Five things from Voyager that you think of and immediately cry tears of joy.
Ok I hope this is like how you answer these things?? This one’s from @ailtara
1. Janeway; Everything about her, to name a few things… her face, smile, arms, hair, heat-of-the-moment lectures, her VOICE, how much she loves her crew, how good she looks in that gotdamn uniform AND THE NIGHTIE, her resolve, her morality, her love for black coffee, her struggle with depression, her jawline, did I mention her face?!?…. i could happy cry all day just thinking about her. Oh I totally forgot to mention her arms and face, can’t forget abt those.
2. The theme song. The bit at the end when the violins get all staccato with the flutes and xylophone and then it goes into the legato finale. I think it’s just before the nacelles raise to warp mode. #big fucking mood every time
3. B’elanna Torres. Oooohhh B’elanna Torres. Basically every internal struggle she had resonated with my past and current amalgam of mental health issues. The events in Extreme Risk hit close to home and I can’t watch that episode without shedding a tear (or 100) for her. I know that doesn’t sound like joy but being reminded that it’s okay to feel (or not feel), will always be advice that I need and the fact that a character can do this for me makes me happy.
4. The fic. I feel blessed to have stumbled into a fandom that has some of the best freaking writing I’ve ever seen. (And some of those writers follow this blog and it blows my mind lol) There’s like… anything you could ever want and 99% of the time it’s written extremely WELL. Also, it seems like most of the authors are active and communicate with each other (i.e. the Counterpoint vignettes) which just adds a whole new layer of how much I love this fandom and all the other Star Trek fandoms. It’s very true to Starfleet ideals that everyone just sortsaa gets along? Quite frankly, the resilience of Star Trek itself makes my cry tears of joy. The fact that there’s always new content and the fact that it’s so old and JUST CAN’T DIE. Also shoutout to @jhelenoftrek for bringing a huge smile to my face by encouraging me to write something and then sending me feedback. Ugh everything, all content, if I think about it too much I will get emotional, even the finest shitposts. I just have a lot of feelings abt Star Trek in general.
5. The brotp of a lifetime, Janeway and Tuvok. Their relationship means so much to me. Thinking about them starting out their relationship will be an endless source of warm feelings. Like, did Professor Tuvok need to tell young ensign Janeway that she simply cannot do the ridiculously dangerous thing? And then ensign Janeway was like “Fuck you, old man.” And she did the thing. And then Tuvok, with tears of adoration in his eyes while arranging a medical transport for her, he was like this one’s mine. I’ll always be a sucker for platonic love and the dynamic between these two is pure and unconditional and fuck now I’m crying about it.
Yes! Nailed it. @ailtara is promoting goodness all over the fandom today. Thx for the mention @angrywarrior69, I want to see more fic from you!!
Published
bekjaneway 