Fic: "Engines of War" (2/?)

[mijan]

Title: "Engines of War"
Betas: taverl
Canon: ST:XI, STID
Canon characters/Pairing(s): Kirk & McCoy, Spock, Ensemble
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 6,838 for chapter 2
Warnings: Foul language, political situations.
Disclaimer: Gene Roddenberry is God, Paramount Pictures is Pope, and this is the blasphemy of a wayward faithful. My geeky spirit is rich, but my

Comments

[mijan]

Yeah, that last line is supposed to give you chills, just like Jim's recovery isn't supposed to be simple, and Bones wasn't supposed to be able to make that decision easily. He broke all the rules because it was JIM.

I'm a bit confused about what part needs to "die with Bones." Do you mean that miracle Khan-juice? Yeah... stupid. But it's canon, so I was determined to make it into something that doesn't cause everyone with a basic background in biochemistry run screaming.

Anyway... more soon! Thank you for reading!

[mijan]

Oh yes... it was that speech that Jim gave at the end of the movie that REALLY got me thinking. A whole year missing? Dude... shit had to have gone DOWN.

And yeah... Bones. Poor Bones. He's been through so much hell, and it's not over yet.

[cmdr_zoom]

"I'm responsible for him." - I think you may have just nailed this McCoy in the same sense that "I have been, and always shall be, your friend" is essentially Spock. *bows with the utmost respect*

and I know I wouldn't have been able to remain stone-faced at the "some are saying that's why there's no Vulcan" bit.

The penultimate paragraph is an excellent summation of the national mood after a Certain Event that STID deliberately invokes - something I still remember vividly, and which the Onion (with their usual fool's blend of humor and true insight) described as "America Looks Around for Someone to Hit." (Also: "'We Must Retaliate With Blind Rage' vs. 'We Must Retaliate With Measured, Focused Rage.'")

[mijan]

I'm glad that line from McCoy resonated with you. It really does sum up a lot of their friendship.

I admit... that was a pretty nasty dig about Vulcan and their pacifist philosophies. It was meant to be. I felt a bit dirty writing it, but I wrote it for a reason. Writing isn't supposed to be sterile, and we're supposed to have characters who say things that are harsh, offensive, and even plain old nasty. Doesn't mean the writer thinks that way, but that we can see someone else saying it.

And yeah, with the Certain Event... I went there. Star Trek has ALWAYS been a commentary on social and political issues, especially the controversial ones. I'm going to really go into this, unapologetically. Let's see where it takes us.

Thank you for reading, and I hope you'll stick with me through this one!

[cmdr_zoom]

It really does, and can (and should, IMO) be taken at least two ways:
"It's my responsibility to look out for him." - because Jim really, really needs someone to.
"I'm responsible, so that he doesn't have to be." - not that this frees Jim to be totally irresponsible, though someone first meeting him might certainly think so from the attitude he projects, but just the opposite... because otherwise Jim would keep piling it all on his own shoulders, until it broke him. He's self-sacrificing that way. (Takes after his father.)

[mga1999]

So, what seems like a zillion years ago, when ceres_libera was posting Switch, I was going to a cabin with friends with no internet/wifi etc and the cell phone service was so bad that it would drop calls five seconds after answering. And I told my BFF, but what if a chapter is posted! I'm going to miss it! And he was like, I'll text you, you can walk down to the payphone (Yes, this town still had em) and I'll read it to you over the phone. And he did

[mijan]

It thoroughly tickled me to get this message on my phone during a break at work. *grins* I'm going to have to track you down on g-mail chat to pester you about the fic. I just might need a test-reader again. ;)

[sickbay23]

You did such a fantastic job with this story. I was seeing the movie a couple of weeks ago, but these fit exactly some of the parts i have missed. Bones monologue to Kirk is so amazing and Spock is also awesome, he has learned a lot from his human colleques and friends :)

[mijan]

*blushes* Thank you. I hope the rest of the fic lives up to that high standard. :)