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(via Strokin' - Clarence Carter (1986)
Song of the Day
28 Feb., ‘22
The Words by coffeeblack75
"She remembers the last time she and he spoke; the first and only time they met in full honesty. It was a breath in time, seconds in a lifetime, but the memory is indelible."
A Star Trek Voyager fic. Gather up the tissues and prepare yourself for a gorgeous, lyrical peek at missed opportunities.
Brought to you by Strokin’, a weekly fic rec where the Voyager Bookclub community celebrates a writer so they can drown in sweet, sweet love, affection and ego strokin’. Because they deserve it.
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Some comments from @voyager-book-club members for @coffeeblack75:
“This was so emotional and so angsty that I love it, although I don't like reading angsty stories [...] I love how you pointed out their flaws and their mistakes but how they kept their dignity anyway.” - @Danae-Coffee
“You'd think that reading any story for what, maybe five, six, okay fine more than ten times, the emotions would get easier, but no, not with this fic. [...] The story is utterly amazing, but at the same time, it rips my heart out. Every fucking time.” - @BlackVelvet
“[T]hese hard, unspoken truths about the gulf that separate them -- her eyes on the stars and his on the present -- that bind them together and push them apart all at the same time. You see them clearly, even when they can never see each other or themselves that way.” - @traccigaryn
“[Y]our take on Janeway is brilliant. I love how you capture all her gestures: waving away B’Elanna’s concerns, holding Chakotay’s hand. You really made her come to life. She is larger than life, still, even in her final moments.” - @a_modern_girl
“More than anything though I love how you write Chakotay. The real Chakotay, not just a 2D character, a 2-line witty “doormat”, a silent bulk of a shadow behind “his captain” … an afterthought. He is a fully flashed out individual - built from those bits and tiny glimpses we saw into the man over the years.” - @carter-sg-1
Strokin’ is back!
The Voyager Bookclub is strokin’ again. @servalan is our first victim, cat, Voyager writer to be stroked for 2020.
I remind you of all the previous stroked writers who were, well, stroked, last year:
BlackVelvet42 with Eye of the Storm. Prepare the tissues.
@devoverest and Dead End. Take the whole tissue box with you.
Bringin’ Me Home to You by @bizships. A ray of hope!
The Life We Built by @killermanatee. Chakotay vacillates.
@arcadia1995 and The Consequences of One Bad Decision. And again.
The Beating of Two Hearts brought to you by @klugtiger. A B’Elanna/Tom Paris fic.
@trinfinity2001 ‘s The Ruby Ring. A Timeless addition.
Blood & Muscle by @wishful-thinker-87. A relaunch fic.
@laney1728 with Unfinished Business . Post-Endgame, need I say more?
Please go and and read those fics and explore what else those writers have put on the screen for all Voyager fans to enjoy. New or old writers, ancient readers or newbies, we need more fics!