Symphony for Stars and Planets, Part 2

[singingintime]

“I told you we had things in common,” Kirk gloats later.

“Hmm,” Spock says, and takes his rook. “Check.”

“Damn.” Kirk sighs. “All right, all right, I get the point.”

He reveals himself to be an excellent chess player, though, enough of a challenge that Spock really does want to continue playing with him. But it turns out to be impossible to

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[mysoulandshield]

omfg
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH.
I'm a total band geek (and star trek geek OBV) and this was PERFECT. I'm pretty sure it set off every button I've ever had (in a good way) and guhhhhhhhh why'd it have to end so soon? ;-;

at first I thought you were going to put Kirk in as the conductor but omg PIKE WAS ACTUALLY IN THE FIC FTMFW

and the way the group become friends? GENIUS.

AND THERE WASN'T UHURA BASHING.

AND CHSULU WERE TOGETHER

yeeeeep this was perf.

A+++++++++++++++++.

[singingintime]

There is actually a sequel floating around in my head, with actual sex and stuff since, y'know, it came from the kink meme and I already feel bad there's none in here, haha. So this is not the last you will see of these guys, probably! ._.

Pike = captain of the ship = TOTALLY had to be captain of the musicians! xD And yeah, I have mad love for Uhura (TOS or XI!), so. ANYWAY! I'm so glad you enjoyed it, thank you for reading!

[sword_etc]

SEQUEL SEQUEL SEQUEL SEQUEL.

[singingintime]

There will be one! Promise.

[raiining]

Oh, beautiful. Utterly beautiful.

[singingintime]

Thank you for reading! Glad you enjoyed it.

[okmewriting]

This is really amazing.

[singingintime]

Thank you! So glad you liked it.

[sword_etc]

THIS WAS SO MOTHERFUCKING AWESOME.

I love really different AUs, but I love it equally when the AUs not only contain the relationships & characters of the original, but also function as their own little self-contained world, to be viewed outside the original. This piece is extremely lovely - effortless, even - and I adored it.

[singingintime]

Yayy, thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Especially that you feel I managed to create a separate world but still kept the feeling of the original! :D

[manaie]

Oh that was wonderful. Really wonderful. Beautifully written. Flowed perfectly between scenes and the characters were stunning.

Perfect instruments too, personality-wise, but not as an orchestra. Uhh- if it makes any sense. The dynamics that an orchestra has, and their positions, could've been played up more I thought. (Yourself being a choir person I'm not sure how aware you are of orchestral dynamics), but there's a real leadership that comes along with being first violin, it's a really sort of guiding position (not something I'd put Spock in, ever). And then a huge connection between the conductor to the first violin, then out to the string first desks, and then out further again to the lead wind/brass instruments. So, yeah, that didn't quite resonate with me... That was my only nitpicky bit though, and only because I spent most of my life in the damn things. Ahah.

But yeah, total love for this fic ♥

[singingintime]

No, no, thank you so much for pointing that out! This is definitely not my forte so I'm so happy to hear what I need to fix to make it more authentic; I'm always glad to get constructive criticism! I did ask my orchestra friend for a little help, but apparently I didn't bug her with enough questions. ;) Hmm. I will definitely try to work that aspect into the sequel more, and see if perhaps I can't stick a few lines in this one about it somewhere. You know, if you ever have the spare time, I would love to hear more about this so I can get it right in the sequel. But you've already been totally helpful by pointing that out, so thank you. :D

ANYWAY! I'm glad that wasn't so totally off-base that it pulled you out of the fic, and delighted to hear you enjoyed it. ♥

[manaie]

I suppose it's just one of those tiny things about an orchestra you don't get until you sit in those seats, first violin especially. What does she play out of curiousity?

I'm happy to talk a little more on it if you need. My email is on my profile, or a PM is fine too.

This sort of thing is why I'm always so hesitant to even think of writing anything in a particular area, AU-wise, sports, dance, theater or otherwise. It's so hard to get all those little details correct if you don't have first-hand knowledge of what it's like. You really did do marvelously though. I'll stop sounding like I'm fawning now...

[singingintime]

She's a cellist! :D She did mention the big responsibilities of first violin, but I think you're probably right in that you don't really get the extent of it until you live it. I will definitely hit you up for consultation later, if you don't mind! Thank you so much, that's really lovely of you to agree to.

Normally I'm nervous of it too, but it sort of TOOK OVER my brain and wouldn't let go, so I figured hey, why not, create an anon account and do it that way. XD I hung out quite a bit with orch dorks and band geeks in high school, so I kind of knew some things about it second-hand, and figured I wouldn't be completely off-base. I'm still really happy it was good enough for you to be believed!