in celebration of star trek femslash!

[sophia-gratia.livejournal.com]

This is a post in celebration of femslash. Because I am primarily a Star Trek fangirl, it will also be a post in celebration of Star Trek femslash.

First, I’d like to share with you my own manifesto: Why I Femslash. Not fandom-specific, but a general cri de coeur. (And I invite your own contributions as well!)

Next, a few femslash stories of my own (DS9 and VOY/TNG crossover):

PATIENCE
Kira Nerys / Jadzia Dax. Simple scenes from a simple love affair. In space.
Rating: Mature (light)
~1,600 words

SECRETS
Kira Nerys / Jadzia Dax. With appearances by the ensemble – after all, there are no secrets on Deep Space Nine.
Rating: Teen
~750 words

REFLECTIONS
Kira Nerys / Intendant. Nerys has a very serious crush on her alternate-universe counterpart.
Rating: Mature
~1,800 words

TOPICS IN PRACTICAL AERODYNAMICS
Post-canon Kathryn Janeway / Beverly Crusher, with ensemble cameos. Kathryn builds a flying machine. See also: old books, English country side, aviator goggles.
Rating: Mature
~9,000 words

And finally, femslash vid and fic recs from around the TNG, DS9, and VOY fandoms. This is far from exhaustive – I spun my own brain around just thinking of all the possibilities! – so think of this arrangement not as a full menu but as a little amuse-bouche.

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* I'd like to rec absolutely all of oparu's large archive of Trek femslash (especially her Kathryn Janeway / Beverly Crusher stories), but for sake of space and sanity I'll just choose two recent favorites:
STAKE
A short but sharp and delightful Beverly Crusher / Deanna Troi story of poker and nakedness.
Rating: Teen

COFFEE IN BED
A lovely Kathryn Janeway / Beverly Crusher series. Does what it says on the tin!
Rating: up to Mature

* A LOGICAL PROPOSITION by cosmic_llin
A funny and mature story of Deanna Troi / Selar.
Rating: Mature (light)

* THE ACHE IN EVERY SONG by thistlerose
An atmospheric, empathetic friendship-or-femslash story about Kira Nerys and Jadzia Dax.
Rating: General

* THE WORLD SPINS MADLY ON by sheepfairy
A sweet and moving pre-canon story: Kira Nerys / Lupaza.
Rating: Teen

* BONDS by kellychambliss
A dark and incisive look at sex and power: Kathryn Janeway / Seven of Nine.
Rating: Mature

* And, of course, absolutely everything at this (ongoing!) Trek Femslash Comment Ficathon.


~ * ~ V I D S ~ * ~

* Two utterly charming Kira Nerys / Jadzia Dax vids:
I WANT TO BE IN LOVE, by cosmic_llin
and
WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, by asteriski

* A multi-Trek lady-Odyssey of charm and wit:
I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER by cosmic_llin

* A wry, brilliantly edited and very hot Kathryn Janeway / Seven of Nine vid:
SO SEXY by LyrielleMoon

* An alternately angsty and loveful Kathryn Janeway / B'Elanna Torres vid:
THINKING OF YOU by kitnkabootle

* A moving and uplifting vid that can be read as either femslash or friendship between Kathryn Janeway and B'Elanna Torres:
KEEP BREATHING by Sczep84.

Enjoy!

And props to one and all for a lovely, ladyfull fest!

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Comments

[cosmic-llin.livejournal.com]

Aww, yay, thanks for the recs! And a couple of things there I don't think I've seen... *wanders off to investigate*

[sophia-gratia.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thank you for producing awesome stuff to rec. I was really tempted to write a whole list of "Here is Llin's extensive ethnography of all the species Deanna Troi likes to seduce," but I thought that might be overkill. ;)

[ghanimasun]

These are great recs, thanks so much! Especially excited to check out all the Kira/Dax stuff.

[sophia-gratia.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome! Always delighted to spread the Treklady love.

Also recommended: Fuck Yeah Trek Femslash (http://fuckyeahtrekfemslash.tumblr.com/) on Tumblr, maintained by asteriski and threeofeight. Pretty pretty pictures, and loads of Kira/Dax love.

[orihara-kaoru.livejournal.com]

omg yay! Soooo excited about reading all of these! I love femslash, but it's so hard to find any let alone the good stuff! :D

Unexpected Janeway/Crusher is unexpected but absolutely intriguing! ::reads::

[sophia-gratia.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! I hope you enjoy what you find. And the world of Trek femslash is pitifully narrow, it's true. One must do everything one can to expand it!

Oh, my. I had Janeway and Crusher shipped from S1 of Voyager. It's always entertaining to have someone go, 'But that's insane!', because I always forget that it is. Oh, so many hearts for them.