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Dear Star Trek Holidays Writer,

thank you for enriching my year with a ST story. We evidently like some of the same corners in the Trekverse, and your time and trouble to write for me is much appreciated.

DNWs I have only a few. I don't like character bashing, by which I don't mean characters can't denigrate each other when it's ic and demanded by ( Read more... )

Quickly, three fanfic recs:

Pride and Prejudice/Persuasion:

Still-Life with Pheasant, Oranges, and Calves-Foot Jell: A delightful fusion between these two Austen novels, in epistolary form.

Star Wars:

White Orchid: To quote the authorial description: Emperor Palpatine dies unexpectedly a year before the Death Star would be deemed operational. His ( Read more... )

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The Star Trek Holiday ficathon stories have been revealed. My own contribution was a return to DS9 and the Cardassians, though a combination I had written previously only in relations to other people about, save in a drabble. My recipient wanted a story focused on Ziyal and Dukat, and exploration of the time they spent on Cardassia between the ( Read more... )

Firstly, for lovers of classical music: after having done pop playlist for good old Frederick the Ambiguously Great, friends and foes, we now present the operatic and symphonic version. It's basically "Fritz: The Opera" with stolen tunes in best operatic tradition. We tried to find (English) subtitled versions, which wasn't always possible, but ( Read more... )

It all depends, of course, on the execution. I.e. none of these tropes might work for me if they're used in a way that at least to me feels wrong/clumsy/badly done, which can be a real turn-off to the overall story, and conversely, I might overlook a great deal of flaws in the overall narrative if the tropes I favour are done in a way that really ( Read more... )

This is a really bad week for anyone connected to Star Trek. First D.C. Fontana, this morning I learn Martina Sirtis (aka Deanna Troi from TNG) lost her husband last night, and René Auberjonois (Odo in DS9) has died ( Read more... )

Still hiking in the mountains, and very sad to learn Aron Eisenberg had died. He was my own age, and played Nog in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; Nog was a wonderful example of how a character who could easily have been a one note comig relief or just there to give Jake Sisko someone his own age to interact with in season 1 instead became one of the ( Read more... )

Day 30 - Favorite Trek Series

...and thuis it ends. I'm currently hiking in the mountains and thus rarely onlne, so still haven't seen all replies to earlier entries. This one is relatively easy to reply to, despite the fact I've come to love Star Trek:Discovery quite a lot, imperfections not withstanding. I mean, let's face it, the duo whiich ( Read more... )