Menagerie stuff.
Menagerie stuff... I partly fast-forwarded through it *cough*
I'm actually not totally sure why I dislike it so much. I think it's got to be a mix of:
a) Spock would find a better solution than stealing Jim's spaceship. My Spock is cleverer than this! (Yes, I started out as Spockie ages ago. He.)
b) Convoluted setup with what they see, too much dragging on (okay, it was an emergency reuse of material and for that it was okay, but still not loving it).
c) The Pike thing hurts, and the beep thing is illogical (though I tried to explain it in my tiny ficlet lately).
Good things:
a) McCoy totally defending Spock when Kirk suspects the Vulcan plays a foul game. Beautiful insight into McCoy's true opinions about Spock.
b) Dress uniforms ftw! ;)
c) Great tension between Kirk and Spock here. Having your first officer and friend stealing your ship has got to hurt like hell. Some good stories came out of it.
d) Oh, and this whole "Spock is extremely loyal to his commanding officer" thing - another story plot feeder.
I'm actually not totally sure why I dislike it so much. I think it's got to be a mix of:
a) Spock would find a better solution than stealing Jim's spaceship. My Spock is cleverer than this! (Yes, I started out as Spockie ages ago. He.)
b) Convoluted setup with what they see, too much dragging on (okay, it was an emergency reuse of material and for that it was okay, but still not loving it).
c) The Pike thing hurts, and the beep thing is illogical (though I tried to explain it in my tiny ficlet lately).
Good things:
a) McCoy totally defending Spock when Kirk suspects the Vulcan plays a foul game. Beautiful insight into McCoy's true opinions about Spock.
b) Dress uniforms ftw! ;)
c) Great tension between Kirk and Spock here. Having your first officer and friend stealing your ship has got to hurt like hell. Some good stories came out of it.
d) Oh, and this whole "Spock is extremely loyal to his commanding officer" thing - another story plot feeder.