Stellira

Stellira is the femslash ship between Stella and Kira from the Dogs in Space fandom.

Here, Girl!
Garbage introduces Kira to Stella, Nomi, and Chonies, the three being stuck in Kira's trap from earlier. After Stella is released from the trap, she quickly gets defensive and points a blaster at Kira. Garbage blocks her from shooting, where she explains the possibility of her being an alien. The tensions between the two deescalate when Chonies uses a scanner to confirm her as a dog. To avoid further exposure towards the planets' surface, Kira offers a visit of her shuttle to the crew. While Nomi is excited to see Kira's abode, Stella, Garbage, and Chonies are rather worried. Stella in particular notices a drawing of Kira with her owner's face scratched off. She alerts Garbage of this, who tries to brush it off. Kira believes that Garbage's crew is the rescue team sent to look for her, but after seeing them nervous towards this, Kira quickly realizes this isn't the case. Stella tells Kira that they found her by coincidence while searching around the planet. Kira becomes upset that they're here to find a new planet for humans and is unwilling to be rescued by them.

Stella and Garbage are discussing whether Kira should come along with them. Stella believes they shouldn't take her since Kira isn't willing to leave, while Garbage thinks she shouldn't give up on her owner back home. While Garbage realizes Kira's further reluctancy, Stella offers her to let them give her supplies. She gives in and allows it so they can further leave her alone afterwards.

The crew realizes that the Emulicks have engulfed their ship underground. Kira tries to get them away so she can work alone on retrieving it. Stella follows her down a vine anyways after seeing Nomi wanting to help Kira. While Kira and Nomi work on chewing off the vines covering their ship, the Pluto, Garbage further questions to Stella about Kira's resentment towards humans. Stella points out that no one on P.R.A.T.S. sent or told anyone to find her. Garbage defends them saying that it would be a distraction towards the overall mission.

After defeating the Emulick, Stella insists on taking a now-injured Kira back to the M-Bark. Kira is unwilling to go with them and would rather have her arm naturally heal back in her shuttle. She hears from Garbage on trusting dogs instead of humans, with Stella adding on how no one has been able to watch over her for some time. Kira takes their pleads into consideration, along with the idea that dogs look out for each other, and decides to trust them.

Spin
While touring the M-Bark, Stella and Nomi take Kira to the arcade. Stella is slightly disturbed when Kira mentions she used to watch wounds heal as her entertainment. Nomi leads Kira to one of her favorite games, with Stella following along and playing with them. Stella excitedly shouts an instruction to Kira while she is rather confused on the game itself. When Stella realizes that Kira is going through a mix of emotions, she suggests Nomi that they stop playing for her sake. As Nomi continues the gameplay, Kira becomes overwhelmed with all of her surroundings and starts to feel faint. Stella catches her before she falls and offers to take her somewhere more peaceful.

Stella walks with Kira over to the M-Bark's spa. Kira is briefly distracted by a holographic screen but makes it inside the spa with Stella. Upon looking around, Kira mistakes a microneedling procedure on Loaf as him being attacked and vows to rescue him. Stella panics and before she can stop Kira, all of Loaf's needles fly off of him and pin down the other spa visitors.

By the end of the day, the crew wants to show one more place to a weary Kira. She is in awe upon seeing a room that is themed around her old abode. Stella tells her they figured she wanted a place that better fits her needs. She and the rest of the crew are about to hug her until Kira decides she wants time to herself for a moment.

Who's a Good Boy?
Seeing Kira and Garbage argue over the morality of Gooey leaving his planet, Stella breaks up the argument and believes that Garbage is in the right. Kira tells Stella that she gets the feeling they're kicking Gooey out of his home to favor humans until both Garbage and Gooey remind her that he wants to leave the planet.

As the planet is shriveling up, Kira admits she would rather die with them than die alone and Stella expresses her thankfulness to her that Nomi was able to escape the planet in time. The two, along with Garbage, Chonies, and Ed gather for one last hug until they're rescued by Loaf via an M-Bark pod.

Settle Down
Finishing up training for her performace review, Stella finds out that Garbage, Chonies, Ed, Kira, and Nomi, have been significantly aged down into puppies. She pets them while they're asleep to relieve stress, only for Kira to wake up and energize everyone else.

After having heard the backstory to their situation, the crew makes their way to the front of the ship. Stella catches Kira right after she jumps up from a chair. She later stops her from blasting a laster to shoot a cupcake off Chonies' head. To prevent further damage, Stella buckles all five puppies up in one seat so she can handle the vultures eating parts off the ship. She realizes that she can use the puppies to assist her with both driving and dealing with the vultures. She puts Kira in charge of watching the ships' surroundings. Right as a vulture grabs Stella inside the ship and drags her away, Kira blasts a laser that frees her from its grip. Stella sees this and makes Kira feel appreciative for it. When the crew arrives back to the M-Bark, the five puppies are reverted back to their proper ages. Kira gives Stella a thumbs-up as she walks to her performance review.

Kira, along with the rest of the crew, congratulate Stella for her review. Kira apologizes on their behalf for their havoc as puppies, including "the mess" Stella has yet to see. They show her a craft they made and propose a toast to Stella's future captaincy.

Stay
Kira and Stella are both suspicious that the planet they landed on is eerily similar to Earth's appearance. Originally thinking it to be a parallel universe, Stella suggests to Kira that they leave upon seeing dog bones growing out of trees.

After meeting the Shmoops and hearing their intentions, Kira and Stella try to warn the other dogs one by one. Stella is tugged by one posing as her owner and decides to give in, telling Kira she'll be gone just for a few minutes.

Stella realizes what truly happened to the species that resided with them before they arrived, the Crumpulons, and tells everyone else to evacuate. She informs Kira that the Shmoops sucked up any remaining happiness from the species, confirming Kira's initial suspicions. Kira tells Stella to gather everyone else in the ship as she goes to find Garbage.

Leave It
Stella and the rest of the Pluto are searching for Garbage after he misses the finals of Chonies' mech competition. When they find Kira, she asks her if Garbage has been acting strange knowing that the two have been hanging out frequently. Kira tries to divert suspicion but Stella is shocked to see the escape pod behind her take off without alert. Loaf points out a tarp behind Kira, who then gets defensive when Stella is about to uncover it. Kira tells her that it's a surprise for her birthday, only to find out that no one, not even Stella herself, knows her birthday. The tarp is uncovered to reveal modified tech from the lab. Stella gets the suspicion that Kira knows of Garbage's disappearance and is angered when Kira is unable to explain herself. Kira blasts her laser upwards and runs off with her machine. While the crew stays behind, Stella runs after her.

During a discussion with the council, she learns through security footage that Kira caused Garbage's disappearance. Stella works with Duchess to locate Kira on the M-Bark, with Ed later joining the two in the search. Ed is able to track down Kira's machine after following her stench. Stella, Duchess, and Ed are trapped in a forcefield covering the arena as Kira rises up inside of a robot. She threatens to kill the three if they don't give up, leading Ed and Duchess to fight back. Stella frees Ed after he is grabbed from the robot and they work to take down Kira. While Duchess and the robot are wrestling, Stella and Ed take the machine away. Stella is in disbelief when Kira is telling them they don't understand her attempts to save them. After losing balance from the robot landing from the air, the three become trapped in a net shot by it. Kira hops out of the robot and brings the machine towards them. Stella urges her as a friend to realize what she's doing, only making Kira remind them that she believes she's carrying out her plan with regards to save everyone on board.

Drop It
Kira's machine has turned every dog, excluding herself, into regular dogs. Stella growls and barks at Kira and is demanded to sit. She reluctantly does after Kira points a spear at her.

Happy, along with Stella, Ed, and Duchess still being feral, await Kira in the arena as Garbage runs after her. Stella attempts to help the others in taking down Kira but is kicked away by her.

Later after Kira has a change of heart and is set to return to Earth, each member of the Pluto shares their final thoughts to her. Stella is still upset with Kira for her attempted hijacking. Kira tells her she would make a great captain and while Stella expresses how a great captain would have prevented her whole ordeal, she accepts the compliment. Stella, along with the other dogs in the M-Bark, send one last message to her before her departure.

Fanon
Stellira is a lesser known pairing in the Dogs in Space fandom. Although not necessarily discussed in detail, the two when put together have been described as "the bad girl and the good girl". An excerpt from a fan writing suggests that Stella has had stronger feelings for Kira, but has since put them aside for Pepper after her departure. Fan art of the two often show Kira's respect for Stella's authority. Because of the stance in the fandom, the two have more popular ships that rival the pairing such as Stepper (Stella x Pepper), Stellage (Stella x Garbage), and Kiromi (Kira x Nomi).

Fandom

 * FAN ART


 * REDDIT


 * TIKTOK


 * TUMBLR