Fear Exists To Be Conquered

Jo'lynaralt.startrek.creativeBecause it’s fanfic writers appreciation day and some of you may not have read the wonderful stories these authors created.

KatLady’s extensive J/C Fanfic: She has everything you could wish for: fluff, spice, angst, and tremendous hurt and shipper heart horror. One of the go-tos when you want to see our favourite OTP suffer. (Not for the faint of heart, though.)

Spiletta’s Imagery Acres: Another one of those who’ve written it all. Spiletta has short, novella length and novel length stories of about any rating. For the squirmish ones, she usually has two versions of the spicier stories.

Mandy aka maulmistress: neatly organized into PG-rated and adult stories, she has also been very active and has written some really nice angst, wonderful smut, and just about everything else the shipper’s heart can want - including the indecent OTP-suffering through brutalityshay story. Sadly, she’s one of the geocities victims, so you may have to use the waybackmachine to find your way around her site a bit. Some pages have been archived up to 2009, others only up to 2002.

Maquis Leader: One of my all time favourites and definitely a go to when you need a goold old smut of any variety. Maquis Leader has it all and the writing is wonderful. (The site is titled Chakotay’s Bedroom, I guess that says it all - there are PG rated stories, though.) Another site on the Internet cemetery, sadly. [Edit] Maquis Leader has a new, working site with all links fixed. So no more waybackmachine necessary!

Shayenne’s Erotica: Yes, I’m actually linking the Erotica page, because I haven’t actually read all of Shayenne’s stories as of yet. And I know you all have a dirty, depreaved mind like me. Anyone who doesn’t - she also has PG-rated stories HERE. And best of all, the site is still active and doesn’t have to be accessed through the waybackmachine.

Delta’s Trekker Treats: Delta has a comprehensive list of fanfiction (and other delicious stuff) on her site. She’s a wonderful writer and still active in fandom. She’s currently moving her stories to a03 HERE, which is wonderul. But I’ll link her website, so you can explore her other stuff as well.

Ralkana’s Hideout: Ralkana - yes the pseudonym is an ode to VOY’s Resistance - has her own fanfic as well as links to wonderful other writers (some of which are mentioned here.)

JinnyR: A Koffeeklub and VAMB member. Closing Ranks is one of my favourites. And I usually stumble over A New Phage, simply because of the title and description. I’m not sure if it’s meant to say Phase, of it the Phage is intentional, but, oh well…

Caffey: You’ll actually have to navigate to Caffey’s stories by going to Voyager  –> Caffey on the side menu. I love Intimate Lessons, the summary is already worth reading, and Non-Fraternization 101.

KJ’s Fanfiction: Yes, I go there for the NC-17 stuff, but I’m sure her other stories are wonderful as well. Haven’t read them though. But if you’re into smut, check out her adult page. She has some really hot ones. The image that greets you is worth the click. (I just realized it’s been so long I don’t remember most of the stories and have a reason to re-read. Not that I need one, really.)

Rachael Gold’s Black Hole: Yes, the image that greets you is creepy af, but her stories are worth getting beyond that. As far as I kow, her spicier stories have a password protection. You’ll have to email her, but don’t worry, she’s usually fast to reply. And when you get the password, you’ll facepalm yourself for not thinking of it as a true J/Cer. I loved A Convenient Marriage, although it’s not the obvious shipper’s choice. [Edit] Rachael is currently moving her stories to ao3 (here) and preparing to shut her site down.

Ghostwriter’s Library: I don’t actually remember this writer, but I have the site saved for some reason and the stories read strangely familiar. I’m sure it’s worth a read if I saved it.

NODA’s Fanfiction:(link fixed) My favourite is Proper Order, I guess. But it’s honestly been so long that I only vaguely remember. But the stories are definitely good.

Sheri’s Stories: She’s one of the victims of the wattpadd plague - by which I mean wattpadd members stealing stories and posting them under their own name. She’s also a Koffeeklub member. I remember I loved An Eyeful, Lifelline, First House and Seasons in the Sun. Innocence Lost gives another spin on Janeway’s relationship with Tom Paris. Worth a read. She has her stories neatly organized into clean, msut free and adult stories. But we all know we want to go there. She’s co-written some stories with Dakota.

Dakota’s Star Trek Voyager: Dakota moved her site and I’m linking to the old one, because it’s still active. Her newer site, to which she links herself, is only accessible through the waybackmachine. While her stories are neatly organized by date, they lack any rating information beforehand - meaning you’ll have to open the story to see the rating. There’s also no summaries or short content description. You’re going in blind here.

Dawn’s Voyager Drabbles and Dreams: Never forget Dawn. She’s my hero for writing The Future Is Ours. If you need to save one fanfic yor your vacation, take this one. It’s the length of 3 novels and wonderfully perfect. It has everything and more. Her other stories are wonderful as well.

Ky aka venom69: A lot of dark and twisty material here. Much of it with adult content. But it’s nicely marked and the descriptioons/ sumaries give a good insight if you are into it or not.

Kadith’s weyr: I don’t remember much about the story, but the site title is stuck in my head. Maybe because it’s so different that you just don’t forget, or maybe because the stories were are so good? I don’t remember, but it’s probably worth checking out. There are also collaborations and other pairings (namely J/Ayala.). There’s a lot of material to read through.

elem’s Voyager J/C Fanfiction: Last but not least, elem! She’ll be forever one of my most cherished writer. Why? Well, she’s the one I first read and when you read her stories from oldest to newest you can see her first humble attempts and how she developed as a writer. I love her writing style. Some of her stories read like poetry and are just so wonderful you want to put them on your shelf and stare at them all day. Her later stories make you want to caress your computer screen, they are so tender and carefully crafted. She has a uniquely wonderful grasp on J/C and the best thing is, she’s been active forever and still is. She started out in 2005, I think, and her newest stories are from 2016. For some reason, I really love Puppy Love and keep going back to that one. [Edit] Elem has since moved to ao3 and can be found here.

Honorary mention because I access their site everyonce in a while and reread their old stuff:

Tessa

Spud

MaquisRebel aka MaquisKat (home to one of the corn stories - A Little Consolation Price)

EJ

Angelina Vansen 

Nyah

The Secret Logs of Mistress Janeway by NovaD (Rumour has it someone printed these out and left them on Kate Mulgrew’s doorstep - her dressing room doorstep, not her home - and Kate read it before handing it over to security!)

LA’s Voyager Page

monkee

voywriter

D.A. Kent

Sandra

SuzVoy

Mandy2tuk

JoAnna’s Odds ‘N’ Ends

Autopilot’s J/C fanfic

Brianna

Char

Violet

MizVoy

Michelle Masterson

SuzieQ2

Kelly

Cassatt

JetC.org

Jo'lynar aka Orion

Lefty

Becca O.

Kayryn Shadow

Also, never underestimate the power the trekiverse archives, especially the old archive is a gold mine. If you’re looking for original ASC content, this is your place!

addition for anyone who’s looking for the famous corn stories (yes stories - there’s more than just the one): Cream of the Crop Contest

I know elem doesn’t really fit my own category of non-contemporary as in no longer active. But her writing feels like she’s been doing this forever and I couldn’t ever not include her in any of my favourite writers lists.

But well, if you know of any other J/C writers who are no longer active but need to be mentioned, please reblog and add your own recommendations. I’ll never tire of reading J/C fanfic. I probably forgot a bunch of terrific writers, but these are the ones at the top of my list, at least corresponding to my browser’s reading list.

I’ll have to make a list of my favourite contemporary writers soon.

Hope you’ll love these as much as I do. Please tell me, if any of these are old or new news to you. I’d like to hear your thoughts.

I will reblog the original post anytime I make significant changes.

These stories should horrify us. They should embarrass us. They should result in all of us committing to, at the VERY LEAST, ensuring children don’t go hungry in the wealthiest nation in the history of humanity.

YES GOD FINALLY.

This is an essential part of emerging tech rights, esp for young influencers and media users. Kate Eichhorn recently wrote a fantastic book abt this called The End of Forgetting: Growing Up with Social Media that explores the ways permanent records of childhood — particularly representations the children themselves may not be in control of, such as the children of mommy-bloggers or influencers used for clout — can have lasting influences on how we mature in a digital society

“WHAT THE FUCK STAY AWAY FROM THE ROCKS.”

(my own photos)

Not only they, but the entire Mojave ecosystem is still struggling to adapt since the loss of ground sloth dung. their chief fertilizer.

Many, many trees and plants in the Americas have widely-spaced, extremely long thorns that do nothing to discourage deer eating their leaves, but would've penetrated the fur of ground sloths and mammoths. Likewise, if you've observed a tree that drops baseball or softball-sized fruit which lies on the ground and rots, like Osage Oranges, which were great for playing catch at my school, chances are they were ground sloth or mammoth chow.

You can read about various orphaned plants and trees missing their megafauna in this poignant post:

love and beauty.

“I’m genuinely touched by the sudden influx of attention, but I want to humbly remind everyone that each protester you see in this video is now either in jail, in exile or in some form of hiding. Most can’t escape, and now that the decades-old Hong Kong democracy movement has been completely crushed, they’ll likely live the rest of their lives under Beijing’s authoritarian rule. The protesters knew it would probably end like this, but they did it anyways, hence the rallying cry of “攬炒”… “if we burn, you burn with us”.

Most of my friends now suffer from PTSD, depression or perpetual anxiety. Words and ideas that were once debated in public are now whispered in private - or not at all - out of fear that a neighbour or co-worker or family member overhears and decides to report you. I don’t think calling Hong Kong a police state is an exaggeration anymore, and it’s only the beginning.

Maybe it’s too late for Hong Kong, but you can still learn from what happened here. I hope you realise that you’re not alone, that your pain and yearning is shared by countless silent strangers, and that when enough people speak as one, you can move the needle of history. I’ve seen it happen.

Most of all, I hope you remember us.”

I cannot begin to describe the feelings I have seeing this post here. Grateful, but sadden.

The information here is correct, though the shut down of the Apple Daily, the pro-democary paper was already months ago.

One of our biggest concerns now is the National Security Law, which allows the government to basically arrest anyone and ban anything that speaks against them. Movies and documentaries about the protests have been banned in Hong Kong. (e.g. 少年'May You Stay Forever Young’ and 時代革命 ‘Revolution of our times’, which got the Best Documentary award in Taiwan’s 58th Golden Horse Awards. )

A lot of our protestors are jailed. Our pro-democratic socities have disassembled. Our democratic politicians are facing charges or have been jailed. Candidates for our upcoming election for the legislation council are all more or less pro-beijing, and even publishing a poll that shows people are choosing not to vote for anyone this year risks breaking the law.

The situation is pretty bleak, and a lot of us have plans to leave Hong Kong because of it. Especially teachers, who are either unwilling to teach students propaganda and only information about how great China is, or fear that they will say something anti-China and will be reported and have to go to jail.

People mostly avoid talking about politics now. Whereas once we all talked about it openly, you can feel that we are all censoring ourselves now. And even if they do, it is mostly behind closed doors or whispered between friends or using really watered down facing.

(and whereas once I would talk and post about all this in IG, which is popular among HKers, I do not dare to now. Tumblr still seems safe. Hardly anyone know about Tumblr in HK)