Risa

I did not make this

I love this thing and have been meaning to post it for a while. I also, however, wanted to do a little extra. So I wrote out the lyrics and added links to all the appropriate parts. However some links may not be what they seem. There's also one goodie in there I really enjoy. Anyway. Lyrics!

🎶 Engineering here...

We got a subspace anomaly, a graviton pulse,

We got a catastrophic diagnostic cycle result

Inertial dampeners just went off line

And that's a 10 hour job but we'll do it in 5

I need a cryosensor, hyperspanner, neutrino probe

And a phase compensator for the warp manifolds

Cargo bay 3's on the verge of collapse

It's got more subspace flux than the Delphic Expanse

I'm gonna temporarily reverse the polarity of this module to monitor optronic disparities

But we gotta find the source of that plasma leak or we're looking at a possible warp core breach

Man I was gonna hit Ten Forward tonight

I told Guinan I'd be by to try the Risan delight

But I'm stuck in engineering and I can't be surprised

Cuz it's just another day on the Enterprise 🎶

Going to lie down because it's hot as balls in my apartment and also because I'm just exhausted from not sleeping great. Thus why this is being posted randomly in the middle of the day. I was going to post this tonight but god knows if I'll even be awake.

I've always had really awful birthdays. Either it was outright ignored or I was punished for even having one. My parents were... unpleasant. Star Trek became my escape. Could see amazing people make amazing choices and be the best they wanted to be instead of lying and saying they were good people. Actions speak louder than words, after all, and the actions of the crew of the Enterprise-D (specifically) were what helped me sort of override a lot of the disgusting hateful stuff I was taught as a child. Also made me feel like a person instead of a burden.

I've not really been able to delve in deep to a lot of Trek communities sometimes because, well, it's the internet. People can get a bit toxic behind a computer screen. This place has been anything but. Pure kindness and love from everyone here. Top to the bottom. Honestly it seems pretty worth it to me to forego birthday gifts throughout my life to be able to find y'all.

You are all awesome. I don't want birthday wishes and stuff, I get enough of those from Starbucks and other companies trying to get me to buy their shit that I cannot afford, but I want y'all to appreciate yourself for a couple minutes. You're a great person, you've helped make an amazing community, and I am eternally grateful.

You are AWESOME. Love y'all.

Live so very motherfucking long and prosper more than you could ever dream.

TNG s2e21 "Peak Performance"

Not OC

[OC]

[OC] - just thought this funny shot deserved a caption

Offscreen is B'Elanna muttering something about "classic Borg narcissism"

Bonus points if you can identify all the layers in the meme. Some are obvious, some are not.

[OC] feel free to repost/share wherever

Some nonsense about Boimler and Rutherford's hijinks in the holodeck. Loved the Mark Twain bit, but it's not Bashir and O'Brien level of hijinks.