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goldvermilion87

ST Fic: New in Town

Feb 23, 2011 20:38

A true drabble written from Christine Chapel's perspective for dreamflower02 for this drabble-requesting meme.

(STOP BY AND REQUEST A DRABBLE. FIVE OPEN SPOTS! :-D)

(Before you all come and stone me, these are Christine Chapel's thoughts very early in her tenure on the Enterprise, not her final assessment. And for all you not-completely-obsessed-with-ST:TOS ( Read more... )

star trek, fan fiction

Comments 3

dreamflower02 February 24 2011, 04:07:16 UTC

LOL! This is perfect! I wasn't expecting "newbie" Chapel, but I like it-- love the reminder of *why* she originally joined Starfleet, and love that you gave her a background in peds, which would most *certainly* be different than working in the sick-bay of a Starship!

goldvermilion87 February 24 2011, 04:14:38 UTC

:-)

So glad you liked it!

I really didn't want to write another McCoy-is-a-grouch-but-he-has-a-heart-of-gold-deep-down-inside fic, and this was the only other thing that came to mind.

Of course, in light of "What are Little Girls Made Of," I'm not sure if this is funny or really sad...

dreamflower02 February 24 2011, 04:34:04 UTC

Of course, in light of "What are Little Girls Made Of," I'm not sure if this is funny or really sad...

It's both of course. That's the genius of well-done fanfic. It *uses* canon for subtext and foreshadowing, so that without actually saying anything, the author can imply a world of possible meanings.

For the reader to know a character's tragic future is a sad one can give the fluffiest of ficlets an overtone of sorrow, while on the reverse side, knowing that a happy ending awaits, can give the reader a little thrill of joy in the midst of angst.