James Tiberius Kirk, ladies and gentlemen.

[taraljc]

Dear Star Trek (2009) Fandom

Comments

[aelora]

Yes. Thank you for this.

[taraljc]

welcome! I've been muttering darkly about it for a while, and decided to finally voice it. I figure, can't hurt; might help.

[hawkmoth]

Oooh, ooh, I have a request!

(This in response to your "more icons" comment!)

[faithfulpuppy85]

Nice. :-)

[taraljc]

It's been building for a wile, and when i found a story that beautifully captured the Kirk I saw on-screen, it prompted me to point out the dearth of such stories currently being produced, as fandom starts to eat itself and trends appear in characterisation where we start to see either the same story over and over again, or characters based more on other fan fiction than they are the actual source material.

*peeks in*

[sainfoin_fields]

i found a story that beautifully captured the Kirk I saw on-screen

Ooh, where where? :D

Re: *peeks in*

[taraljc]

Check out Determining the Equant by miss-porcupine if you haven't yet. It reminded me what I love, and is often find lacking, in fandom-at-large's portraits of Kirk.

[silveraspen]

I have nothing to add but total support for this post.

[taraljc]

ta very much!

[taraljc]

I don't think All Of Fandom needs this memo, but there are definitely chunks of fandom that could benefit from the reminder, I think.

[hawkmoth]

Oh, fanon, sometimes it burns.

You are a voice of reason and fount of knowledge. Thank you for setting this straight.

[taraljc]

Not so much knowledge as a rant that's bee building for a month or so.