#chakotay lore

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Ensign baby kotay :P

He is the youngest person ever. Not a thought behind those eyes

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More late/mid 20s kotay.

Bad mission : (

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Chakotays mama <3

An up to date headcanon design for mama. Its taken me a while to be able to see her face in my head. I've tried to force myself into drawing her before without a sure idea of what she looked like. But im rather satisfied with this. I hope this design feels more like a real person 🙂

Also, I want to keep my headcanon of her being from Guatemala, thus making chakotay Guatemalan/Nicaraguan, just because its so much easier to find information on both the contemporary and historical culture. Plus its kinda apart of my hc that he's 2 different ethnicities. With that being said, mama, or as Christie named her, Tananka, was born in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. I'm still deciding which municipality, probably either Chisec, Lanquin, or Cahabón either way, she is Q'eqchi Maya :].

I hope yall like her! Sorry I havent been around here on tumblr much :/

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Chakotays sister, sekaya-core🐞🌳🌽✨🧿🌀

She exists in her own little world ❤️

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Headcanon Chakotay 1st command info page :]

This is a test run for me because I've struggled with organizing these info pages/progression art for a hot minute now 😅 I would appreciate any feedback so I can make changes for the others I have :D!

But yeah, this is a very brief overview for my headcanon lore for (ensign) Chakotay. I've based a lot of it on the book Pathways and the show itself. Ive made changes from what Jeri Taylor wrote because that book was written during maybe the 2nd or 3rd season of Voyager so there ended being lore missing from his story that was mentioned in later seasons, like his sister/interest in anthropology. I've still loosely followed the same series of events and growth, but luckily, unlike Jeri, I have time to develop more characters to his story and dive a little deeper on specific moments in his life :] anyway I hope yall like this cause if so there's more to come :D! (Much later though I'm too locked in for school 😓)

[chakotaybodypillow]

Baby Sekaya doodles:3

Um uh. Hu

Uh idk.

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Topics for my Chakotay research!! :D

Before I fully dive into everything I have about Chakotay I want to create and share my sort of headers or what I plan to discuss so yall have an idea of what I’ll be discussing the following weeks :D I may or may not follow this to a tee. I have tried over the years to create a document organizing my thoughts. But there is always so much to consider and it's forever changing. Especially now his background region is specified.

If there is anything in here that is not addressed that you would like me to cover, please let me know! I'll let you know whether or not its something included deeper in the text or if its something I've not yet considered. If that's the case my dms are open and we can discuss it :)

The Al-lore of Chakotay

1: Self Introduction

-How Chakotay made me consider “self” and “others” in the real world and in media.

2: Prodigy and the Nicarao

-The research and the why -The Greater Nicoya -The petroglyphs -Further thoughts and questions

3: The wrongdoings of Chakotay

-Negative stereotypes -Inaccurate cultural portrayals -intro to fixing this within canon? (statement or kinda thesis idk)

4: My past research for a “tribe”

-The research and the why -The Maya -The Lancandon -Q’eqchi

5: Considering the cards we were dealt

-The issue with Trebus -A realistic look at Trebus -Trebus within the Star Trek realm -Tying together the loose ends (how it works for his story/issues in community)

6: Considering the cards we were dealt part 2

-Chakotay's identity as told (issues with his “identity”/the Ladino) -The issues with the destruction of Trebus -Posing some questions (futurism for poc) -Further and final thoughts on fixing him within canon (chronological issues)

7: Exploring Chakotay 1 (Important themes to potentially explore)

-Chakotay's story and immigration -Chakotay's story and “Nepantla” -Chakotay's story and exploring self identity -Chakotay's story and generational trauma

8: Exploring Chakotay 2

-Chakotay through the eyes of the creators and actor

9: Final thoughts!!

-readings (completed/planned/currently reading)

PART 2: Headcanons for background story!!

1: From canon to beta-canon to headcanon (separating and combining the 3)

-the definitions and the how they work  -personal thoughts on how it works  

2: Character Bible

-super basic info on almost all characters

3: Life on Trebus

-Explanation on why I stay vague -Friends/family -Complications within these circles

4: The Academy

-Deeper intro to characters -1st year -2nd year -3rd year -4th year

5: 1st command (Uss Gettysburg)

-Deeper intro to characters -basic info

6: 2nd command (Uss Vico)

-Deeper intro to characters -basic info (segway to side mission)

7: 2nd command part 2 (the trip back home)

-catching up with characters -basic info 

8: 2nd command part 3

-um.. Kinda fuzzy here but intro to my plans for his return from leave

9: 3rd command (“shore” duty/admin at the academy)

-catching up/intro for characters -basic info

10: 4th/5th duty assignments

-yeah this is a bit fuzzy too but i’ll explain ok  -basic info

11: 6th command (Uss Merrimac)

-don't hate but kinda fuzzy too :( BUT I KNOW THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF ALL OF THESE :(

-basic info

12: The beginning to the maquis

-again…don't hate, but i have important ideas for characters lol

I know this makes me look INSANE but this has been something I’ve thought about for a very long time, maybe like 15 years :/ Its been through a lot in my head and on paper but through my art i’ve been able to generate ideas and a direction i want his character to go. I will state this probably a million times more as I type out my ideas, but the headcanons I include, i dont expect that it will align with everyones ideas and speculations with his story and i dont expect everyone to agree with my opinions. We all view chakotay differently and i'm perfectly ok with that. I do this to give others a different perspective on chakotay and his potential. To show that he is interesting. Also to maybe provide anyone with a more “thorough” background story and development for him. Also for any artist or fanfiction authors out there that want to include any of my work in their own, please feel free!! This is for everyone! Its the reason i do it :D anyways i hope i can share all of these thoughts in full before school starts but idk. Some may come in different formats like videos or art so stay tuned!

I will do my best to link my sources as I post but for now here are just a few videos to watch when considering Chakotay and his ethnicity:

this one is a animated retelling of the Maya creation story from the Popol Vuh : ) this ones a fun watch :D

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A collection of my Ensign Chakotay doodles :D

Some very brief headcanon lore I've come up with:

His 1st command is where he has all the classic trek style adventures. I've included some small canon details from episodes Emanations and Innocence.

Chakotays stubbornness and contrary nature get him into trouble a bit. He has to learn how to keep those flaws in check as an officer. Once he overcomes that, he begins to mature into a well-respected officer.

As for his friend Bugagon (Bugs), he loves to terrorize chakotay lol. They are bunkmates, so it's not hard to do. Chakotay is annoyed by it at first, but he eventually warms up to him and learns that terrorizing bugs in return is just as fun. Bugs is an overconfident jokester who loves a good laugh. But he loves his friends even more. Deep down, he is very thoughtfuland kind, and this is a quality chakotay comes to know and love about his pal. They are the best bros ❤️.

Kendra deserves her own post ngl, but I'll still tell a bit. She is the Navigation Officer and pilot of their vessel. Chakotay serves in her department as co-pilot/lee-helm. She's an incredibly talented pilot and was Nova squadron at the academy. Her interests are singing jazz and motorcycles. Chakotay finds her very interesting and looks up to her in many ways. He may have a crush on her lol

(The 🤟 pose is the only emote he knows 😔 it's cause he is awkward when taking photos, and he freaks out a bit and thinks it makes him look less awkward... who's gonna tell him it looks goofy 😔)

(Also, these characters have been in my brain for about 10 years 💀 they've gone through many changes in my head, and it's only now that I feel comfortable enough to share them 😁)