https://archiveofourown.org/works/61363669
Lt. Commander Mag Zilber shares in the time honored Starfleet tradition of ship's engineers loving the age of sail. She invites the much older (but new) Romulan officer, Ensign Setak, to the holodeck to experience a part of human history. But it doesn't take long for the two of them to get distracted and the game changes—
U.S.S. T'riall Season 1 Episode 3: Laugh'd to See the Sails Conceived
What does a materialist need mysticism for?
I don't have a good answer for you; however, while describing the interactions of clouds of particles can be beautiful in its own right, I can't help but get lost in the sublime when faced with a golden sunrise or the laughter of an infant when they discover something new. I cannot help making chicken soup as a potion of good health or saying a prayer in the face of agony. Maybe there's no material soul but the universe sees itself through our eyes.
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Anyway Have another Episode in the Thrilling Saga of the U.S.S. T'riall:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/58778461?view_adult=true
During her first mating season aboard the T'riall, Lt. Dlelb is struggling with her crewmates obsessing over her pheromones. But when her friend, Lt. Commander Tysor th'Vanak, isn't affected by them she finds the opportunity to scratch that itch deep within her.
If you're into hot T4T alien smut with the pov character in heat then this is the fic for you!
And this isn't to say my studying fungi will lead to a particularly accurate or robust representation of fungi, this takes place in a universe with wacky silly science. But the POV character is an astromycologist so I gotta get in her mindset
Taking time to learn mycology is helping, but the cornerstone of my research has been on love, community, and mutual support and understanding. All About Love by bell hooks and Jessie Gender's video essay on The Stories Fascism Fears Most remain core inspirations in this work as much as any text on fungi.
Except I don't really want them to fall in love, agency is involved through and through, they will love because they see the wonder in each other and the entity they meet, they will love because they choose to, and they'll make something beautiful with each other because they wanted nothing more than to do so.
Trans butch dyke, maker of things, teller of tales, author of smut.