Fanart findings and a pairing curiosity
Hai there, I feel pretty good today. Watched a couple of episodes of Psych with my sister, ate cookies, and figured out two separate computer issues with my dad and sister's computers. I'm the resident IT person, apparently.
I went on an art binge because I haven't really looked for Star Trek art, and so I decided to share a few of my favorite ( Read more... )
I went on an art binge because I haven't really looked for Star Trek art, and so I decided to share a few of my favorite ( Read more... )
I've been wondering about the Kirk/Bones thing too.
I think one thing is the best friends thing. Kirk and Spock were bff in TOS, and people like that and ship them; it's Kirk and Bones who are bff in Reboot, people like that and ship that.
But there's also the fact that Spock has Uhura.
There's also the fact that it's a lot more work to get Spock into bed than Bones, and a lot of the Kirk/Bones has a lot of porn. That's not to say that all there is to it, but I do think that's part of it in some fics.
Also, there's Karl Urban. Who's yes, very hot--to which I flail and say yes, but *all* of them are! And I thought maybe it was just he was more people's "type". But then I started thinking about . . . Shatner, Nimoy, Kelly, Pine, and Quinto if you ask me, none are the "macho" type. I'm not saying they're girly or effeminate, but . . . they're not gruff (Kelly's character is. And the man is craggy! But in physique he's more of an elf than Nimoy, who got the pointy ears) or lumberjacks (even if ( ... )
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Spock/Uhura doesn't work and here's why, and it's for the romcom reason you mention
Um. Well, the romcom in the movie (imo) is Kirk/Spock. The meeting of Kirk and Spock, how they get along, and how they resolve is extremely romcom-ish. As is the meeting of Kirk and Uhura and how they get along (the gotcha in that plot there is Uhura doesn't fall for the charming rogue, but rather the smart stuck up guy [her parents want her to marry, if this was romcom]). To me Spock/Uhura in Reboot isn't romcom-y at all. It's quiet and understated and ...just is, without all the big romcom build up brouhaha. But that's just me.
I don't think it's wanky that some K/S fans are big fans of the soul mate/epic destiny thing.It was wanky since I was implying (or meant to, anyway) that the soul mate/epic destiny tends to be trite and over-simplified, and even wankier, that fans of soul-mate/epic destiny do nothing to subvert that ( ... )
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...Forgive me, upon further analysis, it occurred to me you could be saying Spock/Uhura doesn't work because it's not structured like romcom; we don't get to see how it all began yadda yadda. In which case ... I'd submit to you that just because the narration gives preference to one set of characters doesn't make the relationship between another set of characters invalid. Personally, although we didn't get told much about the characters, from what I saw of Spock and Uhura, I think they'd get on quite well.
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I actually read that meta! It's one of the few I've read. It was awesome! But what was weird to me about it was that was how I read the movie from the get-go. I had to backpedal, reading that essay, to try to figure out how anyone had read Uhura-as-love-interest as anything but a promotion of the character's place in the narrative.
It's true they could have brought Uhura in merely as Spock's bff, I guess. But that would've been harder to establish in the time the writers gave themselves; they might've had to actually have a 1-2 min conversation on the turbo-lift, instead of a 5 sec kiss!
(It's interesting how Bones' primary act which demonstrates his bffness with Kirk--getting him on the Enterprise--is mirrored by U/S. Uhura and Jim's "special" relationships with Spock and Bones, respectively, is why both of them are on the Enterprise.
...Now I want an AU in which Bones and Spock aren't pussywhipped persuaded to smuggle/allow Jim and Uhura ( ... )
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