Star Trek Bookmark!

Star Trek bookmark!

Okay, it's a Janeway bookmark, specially.

Finally complete! Years ago, this idea started from a tumblr post and discord convo. I've been stuck on this story months on end, but it never let me go - and somehow turned into this: J/7 with a twist.

What if Seven gets sent back in time just after she's killed Narissa - disrupting the events leading up to the Admiral's arrival? What will her younger counterpart do in the face of her future self? And how will the Captain react?

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“We just got to accept that some people can only be in our hearts, not in our lives.”

— Kathy B.

Janeway is a force of nature. Beneath that uniform is a feral woman threatening to break free at the slightest provocation. She's emotional; she feels her feelings deeply, even if she doesn't show them. She gets angry, frustrated, remorseful, and does her best to keep it under control. Not exactly winning qualities in a Starfleet captain by normal standards.

But. She feels deeply in positive ways, too. She gets excited, curious, determined, passionate. She leads with her heart as much as her head and cares deeply for for what she believes in. Even the crew - especially the crew. Even if she doesn't always agree with them, she cares about each of them on a personal level. She's probably had conversations with all of them individually, at some point or another. She lets them ramble on about their hobbies or passions, because she's just so curious about everything. And the crew feels seen and heard because of it.

That's why they're so loyal. No captain should be as close to their crew as she is with hers, but nothing about their trip is normal. It's comforting. It's necessary. It's probably not ideal, but neither is their situation, so who cares?

The crew only wish that Janeway understood better that they care as much about her as she does them. God help the aliens that kidnap this woman, because no force in the cosmos will keep the Voyager crew from rescuing her.