Little bit of Ethel and Data for y’all :3
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Ethel Silvers (left): they/she/he
Data Soong (right): he/him
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Proship + adjacent DNI
Couple of pencil doodles over the last couple of days.. first one is my Villainous selfship with Demencia and the second is my (tentatively calling it this) Star Trek Lower Decks selfship with T’Lyn!!
Demencia (upper left): she/it
Erin Graves (upper right): they/he
T’Lyn (bottom right): she/they
Ere Ezal (bottom left): they/he
The aftermath, during the wedding party!!
(The sketch is under the readmore too bc I liked it lol)
Yayy!!! We’re married now!! Yippee!!!
Anyways, this will be a day long event so feel free to send in asks or whatever all day today!!/nf
A couple doodles of my Star Trek oc’s!!
First picture is Ensign Cr’ill on the left; she’s a Caitian cyberneticist and works at the Daystrom Institute on Earth! (She plays a part in my selfship story when Ethel steals Lore’s body, yea, she’s the one who helps them access the inside of Daystrom!)
On the right of the first picture is Lieutenant Tolyn; he’s a Vulcan psychologist serving aboard the USS James Webb as ships counselor!
These two are long time friends of Dr. Ethel Silvers from back during their academy days/uni days!
The second picture is an oc that is a more recent friend of Ethel. Her name is Faja Ilea. Shes a Bajoran-Caitian hybrid! She’s a lieutenant and security/tactical officer and has an Andorian biologist girlfriend, also lieutenant ranked! (They are both polyamorous and in an open relationship!) I will draw Athy (her girlfriend) later!!
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Ethel (left): they/he
Data (right): he/they
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Ethel and Data’s friends rushing them off for pre-wedding planning!!
(Actually pretty happy with this considering I hardly ever draw this many people in a single picture lol)
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(Left to right) William T. Riker, Deanna Troi, Ethel Silvers, Data Soong, Geordi LaForge and Beverly Crusher
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“Ethel, I have been doing a great deal of thinking. I know that in all likelihood I will outlive you, all of my friends and loved ones. It is a disturbing thought and I do try not to think of it often. Despite my best efforts, it pervades every aspect of my interactions with my human and organic friends, including you. I want to live a life with you. I am scared that life will extend far beyond yours and I will have to cope with the inevitable loss.. of you. And yet, I have come to the conclusion that it is far more important to live with you now than worry about what my life will be without you, because right now, I do have you. You are here now. And I have come to the overarching conclusion that the benefits of marriage- the support, the love- far outweigh any potential obstacles we might face. As such I have decided to ask you: Ethel Silvers, will you marry me?”
Ethel looked stunned. He shook his head as though shaking himself out of a daze.
“Yea... Yea, Data.. yes! Yes yes yes!! Yes one thousand times over, Data! Yes!!
Ethel slowly seemed to be coming to the realization that this was real and happening- to them of all people! They rushed over to hug Data, an expression of pure rapture adorning their face as they embraced their new fiancé. ❤️
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Ethel (left): they/he
Data (right): he/they
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Picnic on the holodeck!!
Actually pretty happy with how the digital part turned out!!
+ the sketch and the picture that I referenced under the readmore!!
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Ethel (left): they/he
Data (right): he/they
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-he/they pronouns (absolutely no it/its due to his history with those pronouns being used to deny his rights as a sentient being)
-identifies as agender but male aligned and presenting
-unlabeled sexual + romantic orientation (they have limited experience with these types of relationships)
-though he let his child, Lal, choose their form and gender for themself, he had always secretly hoped for a daughter; Lal ended up choosing to be his daughter!
-autistic, or whatever the android equivalent of that is anyways, it’s not entirely bc he’s an android, he’s just Like That
-special interests include: cats, the Sherlock Holmes novels of ancient Earth and art (particularly painting and poetry)
-learned how to play violin as his first instrument bc that’s what Sherlock Holmes played in the novels
-incredible skill at realism painting style
-finds it difficult to make appealing cartoony characters (admires Ethel’s ability to draw in a cartoon style)
-his favorite subjects to paint include Spot, Ethel (they/he pronouns btw) and birds as well as landscapes of different planets they visit
-early on before his relationship with Ethel starts, he finds himself painting them over and over trying to capture their essence on the canvas
-Ethel later learns that Data has exactly 47 paintings of Ethel tucked away in his quarters, all in various states of completion, some sketches, others abstract attempts and many finished realistic portraits
-surprised to see that Spot takes to Ethel really quickly; they’ve always been very good with animals, particularly cats, they explain
-found his fascination with Earth felines at Starfleet Academy when he came across as stray kitten, who he adopted and named Spot (Spot would live with him for a good while on the Enterprise D and E)
-Spot actually taught him a lot about how to be gentle with organic life forms including humans and other sentient beings of organic nature
-he actually used to be very rough and clumsy about interacting physically with people
-once a fellow cadet challenged him to an arm wrestle and he accidentally broke their arm and dislocated their shoulder and collar bone, resulting in a temporary suspension from the academy, which was eventually dismissed
-now he is much more self aware and gentle with others when interacting physically with people
Happy Valentine’s Day from some of Starfleet’s finest, Data and Ethel!!
OBSESSED WITH THIS ART OF DATA AND ETHEL THAT I COMMISSIONED FROM @vidovy !!!!
THEIR ART IS JUST PHENOMENAL ALL AROUND (so go check out their blog!!) BUT LIKE- IM FROTHING AT THE MOUTH ABUOT THIS/vpos
TYY AGAIN DIVI!!!! <333
Drawing refs for if anyone wanted to draw these two!!/nf
Sooo uh I don’t have him as an official f/o bc he fades in and out (and I may yet add him to the official list!) but uhh thinking about Weyoun 6 lately,,
+ some borrowed (unfortunately I cannot remember who came up with this brilliant concept!) headcanons/redesigns for vorta as a species!!
Also as a side note, the Ethel Silvers in this AU never meets Data as in my Data selfship au and instead ends up with Weyoun 6 (who lives, as implied lol)!!
Anyways here’s art lol
After a few months of working together and getting to know each other Paul took Elis to Starfleet’s winter formal!! They get awful close that night but they both refuse to acknowledge it the day after lol (takes place several years before they both work on the USS Discovery)
Elis Carter uses they/he pronouns
Paul Stamets uses he/him pronouns
Space mushroom enthusiast comforts his boyfriend with the promise of undiscovered fungi,,
"Hey!"
Elis jumped at the raised voice, nearly a foot in the air, before hastily positioning themself in a suitable stance for the approaching superior officer that was making his way towards them.
As they turned to do so, their eyes flashed towards him, putting a face to the aggravated voice.
"Do NOT touch those! You wanna get mycelial poisoning?" the man practically shouted at Elis, who in turn shrunk back, putting their hands in their pockets absentmindedly, before timidly asking, "W-With all due respect, sir, i-is that a thing?"
Astromycology, or really, any kind of mycology, was not Elis's field of specialty but they were knowledgeable enough to know that mycelial poisoning was not, in fact, a 'thing'. Prototaxites stellaviatori, especially, would not result in any sort of toxicity upon coming into contact with human skin. And Elis knew for a fact that this lieutentant's specialty was with the fungi, Prototaxites Stellaviatori. It was the baseline organism for his possibly revolutionary alternative warp travel theory.
But, Elis, being a nervous individual, chose not to outright confront their superior officer about this and rather just simply ask the question they did. Their question yielded them an exasperated sigh and an equally exasperated response from Lieutenant Stamets.
"No, you're right, mycelial poisoning? Not a thing you can get, and not from touching fungi. BUT I don't want you touching my fungi SO I had to come up with something quick didn't I?"
Elis just stared at Lieutentant Stamets owlishly.
"What, are you gonna say something or just touch my mushrooms and question me?"
Elis had to physically shake his head to get out of it and replied quickly, "Sorry! Sir! Sorry, sir, I apologize for uh- touching your stuff without your permission! It's err, its just my first day here as the research assistant for this project and ah, well, umm, I sort of got curious?"
Elis grimaced inwardly at his fumbled apology. He was definitely going to get thrown off this project now for sure.
The lieutenant looked thoughtfully at him before speaking again, "You're my new intern aren't you." It didn't have the intonation of a question.
Elis perked up again, "Yes! Yes, I'm Ensign Elis Carter! I graduated Starfleet Academy a year ago, honors in exobi-"
"I'm Lieutenant Paul Stamets, you'll refer to me by rank, of course and I don't care how many honors you graduated with, you work under me now and I expect the best."
Elis deflated a little bit at that but acknowledged Lieutenant Stamets all the same, still determined to earn his respect and their doctorate in cosmology.
They hadn't expected a friendly warm welcome, not in the rigorous scientific community of Starfleet but they'd figured their new boss would at least be cordially polite. It confused the hell of out them. In time, they would find that there were a lot of confusing things to be learned about this Lieutenant Paul Stamets...
