The dreaded ST:TNG post (at least to me)

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So I've finally finished my Spirited Away Overview retelling, damn it, I tried, but it just grew, so as my own personal reward, I get to inflict my flist with my extremely geeky ST:TNG love.

Star Trek: The Next Generation was the first spin-off of Gene Roddenberry's original Star Trek series that aired in the 60s. With a whole new setting, one hundred years in the future, the new crew of the Enterprise is charged once again to explore new worlds and civilizations. For those of you unfamiliar with its seven year run or just want an overview, perclexed did a fantastic one over at crack_van

Now onto the nitty-gritty, my *rabu rabu* Picard/Q love.

In case you don't know or have never seen ST:TNG, Jean Luc Picard is the captain of the Federation flagship, the U.S.S. Enterprise and is portrayed by the very talented and classically handsome Patrick Stewart. Picard takes his command and position as a captain very seriously, so he usually is very annoyed/enraged with all the tests and hoops Q forces him to endure. Q, the character, is over the top and you have to love his sheer brattiness even as an omnipotent, immortal being. The reason why I love the two of them together is that I believe that Q can actually distract Picard from his stodginess and likewise Picard temper/counterpoint Q's disregard for order.

General Info
Captain Control and the God of Ritalin (Picard/Q) by alara_r written for ship_manifesto better explains the Picard/Q appeal than I ever could
Through and Through Q by alara_r A fascinating look at Q and his history
Minding One's P's and Q's by astarte59 An essay about Picard, Q, gender roles, and homoeroticism

Fanfiction Archives
PiQuante the yahoo!groups devoted to P/Q
Alt.Fan.Q Story Archive currently having technical difficulties, but you can still access it if you use archive.org (pretty much all of the P/Q stories I've read are listed here)
Varoneeka's Slash, Mush, and More home of the "Bond" series, The Louder the Song, and An Hour of Eternity
The Anon Sisters' Stories home of Escher Dreams, To Tell the Q, and Closer to Q
Nick's P/Q site home of the WiP Hard Won

There's more, but then I realized that I'm just rehashing what Alara has already done at her website, so go check that instead.

WiP Update
The Best Defense by JoIsBishMyoga (YYH/HP)
Feather Flight: Smiling the Way You Used To (part 30) by Lunar eramundo (FF IX) yay, updated so quickly!
Hold Me. Thrill Me. Kiss Me. Kill Me. Spike/Xander 12/? by amejisuto (BtVS, S/X) previous parts here
Grey part 20 by treneka (Hikago)
Metropolis!Clark part 6 by shattered (SV)

HxH quiz ganked from lady_addiction

Your nen type is Transformation! You are a person that is constantly changing. Something that may have been of great value one day may have little value to you the next. You use your nen ability to give new properties to already existing objects. You can use this ability to make playing cards into razor-sharp lethal weapons, change the aspects of your body, or even make walls penetrable! Your typical weapon tends to be whatever is at hand-- or even your own hands.



Hunter × Hunter: 'What Nen Type are You?' Quiz