Star Trek Reboot Drabble Challenge, Mark II

[yahtzee63]

For some reason, it was only yesterday that I realized Memorial Day weekend was upon us. I am sooooo looking forward to a three-day weekend with only one social event to attend. There will be much writing of fanfic and sitting around in sweats. Lolling and indolence! The three weeks after that are going to be INSANE, so I think the indolence is

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#14 - Uhura, listening

[nomadicwriter]

By fifteen minutes into his very first lecture, more than half of the class have already determined that they hate Mr Spock

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[taraljc]

This is just gorgeous. I love that Uhura wants not just to learn how to understand and be understood in another language, but to become a native speaker in terms of learning it from the inside out. And she ends up learning Spock from teh isnide out, too.

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[yahtzee63]

This is off-the-charts awesome. I now want some longer Spock/Uhura from you, and I am prepared to bribe to get it.

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[allthingsholy]

This is just fabulous. I love how it's about Uhura and the words as much as it is anything else, and as much as I love Spock/Uhura, Uhura on her own is (and should be) equally compelling. SO well done.

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[illariy]

Ooooh! I adore what this says about her love of language, of knowledge and what the two of them share. :D

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[shayheyred]

This is really a beautiful jewel. I love Uhura's take on Spock's "otherness," in his language, his gestures, his expressions (or lack thereof). And I absolutely marvel at her take on how others translate and learn a language, by substitution, while Uhura takes in the entire process of how Spock speaks, as much as what the words are. Very nifty stuff.

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[luckybrans]

This was gorgeous, made especially so by the meta on power, privilege and language.

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[nextian]

I think this is just astonishing, both for the portrayal of Uhura (& Spock and Spock/Uhura) and for the portrayal of linguistics, because, as someone who's more like Gaila than Uhura, yes, that, that. ♥

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[tree_and_leaf]

Lovely. And I approve of Spock's approach to language, speaking as someone who dabbles in historical semantics. He's quite right!

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[loneraven]

this is just wonderful!

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[spamdilemma]

Oh, this is fantastic! I love Uhura learning language, and how other people's minds work -- and how her own mind works.

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[elanya]

As an anthropologist and someone who has dabbled futilely with a few other languages..... and also as a huge fan of Uhura, I love how you've put this together. There is so much more to language than words and vocabulary, and you capture that, and her perceptiveness, exceedingly well.

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[ishtar79]

Oh, this is perfection. The idea of a completely different logic in ALIEN languages makes complete sense, and I love Spock refusing to tailor his methods to human limitations, and Uhura's fascination with it all.

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[kerravonsen]

Oh, fantastic! Uhura/Linguistics/Spock. Yes! I'm speechless.

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[skywardprodigal]

This is why I love language. Thanks for writing this with Uhura and Spock in mind.

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[kaitou1412]

Oh, this was great. Part of my job is translation, and I can't count the number of times when someone asks, "Well how do you say...?" And I'm going, "It doesn't WORK like that." Perfect!