desertvixen | Star Trek Holidays 2023 (Reply)

My general preferences are here.

I really love this challenge. Please know that you can never go wrong with a crossover or mutli-verse crossover (Infinite Spocks in Infinite Timelines? JUST SMASH EVERYONE TOGETHER AND WAVE YOUR HANDS) and a little cracky is juuuuust right. I like serious too, but sometimes I am down for "And then, somehow, Palpatine returned" so we can get to the characters doing their thing.

Just have fun!

I am open to treats. SO OPEN!

Jean Lorrah Novels Part II

The IDIC Epidemic - Jean Lorrah

Sorel & T'Pina & T'Mir (IDIC), Daniel Corrigan/T'Mir (IDIC), Sendet/T'Pina (IDIC Epidemic)

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Definitely here for what happens next or an AU where Sendet will NOT give up. (I don't want them to end up together but adventure times!)

My teen and I are actually reading this now. I’d love an AU where Sendet continues to be trouble (I didn’t want a story solely focusing on Beau/T’Pina but feel free to let him apply himself to solving that problem!) for T’Pina.

Daniel/T’Mir – I’d love to see more of them post-canon. Do they decide to have children? How does that work?

Sorel & T’Mir & T’Pina – Interested in how this one plays out. Does T’Pina stay on Nisus? Does Sorel give Starfleet a try? How does T’Mir feel about having a little sister (and an Orion brother-in-law)?

I ship T’Pina/Beau but I didn’t want a story focusing on them.

SNW: Something to Read Until It's Continued! by DesertVixen

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV)

Una Chin-Riley/Christopher Pike (SNW) La'an Noonien-Singh/United Earth Fleet James T. Kirk (ST SNW) La'an Noonien-Singh & Sam Kirk (ST SNW) La'an Noonien-Singh & Joseph M'Benga & Sam Kirk & Erica Ortegas (ST SNW) La'an Noonien-Singh & Joseph M'Benga (ST SNW) James T. Kirk/La'an Noonien-Singh (SNW) La'an Noonien-Singh & Number One | Una Chin-Riley (SNW) La'an Noonien-Singh & Nyota Uhura (SNW) Marie Batel & Christine Chapel (ST SNW) La'an Noonien-Singh & Spock (SNW)

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Of all the new ST things, this is my favorite. I intially was 100% here for Una and Pike and Spock but La'an really grew on me!

I'm current on Season 2, and very interested in Season 2 specific stories! Especially what happens after To Be Continued.

So let’s talk about Season 2 peeps! The Hippocratic Oath is fuzzy on the subject of kneecaps and throats! Yay Una is back! No, they’re still pushing the Pike/Batel thing (I am not into it, it is not my thing, why does she never eat the fabulous food?). La’an and star-crossed doomed time-travel love. I fly the ship (on Alpha shift). Why is Spock eating bacon? Why is Sam Kirk suddenly missing from the cleanest science lab in history? We finally meet the real Kirk! Kirk meets Spock (and Uhura doesn’t know this is her life for the next 50 years). Cartoon crossover! M’Benga gets away with murder (and can we please leave the PTSD crew ALONE?). All systems stable! Why are we singing? Who’s going to be Gorn chow? WHAT DO YOU MEAN “TO BE CONTINUED”?

I am personally on the SNW doesn’t have to lead to our TOS train – I am totally okay with assuming it spins out/plays out differently. If you want to get inspired by TOS episodes, go right ahead. I kind of wish that they had called the Gorn something else, because I feel like it would make things stronger.

Number One/Pike: I am a lifelong shipper for these two. Hook me up with some thing good – sweet and/or sexy! I’ve been a Pike/Number One shipper since the first time I saw The Cage (in the 90s, I think) and I want to see how these two would play it. I’m totally here for an AU after the comet episode (they’re so close why didn’t you kiss?). They need a clue brick.

La'an /UEF James: I would be very into a S2E3 AU where he does not die and comes back with her (feel free to play on the scene she imagines in S2 E9 where he is holding out his hand because damn intensity I’ll take him!). Maybe they aren’t quite finished yet?

La’an & Sam: Interested in how they interact, whether you play it into La’an wanting to weasel out more info about James or not. Also, when does Sam realize he is never getting away from little brother?

Erica & M'Benga & Sam & La'an: What happens after the end of S2E10? – So once we realized what had happened, my only thought was how the Gorn captured themselves the wrong group of people… How does that work out for them? Feel free to include people developing coping mechanisms that aren’t the healthiest (if M’Benga channeled the Elysian Kingdom I would be there for that). Obviously want this crew to live.

La’an & M’Benga – Interested in how these 2 are working through their trauma together and separately, love the sparring partner bit. Also, La’an totally knows what went down in S2E8. And she understands the final line of that episode. Some broken things can’t be fixed, only maintained. That’s a super good take on the PTSD issue, honestly.

La'an/James: AU or continuation of what we’ve seen – after all we know Carol and Kirk don’t work out…. I lean towards the AU though. Interested in seeing how his Tarsus 4 background plays in. What Happened in the Alternate Timeline before S1E10 would also be a great place for La’an and James to hook up again…

La'an & Nyota: Ladies night or ass-kicking mission? I am good with either.

Batel & Chapel : Interested in how these two interact with each other before S2E10 opens but I am also 100% here for a storyline where Chapel has to honor Batel’s wishes not to become Gorn chow over Pike’s desire to save her.

La’an & Spock: Interested in their interactions. Is she the one who filed the noise complaint?

Just inject it into my veins. After sitting out several of the newer shows, I dove into this one and please just give me more more more. I think the things I REALLY want to know is, what all was happening in that alternate timeline before we got dropped into it.

I really love this new show, although I am wondering about continuity but NOT REALLY CARING I LOVE THIS CREW.

I still have not read the comic.

Jean Lorrah Novels Part II by DesertVixen

The Vulcan Academy Murders - Jean Lorrah

Daniel Corrigan & Amanda Grayson (VAM) Amanda Grayson & T'Mir (VAM)

There is more in the letter (I have lots of thoughts about Star Trek/my requests)!

So while I didn't nominate Daniel/T'Mir, I do ship them. But for this one I am interested in how either hal of that couple might use Amanda as a sounding board/friend... and maybe some pondering about how other Vulcans of her acquaintance might not marry Vulcans...

I’d be very interested in how Amanda relates to either of these two. She and Corrigan have very similar experiences, but what sort of friendship does she build with T’Mir?

Feel free to blend this into IDIC Epidemic, they’re essentially one fandom to me.

Crossing the Streams by DesertVixen

Star Trek Crossover Fandom

Ael t'Rllaillieu (Rihannsu) & Spock (SNW)

Ael t'Rllaillieu (Rihannsu) & Sarek (TOS)

Ael t'Rllaillieu (Rihannsu) & La'an Noonien-Singh (SNW)

Ael t'Rllaillieu (Rihannsu) & Christopher Pike (SNW)

Alynna Nechayev (TNG) & Mirror Phillipa Georgiou (DIS)

Alynna Nechayev (TNG) & Beverly Crusher (PIC)

Beverly Crusher (TNG) & Leonard "Bones" McCoy (TOS)

Elizabeth Shelby (ST NF) & Una Chin-Riley | Number One & La'an Noonien-Singh (SNW)

Geoffrey M'Benga (Vulcan Academy Murders) & Joseph M'Benga (SNW)

Jack Crusher (TNG) & Jack Crusher (PIC)

Jack Crusher (PIC) & Track A Jack Crusher (Q-Squared)

La'an Noonien Singh (SNW) & Khan Noonien Singh (TOS)

Leonard "Bones" McCoy (TOS) & Christine Chapel (SNW)

Nyota Uhura (TOS) & La'an Noonien Singh (SNW)

Soleta (ST NF) & Spock (SNW)

Spock (Vulcan Academy Murders)/Nyota Uhura (TOS)

Spock (SNW) & Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Rihannsu)

Mackenzie Calhoun (ST NF) & Christopher Pike (SNW)

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More on the crossovers in the letter but please know any prompts for their individual fandoms are twice as good with a crossover.

Also, I am in the crowd leaning towards SNW leading to a different continuity.

Also also I am 1000% down for a multiverse breaking style multi-crossover...

All SNW crossovers involving Ael: I want to see how she would interact with this crew. Obviously the timelines don’t add up but I am totally here for crazy time-travel multiverse, and if you pick Spock, contemplating how he is different from the Spock she knows is totally welcome.

Ael & Sarek: A Rihannsu-Vulcan reunification story? Feel free to bleed a little of Duane’s Sarek in there as well.

Alynna Nechayev – down for my favorite admiral having an adventure with either (or both, see crazy time travel shenanigans)! With Beverly, I’m also down for future Nechayev.

Crusher & Bones – While I have received a lovely story where he is an instructor at the Academy, I’d love a story where these two are being badasses together at their primes.

Elizabeth & Una & La’an – The no fun badass squad gets together thru time travel. Bonus points if you work in Mac/Shelby and Una/Chris.

La’an & Khan: So I would totally be down for a story where La'an is on the ship when Khan gets picked up. Up to you if we slide the event forward to Pike's time or have her on the ship, but I think it would be really interesting. I’d really be interested in how La’an handles this. Obviously there would be no BS trying to figure out who they were, whether they could trust them, but how would he react to her? I find it really intriguing. La’an being on the Enterprise when they pick up Khan (who’s clearly a known baddie) – how does that go? Maybe they don’t drop him off at Ceti Alpha V? Also sounds like a good opportunity for some La’an/James?

TOS Bones & SNW Chapel: I think these two would be chaotic sarcastic sexy fun.

TOS Nyota & SNW La’an: I think this could be fun.

Soleta & Spock: Logical time travel shenanigans?

VAM Spock/TOS Nyota: I think this would be an interesting place to start this relationship, especially with Spock's experiences in the book...

SNW Spock & Duane’s Bones: Could be a lot of fun, especially if Bones likes him better than his Spock.

Mackenzie Calhoun & Chris Pike: Time travel shenanigans but these two could be interesting together.

Rihannsu Novels - Just Focus on #1 and #2 by DesertVixen

Rihannsu Series - Diane Duane

Ael t'Rllaillieu & Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Rihannsu)

T'Leiar & None (Rihannsu)

Rea the Wizard & None (Rihannsu)

Specific DNW: Focus on Books 3 and 4

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So while there are separate requests, I do consider all Duane trek novels to be in the same continuity.

Ael & Bones: I really enjoyed what we see of the two of them together. Maybe some more in that line?

T’Leiar – I find her interesting and we don’t know much about her.

Rea the Wizard: Talk to me about the helm he makes…

Feel free to include Spock’s World/Doctor’s Orders stuff as well. K’s’t’lk from Wounded Sky could be fun as well.

Reunions and Discoveries by DesertVixen

Reunion - Michael Jan Friedman

Jean-Luc Picard/Beverly Crusher (Reunion Novel) Beverly Crusher & Gilaad Ben Zoma (Reunion Novel)

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So I'm very down for a look at how this reality might have gone.

So what happens after for P/C? Tell me that story, but feel free to mix in the rest of the Stargazer crew.

I reread this one last year and I love how he hints at the P/C, how they’ve got the remembered angst, Jack’s death, all of that. Let them move past it now. Where do they go from where they are.

Beverly & Gilaad could be interesting as well.

Take Some Things Out Of The Fridge by DesertVixen

Star Trek: Picard

Ro Laren & Admiral Elizabeth Shelby (PIC) Admiral Elizabeth Shelby & None (PIC) Beverly Crusher & Ro Laren (PIC) Beverly Crusher & Liam Shaw (PIC) Ro Laren & Worf (PIC) Ro Laren & Seven of Nine (PIC)

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Yay, female badasses! Wait, what are you doing to them?

I'm very here for AUs.

Yes, why did we get these returning characters and they got done badly? AU, Fix-It, whatever, hook me up.

Ro & Elizabeth: They could be a lot of fun. Shelby almost got what was going wrong before yeah.

Or just more about Shelby! Feel free to expand on her New Frontier time!

Beverly & Ro getting a moment would have been nice. Or maybe they have run into each other out there before…

Beverly & Shaw: I didn’t nominate it but I am intrigued.

Ro & Worf: How did these two come to work together?

Ro & Seven: Again, just intrigued by the idea.

After The Train Trip by DesertVixen

Q-Squared - Peter David

Track B Jean-Luc Picard/Track B Beverly Crusher (Q-Squared) Track A Natasha Yar/Track A Data (Q-Squared)

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P/C Angst with some resolution? Mail it to my address!

So at the end of the book, we once again have the P/C stand-down... but what if we didn't? What if they talked about what happened? What if they made some of those dreams come true (i.e. bang)? Or, you know the whole moment where Picard isn't sure which Beverly died? Like, I'll be here for you to tell me any of these stories. Or how crazy it is to glimpse a different future.

Or, talk to me about how Tasha/Data might be different in Track A.

So yes, that “moment that cuts across moments” at the end. Feel free to go back to that. Feel free to DO SOMETHING with it. The whole not knowing which Beverly was gone, and letting that be a catalyst to feelings? I’m right here with you.

For Tasha/Data – how does that work: How do they get together? How does she feel with him gone?

Excalibur (First 8 Books or So) by DesertVixen

New Frontier Books - Peter David

Alynna Nechayev & Mackenzie Calhoun (ST NF) Alynna Nechayev & Edward Jellico (ST NF) Mackenzie Calhoun & Edward Jellico (ST NF) Mackenzie Calhoun/Elizabeth Shelby (ST NF) Soleta/Mark McHenry (ST NF) Soleta & None (ST NF) Alynna Nechayev & Soleta (ST NF)

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Hi yes I was a mid 90s-2000s PAD fan girl. I initially loved this scrappy little crew of one-shots returning and mixing with some PAD originals (like the SFA books). The first 8 or so are my jam. The next couple books were okay, but I did not like some of the later trends at all (like the whole deal with Soleta joining the Romulans). I wrote a sadly lost to the ravages of time fanfic about Mark helping Soleta out with Pon Farr. I really enjoyed Soleta.

I really really loved how Shelby was developed (although I enjoyed Kat Mueller as well).

I enjoyed Mac making Jellico crazy. I included Nechayev into this set because I also love her, and enjoy her watching Mac make Jellico crazy. A friend and I used to have a whole headcanon that Nechayev & Jellico had served together before, and trauma turned him into a jerk.

I love Elizabeth getting frustrated with Mac, and him enjoying it. (I did not enjoy Eppy as a nickname)

I love Soleta being all cool and calm and yet willing to embrace the craziness because it gets stuff done. I also love her easiness with Mark. I would love a Mark helps Soleta with her Pon Farr fics?

Feel free to include Nechayev, who definitely has a soft spot for Mac and not Jellico.

Actual Crossovers by DesertVixen

Crossover Fandom

Allura (Voltron Lion Force 1984) & Sarek (TOS)

Allura (Voltron Lion Force 1984) & La'an Noonien-Singh (SNW)

Marlena Glenn (He-Man MOTU 1983) & Christopher Pike (SNW)

Marlena Glenn (He-Man MOTU 1983) & Spock (SNW)

Marlena Glenn (He-Man MOTU 1983) & La'an Noonien-Singh (SNW)

Marlena Glenn (He-Man MOTU 1983) & Amanda Grayson (TOS)

Marlena Glenn (He-Man MOTU 1983) & Amanda Grayson (SNW)

Rhiow (The Book of Night with Moon) & Spock (SNW)

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There's 3 obvious trends here, have fun!

So this would be the total crack slot.

Voltron meets TOS or SNW – I just think it could be interesting. Allura dealing with Sarek or La’an intrigues me.

So in case it’s not obvious, Queen Marlena in He-Man is my favorite character AND she’s an astronaut and she would probably enjoy meeting this crew. Marlena and either Amanda could trade some advice.

Rhiow & Spock – We know Spock has a soft spot for cats, so what about CAT WIZARDS? Feel free to include a Duane Spock as well!