No, it’s not with your ship. We all have our preferences and that’s totally fine with me. My problem is: why can’t you write K/M without Spock-bashing? It’s like it’s an obligatory part of every second K/M story or something, along with broken-to-pieces-genius-Jim, and Bones, whose only purpose in life is to monitor Jim’s allergies and keep the magic healing sex coming. Which is fine with me, too, every fandom and every ship have their own sets of clichés. What I seriously can’t get is why it’s so necessary to paint Spock as some kind of mean, robotic jerk, even if he’s only mentioned in passing. So my question is: Guys, what the hell is your problem?
It’s not like there aren’t any K/M fics that treat other characters fairly. There are.
jaylee_g writes great Jim/Bones without marring anyone. There are a few others. But mostly, every second (sometimes every first) K/M fic I start to read paints Spock as an idiot at best and as a complete asshole at worst. The same, BTW, goes for Uhura, which beats me like for reals. What the heck did she do to K/M? Told Jim to fuck off when he hit on her while shitfaced drunk in a bar? That’s her crime or what?
See, I really like to read this pairing, why the hell not? I like Jim, I adore Bones, I’m always curios to see how they work out together. But it’s just too often that I can read those fics only so far - up until I stumble over ‘he’s an alien - she’s a bitch - and they hurt our poor dear boys all the time - make your own whining sound here.’ Hello, plot convenience. OOC much?
I’m also kinda tired of hearing this undying refrain: ‘I can’t write Spock to save my life.’ That's NOT an excuse to smack him! You can’t write him, but you can kick him in passing, apparently, no problem. Don’t need to understand him for that at all. And Uhura doesn’t even deserve what little consideration Spock gets. It’s like K/M shippers seem to think that the easiest and the most effective way to make them shine is to demean S/U. I'm not saying it's true, guys, but I can tell you, it sure as hell looks that way. Give your guys some credit, they can shine well enough on their own.
And no, it’s not a jealous K/S shipper in me speaking. Yes, K/S are my OTP, but I will read pretty much any pairing if it’s well written, if the author has a story to tell. I’m just kinda baffled by this ‘We-hate-you-Spock’ tune that just won’t die in K/M fics. It beats me even more, because in 90% of K/S fics, Bones is treated with respect and love.
You know, this kind of thing never happened in TOS fandom. Admittedly, there was a relatively small support group for K/M; mostly people shipped either K/S or S/M. My point is, whichever pairing it was, authors rarely felt the need to bash the third guy. If it happened it was an exception not the rule. Reboot fandom in this regard just eludes me.
I’m not looking to start a war here, far from it. I’m just venting my frustration, because I noticed that lately, the only K/M stories I read are PWP kind of smut. The others have recently started to make me want to crawl away under my bed and stay there crying or smash something. Too many disappointments when a good K/M storyline eventually staggers over the ‘let’s kick Spock’ bump. And that’s such a colossal turn off I can’t even tell you. D:
I understand that there always will be jealousy and competition between the two camps, because Kirk and Spock were made rivals in the new movie. I really do understand that the competition was essentially predefined. But can’t we keep it, I dunno, civilized? Please?