Comments | taraljc: Uhura, McCoy, and Fannish Double Standards

taraljc

Uhura, McCoy, and Fannish Double Standards

Jul 23, 2009 20:06

File this under: "Why are we still having this discussion?" but I'm still seeing the same arguments going around Trek fandom two months later, and I've commented all over the place but never actually gathered my thoughts. So allow me to wring out my grey matter into a gloopy pile on a silver platter for you.

( Uhura, McCoy, and Fannish Double Standards )

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thedorkygirl July 24 2009, 01:14:57 UTC

*adds to memories*

answer: because people suck! peri_peteia July 24 2009, 01:16:52 UTC

*ROLLS AROUND IN THIS FOREVER*

Re: answer: because people suck! redbeardjim July 24 2009, 02:26:51 UTC

They, in point of fact, do.

Re: answer: because people suck! peri_peteia July 24 2009, 04:26:04 UTC

It's sad, but what can you do. (Legally.)

Re: answer: because people suck! redbeardjim July 24 2009, 15:21:00 UTC

I generally go with "shake head sadly from a safe distance". It keeps me relatively sane.

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cmdr_zoom July 24 2009, 01:18:16 UTC

Wait, there are people who don't get this?

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your icon = wins! hazel_belle July 30 2009, 20:11:52 UTC

I absolutely agree and I love your icon! Anne Hathaway as Christine Chapel is just win!

sunfell July 24 2009, 01:28:45 UTC

I don't get that either. Maybe it's the Boys Club syndrome or something. I want to see Uhura continue to be a kick-ass character, as well as Spock's paramour. (And I'd like to see Spock actually working at his station- wearing that data-eyepiece, and playing that station like an orchestra...)

Your analysis was, as usual, spot on. I liked how you picked out the beats of the story, as well as the devices used. (I wonder what sort of symbolism Kirk being choked so many times means?)

I cannot wait for it to come out on DVD.