Manip - Lieutenant Hikari Sulu
Title: Lieutenant Hikari Sulu
Artist: Hakka ( prue84 )
Fandom: Star Trek (reboot)
Timeline: AOS Genderbend AU
Characters: Hikaru Sulu
Rating: G
Tagline: Grace Park as female!Sulu.
Series: Rule 63 Trek
Notes: John Cho is Korean, despite Sulu (and George Takei) is of Japanese descending, so I don't feel bad for picking Grace Park.
Grace is very athletic and of the right age: she just "clicks", for the kickass pilot of the flagship. My second choice, Gong Li, couldn't stand a chance, sorry.
About the name: Hikaru (“radiance”) is a unisex name, so it can be used either Hikaru or the feminine form Hikari; I’ve decided to use Hikari for a WIP of mine way before "Parallel lives" (Star Trek 29/30) came out. Happy to see that, for Sulu, I've guessed the half-canon choice. :D
Tec stuffs (aka Behind The Manip): This cosplayer, as Jane Kirk, did an amazing photoshoot, with even two shots with her with tribbles: sadly, the pics aren't much big and they're jpgs of not so decent quality. Well, at least I learned how shadows work and tried to replicate them as best as I could.
Yes, I fixed the canon and added the rank stripes. :D
Disclaimer: Don't own anything on this. Full credits below the manip itself.
Crossposted: Dreamwidth, Deviantart, Tumblr.
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Artist: Hakka ( prue84 )
Fandom: Star Trek (reboot)
Timeline: AOS Genderbend AU
Characters: Hikaru Sulu
Rating: G
Tagline: Grace Park as female!Sulu.
Series: Rule 63 Trek
Notes: John Cho is Korean, despite Sulu (and George Takei) is of Japanese descending, so I don't feel bad for picking Grace Park.
Grace is very athletic and of the right age: she just "clicks", for the kickass pilot of the flagship. My second choice, Gong Li, couldn't stand a chance, sorry.
About the name: Hikaru (“radiance”) is a unisex name, so it can be used either Hikaru or the feminine form Hikari; I’ve decided to use Hikari for a WIP of mine way before "Parallel lives" (Star Trek 29/30) came out. Happy to see that, for Sulu, I've guessed the half-canon choice. :D
Tec stuffs (aka Behind The Manip): This cosplayer, as Jane Kirk, did an amazing photoshoot, with even two shots with her with tribbles: sadly, the pics aren't much big and they're jpgs of not so decent quality. Well, at least I learned how shadows work and tried to replicate them as best as I could.
Yes, I fixed the canon and added the rank stripes. :D
Disclaimer: Don't own anything on this. Full credits below the manip itself.
Crossposted: Dreamwidth, Deviantart, Tumblr.
Click to see fullsize (800 x 1050)
Credits