Sort of like a deeper smokey floral smell, like flowers on a bonfire.

[the-maddened-hatter]

Another round!!!!! Lets go!!!! 🥂🍾

Padaka

4- Do they worry about being a burden to others and if so where does this feeling come from

Lion therapist

6- When joy comes knocking on their door do they let it in immediately or do they hesitate to let it in

Ch'ayna

17- If their worldviews were to be challenged how would they react? how stubborn would they be about it

And another round of the spicy question hehehe Muna and Bhea

‎19- Are they repressive sexually? do they carry any guilt when it comes to their sexuality

Another round!!! :D 🥃🍹🍷

Padaka: 4- Do they worry about being a burden to others and if so where does this feeling come from?:

Oh definitely. They couldn't do very much to help their siblings being the youngest (and them always trying to protect her when she'd try to fight in situations she couldn't possibly have won in). He saw them nurse wounds and go without on her behalf, take humiliating and back breaking jobs for the family. For her, the baby.

Sometimes she feels like it would be so much easier if they ever seemed to resent him at all. Then there would be something to prove, a way to pay it back and speak in the sharp tongue that comes naturally. But they don't. It's the easiest thing in the world for them to love him. It's never a question and they act like there's never been a thought of debt, and it's hard to feel anything but that hungry, hollow anger seeing the mirror mocking spit back the culmination of all their struggles in him.

Lion therapist: 6- When joy comes knocking on their door do they let it in immediately or do they hesitate to let it in?:

I think most of the time he's pretty openly an optimist! There's some things he'd hesitate in, like he'd be a little hesitant to initiate a new relationship because I think he maybe lost someone after a longer term relationship, but he wouldn't refuse himself happiness he might just be hesitant.

On the whole while I wouldn't say he really dips into toxic positivity any much more than anyone might find themself doing once in a while (and he's really good about not doing it to patients), but I do think he kind of has more of the opposite problem than shutting out joy; In his personal life he'll really really try to keep an upbeat view and focusing on points of joy, but sometimes just really has to stop and let himself get mad or be upset for a bit so he can even back out.

Ch'ayna: 17- If their worldviews were to be challenged how would they react? how stubborn would they be about it?:

I think it would depend on what specifically it is that's getting challenged to be honest, but I think on the whole she'd at least be open to hearing differing cultural positions, like that's kind of a decent portion of her entire career.

Like I think she'd be moderately grounded in her own personal species cultural practices, but I think she's still had her views at least colored by all of the different people she's met or the texts and relics she's learned about cultures through.

And another round of the spicy question hehehe Muna and Bhea: ‎19- Are they repressive sexually? do they carry any guilt when it comes to their sexuality?:

Loool spicy time! XD

I'd say Muna is very uninhibited, like it's maybe less of a cultural taboo on the whole (and like btw I've said Muna is bi, but she really might be more pan, I'm not really too sure, but I think she's definitely tried enough to kinda see what she likes.)

She was maybe more experimental in her academy days than now, but she had a lot more chances for casual encounters back then. That's how she prefers to experiment rather than with someone established I think, like if there was anything she was ashamed of it would be having to admit to inexperience or uncertainty in regards to something with someone she's more established with. It's not insurmountable, especially with someone like Bhea where so much of their physical intimacy would involve some trial and error what with species differences (some of them beg physically hazardous), but she definitely prefers to be able to speak and act with confidence as a more regular thing.

Bhea is the more repressed of the two; She has some kind of quite bad insecurity about being a lesbian and in lesser ways about some of her intersex traits (she doesn't like getting mistaken for a guy and there's kind of a 50/50 chance when people have only ever met one or two Bolians before).

Bolians tend to default much more bisexual species-wide, so she definitely had a lot of "just what the hell is wrong with me" feelings growing up just never feeling attraction to men. She moved on for the most part, especially after leaving home and meeting more people, but it is kind of a weird thing culturally and I think she carries some baggage about it. She's not the first lesbian in all of Bolian history or anything, but it's uncommon and kind of isolating.

She is a lot more exploratory once she gets comfortable though, and on the rare occasions she can stumble into something Muna doesn't know she'll want to try it straight away ;) (she makes sure Muna has a good time even if it's a bust, but honestly Muna has introduced her to way more stuff and that's kinda how Muna prefers it XD)

[the-maddened-hatter]

Yay another mix and match of softness!!!!! (Gotta hunt for an angst menu next hehehe)

Back at Ask bar roots with Ceicive and Wilvous

What made them first notice each other? Was there an immediate ‘click’ or did it take some time for them to look at each other with different eyes?

D'Harva and T'pril

Did they deny their feelings at first, or were they openly drawn to each other?

Kierv and the bartender

Was the attraction something obvious to notice?

Toka (beside Latinum lol)

What's something they will never fail to get excited over?

Bhea

How many pillows do they sleep with?

Looool well I do love angst & whump, but just bc I have more direct ideas for angst doesn't mean I don't like expanding on the sweet romances XD

Back at Ask bar roots with Ceicive and Wilvous: What made them first notice each other? Was there an immediate ‘click’ or did it take some time for them to look at each other with different eyes?:

Agh my sweeties! <3 <3🏳‍🌈🦎 🐗

So I think Wilvous noticed Ceicive first (he's honestly kind of hard to miss with all that Borg tech </3) when he was called into engineering at an unusual time early on after his arrival on the Omelas and before he'd switched to primarily Sickbay shifts. He was a little intimidated at first, but honestly I don't think it was too much more than he kind of was sometimes by almost anyone new, and anyhow he was sort of handsome in a strange way and polite in a way that seemed almost ridiculously fancy and dismissively rude by Tellarite standards, but with a distinct practicality and authentic sweetness beneath that syrupy polintness that kept him quite intriguing, and made him want to try and talk to him more!

With Ceicive it frankly took him a while to think of Wilvous beyond "skilled Tellarite engineer I see occasionally on unusual scheduling or occasionally in the mess hall who often talks to me." Once his engineering scheduling hours were adjusted to account for his sickbay time and he was seeing Wilvous more he was crushing hard within a week! (Wilvous is shy, but extremely smart and Tellarite arguing norms can make him seem super flirty to Ceicive by Cardassian standards, sparking the small flame to burn brighter).

(Cue their months long very actively trying to flirt beyond what just seems like normal talking vs. really wanting to flirt but trying not to because he knows about Tellarite social standards and doesn't want to be creepy. [thank goodness for Aerelai] XD )

D'Harva and T'pril: Did they deny their feelings at first, or were they openly drawn to each other?:

I don't think either of them really denied it (it wouldn't have been logical or honorable), but I do think they probably took it slow at first, just kind of meeting up to talk about what happened (and to thank one another for their respective help), then studying together (they were both in the Academy at the time), and it progressing to more and more time together and growing more romantically entwined (I don't know how long it took for them to openly say it, but I don't think they ever denied it).

Kierv and the bartender: Was the attraction something obvious to notice?

Ok kind of a little different twist, but since Denobulans canonically produce pheramones in regards to mating, and while I don't think it would have the same effect as it would on another Denobulan, I do think Kirev can detect them (bc I think of Andorians & Aenar having some insectoid traits in their biology that just don't come up in the show), so he could sort of tell almost instantly when her interests for him shifted (she liked him when she met him, but it took more than one time meeting him to be into him more).

I think he maybe felt a little crush quickly, but needed time to figure out what and how and how much he felt (he's Demisexual and had had that past relationship end very badly) but even though her attraction was obvious (and she knew it was pretty obvious and could kinda tell through experience that he was interested) she never pushed him and always kind of kept it clear that it was perfectly fine if he just wanted to sort of keep it unspoken and returning to the bar to just talk.

For a long time they really did just talk, but as time went on they got closer and closer each time the Omelas docks at the repair/ship port where her bar is, and after a while they end up entering a relationship.

Once they're together it's pretty obvious! They only get to see one another periodically (but that's very common in Denobulan relationships) and while they're certainly conscientious of others they're pretty openly flirty and tactile XD

Toka (beside Latinum lol): What's something they will never fail to get excited over?:

So he doesn't like having to do it, but I think when he gets the chance to do it for free for some reason (like through Starfleet credits or comped as a gift or something) he loves getting new stuff like new boots, a piece of furniture, a new desk, etc.!

He can spend hours comparing and contrasting and testing everything to make the perfect choice (it's almost never about aesthetics, moreso functionality and value)

Bhea: How many pillows do they sleep with?:

None if she's sleeping in the floatational mud tub with Muna (though Muna has one actually, it's sort of mesh), one or two if she's sleeping sitting up and curled up into a ball (usually just behind her back or sometimes with a pillow on her knees for her head)