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I kept forgetting about it but i edited my uhura poster to look more comic book-y and i rlly love it so here u go🤲

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STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE - S1E5 Unexpected

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Moon'll stop doing that if it knows what's good for it

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sometimes it's OK to skip a song you like when u don't feel like it at that moment. u r not hurting its feelings

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"Do you want a boyfriend/girlfriend?" no i want a best friend/roommate/soulmate that I can go on silly adventures with and hang out with and have deep intellectual discussions with and we can be life partners without any of the romance stuff

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Surely you know I would never allow personal considerations to interfere with my professional responsibilities.

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a while ago in the mcspirk discord server we were talking about amanda writing vulcan sex guides and kirk being her number one fan and since that day i have not known peace

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I cannot describe the level of carnal desire I feel for Kate Mulgrew as Captain Janeway they were really feeding the lesbians with voyager

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#like father like son

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so uh I don’t think I’ve seen anybody ever mention the ambiguously affiliated native american man smack dab in the middle of the rec room scene

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It does look like Brent/Data was in the middle of telling a dirty joke

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3.02 Wedding Blue Bells | ID in ALT

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Do you WANT to? 👀

Because if so, for my birthday, I am hosting a day where we flood the dash with Black characters and Black edits of fan characters in art, writing, and any other creative way you can, called the

✊🏾Melanin Beam Challenge!✊🏾

On August 8th! If you don't know what I'm talking about, feel free to follow the link for more information! If you need inspiration or a better understanding of Black character design, I highly encourage you to follow some of the many talented Black creators on this app, and even my own blog!

Come join me and others as we celebrate Black character design, its versatility, and the possibilities!

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4x13//5x3

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Captain Kathryn Janeway as  🕷 Queen Arachnia 🕷

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Janeway is still incredible representation

As a young woman, I’m obsessed with Janeway. I imagine her being amazing representation back then, but I think that she’s still incredible representation now. Here are some things that I think still make her unique 30+ years later:

She’s “motherly” and she wants to have children, but she’s never made to feel bad or less than about not having children.

She’s so naturally commanding. There are no conversations about her being a woman in charge, she just is.

She has a mixture of stereotypically masculine and feminine interests and traits. As a starfleet captain, she gets to work a lot with science and engineering but in her spare time she plays gothic holonovels and knits.

She sacrifices her personal happiness with great stoicism. This feels like a trope I see used for male heroes, intended to show their strength of character, but I rarely see it used for female characters

She often argues for the pragmatic stance without being an emotionally closed off person. This is so refreshing since many female characters often argue for the moral and/or emotional stance. Female characters who argue for the pragmatic stance will often be shown as emotionless, cruel etc.

She has very realistic mental health problems and regrets, but she presents herself with incredible confidence. She has the same touch of overconfidence that Kirk has, but seeing a female character possess this trait (without being a villain) is still unusual.

She’s a middle aged woman who gets to be seen as beautiful and desirable without that being the focus of her character. The respect she gets from others is earned by her actions, but her beauty is also acknowledged.

Janeway is good at almost everything, but she isn’t always right and she’s no Mary Sue. She’s so aspirational because she’s so realistic, she is never “chosen”, special or superhuman in any way. She feels like a woman I could know, and it’s inspiring to see an “ordinary” woman lead and do extraordinary things with knowledge and determination.