Fandom: Star Trek Voyager
Characters/Pairings: Ensemble
Rating: M
Length: 350K
Author Links:
macedon
peg
Theme: Indigenous character, worldbuilding, fandom classic, pre-AO3, AU, team fic, old fandom, novel length, epic, fork in the road AU, character development, characters of color, cultural differences, logistical fixit, plotty, series,
Summary: Chakotay and Tuvok develop a tentative friendship, set against the backdrop of a storytelling group which has grown up spontaneously on Voyager. As Kathryn Janeway tries to adjust to the changes if Voyager created by the presence of the story telling circle, she also tries to deal with her own beliefs about the nature of command... and to help Tom Paris through a rough spot in his own life.
Reccer's Notes: A remarkable "braided novel" of 8 novels and novellas. Too sprawling (in the grand sense) in scale and reach to reduce to a mere synopsis; let us just say that this is what Voyager could have been if TPTB had been willing to seriously deal with the implications of two enemy crews depending on one another, far from home, in a dangerous quadrant. With gripping plots and wonderful characterizations, Macedon and Peg tackled issues of faith, community, alienation and belonging, honest conflict between Maquis and Starfleet, and the realities of life far from home and safety, and all with discretion and grace. This series really explores what life and community are like on board Voyager in a way few fics do, making it into a community that feels real and has depth to it.
And it fits this rec category because Macedon (aka Little Otter) really leaned into Chakotay's heritage. The central premise that kicks off the fic is "what if Chakotay started a talking/storytelling circle in the pattern of several of the Native American tribes of the midwest?"
Story Links: Talking Stick/Circle
Characters/Pairings: Ensemble
Rating: M
Length: 350K
Author Links:
Theme: Indigenous character, worldbuilding, fandom classic, pre-AO3, AU, team fic, old fandom, novel length, epic, fork in the road AU, character development, characters of color, cultural differences, logistical fixit, plotty, series,
Summary: Chakotay and Tuvok develop a tentative friendship, set against the backdrop of a storytelling group which has grown up spontaneously on Voyager. As Kathryn Janeway tries to adjust to the changes if Voyager created by the presence of the story telling circle, she also tries to deal with her own beliefs about the nature of command... and to help Tom Paris through a rough spot in his own life.
Reccer's Notes: A remarkable "braided novel" of 8 novels and novellas. Too sprawling (in the grand sense) in scale and reach to reduce to a mere synopsis; let us just say that this is what Voyager could have been if TPTB had been willing to seriously deal with the implications of two enemy crews depending on one another, far from home, in a dangerous quadrant. With gripping plots and wonderful characterizations, Macedon and Peg tackled issues of faith, community, alienation and belonging, honest conflict between Maquis and Starfleet, and the realities of life far from home and safety, and all with discretion and grace. This series really explores what life and community are like on board Voyager in a way few fics do, making it into a community that feels real and has depth to it.
And it fits this rec category because Macedon (aka Little Otter) really leaned into Chakotay's heritage. The central premise that kicks off the fic is "what if Chakotay started a talking/storytelling circle in the pattern of several of the Native American tribes of the midwest?"
Story Links: Talking Stick/Circle
Also, Macedon wrote another wonderful Trek fic about an OC with Native American heritage who, after some trauma, goes to the reservation to heal, which I recced only 6 months ago. It's called Wisdom and Beauty and the rec is here.
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