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littlexscarletxwitch · 1 year

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── ༊*·˚⋆ 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴

paring: florence pugh x innocent!fem!reader

tag(s): nsfw, smut with no plot bitchez, innocent r (or at least I tried), dom flo (or at least I tried)

warning(s): MDNI, wlw sex, explicit smut, legally age gap, oral sex (r receiving), vaginal fingering (r receiving), kinda innocent virgin r, grammatical error

word count: 2.3k

note: here's the winner of the pool :D. So, go easy with me on this one. I'm still practicing how to write smut, so bare with me. I'll get better in time. NOT ME WRITING 'Don't worry, darling'. I SAW AN OPPORTUNITY AND I TOOK IT, NO REGRETS. Also, I just want to say how hard it is to write this shit. Like I can picture the whole thing in my head, but I need to add emotions to it, you know. It's not as easy as I always thought it was. Anyways, I'm not a native speaker, so please let me know about any sort of mistake. Hope you guys enjoy! <3

note 2: would you guys be interested in dark smut content for Florence? Like I've seen it for Lizzie, Scarlet and their marvel characters. But there's not much for Florence. And I'm a really kinky bitch, so I wouldn't mind writing it. But would any of you read that kind of content? 🤭

requests are open! + check my rules here <3

The fact that you were Florence’s little sister’s best friends and off limits, because Raffie said so, was a major turn on for the blonde.

She wasn’t sure if it was because of your big doe eyes, your obliviousness towards her dirty jokes or just your shyness. But there was something about you that just set her skin on fire.

You had always piqued her interest. And now that your body resembled the one of a young beautiful woman, she was even more curious about you. Well, maybe just curious about your body. Lucky for her, her curiosity would be soon satisfied.

You were waiting for Raffie to get off work. Naturally, you were at the Pughs, since it was pretty much your second home. But no Pughs were actually around. Just Florence.

The both of you decided to kill some time while watching a movie that was already playing on the telly. You were so bored that you were actually paying attention to the movie. Florence, on the other hand, was paying attention to your every reaction.

It was a +18 film. Florence knew that, but you didn’t. And she knew the film would get a reaction out of you, that your cute little body would react to the adult scene. At least, that was what she was expecting. And man, you did not disappoint her.

The spicy scene finally made it into your sight. She carefully watched as your eyes and body were taking in the scene.

At first, you thought it was a simple kiss. But then the kiss became more passionate and now they were taking each other's clothes off. You took a big breath as the couple undressed themselves. Your brows were furrowed, a lump had formed in your throat and you, unconsciously, rubbed your thighs against each other, noticing that a certain part of your body was getting weird.

“Are you okay, Y/n?” she asked innocently, as you shifted in your seat.

“Yeah, I’m good,” you said, your eyes not moving away from the screen.

You slightly tilted your head to the side, trying to understand what the couple was doing and why your body felt like burning and weird.

“You sure you’re okay?” she asked, once again.

She knew you were getting hot and bothered, that was what she had expected of you. She wanted you like this, so she could help you out.

“Yeah, I just feel a little weird.”

“How come? Are you feeling sick?” she played dumb.

“No, not sick. I just feel like I need to pee but I don’t want to,” you whispered, looking down at your feet in embarrassment.

“Hey, it’s okay. I know how you are feeling,” she placed her hand on your thigh. You felt your skin burning under her touch.

“You do?”

“Yes, I do,” she smiled at you. “Does it feel wet down there?” she quickly looked down and then up to meet your eyes. She noticed they were filled with confusion. It was an adorable sight, her cute little Y/n didn’t know what was happening to her body.

“Yeah, I don’t know why,” you shyly admitted.

“Oh, you poor little thing,” she caressed your cheek. “You know, I can make it go away if you want to,” Florence bit her bottom lip, her heart picking up its pace waiting for your answer.

She was afraid that you would back down, since this was a whole new territory for you. But she would have a taste of you even if you said no, she would find another way.

“How would you make it go away?”

A grin formed on her lips at your curiosity and innocence. It turned her on seeing you like that, all confused and pure. She almost felt guilty for doing it, key word being ‘almost’.

“Well, there’s a few things I can do. But I can’t tell you, I would have to show you. Do you trust me?” she squeezed your thigh, making your heart flutter.

You only nodded, too dumbstruck at her closeness and her touch.

“If you want me to stop, just say it, okay?” you, once again, nodded. “But I have a feeling you’re going to like this.”

She closed the small gap between you two, connecting her lips with yours. Your eyes winded, you weren’t expecting that. But soon, you gave in and deepened the kiss. She gently bit your bottom lip, making you whimper and her tongue found its way into your mouth. You felt the weird feeling starting to grow down there.

“Flo, it feels even weirder now,” you whispered on her lips.

“I know, sweet girl. Just be patient, okay? I’ll take care of you, I promise.”

Her lips found your neck, leaving small kisses and bites on your sensitive skin. Your eyes rolled to the back of your head at the new feeling, your mouth was slightly parted. Your hand, instinctively, found its way into her hair, gently pulling it, earning a low moan from her.

“I need this off,” she tugged the hem of your shirt.

“Flo, I–.”

“It’s okay,” she cut you off. “I want to see you.” She carefully took your shirt off, and much to her surprise you weren’t wearing anything underneath it.

You were now self-conscious of your half naked body, you crossed your arms over your breast trying to hide them from her.

“Hey, don’t do that,” she said, gently moving your arms. She pecked your lips and whispered in your ear, “You’re gorgeous, Y/n. Don’t hide from me.”

She softly pushed you into the couch, now laying on your back she was straddling you. She trailed a path of kisses from your jaw down to your breasts. Your breathing became heavier the closer she would get your nipples. When she finally reached your left one, her tongue sucked on it. At first she was gentle, letting you take in the new feeling. But then she got rougher, not only sucking it but also biting it. You were a moaning mess under her.

Her right hand found your other breast giving it as much attention as the one that was on her mouth. She would massage your nipple, pinch it, twist it and rub it. Your back arched at all of the new feelings that your body was experiencing, your aching core gently brushed against her body, making you moan at the feeling.

“Flo, please…” you begged.

You weren’t sure what you were begging for, she was taking care of you as she said, but you felt like it wasn’t nearly enough.

“Let’s take this off then,” she said, her fingers finding the waistband of your pants and pulling them off your body.

Your legs instinctively closed. She raised her brow at your action.

“What did I say, Y/n?”

“Yeah, sorry I–.”

“No uh, tell me. What did I say?” she cut you off.

“Not to hide from you.”

“Exactly, do as I said, okay?” you nodded. Even though she was sort of scolding you, her tone was still gentle. A perfect balance of kindness and demand, which sent shivers down your spine.

She kissed your breast one last time before moving further down your stomach, getting closer and closer to your aching core. You gasped as she left kisses on your thighs, carefully spreading your legs open. She noticed the only piece of clothing left on your body was soaking wet from your arousal.

“I will take care of this now, okay?” she looked up to you, wanting to know if it was okay.

“Yes, please.”

She gently brushed her tongue over your slit, making you whimper at the small lick. Her fingertips soon found your clit, still covered by the thin soaked cloth, and started to rub tight circles on it. Your eyes once again rolled to the back of your head, pleasure covering your whole body. But still, it wasn’t enough.

“Flo, take it off,” you looked down at her. You needed skin to skin contact, the piece of cloth was in the way. She raised her eyebrow at you again. “Please,” you finished.

She chuckled, glad that you were starting to get how things worked.

She teared open your panty, making your eyes wide open. “Don’t worry about it, I’ll buy you a new one,” she winked at you as your cheeks turned crimson red.

She traced a finger down your slit, gathering all your arousal on her fingertips.

“Well, look at that. All of this for me, little one?”

You weren’t sure what to answer her. But you figured you would agree to her words, giving the amusement look on her face.

“All for you.”

She went to kiss your lips, “I want to eat you out. Can I please eat you out?” she whispered on your lips.

You were so lost in your pleasure that you said yes, just giving yourself in enterily to her. You weren’t sure what she meant by that, but you knew she wouldn’t do anything to cause you any harm.

She positioned herself in between your legs and her lips found your clit.

“No, Flo. That’s dirty,” a moan escaped from your lips, even though you really thought it was a dirty thing to do.

“It’s not,” she said. Her words were muffled as she tasted you.

Her lips were sucking on your clit, making your skin feel as if it was on fire. Gently biting from time to time. She licked up through your folds and then pushed her tongue inside of you. Your hands went to find her hair, pulling her closer to you, making her nose brush against your clit. The feeling of dirtiness washing away, replaced by bliss.

“Oh, shit, Flo.”

“How does it feel?” she blurted out, still attacking your cunt.

“Feels so good,” you said through moans and groans.

“You taste so good, peaches. So good, baby,” she pulled back, you whimpered, missing her touch. “I’m going to use my fingers, okay?”

You noticed her voice got rougher and she seemed to have stars in her eyes.

“Your fingers?” you looked at her in confusion.

“Don’t worry, darling. You are going to love it,” she sent a wink your way.

She adjusted herself in between you, once again. Her tongue found its way back to your clit, and she gently pushed her index finger inside of you. You loudly moaned out her name, making her groan into your pussy, which caused your body to tremble at the vibrations.

“You feel so good, baby,” she felt as you clenched around her finger. “Do you think you can take another finger?”

She didn’t let you answer before pulling her index finger out of you and pushing back in two of her fingers.

“Damn it, Y/n. You are so tight.”

“Flo, It hurts,” you cried out. You’d never had anything inside you before, you weren’t sure if it was a pleasant or an unpleasant feeling.

“Shh, it would be okay,” she cooed. “Just relax, baby. Tell me when I can keep going, yes?”

You whimpered, trying to adjust to the feeling. You took a big breath and nodded, letting her know she could carry on.

She slowly pulled her fingers out and back in you, thrusting deeply into you while her tongue sucked on your clit. She curled her fingertips making you whine in pleasure. Your grasp back on her hair became stronger, pushing her into your cunt, wanting more of her. Her free hand found your breast and massaged it, adding more into your pleasure. You were biting your bottom lip, trying to contain all the moans and whimpers from coming out of your mouth.

Florence looked up at you, her mouth and fingers still doing their work, and took in the sight right before her eyes. You were glowing, and not just because of the thin layer of sweat covering your cute little body. No, it was more than that, it was the pleasure she was giving you. She rubbed her thighs together trying to ease the arousal in her own core. She swore she could cum just by looking at you. But that moment wasn’t about her, it was about you.

You soon started to feel a knot in your stomach, growing tighter as Florence’s mouth and fingers worked wonders on your lady parts. You were starting to feel as if you were going to pee.

“Flo, I think I need to pee,” you said, almost out of breath.

She sensed the worry in your tone, which only turned her on even more. How could you not know all of this stuff?

“It’s okay. Just let it go, peaches.”

“No, Flo. I won’t pee all over you–” your own moan cut you off.

She could feel your cunt clenching her fingers even harder. She ignored your distress, her hand went back to your waist, gently pushing you down, keeping you steady, and continued her assault on you. Thrusting her fingers even faster and sucking on your clit even harder. She felt as your legs wrapped around her, as if a part of you knew better than to let her go. She could almost feel like she would suffocate with your cunt, but she couldn't care less.

“Stop, Flor–” you felt as the knot in your stomach untied, a wave of relief and pleasure bursting all over your body. You couldn’t stop moaning out her name. Your eyes rolled to the back of your head, your back arched like a cat, your legs were trembling at the overwhelming feeling, your breathing was uneven and your heart was beating so fast, as if you had been running for hours.

Florence slowly pulled her fingers out of you, sucking all of your juices, not wanting, not even a drop, to go to waste. Once she was done, she licked her fingers clean, her eyes not leaving yours. A lump formed in your throat as she did so.

“You did great, Y/n,” she said, taking her finger out of her mouth, making a pop sound. “Do you think you can help me out now?” a grin formed on her face as she looked at your dumbstruck face.

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-M

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leighlew3 · 1 year

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For some reason I couldn’t send the link of this post but I could download the picture and send it (hopefully)

This is what I was references in that ask to you lol

Ah. And... yeah. A painful and unnecessary creative choice.

Look, overall I'm loving Picard, despite quite a few issues with some creative choices and contradictions, because this nostalgia is incredible and so appreciated and being able to witness these characters in action again has been WONDERFUL.

That being said... well, I'm about to launch into a ramble.

Buckle up, and keep reading if you'd like...

Picard had an ICONIC legacy female character in an interracial wlw relationship with a dynamic new Black female character -- both women over the age of 50 no less, an amazing thing to explore on screen -- and it worked. And so many fans loved it and felt represented and thrilled to kingdom come. And it fit with the Star Trek brand of inclusion and acceptance in a modern society. It also made Voyager fans of 25 years feel vindicated and seen, having Seven not only confirmed as sapphic, but actually exploring it on screen and finding love, even if a "happy ending" for Seven was never in the cards for many reasons, they could have explored why instead of just sweeping it under the rug off screen and reducing it to one awkward glance between them, a joke from Worf, and that was it. Seven and Raffi deserved better. Queer fans deserved better.

Alas, they tossed it in the trash for no valid reason at all, and at the worst possible time in our current social and political landscape of an outdated and frighteningly dangerous resurgence of homophobia, transphobia, etc. Life imitates art, and art imitates life. And thus, now we see conservative-run media companies catering again to the vocal, hateful little groups and extremist far right fear mongers. There is a very obvious bias of late again against LGBTQ content (especially wlw due to the frightening rise in misogyny yet again lately) across nearly every channel and streamer and studio.

For that matter, even beyond LGBTQ stories, there's also a significant reduction in the exploration of ANY sexuality on screen across the board lately, even for cishet couples. We somehow went from Hollywood being absurdly and unfairly exploitive towards women and putting actors in uncomfortable and unnecessary situations, to some sort of bizarre, puritanical, utterly sexless exploration of romance on screen. And even a reduction of romance entirely in many cases, for that matter. We went from one extreme to the other, and it's absolutely nuts.

Anyway, back on the topic of Picard, the two actresses who previously were captains of the ship and ALL about the pairing have since seemingly now had to backtrack, make excuses for this bizarre decision, or just not speak on it at all. And that's beyond sad.

And again, it makes me concerned that if Seven does get her own spin-off or is a part of a new spin-off again, they'd likely not include Raffi nor explore Seven being with women further. Which would just be LITERALLY going backwards in time to the days of Voyager where many (not all) straight male fans tried to claim her as theirs and theirs alone while reducing her to just "the hot Borg in a cat suit" even though everyone else knew she was three dimensional as hell, one of the best written and acted characters in franchise history, and inherently representative of the LGBTQ community.

Anyway, I really really hope they prove me wrong and Saffi get a satisfying ending in this show, and if nothing else, even if they don't have a future together in other series, any other shows at least continue to embrace Seven's pansexuality. It's important.

Alas right now my trust in creatives in the TV space who are under the pressures of conservative-run media conglomerates... is limited. Even once seeming allies are showing sides to themselves lately that are... concerning, to say the least. People who previously would tell incels to F' off, and weren't afraid to stand up to and block phobes on Twitter are now blocking queer fans for just asking "WTF?" about queer favorites being sidelined or ships being tossed in the trash. People who previously seemed to truly see and value queer fans are now bordering on just using them for clicks and stringing them along on likely hopeless efforts regarding show survival. And people who actually do mean well and usually stand up loud and strong for LGBTQ audiences are suddenly growing very, very quiet if not even in some cases TURNING on their queer fans entirely as TPTB remove more and more wlw content from airwaves and streamer services.

It's all very disheartening. As a writer who has had this conversation so often with producers and executives, I GET IT. The fight is NOT an easy one. And most the time inclusion efforts are flat out shot down. But it feels like so few people are walking the talk anymore. People who capitalized heavily on LGBTQ characters and ships and fans for a few years when it was hot are now turning their backs when the going has gotten rough. And that's frustrating for us all.

But, the good news: these things are often cyclical. So if everybody can hang in there, stay strong, and fight the good fight online and IRL, rock the VOTE, etc and drown out the hateful voices that want the LGBTQ community silenced or worse, then I believe we can set (or force, in many cases) the misguided, fearful, extremist-rightwing-catering media companies back to the proper side of history.

#picard #star trek picard #seven x raffi #saffi #seven of nine #star trek #lgbtq #representation matters

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changingplumbob · 11 days

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Ask Game: List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who liked or reblogged something from you! get to know your mutuals and followers :)

Okay this 5 shall be 5 movie things that make me happy, if y'all didn't know I love watching movies so much! I miss video stores where you could rent movies. Not everything is on streaming services, especially the older movies. These are just the first five to come to mind.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

The after credit scene (if you're not aware all 5 movies have post credit scenes but this one is 🥹) It's ten years in the future and Elizabeth and her son walk along the cliffs and watch as Will appears.

Labyrinth

I love this whole movie, and honestly watching it as I get older I get more messages from it. The bit that always makes me happiest is the end of the film where Sarah says "I don't know why but every now and again in my life, for no reason at all, I need you". It reminds me that we don't need to leave behind all things from our childhood.

Collateral Beauty

Everything this character Raffi does is hilarious but he tells Claire (Kate Winslet) about the people who taught and looked after him on the streets and says "Your children don't have to come from you. They go through you." and I just love the idea that family is not limited to blood relations.

The Family Stone

Hello, it's my favourite Christmas movie. Amy is my favourite character in this, why do I always love the mean appearing women with secret hearts of gold? Anyway the family are discussing sexuality and the father goes "most of us here believe that sexual orientation… is the result of a genetic predisposition, much like handedness" and oh my gosh did that line blow my mind! It still makes me happy when I hear it, like yes my bisexuality is not a choice it's just who I am.

Wonder Woman 1984

Diane Prince aka Wonder Woman is my favourite superhero, ever since I was little. I loved the greek mythology included in her lore. Anyway in the latest movie she is in a jet with Chris Pine and she uses her powers to make the jet invisible. I loved her invisible jet so the fact that they included it in the movies made me so happy!

#dag dag or tag tag

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magical-regical · 15 days

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i'm sending you another ask because wth. anyway. i know we know bare minimum about thomas but what is the owl city vibe

So I went back and tried my best to dig up any scrap of information about I can about him and now this turned into more like me yapping about Thomas himself than his Owl City vibes. I greatly apologize.

So there's a cut just in case and the usual tldr;

Dementia & Deer in the Headlights

That second one might be a bit (a lot) of a stretch but I was fully vibing by then.

He gets two because I said so dammit.

Dementia

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This was the song that immediately popped up when I first read the ask. Since we don't see a lot of him in the story, I only really remembered him as Rafayel's stressed manager.

His character profile literally says he works himself to the bone every day planning Raffy's exhibitions and scheduling appointments and as much as Rafayel is extremely entertaining in-game, I think if I had to work with him, I'd have an anxiety induced breakdown within two days. Have you read Rafayel's first anecdote? I want to strangle him. Motherfucker said 'yea I'll get it done in three days' and then DIDN'T GIVE HIM ANYTHING. He is the motherfucker in the group project who does sweet fuck all because he doesn't care. My anxiety levels are rising just thinking about it.

So yea. If Thomas is anything like me, Dementia is right up his alley. It's his fucking background music.

All the verses in the song describe how incredibly stressed he is. Because they all end with

Dementia you're driving me crazy.

(Cuz' this is driving me crazy)

In fact, just replace every instance of the word 'dementia' with 'Rafayel' and it's just him talking.

And then the chorus hits, especially the last iteration of it,

Big surprise I'm a ghost keeping out of sight

Rub your eyes, you're a star in the summer night

This is love, this is war, it's insanity

Dementia, oh dementia

The first two lines. Yes he's the one that organizes all the exhibitions but it's not his paintings that are on display, he's not the one who gets swarmed by reporters wanting to know why the painting is the way it is. He made the sky but he didn't make the stars.

And then the second half,

Through the skies you're en route at the speed of light

So realize there's chaos in the air tonight

This is love, this is war, this is pure insanity

Dementia you're driving me crazy

Again, first two lines. Rafayel's first anecdote is from Thomas' POV and I re-read it today and felt kind of sad because he was an artist himself in the past, it's only after he met Rafayel that he switched to business to become his manager. (more on my feelings on that in the second song)

I think those first two lines are his thoughts after his first encounter with Rafayel and that is the exact moment he accepted, invited even, all the chaos that's currently in his life.

Deer in the Headlights

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I thought about this one. I really did. But I think it's still a stretch and I'm definitely just projecting with this song in the background. I'm basically gonna go through Raffy's first anecdote and how the sequence of events fits with the song.

In the anecdote you see Thomas was kinda cocky at first, he wants his paintings to bring in the big bucks so he made it so his and Rafayel's paintings are in the same exhibition.

Then he actually sees Rafayel's paintings and I think his reaction can line up with the two verses in the song,

Met a girl in the parking lot,

And all I did was say hello

Her pepper spray made it rather hard for me to walk her home

But I guess that's the way it goes.

And

Met a girl with a graceful charm

But when beauty met the beast, he froze

Got the sense I was not her type by the black eye and bloody nose

But I guess that's the way it goes.

The 'girl' is Rafayel's painting while the 'pepper spray' and the 'black eye and bloody nose' is the slap in the face that comes with the realization that Rafayel's work thoroughly stomps the 'beast' he calls artwork.

Then we have the chorus,

Tell me again was it love at first sight?

When I walked by and you caught my eye

Didn't know love could shine this bright

Well smile because you're the deer in the headlights.

The fact that Rafayel's paintings are incredibly beautiful compared to his probably already hurt but I feel like it hurts more not knowing why something that's so similar to your own work is somehow miles ahead in terms of quality. (I mean the closest hint he got was some old guy saying 'the color in your painting is off', load of good that does)

It's suffocating to say but the female mystique takes my breath away

So give me a smile

Or give me a sneer

Cuz' I'm trying to guess here

He meets with Rafayel and what he sees is someone who is beyond his comprehension. Someone who doesn't mind crushing bugs or conches for three days just to get a gram of paint

He even asks him,

"Isn't it better that every color can be chemically synthesized? It makes them more accessible."

At the end of the song, when the last chorus plays it replaces the last line with,

I'm sorry I ever tried

and

If life was a game you would never play nice

If love was a beam you'd be blind in both eyes

Put your sunglasses on cuz' you're the deer in the headlights

Have you ever accepted that no matter how much you try, no matter how fast you run, you will never ever catch up to someone because they're just that good? They look at things in a way you could never imagine. I have, and I think Thomas has too.

So does that mean he fell into despair and that's why he quit art? No. He wouldn't be Rafayel's manager if that was the case.

Sometimes you will meet that person who is so far ahead of you and you will want nothing more than to do everything in your power to help them succeed in life. That's why Thomas works so hard for a guy who could not give more of a fuck about who sees his art because he's the same guy who taught him what it truly meant to be an artist and appreciate art.

#screams because why did this ask become so long #thank you for enabling my delusions #ask regi #thomas love and deepspace #love and deepspace #l&ds #lnds

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happenstobehere · 2 months

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I wish you’d write a fic where Seven enjoys breakfast at non breakfast times

Ask and you shall receive!

Fic is posted to ao3 and under the cut

Raffi walked through the trailer doors, kicking off her shoes and sighing. She started to look for Seven, finding her in the kitchen having dinner.

As she got closer, Raffi realized Seven was actually having breakfast, noting the relatively large helping of scrambled eggs on her plate and the empty glass next to it. “Hey honey,” Raffi said, wrapping her arms around Seven’s waist from behind and kissing her temple.

Seven replied, “Hey you,” a soft smile forming on her face. Raffi sat down next to her. “Breakfast for dinner?” Raffi asked, and Seven nodded. She enjoyed the repetitive motion of cooking, finding it very soothing. It didn’t hurt that she also really likes breakfast foods. “I made some extra if you’d like,” Seven offered.

Raffi thought for a moment; she didn’t want to take any of Seven’s food but she shook off the thought. Seven had offered and it wasn’t as though there was any shortage of eggs. So she made herself a plate.

—

Seven loved breakfast foods and lately she’d been on an egg kick. Raffi had come home every night the past week to Seven either eating eggs or in the middle of cooking them. Raffi didn’t mind it — if it made Seven happy and wasn’t hurting anyone, she really couldn’t give a shit — but after the third day, she started to get concerned about it.

“Hey Seven…” Raffi started one night. “I noticed you’ve been eating mostly eggs the past few days. Which is fine,” Raffi offered quickly, “but I worry about you getting all the nutrients you need.” Seven nodded slowly; truthfully, that thought hadn’t even crossed her mind.

“Perhaps I should have a nutritional supplement as well?” Seven offered. Raffi nodded, “That would be great.” Seven replicated one, sitting back down to drink it. Raffi felt her shoulders drop, the tension she didn’t realize they were holding fading away.

—

When they’d both finished eating, Raffi took their plates and started to hand wash them; it wasn’t necessary, but Raffi found it grounding. Seven paced behind Raffi as she finished up the dishes, a soft clicking accompanying her steps.

Raffi finished the dishes and walked up to Seven. “What’s up?” She said, and Seven looked almost sheepish. “The other night… when you said it was fine… are you sure?” Seven said, looking at Raffi’s curls and following them with her eyes from top to bottom.

Raffi tilted her head, reaching out her hand and waiting for Seven to bridge the gap. When she did, Raffi squeezed them gently.

“I’m absolutely sure. My only concern was your health and nutrition. If eggs are the only thing that sound good right now, then you should have them. No question. Hell, I wouldn’t care if you never ate another food again,” Raffi chuckled playfully, and Seven looked up at her as she continued, her gaze darting between each of Raffi’s eyes.

“The last thing I want is for you to feel like you need to do anything differently or like you have to be embarrassed while I’m around. All that matters to me is that you’re happy and healthy. I don’t care about anything else. And I’ll remind you of that as many times as you need me to. Okay?” Seven nodded, a shy smile on her face. Raffi kissed her forehead. “Can we lay down?” Seven said softly. Raffi smiled. “Always.”

#sky speaks #anon

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thesevenwondersofawitch · 1 year

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Watching Star Trek Picard s3 ep9 Vox

"No one has seen or heard from the Borg in over a decade" Guess Picard and friends didn't tell anyone about Jurati😂

Oh shit, Deanna having to bring up the protocols Starfleet has in place has me alarmed

Damn, Beverly really can't catch a break when it comes to her sons

Poor Jack, now he has a distrust in betazoids

"What about the protocols of a father? Or you never issued those?" Well damn

I would be angry too

Oh shit, he's taking over people's minds to escape

Poor Beverly

She's hugging herself 😭

I forgot Data was alive 😂

Oh shit what more could there be to Jack?

OH HELL

IT'S THE BORG CUBE

OH SHIT STARFLEET IS ALL IN ONE PLACE

"Um, smack dab in the middle of frontier day, where pretty much every Starfleet vessel is running exercises with our faces pinned to their dartboard?"

'Its our only option Captain."

"Of course it is

Oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god

IT'S THE ENTERPRISE

Wait, i feel like we've seen Shelby before

It's beautiful 😭(all the fireworks)

Ooooooh now I remember her😂

Regenerati😂

Oh shit, it's the Borg Queen 👀👀👀

Damn, he can't kill her

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE HELL YEAH

Oh no

Oh no no no

JACK'S BEEN ASSIMILATED

Huh, guess Lt Broccoli was right to fear transporters

HOLY SH-

OOOOOOO it's so so pretty( the green orb)

SEVEN

My poor baby 😭(her head must hurt so bad)

Oh shit

Poor Mura

Shit, La Forge's daughters are being assimilated

This has to be one of Geordi's worst fears

Oh my god, my heart is shaking with how awesome Seven looks as she fights

Also, where the heck is Raffi? I just want them to reunite again 😭 Is that too much to ask for?

I'm cackling that Seven said to shaw about all the gray hair and how assimilating must have skipped a generation 😭😂

Guess we'll never know what the dude wanted his family to know

"I've never been so happy to see so many wrinkles." I love Deanna 😂

RAFFI!!

"The Robot's right." I'm cackling

Data and Geordi look so offended

"Data can you try to be a little more positive?"

"I hope we die quickly.😃"

Oh fuck

Shaw got shot

Seven said Raffi's name😭 she wanted her safe

"it's it's not my ship anymore. It's yours."

He said her name😭

Her real name

Annnnnd Shaw's dead

The way her eyes keep darting towards Raffi

Oh my god

Are they gonna use voyager

THEY'RE USING THE ENTERPRISE-D

"Obviously we can't use the Enterprise-E." The way everyone turned to look at la forge and worf😂

Oh my god

I'm getting hit with those memories watching Next Gen for first time

They're back where it all started

I love how Deanna chastised Worf

I love how Data said hello to his chair

Picard missed the carpet the most😂

IT'S THE VOICE OF MAJEL BARRETT! Oh how I missed it

"Jean-Luc, wherever you go, we go." I have chills

Annnnnd now I have to wait for next week's episode to find out what happens with Raffi and Seven 😭 but I'm holding out hope they'll end up together in the end

This episode was awesome

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procrastinatorproject · 20 days

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Bed Rest (Seven) for the WIP ask game, please. Also, if you want to talk about the other Bed Rest fics, too.

Seven's installment literally consist of only this handful of sentences so far:

“I understand that your xB physiology renders you much more resilient than humans, and I’m willing to give you a lot of leeway, but I draw the line at exposure to hard vacuum. You’re coming to sickbay with me right now.” Seven arched her eyebrow and drew a rasping breath. “Deactivate —” “No,” Emil said calmly. “You’re on medical lockout from all computer systems and will remain so until I give you a clean bill of health. Now, will you come downstairs voluntarily? Or will I have to ask Ms Musiker to drag you?”

I do like it quite a bit :D But haven't managed to do all the writing that needs to go around it yet.

As for the other Bed Rest fics... When I started writing them, it was just Soji, then I had an idea for Raffi, then Ian, Rios... and eventually, it settled in my brain as "one day, this series will have a story of Emil telling people to lie the fuck down already for every major and a whole lot of minor characters from Star Trek: La Sirena" 😅

We'll see how far I get. The one I wrote for Picard doesn't actually fit the description as well as I'd like it to, and I should probably just post it as a short slice of life standalone (it's basically done and I find it pretty funny, if I say so myself).

And the Agnes WIP that is still technically labelled "bed rest" also veered into a different direction (much more emotional angst and post-Borg-trauma, less the sickfic vibe I'm going for with the rest of the series). So I might turn that into a standalone at some point, though it would involve having to acknowledge season 2 happenings, even in a strongly altered form...

BUT! A while ago, @regionalpancake pointed out that probably a bunch of OC stories in my "never to be pulished" folder would only need very minor rewrites to work for Agnes (and for readers who haven't spent the last four years in my brain and thus don't know the reams and reams of intricate worldbuilding that underly the Private Stories). And I think that assessment is very accurate for the fic currently titled "Check up", which also has some holo bits in it that I just... adore so much! And want to share with the world! Like...

Emil nodded. “Your fever has gone up in the last few hours.” Her eyes went wide. “I thought the meds would help with that?” The EMH tilted his head and his expression turned slightly admonishing. “They are helping. They’re supporting your body’s immune system in fighting off the virus. Which inevitably involves a certain level of fever.” He lowered his scanner and frowned. “Honestly, you’re nearly as bad as the captain with his impatience. Healing takes time. The human body isn’t a machine where you can replace a broken part and everything just runs smoothly again straight away.” “Well now.” Over at the table, Ian leaned back in his chair and tucked his hands under his arms. “A repair is rarely done with a simple replacement. There’s always adjustments that need to happen afterwards and usually a lot of recalibration to —” “Yes, thank you Ian,” Emil said curtly without turning around, “I was speaking metaphorically.” “I’m just saying that if you want the repair done properly, you can’t just shove a new part in place and call it a day. There are a lot of protocols and follow-ups that need to happen.” “Actually, that makes the metaphor better, don’t you think?” Enoch mused. “Even with a machine, repairs take time and don’t lead to instantaneous improvement.” Ian leaned towards the ENH. “Yes, but he said the human body wasn’t like a machine, so he got the metaphor exactly backwards.” Emil rolled his eyes as the two holograms at the table started to argue over whether an accidentally good metaphor was still good if it was deployed incorrectly. Behind them, Emmet was leisurely swapping cards from his hand for better ones from the discard pile.

So that one is probably gonna be Agnes's installment (eventually).

Beyond that, who knows? There are still a few crew members (organic, cybernetic, and holographic) that need to have a moment with their snarky ship's physician! And one of these days, I will finally get over myself and edit the two paragraphs that have thus far kept me from posting Rios's part of the series 😅

I really enjoy the bed rest stories, though. I will never get enough of Emil being an exasperated, snarky, but ultimately really kind and competent doctor! And since there aren't as many stories of that out there in the wild as I'd like, I guess I'll just have to keep writing them myself XD

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(I'm still very happy to answer questions or post snippets of the many things in my WIP folder :D Here's the original list of titles if you want to see what's available!

#thank you for the ask!#i love looking through my wips and talking about them #and this series in particular has a bunch of really nice bits of writing #(and nearly finished too 😅 though the seven one is gonna take a lot more work before I know where exactly it's supposed to go...)#star trek la sirena #star trek picard #seven of nine #emil (emh)#agnes jurati #enoch (enh)#ian (eeh)#lili's writing adventures #bed rest #@curator-on-ao3 #wip ask game #wips

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I for one am completely unimpressed with how they've handle Beverly and Jean-Luc's relationship so far, it felt cheap and out of character. So here's how I would have done the story. If I could write, I'd just write a fic but instead here's this long winded thing.

Dates and whatnot are probably slightly off. Who cares?

After the loss of the Enterprise D and Deanna/Will leaving sends Beverly into a tailspin. She'd been so set in her life and now all this change had her rethinking things "perhaps it's time to finally stop being afraid." So after the wedding Beverly tests the waters and tries to figure out how to bring it up. The real wine served at the party helps. It's so easy to cross that line. And when they do the world doesn't stop. All her fears feel foolish now.

Then it happens. Data is gone. Jean-Luc was almost killed. The E almost destroyed. Everything has been pulled out from under her again.

They have months while the ship is being repaired, inbetweet the court martials. They talk a lot. There's a push for him to move on, become an Admiral. Maybe just maybe it's time to give up space and make a life here on Earth.

When the conversation about children comes up, Beverly is truly caught off guard. He'd never shared all he saw in the Nexus but that night he does. Tells her about the woman with the red hair. Her wrong face. Even in a fantasy he wouldn't truly allow himself to want what he really desired. She wants to poke fun at it. But she doesn't. She knows a part of him is still stuck there. Living and reliving that moment over and over.

"I don't know about THAT many but maybe, maybe one?" she says unsure. Did she want another child? At their ages? After all they've been through would it be smart to want something so fragile? They spend the whole evening talking. Planning. They decide one more year on the Enterprise. One last hurrah and then off to a quiet life of Admiral and head of Starfleet medical. And the theoretical child? They wouldn't exactly be trying but if one should happen? That would be nice too.

Things are going well. The ship is almost good as new. The new crew is settling in. But the hole left by Will, Deanna and Data is huge. She knows she's ready to move on. To their foolish little dream. And she thinks he is too. And he is. He's sure of it.

Until news comes about Supernova. Everything happens so quickly there's no time to be upset or angry. This is what they signed up for. Save the world. It's what they were made to do.

She'd been so caught up in everything. His quick exit. Worf stepping up to Captain. The whole fleet changing direction that she doesn't notice right away. All the little signs she brushes away as stress related. Even doctors can be stupid at times.

He calls on her as much as he can. Tells her all about his new XO. He can't wait for the two to meet. She can see just how tired he is already. The mission had barely started. And already it was all-consuming. She knows how much this is all going to weigh on him. Is it even possible? She's lost in her own thoughts when she finally blurts it out.

His ashened sullen expression quickly changes. Face aglow. She almost forgets for a moment the state of things. He starts talking quickly. Manic almost. She'll come at once. He'll have Raffi make the arrangements. But she knows this won't work. Where he's going is going to be very dangerous. And she had already asked about joining him. Surely he'd need one of the best doctors on this mission. But she was shut down by the higher ups.

"Yes, right of course" the giddiness seeping out of him as the malaise once again settles across him. For a brief moment he talks about stepping down. Letting someone else come in to take over. But they both know he's the right person for the job. The good of the many....

So instead she goes to Earth. She spends some time at Starfleet headquarters. In the early days Jean-Luc is planet side often. However every moment things are changing. They spend as much time together as possible but it's not much. They decide on the name together. It's only fitting to name the boy after someone they both loved so dearly.

He's not able to make it for the birth. Another bombing. Even more dead. It seems silly to be so happy in a moment like this.

It's not been long but the atmosphere has changed. This isn't the Starfleet Beverly knew. The rumors. The whispers. It's horrible. She resigns shortly after Jack came along. Bought a small place outside of London. A little land. Plans to work on the backlog of research she never had time for.

Jack had just started walking the last time she sees Jean-Luc. He's not the same man. She doesn't expect him to make it out of this alive. A quiet fact that eats away at her. Raffi and him sitting in her small kitchen, Jack sat on the table between them. He smiles at the boy but it doesn't reach his eyes.

She wants to tell him about her plan. There's so many out there in need of medical help and Starfleet isn't doing enough. Raffi tells her about the state of the camps. What's really happening. She knows she has to do something. She'd spent a short time with Will and Deanna after the birth of Thaddeus. Will, somehow knowing where her thoughts had been mentioned a ship that was up for sale. The Eleos. "It would make a great medical ship." he said passively.

Jean-Luc gives Jack one more kiss before turning to her. She knows in this moment this is goodbye. She thinks he knows this too. His "I love you both" is only half heard as transporter whisks the two away.

"Well Jack my boy it's just you and I, now. What do you say we help papa out?"

A few short years later it's Seven who breaks the news. The Eleo's hull is full of new supplies. The rangers she'd come to learn were the only things truly holding this part of the galaxy together. Everyday Starfleet had been pulling more and more resources out of the area. She worked along side them often. Did whatever she could and they kept her in supplies. It had helped that she'd known Seven from one of the many Voyager Welcome Home parties. Sometimes she felt as if she knew the former Borg on some other level.

Jack is running around chasing after Deet when Seven asks "did you hear about all that shit that happened on Mars?"

And just like that life is turned upside down again. She tries to reach out to him. But never hears back. She gets one message from Raffi. It's short and hard to listen to. She can hear how completely broken she is. What had Starfleet done to them? How could something she used to stand behind so strongly gone so evil.

Raffi says she hasn't heard from him and disconnects the call. After all the trials he just disappeared. She thinks about going. Showing up at the vineyard where she knows he's hiding. Making him understand this isn't his fault.

But there is so much work to do out here. She can't just abandon these people. And now it'll be harder than ever.

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Some fifteen years later. Sitting under the stars in La Barre. Elnor was on his first shoreleave. Seven and Raffi decide to join him on his visit to France. It had been a bit since they'd returned from the past. What was left of their little found family was setting to go their separate ways.

They're drinking wine. Elnor and Number One are off in the dark, chasing the yellow barn cat again. Jean-Luc looks at Raffi and asks if she had any luck tracking them down.

Seven shoots them a look. "Not yet" Raffi says with a sigh. She truly wanted to be able to help reunite them. It'd been almost 10 years since there had been any concrete leads on where the two had been. She wants to tell him he was a dumbass for letting his family go but she knows it's not her place. She didn't let her own go. They left willingly. But she imagined the pain was the same.

Jean-Luc had finally come to terms with everything. He had been too broken. Too ashamed at his failure to think she'd ever want to see him again. He gave up everything and the Romulan people still lost. But after everything that had happened in the 21st century he knew he had to try.

"Who are you looking for?" Seven asks again. Annoyed.

"My son and his mother"

"You have a son?"

"I did, once. I'm not sure if he'd still consider me a father however."

"What's his mother's name?"

"Beverly. Beverly Crusher"

Seven slightly taken aback. She'd never mentioned the Doctor to him, never felt right telling him about how closely she knew him during his time as Locutus. She should have known. She had some of his memories from his short time in the collective. She knew how important Beverly was. She was the thing he clinged to the longest as each part of him was ripped away. She should have known.

"I know where she is...."

AND THE GANG SETS OFF IN THE LA SIRENA TO TRACK DOWN BEVERLY AS SHE'S FACING OFF AGAINST CHANGLINGS SOMEWHERE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF SPACE

-FIN

seven and beverly banged

thanks for coming to my ted talk

#Beverly Crusher #Jean Luc Picard

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cicaklah · 1 year

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star trek picard posting like its 2020 (bear in mind I am Not watching it I just have a lot of FEELINGS about something that ISNT EVEN A PLOT TWIST REALLY but cutting to save your eyes)

OH FOR FUCKS SAKE

bev deserves better. she deserved better than most of her plotlines lets be very real but her and picard dancing around each other was PART of why tng was Different and I genuinely love the episode where they get psychically linked and she realises that he's been in love with her for YEARS but is too Picard to do anything about it. Picard being bad with women is a plot thread I genuinely love, I find it very relatable, very unkirk about him. it is the subversion of the trope of spaceman with a lady on every planet!!! it is his hamartia! Apart from all his other flaws, which he has many!!!! because hes actually kind of a terrible person!!!!! but it is what makes him sad!!!!

THAT SAID....

if this ends up pressing any more of my stupid romance buttons I'm going to be forced to watch it???

OR AM I????

no. a line must be drawn!!!!! this far and no further!!!!!! I really loved s1 of picard in all its flawed glory for painting a picture of a federation and a starfleet that was starting to buckle under the strain of bad decision making and its ideals when it bit off more than it could chew. the glory days are gone. there is rot there. the federation went headlong from the dominion war into saving the romulans and it ruined them, it ruined everything, and we SAW this, we saw it in the new characters, in good officers and heroes outside of the system who should not have been there, old threads picked up and pulled on and unravelled, it stretched itself too thin. now, as with modern trek they still managed to do TOO MUCH, but on the whole...yeah. it worked enough. but much like disco s1 (which had very similar problems but ultimately wasn't bad) they ruined it with season 2.

anyway we know from the trailer that there is going to be holodeck shenanigans and Lore and other UTTER BULLSHIT and we probably will not have the nice nuanced 'how the fuck did we get here' minimum 3 episodes, explaining howe 50-something beverley crusher has a fling with picard and it goes so badly that when she gets pregnant she...never mentions it, literally runs away, no one either of them knows ever mentions it, she drops off the face of the galaxy to go do what I assume Seven was doing??? does seven know?? did she know??? doesn't the federation have some kind of MSF type of shit that she should be RUNNING?? THE WOMAN IS NEARLY 80 SHE SHOULD BE RUNNING THIS SHIT BY NOW.

(ALSO I KNOW I YELL ABOUT IT EVERY FUCKING TIME BUT THE LAST BEST HOPE WAS BETTER CANON THAN CANON SORRY I AM YELLING BUT LIKE A DECADE AGO BEVERLEY WAS IN A PLACE WHERE SHE WAS THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR JOINING THE VERITY BUT PICARD COULDNT GET OVER HIMSELF ENOUGH TO ASK HER AND I'M SORRY BUT THERE ARE OTHER JOBS IN THE GALAXY OTHER THAN NOBLE SPACE COASTGUARD OR SEXY SPACE PIRATE)

(IF SHE WAS A SEXY SPACE PIRATE SURELY RAFFI KNOWS ABOUT HER, OR RIOS, BUT OH WAIT HE DIED IN WW3 BECAUSE FOOD WAS BETTER BACK THEN)

(I AM STILL VERY ANGRY ABOUT SEASON 2)

anyway the only thing worse than all this isn't that somehow both troi and crusher are love interests whose plotlines revolve around the tragedgy that happened because they had babies with their strong space coastguard love interests, because that is bad, its not that once again the noble space coastguard man has been spermjacked by a woman like wot happened to worf and many other dudes across the series, the only thing worse that this is that its probably going to be a fakeout and they never actually did have sex.

(yes i realise that is a very stupid ending to this extremely stupid rant but sorry I will continue to be a complex idiot when it comes to star trek for as long as I live so help me god.)

#star trek picard #sorry I am yelling about picard #picard season 3

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phoenixfeathersinfall · 2 years

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I don’t mean to be overly negative, and I certainly don’t want to ruin anyone’s enjoyment of the new Trek trailers/future content. But, I’m having some complicated feelings about Picard’s last season and I kind of need to get them out. (I hope I’m not the only one with apprehension?) To be clear, I will be engaging with Season 3 in some capacity, and there are several things about the show I’ve very much enjoyed. But, I really don’t see how they can stick this landing given the situation they’ve gotten themselves into.

Most of my concerns revolve around the Great Cast Reshuffle. The rest stem from the tone/themes of the trailer itself. (Analysis under a read more because this got way longer than I planned.)

The Great Cast Reshuffle

Soji, Elnor, Rios, and Agnes are gone, leaving behind only Picard, Seven, and Raffi. Raffi is the only new character introduced specifically for this series/not a “legacy character.” I’m all for seeing old favorites (God knows I primarily started following the series for Seven) but not at the cost of new characters and stories. I think, despite its tonal and plot issues, Picard had a very strong cast of characters who many people connected with/related to and wanted to see them carry this show through to the end, becoming part of a rising generation of Trek (the Trek renaissance if you will?) One of the most compelling aspects for me personally was that all of these characters were a little broken/had endured a lot of trauma, but they were all dealing with it in different ways and learning to find solace in each other. They weren’t the conventional Starfleet crew, but that something which made them interesting! And to toss out over half of them going into the last season? We’re at the finish line! Absolutely terrible timing. These characters and the actors which dedicated so much time and effort to bringing them to life for us deserved better than that.

Everyone was replaced with the old crew from The Next Generation. Again, it’s always nice to see old friends, but they need to be balanced with the new characters and shouldn’t completely take over the story. TNG has never been my favorite series (full disclosure: I prefer Deep Space Nine and Voyager,) so I don’t quite share the excitement of the avid fans at this development. Even laying that aside, this is not the cast that was promoted and promised for the series. We know Patrick Stewart was clear coming into the role that he didn’t want to re-hash or expand upon anything from TNG era because he felt those stories had already been told and concluded. (They have!) But now he’s helming what many have called “TNG 2.0.”

But! Legacy characters aren’t safe! This might be more important to me than it is to other people, but it strikes me as weird that all of the XBs aside from Seven (Hugh and Icheb) were killed off for shock value, both in especially brutal ways. These were the only people in the galaxy that were like Seven and could understand her. Hugh was trying to change all that, but the writing said “no.” Color me upset.

If we’re doing legacy characters, where is Seven’s family? Why has every single reference to them been colored by trauma or pain? Why has Seven been abandoned again? Rangers are secretive as part of the job, sure, but you can’t tell me she didn’t need support after she came back to a planet she’d never really known as a visibly “enemy other,” Starfleet rejected her, Bjayzl betrayed her, and Icheb died in her arms. You can’t tell me the crew just..doesn’t care how Seven is doing.

A lot of the TNG crew have already had their turns to play a part in the story. To date, with what’s aired so far, we’ve had appearances from Data, Will Riker, Deanna Troi, Hugh, Guinan, Q, and Wesley Crusher. Jean-Luc Picard is, of course, heading the whole thing, it’s his show. Heck, that means the only characters we haven’t seen are Beverly Crusher, Geordi Laforge, and Worf.

As many people smarter than me have pointed out, the new situation means that the optics of the third season in terms of diversity are…less than stellar. If we consider the group we saw at the conclusion of the first season to be the “main crew” (Jean-Luc Picard, Cristobal Rios, Agnes Jurati, Raffi Musiker, Soji Asha, Seven of Nine, and Elnor) Picard began the year with a cast of three white actors and four actors of color. Michelle Hurd (Raffi) is Black, Isa Briones (Soji) is mixed-race Filipina, Evan Evagora (Elnor) is Māori, and Santiago Cabrera (Rios) is Hispanic (Chilean.) Three of those actors have departed, leaving only Hurd. This was presumably to make room for six of the TNG cast, four of whom are white actors and two of whom are actors of color. Lavar Burton (Geordi Laforge) and Michael Dorn (Worf) are both Black. Voyager, which began airing over twenty-five years ago performs better here, with four characters of color, each of a different background. This is particularly troublesome given the Trek renaissance eagerness to reflect greater diversity (and market itself as such.)

This is again a matter of personal taste, and something the show has had a problem with from the beginning, but of a cast of eight characters, only two are non-human*, and one of them is hybrid who looks completely human. It’s….just not Star Trek if it’s all humans, folks. Where’s the cross-cultural explorations? Where’s the commentary? Where’s the reminder that this is a sci-fi in outer space in a very big, very diverse galaxy?

Tones and Themes

Another problem since the beginning, Picard has problems figuring out what its tone wants to be, and to some extent what its themes are/if they’re congruent with the history of the franchise. Historically, Star Trek is often whacky to the point of silliness, philosophical to the point of over-dramatic, and optimistic to the point of being campy/cheesy. And that’s good! Bad things happen, but we have fun along the way, and we trust that things will turn out well in the end. Picard falls into the “good show= quote on quote realistic show=gritty grimdark high stakes show” trend when it isn’t careful. Newer Treks on the whole seem to have this habit, from elements of the reboot films to the plots in Discovery to the “Section 31 show” in pre-production right now. It’s not isolated to Trek either; it’s spread like a virus across so many forms or media over the past several years. Even so, it feels particularly odd in Trek, given the general trends in the franchise, and harsher critics say it “doesn’t feel like Star Trek.” I think what they mean is that Picard (and its brethren) seems to take itself too seriously: we’re lacking the whimsy we’ve come to expect, so little time is afforded from the overarching plot that we don’t see as much on-screen relationship development as before, and almost nothing funny happens aside from the occasional sarcastic quip. There’s no release of tension between major plot beats, leaving viewers stressed and drained by a constant push forward to the high-stakes climax with ever-more hardship poured onto the pile. There’s no room to breathe. Where’s the fun, where’s the wonder, where’s the hope? For God’s sake the event that kicks everything off is the destruction of a planet and the deaths of millions of people while the Federation stood by and let it happen.

The tone shifts —sometimes dramatically—between seasons, between episodes, and even within episodes. The plots and subplots also don’t gel together well (maybe it’s all those cutaways? It’s rare that we can finish one segment of a given plot before we cut away to three more.) Irs emotional whiplash, and I’m dizzy just on a visual level.

This may be a case of just playing up the intrigue to pull people in, but the trailer itself doesn’t give a lot of reasons to hope things might lighten up? Everyone looks sad or grim. People are talking about sacrifice, hardship, and injustice. Picard says we’re never without hope but uh…he sure doesn’t look it.

Even more people smarter than me have pointed out that Raffi’s “You have no idea how hard it is to be in this world” is particularly gut-wrenching, and she’s been through quite enough already between the loss of her career, her falling out with Picard, her addiction, her estrangement from her family and subsequent fears of being abandoned/alone and unloved. Then she spent almost the entirety of season 2 mourning the death of Elnor, a surrogate son by all appearances, and believing it was her fault because she convinced him not to go back to Romulus when he was having doubts about the future. There was also quite a bit of discord between her and Seven in the middle, which resolved happily in the end, but still. Seven got re-assimilated and almost died first. Given Trek’s track record of giving the harshest stories to minority characters, especially POC (and how wider media in general shows the same problem,) it’s no wonder there’s speculation about “trauma porn.” Its not like we got enough of that in season 2. Yes we did, writers please stop this ride .

I must return to my dear Seven. So season 2 showed Seven was rejected by Starfleet for her Borgness and subsequently fell out with Janeway. It brought her to a timeline where she was the leader of a totalitarian regime, brought her face to face with a Borg Queen who remembered her, took away her Borg physiology and by extension some of her sense of self (she seemed happy but I was not), murdered one of the first people to show her kindness in years, put her at odds with her partner, gave her flashbacks to her lifelong trauma, cost her a crewmate/friend to the Borg, and put her in a showdown that she didn’t think she’d survive. And it ends with her almost bleeding to death, being reassimilated, and what sure looks like the destruction of her family for a third time given the casting changes. Thank goodness she got a girlfriend, a kiss, and a field promotion out of it. In addition to sporting a Starfleet uniform in the trailer AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, she speaks with a quivering, almost broken voice about how she “thought she could inspire people and bring justice to an unjust world.” Trek again has a problematic history of putting marginalized characters (women with ambition, aloof demeanors, nuanced relationships with femininity/its expectations, and oft-traumatic pasts) into devastating circumstances/suffering huge loss to remind us they can be “properly emotional women.” (See: Tasha Yar, Kira Nerys, B’elanna Torres, and T’pol.) In-universe and among audiences, Seven fulfills those hopes many times over (there’s a reason so many queer, neurodivergent/disabled, and otherwise-“othered” people love her.) Seven can be an inspiration and a fighter for justice. She has. I know because she’s done it for me.

To make an extremely long story short: I want MY cast back and I want them to be HAPPY!

*Whether or not Seven is human, alien, or something in between is a matter of interpretation. My preferred reading is “hybrid,” but I counted her as human for the purposes of this post.

#dove talks #meta #I should start a tag for my star trek thoughts #star trek #star trek crit #I am so concerned trek community #thank u to all the fic writers who’ve helped me so far and to all of u will surely do so as we leave this series behind

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isagrimorie · 11 months

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I’m finding Seven’s fast track to Commander and Captain really interesting because in season 2 Seven accepted the field commission of Captain, this of course doesn’t mean its going to stick because Starfleet Command has to confirm this commission.

From what I’ve read of field or battle commissions, when someone is elevated to an officer they have to complete the training, and from what we know from Seven, Janeway and Picard seemed to have double teamed Seven into staying and maybe even complete the Officer’s training.

Starfleet Command isn’t going to give Seven of Nine, a former Borg, her own Command at first go just because she had a field commission to Captain. Janeway seems to have climbed the ladder enough to push for Seven without having to threaten resignation and with Picard’s backing this assured that Seven being in Starfleet comes through.

And I feel Janeway and Picard argued her experience serving in Voyager and years in Fenris Rangers can be credited in Starfleet.

So Starfleet agrees but their compromise is that she only be a Commander.

And Seven becoming XO of Titan is tantamount to a Shakedown cruise.

a shakedown cruise, the new ship is put through simulations of real life working conditions. This allows the crew the opportunity to get familiar with the ship and to ensure the vessel is fully functional. (source)

Given this situation, I can see why Seven was under Shaw’s command. I fully believe that Captain Liam Shaw has a reputation for being a by the book hard ass.

I really find Shaw and Seven’s command dynamic interesting. He was a dick to her and his treatment of Seven reflected on him poorly.

But also when they work well together, they do work well, but that’s not enough. Shaw had too many issues connected with the Wolf 359 Borg incident and he can’t see the forest for the trees when it comes to Seven. And Picard, especially.

I do think he thought he was ready to have a former Borg but the actuality of having a Borg with a Borg designation around is a lot more triggering. (Again, not excusing because there was no call for that at all).

I don’t know how much Seven is aware, but I think she does know a bit about Shaw’s background with the Borg. Jeri Ryan mentioned how guilt is also why Seven is tolerating Shaw. She still pushes back.

Titan-A is an engineer’s ship through and through, Geordi La Forge even mentioned how it was a marvel of engineering and maintenance.

I do think one of the things Shaw looked forward to about Seven being on his Command team is Seven’s knack for engineering and efficiency.

And in that department they worked like clockwork.

I bet Seven even brought back the Efficiency reports she constantly did in Voyager that annoyed a lot of the senior staff on Voyager.

I fully believe Seven had to be weaned off from popping into places she didn’t need to be like B’Elanna had to do every time Seven appeared in a Jeffries tube or siphoned power without B’Elanna’s permission.

(LOL. Again, I feel for Seven’s poor Chief Engineer because now that Seven is Captain no one is going to tell her ‘no’ if they found her in a Jeffries tube tinkering with stuff. Except for Raffi. The Chief Engineer will constantly dog Raffi’s steps complaining about the Captain being in the way again.)

TLDR

Shaw recommending Seven for Captaincy isn’t really a surprise for Starfleet Command because this was exactly why they assigned Seven to serve under Shaw. Shaw and the Titan is her Shakedown cruise.

Starfleet specifically told Shaw (and not Seven) that this they were evaluating Seven for Command. I feel like Janeway knew and Picard suspected and couldn’t say anything but Picard looked damned proud of Seven in 3x01 when she supervised leading Titan out of Spacedock.

#starfleet command #star trek #star trek: picard #picard s3 #seven of nine #kathryn janeway #jean luc picard #liam shaw #thinky thoughts

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survivor-marieta-islands · 7 months

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Episode 15: "Not me making up a fake idol at the 11th hour"—Hairie

Trinica

*SCREAMS*

I knew the idol was in one of two places-- at the merch stand for the 3rd time, or in the captain's room. And I got the keycard to the captain's room yesterday, so I decided to go there and gave Brandi coins so she could go get merch just in case it was there again. And my hunt was a bust, but she got the idol.

I need that idol so desperately and had I had it, I think I could've made my way to final 3 with that, my challenge advantages, and my general go-getter attitude (and propensity for bluffing/lying). BUT NO, Brandi has it! And tbh if anyone BUT me in the game had to have it, I'm glad it's Brandi. But also Brandi doesn't need it! Nobody saying Brandi's name! I think people don't realize how hard she's playing and think she's just a goat so they're happy to take her to the end! Meanwhile *chuckles* I'm in danger!

Anyway it's quite possible I could convince Brandi to give me the idol, buuuuut... I doubt it lmao. Maybe I can bluff that I have it to avoid votes on me though?? idk if not I think Brandi won Marieta Islands? Maybe? AND GOOD FOR HER

Brandi

1. I am stealing coins 2. I have an idol 3. I have a passion for graphic design and think my flag is rad

Trinica

feels like jinx and I are breaking up right now and i'm like actually genuinely upset with them. I've said over and over again that I don't care about winning this one, and I say that because I didn't think I would make it to merge, let alone to FTC. I STILL don't think I'll make it to FTC. But they're using me saying that to say that I'm bullshitting them about wanting to go to the end with them, or that I only want to go to the end because I think I would beat them. And I'm like screaming myself hoarse here that I actually DON'T think I beat Jinx at the end. I don't think I could beat anyone here. There are people I think I've played a better game than, but I think everyone here has a better relationship with the jury members than I do. I had a hand in almost everyone going home, and I think they'd rather vote for someone who didn't piss them off over me.

Anyway, feeling very frustrated and upset with Jinx right now so I'm just backing off of that alliance at this point because she's like coming at me really hard right now and idk why. Like if I come to you and ask your opinion for the vote and every round I get "well nobody listens to me anyway" how am I supposed to work with you?? She seems mad about last round when I literally told her AND Hairie that I wanted to split the vote. Like, sorry Raffy had an idol and if I told anyone I was at risk! But I told them that I may vote Raffy so why are you now mad at me for voting Raffy???? I feel like they get upset that they can't control the vote and tbh it's been really hard to work with them this game for that reason, because they're always so stubborn about who they think should go and it feels like they don't listen to me when I say someone else should go, like they laugh it off or make a joke and I'm like...I'm serious, I'm worried about this player, I'm worried about my safety if they stay in the game. And then if I do something different, despite the fact that we discussed not always having to vote together way back at merge, they get really upset. And it feels like constantly having to do damage control and apologize for just...playing the game (even while being as communicative as possible)! Like my entire game feels like it's been managing Jinx's feelings and idk maybe it's time for me to just be super selfish and villainous and just do what I want and vote out who I want and fuck everyone else! Because nobody here seems to care to bring me to the end or care when I'm clearly laying out how I'm not the big threat at the end that everyone says I am! So why should I consider anyone else's feelings!

lmao this is so dramatic but listen!! we're this close to the end and i'm probably going home at 5 or 4 and will never beat my cursed placement and I'M UPSET!!!!

Colin

if people don't vote Hairie tonight they are DUMB.

Trinica is pushing this narrative that the jury is too bitter at Hairie and we should keep him but I'm like... no. that's dumb

I have a f3 with Zo and jinx bc Jinx has had ENOUGH of the other people, but idk how stable Jinx is with us.

i'm gonna make a fake f3 with Brandi and trinica to try and convince them to definitely vote Hairie

Hairie

Made it further than I thought I could. Yay me. Final 6.

Of course I lost the creative challenge but I had fun doing it!

Not me making up a fake idol at the 11th hour and spread it like wildfire. That last 100 coins was a bummer.

Potential moves:

- force rocks with Trinica/Hairie/Jinx or Trinica/Hairie/Brandi hoping the others flip - Fake idol and get them to scramble

Potentially I do see myself getting voted out here. Bracing myself.

Also Trinica shared to me about their jury conference call. Off spicy. Highlight word of the day "Unbearable" ... lmao ya'll did that

I'm at peace with whatever the outcome may be.

Trinica

Hairie leaving means I'm going home next if I don't win! Oopsies! I did tell Hairie and Brandi that I thought Jinx was splitting the vote in order to control the vote but nobody else seemed concerned.

Also I did encourage Brandi to play her idol and she did and I think I could get the idol at the merch stand BUT I will in fact be on a flight all morning and will miss first chance to idol hunt so I'm definitely at risk tomorrow. Oof.

#episodes

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survivorraccooncity2 · 2 years

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Winner Reveal

Welcome to the Winner Reveal of Survivor: Raccoon City, the sixteenth season in the Survivor: Stings series. One of our three finalists will join the likes of your hosts, Raffy and Amy (x2), and the most recent winner of Survivor: Stings, Megan, in the esteemed Winner’s Circle.

Here is the link to watch the Winner Reveal:

(Insert link)

Thank you to everyone for playing in this season! You guys were a fun group to host because of the constant paranoia and overthinking. You guys gave it your all, and your hard efforts were very entertaining to the hosts and the audience. I hope you can take something away from this experience.

I will now get to the vote. You WANT to see your name written down. The person with the highest number of votes will win the game. If it ties, then the finalist not in the tie will choose the winner.

For the last time, I will read the votes:

First Vote

Clefford

You have played a great game, and with the MJ vote you've come out on top. I believe you had the most outwit in this game and I appreciate it so much. You played with many people and had a great social game to have you playing sides and manipulating votes. I'm impressed with you and I hope you can play again - if only so i can beat you 😈 congratulations on F3 and hopefully, congratulations on the win 🥰

Second Vote

Ariel

I choose to vote for Ariel who just yesterday was the biggest mystery to me in this game. Ariel, I think you did the best job explaining your game in a way that was both thorough and non-exaggerated. So much so that I'm sad I didn't get a better chance to know you. Good luck.

Third Vote

Dom

This was a very hard choice for me. But your honesty in response to the questions swayed me. I wish I had had the opportunity to get to know you better. Congratulations, if the majority of others agree with me and you win.

Fourth Vote

Clefford

You played a really good game and totally deserve the win!! Congrats on f3 :))!

Fifth Vote

Ariel

Congratulations on making it this far and hopefully pulling out the win. While a LOT of us wanted to give our vote to MJ, for me you were right up there as well and I will gladly vote for you to win.

Sixth Vote

Dom

Well done dearest. You have played a stunning game. I hope THIS vote for you sticks. Clefford...here's me blindsiding you.

Seventh Vote

Ariel

I don’t think the game ends when you get voted out. I think the game continues until when you decide who to vote for.

A proper pinch of every ingredients (Plenty strategy + a little bit of social skill intertwined with a tiny pinch of integrity) gives you the most balanced nutritious survivor win. Because wether you like it or not, not everyone will vote based on strategy. The way to some people’s heart is through that minute portion of social connection & integrity that was displayed.

Fortunately for you, I’m that teacher that awards marks based on every T crossed and every I dots. You didn’t score highly well, but you touched every aspect of this game. And because of that, you have my Vote.

Hopefully Ariel 😅, THE JURY HAS SPOKEN! And if they don’t speak this way, we will celebrate your 7th brother 🤣 and give him two whips for being such a snitch 😄♥️ All my love to you both 💕

Eighth Vote

And the winner of Survivor: Raccoon City is...

Ariel

I’m voting for you because you’ve got me intrigued by Butong. Love coconut lol

Ninth Vote

Ariel

You played a good game. Enjoy your million dollars!

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doodlesofmyheart · 2 years

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I AM WITH HER IV

Florence Pugh x R

WC: Too long 😬

a/n: It was about time something happy happened here :)

🐧

"Please welcome, Hailee Steinfeld, Jeremy Renner, Alaqua Cox, and Florence Pugh everyone" Jimmy Kimmel presented the four actors the crowd going wild everytime each one of them came out. Florence came out wearing a sequinned tight strappy dress that showed off her curves. You couldn't help but let your eyes wonder every inch of the exposed skin the blonde showed off. She smiled waving at the audience and then at the camera throwing a kiss at it. All four siting in a single sofa, Hailee grabbed Florence's hand squezzing it, a thing she did to keep the blonde calm during interviews.

"Jimmy! It is so nice to see you again, I have certainly missed your face" Florence’s British accent came through the tv speakers more pronounced than ever before your body getting goosebumps, as if it was the first time you heard it all over again

"I have certainly missed you, all four of you. But, I have to begin this interview with another topic because social media is going crazy right now" He took his phone out and you grabbed yours making sure to not wake Luna up "Florence, I think you might have broken the internet"

"That was the plan" said Hailee with a smile, you gave a questioning look at the tv as if she coud see you through the screen

You turned your phone on immediately being taken aback by how many notifications, messages, and requests you had in all of your social media accounts and text messages. Some congratulating you on the birth of Luna who only your family and close friends knew about, others saying how jealous they were that you get to be with Florence and a couple more telling you to leave Florence alone. You didn't understand what was happening until you opened Instagram as you looked up to the tv and saw the image being shared by Jimmy on the screen, it was a picture Florence had taken of you cradling Luna's feet in your hands with a smile. A picture she said she wanted to send to Raffie who wouldn’t stop asking for pics of the two of you.

Family is where the both of you are

She did it

“Isn’t this your best friend Hailee?” Asked Jimmy “y/n y/l/n”

“That’s my girl Jimmy” answered Florence for Hailee “7 years together and I still don’t know how I landed her”

Something was different about her, you had only seen her when she was free from filming or when she had long breaks on set so you would take Luna over for them to spend time together. In the last month since getting back you can count how many times you two shared moments… intimate moments, once

Twice

Okay, More than 5

Something was different

She just told the world about you

You looked at her carefully, taking in every single drop of exposed skin, her dress, the color of her eyes, how her nose wrinkled when she laughed. How her hands held Hailee’s gripping it tightly, that nervous habit that you couldn’t take enough of. And then you noticed it.

The ring

On her finger laid the ring you gave her the night of your 5 years anniversary. The ring that she was meant to put on the day she was ready to marry you. As if it was to tell you magically that it was about time it happened. You had waited years for her to even come close to ask you to move in with her and all it took for her to do put that damn ring on, was for you to pack your bags, take your kid, and leave the home you both build together.

Easy enough huh?

You had spent the last month in your LA Apartment, being very careful of who you were around and who came to your new home. Florence thought that you were still living with Hailee as that is what you and Hailee had agreed on telling her. Raffie came out of the visitors room (which undeniably has become her room) screaming in a whisper

“She is wearing the ring!” Her hand signaling the tv “did you see it!?”

“I did, it doesn’t mean anything, now shh let’s finish the interview” you shushed her letting her sit down next to me on the sofa

“Y/n y/l/n is your girl? But the tiny feet in this picture?” He asked showing the post once more

Family is where the both of you are

She did it

More than 5

“That is our beautiful baby girl, Luna. She turns 7 months today actually” The smile that her face held could only make the butterflies in your stomach go wild “I can’t wait to go home and squeeze her chubby cheeks” Her British accent came out as pronounced as in the beginning of the conversation making your core shake once more

After the interview ended you were still in shock. Raffie knew it so when Luna started to fuss she took her from you like she knew Florence would call or text the second she got off the stage and took a hold of her phone.

The conversations you both had in the middle of the night at 2 am when Florence couldn’t sleep could get quite heated. You could never deny that it drove you insane when she would beg for you to come home and make love to her once more and if it weren’t for Luna you would have.

Every Single Time

More than 5

“Puedes venir a casa?” You texted the blonde in a rush

“I’ll be home tonight, I’ll also ask Raffie if she can stay with Luna for the night” she answered immediately.

“River Luxury Apartments Suite 2003. Pick me up when you get the car” You texted back not giving yourself enough time to think what she would go through her mind when reading that “Raffie already knows”

“Apartments? You got an apartment?” You could imagine her face right now

“Hablamos cuando lleguemos a casa” You could see her messages coming through asking for an explanation on why you were staying at those apartments and not at Hailee's like you had said before

She was waiting for you

Every Single Time

In came 8 pm and with it Florence Pugh and her bad attitude. She knocked on your door, you could see her on the camera, she didn't look happy and you couldn't help but smirk at the pleasure it gave you knowing that she wants you to come home. To be honest she has been asking you to come home for the last 2 months and you always said No.

Every Single Time

More Than 5

She came in looked you up and down and then asked for Luna, who was sleeping in her cot. Her eyes hovered over your body even while holding Luna in her arms, she couldn't stop herself and you couldn't stop looking at her either. You grabbed your bag and headed out stopping by Raffie's room letting her know that Florence was there and that she can grab Luna from her cot. They said their hello's and goodbyes as you waited outside the door for Florence to walk out.

She held your hand

She opened the door for you

As soon as both of you got in the car she put her hand on your thigh, another habit, turned the car on and drove off. The drive back home was quite, that only caused your mind to overthink what you were doing right now. In a reassuring manner you received a squeeze from the blonde letting you know that she could almost hear your thoughts.

You Wanted More

Your back hitting the wall with force, her hands on your thighs pulling you up to wrap your legs around the blonde’s waist. Moans while you kissed her, your tongue meeting hers in a battle, but who are you kidding? You would let the actress do anything she wanted to you. Your hands grabbing her hair, tugging expertly without failing, she let out that moan you needed to hear giving you that reassurance that your movements were accomplishing what you wanted. And in the mix of it all you both reached the bed with a groan from being apart she took your clothes and hers off not wasting time to come back to you.

You Wanted Her

Kissing every inch that she missed, your back arched off the bed letting out a frustrated sigh. When the blonde wanted to tease you she could do it for hours on end. This clearly wasn’t the first time she had done in the last 2 months and you loved it, you couldn’t get enough of it.

The Teasing

The Kissing

Que te Hiciera el Amor

Every Single Second of It

And then she stopped

She looked at you

You looked at her

“Tell me what you want from me” she said breathless

Green eyes piercing yours

“Te Necesito a Ti” You told her

Her Smile

“I’m still yours”

Your smile

“I never stopped being yours”

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Tag: @bring-mecoffee @flosbelova @jeyramarie @simpforflorencepugh1 @mar-romanova @supergayandfriends

A/N: Last part of this and I’m crying, I held it in for a couple of days but here you guys go. Please please tell me what you guys think I truly appreciate it.

And also if you guys want me to do some on the side Luna x R x Florence family one-shots, I would love to 🥺.

Thats all,

Signing off

- Sofia

#Florence Pugh #wlw pride #fanfic #florence pugh fanfic #hailee steinfeld #reader #Luna x Florence x r #Luna

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fenris-ranger · 2 years

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[[For clarity’s sake as somehow people are still seeing this, this was posted after 2x04 “Watcher” with no knowledge of anything subsequent.]]

Can we just talk about how Seven is so dedicated to keeping Raffi on track, trying to support her, displaying more acts of self-initiated physical contact than we’ve probably seen in the entire rest of her character’s airtime put together

((((i tried to start literally counting it up: this episode alone or even all of S2 vs Picard S1 + all of VOY, but adult!me determined there are apparently limits to how much time I’m allowed to spend on blorbos when also accumulating hundreds of thousands of dollars of graduate school debt, so i guess just trust our collective Seven-stan memories here))))

and it’s all because Raffi with Elnor is Seven with Icheb and that went so terribly wrong; she spent 13 years just losing herself again until she could vaporize that bitch

and so when she says “losing him was not your fault”

-- like, the fucking pain there that’s she’s suppressing for Raffi, because in so many ways (literally-directly, indirectly by leading Bjazyl to him, etc) losing Icheb was Seven’s fault,

and maybe, 13 years and a little bit of closure later it doesn’t hurt as much but afaik, even in the extended canon (i.e. No Man’s Land), there’s not been anything to suggest she’s fully told that backstory to anyone. So Raffi has no idea that Seven so viscerally understands and tbf in probably a worse way because even 13 years later, even finally getting her murder!closure, there’s no way to emotionally logically anything-ly ever really accept that it wasn’t her fault because it was

(and that’s not even getting into how -- the show seems to be ignoring this so far, which is consternating, but Elnor family-bonded with Seven as well in season 1, and then also was killed by her “lover” -- even if Seven wasn’t momfigure as much as Raffi, I kind of hate that they’ve ignored the repeated pattern in favor of her just supporting Raf. Holding out hope they address this, but definitely have faith that fanon’s gonna jump all over that because we love ♫♩trauma♩♫)

she just has to try to keep going, because . . . “every damn day of my life” etc.

talk about fucking character growth, and even just irl human inspiration -- she fucked up and bad things happened and she’s gotten to a point that she can live with that and just try to keep helping people, but also allow herself to be open to emotional engagement (despite how that’s what got Icheb killed in the first place)

and so for her to be trying to support Raffi so much -- they misdirected us with the “cellular photograph” scene that it would be Seven totally unable to fit in in the 21st century, but in this latest episode, it’s Raffi who needs Seven’s rationality and temperance (other than in driving skills lmao) to keep from blowing everything

and it makes sense -- Seven still falls back on borgspeak sometimes, especially without her cortical node or other implants in this AU, can’t find the correct vocabulary and has to rely on honed skills of improvisation and charm (and privilege of being pretty and white in the 21st century); but her still tightly-regulated emotions so perfectly complement how Raffi’s are out of control right now

but just the fact that she can have that control when the parallels are so fucking obvious is . . . i mean, i’m really hoping it’s not just “this is something fandom noticed that they didn’t think of at the time” and we get some kind of scene where it all comes out, but either way

-- anyway, this is way tl;dr but have my seven meta for the night

#st:pic #saffi #star trek: picard spoilers #spoilers #star trek spoilers #picard spoilers #seven/raffi #seven x raffi #raffi x seven #star trek: picard #my thoughts #saffi meta

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