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Chakotay is healing. He’s learning how to let go of anger, finding purpose again, becoming more grounded in himself.

Janeway is doing the opposite. She’s losing pieces of herself to command, to responsibility, to the weight of keeping everyone alive. She’s holding onto being “captain” because if she lets that go, there’s nothing protecting her from everything she’s carrying.

And the wild part is that they see this in each other.

Chakotay sees the person underneath the captain, even when she won’t let anyone else. And Janeway sees the man he’s becoming, even when he doesn’t fully trust it yet.

So it’s not just tension for the sake of tension. It’s two people who understand each other in a way that’s almost dangerous, because if they actually let that wall down, it changes everything about how they function.

And yeah, the fact that they manage to keep it together professionally while clearly wanting more? Is insane. Truly one of the most unwell command dynamics ever written. But, so very beautiful!

And what is the purpose of placing a flag on a foreign planet? It’s a way to say “we were here.” And the one, immediate symbol that any other human who came to the same spot any number of years later would be able to recognize a human hand. Even if governments change and collapse, we all understand a handprint.

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

this woman routinely goes through situations that has her crew thinking “damn I’m glad I don’t have to make that decision”, and even when she errs, she errs on the side of justice and integrity.

the show directly addresses her depression and guilt from her point of view and other characters (namely Tuvok) address it out loud. she is suffering for the choices she made and makes.

Kathryn Janeway is, perhaps, one of the best female examples of a hero that embodies “heavy is the head that wears the crown” while actively abhorring/loving that everything is her decision.

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Favorite Color: 💜 Illustrated answer here

Last Song: Concrete Blonde - Joey

Currently Reading: I’m about to start Paladin’s Grace because someone (I believe it was @jennelikejennay ) recently mentioned it.

Currently Watching: I watched Superman (2025) last night. My partner and I are s l o w l y making our way through Farscape.

Currently Craving: I just remembered I have a secret can of cherry coke stashed in the fridge, so that! 🥤

Favorite Color: Teal, Cerise, dark browns, or bright rainbow.

Last Song: Fight - The Under

Currently Reading: The latest honey badger tale from Shelley Laurenston - To Kill A Badger. I love the snark. I live for the snark!

Currently Watching: Aside from multifandom fanvids on YouTube ... most recently watched Twisters.

Currently Craving: Sushi (specifically, salmon or daikon battleships), but I'll have to wait for the 24th to get those, ah well.

Favourite Colour: Different shades of blue

Last Song: Crime by Beyond Awareness

Currently Reading: The Heart of the Galaxy-Jiang Bo

Currently Watching: I'm about to start The Residence, a friend recommended it said I'd like it as a birder

Currently Craving: I don't know...I never knew!

Favorite color: deep blue

Last song: Morning in LA by White Lies

Currently reading: Winter's Orbit (i forgot the author's name. whoops), and currently re-reading Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

Currently watching: I'm waiting for Murderbot season 2.

Currently craving: fruit cake! I have acquired some.

Favorite color: Purple

Last song: Wonderboy by Tenacious D

Currently reading: Not anything published. I'm sure this doesn't mean AO3 fics... which would be all farscape related (I promise I read published stuff just not atm. The last thing was theory OK)

Currently watching: Stargate sg1 season 9. Vala is new fav :D

Currently craving: I've already had my breakfast (coffee) so my current mindset is EW food, no thanks. Usually if I have cravings for anything it'll be Mussels which is a warning for me that my period is coming up.

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Favourite colour: Green!

Last song: Saikai by Vaundi (The Summer Hikaru Died theme song)

Currently reading: I'm trying to finish the first section 'Adham' in the book Children of the Alley by Naguib Mahfouz before it's due back at the library; other than that, Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan.

Currently watching: the newest season of Spy x Family

Currently craving: the leftover shepherd's pie with sweet potatoes I'm about to have for breakfast lol. Or sushi. I'm always craving sushi

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Favorite color: Purple!

Last song: Paté de Fuá - Fuimos un barco

Currently reading - Leigh Bardugo - Ruin and Rising

Currently Watching - I'm always watching Voyager, but for new-to-me I'm finally in the last few episodes of TOS. I'm planning on tackling TAS next

Currently craving - my second coffee of the day... (I got up late lol) The first one was Groundworks seasonal Supernatural blend. The second is from Intelligentsia

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Favourite colour: I still have a tendency to say green, but anyone who spends any time around me will know it’s really purple!

Last song: No idea. Probably a random song on the Christmas playlist. I don’t really listen to music.

Currently reading: Agatha Christie’s Sparkling Cyanide. I’ve been slowly working through all her books over the last 8 or so years. (I was trying to read Dune on my brother and best friend’s demand, but I had to take a break. I just wasn’t getting into it.)

Currently watching: Smash. I recently got minorly (read majorly) obsessed with Anjelica Huston and it’s the second to last thing she’s in that I’m willing to watch.

Currently craving: Sleep. It’s almost midnight and I still have half a test to grade, and I have a headache from facepalming too hard.

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Favorite color: I’ve always been a pink girl(not so much hot Barbie pink though…) but I love purple and blue too.

Last song: PLASTIC LOVE by Gabi Belle, I also love me some parody songs. (I like most genres of music and I find new to me songs from edits)

Currently reading: all the manga I find at my local library, Mort by Terry Pratchett(his writing is hilariously entertaining, highly recommend if you like how Lemony Snicket writes), Mosaic by Jeri Taylor, and Distant Shores which is a collection of Star Trek stories by various people.

Currently watching: My Adventures With Superman, May I Ask For One Final Thing?, Only Murders In The Building, my whole family is rewatching M*A*S*H*, and I’m getting my family (specifically my mom) to watch Star Trek Voyager with me.

Currently craving: definitely sleep and to get over this slight cold I have… and sugar cookies

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Favourite colour: Blue (specifically chambray) but increasingly lilac.

Last song: The Subway by Chappell Roan

Currently Reading: Just about to start Wild West Village by Lola Kirk (I have a really bad NYC obsession).

Currently Watching: I just finished The Diplomat (Netflix) and waiting for Stranger Things to start. Also watching Celebrity Race Across the World (BBC).

Currently craving: Sleep and having time to do various arts and crafts. Oh, you meant food, always chicken nuggets or spaghetti, like a child.

The crew:

Janeway and Chakotay:

STAR TREK: VOYAGER (premiering 30 years ago today on Jan 16th, 1995) - Behind the Scenes

Other posts:

TNG

DS9