#annika gilmore

[noratilney]

OC NEW YEARS CHALLENGE: day #3: in my _ era

dancer

Maia Smith

Maia started ballet at age five and is still at it ten years later. It has grown to be the most important (and most time-consuming) thing in her life. She attends dance classes twice a week and started on pointe a year ago. Maia wants a career as a ballerina and plans to do everything she can to become one knowing that making it in the world of ballet is really hard.

Deirdre O'Connell

Deirdre started out doing a number of different Irish dances as a young girl before specializing in Irish stepdance. Today, she is a high school math teacher and mostly retired from competing. Deirdre teaches stepdance to girls at her local Irish community center.

Annika Gilmore

Annie is six. She takes beginner ballet classes at Miss Patty's School of Ballet, like her sister did before her. Annie thinks ballet is very cool but she's still trying out a lot of interests - she also plays soccer, which she ended up choosing over softball, she loves to read, and she thinks she'd be really good at karate if her mom would just let her learn. Annie is learning about herself and what she likes so it remains to be seen which of her interests will stay with her as she grows up.

Marcus Omar

Marcus is a dance hobbyist. He loves to dance but only does it for fun. Marcus sees it as a great release from the tensions and stresses of being a witch and a werewolf. He dances at home to his record player with his partners. Only one of his partners likes more formal dancing so sometimes he and Annie go out for dinner and ballroom dancing.

Stella Starr

Stella knows she couldn't possibly do anything other than dance, even if ballet is not the place for a nice girl like her and her Aunt Elizabeth forbids it. You could sooner force a tiger to change his stripes as prevent Stella from dancing. She enters the ballet world at an interesting period when the Romantic period is in a state of decline and the Classical period is only just beginning.

Camilo Lockwood

Like his three older sisters, Cam started gymnastics lessons at age six because his mother had to give up gymnastics when she was younger and wanted her children to experience what she didn't have. While Mari moved on to soccer, Dani to ballet and ice skating, and Carly recognized sports weren't for her, Cam grew to love gymnastics, in particular the new field of men's rhythmic gymnastics. He's won a number of competitions and thinks it might be fun to go to the Olympics someday.

Isabelle Meng

Isabelle's mom was a highly successful ballet dancer before she became a lawyer and had Isabelle and her younger sister. People know her mom's name all over the world. She thinks she might want to follow in her mom's footsteps but she isn't entirely sure.

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

🔁 (for an updated version 😅🥺)

Under the cut bc it is absurdly long, also let's please ignore the fact that I'm supposed to be studying for a midterm rn!

(I'm sure I'm still missing a million and I left out the ones we've talked about for ages, but also for the ocs that already had sections, I italicized the new ones so they wouldn't get lost 🥺 but also there's so many ocs and crossovers that if I missed any, lmk!)

(RWRB is a completely new section, other new ocs include Juni, Rose, Andrew, Vance, and Hana, plus the descendants section has been added to so extensively that it feels like it's basically new?)

DC

Cassandra

Angelina Winters

Dani Merlyn

Diana Queen

Kelsey Doyle

Mercy Bowen

Mia Queen

Fraya

Annika Webster

Imogen Allen

Kelsey Doyle

Mia Queen

Parker Allen & Noah Altman

Gillien

Ophelia Wayne

Isolde Kean

Lorena Falcone

Gwen

Annika Webster

Dani Merlyn

Kelsey Doyle

Mia Queen

Lillian & Max

Annika Webster

Dani Merlyn

Imogen Allen

Kelsey Doyle

Mia Queen

Nia West

Parker Allen & Noah Altman

Descendants

Andrew

Addie

Anissa Radcliffe (& all of her siblings there are 10 of them)

Roisin Sprigging

Winona Sykes

Aria

Chiara Potts

Chryseis

Finley Rider

Harmony Of Atlantis

Kate Turner

Keto Jones

Lani Of Atlantis

Mae

Fortune

Beatrice

Eliane

Evander Grimhilde

Finley Rider

Gloria Gothel

Hannah Westergaard

Harley Hook

Princess Isabelle

Raina Gold

Rosabelle Legume

Juni

Chessy

Chiara Potts

Elise Charming

Robin & Rylan Fitzherbert

Taryn Porter

Violet Kingsleigh

Winnie Pan

Mystery OC 

Blossom

Finley Rider

Isadora Darling

Nerissa

Violet Kingsleigh

Winnie Pan

Rose

Addie

Beatrice

Blossom

Isabelle

Gilmore Girls

Addie

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Brady Mariano

Brielle & Austin

Elle Hearst

Emmeline Forbes

Freya Morgan

Nellie McCrae

Paige Huntzberger

Sienna Elliot

Callum

Kirsty & the dance squad

Willow & the squad

Sam Gleason

Holland Bass

Sage Hall

Daisy

Allie St James

Annabel Gilmore

Antoinette Kensington

Ashley Nardini

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford & Charles Gilmore

Brady Mariano

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Charlotte Howard-Danes

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Eliya Rygalski

Evan Mariano

Gabi Mariano

Holland Bass

Ilsa Gilmore-Danes

Jane Forester

Jocelyn Gilmore

Kaylee Hayden

Lili Gilmore

Lucas Gilmore (ft the Willow Squad)

Lorrie Gilmore-Danes

Marley Tinsdale

Preston Gilmore

Sam Gleason

Evie

Antoinette Kensington

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Chelsea Geller

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Sienna Elliot

Grace

Adalia Kim

Allie St James

Brady Mariano

Catie Gleason

Eleanor Doose

Evan Mariano

Gabi Mariano

Holland Bass

Ilsa Gilmore Danes

Jacqueline Grant

Jane Forester

Lucas Gilmore & Natalie Lister (ft the entire Willow Squad)

Paige Huntzberger

Sage Hall

Sam Gleason

Vicki St James

The Band

Hana

Allie St James

Bex Harding

Cecilia Ackerman

Eleanor Doose

Evan Mariano

Jane Forester

Vicki St James

Imogen

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Brady Mariano

Emmeline Forbes

Jacqueline Grant

Kaylee Hayden

Lydia

Lexi Danes

Jocelyn Gilmore

Preston Gilmore

Mercy

Antoinette Kensington

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford & Charles Gilmore

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Chelsea Geller

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Elle Hearst

Lili Gilmore

Sienna Elliot

Sophie Dugray

Millie

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller & Brooks Livingston

Chelsea Geller

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Nellie McCrae

Paige Huntzberger

Sienna Elliot

Regina

Annabel Gilmore

Antoinette Kensington

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Elle Hearst

Jocelyn Gilmore

Lili Gilmore

Lucas Gilmore

Nellie McCrae

Preston Gilmore

Sienna Elliot

Richie

Allie St James

Annabel Gilmore

Antoinette Kensington

Avery Stiles

Bex Harding

Blythe Langford (& Charles Gilmore & Kaito Lauder but also Blythe x Richie)

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Carlie Hayden

Catie Gleason

Chelsea Gellrr

Cosette Gerard

Dani Gilmore Danes

Eleanor Doose

Elle Hearst

Eliya Rygalski

Evan Mariano

Gabi Mariano

Harry Bechtel

Holland Bass

Hyacinth Nelson (???)

Ilsa Gilmore-Danes

Jacqueline Grant

Jane Forester

Jocelyn Gilmore

Kaylee Hayden

Lili Gilmore

Lucas Gilmore

Lorrie Gilmore-Danes

Marley Tinsdale

McKenna Hayden

Natalie Lister (ft the whole willow gang)

Nellie McCrae

Paige Huntzberger

Preston Gilmore & Lexi Danes

Sage Hall

Sam Gleason

Sara Topaz (??)

Sienna Elliot

Vicki St James

Viviana Lozano

The Band

Vance

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Chelsea Geller

Emmeline Forbes

Lili Gilmore

Sienna Elliot

Glee:

Andrew

Abbie Hudson

Betty Fabray

Bobby Seurat

Cece & Colton Cartwright

Charlie Sylvester

Dolly Corcoran

Hillary Holliday

Jo Berry

Josie St James

Joy Schuester

Roxie Flores

May Taylor & June Harris

Savannah Evans

Valeria Ramirez

Aro

Betty Fabray

Jaci Jones

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Sadie Berry

Savannah Evans

Brax

Betty Fabray

Jaci Jones

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Sadie Berry

Savannah Evans

Elliot

Betty Fabray

Dolly Corcoran

Jaci Jones

Johanna Berry

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Sadie Berry

Savannah Evans

Faith

Betty Fabray

Christina Hummel

Faye Anderson

Jaci Jones

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Sadie Berry

Savannah Evans

May Taylor & June Harris

Mona

Betty Fabray

Jaci Jones

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Savannah Evans

Harry Potter

Castor

Ara Black

Adhara Black

Carina Goldberg

Danica Lestrange

Lyarra Vance

Venus Malfoy

Violetta Greengrass

Seraphini

Adhara Black

Ara Black

Carina Goldberg

Venus Malfoy

Violetta Greengrass

Misc

Ariana Pendragon

Elsine Pendragon

Allyria Pendragon

Lynette Starfall

Princess Aelia

Beatrix Shellstrop

Bridget Atkins

Tatum Shellstrop

Amber Cain

Beth Jasper

Deborah Winchester

Elle Winchester

Esther Colt

Genesis

Isla George

Jude Winchester

Nevaeh Murphy

Phoebe Winchester

Trix Stilinski

Bridget Bridgerton

Augusta Beauchamp

Dorothea Bridgerton

Eliza Huntington

Emmeline Bridgerton

Georgina Pemberton

Harriet Warwick

Clara Gale

Andrea Hagreeves

Andromeda Hargreeves

Audrey Hargreeves

Cleo Sullivan

Dahlia Mort

Gemma Hargreeves

Helena Hargreeves

June McLaughlin

Lorelai Hargreeves

Max Carmichael

Sierra Nearing

Sunny Talbot

Tiffany Katz

Tori Hargreeves

Virginia West

Wilhelmina Hargreeves

Genesis Jones

Calleigh Sheridan

Odelia Kowroski

Josie Spencer

Calleigh Sheridan

Odelia Kowroski

PJO

Cordelia

Blake Castellan ( & Jasper Gabriel )

Cressida Brantley

Crystal Solace

Elaine & Felicity Castellan

Liz Castellan

Melody Weiss

Penelope Grace

Stella Beauregard

Victoria Blofis

Viola Di Angelo

Kendra

Carissa Grace

Cassandra Aelius

Melody Weiss

Penelope Grace

RWRB

Anneliese

Cate

Eileen

Margaret

Betsy

Abi

London

Lucy

Madi

Nina

Isabel

Madi

Whoverse

The Healer

Abbey Baker

Carys Harkness-Jones

Cassiopeia Harkness

Celeste Nichols

Ceridwen Lewis

Estella Tyler

Mina Ambrosia / The Scribe

Rose Harkness

Rusalia / The Oracle

Theia Wolfe

Matilda Fairbanks

Abbey Baker

Carys Harkness-Jones

Cassiopeia Harkness

Celeste Nichols

Ceridwen Lewis

Estella Tyler

Mina Ambrosia / The Scribe

Rose Harkness

Rusalia / The Oracle

Theia Wolfe

[welcometotheocverse]

it's been a while but 🔁

Riana & Carton Gilmore ( and Emma Gilmore!)

Riana and Lily St. James

Riana and Spencer Mariano

Riana and the sadly neglected Samantha Forester!

Riana and literally any of my kids but mainly the newly made Annika Gilmore who is also Not A Genius like Rory and also doesn't go to Chilton!

Anyone from your Gltich-verses and Ruthie Parker since I've been thinking of her in the spiderverse

tbh id totally revamp my old pokemon rpcs and play crossovers with yours

Send me a 🔁 and I’ll list one or more crossovers between our ocs that I’d be interested in talking about

[rahullkohli]

i wanna rant about lane kim for a moment. i'm just so angry about what they did to her. i don't mind that she got married and had kids young, but i'm so mad that it seemed like the writers were like "and that's it for her". she should have been the one to get a fill-in gig for a big band on tour, and then she should have gotten headhunted by some other big band and then have become a permanent part of some big ass famous band. she should have toured the whole world, playing drums and kicking ass, and become a role model for other girls like her growing up in a ultra religious households, and her story with her growth in her relationship with her mom, and becoming her own person should have been allowed to have been an inspiration for girls and women in the whole world. she could still have had homebase in stars hollow, and if they gave zach some credit he could have been an awesome part-time single dad, especially with his support system in brian and gil. and it would have been so good for lane to travel and see the world and be on the cover of rolling stone and ap magazine and kerrang! and come back home to a supportive family. i will never ever forgive them for taking that away from her. also, she should have had at least one girlfriend.

[heldheartinfo]

JANUARY:

Bailey Pritchett = January 5th

Megan Walker = January 8th

Scarlett Williams = January 9th

Katerina Ivanov = January 10th

Natasha Trace = January 12th

Ellie Sattler = January 17th

Taylor Jewel = January 17th

Sophia Rogers = January 18th

Buffy Summers = January 19th

Allison Argent = January 20th

Tatum Riley = January 21st

Talia Montgomery = January 23rd

Sophie Beckett = January 24th

Alexandra Romanoff = January 29th

Jade Tulle-Salvatore = January 30th

Lily Evans = January 30th

Melissa Masterson = January 31st

FEBRUARY:

Haley James = February 1st

Twyla Jean = February 2nd

Harry Osborn = February 6th

Avery Osborn = February 6th

Annie Cresta = February 15th

Aurora Clarke = February 16th

Mara Winchester = February 20th

Stella Walker = February 21st

Alexandra Rawlins = February 23rd

Tris Castle-Mikaelson = February 24th

Willow Rosenberg = February 24th

Emily Lyman Osborn = February 26th

MARCH:

Brooke Davis = March 4th

Graham Octavius = March 5th

Felicia Hardy = March 8th

Annika Hart = March 11th

Max Mayfield = March 12th

Beatrice Manning = March 13th

Selina Kyle = March 14th

Lizzie Saltzman = March 15th

Lydia Martin = March 19th

Evelyn Riley = March 20th

Kate Bishop = March 21st

Ophelia Mikaelson = March 22nd

Love Quinn = March 23rd

Geri Broussard = March 24th

Rosie Octavius = March 25th

Lydia Henderson = March 27th

Violet Munson = March 28th

Davina Claire = March 31st

APRIL:

Holly Harrington = April 1st

Padme Amidala = April 2nd

Josephine Octavius = April 3rd

Valerie Alvarez = April 5th

Astrid Torisdottir = April 11th

Sarah Cameron = April 12th

Gale Weathers = April 15th

Jeanette Byers = April 17th

Daphne Bridgerton = April 25th

Donna Troy = April 26th

MAY:

Derek Kelly = May 3rd

Keeley Jones = May 5th

Katniss Everdeen = May 8th

Nova Organa Solo = May 12th

Joey Potter = May 13th

Yelena Belova = May 15th

Kayleigh Robbins = May 16th

Connor Lang = May 17th

Charlotte Stretliz = May 19th

Eloise Bridgerton = May 21st

Adelaide Crawley = May 23rd

Sigyn = May 28th

JUNE:

Katherine Pierce = June 5th

Roy Kent = June 7th

Maria Riddle = June 10th

Erika Branson = June 11th

Michael Winchester = June 15th

Bexley Rogers = June 18th

Stefan Mikaelson = June 19th

Kenna de Poitiers = June 20th

Dawn Granger = June 24th

Sam Carpenter = June 25th

Al’thea Corren = June 28th

Caroline Mitchell = June 28th

JULY:

Ariel Shaw = July 1st

Heike Zemo = July 10th

Aria Edwards = July 12th

Emily Chase = July 12th

Annabeth Chase = July 12th

Jonathan Stark = July 15th

Katherine Kent = July 17th

Tyson Curan = July 20th

Aleksandr Petrova = July 22nd

Elizabeth Taylor = July 23rd

Adam Mikaelson = July 27th

AUGUST:

Marlene McKinnon = August 1st

Kate Sharma = August 2nd

Barrett Montgomery = August 5th

Sasha Stark = August 8th

Nathan Scott = August 15th

Georgia Scott = August 15th

Lois Lane = August 17th

Sybil Crawley = August 18th

Mary-Jane Watson = August 19th

Fleur Delacour = August 28th

Belly Conklin = August 29th

Ellinor Lokisdottir = August 30th

Freya Mikaelson = August 30th

SEPTEMBER:

Rebecca Welton = September 1st

Brandon Williams = September 8th

Anthony Burton = September 10th

Pansy Parkinson = September 10th

Hadley Sullivan = September 18th

Hermione Granger = September 19th

Mary Crawley = September 22nd

Barbara Gordon = September 23rd

Logan Thibault = September 27th

Cordelia Bennett = September 28th

Emily Walker = September 29th

Harriet Carter-Rogers = Sept 30th

OCTOBER:

Rory Gilmore = October 8th

Caroline Forbes = October 10th

Christine Palmer = October 15th

Evelyn Hale = October 15th

Eli Hale = October 15th

Kathryn Vaughn = October 16th

Freyja Thorisdottir = October 17th

Bexley Addams = October 20th

Chrissy Cunningham = October 22nd

Scarlett Black = October 25th

Samantha Winchester = October 31st

NOVEMBER:

Sam Salvatore = November 1st

Stefan Salvatore = November 1st

Daniel Winchester = November 3rd

Charlotte Hopper = November 4th

Jamie Tartt = November 5th

Gina Porter = November 10th

Blair Waldorf = November 15th

Hazel Mikaelson = November 15th

Andrea Kazanky = November 16th

Anna Smith = November 23rd

Nancy Wheeler = November 24th

Claire Dearing = November 26th

Malia Tate = November 28th

Emerson Panabaker = November 29th

DECEMBER:

Caroline Burton = December 3rd

Vanessa Murdock = December 7th

Tristan Murdock = December 7th

Mary Stuart = December 8th

Braeden Masters = December 10th

Jamie Byers = December 10th

Isaac Maxwell = December 17th

Hadley Grant = December 18th

Gwen Stacy = December 19th

Kiara Carrera = December 21st

Joyce Byers = December 28th

Sharon Carter = December 29th

Steven Stark = December 30th

Sarah Stark = December 30th

Elisabeth Banks = December 31st

[meangirlsx]

✨💒 for the asks!

Omg hi old friend! 🥺

Which fictional character (book, show, or movie) do you relate to most?

Taking a page out of @n0wornever‘s book and answering for each.

Book: Cammie Morgan from the Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter. For most of my life, I’ve been really good at blending in, and Cammie was the first character to introduce me to the idea that maybe that was a good thing and I could use it like my own little power. I learned through her to see anything in me that was invisible or average as strengths, so she was already part of me and then she became even more part of me as I took character traits of hers into myself. She would do anything for the people she loves, and she’s curious, determined, and concerned with being kind and thoughtful. She’s a problem solver to her core.

Show: Honestly I really do relate a lot to Julie Molina from Julie and the Phantoms. The way she emphasizes compassion, empathy, love, trust, integrity, and finding strength in our hardest times and using that to emphasize those things even more. Her love of music. The way she she looks for the good in people and situations. The way she works hard to do right by herself and the people she cares about.

Movie: I want to say one of the protagonists from the Barbie movies, really. They’re always about kindness and loyalty and bravery caused by loyalty and doing what’s right and spreading love and helping people. But I can’t decide which one. Based on my favorite movies, probably Anneliese, Clara, Genevieve, Elina, Odette, Annika, or Rapunzel. If anyone has any thoughts on that, please feel free!

Which show would you want to live in?

OH GOSH. I mean obviously I would love to live in the JATP world. Or Avatar: The Last Airbender. I would love to be a bender. Or be in any other show where I could have magical powers. Like Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Or Gilmore Girls because I want to live in Stars Hollow and know everyone and attend all the wild town events so badly. I want to say Shadowhunters because I love the world and the characters but I feel like I couldn’t actually quite hack living in that world without a good amount of help. Or Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist if I could be close enough friends with Zoey that I knew about her ability, or if I could see/hear the songs, too.

[incorrectdwkquotes]

Parent: I am at a loss for words! any, narrating: Despite being lost for words, they yelled at us for the next 45 minutes. source: arrested development 2) Annika: You’re so cheesy, Rocce. Rocce: I’m sweeping you off your feet. Annika: The sad part is, you kind of are. source: the oc 3) Fabi: Contrary to popular belief, I know exactly what I’m doing. His mom: That is precisely the problem. source: iron man

you pick: You have to tell me why we´re commiting a felony before we do it - not that that´ll stop us but at least we have all the facts source: gilmore girls 2) Düse: Blossom, the big question is does he like you? ‘Cause if he doesn’t like you this is all a moo point. Blossom: A moo point? Düse: You know, like a cow’s opinion. It doesn’t matter. It’s moo. Blossom *turning to Darkside*: Have we been together way too long, or did all that just make sense? source: friends

Ms Reik: so what you watching these days? Juli: mostly knife trick tutorials on YouTube source: superstore (i love juli but parenting him is an adventure) 2) Horizon: Every talk I have with you people gets more and more absurd! Leon: You say “you people” like you’re not part of the family. Well, I’ve got news for you, girl. You’re already on the Christmas card. source: 50% off

Maxi: Why did you do that? Nerv: Why? Because I believe that life is for living! I believe in taking risks and biting off more than you can chew! Nerv: Also, people were yelling and I got confused about the rules. source: 30 rock B) Willi: You can’t get everybody in the team to agree to the same thing. We couldn’t even agree on a theme for our summer barbecue. Willi: It ended up being 1980s Arabian Nights Under the Sea Lord of the rings. source: superstore

Leon: Okay you were right Marlon: I know Marlon: About what? source: jane the virgin 2) Markus: Uneventful. Annika: What? Markus: What? Annika: I asked if you were close with your father, and you sat here in silence for five minutes, and then said “uneventful”. source: bojack horseman 3) Leon: You wanna hold my hand? Nessi: I’m not scared. Leon: Well, I wasn’t asking for you. source: castle

Thank you so so so much! These are amazing and funny :D

Damn I agree so much, parenting Juli (and Joschka as well) truly should be and adventure

[taylorselenaswift]

rules // answer these 83 questions and tag some people

Thank you @seleniftie for tagging me!! love you! I’m tagging @smittenswift, @couldbtrusted, @welcometotaymerica, @re-pu-ta-ti-on, @dreamimpossibleswift, @flyawayswift and @couldseethebestinme.

the last:


1. drink: !!!water!!! always stanning hydration


2. phone call: my friend gabby during school today whOOPs i needed to laugh at her


3. text message: @flyawayswift “well done”


4. song you listened to: gilmore girls theme song


5. time you cried: yes


6. dated someone twice: not even once!


7. kissed someone and regretted it: never kissed anyone so can’t relate


8. been cheated on: nope


9. lost someone special: uh huh


10. been depressed: no, thankfully. I’m an anxious person.


11. gotten drunk and thrown up: nah

three favorite colors:


12. pastel blue


13. white


14. that maroon color thing (harvard color)

in the last year have you:


15. made new friends: yea


16. fallen out of love: kinda


17. laughed until you cried: today!!!!


18: found out someone was talking about you: yep!!! on their snapchat


19. found out who your friends are: still trying to figure that out


20. kissed someone on your facebook list: nopE

general

22. how many facebook friends do you know irl? most tbh, i think theres only like three i don't 


23. do you have any pets: two cats: Sushi & Piper


24. do you want to change your name: i used to loathe it but now i really like it sO nope


25. what did you do for your last birthday: went out to dinner with family and my friend and then had a friend party and we went out and good fooOOD aND then a family party whoops


26. what time did you wake up: 6:10 and energized!!!!


27. what were you doing at midnight last night: sleeping like i normally am


28. something you can’t wait for: new york!!! gonna see some friends and iM so pumped!!!!!!! &&& the rep tour oFc and my scrubs camp im !!!!


29. when was the last time you saw your mom: 20 mins ago


30. what are you listening to right now: season 2 episode 1 of gilmore girls


31. have you ever talked to a person named tom: yea, my uncle :(( may he rest in peace


32. something that is getting on your nerves: fake ppl


33. most visited website: tumblr


34. hair color: dark brown


35. long or short hair: shoulder length???


36. do you have a crush on someone: austin swift!!!!


37. what do you like about yourself: my laugh and how i like to help others && how i learn so quickly and latch onto languages


38. piercings: one in each ear but i want a second


39. blood type: o+ i think


40: nickname: al, alex, al pal, allie, alleycat, princess platypus, alexa....


41. relationship: single 


42. zodiac sign: sagittarius 


43. pronouns: she/her


44. favorite tv show: grey’s or gilmore girls


45. tattoos: nope and not planning on it


46. right or left handed: right handed!


47. surgery: never but maybe in the future for my back


48. sport: lacrosse !!!


49. vacation: new york in exactly a month!!

more general:


51. eating: anything pasta or sushi (not together)


52. drinking: water !!! always


53. im about to: play sims


54. waiting for: tomorrow to see if the dance is still on


55. want: a nice body


56. get married: yes ofc but low-key worried no one would want to marry me


57. career: want to be either a medical researcher or work directly with patients

which is better:


58. hugs or kisses: hugs


59. lips or eyes: lips


60. taller or shorter: taller


61. older or younger: older


62. nice arms or nice stomach: stomach


63. hookup or relationship: cant relate


64. troublemaker or hesitant: who knows

have you ever:


65. kissed a stranger: nope


66. drank hard liquor: @seleniftie 😂


67. lost glasses/contacts: never


68. turned someone down: no


69. sex on the first date: never even had a first date so nope


70: had your heart broken: eh


71. been arrested: …no


72. cried when someone died: yes.

73. fallen for a friend: yes.

do you believe in:


74. yourself: depends


75. miracles: eh


76. love at first sight: maybe


77. santa: until i was twelve whOops


78. kiss on the first date: idk yet


79. angels: @taylorswift ???

other


80. best friend’s name: irl are abby, gabby, & leah anD annika wowowoow and bella


81. eye colour: bright blue


82. fave movie: uM idK frozen??? 


83. fave actor/actress: austin swift !!!! mY MAIN MAN IM NOT EVEN SORRY

[paceywittersherocomplex]

11 questions

Rules: Answer the following 11 questions and then ask 11 of your own and tag people.

I was tagged by @mrs-storm-andrews to answer these questions:

1. What’s your favourite music genre? I don’t really have one? My music taste is pretty much “everything except for what I don’t like”. I guess I mostly listen to like indie and pop music? Full disclosure I have very little idea about music genres. Like when I was a teenager and everyone was taking about music and I was like ..ja, sure. (First question and I already wrote a novel, great job, Mareike.)   2. Is there a character’s death you’re still not over? I’m very good at ... forgetting about the death of characters? Like, no, that didn’t happen and is not going to happen. So, none and also all of them? 3. Do you remember the first time you went to the cinema? Which movie did you see? I’m not sure if it was the very first time but I remember seeing “101 Dalmations”. And a little later “Flubber” and “Dr. Dolittle”. 4. A book everyone should have read? I don’t know, Harry Potter? 5. What do you hate most about Tumblr? About tumblr itself that it’s currently still stealing my tags and this safe mode thing apparently? About tumblr culture that too many people see things as either black or white. I personally haven’t really had negative experiences here yet. 6. How does your favourite pair of shoes look like? My current favourites are a pair of chucks, low, with grey-ish sequins and when the light hits them they get rainbow colours. Does that description make sense? 7. Are you more like Pippi, Tommy or Annika? From what I remember, probably definitely an Annika. 8. Describe your blog using only one sentence. I like it. (Now I want to know how y’all would describe my blog. Everyone tell me!) 9. In which fictional universe would you like to spend a day? Aah! Either Hogwarts or Stars Hollow. 10. What’s the best time to go to bed? When I’m tired and I can sleep. Midnight was nice though not possible anymore. 11. How many posts are currently waiting in your queue? Zero. I don’t use a queue. I reblog everything all at once and then I disappear.

I‘m going to tag @mrs-storm-andrews right back and also @meags09, @hermione-mak-gilmore, @ksfd89, @ohsturmhond, @occulant, @phandooms, @expressivite and @sonhoedesrazao if they want to and also anyone else.

My questions are:

1. Is there a cultural hype about something or someone that you just don’t get? What is it?

2. Favourite show that’s the least like your other favourites?

3. Least favourite primary colour?

4. What’s your job? Do you like it? If you don’t have one, do you have an idea of what you want to do?

5. Weirdest place you’ve thrown up in/at?

6. What’s your favourite word, in any language?

7. A book that made you angry?

8. What’s something you like about yourself?

9. Are you good at keeping plants alive?

10. What’s your favourite outfit?

11. Favourite and/or least favourite movie adaption?

[poirot]

aaaah 3k how exciting! You deserve it so much, love! I voted for make me choose moodboards 💖 (maybe you could do it for my pll/multi-fandom blog (spariaisendgame)? having two blogs sucks haha)+ annika :)

yeees, it’s so exciting !! Thank you so much sweety ❤ And suure !

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ANNIKA: long bright hair, putting fresh flowers in the hair, soft lipstick, rosé cheeks, loving the smell of fresh fowers, nice perfume, listening to music while studying, having too many notebooks

want one?

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

🔁

… crashed the app the first time I tried to paste the list Oof… this is entirely unhinged so enjoy! (I tried to avoid ones we’ve talked about before but I’m sure some slipped in and also I’m sure that I missed some 😭)

Send me a 🔁 and I’ll list one or more crossovers between our ocs that I’d be interested in talking about

Gillien

Ophelia Wayne

Isolde Kean

Lorena Falcone

Seraphini Zambini

Adhara Black

Ara Black

Carina Goldberg

Venus Malfoy

Violetta Greengrass

Bridget

Augusta Beauchamp

Dorothea Bridgerton

Eliza Huntington

Emmeline Bridgerton

Georgina Pemberton

Harriet Warwick

Faith

Betty Fabray

Christina Hummel

Faye Anderson

Jaci Jones

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Sadie Berry

Savannah Evans

May Taylor & June Harris

Mona

Betty Fabray

Jaci Jones

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Savannah Evans

Elliot

Betty Fabray

Dolly Corcoran

Jaci Jones

Johanna Berry

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Sadie Berry

Savannah Evans

Brax

Betty Fabray

Jaci Jones

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Sadie Berry

Savannah Evans

Eleanor

Betty Fabray

Charlotte Smythe (… no I don’t know anything about her I just love Hizzie)

Joy Schuester

Kendall Pierce

Marilyn Pillsbury

Sadie Berry

Savannah Evans

Aro

Betty Fabray

Jaci Jones

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Sadie Berry

Savannah Evans

Andrew

Abbie Hudson

Betty Fabray

Cece & Colton Cartwright

Dolly Corcoran

Joy Schuester

Roxie Flores

May Taylor & June Harris

Cordelia

Blake Castellan ( & Jasper Gabriel )

Cressida Brantley

Crystal Solace

Elaine & Felicity Castellan

Liz Castellan

Melody Weiss

Penelope Grace

Stella Beauregard

Victoria Blofis

Viola Di Angelo

Mercy

Antoinette Kensington

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford & Charles Gilmore

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Chelsea Geller

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Elle Hearst

Lili Gilmore

Sienna Elliot

Sophie Dugray

Evie

Antoinette Kensington

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Chelsea Geller

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Sienna Elliot

Daisy

Allie St James

Annabel Gilmore

Antoinette Kensington

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford & Charles Gilmore

Brady Mariano

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Charlotte Howard-Danes

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Eliya Rygalski

Evan Mariano

Gabi Mariano

Holland Bass

Ilsa Gilmore-Danes

Jane Forester

Jocelyn Gilmore

Lucas Gilmore (ft the Willow Squad)

Lorrie Gilmore-Danes

Marley Tinsdale

Preston Gilmore

Sam Gleason

Imogen

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Brady Mariano

Emmeline Forbes

Jacqueline Grant

Regina

Annabel Gilmore

Antoinette Kensington

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Elle Hearst

Jocelyn Gilmore

Lucas Gilmore

Nellie McCrae

Preston Gilmore

Sienna Elliot

Lydia

Lexi Danes

Jocelyn Gilmore

Preston Gilmore

Gwen Merlyn

Annika Webster

Dani Merlyn

Kelsey Doyle

Mia Queen

Richie

Allie St James

Annabel Gilmore

Antoinette Kensington

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford (& Charles Gilmore & Kaito Lauder but also Blythe x Richie)

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Cosette Gerard

Dani Gilmore Danes

Eleanor Doose

Elle Hearst

Eliya Rygalski

Evan Mariano

Gabi Mariano

Holland Bass

Hyacinth Nelson (???)

Ilsa Gilmore-Danes

Jacqueline Grant

Jane Forester

Jocelyn Gilmore

Lili Gilmore

Lucas Gilmore

Lorrie Gilmore-Danes

Marley Tinsdale

McKenna Hayden

Natalie Lister (ft the whole willow gang)

Nellie McCrae

Paige Huntzberger

Preston Gilmore & Lexi Danes

Sage Hall

Sam Gleason

Sara Topaz (??)

Sienna Elliot

Viviana Lozano

The Band

[ Carlotta Hayden once she’s renamed ]

Grace

Allie St James

Brady Mariano

Eleanor Doose

Evan Mariano

Gabi Mariano

Holland Bass

Ilsa Gilmore Danes

Jacqueline Grant

Jane Forester

Lucas Gilmore & Natalie Lister (ft the entire Willow Squad)

Paige Huntzberger

Sage Hall

Sam Gleason

The Band

Callum

Kirsty & the dance squad

Willow & the squad

Sam Gleason

Holland Bass

Sage Hall

Millie

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller & Brooks Livingston

Chelsea Geller

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Nellie McCrae

Paige Huntzberger

Sienna Elliot

Fraya

Annika Webster

Imogen Allen

Kelsey Doyle

Mia Queen

Parker Allen & Noah Altman

Cassandra

Angelina Winters

Dani Merlyn

Diana Queen

Kelsey Doyle

Mercy Bowen

Mia Queen

Lillian & Max

Annika Webster

Dani Merlyn

Imogen Allen

Kelsey Doyle

Mia Queen

Nia West

Parker Allen & Noah Altman

Kendra

Carissa Grace

Cassandra Aelius

Melody Weiss

Penelope Grace

Josie Spencer

Calleigh Sheridan

Odelia Kowroski

Beth

Deborah Winchester

Elle Winchester

Esther Colt

Genesis

Isla George

Jude Winchester

Nevaeh Murphy

Phoebe Winchester

Trix Stilinski

Genesis

Calleigh Sheridan

Odelia Kowroski

Aria

Chiara Potts

Chryseis

Finley Rider

Harmony Of Atlantis

Lani Of Atlantis

Mae

Mia

Blossom

Finley Rider

Isadora Darling

Nerissa

Violet Kingsleigh

Winnie Pan

Ariana Pendragon

Elsine Pendragon

Allyria Pendragon

Lynette Starfall

Princess Aelia

Clara Gale

Andrea Hagreeves

Andromeda Hargreeves

Audrey Hargreeves

Cleo Sullivan

Dahlia Mort

Gemma Hargreeves

Helena Hargreeves

June McLaughlin

Lorelai Hargreeves

Max Carmichael

Sierra Nearing

Sunny Talbot

Tiffany Katz

Tori Hargreeves

Virginia West

Wilhelmina Hargreeves

Fortune

Beatrice

Finley Rider

Harley Hook

Princess Isabelle

Rosabelle Legume

Castor

Ara Black

Adhara Black

Carina Goldberg

Danica Lestrange

Lyarra Vance

Venus Malfoy

Violetta Greengrass

The Healer

Abbey Baker

Carys Harkness-Jones

Cassiopeia Harkness

Celeste Nichols

Ceridwen Lewis

Estella Tyler

Mina Ambrosia / The Scribe

Rose Harkness

Rusalia / The Oracle

Theia Wolfe

Matilda Fairbanks

Abbey Baker

Carys Harkness-Jones

Cassiopeia Harkness

Celeste Nichols

Ceridwen Lewis

Estella Tyler

Mina Ambrosia / The Scribe

Rose Harkness

Rusalia / The Oracle

Theia Wolfe

Beatrix Shellstrop

Bridget Atkins

Tatum Shellstrop

Amber Cain

[hartranchgolfcourse]

Greatest Golf Nicknames

Greatest Golf Nicknames

  “What’s in a name?”

  – Bill Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

  Nicknames are listed in descending order of greatness, so the last is the best.

Honorable Mention:

  “Shooter” McGavin, Roy “Tin Cup” McAvoy

Both outstanding players in the mid-to-late 90s, McGavin and McAvoy suffered crushing defeats during the 1996 season. McGavin lost the Gold Jacket to a young upstart bomber with an unorthodox style in Happy Gilmore, and McAvoy famously lost the U.S. Open to Peter Jacobsen by taking 12 on the final hole (he did get the girl when David Simms took himself out of contention by laying up though). Both remain legendary figures in the golf world.

  Scott “The Choke” Hoch

Mr. Hoch probably doesn’t relish this nickname, but it’s a great one. He was known for choking away major titles, especially at the 1989 Masters when he missed two three-foot putts to give Sir Nick Faldo the title.

Greg “The Great White Shark” Norman

Perfectly fitting name for the Australian. He even kind of looks like a shark. In fact, if you were to picture the human version of a shark, it would be Greg Norman.

Hal “Halimoney” Sutton

He has three ex-wives.

Louis “Shrek” Oosthuizen

Yes, he does resemble the ogre. His real name is Lodewicus Theodorus Oosthuizen, and if that was my moniker, I’d make everyone call me by my full name at all times.

Craig “The Walrus” Stadler and Kevin “The Smallrus” Stadler

Father and son. Fantastic.

“Champagne Tony” Lema

A sad story but a fantastic nickname. Champagne Tony won the 1964 Open Championship at St. Andrews before dying in a plane crash in 1966 at the age of 32. He got the nickname when he promised the press champagne if he won the Orange County Open in 1962 (he did).

Miguel “The Most Interesting Man in the World” and “The Mechanic” Angel Jimenez

Probably the smoothest dude to ever tee it up, hence “The Most Interesting Man in the World”. He also worked in a garage for 6 months before turning pro, hence, “The Mechanic”.

Ernie “The Big Easy” Els

Named after that awesome, fluid swing. Does anyone else feel like he should have won a lot more than he did?

Mildred “Babe” Zaharias, Jack “The Golden Bear” Nicklaus, Sam “Slammin’ Sam”  Snead, Ben “The Hawk” Hogan, Gary “The Black Knight” Player, Gene “The Squire” Sarazen, Eldrick “Tiger” Woods, Arnold “The King” Palmer, Annika “Miss 59” Sorenstam

These are all in their own group because they’re collectively the best players golf has ever seen. A few great ones, but I like “The Black Knight” the best.

  John “Long John” and “Wild Thing” and “The Lion” Daly

  So he may not have the greatest actual nicknames, but John Daly will always be in a league of his own. With a crazy swing and an even crazier personal life, it’s hard not to root for Long John. Unfortunately, “The Lion” nickname was self-appointed, which never works and should be avoided by every human in any endeavor.

  Obviously there are more great monikers, Including “Boom Boom”, “Huckleberry Dillinger”, “The Scientist”, etc. Feel free to yell at me if I missed one. Have a fantastic rest of the weekend and happy golfing!

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[rahullkohli]

luke danes truly is the best guy there ever was on this planet

[voyagerafod]

Star Trek Voyager: A Fire of Devotion: Part 4 of 4: Hotter Than Hell: Prologue and Chapter One

Apologies this posted this so late. A combination of dangerous heat wave and brutal code is responsible.

Prologue

     A solitary Borg drone floats in space. The last surviving drone of a destroyed cube. The last cube destroyed in a war that the Collective forgot even happened, that everyone forgot happened. Through its still functioning visual receptor it sees the dead ship, the one that destroyed its cube before being crippled itself, possibly the only ship of the enemy left in this universe after all the others were destroyed.

    The drone holds out hope for a rescue, for a return to the collective, to the many voices speaking as one. It holds out for as long as it can, but no cube, no sphere, no diamond comes. Soon its grip on sanity leaves it, and in the silent vacuum of deep space it mouths the word of the enemy, the word the Borg drones who were massacred and disassembled for spare parts heard over and over again at the height of battle.     Delete.

Delete.

Delete.

Chapter One

Captain Janeway went through the motions of being a Borg drone, every moment tense with the possibility that the Collective would realize that while she and her team could hear them, the Borg did not control them. Very carefully she took note of every detail of the level they were on, fortunate that she and the others had not been separated.

Tom was right, this was a horrible plan, she thought. Fortune favors the bold, but you've got to know the difference between 'bold' and 'moron.’

She pushed aside her doubts, and walked down the corridor, mimicking the movements of the drones around her. She passed Marla Gilmore, who worked on a console, her expression flat. Janeway nodded at her subtly. Gilmore nodded back in acknowledgment. Both women glanced around. There were other drones, closer than Janeway would’ve liked, but hopefully not close enough to hear her whisper.     “Have you seen Vorik or Tuvok?”

“Vorik is at the other end of this corridor working on a subjunction,” Gilmore whispered back. “I haven’t seen Tuvok.”

“Hopefully he’s already en route to the central plexus,” Janeway whispered. Gilmore opened her mouth to reply but the sound of metal footsteps on a metal floor stopped her. A pair of drones walked past. Once they were gone, Janeway looked around to make sure no one could see her tap Gilmore on the shoulder.     “We need to go,” she said. “Now.”     “One moment, Captain,” Gilmore said. “I just need one more second to- ah, there we go.”

An alarm sounded in the distance.     “What did you just do?”     “They were going to find out we weren’t properly assimilated sooner rather than later, so I found a way to create false positives. I do feel bad for the random drones on the lower levels whose day I just ruined though.”     “Good work,” Janeway said. “How long does that buy us?”     “An hour at most,” Gilmore said, standing up and heading towards the central plexus right away. Janeway simply followed her, silently relieved that Gilmore felt guilt for what she had just done. It was all too easy to forget that Borg drones weren’t just victimizers but victims as well. She wouldn’t judge Marla though.

I’ve lost count of how many drones I’ve killed or ordered killed in combat, Janeway thought. If I stopped to think about it… Best that I don’t.

---

    “Time?” Chakotay said, wondering if it was good or bad that he wasn’t worried about the away team. Or at least not yet. They’re on a Borg supercube for spirit’s sake, he thought. Shouldn’t I be at least a little nervous?     “Seventeen minutes,” Tom said. “We should’ve heard something by now.”     “Maybe not,” Chakotay said. “It’s a big ship and the away team is going to be on foot, and having to maintain cover. Let’s not panic just yet.”     “Their higher brain functions are stable again,” The Doctor said.     “The cube is changing course,” Harry said. “New heading, 121 mark 6.”     “Tom?” Chakotay said.     “Already matching course and speed,” Tom said.

“Let’s just hope they don’t go into transwarp,” Harry said.     Chakotay did wonder why that hadn’t happened yet. In fact, he still found it a mystery as to why a Class-4 cube would be outside Borg space at all, let alone this far away. He realized he wanted to know that almost as much as he wanted to rescue the people in Unimatrix Zero.

“Do your best to keep up,” Chakotay said to Tom. “Seven’s still in Unimatrix Zero right now. If the virus is released, they’ll be the first to know, so once she comes out again we’ll know for sure.”

---

“Tell your hunters to patrol the northeastern perimeter,” Korok said to a Hirogen as they re-entered the main camp. “More drones were spotted there.”

Seven and Axum watched them pass by before returning to their own conversation.     “Any theories as to why the gap between the most recent attack and the last was so long?” Axum said.     “None,” Seven said. “Were we dealing with anyone other than the Borg I would assume it was an attempt to lull us into a false sense of security.”     “Not very Borg-like at all,” Axum said, “I agree. I imagine if that were the case we’d still be waiting on the next incursion.”     “The last incursion was worse than any of the others,” Seven said. “We may need to train more people how to conjure working mechs with their minds.” She shook her head. “No matter how many times I say it, no matter how many times I see it working…”     “It’s weird, yeah,” Axum said. “Still no reports coming in from anyone remembering this place when they exit their regeneration cycle?”

“Afraid not. The away team should be on the cube by now,” Seven said. “Something must’ve gone wrong.”     “Or maybe they just haven’t reached the central plexus yet, or the virus won’t spread as quickly as we thought.”     “If the latter is the case,” Seven said, “that only means the Collective will have more time to adapt to and resist it.”     “Give it a little more time, Annika,” Axum said, putting a hand on Seven’s shoulder. Seven reflexively flinched and took a step back. “Sorry. I didn’t mean to… I was just trying to be supportive.”     Seven nodded. “I’ll take you at your word and apologize for my reaction. However, I do ask that you refrain from doing it again.”

“Understood,” Axum said sadly.

---

    “The central plexus is through here,” Tuvok said to Janeway and Gilmore when they reached him. Janeway gave the signal to wait a moment before moving. She heard footsteps, hoping it would turn out to be Vorik. She allowed herself a very un-Borg like sigh of relief when she saw that it was.     “I apologize for the delay, Captain,” Vorik said.     “No need, Ensign,” Janeway said. “Once we’re inside, we release the virus, and make contact with Voyager. We’ll also need to sabotage as many of the cube’s systems as we can to give them a chance of getting us out of here.”     “Already working on it,” Gilmore said. “Vorik, could you take that other console over there?”     Vorik simply nodded and went to work.     “Alright, Tuvok,” Janeway said. “Let’s do this. There are shield generators there and there, but as drones we should be able to just walk right through.” Janeway let out a small chuckle. “You know, over the years, we’ve had enemies board the ship who could just walk through our force fields. It’ll be nice to be on the giving end of that for a change.”

    The two walked through the force field, Janeway feeling a slight tingling sensation as she did so. As she and Tuvok rounded a corner, they stopped suddenly. A lone drone was at the central plexus. Luckily, it hadn’t seen them, its back was turned as it operated a console.     One drone guarding it, and not even watching the entrance? Janeway thought. Suppose the Borg just assumed nobody would ever get this far.

“I will attempt to deactivate him,” Tuvok said quietly, moving as silently as the metal on his feet would allow on the metal floor. The drone either didn’t hear or didn’t perceive Tuvok as a threat until the Vulcan yanked out wires leading into the drone’s skull. He shuddered violently but made very little noise as he fell over, Tuvok catching him before he could hit the ground.

Janeway made a move to the console and immediately began manipulating the controls.     “Damn,” she said after a minute’s work. “I can’t access the plexus without shutting down the power grid in this section. That’s bound to draw some attention.”

“I will check in on Ensign Vorik and Crewman Gilmore’s progress,” Tuvok said. “Perhaps they can find another solution.”

“Do it,” Janeway said, feeling tense. This was already taking longer than she’d hoped. Of course, even succeeding in releasing the virus and giving Unimatrix Zero the chance to hide from the collective permanently was no guarantee that the four of them would make it out alive.

Why do I take on these suicidal missions all the time? She thought. I never thought of myself as someone with a death wish, but…

---

    Something wasn’t right, the Borg Queen knew that much, and it was not simply the Unimatrix Zero problem. The fact was, she was aware that the focus on that issue had caused her to miss something. Such a distraction should not have been possible, not for the Collective.

    Were embarrassment something the collective could feel, it would be feeling it right now.     “Janeway and the others. I can’t hear them,” the Queen said. “We assimilated them but I can’t hear them. How is this possible?”

    She reached her mind into the cube that Captain Janeway had attacked, trying to see the four Starfleet officers that had been taken for the Collective. She looked in the alcoves where the drones they were supposed to be had been assigned. They were not there.

    She struggled to keep the expression on her organic face neutral, even though it was not necessary. The drones around here wouldn’t notice. And her concern over the situation was reaching them regardless. So many things had gone wrong. Too many. The existence of Unimatrix Zero, the second failure to assimilate Earth, several cubes and spheres lost over the past few years… and there was something else wasn’t there? Vague memories of the Borg suffering a devastating defeat at the hands of…

    The thought exited her consciousness almost as quickly as it came. She redirected her efforts to find Janeway. The tactical cube was the same size as a standard cube, but with less open space due to the additional armor and weaponry. There would be few places to hide, and she had access to thousands of eyes. Each eye or pair of eyes belonged to the drones who would find the Starfleet officers and stop whatever it was they were planning, and learn how they’d managed to remain free of the voice of the Collective.

While she did that, she increased the number of drones to enter Unimatrix Zero once more. She did not know precisely how she was losing so many in there, but eventually, she would overwhelm them. The reality that she was fast approaching the point where the resources expended in finding and shutting down Unimatrix Zero would exceed the effects its existence would have on the Collective managed to elude her.

The virus of the Borg’s enemy was working faster than even its creators had believed it would by this point in time. The Borg Collective was running out of time, and it didn’t even know it.

---

    Seven of Nine wondered if she should be worried. Though no one within Unimatrix Zero wanted to admit it, the reality was the Borg should’ve adapted to the techniques and weapons Axum and the others were using to fight back by now. Despite this, the Borg seemed to be using the same tactics as always, the only change being larger numbers of drones. It wasn’t an entirely foolish tactic, as more drones to push back against meant that everyone had to work harder and be more vigilant, but if the Collective kept up this pace, the amount of drones lost finding and disabling this Unimatrix would end up not being worth the cost. While she had no desire to return to the Collective, she had to admit a certain amount of pity. This was not the kind of efficiency that she had been used to; had even briefly wanted to go back to when the Voyager crew had separated her from the Collective.

    She said as much to Axum who nodded.     “Yeah,” she said in response. “This degradation you’ve been telling me about must be getting worse at a far faster rate than you thought. Perhaps some event triggered it, caused it to accelerate?”     “A possibility,” Seven said. “Or whomever is responsible for it intended it to be this way and we have simply been the beneficiaries of fortunate timing.”     “You’re that certain that there is an outside force at work here?”     “Yes.”     “I kind of hope you’re wrong, Seven,” Axum said, shaking her head. “I mean, who’s to say that any entity or entities powerful enough to destroy the Borg from within will stop with the Borg?”

    Seven had not considered that possibility, and she very much wished that that had remained the case. She was unable to suppress a shiver at this thought.

    “Hmm,” Korok said, the Klingon having been so quiet for the past hour that Seven had managed to forget he was there. “A force capable of destroying the Borg is itself not that terrifying. A force that can destroy the Borg, but is patient enough to let it play out over years, on the other hand, that is a thing could give Kahless himself nightmares.”

Seven had no response to that. She looked around at the camp. People were visibly tired, but full of determination. Everyone was helping each other. She really hoped the plan that the Captain had set in motion would come to fruition. These people deserved their freedom, even if it would be a more limited kind than that she had now. Her mind drifted to thoughts of Samantha, Naomi, and Icheb. It had been nearly a full ship’s day since she’d seen them, but she dare not leave now, not before there was a sign, any sign, that Janeway and the others had succeeded.

What is taking them so long? she thought.

---

“Bingo,” Marla Gilmore said. Janeway and Tuvok went to her to ask her what she meant, but Vorik spoke up before they could say it.     “We have bypassed the access codes,” Vorik said. “We can access the central plexus directly.” A loud hissing noise, that of the way to the plexus opening, happened immediately after he said the words, as if to emphasize the point.     “Good work,” Janeway said, heading towards the opening. “Let’s deploy the virus and then see about getting the hell out of here.”     Without warning, the unmistakable sound of alarm klaxons filled the corridor.     “It would appear the Collective has figured out we are not drones,” Tuvok said.     “Everyone inside the plexus,” Janeway shouted. “Seal the entry way behind us.”     “Yes ma’am,” Gilmore said.

All four people quickly made their way in, the heavy door making a painfully loud noise as it closed. Gilmore and Vorik immediately went to the nearest console. Janeway allowed herself a brief moment to be impressed with how well the two worked together before returning her focus to her mission.     “I may not get to go home,” she muttered, “but at least I’ll give the Borg a black-eye on the way out.”     “Captain,” she heard a voice say. It was definitely not one of her people.     The Borg Queen, she thought. So that what she sounds like. She looked at the faces of her crewmates and could tell that they heard the Queen’s voice as well.

“You don’t really think you can win, do you? Whatever it is you think you can do, even if the cube you are on is destroyed, we will adapt. We are many. We are Borg. We cannot be-”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah,” Janeway said. “I’ve heard the spiel before. It would carry more weight if you hadn’t failed to assimilate my homeworld twice. Oh, and of course when you needed my help to beat back Species 8472.“

“Conservation of resources,” the Queen said. “Species 8472 would’ve fallen eventually, regardless. Accepting your assistance was merely the result of a cost-benefit analysis.”     “Keep telling yourself that,” Janeway said, rolling her eyes. “Oh, and let’s not forget the whole ‘you planted Seven on Voyager’ line you tried to pull a few years ago. The mighty Borg collective, reduced to using the ‘I meant to do that’ excuse, like a cat falling off the back of a couch.”     “Enough!” the Borg Queen’s voice shouted, but Janeway kept going as she if she hadn’t heard.     “I mean, did you actually think that would work? Did you expect Seven of Nine to believe that the confluence of events that led to her being part of the crew was all part of a grand plan? I’m not surprised she didn’t go for it. Deception is clearly not something you’re well practiced at.”     “You cannot hide in the central plexus forever, Janeway,” the Borg Queen said. “You will eventually need-”     “And another thing,” Janeway said, noticing that Gilmore was trying very hard to stifle a laugh, “Back when Starfleet first encountered you all those years ago, your drones would disintegrate after being killed. I’ve noticed they don’t do that anymore. Just leaving your technology lying around for anyone to find? Sloppy.”     The Borg Queen was silent. It took Janeway a moment to realize that she hadn’t been rendered speechless, she had simply given up and cut off contact.     “A number of drones are attempting to burn their way through the doors to the plexus,” Vorik said, looking at another console.     “Sounds like you pissed her off, Captain,” Gilmore said.     “That I did,” Janeway said. “And the fact that it worked just goes to show how far the Borg have fallen.”

---

    Tom Paris checked the chronometer again. Two and a half hours. That’s how overdue the away team was to report back in. He was nervous, afraid for his crewmates but he had to admit that he was glad B’Elanna had not gone with them.

    “Vital signs are still good,” the Doctor said. “Stress levels are a bit elevated but that’s to be expected.”

    “I wish there was some way we could pull them out now,” Tom said. “I don’t like how long this is taking.”     “I don’t either,” Chakotay said, “but we stick to the mission, no matter what.”     Tom wished he had Chakotay’s confidence. Or at least his appearance of confidence, he thought. Probably more worried about them than I am.

---

    “And, done,” Gilmore said. “Virus deployed.”     “It appears to already be moving rapidly through the Collective, Captain,” Vorik said.

    “Good work people,” Janeway said. Now comes the fun part, she thought sardonically, wondering just how they were going to get out of the central plexus and back to Voyager. Or even if it were possible.

    “Unfortunately,” Tuvok said, giving voice to Janeway’s concerns, “we are unable to contact Voyager given our current location, and leaving the central plexus would open us to attack by this cube’s drones.”     “Yes,” Janeway said, “but we’re at the heart of this cube. That gives us an advantage. Marla, can you access the cube’s weapons systems from here? Or their shields?”     “I was just about to try,” Gilmore said, “but they’ve already started blocking access to the cube’s systems from in here. They can’t hide it from us, every bit of data has to pass through here to get to the drones, but I can’t do anything with it.”

    “Not entirely accurate,” Vorik said, pointing to a green dot on a screen that to Janeway looked indistinguishable to all the other green dots. “In order to maintain control of the drones, the Queen cannot close off this channel. We cannot block it, nor can we redirect it, but we can add to it.”     “But what can- Oh,” Gilmore said. “Of course. We flood the stream with junk data. The drones will be distracted trying to separate the random bits from the Queen’s commands.” Marla manipulated a few controls on the console, then sighed. “The bad news is, we’d need a minimum of a hundred zetabytes worth of useless information to even have a chance for this to work. Where are we going to get that much garbage data?”

    “Hang on,” Janeway said, finally recognizing something in the jumble of code she was seeing. “That data stream right there, it seems to be going someplace other than all the others.”     Marla and Vorik quickly got to work on the console. Vorik spoke first.     “That information is being directed towards a cluster of drones from this very cube that have been sent into Unimatrix Zero. Apparently one drone on this vessel has the mutation.”

    Janeway exhaled sharply.     “Okay, I have an idea,” she said.

---

    I often hear my crewmates joke about writing their memoirs, Seven of Nine thought as she looked at the blinking light coming from the eyepiece of the drone in front of her. Mine would likely be dismissed as exaggeration. I’m seeing it and even I’m not sure I can believe it. There was no doubt in her mind though. The drone that was attacking her was unaware that its lights were sending her a message in an antiquated human form of communication called Morse Code. Captain Janeway had talked about it during a conversation years ago about how she had managed to contact an away team she’d been separated from on a mission during her time as a Lieutenant. If you had told me then that I would find that knowledge useful, I would’ve been very skeptical.

    After dispatching the drone, she returned to the camp to tell Axum what she had learned, finding her talking to Korok at the camp’s center. The two were discussing what several people had told them, about coming out of regeneration cycles on whatever ship they were on and still remembering Unimatrix Zero. This confirmed the first part of the message Seven had received.

    “The virus has been deployed,” Seven said to Axum and Korok, “but Captain Janeway and her team are still trapped on the cube. They weren’t able to give me all the details given the limitations of the method they communicated with me by, but there is a drone on that ship that has the mutation. We need to find out who it is so we can use them to contact the Captain directly.”     “I assume,” Axum said, “that she has a plan?”     “I think it’s safe to assume that, yes,” Seven said.

    Axum took a deep breath and looked around at the hundreds of people, gearing up for the inevitable next drone incursion. “This could take awhile,” she said, sounding reluctant.     “As my wife sometimes says,” Seven said, “nothing worth doing is easy.”     “I hope I’m the drone on that cube,” Korok said, grinning. “A Class-4 cube would be a worthy prize for our resistance.”     “I doubt we’ll be that lucky,” Axum said.     “In the meantime, I need to report to my crew,” Seven said. “I will be back shortly.” Seven closed her eyes, and focused on waking up. She felt the shift from the virtual world back to reality, and stepped forward, only for her legs to feel stiff and not want to cooperate. “Ow,” she said, realizing that she had been inside Unimatrix Zero far longer than was healthy for her. She heard the sounds of metal scraping on metal and looked up to see Samantha, the chair she had gotten out of having made the sound when it had shoved back.     “Annie,” she said, “You okay?”     “Yeah,” Seven said. “Just need to walk it off. Let’s get to the bridge. I need to brief Commander Chakotay on the situation. Just, walk with me so I don’t get a leg cramp and fall over.”     “Of course,” Sam said, putting an arm around Seven’s shoulder, the two of them walking as quickly as Seven dared towards the exit. “How long were you waiting there for me?”     “I promise I only fell asleep once,” Samantha said.     Seven chuckled. “I love you.”

---

    “Seven?” Chakotay said when he saw her and Ensign Wildman enter the bridge together, Seven favoring one leg while Samantha held her up. “Are you alright?”     Chakotay saw the Doctor make a move towards them, medical tricorder already in hand.     “I am already better than I was when I came out of Unimatrix Zero,” Seven said. “I stayed in too long, and my legs paid the price for it I’m afraid. But that’s not our priority.”     “I’m sorry I forgot to check in on you,” the Doctor said as he scanned Seven of Nine. “I was so focused on the away team-”     “Apologize later,” Seven said, turning to Chakotay. “Several drones have reported that they retained their memories of Unimatrix Zero after their regeneration cycles ended. I also received a message from the Captain in a rather unorthodox fashion.”     “Unorthodox?” The Doctor said.     “Why didn’t she contact us?” Tom Paris said.     Chakotay thought the answer was obvious, but decided not to give Tom any grief over it. They were all under stress right now. “The central plexus?”     “Correct,” Seven said. “I do not know the exact circumstances, but the away team is trapped in the central plexus of that cube. Axum and the others are working on a way to reach them, but for now at least they are secure.”     “That’s the downside to an impregnable position,” Harry said. “The enemy can’t get in, but you can’t get out.”

    “At least they’re alive,” Chakotay said, “and got the virus deployed.”     “So what do we do now?” Tom said.     “Not much we can do,” Chakotay said. “The only reason we even have any hope of getting our people is that cube hasn’t gone into transwarp yet.”     “I’m starting to wonder if it even can,” Harry said. “I’ve gone over its trajectory, using data from the astrometrics lab, and it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. There’s nothing that I can see the Borg finding of value in that direction for years at even high warp.”     “I imagine we have no intention of tracking them for that long,” Tom said, “even if we could.”

“Let’s hope it won’t come to that,” Chakotay said. “Seven, soon as you can stand comfortably again get back in. Once you have any new information, use your comm badge and stay by your alcove.”     “Yes, sir,” Seven said. With help from Samantha, and with the Doctor following them, Seven headed for the turbolift. Chakotay walked over to Harry’s console.

“Since we probably can’t get answers, I’ll settle for theories,” he said. “Why do you think the cube can’t go to transwarp?”     “Like I said, it doesn’t really seem to be going anywhere in particular.” Harry copied the data he was looking at to one of the screens behind him. “Admittedly I’m not an expert, but based on what Seven’s told us over the years, this doesn’t resemble any kind of Borg patrol pattern either. It’s like when I was a kid and sometimes my uncle would take me out for a drive in his hovercar. He’d tell me to pick a direction, and we’d keep going until we hit something interesting. Or until we reached a coastline, whichever came first.”     “Something tells me the Borg don’t take their top of the line defense ships out for a spin,” Chakotay said.     “Maybe the Degradation has something to do with it,” Harry said.

Chakotay actually laughed. It was the first time he’d done so since the mission had started.     “Yeah,” he said. “That would explain a lot actually. Never thought I’d live to see the day when the Borg were downgraded from existential threat to a nuisance.”     “I’d say they’re still a bit more than a nuisance,” Tom said. “But yeah, seeing a Borg ship these days just doesn’t fill me with dread the way merely thinking about one did just, what, four years ago?”

---

    Seven of Nine reentered Unimatrix Zero to an incongruous site. Much of the forest that had represented the place was either smashed or burned, yet around her the people she was seeing looked not just determined but downright optimistic. In the short time she’d been away, the tide must’ve turned severely.     She found Axum, Korok, Lauren, and some of the others standing around a bonfire, laughing.     “Annika!” Axum yelled when she saw her, waving her over to join them.     “Poor girl,” Korok said, “you missed the fun part. The last incursion of drones was an utter disaster. They didn’t get a single one of us, and on top of all that many vanished before we even got to fight them. The virus is clearly working, the Collective is no longer able to find us. We’ve won!”     “Any word on who we have on the Class-4?” Seven asked. As much as she would’ve liked to savour this victory against the Borg, she did still have her crewmates to worry about.

    “That would be I,” an alien Seven hadn’t seen in the camp before said. “Quorzom is the name by which I go.”     Seven was actually surprised to see a member of crystalline species she only knew as Species 12 in Unimatrix Zero, but she managed to avoid allowing the surprise to overwhelm her.     “Turns out our shiny friend here,” Korok said, “has been with us all along. He-”     “It,” Quorzum said, sounding offended.     “Sorry. It,” Korok continued. “was the first one here. The first drone with the mutation. Turns out it has just been hiding this whole time. I’d call it a coward, but after what I saw it to do a dozen invading drones with just its hands I’d rather not make it mad. To die in battle with a talking rock is not how I wish to enter Stovokor.”

“That is an expected reaction,” Quorzum said. “Since a return to isolation is what I wish, I will simply tell you that I contacted your fellow bipeds on the Class-4 cube. How matters little though I told your fellows there,” it added, pointing dismissively at Axum and Korok, who simply rolled their eyes. “If you insist on needless details they have them to share. I’m told it is indelicate to leave without saying a trite phrase, so farewell.” Quorzum turned around on legs Seven couldn’t see and strolled away faster than its size would imply it was capable of.

“That was… what just happened?”     “Let it go,” Axum said. “I’ve met antisocial beings before but Species 12 has raised it to an art form.”     “So,” Seven said, wanting to get back on point with the mission, “what does the Captain have in mind?”

“How fast can Voyager upload over a hundred zetabytes of non-valuable information to the cube?” Axum said.     “Speed isn’t an issue for Starfleet computers,” Seven said. “Getting that information onto the cube would be the difficult part. But what would the purpose be for such a thing?”     “To make it easier for your engineers on the ship to take control of key systems from inside the central plexus,” Axum said. “It’s really their only chance to get out of there alive. I know it would be easier and less dangerous to consider them acceptable losses, but the fight against the Borg already has enough martyrs in my opinion.”     “No argument there,” Seven said, nodding. “I’ll speak to the senior staff aboard Voyager. Perhaps we can come with up with a plan to get our people off that cube. What else did Quorzom tell you? What else did Captain Janeway say?”

---

    Chakotay sighed. The report Seven gave him and the rest of the remaining senior staff aboard did not seem promising. Gathering up the amount of data needed wouldn’t be easy, as there was not that much data in Voyager’s computer core that the Borg would probably consider useless. At least not as far as he could tell. And even if there was, delivering it to the cube would be next to impossible. With shields and weapons still fully operational, they couldn’t hope to last more than a few seconds against a Class-4 cube.     “Oh, that’s easy,” B’Elanna Torres said, much to Chakotay’s surprise. “One of Starfleet’s abandoned plans to destroy the Borg after Wolf 359 involved a plan similar to this. It was deemed impossible after testing and, well they were right. The basic idea was the same. Overwhelm the Collective’ group mind with useless bits of junk data and all that.”     “No way that could work with the whole Collective,” Harry said. “Not when the Borg use whole planets like computer cores.”     “Well, yeah,” B’Elanna said. “But that’s my point. We’re not trying to destroy the Collective. We’re trying to inconvenience a single cube. That’ll be much easier.”     “Depends on your definition of easy,” Tom said. “I’m not saying you’re wrong, but how would we get it on the cube in the first place? Our best piece of bait was used getting the away team there in the first place.”

    Seven of Nine appeared to be staring out the viewport of the briefing room at the streaks of light going past as the ship continued its steady course at warp, waiting for the need to either adjust course or run away, depending on what if anything the cube they were following did next.     “Seven?” Chakotay said, wondering why she seemed so distracted.     “Fluidic space,” she said.     “Come again?” Harry said.     “I believe I can generate a signal from our deflector dish to fool the cube’s sensors into thinking a portal into fluidic space has opened,” Seven said. “Fear that Species 8472 may be attempting another invasion would have to get their attention.”

‘Is that even possible?” Tom said. Seven almost looked insulted.     “Lieutenant, during my first day aboard this vessel I was able to modify the deflector dish to open a genuine rift. Faking one would require considerably less effort.”

“Okay,” Tom said, “you got me there.”

“Let’s say we do this,” Chakotay said. “How does that help our people on the cube? How do we get them the junk data?”     “We don’t need to get it to them directly,” B’Elanna said. “Just get it on the cube. And I have an idea there too. We don’t have enough data stored on this ship to do the deed, I’m sure we were all thinking that.”     “I wasn’t,” Tom said.     Harry raised his hand, and Chakotay nodded. “The thought had occurred to me. What did you have in mind, B’Elanna?”     “Load what junk data, or at least what the Borg would consider junk data, onto a device that, once linked up to a Borg data node, will start copying itself exponentially, like water spilling out of a glass if you pour too much into it. That replicated data will need to go somewhere, and the computers on that cube will have all the free space it could need and then some.”     “Get on that,” Chakotay said. “Seven, B’Elanna, this is your project. Time is of the essence so I’ll trust you to do what needs to be done. Spare me the details, just let me know when we can implement the plan.”     “Yes, sir,” Seven said.     “On it,” B’Elanna said, her and Seven not waiting to be dismissed before leaving the briefing room. Chakotay simply nodded towards everyone else. They took the cue, and left the room to return to their stations on the bridge.     Chakotay muttered a quiet prayer to his gods that this would work, and that Kathryn, Tuvok, and the others would make it home safe and sound.

---

Captain Janeway thought something she never imagined could be possible while sitting in the heart of a Borg cube, surrounded on all sides by drones trying to burn their way to either kill them or assimilate them fully this time.     I am so bored.     “I wish I had your Vulcan patience,” Janeway heard Marla Gilmore say to Vorik, suggesting that she was thinking the same thing the Captain was.

“Meditation would help,” Vorik said. “However, pausing to do so would be inadvisable given our current situation.”     “We could go in shifts,” Tuvok said. “One at a time, so as to minimize the risk of being caught off guard.”     “That’s not a bad idea,” Janeway said. “Though really a nice hot cup of tea would be enough for me right now.”     “I’d settle for a good book,” Gilmore said. “Or even a bad one that I could poke fun-”

A beeping noise from the console nearest Gilmore caught her attention. She and Vorik both lept to their feet from their sitting positions to see what was going on.     “Well I’ll be damned,” Gilmore said.     “Fascinating,” Vorik said.     “What is it?” Janeway asked, no longer bored.     “Junk data is clogging up the metaphorical pipes,” Gilmore said. “And it’s replicating itself, making it harder for the Collective to purge it. I actually recognize some of this stuff. Earth music, 20th century mostly.”

Janeway snorted. “Must be Tom Paris’ music collection.”     “How was the Voyager crew able to transmit that data to the cube?” Tuvok asked.     Gilmore and Vorik manipulated the controls some more, stopped, looked at each other, and back at the monitor before looking at each other again.     “The information appears to be accurate,” Vorik said.     “I know,” Gilmore said, “but it doesn’t make any sense.”     “Marla?” Janeway said.     “According to this information,” Vorik said, “the data was retrieved from a damaged Starfleet issue probe that was found near the site of a suspected incursion by Species 8472.”

“Huh,” was all Janeway could say to that. She tried to think of something to say, but after almost a minute finally gave up.     “Okay, this should make things a little easier,” Gilmore said. “And there go the shields. Still can’t communicate with Voyager from in here, but hopefully they’ll get the hint.”     “We should take the weapons off-line first,” Vorik said.     “Oh, right. Silly me,” Gilmore said. “Should’ve done that first.”

“It would appear that our timing is fortuitous,” Tuvok said, pointing to a spot on a nearby bulkhead that was glowing slightly. “Given the amount of time it has taken their efforts to penetrate the central plexus thus far, it is highly likely that by the time they make an opening large enough for a drone to get through, we will already-”     “We’re going to need to get out of here,” Gilmore yelled. “Even with the shields down, Voyager won’t be able to get a lock on us in here.”

“Can you direct the drones somewhere else?” Janeway said.     “I’m trying,” Gilmore said, hitting the console as she spoke and with audible frustration in her voice. “but whatever they cooked up on Voyager worked too well. I can’t do anything to the drones, just to the ship itself.”     “Perhaps,” Vorik said, “if we cause overloads in key places, at least some of the drones will need to vacate the area in order to deal with them.”     “It would have to be somewhere where there aren’t enough drones to deal with it already, so the overload would need to be somewhere close- Oh.”     “Are you-” Vorik said.     “Yes,” Gilmore said.     “That would be incredibly risky given our proximity to-”     “It’s our best option, Vorik.”     “What is our best option?” Janeway said.     “Create an overload in the transwarp drive,” Gilmore said. “The drones would make that top priority no matter what, and the Queen couldn’t stop them, not with the signals all clogged up. We get away no matter what, and if the drones fail, we get an added bonus of a blown up cube.”     “Sounds like a win-win to me, Marla,” Janeway said. “Do it.”

---

    “Sir,” Harry said, “the Borg’s engines are going critical!”     “Transporter room one, can you get a lock on the away team?” Chakotay said, suddenly worried.     “I’m trying, sir,” Todd Mulcahey said. “I can’t get through the additional shielding around the central… wait, two lifesigns, no, wait, got ‘em!”     After a few almost unbearable seconds of silence, he heard Captain Janeway’s voice over the open comm.     “We’re back, now get us the hell out of here.”     “Initiating the ‘get the hell out of here’ maneuver,” Tom said.     “Any sign of pursuit?” Chakotay said.     “None,” Harry said. “The cube is at full stop. I imagine they're a little busy trying to keep from exploding.”     “It’s what I would be doing,” B’Elanna said from the auxiliary engineering console on the bridge.     “Good work, people,” Chakotay said, smiling.

---

    Seven of Nine took a good long look around at Unimatrix Zero. Already things were wildly different. The people had started making full buildings rather than a camp. A decent size city was rapidly, or at least rapidly when compared to reality, taking shape. The clash of styles made it look less than aesthetically pleasing, but that was irrelevant.

    She took in a deep breath, amazed at how real the air smelled here, even though the only actual air she was taking in was the recycled air on board Voyager. She wondered how different the place would look next time she was here, seeing as that was going to be a fair amount of time.     “I hear you’re looking for me?” Axum said, smiling, now wearing a uniform of her own. Seven didn’t recognize it, but assumed it was that of Axum’s own people. “You like it? The military back home wore these. I was never in it myself, but I’ve become something of a soldier lately, that’s for sure. Korok’s busy planning a takeover of the ship he’s on. Might take awhile since he’s the only drone on it with the mutation, but it’s a sphere so his chances are only slightly impossible.”     Seven chuckled at that.     “Tell him I wish him luck,” she said.     Axum frowned. “You’ll be able to tell him yourself the next time he… Oh. You’re not coming back?” Axum looked as though she had been physically wounded.     “I’m not leaving forever,” Seven said, sounding considerably more defensive than she’d intended. “I simply have other matters to attend to. Duties aboard Voyager. Plus, these past few days, I’ve been neglecting my family. They’ve all been very understanding and supportive, but their understanding has unfortunately done little to assuage my guilt.”     “I can understand that,” Axum said. “Guilt seems to be something most sentient races have in common. Do you have any idea on when you’ll be back?”     “I do not know,” Seven admitted.     Axum did not appear to like the answer, but she didn’t say anything in response, merely nodding.     “I wish you well,” Seven continued. “The fight to save this place is over, but your resistance movement against the Borg has only started. Focus your energy on that, and not on missing me.”     Axum stepped forward. “Maybe, before you go I could get one last-”     “No,” Seven said, certain what the next word was going to be, and had that word been ‘hug’ she might’ve complied. “I do not wish for things to be awkward between us. I love Samantha. What you and I had ended when I was severed from the Collective. It is not your fault, there is nothing you could’ve done. Our lives simply went in different directions.”     “Not unlike your wife and her former husband,” Axum said. “In a way I guess it is comforting to know that this was just happenstance, and had things gone just a little differently we’d still be together.”     Seven didn’t believe Axum meant that, but she did believe that Axum was lying to herself, not to anyone else.     “Your Captain,” Axum said, clearly desperate to change the subject. “How are she and the others doing?”     “The majority of their implants were safe to remove,” Seven said. “Others will require more effort down the lines, and Tuvok will need time to adjust to his new eye and Marla Gilmore to her new hand, but otherwise the away team fared better than they had hoped. Captain Janeway and Ensign Vorik have already returned to duty, albeit reduced duty.”

“Good. Good,” Axum said. “Well, perhaps the next time I see you the others and I will have many great tales of victory against the Borg to regale you with. Who knows, perhaps either you or I will have answers regarding the Degradation.”

    “That would be welcome news,” Seven said. “Farewell, Axum.”

    “Goodbye, Annika,” Axum said. At that, Seven closed her eyes, focused her thoughts, and opened them again to see Icheb, the other Borg children, and Naomi gathered around a makeshift table where they were all playing a game of kadis-kot.

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forgive me for going a bit insane here, I'm putting it below the cut because it got very out of hand! (this is also definitely not an exclusive list just the ones that came to mind!)

Send me a 🔁 and I’ll list one or more crossovers between our ocs that I’d be interested in talking about

Roni Tanner:

Mercy Bowen

Mia Queen

Piper Pan:

Finley Rider

Isadora Darling

Nerissa

Winnie Pan

Violet Kingsleigh

Terry Bell:

Nerissa

Winnie Pan

Rose Smythe:

Annika Webster

Imogen Allen

Kelsey Doyle

Mia Queen

Bobbi LaCosta:

Jane Forester

Lucas Gilmore

Charlotte Howard-Danes

Eleanor Doose

Eliya Rygalski

Evan Mariano

Gabi Mariano

Holland Bass

The Band (Matt King, Tommy Gilmore, Luca to-be-renamed Bloom, Livi Ruiz, Esme Gerard, Skye Bloom)

Sam Gleason

Carli Tanner:

Ophelia Wayne

Isolde Kean

(Plus other general batman & batman 2022 ocs who could be modified to fit gotham!)

Lila Lupin:

Adriana Flores

Gemini Black

Jessica Stevens

Holly Evans

Athena Prewett:

Bobbie Fortescue

Emerald Evans

Lyarra Vance

Nineve Weasley

Phoenix Dumbledore

Venus Malfoy

Violetta Greengrass

Stella Knight:

Atalanta Jackson

Carissa Grace

Cassandra Aelius

Delia

Lila

Melody Weiss

Gwen Macintosh:

Brandy Hayes

Sherry Unwin

Xenia Hart

Kris Smythe:

Imogen Allen

Sadie Maddox

Roni Stark:

Alessia Stark

Adelaide Stark

Adonis Stark

Aris Stark

Athena Stark

Aurora Hansen-Stark

Ava Potts

Brigid

Ezra Barton

Cora & Orion Royce

Tyler Barton

Zora Wright

Will Parker

(there's definitely more but I have too many mcu ocs so i'm trying to chill)

Rikki Lane:

Chloe Grace Routledge

Cody Maybank

Jo Clarke

Alexa Cantwood:

Cressida Brantley

Crystal Solace

Elyana Chase

Melody Weiss

Stella Beauregard

Victoria Blofis

Drea Jones:

Ana Andrews

Charlotte Jones

Delaney Carlyle

Fallon Parris Jones

Harper Harrison

Jett Jones

Kris Keller

Lyra Lovell

Tanya Conway

Sharon Henderson:

Beth Munson

Camila Nelson

Cara Henderson

Rhiannon Ballard

Samantha Mayfield

Sidney Hopper

Stacey Byers

Valerie Rush

Roxy Winchester:

Ainsley Winchester

Deborah Winchester

Elle Winchester

Esther Colt

Isla George

Nevaeh Murphy

Phoebe Winchester

Trix Stilinski

Cora Hargreeves:

Alice Hargreaves

Andromeda Hargreaves

Audrey Hargreaves

Cassie Hargreaves

Cleo Sullivan

Dahlia Mort

Kamaria Hargreaves

Max Carmichael

Mira Hargreaves

Mireille Labonair

Odessa Hargreaves

Poppy

Sierra Nearing

Vienna Montgomery

Virginia West

Wilhelmina Hargreaves

[noratilney]

Hi, I've got you on my bingo card can you tell me more about your current muses and their aesthetic

Of course I can, thank you for asking!

Emma - dropped into what to her was a tv show and so initially has a very what the hell is going on sense, extremely determined to change the world and the future, practical and has learned to take surprises/set backs/curveballs in stride, she is very warm and loving but also fiercely protective, definitely vibes people as a little quirky/odd due to her out of time/out of place origins, curious about the world; aesthetics wise: her favorite color is yellow but I also see her wearing greens and purples, definitely bird imagery - she loves pigeons best but I think in terms of animal association she has more in common with starlings, due to her origin in the contemporary world and longevity any era of dress from medieval/vikings to present day can suit, I see her and Elijah as being a very well-dressed couple although they’re not the type to actively match their clothing to one another (thinking about a meta I happened to scroll past about the Gossip Girl costumers subtly matching Chuck’s pocket square to the same color spectrum as Blair’s dress, so like that kind of thing)

Abby - very stubborn, spoilers!: she remains human for the entirety of her fic and represents/remains a reminder of the human side of things, snarky, sarcastic, and cynical, she loves her family very much but is very cautious about opening herself up to anyone else, can be quite impulsive and not think things through, she used to do gymnastics but had to give it up with all the moving around and the cost but she still follows the sport on a professional level religiously, as well as soccer (both women’s and men’s), and can talk about both for hours if you let her, despite her stubbornness she is generally pretty easygoing unless you try to get her to do something she really does not want to do, a bit jealous/resentful of her older sister Alicia for being the perfect sister/dutiful daughter, etc. although they generally get on, really misses her dad who she hasn’t seen since she was ten; aesthetics wise: academia/dark academia is her preferred dress sense but living in Virginia limits the cozy sweaters/heavy jackets aspect of things, loves to read, she’s a pretty good cook and is used to scrounging things into a tasty meal, athletic vibes because of the gymnastics/soccer/cheerleading, very competitive, she has so much love in her heart, playful

Victoria - very unknowable and mysterious - keeps a lot close to the chest but often deflects this by initiating the spontaneous sharing of information, lowkey a revolutionary, very much encapsulates ‘choose your battles’ and ‘hiding in plain sight’ and ‘exposing something in order to hide something else’, used to being underestimated, clever naturally, well-read, polite, lonely and used to being wanted/used for her money, family name, etc. and not who she is as a person; aesthetics wise: greens and purples, typical high class fancy dress and jewelry sense, chess, she collects old letters from estate sales and the like, especially love letters, she has a dragonfly tattoo on the back of her neck and a jeweled dagger on her thigh, definitely a revenge is best served cold type, she has a number of properties including an eighteenth century manor house and house elves, has an acute sense of noblesse oblige, owns her sexuality, a vault of secrets, enemies to lovers with Neville

Anneliese - a huge reader, which is one big bond that she shares with her best friend Petrova, a hopeless romantic and tries to see the best in everyone, wants to be an artist professionally and carries a sketchbook around with her when she isn’t carrying around a book (sometimes both), she really likes craftwork and doing things with her hands, her grandmother taught her to knit, crochet, embroider and sew but knitting is her favorite, a good big sister; aesthetics wise: very girly, very feminine, loves animals, her mom has a Norwegian forest cat that’s older than Anneliese and she has a special bond with her crow Billie, loves winter and snow and everything associated with them, color wise I associate yellow (because Hufflepuff) and pink and the general psychedelic colors of the ‘70s, potions is her best and favorite subject

Rilla - all Rilla really wants to do is be on vacation constantly and have fun, I definitely think of her encapsulating the song ‘Who’d Have Known’, non-judgmental, she and Leia had a short fling, queen of Opinions about super minor stuff like best place to find x food and the most authentic version of y folk ballad, adventurous, not an ambitious bone in her body, only child, hater of shoes, open minded; aesthetics wise: all the glitz and glamour and prettiness associated with Naboo, she’s lazy so like decadence and lounging around, delicious and intricate food and ripe fruits, beaches, sunbathing, elaborate hairstyles, gorgeous clothing, music and dance, hiding in trees and the like to avoid doing her job lol

and some more for variety:

Ellie - very much a free spirit, she trained as a nurse but is also independently wealthy and so doesn’t really worry about being employed all of the time, she gets horrible debilitating migraines where she can’t do anything but try and sleep and get through the pain, she has funny personal rituals and customs like dressing head to toe in pink whenever she’s traveling, she decides to take up violin on a whim which is how she meets Vanya, she also provides translation assistance to the police as she speaks fluent Spanish, Marathi, and Hindi as well as having passing fluency in French, Russian, Italian, and Persian, and volunteers at a local soup kitchen which is where she meets Klaus; aesthetics wise: very messy, she never really learned how to clean up after herself outside of a strictly medical capacity, she picks up hobbies and things on a whim because she can, she’s a bit like a magpie she loves colorful and/or shiny things so pretty clothes and jewelry and shoes and things

Annika - one of my youngest ocs, she’s six and does think violence is the answer, at least if she is the one doing the violence, she loves soccer and ballet and devours eighties/nineties paperback kid fiction like the babysitter’s club, pony pals, and the ramona books, etc., she is ten years younger than her older sister Rory so their dynamic is not so much based on shared experience and her relationship with Lorelai is much more paternal than friendship based; aesthetics wise: I associate her with the colors blue and white for some reason? she’s a little gremlin, weak for chocolate especially but all sorts of sweets and junk food like her mom and older sister

Lindy - she definitely enters a new world starting at Constance Billard as a sophomore when everyone else has known each other pretty much since birth and also come from extreme wealth and high society, Lindy’s family isn’t poor by any means since they can afford to send her to Constance but she very much feels out of her depth, she likes murder mysteries and headbands, loves Halloween, her favorite subject is science, she loves experimenting and finding things out about the world, she collects currency from around the world, she especially likes defunct currency like the Italian lira, she has dyscalculia and is allergic to nuts; aesthetics wise: definitely hipster dress, anything that conveys her internally going ahhhh what’s happening 90% of the time, the color red, murder mystery parties, fancy schmancy goings on, private school vibe, scavenger hunts, gorgeous bookmarks