#StarTrek

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random thought about science fiction: it's widely known that it was female authors and especially their fondness of the Kirk/Spock pairing that kept Trek alive between the series (and created slash fiction. The slash in slash fiction is literally the one between Kirk and Spock).

But idly thinking about pre-TNG science fiction I realized that I can come up with multiple published books where the "tall, dark, handsome" trope was a Klingon (or the closest equivalent in the setting).

If you begin Voyager episode Spirit Folk at exactly 11:49:35 on New Year's Eve, Ensign Harry Kim will kiss a cow as the clock strikes midnight. Join in our very dumb annual tradition and start 2026 off on the right hoof.

Star Trek Voyager scene. It's a romantic evening on the streets of a charming little town with I'm sure a folksy name like 'Fair Haven' or something. Ensign Harry Kim, dressed in an overcoat, leans in with a full heart and closed eyes and kisses a large black and white Holstein cow right on the mouth. Two closed captions are simultaneously present: On Harry's side of the screen the caption reads, "(gasps)" and on the cow side of the screen the caption reads, "(moos)".

Friends!

Six weeks to the day when I first cast this on, and I’m happy to tell you that the double scarf is complete!

This has been such a fun, and very challenging, project to make, at times feeling like it was never going to end.

I decided to make it fully, including the beads and I also added a fringe because every scarf needs a fringe if you ask me!

This is a surprise Christmas gift for a very close friend who’s a huge fan, I can’t wait to see the look on his face when he gets it!

I’m going to take a break from knitting now for this month, but there’s lots of other fun stuff lined up for next year.

Some stats for nerds:

611 rows.

84 stitches per row.

51,324 stitches in …

Left side shows whole scarf with black spaceships and insignias on a rainbow background. Right side is opposite. Includes TOS, TNG, Voyager, and DS9.
The most handsome Arab you’ve ever seen wearing the scarf.
Scarf in the shape of a V to show off half of each side.

I finally changed my name on Mastodon, and thus, making this post again.

Hi, friends!

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I love #cats, #writing, #houseplants, #gardening, #books, #RomanceBooks, #QueerBooks, and #StarTrek. 🖖

I'm an author, and I've been published in Uncanny Magazine, Chicks Unravel Time, Chicks Dig Comics, and Outside In Gains a Soul. I read a lot and review books. 📚

I am currently working on my 3rd novel, a monster romance between a plant woman and a botanist. Pitching my first two novels, which are contemporary queer fiction. I write a free-to-subscribe newsletter with book reviews, planty updates, and queer ponderings: http://eepurl.com/bdZrHb

I'm very #queer, specifically #bisexual and #trans masc nonbinary. My pronouns are they/them or he/him. I want to celebrate queer joy and all the other aspects of our lives. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

I live in #Seattle with my partner, 2 …