yesterday I finished reading Bless The Beasts by Karen Haber, an early years!Voyager novel. some highlights from the book:
1) B’elanna asking Ship’s Dad aka Chakotay if she can beam down, and when he tells her no, she immediately asks Ship’s Mom aka Janeway
2) Tom and Harry at a bar on an alien planet, and Tom saying… that… to Harry wait what do you mean that’s not how platonic friends talk to each other what
3) overcompensating much for your earlier flirting, eh, Tom? Clearly Harry doesn’t buy it :D
4) this whole passage is amazing, but one thing I dearly love about early Voyager that we somewhat lose/see less of in later seasons is the Harry/B’elanna friendship, I love every time she calls him “Starfleet” and it made me so happy to see this author include that dynamic here!
(also throughout the book both B’elanna and Tom are admiring Harry’s smarts and competence and talent and brilliance, just prime early ot3 content going on, 10/10)
5) a continuation of the previous page, but with Tom Paris being immediately 100% committed to being there for B’elanna any way he can ♡
6) but don’t worry, he feels the same about Harry too ♡
(seriously, the same line being used for each of the two of them… the ot3 is strong with this one)
on the whole it wasn’t my favorite Trek book I’ve read by far— the author doesn’t seem to fundamentally either like or understand Janeway, and that detracted largely from my enjoyment of the book, and some of her other characterizations of the crew, plot points, etc *coughs* Prime Directive just didn’t seem to fit into already established canon very much, and because of that, the resolution of the story was less satisfying as well—
but her writing of Tom, Harry, and B’elanna was so spot-on and good for almost the entire book (we’re going to pretend that one scene—not pictured— of B’s internal monologue doesn’t exist, no thank you) and that was such a delight. again, perhaps not as well executed as I’d like, but I did enjoy the ecological conservation/animal conservation plot in this book as well, especially considering this was ~ a decade after Star Trek IV TVH. overall I’d give this book a solid 3 out of 5 stars because the three of them (B, H, T) really stole the show on this one! 🖖🏻 ♡
26 notes
·
View notes
He bought him a sentimental gift for a made up family holiday
I am going to d i e
29 notes
·
View notes
season 3 please feature Queen Alina and King Nikolai getting into some wacky hijinks trying to win back their clueless future royal consort Mal
37 notes
·
View notes
It’s Okay To Be Scared
Theo Raeken/Liam Dunbar/Brett Talbot || 3.5K || Complete as Standalone || part of ongoing series
Two months ago, Brett and Theo got together. Two weeks ago, they added Liam to the mix. Though it’s been a rocky start, Brett can’t imagine life without both of them, and he knows they can’t either, despite how scared they both are to admit it.
Co-Creators: @transdunbar and @smile667
Thank them for this craziness. Never would have started building Their Sun, Their Moon, Their Truth without these two crazies. Like seriously, I wasn’t even gonna try my hand at this pairing until they told me to.
19 notes
·
View notes
I just need to talk about my OT3 for a second. I feel like we will eventually find out these three have hooked up or will. All their interactions are written like some enemies to lovers stuff. When bob is stuck on the inversion table and Linda has to come get him out Jimmy invites them to stay over like someone being mean to their crush and sprinkled in hints of his own loneliness and insecurities. The chemistry with these three is insane, of course it is more Jimmy and Bob, but Linda has said he is hot. Plus bob is bi and I feel like Linda would totally help he Bobby hook up with Jimmy if that was what he really wanted and she wouldn't hesitate to join in I'm sure. Pls, I need healthy poly representation, and I think all three of them couldhave character development and growth from it.
6 notes
·
View notes