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kitausu in teamgaila

One Half the World

Jul 07, 2010 23:03

Title: One Half the World
Author: kitausu
Rating: PG
Summary: "One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other." --Jane Austen
Notes: written for the LGBTfest prompt "Gaila is bisexual; she's not sure why people on Earth assume that's both common and accepted among Orions, because in her experience it's neither."

( All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon. )

character: uhura, fan: fiction

Comments 7

adafrog July 8 2010, 13:18:01 UTC

Very cool. I really like this. Are you going to do more?

kitausu July 8 2010, 17:19:57 UTC

Thank you! I don't know if I'm going to do a sequel, but I might do more with T'Pring and Gaila. I enjoy the way they interact with each other.

adafrog July 9 2010, 01:23:31 UTC

I enjoy the way they interact with each other.
That's what I really liked about it. And it was nice to see T'Pring not be an evil bitch.

rubynye July 9 2010, 15:12:11 UTC

This is BEAUTIFUL. *applauds, wiping tears from my eyes*

kitausu July 9 2010, 23:23:13 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it (and thanks for the applause) but don't cry!

syredronning July 9 2010, 17:30:26 UTC

I like the idea that Orions aren't easy with EVERY version of sex. I'm sure that every species that looks completely open to things strange to humans have their own rigid rules somewhere inside that oppresses some of their own people. And this story illustrates it well.

Thank you!

alder_knight August 7 2010, 22:53:09 UTC

Gender politics in Trek fic? Amazing, epic win. Poor Gaila, indomitable Gaila, on so many counts. I love her interaction with T'Pring, and I love your characterization of T'Pring herself, whom I've never read written sympathetically in Nu!Trek fic. This piece is really beautiful.

She isn’t like Gaila or Christine Chapel, loud and flirtatious; she isn’t like Jim, what with the way when Sulu takes bets whether he’ll get into a fight or pick someone up it’s always a fifty-fifty chance either way... she isn’t like Nyota, who goes into riot girl mode. She’s a quiet drunk, not so much losing control as letting her emotionless façade fade a little at the edges.

Aww. I like the characterizations in this paragraph. They all sound so correct. I especially like riot girl Uhura, because yeah, I believe it, and it's a small detail but still really great.

Wonderful fic! I will be bookmarking it.