hi ! feel free to answer this publicly or privately . i was just reading your discovery canon divergences and was happy to see that in your canon jett is reunited with her wife ! i was wondering if you'd thought more about her as a character ? if i recall she was non - human but that's literally all the show gave us . i'd love to hear any ideas you have about her and her relationship with jett !
first of all,ย ily a lot.ย and second,ย this is an absolutely wonderful question!!ย iโm still figuring out a lot of the littler details about jett and developing her beyond what we see in the show so this is perfect,ย but!!!ย in zanza canon,ย the bury your gays trope doesnโt exist and every lgbtq+ character in zanza canon gets to have their happy ending in my main versesย ย (ย ย which,ย for the record,ย is all of them not a single muse on this blog is even remotely straight and the only time any of them die are for Personal Temporary Angst Purposes,ย u heard it here first,ย folks every muse on this blog is immortal from here on outย ย ย ),ย ย so obviously that was the first thing that needed to be fixed.ย but onto actually answering the question!!
so!ย jettโs wife is soyousian,ย and we know literally nothing about them except for the fact that they exist,ย so iโm gonna honestly be creating her as i go.ย which is always fun!!ย u know,ย trust me and my adhd brain to craft an entire alien race from their name??ย cool letโs do it,ย what could possibly go wrong?ย iโm gonna be vague to begin with,ย bc i wanna give theย development of the soyousians themselves the care and thought they deserve,ย so mostly this is gonna be me talkin about their relationship?ย ย
sO in zanza canon,ย as far as itโs been established,ย the soyousians are fairly newly known to humans.ย theyโve been warp-capable for almost 300 years,ย and share a bond with humans in that their first contact was also with vulcans.ย this common thread is what led jettโs wife,ย who iโve gone ahead and named iminre,ย to want to visit earth not too long after humans and soyousians made initial contact.ย a small delegation was chosen,ย some were commoners,ย some were diplomats,ย some were students.ย iminre was one of those who fell into the latter category.ย sheโd always been fascinated by other cultures,ย and even on her own planet she loved learning about the differences between those who lived even cities apart.ย she was fairly young when the first group were going to earth,ย roughly 23 in earth years,ย and still a student.ย from what we know about her from the brief conversation jett had with hugh,ย sheโs the sort of person who just knows what they want and isnโt afraid to do whatever it takes to get itย โย which is probably how she ended up being one of those picked for the trip in the first place.
this isnโt where she met jett,ย but itโs where she first really became infatuated with humanity in general.ย the way people lived,ย their general zeal for explorationย โย it wasnโt something she saw much on her home-world.ย they were warp capable,ย yes,ย but many preferred to keep to themselves,ย and others were downright xenophobic.ย iminre had always been seen as odd for having such a desire to explore,ย so when the delegation of soyousians left,ย she stayed behind.ย she joined starfleet and became a xenoanthropologist which is??ย sort of how we get into her and jett meeting.
sO they were assigned to the same starship after iminreโs graduation from the academy,ย and jett was a lieutenant already,ย and obvi. an engineer,ย but not really a people person?ย she sort of kept to herself,ย didnโt have many friends,ย and really just preferred to work or sit in her quarters reading.ย so the two of them didnโt even meet until the comm system in iminreโs quarters stopped working and jett was the one sent to fix it.ย she didnโt say much,ย she really just let iminre talk her ear off,ย but there was some decent banter and a connection right off the bat.ย before anything could really spark,ย though,ย jett was transferred to another ship.
it was another three years before they saw each other again,ย and to both of their surprise,ย jett was the one who approached iminre and asked her out.ย said she hadnโt been able to stop thinking about a certain annoying,ย talkative,ย opinionated soyousian for three damn years and figured she might as well.ย for a long time it was long distance bc they were assigned to different ships,ย but one day iminre showed up on the ship jett was assigned to and jett was likeย โwtf youโre supposed to be on a mission right nowโ,ย and iminre just kissed her and was likeย โwell i decided i didnโt like that, so i came up with a solutionโ and fucking proposed right thereย ย (ย ย bcย โyou asked me out first,ย jett,ย this gets to be my thingโย ย ).
jett didnโt really want any part of wedding planning,ย especially since she knew iminre would be all over itย ย (ย ย which we know she wasย ย ),ย ย and despite the complaining she does to hugh about the micromanaging,ย jett ended up really surprised that her girlย โย despite all of her opinions,ย and strong-willed stubbornnessย โย managed to make it the perfect day for both of them.ย and really?ย jett can be kind of a drama queen,ย and has a tendency to blow things a little bit out of proportion for the sake of a story.
but honestly theyโre just the kind of people who work really well together?ย they fight over dumb little things,ย but they also bring out the best in each other.ย jett likes to joke that iminre only married her because of her fascination with humans,ย but sheโs (almost) always kidding,ย and she Knows sheโll always get a kiss out of it??ย and uh.ย theyโre pure and soft and iminre brings jett out of her shell more,ย and jett helps iminre to tone it down a little when she needs to.ย and when theyโre reunited?ย they get into aย โi thought you were dead!!โย ย โwell i heard you were almost dead!!!!โย arguing match before they both start crying and hugging each other,ย and iminre transfers to the discovery as soon as sheโs cleared to return to duty and jett acts more like she did before the war and everyoneโs likeย โ???? who are you and what have you done with jett reno?โ and she flips them all off.ย thank you.
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