#ensign barnes

[star-trek-fandom-confessions]

#927

"Cupid's Errant Arrow" and "Strange Energies" are kind of similar episodes. Both consist of a girl (Mariner, Tendi) feeling jealous over their male best friend (Boimler, Rutherford) dating another girl (Barb, Barnes) and trying to sabotage dates between guy and said girl with the excuse of "saving" guy from some imaginary thereat (parasite, SMD).

[drmenma]

another lower decks meme (also with a blank version)

[green-fifteen]

I'm watching Lower Decks for the first time and I thought "hmm this minor character sounds a lot like Jess McKenna"

Guess who was RIGHT!!!!!!!!!

[puttybutter]

It's Barns Friday!

You made it through the week!

[best-star-trek-character]

Round One

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The 2023 Star Trek Winter Gift Exchange is here!

Q: What is the Star Trek Winter Gift Exchange?

A: This is an anonymous fanworks exchange for any fandom within the Star Trek universe, from The Original Series to Strange New Worlds!

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Q: Do I have to make fanart/fanfic for the exchange?

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[watermelowitheadphones]

Jess McKenna <33

[jewellery-box]

Evening Dress, ca.1865, designed by dressmaker Madame Vignon of Paris. Silk.

The Cohasset Historical Society.

Maria Barnes Hooper, wearer

Maria Barnes was born in 1827 in Hingham, Mass., to parents Ensign Barnes Jr. and Deborah Lincoln. The Lincoln family has notable members of American History, including Major General Benjamin Lincoln, who served under George Washington in the Revolutionary War and received British commander Lord Charles Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown, and Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States.

Maria married John Sewell Hooper, a stationary merchant, in Hingham in 1852. The Hoopers applied for a passport in 1865 that shows the couple and their young son traveling to France. Family legend states that Maria purchased this dress for $100 (about $1,800 today) from Madame Vignon, a renowned Parisian dressmaker. Vignon also created the wedding dress and trousseau for the French Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III.

[the-starship-athena]

Sneak peak for Star Trek : Athena, Ep 1 - Just Another Day

Miram glanced back at the woman as the corners of her painted lips turned upward. She reminded her of a barn cat that liked to play with mice before biting their heads off. It was an unnerving thought.

Many of her former peers had told her that she had a horrible judge of character. She just hoped for the sake of her sanity and career, she was wrong about her assumptions this time.

“Oh, boy. Here we go.” The man next to her looked unperturbed and went back to reading something on his PADD.

“Rank and name, kid,” she said. “Quickly.”

“Ensign Tobin ch’Zynes. Operations.” He rattled out. “I’d say ‘Pleasure to meet you’ but you don’t look very happy to do so.”

The woman chuckled. “Oh, a wise ass. Haven’t seen that before. Gotta admit, that’s pretty ballsy.”

Tobin shrugged, “I aim to please, Ma’am.”

Miram stepped in, sensing the storm gathering behind her eyes. “I’m Ensign Miram Tauri, ma’am. Engineering.”

“Oh, yes. You’re both new. I am Lieutenant Elaine D’Aureville. Navigator.” She gently nudged the man next to her who shot her an irritated look. “This delightful man here is our wonderful doctor, Michael E. Jenner. He’ll be the one to fix you up if you get into trouble. You can call him Mike—“

“Don’t call me Mike,” he said, putting his PADD away, giving up on reading. “It’s either Doctor Jenner or Micheal.”

Elaine snorted, nudging his side with her elbow. “And you tell me I’m uptight.”

He picks up her smoothie, swirling the blue and purple concoction. “You are.”

Miram cleared her throat, her own strawberry smoothie forgotten. “So…what’s it like being on the Athena?”

“Finally, something interesting to discuss.” Tobin leaned forward. “It can’t be as bad as the rumors I’ve heard.”

“Well, kid.” Elaine said. “It’s definitely something.”

Miram frowned at Elaine calling her kid.

“Define ‘something’,” Tobin said.

Elaine just grinned. “Trust me, you’ll find out. It's not like you have anywhere else to go.”

Miram and Tobin exchanged a look.

“She’s exaggerating,” Michael said, taking a sip of his smoothie. “Mostly.”

First episode will be releasing on April 10th. Links will be shared soon!

[star-trek-fandom-confessions]

Confession #171

"Boimler and Rutherford owe Jet and Barnes an apology for the way they treated them."

[spacefinch]

Octonauts Star Trek AU: Crew Profiles

Captain Barnacles:

Full name: Bernard “Barnacles” Barnes

Species: Human

Home country: Canada (Manitoba)

Rank: Captain of the USS Nautilus

Family: Bianca (sister), Orson (nephew), Ursa (niece)

Favorite instrument: Accordian

Kwazii

Full name: Kwazii Hawkins

Species: Human (partly cybernetic)

Home planet: irrelevant (he was born on a starship)

Rank: Commander (First Officer of the Nautilus)

Family: John “Calico Jack” Hawkins (grandfather)

Favorite instrument: Also irrelevant. He’d rather sing space shanties.

Shellington:

Full name: Dr. Shellington Holmes

Species: Human

Home country: Scotland

Rank: Second Officer (Science Division), Lt. Commander

Family: Pearl (sister), Periwinkle (nephew)

Peso

Full name: Dr. Peso Morales

Species: Human

Home country: Chile

Rank: Chief Medical Officer

Family: Too many to name. His brother Pinto is a Starfleet ensign.

Dashi

Full name: Dashi Omura

Species: Trill (joined, fifth host of her symbiont)

Home planet: Trill

Rank: Lt. Commander (Chief of Operations)

Family: Koshi (sister)

Tweak

Full name: Ida “Tweak” Lagos

Species: Half human (father’s side), half Bajoran (mother’s side)

Home planet: Bajor (raised in Florida, on Earth)

Rank: Lieutenant (Chief Engineer)

Family: Marshall “Marsh” Fen (father)

Professor Inkling

Full name: Unknown

Species: Humanoid (very long lived)

Home planet: Unknown

Rank: Lieutenant

Family: Squirt (nephew)

Tunip

Full name: Tunip Holmes

Species: Unknown (bipedal, piscine)

Home planet: CLASSIFIED

Rank: None

Family: Shellington Holmes (adoptive father), Barrot, Tominnow, Grouber, Codish, Pikato, and Halibeet (siblings)

Notes:

Tweak is properly addressed as “Lieutenant Ida.” (As per Bajoran customs, the surname comes first.)

Inkling is the oldest crew member, Tunip and his siblings are the youngest.

Yes, Shellington chose his name for himself. He is completely cisgender. He just wanted a different name. He would like to know why this is hard to understand.

By contrast, Kwazii is trans and has had the same first name his entire life.

Everyone has autism, anxiety, ADHD, or some combination of the above.

Everyone has also broken the Prime Directive at least once.

You would think that Kwazii would be guilty of breaking the Prime Directive, but it’s actually Peso and Shellington.

Behind the scenes for the names:

Barnacles: Purely going off vibes. “Bernard” seems like a good first name for him, and my idea was that “Barnacles” is a nickname that comes from his surname.

Kwazii: “Hawkins” is after Jim Hawkins from Treasure Island/Treasure Planet. Both stories involve sailing, adventure, and pirates.

Peso: Literally just looked up a bunch of Spanish surnames and decided “Morales” was the best.

Shellington. Looked up several Scottish surnames, and Holmes fit best. Bonus points because in the books, Shellington actually dresses up as Sherlock Holmes.

Dashi: Her last name comes from the Omura’s whale— one of the featured animals in The Octonauts and the Ring of Fire.

Tweak: “Ida” means “work” or “labor” in several languages. “Lagos” is Greek for rabbit or hare.

Inkling: I don’t know. I couldn’t think of a surname for him. He’s like Guianan. No other name. Just Inkling. That’s it.

The Vegimals: Since they are Shellington’s adopted children, they share his last name.

[whtwclf]

@fasciinating liked for a 𝚜 𝚝 𝚊 𝚛 𝚝 𝚎 𝚛

𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄   –   𝐓𝐇𝐄   𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋   𝐅𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆   𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄   on   a   long   list   of   places   James   hadn’t   really   wanted   to   experience.   Not   in   the   tactical   or   practical   sense,   but   more   in   the   mathematical   or   theoretical   sense.   Be   that   as   it   may,   when   the   government   forces   you   onto   the   payroll   per   a   presidential   pardon,   and   nudges   you   into   tussles   with   interdimensional   creatures   and   beings   and   all   manner   of   science   fiction   movie   nightmares   –   sometimes   you   end   up   in   a   place   where   you   should   have   never   been;   like   in   a   world   where   all   you   ever   were   was   a   fictional   person   in   a   comic   book.   Though   speaking   of   fictional   people,   the   man   in   front   of   him   reminded   him   of   some   kind   of   elf   leapt   from   the   pages   of   a   Tolkien   novel,   but   then   didn’t   say   that   outloud   in   fear   of   either   that   being   terribly   offensive   or   someone   telling   him   Tolkien   isn’t   real;   and both   were   too   much   to   deal   with   right   then.   𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐭.   Of   all   the   militaries   and   terrorist   cells   James   Barnes   ever   saw,   these   people   didn’t   seem   remotely   cut   from   anything   like   the   aforementioned.   Which   didn’t   do   anything   to   bring   down   his   heightened   guard,   but   it   didn’t   give   him   cause   to   further   bring   up   his   defenses either. And   for   whatever   it   was   worth,   James   was   glad   it   was   him   and   not   Sam;   𝑡𝑜𝑜   𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦   𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒   𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑   𝑜𝑛   𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑠𝑜𝑛.   There   was   a   soft   chirrup   and   a   stirring   in   his   leather   jacket,   but before   he   could   explain   the   ivory   feline   in   his   coat,   her   head   was   out   and   the   young   guy   in   the   red   shirt   shrieked   “   – 𝐀𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 !   𝐈𝐭’𝐬   𝐀𝐥 – ...”   suddenly   very   aware   of   the   intense   looks   from   his   superior   officers   and   of   the   old   soldier   himself, the young ensign began a hastened explanation. “ 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤   𝐨𝐧   𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡,   𝐦𝐲   𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫,   𝐡𝐞   𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝   𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧   𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚   𝐚𝐧𝐝   𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫   𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫   𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬.   𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞   𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞   𝐨𝐟   𝐲𝐨𝐮   𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫   𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝   𝐨𝐟   𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧   𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚   𝐚𝐧𝐝   𝐡𝐢𝐬   𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤   𝐁𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲   𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬 ?   𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 ?   𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞   𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜   𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 ! ” James   looked   at   the   Tolkien   Elf and   softly   asked   “ — 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕   𝒕𝒉𝒆   𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 ? ”

[puttybutter]

It's alternate universe Sunday!

I'm so excited for this episode!

74 days!!

#savelowerdecks

[best-star-trek-character]

Official LWD Bracket!

And here’s the final bracket! Round One will go live tomorrow, 4/23 at 10 am EST!

Full List:

Round One:

Left Side:

Lt. Commander Andy Billups vs. Admiral Les Buenamigo: poll here

Captain Carol Freeman vs. Lieutenant Barbara Brinson: poll here

Admiral Alonzo Freeman vs. Lieutenant Shaxs: poll here

Lieutenant Durga vs. The Dog: poll here

Ensign Jet Manhaver vs. Victoria Nuze: poll here

Peanut Hamper vs. Ensign Brad Boimler: poll here

Rawda of Areore vs. T’Lyn: poll here

Ensign Jennifer Sh’reyan vs. Migleemo: poll here

Right Side:

Badgey vs. Dr. T’Ana: poll here

AGIMUS vs. Toz: poll here

Ensign Sam Rutherford vs. Ensign Barnes: poll here

Ensign Beckett Mariner vs. Shuri yn Yem: poll here

Lieutenant Steve Stevens vs. Captain Amina Ramsey: poll here

Lieutenant William Boimler vs. Commander Jack Ransom: poll here

Buddy the Vulcan vs. Ensign D’Vana Tendi: poll here

Lieutenant Kayshon vs. Chief Carlton Dennis: poll here

Round Two:

Left Side:

Lt. Cmdr. Andy Billups vs. Captain Carol Freeman: poll here

Lt. Shaxs vs. The Dog: poll here

Ensign Jet Manhaver vs. Ensign Brad Boimler: poll here

T’Lyn vs. Ensign Jennifer Sh’reyan: poll here

Right Side:

Dr. T’Ana vs. AGIMUS: poll here

Ensign Sam Rutherford vs. Ensign Beckett Mariner: poll here

Captain Amina Ramsey vs. Lt. William Boimler: poll here

Ensign D’Vana Tendi vs. Lt. Kayshon: poll here

Quarter-Finals:

Left Side:

Captain Carol Freeman vs. Lt. Shaxs: poll here

Ensign Brad Boimler vs. T’Lyn: poll here

Right Side:

Dr. T’Ana vs. Ensign Beckett Mariner: poll here

Lt. William Boimler vs. Ensign D’Vana Tendi: poll here

Semi-Finals:

Lt. Shaxs vs. Ensign Brad Boimler: poll here

Ensign Beckett Mariner vs. Ensign D’Vana Tendi: poll here

Finals:

Ensign Brad Boimler vs. Ensign Beckett Mariner: poll here

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 7.9

Holidays

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American Pie (Film; 1999)

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Film; 2004)

The Bears and Bees (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Black Widow (Film: 2021)

Blowin’ in the Wind, recorded by Bob Dylan (Song; 1962)

Blue, by LeAnn Rimes (Album; 1996)

Despicable Me (Animated Film; 2010)

The Girl Who Played with Fire (Film; 2010)

The Golden Compass (a.k.a. Northern Lights), by Philip Pullman (Nove; 1995) [His Dark Materials #1]

Love and Curses (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)

Loving You (Elvis Presley Film; 1957)

The Office (UK TV Series; 2001)

One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (Film; 1975)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (Film; 2003)

Pluto’s Purchase (Disney Cartoon; 1948)

Predators (Film; 2010)

The Queen Was in the Parlor (WB MM Cartoon; 1932)

Riding Giants (Documentary Film; 2004)

Rookie of the Year (Film; 1993)

Tall Timber (Disney Cartoon; 1928)

This Is a Life? (WB MM Cartoon; 1955)

Tron (Film; 1982)

Winnebago Man (Documentary Film; 2010)

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Day of Year: Day 190 of 2024; 175 days remaining in the year

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