Different ending to “Course: Oblivion,” VOY 5×18, if the Silver Blood Voyager had been able to launch their probe prior to disintegrating.
My notes:
This is such a sweet and fun episode coda for Course: Oblivion. They really capture Tom and B’Elanna’s dry banter and teasing nature while grounding it in the straight-forward, pragmatic way they deal with each other in serious moments.
When Tom and B’Elanna are falsely convicted of an act of terrorism and thrown into an alien prison, they have to rely on each other until Captain Janeway and the crew of Voyager can rescue them. They revisit old ghosts and form unexpected bonds while they fight to survive, but being back on Voyager doesn’t necessarily mean they feel safe again.
My take on The Chute and its aftermath, leading into The Swarm.
My notes:
A really fantastic take on the premise “What if it was Tom and B’Elanna imprisoned in The Chute?” The author immerses you in what living through that experience would have truly been like, and how it would impact Tom and B’Elanna’s relationship with each other, both during and afterward. ItR... Read more
Voyager is hijacked by a hostile alien society, her crew scattered across a barren wasteland of a planet. Isolated from everything he knows, Tom Paris must rely on his talents for flying and survival just to make it through each day. His job brings him to a harrowing, hellish factory compound where he finds a familiar face: B’Elanna Torres. She’s the only person with the ingenuity and resourcefulness to secure their escape, but before B’Elanna can save Voyager, Tom must save B’Elanna. An AU that takes place in early season three.
My notes:
Every old school P/Ter knows this one. Following Tom and B’Elanna throughout season 2 and 3, and filling in the gaps (or connecting the dots, as it were) between episode scenes, we’re shown their evolving friendship in much more depth than the show ever did. It’s head-canon for me now and I’m at peac... Read more
Wandering along the Federation-Cardassian border, an exiled pilot is drawn into a boon he doesn’t want, but accepts for want of options. Having thrown herself into what work she could get, a troubled young engineer finds herself in a new situation. Both make use of their lots and their lives as they skirt the DMZ and deal with the forces at work there.
Set 16 months before “Caretaker.”
My notes:
Really beautiful, long, slow burn AU. Tom ends up in the DMZ after the Caldik Prime fallout, and he wanders as a drunk for a while before being tricked into being the captain of a rundown tradeship called the Guerdon. This story follows them both before they meet, exploring Tom’s alcohol addiction and B’Elanna&#... Read more