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missives from a borrowed computer
1. My computer does not, after all, have a hideous spyware virus as theorized by an astonishingly unhelpful over-the-phone tech guy; nope, my physical hard drive is scratched. I'm taking it in this afternoon to get the hard drive replaced, and hopefully I'll have my own functional computer returned to me by the weekend. I'm remarkably unstressed about this, as I backed everything up last week: telly, music, fic is all on external drives. All I'm losing is some Trek & vids.
Also, naming one's computer Methos does not guarantee longevity. Methos, I haven't even had you for a year. Apparently when five thousand years old you reach, work this well you will not.
2. The more Trek fic I read, the more I want to write an open letter to Kirk/Spock fandom. I mean, they shouldn't listen to me, and if I want something done right I should write it myself (or actually finish reading War Games) but in the meantime:
Dear Kirk/Spock fandom,
I have come across a couple of fics in which advantage is taken of the fact that Vulcan hands are erogenous zones. Please, keep that up! Tell your friends! It's hot and weird and indulges my delight for alien anatomy without resorting to wildly extrapolating, making things up wholesale, or using the word 'emerald' at the least provocation. I have also come across a couple of fics in which Spock hits Kirk around and they both really like it. I do not demand that everyone go this route, but it delights me and does make unreasonable amounts of sense. Seriously, I'm willing to provide citations.
On the other hand -- leaving aside aesthetic style, because I'm willing to forgive the 1970s for thinking that 'moist' was a remotely sexy word -- there is something you guys, and especially you guys writing now, have really got to stop. It's this t'hy'la business. You keep using this word. I do not think it means what you think it means. It doesn't mean soulmate; it doesn't even mean bondmate. It's not the sole property of people who are destined to be lovers across a thousand universes. It just means someone is your goddamn trenchbuddy. And I love that! I'm all for every possible fic in which Spock goes, "You are an admirable comrade-in-arms, and I am honored to be your friend," and Jim is like, "Awesome, let's fuck." (Although I'm pretty sure that was just an exchange between TOS!Spock and AOS!Kirk. Whatever, I'd ship it.) My point is, that's great. Less is more. No more declarations of undying love, please.
Always appreciative of the sheer wealth of fic to choose from,
Aria
Also, naming one's computer Methos does not guarantee longevity. Methos, I haven't even had you for a year. Apparently when five thousand years old you reach, work this well you will not.
2. The more Trek fic I read, the more I want to write an open letter to Kirk/Spock fandom. I mean, they shouldn't listen to me, and if I want something done right I should write it myself (or actually finish reading War Games) but in the meantime:
Dear Kirk/Spock fandom,
I have come across a couple of fics in which advantage is taken of the fact that Vulcan hands are erogenous zones. Please, keep that up! Tell your friends! It's hot and weird and indulges my delight for alien anatomy without resorting to wildly extrapolating, making things up wholesale, or using the word 'emerald' at the least provocation. I have also come across a couple of fics in which Spock hits Kirk around and they both really like it. I do not demand that everyone go this route, but it delights me and does make unreasonable amounts of sense. Seriously, I'm willing to provide citations.
On the other hand -- leaving aside aesthetic style, because I'm willing to forgive the 1970s for thinking that 'moist' was a remotely sexy word -- there is something you guys, and especially you guys writing now, have really got to stop. It's this t'hy'la business. You keep using this word. I do not think it means what you think it means. It doesn't mean soulmate; it doesn't even mean bondmate. It's not the sole property of people who are destined to be lovers across a thousand universes. It just means someone is your goddamn trenchbuddy. And I love that! I'm all for every possible fic in which Spock goes, "You are an admirable comrade-in-arms, and I am honored to be your friend," and Jim is like, "Awesome, let's fuck." (Although I'm pretty sure that was just an exchange between TOS!Spock and AOS!Kirk. Whatever, I'd ship it.) My point is, that's great. Less is more. No more declarations of undying love, please.
Always appreciative of the sheer wealth of fic to choose from,
Aria
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Okay, I loled.
In my continuing habit of shipping everything more than AOS Kirk/AOS Spock, I actually totally see AOS Kirk/Old Spock. Because
a) Kirk does not care about your sexual standards of youth or in fact of anything, and that is one of my favorite things to find in a fic
b) Old Spock is kind of a manipulative bastard in a loving way
c) That's hot.
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I have to confess, I ship AOS Kirk/Spock Prime pretty hard. It is secretly for the totally shallow reason that I find Pine much more attractive than Shatner and Nimoy is just My Spock, but I also like your reasons a lot.
Also, it's very having of cake and eating it too, because it means Kirk/Spock and Spock/Uhura with minimal awkwardness.
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Well, as long as the hard drive isn't entirely cut off...no subject
I suppose Methos is dead but about to live on, in fact! I would prefer it if he just repaired himself, though.
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That is the absolute dumbest shit I have ever heard. It doesn't even make sense that a race would evolve that feature. Also, what the hell is with Star Trek and bizarre erogenous zones?
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That explains why I'm uncomfortable with people touching my hands unless I want to have sex with them! (I'm convinced that my mother is a Vulcan.)
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Alas I didn't bookmark any of the fic with hitting, because it was an awesome concept tangled up with meh writing or with other characterization bits I didn't agree with; I really wanted to isolate it, distill it, and stick it in other fics. If I do find any that are lovely all the way through, though, I will be sure to let you know.
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Aw, I hate it when a good premise is undermined by poor writing. Oh well. If you come across something good, I'm always interested in reading it.
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Ahaha. Yes. (Though, still not as bad as the stuff you see whenever a mainstream author decides to include a sexy scene in their pro work.)
Occasionally I do wonder what words or turns of phrase our fannish decendants will be o_O about.
As for t'hy'la, while I agree it's overused to an annoying extent, I kind of can't blame writers for that because the friend-brother-lover explanation is just ULTIMATE SLASHBAIT. There's no way slashers are going to be able to keep away from that: it's like, IDK, including a mouth-to-mouth scene in canon and expecting that not to come up in fic, but to the nth degree. Still, it does get very old, and it's especially irritating when it's just outright wrong, when Sarek calls Amanda his t'hy'la or whatever.
I think there was a kinkmeme story where AOS!Kirk and Spock were trying to give Spock Prime the news that they were involved, and Kirk went, "In fact, we're t'hy'la! *wink wink nudge*" and Spock Prime was like, "Well, of course you are," and completely didn't get the implication. It was pretty cute.
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I wonder this too! I think it's kind of awesome and fascinating that there's something we generally agree on as being a sexy aesthetic in writing as well as appearance and whatever.
Oh, I absolutely do not object to t'hy'la on general principle! It's wonderful that the word exists, it really is the ultimate slashbait, and it makes me smile extra every time Spock goes on about being Kirk's friend. Just -- it ain't a synonym for soulmate or spouse, guys.
That kinkmeme story sounds delightful. :D I can just imagine; "Of course we're t'hy'la, Jim. I told you we were friends when we first encountered each other." "Uh, no, I mean --" HEE.
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And yeah. Honestly I'm tempted to write it at this point. Noooo. I was enjoying Trek so thoroughly because I didn't have the urge for that level of fannish interaction. Curses.
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StarTrek.com put out this "Guide to Vulcan Sexuality" a while ago that has pretty much all the canon Vulcan makeouts in it. It's pretty great - if you can keep from helpless giggling at the SRS BZNS of it all, especially when the narrator's voice first starts in, you're a stronger woman than I.
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