#lt ortegas

[lgbtqiads9]

do y'all pronounce it like snew

[dax9616]

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

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

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

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

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

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

[cata613]

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

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

[stickerstewdio]

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Lieutenant Erica Ortegas

[mai-komagata]

melissa navia feeding us

[captainkaseykirk]

I am the biggest SNW apologist in the Alpha Quadrant. SNW is like that little sibling of yours that you can talk shit about but if anybody else does they’re getting the beat down immediately

[best-star-trek-character]

SNW FINALS!

[nobirdtennis]

some excerpts from an interview with melissa navia who plays ortegas on snw!

the whole thing is worth a read if you have a minute

[irate-iguana]

Character studies turned line art of my favourite SNW characters.

[stemmefemme]

I'm already a little worried that SNW fans are going to hc Erica Ortegas as transmasc/nonbinary en masse, and this is not to say that Trek shouldn't have transmasc or nonbinary rep, I just think it's time butch women, especially butch women of color got rep in a character that wasn't stereotypical or boring. I already love Erica Ortegas and I will die on the hill that she's a butch lesbian

[geekysteven]

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

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

[diocletion-aint-shit]

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

[zzthezany]

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

[mostly-functional]

Spock and Ortegas are peak wlw/mlm solidarity

[cutestborg]

i forgot i could post edits here 😅

[quadrat1x]

SO WERE JUST NOT GONNA TALK ABT HOW ATTRACTIVE (and fruity looking) ERICA ORTEGAS IS???? WOT-

THAT OUTFIT FOR DINNER AND THAT SMIRK SCREAMSSS QUEER

anYways she can marry me<3 she’s my wife now frfr