OH HEY, I GUESS I SHOULD OPEN THE CURTAINS AND LET THE LIGHT IN HERE.

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Hullo, where_no_woman! I didn't get into womenlovefest in time to get a Lwaxana Troi post made, but I decided to kick off my (long-planned) series of DS9 Epic Fashions of Epic picspam posts with a Lwaxana fashion picspam this week anyway. And I figured y'all might be interested.

It is here on my journal. 48 large pictures, 31 costumes (I went for DS9 and TNG both), lots of awesome insanity Lwaxana. ;-)

Title: Shards and Fairy Tales
Author: oparu
Series: TNG/VOY
Characters/Pairings: Beverly Howard/Kathryn Janeway, Ro Laren/Deanna Troi, Guinan, Lwaxana Troi, Will Riker, Jean-Luc Picard, Chakotay, Tuvok, Tom Paris, Seska, Wesley Howard
Rating: Mature
Warnings: major character death, mentions of teenagers having had sex, prostitution, torture, violence (brief)
Word Count: 25, 709
Summary: After the fall of the Terran Empire, the Alliance took control of the Alpha Quadrant, subjugating the lessar races, including Terrans and Vulcans. Some Terrans, like Kathryn Janeway, work for the Alliance while others, like Beverly Howard, fight against them in small resistance cells. When Kathryn's work stumbles onto the secret to finding a ghost fleet, Beverly 'rescues' her and brings her to the Terran side. Intendant Ro looks for ghost fleet on behalf of her Empress while rebels and pirates scramble to claim it before something darker than the Alliance finds them all.

Notes: Written for the classictrekbb.

This is a dark story set in a mirror universe similar to that featured on Deep Space 9. The Terrans are a subjugated race and the Klingons, Cardassians and Bajorans rule.

read on LJ or read on AO3

Title: FedVision
Fandom: Star Trek: TNG/VOY
Wordcount: 6962
Rating: Gen
Characters: Beverly Crusher, Kathryn Janeway, Jean-Luc Picard, Seven of Nine, Lwaxana Troi, Deanna Troi, Will Riker, Geordi La Forge, Worf, the Doctor, Tuvok, T'Pel
Pairing(s): Beverly Crusher/Kathryn Janeway (from my Uncharted!verse)
Genre: crack, pure and song contesty
Beta(s): jacks5170 mistakes are all mine.
Notes: written for k8_rab who wanted Federation Song Contest fic and was kind enough to let me set it in my universe. *hugs* This is a special kind of plotty fluff, if that makes any sense.
Summary: Beverly and Kathryn host a FedVision party, with parts of the Enterprise and Titan crews in attendance. Silly hats, lots of drinks, and a cat.

I want to read on AO3!!

I'll read on LJ (there's a poll to choose the winner of FedVision 2379 here if you like cracky polls)

Title: Space and Time
Author: oparu
Fandom: Star Trek: TNG
Wordcount: 1884
Rating: gen
Characters: Lwaxana Troi, Deanna Troi
Pairing(s): Deanna Troi/Will Riker (background)
Warning(s): character death in old age
Prompt(s): Five pieces of advice that Lwaxana Troi knows her daughter won't want to hear, but she says them anyway.
Notes: written for where_no_woman's mother's day fest. I played a little loosely with the method of saying, hopefully my prompter will forgive me.
Summary: Lwaxana's never been shy with advising her daughter.


Space and Time on A03

Song: Secret Agent, Melissa Etheridge
Fandom: Star Trek (TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT)
Characters: All the ladies!
Notes: This was my premiere for vidukon this weekend.

Download and stream at my LJ

Title: The Battle of Betazed, through the conversations of Lwaxana Troi
Author: hathy_col
Rating: PG
Prompt: “Occupying Dominion forces, meet the unconquerable Lwaxana Troi. P.S. She’s got family.”
Summary: Being the leader of a resistance cell was no fun at all, particularly when it was combined with childcare.
Author’s Notes: This is un-betaed due to time constraints, so any mistakes are my own. Thank you for the prompt - I really enjoyed this.

Only the words stood out

Welcome to June's Drabblefest, The Story Dice Drabblefest.

What are Story Dice you may ask? They're the stock plots that action/adventures series run on. As you look at the list below, think of all the times you've seen that plot or a variation of that plot on one of your favourite series. They have become clichés precisely because they never get old, and always illuminate different aspects of characters and their relationships. Think about how much fun they are, and how they can change from show to show. For example, what would be a tragedy in one series would be an hysterical comedy on another. Or, if you're Farscape, BOTH. Think about how different "Turnabout Intruder" might have been had it been Kira who suddenly found herself in a Gul Dukat's body. Or "The Enemy Within" if Number One had been split in half--logical and efficient on one side, sultry and violent on the other... And who doesn't love a Trek twist on "The Prince and the Pauper"?

All of the examples below after the name of the prompt itself are guidelines--feel free to interpret the prompts creatively!

The Rules:

1) Prompts are not exclusive. There is no limit on the number of people who may write about a prompt, and there is no need to claim prompts.

2) Post responses in the comments and include the lead character and your prompt in the subject line. If you choose a long prompt, you may use just the first few words.

3) Responses may be any length from a proper 100-word drabble to a multi-chapter epic. If the story is too long for comments, you may post it elsewhere and comment with the link.

4) There is no time limit for this challenge. I will return to index the responses in a week or so.

5) Please leave feedback, respond to feedback, and advertise this post around.

6) If your response is rated NC-17 or would require a content warning (for rape, graphic violence, etc.), you may post it in the comments here but you must include the relevant rating or warning in the subject line.

The rules are not suggestions. They are not guidelines. They are not optional. They are in fact rules, so please follow them, folks!

( 25 Story Dice Drabblefest Prompts )

Where No Woman, we need to talk... ABOUT SOME BADASS FRIGGIN' LADIES. Specifically, those of Deep Space Nine. I watched some of DS9 when I was a kid and always liked it, but for some reason I wasn't a dedicated viewer like I was with TNG, so after years of threatening to do so I'm finally watching DS9 as it should be seen: by an adult capable of understanding political plots, and on the lookout for rad female characters.

I highly recommend you all schedule this awesome awesome Trek in to your lives, and here present a multimedia argument to lure you in, with screencaps courtesy of Trekcore:

FEMALE GUEST STARS OF DEEP SPACE NINE
LOOKIT 'EM
(through episode 2.10 only; no significant spoilers)

Note: Many of these characters were one-shots who appeared in episodes centered around them and did not appear again -- as much as I love Kira and Dax, the lesser-known women of DS9 need attention too!

( heavy on images and awesome ladies! )

I wrote these for the matrithon. Including all three in the same post so I don't spam the com, and putting in a cut because three fic headers make for a long post.

( Silva LaForge, Lwaxana Troi, and Kathryn Janeway fics )