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[meiface]

Reading startrekbigbang and waiting for the ~perfect~ fic to jump out at me, like last year's So Wise We Grow. Also being absolutely horrified by the blasphemy of people who don't ship Kirk/Spock. IS THIS REAL LIFE?! So of course this calls for a poll:

STXI OR TOS, JUST TELL ME YOUR OPINIONS. *PS PRETEND I SPELLED "CHEKOV" RIGHT. DAMMIT, STAR TREK.

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[xsharetheworld]

LMAO SUCKS THAT I'M THE ONE SHIFTIN THE POLL RESULTS. XD

[meiface]

Oooh you ticked "other". I am curious! What do you ship?

[cherrybina]

I do not understand how everyone does not ship K/S all over the place. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH OMG.

I love Reese, too! MAYBE THEY NEED A HAPPY THREESOME. THAT IS A LOT OF HOT RIGHT THERE.

[meiface]

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT EITHER. CLEARLY THEY ARE OTP, THE PROGENITOR OF MODERN-DAY SLASH, ETC ETC. ♥

Oh my god, Bina. *_________* I don't think my mind can even handle how hot the mental images are.

[emeraldcrystal]

I was looking through the big bang and it also occurred to me there weren't that many k/s fics! HOW COULD PEOPLE NOT SHIP THEM??

[meiface]

RIGHT?! It is shocking and unbelievable to me. SEE MY FACE OF :OOOO!!

[emeraldcrystal]

IT MAKES MY SHIPPER HEART SAD. Oh, I meant to ask you, what didn't you like about Spoctoria? Or rather, what were your complicated feelings? I was entranced as I read through it but as I skimmed through it again afterward, I noticed Spock was a bit... ooc in some places?

[meiface]

Oh man, Spoctoria - I have been trying for days to pin down what about it makes it impossible for me to love wholeheartedly as one of my absolute favorites. I think part of it is that it spanned so much time so rapidly and I didn't really feel the build-up of how K/S fell in love? They just suddenly were, and then the rest of it was dealing with the complications of already being in a relationship. And I'm one of the people who's an absolute sucker for get-together fics and am a little iffier about established-relationship fics. So probably that and then I was a bit "is this necessary?" for how the "let's have a kid!" bit was tacked on at the end. It makes sense in-story, because monarchies require heirs, etc., but I felt a little resentful, like why is the heteronormative wedded-bliss-with-child-nuclear-family trope the ideal here? And probably a few little things along the way, but that's true of every fic. I don't know exactly!

[meiface]

1) OH. OH YOU SHOULD WATCH THE STAR TREK 2009 MOVIE OH IT WAS SO ACTION-PACKED AND GLORIOUS. Seriously, I had no interest in ST previous to that movie and knew nothing about the series at all but walked out so happy and entertained by the new movie. :DDDD IT IS SO SHINY. ♥

2) Me toooo. Why is it not done and out yet? /whiny. I am so, so happy to see both boys in suits and Reese looking so, so lovely in basically all the pics.

4) ahaha here is a sample. Let me know if you can see that! I'm on the far right of the photo.

[meiface]

1) I'm pretty sure I was originally dragged by friends and was not all that excited by the prospect because I knew nothing about ST haha. But it's a great standalone movie - I'm pretty sure I missed the little nuances and tributes to the original series, but it's still totally watchable! And everyone is hot. :D And once you get into fandom and start reading a lot of fic, you pick up on stuff. A+ (Plus the interviews the actors gave promoting the movie are aldskghsdjf hilarious and awesome. ♥)

4) OOH DO YOU HAVE PICTURES OF THOSE SHOES? :D

[forochel]

I actually like reading Uhura/Spock, when it's from Uhura's pov and she's treated well by the author. and Uhura/Bones, which is I suppose a bit of a '...' in the spurned-best-friends-get-together way but I think it would work. but, well.

SULU/CHEKOV!!! ♥♥♥

[meiface]

There should be more Sulu/Chekov fics in the world. :( Or at least in the big bang!

I am sort of "..." about Uhura/Bones but I love her with Spock or Scotty or Gaila. :D Well, I like Uhura/Spock when it is not just a way to make Kirk/Bones happen. ;_;

[forochel]

there are sulu/chekov fics in the big bang? LINK ME, PLEASE ♥

oh, oh, Bones and Nurse Chapel! GAILA/EVERYONE!!! or Gaila/Kirk; there's a fun relationship to be had. Ahahahaha i don't really get kirk/bones either, tbh.

[meiface]

er...at this point, I don't think there are any, which is kind of my point. :(