I started working on this shortly after I began reading the TNG relaunch novels. Because while I liked the books as such I hated how they portrayed Janeway as this pedantic and almost antagonizing admiral who always seems to lurk around in the background, ready to threaten the TNG crew if they step out of line.
1. If you didn’t have to sleep, what would you do with the extra time?
2. What is your favorite piece of clothing you own / owned?
3. What hobby would you pick up if time & money weren’t an issue?
4. What does your perfect room look like?
5. How often do you play sports?
6. What fictional place would you like to visit?
7. What job would you be terrible at?
8. When was the last time you climbed a tree?
9. If you could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, what would you have a good chance of winning a medal for?
10. What is the most annoying habit that you or other people have?
11. What job do you think you’d be really good at?
12. What skill would you like to master?
13. What would be the most amazing adventure to go on?
14. If you had unlimited funds to build a house to live on for the rest of your life, what would the finished house look like?
15. What’s your favorite drink?
16. What state or country do you never want to go back to?
17. What songs do you have completely memorized?
18. What game or movie universe would you like to live in?
19. What do you consider to be your best find?
20. Are you usually early or late?
21. What pets did you have when you were growing up?
22. When people come to you for help, what do they usually need help with?
23. What takes up too much of your time?
24. What do you wish you knew more about?
25. What would be your first question after waking up from being frozen for 100 years?
26. What are some small things that make your day better?
27. Who’s your go-to band or artist when you don’t know who or what to listen to?
28. What’s the best way to start the day?
29. What TV shows do you like?
30. What TV channel doesn’t exist but really should?
31. Who has impressed you most with what they’ve accomplished?
32. What age do you wish you could stay at permanently?
33. What TV show or movie do you refuse to watch?
34. What’s your ideal way to spend a weekend?
35. What is something that is considered a luxury, but you don’t think you could live without?
36. What is your claim to fame?
37. What is something you enjoy doing the old-fashioned way?
38. What’s your favorite book or movie genre?
39. How often do you people-watch?
40. What have you only recently formed an opinion about?
41. What’s the best day of the year?
42. What subject interests you that not many people have heard of?
43. How do you relax after a long day of work?
44. What’s the best book series or TV series you’ve ever read or watched?
45. Where is the farthest you’ve ever been from home?
46. What’s the most heartwarming thing you’ve ever seen?
47. What is the most annoying question people ask you?
48. What could you give a 40-minute presentation on with no preparation?
49. If you were the dictator on a small island nation, what crazy dictator stuff would you do?
50. What is something you think everyone should do at least once in their lives?
51. Would you rather go hand gliding or whitewater rafting?
52. What’s your dream car?
53. What’s worth spending more on to get the best?
54. What is something a ton of people are obsessed with, but you just don’t get?
55. What are you most looking forward to in the next 10 years?
56. Where is the most interesting place you’ve been?
57. What’s something you’ve been meaning to try but haven’t gotten around to it?
58. What is the best thing that happened to you last week?
59. What piece of entertainment do you wish you could erase from your mind, only to experience it for the first time again?
60. If all jobs had the same pay rate and hours, what job would you want to have?
61. What amazing thing have you done that no one was around to see?
62. How different was your life 1 year ago?
63. What quirks do you have?
64. What would you rate 10/10?
65. What fad or trend do you think should come back?
66. What is the most interesting piece of art you’ve seen?
67. What kind of art do you enjoy most?
68. What do you hope never changes?
69. What city would you most like to live in?
70. What movie title best describes your life?
71. Why did you decide to do the work you are doing now?
72. What’s the best way a person can spend their time?
73. If you suddenly became a master at woodworking, what would you make?
74. Where is the most relaxing place you’ve ever been?
75. What’s the luckiest thing that has ever happened to you?
76. Where would you rather be from?
77. What are some things you’ve had to unlearn?
78. What do you look forward to in the next 6 months?
79. What website do you visit most often?
80. What one thing do you really want but can’t afford?
81. Where do you usually go when you have free time?
82. Where would you spend all your time if you could?
83. What’s special about the place you grew up?
84. What age do you want to live to?
85. What are you most likely to become famous for?
86. What are you absolutely determined to do?
87. What is the most impressive thing you know how to do?
88. What do you wish you knew more about?
89. What question would you most like to know the answer to?
90. What question can you ask to find out the most about a person?
91. When was the last time you changed your opinion or belief about something major?
92. What’s the best compliment you’ve ever received?
93. As the only human left on earth, what would you do?
94. Who inspires you to be better?
95. What do you want your epitaph to be?
96. What haven’t you grown out of?
97. In what situation or place would you feel most out of place in?
98. What’s the dumbest thing you’ve done that actually turned out pretty well?
99. If someone wrote a book on an event in your life, what would the book be about?
100. What’s something you will never do again?
101. How do you hope you’ll change as a person in the future?
102. What keeps you up at night?
103. What’s the most surprising self-realization you’ve had?
104. What is the most illegal thing you’ve ever done?
105. How do you get in the way of your own success?
106. What are you afraid people see when they look at you?
107. What is your biggest regret?
108. What do you look down on people for?
109. What bridges do you not regret burning?
110. What lie do you tell most often?
111. What would be your spirit animal?
112. What is the best & worst thing about getting older?
113. What are you most likely very wrong about?
114. If you had a personal flag, what would be on it?
115. What’s happened that changed your view on the world?
116. What is the biggest lesson you’ve learned?
117. What is the most immature thing you do?
118. What are you famous for among your friends & family?
119. If your childhood had a smell, what would it be?
120. What one responsibility do you wish you didn’t have?
121. What are 3 things you want to accomplish before you die?
122. What do you want to tell your 10-year-old self?
123. What’s the best thing you got from your parents?
124. What’s the best thing about you?
125. What blows your mind?
126. Have you ever saved someone’s life?
127. What are you really good at but embarrassed to be good at?
128. What would a mirror opposite of you look like?
129. What are 3 interesting facts about you?
130. Which of your scars has the best story behind it?
131. What’s the title of the current chapter in your life?
132. What were some of the biggest turning points in your life?
133. What’s the hardest lesson you’ve learned?
134. What do people think is weird about you?
135. What mistake do you keep making?
136. What have you created that you’re most proud of?
137. What do you doubt?
138. What are some of your morals?
139. What do you want to be remembered for?
140. What do you regret not doing in your childhood years?
141. What is your favorite fragrance?
142. What do you think your last words will be?
143. Who or what do you take for granted?
144. Why would you be annoying as a roommate?
145. What is something you’re insecure about?
146. What’s the best & worst piece of advice you’ve received?
147. What irrational fears do you have?
148. What makes a good life?
149. What’s the last adventure you went on?
150. What is the most memorable gift you’ve received?
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To those of you who publish short, little things that pack the emotional punch of a freight train,
To the ones who update faithfully, and to the ones who don’t,
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To those who don’t write in their native language,
To the brave ones who do it despite their fear of rejection or criticism,
To the ones who like to write with their friends, and the ones who do it alone because their friends wouldn’t understand,
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To to the poets and novelists and essayists and dreamers:
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Kathryn Janeway: is a secret cuddle monster. You’ll never know until she starts the cuddling; mostly after a tiring day. A fair amount of touching and cute forehead kisses and playing with hair or fingers. There will be reading and tea/coffee involved and it’s just a generally really relaxing time for both of you
Chakotay: also a good cuddler, but a lot less fluffy about it. It’s mostly just laying up against him and enjoying his warmth (Chakotay totally combs his fingers through your hair). But there are times where he’ll be the cuddlee. He highkey loves it when he can just lay in your arms and think about nothing for a while
Tuvok: as a Vulcan, I don’t think there will be a lot of actual cuddling. Maybe Vulcan cuddles?? which involve just sitting close to one another. Reading a book and talking about your day. But Tuvok wouldn’t stop you if you held his hand or something; he knows how humans like tactile contact
B’Elanna Torres: is a secret romantic and as much as she tries to hide it; she likes cuddling. Full-on bear hugs on the bed and intertwining your legs and generally getting as close as possible is her taste in cuddles. Depending on the day, she may or may not talk. But don’t expect to get up any time soon, or B’Elanna will drag you back down
Tom Paris: very much a cuddle monster. When you come through the door, he knows to just open up his arms and just accept what’s going to happen. Is almost always the cuddler; holding you close in his arms and being reluctant to let you go. Definitely talks during cuddle sessions about nothing in particular
Harry Kim: he is the Shy Cuddler. Probably won’t initiate cuddles and waits for you to start them. But once it starts, he definitely gets into it. Cute kisses anywhere he can reach. Likes to run his hands down your arms or back. Is just really into touches, in general. And he is definitely the cuddlee a lot. Finds it very relaxing to be able to just lay his head on your chest and listen to your heart beat
The Doctor: is really cliche about cuddling. Since he has no quarters, it’s done on the Holodeck, where he makes a program with a roaring fire and cheesy music and just things you would find in a bad romance movie. But in a weird way, it’s nice. He can be a good cuddle partner; puts his arm around you and just lets you cuddle the way you want to. He’ll like any position, as long as you like it
Chakotay: Are you using my replicator rations to get yourself a new uniform?
Janeway: Well if someone knew how to take my clothes off without ripping them I wouldn’t need to replicate new ones, would I?
I feel like we seriously need to talk about these gifs: The oh so gentle way he reaches out and caresses her arm, as much emotional as physical steadying. The way they turn their faces towards each other in perfect unison. The way they react to jostling somehow by going towards each other (rather than in the same direction)… like their instinct is to come together for support no matter the circumstances.
Also they both just look really pretty here with their perfect hands and her romantically starting to fall out of its confines hair and their worried little faces and perfect profiles and sad eyebrow raises and glorious cheekbones and his oh so kissable lips.
This so perfect.
You can see that even with the whole crew around them they seek comfort and assurance in each other.
She doesn’t just take his arm – he lays his hand over hers. This is such an intimate gesture. (Also why did that woman have to walk in front of them right then?)
Now look at that. That’s not just relief, that’s “I need to touch you all over to make sure you’re really not dead” relief.
That’s “Let me truly look at you again before I leave you for two seconds in case you die on me again”
And finally, this is “I’ve seen half of my crew down, but Oh God, not him, please not him” angst.
These two are just so close and intimate with each other.
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