#Lt ortegas

[lgbtqiads9]

do y'all pronounce it like snew

[dax9616]

I really appreciated how Strange New Worlds portrayed PTSD in ‘Under the Cloak of War’

From the way Chapel and M'Benga disassociated when they were triggered.

To how the two and Ortegas talk about their experiences during the war... Bravo

My favorite line is when Chapel says 'Why is it so hard to explain to people that weren't there?'

When we go through a traumatic experience, it can be hard to connect because we feel that nobody understands what it was like to experience what we have.

Connection is often the first step in healing and just as often it’s the hardest step to take.

[cata613]

Soooo I found the original pitch for Star Trek: TOS from 1964, and look at the navigator's last name!

Found out that Melissa Navia confirmed that this is the namesake for Erica Ortegas, so props to the writers for digging that up!

[stickerstewdio]

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Lieutenant Erica Ortegas

[mai-komagata]

melissa navia feeding us

[best-star-trek-character]

SNW FINALS!

[geekysteven]

You only *think* you're prepared for a musical episode of Star Trek, nothing can prepare you for Lt. Björktegas.

[Image description Erica Ortegas from Star Trek with her hands on her hips standing on the bridge of the Enterprise. Her face is replaced with Björk the musician.]

[sherdnerd]

The fact that Erica Ortegas is a minor character may be the thing that finally drives me to fanfiction. I crave more of the best character

[zzthezany]

i freaking love erica ortegas!! the queer energy she radiates is so powerful and she makes me so happy so i made some art of her for fun!!

[alder-hollow]

[wildishmazz]

I have an idea why we might not be seeing Chief Kyle in S2 of SNW. I have no artistic talent, but I have an idea.

[unknownfaceless-ds9]

Remember that part in "Children of the Comet" when they were talking about recalibrating or rebuilding some torpedos and La'an was like "that's easy, should be done in an hour" and Hemmer very grumpily replies " A rosy assessment, considering I'll be the one doing the retrofitting." ?

I felt that on a whole other level

[rosalie-starfall]

"I am Erica Ortegas I fly the ship!"

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Among the Lotus Eaters

[void-wolfie]

We Had Matching Wounds. Mine's Still Black and Bruised.

summary: Jenna's still grieving after you walk out on her, but you've already moved on.

pairing: Jenna Ortega x gn!Reader

tw: angst, maybe depression(?)... not exactly sure, let me know if I need to add something

words: 960

a/n: thanks to the anon who suggested The Exit by Conan Gray... wrote this pretty late at night so it might be trash who knows lol

Jenna's apartment was a mess; clothes splayed across every surface, dirty dishes stacked a mile high, and a pile of laundry that hadn't been done in weeks. All in all, it was safe to say she wasn't ok, not by a long shot.

She had barricaded herself in her room long ago. Refusing to move unless it was absolutely necessary, which wasn't often. She'd drowned herself in one of your oversized hoodies and a nest of blankets. If she wasn't asleep or crying, she was staring blankly at the ceiling or mindlessly scrolling through her phone.

A notification popped up across her phone. She stared at the headline, thinking about clicking on it. The dull numbness that’d consumed her days gave way to heartache the longer she stared.

Y/N and pop singer Olivia Rodrigo officially confirm their relationship!

She was finally at a place where she wasn't gnawed away by guilt and heartache every second of the day, a sort of depressive numbness settling in. But she knew seeing you with a new girlfriend would crush her, making the reality of your breakup all too real, all the more final. But at the same time, curiosity was eating away at her. The hope that maybe it was clickbait or fake news was naively tugging at the back of her mind.

Against her better judgment, she clicked on the article.

Everyone says a picture is worth a thousand words. A thousand words wouldn't begin to cover the extent of pain Jenna was feeling.

There at the front of the article was a screenshot from your Instagram. A post of you and Olivia kissing, with the caption; Happy three months, love <;3.

She felt sick to her stomach. She probably would've puked on the spot had she actually eaten anything in the past two days.

Three months. Those words shattered her already fragile heart.

Three months... The two of you broke up only four months ago.

She could still remember the night it all went wrong, like a broken record stuck on repeat.

"y/n?" She called out, setting her stuff down on the kitchen table.

It was a miserable day, it'd been raining all day and thunder could be heard in the distance. The run from her car to the front door left her soaked from the cold rain.

"y/n?" She called out again, only to get no response.

She padded into your shared bedroom, her hair leaving tiny water drops across the tile floor as she shivered in her wet clothes.

She stopped in her tracks. There was a suitcase on the bed full of your stuff, and you were packing more in.

"What's going on?"

"I'm leaving." You didn't spare her a glance, you knew if you did you'd only be inclined to stay. Those big brown eyes of hers would always be your weakness.

"Leaving?" You weren't leaving her, were you? Sure your relationship had been on the rocks as of late, countless arguments and nights spent yelling. But had it really gotten this bad?

"I can't do this anymore, Jenna."

"Do what?"

"This. Us." You closed the suitcase, zipping it up, still refusing to look at her, "The arguing, the late nights coming home, always feeling like your second choice. I just can't do it anymore."

You finally looked at her, seeing tears streaming down her freckled face. It broke your heart, but you had to protect yourself. Even if that meant breaking her.

"Do you even know what it feels like Jenna? To feel like your second choice? You come home late every other night, you're gone for months at a time, and you lie about who you're with and where you go. Do you even remember the last time you said ‘I love you’?"

"I..." She wanted to refute everything you'd said, but she couldn't. She couldn't remember the last time you had a movie night together or even ate dinner at the same table. She couldn't remember the last time she said those three words.

You had tears of your own streaming down your face, "3 months ago. You haven’t said it in three months."

Jenna was in a stupor. Her whole world was crumbling before her, and she was lost on how to fix it.

How had you moved on so quickly? It felt like only yesterday she was so deep in love, falling into a black hole of bliss with only you on her mind. She thought you felt the same, and maybe you did. But you'd already replaced her. With one of her friends, no less.

Jenna skipped reading the article. She didn't want some reporter's half-assed observations and opinions on your dating life. They didn't know you, and she could care less about their opinion.

She clicked over to Instagram, despite her shaking hands and teary eyes, and tortured herself with your latest post.

You looked happy. There were all kinds of pictures of you and Olivia together. Pictures of you two dancing in the rain, swimming at the lake, even one at that club she never had the time to take you to. Not to mention the abundance of candid photos fans had tagged the two of you in. Pictures of the two of you kissing, the two of you visiting that little ice cream shop by the beach, some at that little cafe by your house that had your favorite coffee.

To say it was agony was an understatement. There weren't words for her pain. She could never effectively describe the heartache that left her crying for hours on end, breathless and shaky from the exertion.

It hurt knowing she carved out her own heart for you and in the end, her downfall was her own doing.

You already found someone to miss, while I'm still standin' at the exit.

[tinderbox210]

Pike: Lt. Ortegas, you'll be working with Doctor M'Benga and Nurse Chapel.

Erica: Alright! My fantasy threesome!

Everyone in the ready room: blank stares

Erica: …Of people on a team.

[best-star-trek-character]

Official MEGA BRACKET!

And here’s the Final bracket for the Best Star Trek Character! Round One will go live tomorrow 7/24 at 10 am EST!

After asking a poll, I’m including both participants from the finals of each show’s poll! There’s a total of 22 characters in this round, which means everything’s a little awkward with the number. I took the ten characters with the highest number of votes from each final, and they will be introduced into the bracket in Round Two to hopefully give everyone else a fairer chance!

Full List:

Round One:

Left Side:

Rok-Tahk (PRDO) vs. Lt. Erica Ortegas (SNW): poll here (winner vs. Commander Data (TNG)) 

[Round Two: Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (TNG) vs. Captain Benjamin Sisko (DS9)

Ensign Hoshi Sato (ENT) vs. Dr. Leonard McCoy (TOS): poll here (winner vs. Mr. Spock (TOS))

Captain Michael Burnham (DISC) vs. Lt. Saavik (Films): poll here (winner vs. Captain Kathryn Janeway (VOY))

Right Side

Hologram Captain Janeway (PROD) vs. George & Gracie (Films): poll here (winner vs. Lt. Cmdr. Jadzia Dax (DS9))

Ensign Sylvia Tilly (DISC) vs. Subcommander T’Pol (ENT): poll here (winner vs. Seven of Nine (VOY))

[Round Two: Ensign Beckett Mariner (LWD) vs. Elnor (PIC)]

Ensign Brad Boimler (LWD) vs. Cadet Nyota Uhura (SNW): poll here (winner vs. Geordi La Forge (PIC))

Round Two:

Left Side:

Lt. Erica Ortegas (SNW) vs. Commander Data (TNG): poll here

Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (TNG) vs. Captain Benjamin Sisko (DS9): poll here

Dr. Leonard McCoy (TOS) vs. Mr. Spock (TOS): poll here

Captain Michael Burnham (DISC) vs. Captain Kathryn Janeway (VOY): poll here

Right Side:

George & Gracie (Films) vs. Lt. Cmdr. Jadzia Dax (DS9): poll here

Ensign Sylvia Tilly (DISC) vs. Seven of Nine (VOY): poll here

Ensign Beckett Mariner (LWD) vs. Elnor (PIC): poll here

Cadet Nyota Uhura (SNW) vs. Geordi La Forge (PIC): poll here

Quarter-Finals:

Left Side:

Commander Data (TNG) vs. Captain Benjamin Sisko (DS9): poll here

Mr. Spock (TOS) vs. Captain Kathryn Janeway (VOY): poll here

Right Side:

Lt. Cmdr. Jadzia Dax (DS9) vs. Seven of Nine (VOY): poll here

Ensign Beckett Mariner (LWD) vs. Cadet Nyota Uhura (SNW): poll here