Where No Woman Has Drabbled Before

[igrockspock]

Inspired by yahtzee63's fabulous Journey to Drabble, I bring you the where_no_woman drabble challenge. I hope this will inspire our whole community to produce more fiction about ST's many fierce and fabulous female characters. Rules are below, and prompts are under the cut

Comments

[yahtzee63]

Excellent idea, and thanks!

BTW, the ex-Mrs. McCoy, at least in TOS, was Jocelyn Treadway.

[igrockspock]

Interesting! I did not know that. As much as I hate to reduce a woman to the name of her ex-husband, I'm a bit afraid to call her that in the prompts since people might not know who that is. I will, however, put a note at the bottom of the prompt table.

[igrockspock]

*is curious*

What episode was that mentioned in? I'd quite like to watch it.

[yahtzee63]

Maybe we can nominate others in a new post in a week or so, make this a regular challenge for the comm?

[sainfoin_fields]

That would be lovely! I could rustle up a roster for people to sign up for their weeks of promptmaking, so that members with different areas of expertise could all play equally.

[taraljc]

Or we could even create a list/table of prompts, and they can be written for any gal in either 'verse? So Rand, Saavik, Valeris, troi, Chapel, Number One, Winona, Amanda, Gaila, Colt, M'Ress, Dax, Kira, janeway, etc. etc. ad infinitum can all be in on the act?

21. Joanna McCoy, roots and wings

[loneraven]

Joanna was the only girl in her class who got letters from the stars

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[yahtzee63]

Love this! It's sad, but it's very believable.

Of course, I want her to have had a Vulcan boyfriend (or girlfriend!) on New Vulcan, so she could bring her S.O. home to meet Dad, and make him drink.

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[sainfoin_fields]

She was not the first woman to be first; but she read her history so she would know who was.

A lot of these lines hit hard, but this hit the hardest. Thank you.

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[thistlerose]

This is beautiful and so, so sad. But hopeful too. Go Jo!

5. Amanda, first fight

[possibly_thrice]

This is how it goes:

His fingers on the curve of her head, nails catching on her hair. His mouth trembling. They are standing somewhere high up, alone.

She has just kissed him.

"I am not your associate, Ambassador," she says aloud, while her eyes brim with jittery images, superimposed on his still face. The articulation is an effort when his thoughts are unfolding like paper cranes and pressure builds behind her temples, but she does not slur. "I am not a logical choice of companion. What I have done to you is utterly inappropriate and I will not apologize."

She can see where the cords in his wrist tighten.

"And you know that," she says. "Or you would not be doing this to me."

Sarek slices across her like a hot knife through ice and she glories in the pain lacing his voice, echoing inside her cranium. I am doing this because it appears to be the only way to make you understand that what you ask of me is impossible, Ms. Grayson. It is not a full mind-meld and does not imply any of the intimacy connected therewith --Traditions

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[yahtzee63]

Ooooh, intriguing. I like this very assertive Amanda.

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[possibly_thrice]

The 'whipped' gene is patrilineal. :D

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[possibly_thrice]

Expanded upon slightly here: http://community.livejournal.com/st_reboot/353011.html

[blcwriter]

Joanna Treadway, ex-Mrs. McCoy & DOA? So, so, mine.