I cannot resist the siren call of Orion women
So, sainfoin_fields posted an amazing picspam of all the unnamed women in the background of the Enterprise and various other starships. You should definitely go examine its awesome if you haven't already. We are discussing having a drabble fest or ficathon in where_no_woman to tell these ladies' stories, but I was not able to resist getting a jump on things.
Anyway, if you've seen the deleted scenes on the DVD, you know there's another Orion girl on the Enterprise. I borrowed a picture of her from sainfoin_fields' post.
I looked at how incredibly enraged she was to be mistaken for Gaila, and I wondered if it happened often. Then I named her Leira and wrote a ficlet for her.
Leira is not Gaila.
Leira has not slept with Jim Kirk.
Leira does not own lacy underwear, and if she did, she would never forget her manners and wear it on the quad.
Leira is a scientist, not an engineer.
Leira was born free on a colony world a long way from Orion Prime. She knows what liberty is like, and that's why she doesn't abuse it.
Leira doesn't hate Gaila, except she kind of does, because Gaila is beautiful, loud, and flashy where Leira is dependable, calm, and stable. And that means Leira is often mistaken for Gaila, but Gaila is never mistaken for Leira. Because Gaila is more noticeable, she gets to be herself; Leira gets to wrestle off all the pieces of Gaila's identity that the other cadets throw on her because they assume all Orion girls are the same.
Everyone thinks Leira and Gaila are best friends. They're not; they couldn't be more different.
Anyway, if you've seen the deleted scenes on the DVD, you know there's another Orion girl on the Enterprise. I borrowed a picture of her from sainfoin_fields' post.
I looked at how incredibly enraged she was to be mistaken for Gaila, and I wondered if it happened often. Then I named her Leira and wrote a ficlet for her.
Leira is not Gaila.
Leira has not slept with Jim Kirk.
Leira does not own lacy underwear, and if she did, she would never forget her manners and wear it on the quad.
Leira is a scientist, not an engineer.
Leira was born free on a colony world a long way from Orion Prime. She knows what liberty is like, and that's why she doesn't abuse it.
Leira doesn't hate Gaila, except she kind of does, because Gaila is beautiful, loud, and flashy where Leira is dependable, calm, and stable. And that means Leira is often mistaken for Gaila, but Gaila is never mistaken for Leira. Because Gaila is more noticeable, she gets to be herself; Leira gets to wrestle off all the pieces of Gaila's identity that the other cadets throw on her because they assume all Orion girls are the same.
Everyone thinks Leira and Gaila are best friends. They're not; they couldn't be more different.