InsideTheSky

A photograph from a photoshoot of the band The Like, in this case with singer and guitarist Z Berg, drummer Tennessee Thomas, bassist Laena Geronimo and Annie Monroe, organist



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    They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
    They may not mean to, but they do.
    They fill you with the faults they had
    And add some extra, just for you.
    -Philip Larkin, This Be The Verse

    Or, Vermin’s insane Babies Ever After Kidfic AU Extravaganza, which is not quite as cynical as the poem it’s named for.

    The primary points of AU canon divergence here are that the baby Changeling from “The Begotten” (S5E12) survived, Jadzia was not killed in "Tears of the Prophets" (S6E26), Bashir and Garak managed to resolve all those years of UST sometime in the later seasons, and all this resulted in (nearly) everyone’s canon endings getting scrambled.

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    16 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 76

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    2395, Stardate 72842.7, 19:10, and three of Starfleet’s newest ensigns are huddled together on the couch in pristine new uniforms, each with a single shining rank pip. They’re not talking anymore, but the silence is a comfortable one. Like him, they’re keeping watch. They’re wondering when they will see this again, so many of their family and friends gathered together in celebration. Ben could tell them the answer, of course. He could look into all their futures. He won’t, because if he does, the present may be lost to him forever, and the present is all that matters, in the end. But the present is made of pasts, because that’s what linearity means.

    Or, a study in the myriad ways children are influenced by experience, circumstance, and the adults around them (sometimes in ways those adults didn't intend).

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    15 May 2026

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    Enabran Tain has retired, and Garak has been second-in-command of the Obsidian Order for over three years. His next assignment is the interrogation of Cardassia’s newest detainee, a Federation doctor charged with espionage.

    AU in which Garak was never exiled. Set during early season 3.

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    31 Mar 2026

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  4. Public Bookmark 62

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    Deep Space Nine is full of romantic fools, and Quark is prepared to take full advantage of it. It's sure as snuffbeetles that Doctor Bashir would never be interested in Garak when there are so many attractive females around, right?

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    31 Mar 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 17

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    In which the Command crew promises to keep an Orb safe during a solar storm. The Prophets likewise promise the Command crew will be safe from the Orb during the solar storm. Well, there'll be no lasting harm, anyway.

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    09 Jan 2026

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    Cackling, laughing, etc.