furry treksona thoughts
You can be a furry in Star Trek if you want to be and there's nothing stopping you.
No, really. The best part about Star Trek is that the existence of alternate timelines and dimensions is canon, so your furry choices aren't at all limited, and? The abundance of Negative Space Wedgies is so high you practically have your *choice* of plot holes to fall out of if you want to interact with canon characters in canon settings.
Mine's an anthro utahraptor from a timeline where nanotech and cryogenics were both slightly more advanced than seen in canon and as a result he's effectively a technology-driven counterpart to the genetic augments in canon. He got cryo-frozen pre-warp, defrosted sometime during the equivalent to TNG, and made it out of Starfleet Academy sometime during that timeline's equivalent to DS9.
Remember: It's called a trash can, not a trash can't.
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more furry treksona thoughts
Nanotechnology-based augmentation is a hell of a drug, in multiple senses of the word. Avoiding the grimdark sides of his backstory to keep this light? The upsides of this character's augmentations are that he's highly resistant to damage thanks to *massive* regeneration buffs, his skeletal tolerances are greatly improved thanks to the addition of reinforcement materials, he doesn't get tired in standard atmospheres and can hold his breath for hours while fighting or days if idle, he's got a space-capable form, and the *speed at which he thinks* can be overclocked on demand. Plus he's got grown-in cybernetics.
Why all of this power fantasy?
Because *nigh-unkillable queer anti-fascist super-soldier.* That's why. Do I really need more reason than that?
re: more furry treksona thoughts
@LexYeen power fantasy characters are great
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re: more furry treksona thoughts
@Felthry They're so *useful* for stories, too - sure, they might be *physically* tough, but there's still ways to make them vulnerable and hurt them.
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@Felthry Same here, y'all - I openly acknowledge he's a bit of a power fantasy.