Fic: Breaking Orbit | STXI | Joanna McCoy, others | PG-13 | 6/6

[saavikam77]

Title: Breaking Orbit: VI. Breaking Orbit
Author: saavikam77
Artist: team_fen
Fanmixer: bonesofyou
Beta Reader: acroamatica
Fandom: Star Trek XI
Character/Pairing(s): Joanna McCoy, with Jim Kirk/Leonard McCoy, Jocelyn Treadway, Gaila(/Scotty), Chris Pike, Spock, Winona Kirk, Sulu(/Chekov), and an OC (Teva) all in supporting roles
Rating: (this chapter) PG-13
Word Count: (this chapter) 3

Comments

[northatlantic]

This was a great character study. I really felt for Jo feeling trapped and pushing to get out both from her mother's negative AND her father's positive expectations to become her own person. And although Jocelyn wasn't a sympathetic character, she was a human one, and Joanna's need to maintain that connection but on her own terms was very real too.

[saavikam77]

Thank you so much!! :D I'm glad that everything I intended came through right. *hugs her Jo* ^___^

[abigail89]

Very, very nice story about Joanna and the pains of growing up. The near-comparison of Winona and Jocelyn lessened the Jocelyn's bitchiness; parents aren't perfect by a long-shot, but in the end, they do really want what's best for their children. Your Joanna is a very determined young woman, and she definitely benefitted from the mentors and parents who raised her.

Nicely done!

[saavikam77]

Thanks so much! :D I think my Jocelyn was more influenced by Clay, rather than it all coming straight from herself, but she still bore a lot of the blame for letting things get that way. And I just love my Jo. She's a tough cookie! :)

[acroamatica]

*APPLAUSE*

*APPLAUSE*

*APPLAUSE*

Yeah, you already know I love this, but it's so good to see it in finished form Fully fledged, as it were. *pats story* :D

[saavikam77]

YAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!! \O/ *dances and twirls*

*YOU* helped so much to make this story into what it is, I don't think I can ever thank you enough. ^___^ *squeezes tight*

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!! :D

[tuawahine]

This is a very very wonderful story!
I love how rebellious and ingenious young Jo is, and how she is never afraid to fight for what she wants despite her mother's constant attacks on her self-esteem as a child. I love that she does not, in the end, follow exactly in her father's footsteps, becoming a computer expert instead. And I will admit to a few tears at the end (in the best possible way). In short, I loved it. :)

[saavikam77]

Thank you so much! :D Jo is one tough cookie, and I just loved showing that. ^__^

*passes tissues*

[anijade]

That was highly enjoyable.

[saavikam77]

Thank you! :)