Comments | st_reboot: Fic: Avenues, original K/S (mentioned), G by mithrel

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Fic: Avenues, original K/S (mentioned), G by mithrel

May 09, 2009 13:44

Title: Avenues
Author: mithrel
Pairing(s): Mentioned original K/S
Rating: G
Summary: He’d never. Not in this reality.
Notes/Warnings: None, except the obvious spoiler warning. Makes brief mention of events in Court Martial, The Menagerie, This Side of Paradise, Amok Time, and Turnabout Intruder, plus the movie, of course.

( His counterpart must be more different from him than he thought )

r: g, g: slash, a: mithrel, p: kirk/spock

Comments 16

reposted regan_v May 10 2009, 00:16:59 UTC

I like how you work through Kirk's chain of thought and experience here, carefully and plausibly. The insight that it was the friendship with him that made the difference in Spock is quite true, and it's really persuasive that this would be a pivotal insight for young Kirk, changing his attitude toward Spock. And the ending strikes just the right note

Re: reposted mithrel May 10 2009, 02:34:24 UTC

Thanks, I was going for a hopeful ending, one that could go either way with the relationship potential.

l0stmyrel1g10n May 10 2009, 03:25:40 UTC

I'm not sure if this was your intention, but Kirk's train of thought sounds exactly like he's in denial. Denial about the possibility of being attracted to a man, denial about being in love, whatever. I'm queer, and when I was fourteen and hadn't yet come out to myself, my train of thought followed that path almost exactly. I predict a sequel in which Kirk reverses his earnest assertions that he would "never even consider..."

mithrel May 10 2009, 03:31:09 UTC

That was what I was going for yes, and I may or may not write that sequel.

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mithrel May 11 2009, 02:44:02 UTC

Glad you liked it!

southpaw526 May 12 2009, 09:33:51 UTC

I love the little series you have going here! I have to admit I never really watched TOS - is the mental link between Kirk and Spock canon or fanon?

mithrel May 12 2009, 18:57:22 UTC

Glad you liked it! is the mental link between Kirk and Spock canon or fanon? A bit of both. It's implied in the series, but never directly stated, but most fanfiction takes it as fact.

southpaw526 May 12 2009, 23:19:55 UTC

Can I ask how it's implied? Sorry for all the questions!

mithrel May 12 2009, 23:24:31 UTC

Just sometimes they seem to be aware of each other when there's no reason for them to be, is all. It's been awhile since I watched the series, so I can't think of a specific example.

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saavikam77 May 12 2009, 23:10:31 UTC

Aw! I absolutely love how you have Kirk work through all of that mentally, trying to get a feel for how things *are* vs. how things *were*, and deciding that they could at least be friends. :)

mithrel May 12 2009, 23:21:29 UTC

*grin* Yeah, given how they met in this timeline they'll need to become friends before anything else happens.