jedibuttercup

Oh, my. Oh, very, very my.

[long pause for recovery of breath]

I'm entirely and wholeheartedly with sulien77; this is a positively inspired explanation for the existence of the reboot-universe.

More than that, though, I am delighted and amazed. This was a request -- I admit it -- strongly biased toward utterly over-the-top crackfic (and I can well imagine some lovely over-the-top crackfic having arisen from it). Here, though, is something altogether rarer: a thoughtful, warmly characterized vignette that quite transcends the arrant silliness of the request.

Nor do you need worry on behalf of the TNG characterizations; Q is dead on target, unable to resist a challenge and utterly confident in his own infallibility. And Lwaxana? I think you've been uncommonly perceptive here; as much as she's often written as a figure of broad comedy, the strength of will and empathic nature you spotlight are very much at the heart of her character.

Thank you a dozen times over; this marks a request very well answered indeed, and a story well worth having waited for.