Rec. Seriously. REC HERE.
So. I've been kind of 'meh' about the K/S happening on the internet lately. There's just so much of it, sorting through and trying to find that diamond in the rough has been such a pain in the ass lately.
Until today.
I just read one of the most amazing one shots, a freaking five times fic, that just blew me away. feels_like_fire captured pretty much every cliche in the Kirk/Spock fandom and turned it on its ass. You ever get bored with Kirk begging for a meld and Spock 'sliding into his mind oh so seamlessly'? Or how about they fall into bed together and have the most mind blowing sex ever? Wouldn't you like to read some fic where the Vulcan Pedestal of Perfection that fandom has placed Spock upon gets knocked over and crushed? Just a little?
That was what she did with Five Ways Dating Spock Wasn't What Jim Thought It Would Be, and One Way It Was Even Better Than He Imagined (or, Not Without My Vulcan: The James Kirk Story). It made me shake my head and laugh (seriously, Vulcan poo? Oh my god) and actually feel something for nu!Sarek, whom I haven't seemed to develop any feelings for at all, good or bad (Mark Lenard reigns supreme, sorry Ben Cross fans).
Damn. I can't rec this fic hard enough.
She responded to a comment by saying To me, this is what makes a really good relationship; anyone would/can stay in a relationship when it's easy and flawless, but you have to really love someone to be able to recognize all the ways that it kind of sucks sometimes to stay with them, and still be able to say, "No, this person is the ONLY one for me." which really hit home for me. A lot of fic in this fandom is just such trope that after a while I feel as though I'm reading the same old thing; lather, rinse, repeat. Occasionally there is the amazing gem among that makes me laugh hysterically and \o/, like a Planet Full of Gays (*waves to andieshep*) or grab at my chest in protection because it feels as though the author is trying to rip it out (Hello, my dear leupagus and your Only Good for Legends, which made me !!! all over the place when I finally hit that scene in Chapter 3).
I don't know what I'm trying to say here. Just... if you haven't read it, and are down with the "K/S OVERCOMES ALL", then I really, really suggest you give it a go. It might not hit it out of the ballpark for you, but hopefully you'll enjoy a good fic and not want to slap me for reccing my heart out all over it.
Go on, give it a shot. I'll wait.
Until today.
I just read one of the most amazing one shots, a freaking five times fic, that just blew me away. feels_like_fire captured pretty much every cliche in the Kirk/Spock fandom and turned it on its ass. You ever get bored with Kirk begging for a meld and Spock 'sliding into his mind oh so seamlessly'? Or how about they fall into bed together and have the most mind blowing sex ever? Wouldn't you like to read some fic where the Vulcan Pedestal of Perfection that fandom has placed Spock upon gets knocked over and crushed? Just a little?
That was what she did with Five Ways Dating Spock Wasn't What Jim Thought It Would Be, and One Way It Was Even Better Than He Imagined (or, Not Without My Vulcan: The James Kirk Story). It made me shake my head and laugh (seriously, Vulcan poo? Oh my god) and actually feel something for nu!Sarek, whom I haven't seemed to develop any feelings for at all, good or bad (Mark Lenard reigns supreme, sorry Ben Cross fans).
Damn. I can't rec this fic hard enough.
She responded to a comment by saying To me, this is what makes a really good relationship; anyone would/can stay in a relationship when it's easy and flawless, but you have to really love someone to be able to recognize all the ways that it kind of sucks sometimes to stay with them, and still be able to say, "No, this person is the ONLY one for me." which really hit home for me. A lot of fic in this fandom is just such trope that after a while I feel as though I'm reading the same old thing; lather, rinse, repeat. Occasionally there is the amazing gem among that makes me laugh hysterically and \o/, like a Planet Full of Gays (*waves to andieshep*) or grab at my chest in protection because it feels as though the author is trying to rip it out (Hello, my dear leupagus and your Only Good for Legends, which made me !!! all over the place when I finally hit that scene in Chapter 3).
I don't know what I'm trying to say here. Just... if you haven't read it, and are down with the "K/S OVERCOMES ALL", then I really, really suggest you give it a go. It might not hit it out of the ballpark for you, but hopefully you'll enjoy a good fic and not want to slap me for reccing my heart out all over it.
Go on, give it a shot. I'll wait.