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lichenaday · 1 year

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Hi there! I read your reply to the info graphic on mushrooms and I was wondering if you'd be willing to talk a little more about Paul Stamets.

I only really know him from the Fantastic Fungi movie (which is fun but does sound like one long advertisement for the guy) and don't know much else about him. I was skeptical when I heard he was self-taught, but mycology has always seemed like such a fringe field to get into (speaking as a Master's student in biology who's had like zero contact with fungi beyond mycorrhiza) that his lack of a formal education didn't sound like a deal breaker.

I did notice (with some apprehension) how he talked about all the patents he sold and thought in that moment he sounded more like Elon Musk than a scientist...

But when I google him all that comes up is praise and talk of what a revolutionary guy he is. Do you maybe have more info on him that's a bit more critical of his practices?

Ugh, yeah I can talk about him a bit more, but I am not sure I am the right person to weigh in. Should've kept my mouth shut, but I also feel like this guy gets too many passes. I hate bad science. First, let me say he is really good at what he does. He is great at finding ways to get people excited about fungi, and that is pretty invaluable when most people would rather ignore fungi or actively hate them. As you say, even folks studying biology don't learn shit about them! It's really sad! So he is doing a bit of a service to the mycological world, which is partially why I think he sometimes gets a pass. But he's an entrepreneur, which, let's face it, isn't considered a bad thing in this capitalist world of ours. He's not doing anything *wrong*, if you don't count really stretching some truths and relying on anecdotal evidence and his own experiences. I think people need to keep in mind that he is trying to sell you something with his claims. For example, mycoremidation has cool potential, but if he really cared about its potential to save the world, he would publish his research and not hide it behind patents.

To be fair, I'm not pursuing mycology out of the pure goodness of my heart or anything. I want to get paid and I want to be acknowledged for my contributions. So maybe I am not so different. But when I read his articles where he continually plugs his books and his talks and his products . . . it rubs me the wrong way as a scientist. From what I can tell, his research practices are not transparent, the info he is giving out is not peer-reviewed, and he promotes and sells products in the alternative medicine market. It bothers me that he is constantly toted as the authority on mycology when there are many other great researchers out there doing incredible work who don't get the same attention because they are busy doing actual science instead of selling their discoveries.

Also he was on the Joe Rogan Podcast so there's that.

#mycology #hot take #paul stamets #paul stamets not from star trek #fungus #fungi #I am probably not being fair #but I am feeling particularly unfair today

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noworneverphantom · 1 year

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Sprinkling neurodivergence into fics be like

@sadmushroomgoblin

#Someone please take tumblr away from me #star trek discovery #paul stamets #fanfic

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dragons-in-spaceee · 2 years

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Nothing happens is season 5 we just get to see them be silly and cute together!!!!!!!!

My contribution to this year’s Culmets Celebration Day :))

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youngpettyqueen · 2 months

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STAMETS IS ACTING WEIRD AGAIN

#star trek: discovery #paul stamets #I KNOW THAT MAN'S FROM THE MIRROR VERSE I JUST KNOW IT.

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racingliners · 9 days

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Still bouncing off the walls re this weeks Star Trek Discovery episode bc we really got:

Time loop/travel shenanigans

Learning how to stop butting heads with your stubborn First Officer via the medium of said time/loop travel shenanigans

Call backs to all the key moments from Series 1-4 of Disco

Lessons in how to very quickly clear a room with Paul Stamets

getting to see just how far Michael has come since S1 (and my goodness am I proud of her)

AIRIAM!!!!!!! (which was both lovely and gut wrenching)

(Also Bryce!!! I missed him!!)

Rayner's 20 word get to know you sentences actually being useful, who knew

Reno just being her wonderful self

The USS Found Family gaining a new (if still grouchy) member

#this really was an episode for me I'm going to be yelling about it forever #Disco Spoilers #Star Trek #Star Trek Discovery

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bagog · 4 months

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Star Trek: Discovery Narrative Highlights

So I really like Discovery, but differently than I like other Star Treks. My love for Voyager, for instance, is based off the sense of found-family in the face of sci-fi shenanigans. I could pick out favorite episodes, but my favorite episodes don't necessarily represent the epitome of what I love about the show, y'know?

It's different with Disco. There are concrete moments from through out the show that made me go "Okay, I like this, I want this. More of this." Here's some of them! This is indulgent and all from memory

Season 1 - Klingons Speak Klingon

In a story about Klingons fearing the Federation as an institution which will irrevocably alter their culture, the Klingons actually speak Klingon. Love it. Season 1 - Gabriel Lorca

I loved seeing a Star Fleet captain who seemed to have ascended because of his skill at war: a trait which ordinarily would not elevate one within Starfleet service, per se. It made him interesting. Your mileage may vary on where this went, but. He's still a big appeal on rewatch.

Season 2 - Queer People Helping Queer People

The introduction of Jet Reno is one of my favorite hallmarks in the show. I love Jet, and I love the way she serves as a foil to every other character. But best of all, I loved the scene when she is talking to Hugh Culber about how distant he's been from his husband (since coming back from the dead, so, you know) and helps him by relating her own story about her wife, who is now passed. To say I'm happy to see queer stories on Star Trek is a massive understatement, but this was the moment it locked in for me. In the world of the Federation, there's no difference between being queer or straight and anyone could've talked Hugh out of his funk. But in our world, it's usually queer people helping queer people make sense of their experiences. Recognizing the importance of that distinction and going with the queers-helping-queers take is a really big deal for me.

Season 2 - Amanda

This is hands-down the best representation of Amanda we've ever been given and she is so wonderfully human and warm that it helps you understand Spock and Michael so much better. I don't know what to say other than that, I love her.

Season 3 - The Future

I love that they went not just into the future, but further into the future than any mainline trek lore has gone. Hell yes. I'm bummed it's kinda a post-Utopian mess, but I get storywise why that's the case. I love the future starships, I love the future technology, I like that we just "BZP" to wherever we want to be in the ship now. In a show increasingly steeped in centuries of canon lore, it's smart and challenging to try to do "a millennium in the future."

Season 3 - Queer Family

Queer Family! Queer Family in Star Trek! This is my queers-helping-queers point but dialed up to 11. Love it, would do anything for it.

Season 4 - Artificial Intelligence

The ship is alive and she's named herself. This comes to a head in an episode in Season 4 where Paul Stamets feels very hesitant about this, after the plot of Season 2 was trying to stop AI from destroying the galaxy. There's this whole Measure of a Man but Not Quite Because Its the B Story thing going on, but at the end of it, there's a twist. Paul eventually learns to accept his new crewmate, but then he asks the person in-charge of the inquest "What would you have done if I said I wasn't comfortable serving with an AI?" and the dude goes "I would've assigned you to another ship. This was never about whether she has a soul or whatever, it's about if you can learn to accept that with you 22nd century brain." And that's.... that's great.

Season 4 - Mental Health

Mental Health is a thread running through some of Discovery (Season 2 flirts with Spock's neurodivergence, for instance) but never more than in Season 4. Hugh Culber, the ship's ray of sunshine and de facto counselor, is in bad shape, mentally, and he needs help. But the best moment is when the away-team is beset by chemical memories of panic and basically rendered useless with fear... except for Detmer, who helps them all get through it. When asked why she was unaffected, she says "Oh I totally was affected, but after my grievous injury during the war, I went to therapy for the PTSD and learned some coping strategies" AND THAT'S WHAT SAVES THE GALAXY.

Anyway, this is very indulgent and probably nobody reads this, but thanks if you did.

#star trek #star trek discovery #disco #Jet reno #Michael Burnham #Hugh Culber #Paul Stamets #keyla detmer #i will probably delete this

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whovianwatchingstartrek · 4 months

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A Whovian Watches Star Trek for the First Time: Part 115 - Starship of Babel

Star Trek: Discovery - Season 2 Episode 4 - An Obol for Charon

Today's episode opens with not a resolution to any of the immediate ends to what was happening last episode, but with Discovery beaming Pike's First officer on board, "Number One" from the Q&A Short Trek and also went unnamed in the Cage. She still doesn't get an actual name here.

We get a bit of an update about Enterprise's situation, things are still in desperate need of repair, and we find out that Number One has also been doing a bit of digging into Spock's situation, however Pike is drawn away before details can be discussed.

Down in Engineering Paul Stamets and Sylvia Tilly are looking after "May". The creature still seems to be clued into Sylvia's emotions in some way, which is interesting. Sylvia goes on a mini speech about how she wasn't the best friend to the real May as a kid, and the fungal creature reaches out and sort of forms a hand. It's a scene kinda touching and kinda creepy. I'm really interesting in this Fungal creature and what motives are, and how it works.

In the ready room, some of the staff are discussing the Red Angel. No federation known species matches it's appearance. Apparently Saru is suffering a cold. This conversation is a nice bit of recap, but it doesn't really amount to much that we didn't already know about the Red Angel. Pike enters and dismisses everyone except Michael, so can finally talk about Spock stuff. Apparently Number One had retrieved the path that Spock's shuttle took after escaping the psychiatric facility, and Discovery is already on an intercept course. Michael immediately asks to be excused from this mission, due to the unknown trauma she caused him. Pike starts a bit of a pep talk to Michael, but Discovery is then slammed to a hault, and left in front of this giant red swirling ball of something.

And then the intro plays. I've noticed this a lot with Discovery, but it's Cold Opens are really long.

After the Intro, we gather to discuss what this thing is, and then suddenly everyone is speaking different languages! This fun little premise, and I kinda wish the whole no-one can understand eachother bit lasted a bit longer, but after a bit of confusion, Saru is called to the bridge. It's previously established that Saru knows a lot of languages, so he's definetly going to be the MVP here. Of course, he still has a cold, so he's gonna have to fight through that. He gets the Universal translator back online, but the rest of the Bridge's systems are still scrambled through other languages.

Apparently the rest of the ship is unaffected though, Engineering is still perfectly functional. We get a fun little spat between Paul and the more traditional Engineer we picked up in episode 1, which I thought was fun. As everyone scrambles to repair Discovery, the Computer Virus runs through more of the ships systems. Paul, Sylvia and Reno end up trapped in the Spore Drive control room, with the "May" Creature, which latches onto Sylvia. The Bridge is loosing control of everything, and Saru's illness take a turn for the worse. Internal communications are also knocked out

I've said it before with Enterprise, but I love how Star Trek depicts chaotic all hands on deck moments, where everyone is dashing about in the background trying to stabilise things. This is no exception, and I'm absolutely loving how we're seeing this confusion across the entire ship, more than just The Bridge and Engineering, which was often the case for Enterprise.

Down in Sickbay, Saru is really anxious to report any symptoms to the ship's doctor. After a bit of coaxing however, we find out this is more than a simple cold: Apparently it's a unique condition among Kelpiens, and apparently it's going to kill him. This ties into his Short Trek from before we Started Discovery. Apparently, whatever the sphere is, it's causing the same response as that crystal which selected Kelpiens to be slaughtered. This process is called Vahar'ai, and will either kill him, or make him succumb to madness. Saru has an idea on how to fight back against the computer virus, albiet in a very weak way, but it would slow the progress and give the crew a little bit of time to regain control, and Michael moves off to enact this digital antibody plan. Saru accepts that he is dying, and moves out to help Michael out.

While Michael and Saru are working on this, we get a really nice heart to heart between them about the nature of Saru's culture and how he thinks he just isn't built to keep fighting in the way Michael does. This is probably the best time to note that I love what the make-up department have done with him this episode. The way he walks with kind of a weird lean this episode, the perspiration on his face looks just great. This one on one scene was definetly the best part of the episode for me, I love digging into characters like this and Saru's unique relationship with the universe as a member of a species that are basically livestock animals is so fascinating to me.

With the spore-drive gang, May is apparently influencing May's thoughts. Apparently it's pumping a hallucinogen into her to calm her, although Paul and Reno have different ideas of what it's motives are. Michael ends up heading to engineering to ask them reactivate shields, unaware of their current situation. Engineering of course can't do anything at the moment, they're locked out of all systems, and Sylvia is dropping in and out of conciousness. Paul has a great idea. What he's gonna do is rework a part of the spore drive interface to let may hijack Sylvia's nervous system, and this is explained better in the episode and makes more sense there. But it will let us communicate with may, and Michael thinks something similar might be happening with the sphere, and the Virus could be a form of communication.

Michael shares this theory with Saru, and he deduces that the Sphere is trying to communicate the fact that it was dying, and wants to be remembered. Pike accepts this, and lowers the shields to accept the transmission, but I love that he still has a back-up plan in place.

Meanwhile with May, the process isn't working, and they start proposing makeshift surgery to make the communication process easier, and the whole trepanning thing felt like unnecessary trauma for my poor Neurodivergent girl, but the episode goes thankfully is quick with it. Once communication is established, May reveals her motives. Apparently she views the Discovery's use of the Mycelium network as invasive, and plans to kill Paul, and is now effectively holding Sylvia hostage to that end.

Unfortunately, Saru is still suffering symptoms, and I actually thought they fully kill him here and I was crying, him reminiscing about his sister while asking Michael to sever his Ganglia, and paralleling his relationship to his sister with Michael's relationship to Spock broke my heart. I don't particularly like death fake outs, but I love Saru, so I'm kinda happy that happened here. Also, it means were might be able explore a new side of Saru soon, because apparently without his Ganglia fear is no longer his primary drive, so I'm excited to see where they take him. Also on a side note, I love the design of his quarters.

At the end of the episode we're left with Sylvia being taken into the spore network by May as our cliffhanger.

This has been my favourite episode of Season 2 so far, it had a lot of fun moments, I loved parallel situations between the Bridge crew and the Engineering crew. The many touching scenes with Saru here were great. I loved this one.

#whovian watching star trek #star trek #star trek Discovery #Star Trek DIS #Star Trek DISCO #ST DIS #ST DISCO #DIS #st: disco #DISCO #st: discovery #Discovery #ST: DIS

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autisticheadcanons · 7 months

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Adira Tal from Star Trek Discovery is autistic!

They canonically have social anxiety and struggle to interact with their peers. They feel more comfortable focusing on science and engaging In a shared special Interest helped them connect with their adopted dad Paul Stamets when they first met. They stim, love following rules and structure. They are very observant and often notice what others don't.

#autistic headcanon #actuallyautistic #star trek discovery #adira tal #mod post

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do-you-know-this-queer-character · 3 months

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may i ask who you've had submitted for star trek and also if you've had any submissions from the webcomic el goonish shive 👀

From various Star Trek medias, Elim Garak has been posted already, and in terms of other submissions, I have Jazida Dax, Paul Stamets, Hugh Culber, Adira Tal, Beckett Mariner, Hikaru Sulu, Jett Rino, Gray Tal, Seven of Nine, Andy Billups, and Jennifer Sh'reyan.

For El Goonish Shive, I have submissions for Tedd Verres, Grace Sciuridae, Elliot Dunkel, Ashley, Nanase Kitsune, Ellen Dunkel, Justin Tolkiberry, Diane, and Catalina Bobcat

#why does one character have the scientific family of squirrels as their last name lol #asks #not a poll #Submission check

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antimatterpod · 3 months

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We’re back for 2024! With some genuinely awful sound quality because Liz is so out of practice that she forgot to move her microphone from its place on top of the printer to … you know. Somewhere in the vicinity of her mouth.

But the show must go on, and Anika and Liz are pulling the names of Star Trek men out of a hat and deciding whether or not they’re any good in bed. Yes, it’s the SEX … Now That We’ve Got Your Attention episode, and decidedly not suitable for children.

The hat has us talking about…

Jack Crusher (the secret Picard baby, not Wesley’s dad)

Rom

Shaxs

Tuvok (our beloved)

Jean-Luc Picard

The Doctor

Jonathan Archer

Cris Rios

Odo

Gary Mitchell

Narek

Garak

Saru

Benjamin Sisko

Jack Ransom

Hugh Culber (with bonus Paul Stamets)

Liam Shaw

Dr Migleemo

We also abandoned the hat to specifically discuss…

Spock (Ethan Peck edition)

Chakotay

Will Riker

Chris Pike

Sarek (Vulcan’s greatest love machine)

#antimatter pod #star trek

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adastrafanfic · 10 months

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Ad Astra News - 6/11 - 6/17

State of the Archive

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

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stra-tek · 2 years

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Gay characters only became an explicit part of Trek canon in 2016 with blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene of Hikaru and Ben Sulu in Star Trek Beyond, and then were finally properly featured with Hugh Culber and Paul Stamets in 2017's Star Trek: Discovery. The word "gay" was not said on screen until Discovery's second season. But over in the Star Trek novels, the first gay characters were introduced as far back as 1998. It was a different time, and the mandate from above was that they could only be featured if the word "gay" was never used. Depending who you ask why, the reason was either the official explanation above (from Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion) or... well, you can probably guess.

#star trek #star trek discovery #star trek aos #star trek novelverse #star trek novels #star trek book #star trek books #lgbtq #hugh culber #paul stamets

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paulgadzikowski · 1 month

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[Image description: Preview panel for the comic strip at the link below. The Doctor, rainbows incarnation, of Doctor Who and Dr. Culber of Star Trek Discovery stand talking in the ship's corridor as Engineer Stamets walks up to them. Culber is saying, “... perceiving the timeloop, unknown to Mudd, which made Paul an object of Mudd's plot, unknown to Paul -“ Stamets is saying, "Doctor! Doctor!” Unfortunately there are not image descriptions at the main Hero Of Three Faces site. End description.]

The Hero of Three Faces is fanfiction crossovers, but it’s comic strips with stick figures, but they’re triangles. Preview panel only. Click here for full cartoon. Or see the on-site navigation tutorial. Or see this blog’s FAQ, or my archive tumblog’s FAQ. Cartoons may contain unmarked spoilers. Cartoons linked from Tumblr 10:00 (Central US time) daily are the previous day’s new update and the posts are pinned to the top of this blog. Cartoons linked from Tumblr 22:00 daily are from the archive and the posts are pinned only during annual summer hiatus of new updates.

Thanks for reading.

#disco #dsc #star trek discovery #star trek #doctor who #fan art #fancomics

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canon-lgbt-characters · 1 year

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Paul Stamets from Star Trek: Discovery is gay !

#paul stamets #star trek #star trek discovery #gay #requests

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ussjellyfish · 1 year

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ao3 categories for the new Treks

Star Trek Discovery and onward.

Post about the legacy Treks (anything before 2017) here.

I compared the 6 ao3 categories (f/f - blue, f/m - red, gen - yellow, m/m - green, multi - orange, other - teal.).

I compared Discovery overall to Discovery in 2022, Lower Decks overall to Lower Decks in 2022, and Picard overall to Picard in 2022. Strange New Worlds started in 2022. Prodigy had so few works that I didn't split it up.

Graphs beneath the cut.

Star Trek Discovery

The most evenly balanced between f/f, f/m, m/m and gen. Slightly more gen and f/f works were produced in 2022, and slightly less f/m.

Top tagged pairings of all time (f/f, f/m, gen, m/m)

Michael Burnham/Philippa Georgiou

Michael Burnham/Ash Tyler (Voq)

Michael Burnham & Sylvia Tilly

Hugh Culber/Paul Stamets

Top 3 characters of all time (same in 2022)

Michael Burnham

Paul Stamets

Hugh Culber

Top tagged pairings of 2022

Michael Burnham/Philippa Georgiou (I wonder if Joann Owosekun/Keyla Detmer will overtake this next year)

Saru/T'Rina (change from previous)

Sylvia Tilly & Paul Stamets

Hugh Culber/Paul Stamets

Star Trek Picard

The only Trek to have majority f/f fanworks, and a 17% increase compared to 2022. (I'm curious what the TNG cast returning will do to these numbers next year)

Top tagged pairings of all time (f/f, f/m, gen, m/m)

Raffi Musiker/Seven of Nine

Agnes Jurati/Cristóbal Rios

Raffi Musiker & Cristóbal Rios

Elnor/Hugh (Three of Five)

Top 3 characters of all time

Seven of Nine

Raffi Musiker

Jean-Luc Picard

Top tagged pairings of 2022

Raffi Musiker/Seven of Nine

Laris/Jean-Luc Picard

Raffi Musiker & Cristóbal Rios

Jean-Luc Picard/Q

Top 3 characters of 2022

Raffi Musiker

Seven of Nine

Jean-Luc Picard

Strange New Worlds

Mostly f/m. Gen and f/f about even.

Top tagged pairings of all time (f/f, f/m, gen, m/m)

Christine Chapel/La'An Noonien Singh

Una Chin-Riley/Christopher Pike

Christine Chapel & Spock

Christopher Pike/Spock

Top 3 characters of all time

Christopher Pike

Spock

Christine Chapel

Lower Decks

Mostly gen (the most gen in a Trek for adults), then f/m, f/f and m/m. Mariner and Jennifer starting to date might be the reason for the increase in f/f works.

Top tagged pairings of all time (same in 2022) (f/f, f/m, gen, m/m)

Beckett Mariner/Jennifer Sh'reyan

Beckett Mariner/Brad Boimler

Beckett Mariner & Brad Boimler

Brad Boimler/Sam Rutherford

Top 3 characters of all time

Beckett Mariner

Brad Boimler

D/Vana Tendi

Prodigy

Mostly gen (the main characters are children). The romantic pairings are from other Star Treks.

Top tagged pairings of all time (f/f, f/m, gen, m/m)

Raffi Musiker/Seven of Nine

Kathryn Janeway/Chakotay

Gwyndala & Dal Ra'El

Chakotay/Tom Paris | Tom Paris/Harry Kim (each have one fic)

Top 3 characters of all time

Kathryn Janeway

Chakotay

Hologram Janeway

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10 Characters Tag

Rules: give 10 different characters from 10 different fandoms, and then tag 10 people to do the same

Thank you to @carryonsimoncarryonbaz for the tag! This is going to be challenging, because I tend to be obsessively loyal to a very few fandoms. Here goes nothing!

Simon Snow, of Rainbow Rowell's Carry On (my numero uno🥰)

Elliot Schafer of Sara Brennan's In Other Lands

Neil Josten, of Nora Sacavik's All For the Game

Dante Quintana of Benjamin Alire Sáenz's Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Simon Speirs of Becky Albertalli's Simon vs. The Homosapiens Agenda

Alex Claremont-Diaz of Casey McQuiston's Red, White and Royal Blue

Linus Baker, of T.J. Klune's A House on the Cerulean Sea

Elio Perlman, of Andre Aciman's Call Me By Your Name

Star Lord, of The Guardians of the Galaxy movies

Paul Stamets, of the Star Trek: Discovery TV Show

Phew! I made it! I'll nominate a random ten people, since I haven't been on Tumblr much. If you've already posted, then this is just a wave hello!

Tagging: @artsyunderstudy, @frjsti, @ivelovedhimthroughworse, @annabellelux, @fatalfangirl, @facewithoutheart, @giishu, @moments-au-crayon22, @you-remind-me-of-the-babe, @moodandmist

#10 characters tag #tag game

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