If anyone is interested in reading some thinky thoughts about 'shaking hands with death' and, in particular, how this relates to reboot and TOS McCoy, fandom tropes and the 21st century vs 23rd century viewpoint, then I have a litte meta discussion over here.

The first was found on kirk_mccoy and the second was found on startrek2009.

McCoy's age as a medical cadet and how it compares relative to his fellow cadets

A discussion on McCoy's reasons for joining Star Fleet

Here are some lovely Meta posts by nikki4noo!

A comparative timeline between TOS and Reboot Guys! GUYS! If you haven't already seen this, check it out ASAP. This is one kick-ass timeline! I refer to it quite often. :D

Comparing Captains and their Snarky Sidekicks via Star Trek and Torchwood Don't worry, you don't need to have seen Torchwood to benefit ( Read more... )

The Tags I've got established at the moment are General Categories (I've also taken a stab at filling out some specific tags. I haven't thought of everything, so please add your own if a tag you want/need isn't made yet ( Read more... )