"As If" -A Star Trek fanfiction

[ansley15]

“As If”
Fandom: Star Trek IX
Rating: PG (mild language)
Genre and Tropes: AU, Academy fic, genderswap, friendship
Characters: Uhura-centric story. Uhura, Gaila, and always-a-girl!Kirk friendship (budding Spock/Uhura, and a tad of Kirk/Gaila femmeslash)

Discription: When Nyota Uhura is falsely accused of academic dishonesty, her most unlikely ally

Comments

[rubynye]

Wow, this is complex and thoughtful, and I adore your determined Nyota and utterly Kirkish Jamie!

[ansley15]

Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad the girls came off right to you:)

[feanna]

That was totally awesome! I really liked this Uhura and how she made mistakes about people but kept at it to correct them and I loved your Jaime and Gaila. I normally ship K/S but for a fic that's kind of pre-Spock/Uhura (which is a pairing I read VERY rarely) you managed that relationship in a way that appealed to me (with the condition that I also get all the universes where K/S is what happens) and I liked that Jaime and Spock were already friends before either got to know Uhura very well.

[ansley15]

Thank you for reading despite your feelings about the pairing! I like multiple pairings, but I normally ship K/S too (hence my split rec list) and my other fics are all K/S. This was my first time writing Spuhura, I and was nervous I'd mess it up. I'm glad it came off genuine to you:)I had to keep the epic bromance, though, even if one was a girl...

Anyway, thank you for commenting. Comments make my day:)

[reasdream]

This was really lovely. I particularly like the platonic relationship between Kirk and Spock - very believable! (I have a relationship like that)

[ansley15]

Thank you:) Yeah, I think male-female platonic friendships are some of the most beautiful and under-written-in-pop-culture things ever. I'm glad it came off well to you.

[kats_house]

[ansley15]

Thanks for reading!!I don't feel like I added redeeming qualities as much as drew them out and highlighted them (he's a pretty complex guy), but to each their own. I'm glad your dislike of Kirk didn't stop you from enjoying the fic:)

Yeah, really close platonic friendships between men and women are something I see alot i real life, but not enough in fiction. I actually like both K/S and S/U, but I wanted to try my hand at writing Spock/Uhura and I don't think K/S would work at all in this particular universe. I will write more in this universe, when RL slows down. Thanks again for commenting!