Hi I will never not be insane about Janeway holding the watch Chakotay gave her at the end of Year of Hell
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Rewatching the episode where B'Elanna ends up being the muse of an alien version of Greek theater and I always laugh at the fact that the poet makes Janeway and Chakotay kiss the first chance he has. Like even this random alien guy who has never met them knows what's up 😂😂
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Don't know what episode this is from, but the way they're looking at each other gives me warm fuzzies. ♥️♥️♥️
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Why I Still Love J/C
Okay, I just really have to get this off my chest. There are people who don't like Chakotay, or won't ship him with Janeway because of the actor or the bad way Native American representation is shown. Now if you just plain don't want to mess with the character, don't like him, whatever, fine. But please don't let something an actor said or did keep you from loving a character or a work he was in. And don't ignore bad representation - try to improve on it.
I love J/C because I look at what is on screen. Their chemistry and caring relationship is incredible and inspiring to me. Everyone is welcome to their own ships, but that's the only one I have because it just seems so obvious to me. But I keep hearing people gripe about Beltran, or the representation. You can fix that, or read work that is fixed. It's called fanfic. If you're into the fandom at all you can see that fanfic Chakotay is not just like Chakotay on screen and definitely nothing like the actor.
The actor who played Icheb did some very bad stuff, but I hardly hear anyone say they won't use Icheb in a story because of this. So why Beltran? Why can't we just ignore these people instead of calling attention to them over and over? I'm not saying justify what they did, but remember they are real people with their own faults. They played a role, and even the most enthusiastic Star Trek actors are not as in love with the show as its fans are. It's hard to understand it, but it's true. I've watched podcasts with Tom and Harry's actors. They had forgotten many episodes, and didn't even know people didn't like Threshold. Why? Because this was a job for them. Maybe they enjoyed it, but it was still a job.
As far as representation goes, yeah they did an unbelievably horrible job, it's there from the beginning when Paris says racist stuff about "Indians". So I try to research, find stuff that is more accurate hopefully, or at least more respectful. It's a challenge, but worth it because there isn't enough good literature about Native Americans. And as far as Chakotay's character goes, there was, like so much of Voyager, wasted potential. So I try to add in that potential. Many fanfic writers do this wonderfully. I can recommend so many. His background in the Maquis, his faith, etc. We have that power.
TL;DR: If there is a ship you love, or a character, I really hope you don't let actors or bad writing turn you away.
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Shout out to the new trekkies who are gonna watch Prodigy first and get invested in the J/C ship. Because they are all gonna get it in their heads to watch Voyager afterwards, to get the references and see how these characters got to where they are in 2385...
Endgame is gonna be a special kind of whiplash for them.
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Hi I will never not be insane about Janeway holding the watch Chakotay gave her at the end of Year of Hell
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Fave J/C moment?? 👀
Whoa Nelly!
No but o'course I adore all the choice moments where they hold each other's gazes, touch each other (hehe RESPECTFULLY OF COURSE), flash blisteringly-large smiles, or have dinner together- They're all awesome buuuut I can't really pick a favourite! So hard!
I'm a weirdo and I latch onto things like when they both step into frame, cooperating in sync, without saying a word. The way they are conveyed, particularly in regard to their shapes within the screen, signify trust, comfort and a feeling of unity; and when they stand together I know everyone is on board.
^^^^^ SIGHhhh SO PRETTY
I yearn over their relationship a lot, regardless of romance or not. Ideally, I'd like them to get together, but sometimes that doesn't unfold rapidly or without turbulence. Relationships demand respect, trust and friendship. They have those qualities and more, and those boundaries are at times challenged, and I think that makes them more complex and realistic.
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Coming to terms with the fact that all my favorite ships are either
a) tiny furious woman and tall stupid man
or
b) gay idiots
(It's worth nothing that "woman" and "man" are gender neutral in this instance. It's more a vibe)
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Everyone is lonely, and all we have is each other. I think eventually people will begin to pair off.
Including you?
Star Trek: Voyager 2x04, “Elogium”
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J/C girlies, I know you’re out there, you’ve got to read this.
I was watching the Killing Game and by the end of the first episode there’s that scene where the Doctor is deactivating Janeway’s neural interface by doing *things* on his computer and he opens up a page about Janeway
I shit you not, if you squint you can clearly read that the main paragraph is about Resolutions-------
Like -- Out of all the shit that went down, all the episodes, all the objectively more important things that she did, all the made up childhood facts they could have written on the spot---
There was a thirsty-ass JC person writing this and we’ll never know who they are
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Chakotay: enters the ready room
Tuvok: leaves as quickly as physically possible to avoid the utterly unbearable sexual tension between Chakotay and Janeway
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