For this year's @startrekfemslashweek, I had the silly idea to squish as many prompts as possible into one work! I didn't quite manage to get every single one, but at least I've got one or both from each day :) It turned a bit silly because they don't really all go together, but I think the result is pretty fun! Posting today for the main prompt I used, which is if course Tribbles :D
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'At least it's not the Borg this time,' Michael thought as she struggled with several specimen of a species that was arguably an even bigger threat to Starfleet than any Borg cube.
She had just cleared out the tribbles from the replicator while floating in zero gravity because the artificial gravity had failed hours ago, when more furry beasties spilled in through the vents, the environmental controls started to fail with a noticable drop in temperature, and Captain Georgiou was forced to call for a complete evacuation.
Oh well. The Shenzhou had been getting on in years after all, maybe it was time for another ship to take them through space and time!
In the days before their new ride could be made ready for takeoff, Michael and Philippa spent some quality time together, including a picnic under the stars - well, it had been supposed to be a nighttime picnic, but as they were surprised by a downpour, it turned into a mad dash towards the safety of a roof over their heads. Long before they made it however, they were already completely soaked - and as it now didn't matter anymore as they really couldn't get any wetter, Philippa pulled Michael into her arms for a steamy kiss!
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You can also find this and more Star Trek fic on my Ao3 • more Milippa and Star Trek on tumblr • prompt me!
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Our archive’s header has been updated thanks to enabling by @solarisone. >.> I don’t know anything about that.
In more serious news, we’ve had an incredibly busy week! As you can see below, we’ve had a lot of new people join us, bringing over stories to archive. We’ve had some new faces on our chat server starting with a D, too! I’ve added some community resources under the Community Toolbox FAQ. If you’re planning on joining us, please read the tagging/posting FAQs/Rules, as we are very much not AO3 about that.
All in all, the archive is running well. I’ve got kudos up and working correctly, finally, and while we still have some minor annoyances (the times/dates populating incorrectly on dashboards or browsing pages), everything’s running stable right now and should continue to indefinitely.
There is still a Review Hunt going on until the end of the month: A chance to win art or cash! Right now, Gibraltar and DavidFalkayn are the only participants, come give them a run for the money!
Weekly Challenge #9 - Juneteenth
Our writing challenge this week is in honor of Juneteenth and is therefore the celebration of Black Star Trek characters. So, write a piece between 100 and 700 words in honor of the holiday and the amazing Black characters we’ve gotten from Trek over the decades and add it to our archive collection!
Author Interview with @daraoakwise
Come and get to know our first victim interviewee, @daraoakwise, who currently writes in the AOS universe and has lots of interesting insight to share!
Stories Archived
Star Trek: Discovery
By @starryeyes2000
That Night in the Cave - T - Chris Pike & Sylvia Tilly, Saru/OFC, Ensemble
By TUNiU
Crazy-Assed Cosmonaut - Unrated - James T. Kirk/Spock, Michael Burnham, xover with TOS 🔒
There are Many Benefits to Being a Tardigrade Scientist - Unrated - Paul Stamets, Sylvia Tilly 🔒
The Water Bear Equation - Unrated - Hugh Culber/Paul Stamets, Sylvia Tilly 🔒
The Mountain of Diamond Remix - T - Hugh Culber/Paul Stamets, Michael Burnham 🔒
Star Trek: The Original Series
By @merfilly
Double Impediments - G - Number One
Discovering Boldly - G - James T. Kirk/Spock
Names Memories - G - Ael i-Mhiessan t'Rllaillieu
The Right Answer - G - Amanda Grayson, Sarek
Logical Choice - G - Saavik
Two Lies and a Truth - G - Spock, Leonard “Bones” McCoy
Honors in Family - G - Zar, Spock, Saavik
Contemplations, Eons Apart - G - Zar, Spock, James T. Kirk
Wandering Path - G - Saavik/Spock
Pandora’s Prodigy - T - Saavik, Spock, Amanda Grayson
Crucible Forged - G - Cleante al-Faisal/T'Shael, Aernath/Jean Czerny
Following the Fortunes of War - G - Piper/Sarda
Mutual Exploration - T - Cleante al-Faisal/T'Shael
Second Voyage - G - Leonard “Bones” McCoy, James T. Kirk, Spock
A Chosen Future - T - David Marcus/Saavik
A Gift Shared - G - Christine Chapel, Nyota Uhura
A Talented Opponent - G - Hikaru Sulu, Nyota Uhura
Incidental Touches - T - James T. Kirk/Spock
Improbable - G - James T. Kirk, Leonard “Bones” McCoy
Educated Rescuer - G - James T. Kirk, Nyota Uhura
By @sl-walker
Seamark - M - Spock/Montgomery “Scotty” Scott
The Last Love - T - Christopher Pike
Now - T - Montgomery “Scotty” Scott
Junkyard Dogs - T - Montgomery “Scotty” Scott, Jay McMillan
Star Trek: Alternate Original Series
By @daraoakwise
A Higher Power When You Look - M - Montgomery “Scotty” Scott (AOS) & Nyota Uhura (AOS), Nyota Uhura (AOS)/Spock (AOS)
Ideals - G - Spock (AOS)
Lightning - G - Montgomery “Scotty” Scott (AOS)
By @merfilly
Dammit Jim - T - Leonard “Bones” McCoy (AOS), James T. Kirk (AOS)
Grumpy Doc - G - James T. Kirk (AOS)/Leonard “Bones” McCoy (AOS)
Cold Logic Brings No Comfort - G - Spock
Alone - G - Leonard “Bones” McCoy (AOS)
5 Moments in a Friendship - G - Leonard “Bones” McCoy (AOS), Nyota Uhura (AOS)
Because He Knew - G - Spock, Saavik (AOS)
By @starryeyes2000
Trust Love One More Time - T - Leonard “Bones” McCoy (AOS)/Original Female Character
By VelvetMouse
Anchor in the Deep - T - Christine Chapel (AOS)/Leonard “Bones” McCoy (AOS)
The Little Things - G - Christine Chapel (AOS)/Leonard “Bones” McCoy (AOS)
Follow Through - G - James T. Kirk (AOS)/Janice Rand (AOS)
Secrets - G - James T. Kirk (AOS)/Leonard “Bones” McCoy (AOS)
No Choice At All - G - Christine Chapel (AOS)/Leonard “Bones” McCoy (AOS)
Tiny Pushes - T - Janice Rand (AOS)
Clean-up Duty - T - James T. Kirk (AOS), Spock (AOS), Leonard “Bones” McCoy (AOS), Nyota Uhura (AOS)
Home Before Dark - G - Christine Chapel (AOS)/Leonard “Bones” McCoy (AOS)
Lady-like - T - Christine Chapel (AOS), Leonard “Bones” McCoy (AOS), Roger Korby (AOS)
Taking Control - G - Christine Chapel (AOS) & Leonard “Bones” McCoy (AOS)
Morning Surprise - G - Christine Chapel (AOS) & Leonard “Bones” McCoy (AOS), James T. Kirk (AOS)
Paradise Lost - T - Christine Chapel (AOS)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
By @beatrice-otter
A Grief Shared - G - Guinan/Jean-Luc Picard, Jean-Luc Picard & Robert Picard
No Place Like Home - G - Amanda Rogers, Clark Kent | Kal-El | Superman, DC Crossover
By @merfilly
One Lesson Learned - G - Lwaxana Troi
Mixed Regrets - G - William Riker
Encounters at Adulthood - G - Deanna Troi/William Riker, Lwaxana Troi
Appraisal - G - Lwaxana Troi
There Among the Stars - G - Beverly Crusher
Mother, Please! - T - Deanna Troi, Lwaxana Troi
Without Sight - M - Beverly Crusher/Deanna Troi
Complications of State - G - Deanna Troi
Breathlessly Spellbound - T - Beverly Crusher/Deanna Troi
Conflict of the Soul - G - Deanna Troi
Finding Experience - T - Guinan/Ro Laren
Flattery - G - Jean-Luc Picard/Beverly Crusher
A Little Snag - G - Deanna Troi/William Riker/Beverly Crusher
Joined - T - Beverly Crusher/Deanna Troi
Gumption - G - Q
Bouldevard Lounge - G - Deanna Troi/William Riker
Complimentary - G - Tasha Yar, Data
Coffee and Chocolate - G - Beverly Crusher/Deanna Troi
By VelvetMouse
An Extension of Myself - G - Jean-Luc Picard/Beverly Crusher, William Riker/Deanna Troi
The Triumph of Time (We Are Everywhere For Your Convenience Remix) - T - Jean-Luc Picard & Beverly Crusher
Fakers (The Get a Second Opinion Remix) - G - Beverly Crusher, Deanna Troi
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
By @beatrice-otter
Schoolwork - G - \Jake Sisko & Kasidy Yates
By @merfilly
Won’t Turn Back - G - Kira Nerys
Womb Makes Three - G - Kira Nerys, Keiko O’Brien
The Return - T - Kira Nerys/Odo
Courting an Oblivious Person - G - Kira Nerys/Jadzia Dax
By nostalgia
In the Ranks of Death You’ll Find Him - M - Miles O’Brien/Julian Bashir
The Strange Glue That Held Us Together - T - Julian Bashir/Martok
The Chemistry Between Us - M - Ezri Dax/Julian Bashir
A Mutual Interest - T - Miles O’Brien & Julian Bashir, Leeta
By VelvetMouse
(G)hosts - G - Jadzia Dax
Star Trek: Voyager
By nostalgia
Captain - G - Chakotay/Kathryn Janeway
A Shape With Three Sides - T - Chakotay, Kathryn Janeway, Tuvok
The Worst Days - T - Kathryn Janeway/Chakotay
Star Trek: Picard
By Kennel_Boy
A Gift Between Moments - G - Elnor & Hugh | Third of Five - 🔒
More Alive To Tenderness - T - Elnor/Hugh | Third of Five - 🔒
Alternate Universes
By Trekfan
An Ideal Remembered - G - Rose Reilly, Anne Reilly
Expanded Universes
By DavidFalkayn
Interlude - M - Ensemble Cast, Raptor-verse
La Belladonna - M - Zsuzsanna (Zsa-Zsa) Rosza/Eliza Flores, Ensemble, Raptor-verse
The Gathering - M - Ensemble Cast, Raptor-verse
Reminiscences - M - Ensemble Cast, Raptor-verse
We're not in Kansas Any More - M - Ensemble cast, Raptor-verse
Compromises must be made - T - Morgan Bateson, Original Characters, Raptor-verse
Out with the Old in with the New - M - Ensemble cast, Raptor-verse
The Devil’s Playthings - M - Ensemble cast, Raptor-verse
The Gang's Kinda All Here - M - Ensemble cast, Raptor-verse
The Horror Below - M - Twesata Glex/Rana Thanoptis, Raptor-verse
Failure on Fehl Prime - M - Jane Shepard, Ensemble Cast
Time Trippin’ - M - Ensemble Cast, Raptor-verse
By Gibraltar
Passing the Torch - T - Donald Sandhurst, Pava Lar’ragos
The Penalties of Success - G - Donald Sandhurst
Life is Choices - G - Donald Sandhurst
By Mick
Welcome Aboard - T - Starship Excalibur
The Long Goodbye - Unrated - Starship Excalibur
Star Trek: Multiple Series
By LordRobertBruceScott
Star Trek Hunter - Rock of Ages - G - Original Characters
Nonfiction & Meta
By DavidFalkayn
Raptorverse Mass Effect Dramatis Personae - Unrated
yall ever think about michaels eyebrows and her hair? because i do
its so important to her growth as a human and its so evident if you know what youre looking at. she goes from having her gorgeous curly hair to getting a standard vulcan bob within probably a couple months of living on vulcan. she probably had a really hard time because of it and had either asked to get her hair changed to look like every other vulcan kid or they had it done for her so that she could fit in. either way, part of her humanity was stripped when this was done to her. she wasnt vulcan and she never would be but at least she could look just a tiny but more like them
as time goes on and as she starts to get older, she shaves her eyebrows to give them less of a curve, once more a show of her trying to fit in on a planet that doesnt want her. she tries so hard that when she arrives to the shenzou we see her with her straight vulcan haircut stylized and her eyebrows shaved looking as close as she can to a vulcan with what she has
her hair changes as she embraces herself and her humanity. she combs her bob to the side, no longer trying to conform to vulcan standards, and testing the waters to see what she likes
and then her mutiny happens. and it is SO important. she loses everything. she loses her captain, she loses her ship, shes stripped of rank and she no longer has respect. people either fear her or they hate her, and when we see her as a prisoner, she looks like shes gone through hell. because she has. she no longer maintains her hair and she lets her eyebrows grow out. shes not vulcan so why keep trying to be something shes not?
and so she begins embracing her emotions and working on figuring out who she is as a person, as a human. and her hair is so important to her journey. and we can see that so clearly as we see her turn into the amazing woman and finally become the captain we all knew she was destined to become
Image Description: A monochromatic acrylic painting of Sonequa Martin-Green in black and white. The painting is from the shoulders up, and she is facing right. She is wearing a feather boa and a black dress, and she is smiling slightly. End ID.
