Star Trek flailing

[emmagrant01]

Have just seen Star Trek. Hired a babysitter so I could go in the middle of the day by myself and revel in the slashy goodness. Holy shit, people. Holy fuck. I need me some Kirk/Spock fic STAT. Preferably something written in the last couple of weeks. Surely there are a few hundred new comms by now. Recs? Anyone?

OMFG, wasn't it brilliant how they made the film AU from ST:TOS, so that the entire future is wide open? I mean, seriously, is that not the most brilliant thing they could have done? Now there can be all new fics, books, movies, and fics -- did I mention fics? -- none of which have to follow the TOS canon! Or, they could just rewrite it all, given the newly rewritten history! You don't really even have to know much about the TOS-verse in order to read and write it! Mwahaha! The old-timers are either going to love that or hate it, but I am just in awe of the brilliance of that move on the part of the film's writers.

And holy shit, the slashy potential! Sure, they threw that whole Spock/Uhura thing in there to take the edge off, but by the end of the film, Spock and Kirk only had eyes for each other. Old!Spock practically said so much to Young!Spock at the end. He was all, "You neeeeed each other."

Oh, yes. They sure do. And hell, throw Uhura into the mix too. Why not?

And holy shit, that last scene, when Eric Chris Pine's Kirk walked onto the bridge, he had utterly morphed into Shatner's Kirk. It was fantastic. I got chills.


I have been waiting a long time for this film, because I knew it would give me just the kick in the ass I needed to get back into fandom. Consider my ass well and truly kicked! Woot!

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[jedirita.livejournal.com]

I saw it this afternoon, too! I went on a date with my upstairs neighbor's husband. Heheh. He really wanted to see it, and she really didn't want to go, so she watched the kids while he and I went. She doesn't want to see Harry Potter either, so he and I will have another date.

It was awesome! I knew it would be. I squeed like a mad squeeing thing when Simon Pegg finally showed up. And Sulu! Of course, John Cho is just THAT hot, baby! Rrrowrr. And while K/S will always be classic, I am SO down with the Spock/Uhura. And Karl Urban was totally channeling DeForrest Kelley.

[helens78]

This is me going "omg, might Emma and Rita and I actually be in the same fandom again?" XD Also, SULU OMG. *bounces happily*

Also, what you said about Spock/Uhura; I went from jawdrop to "I AM SO GOING THERE" in about 0.5 seconds. :D

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

"omg, might Emma and Rita and I actually be in the same fandom again?"

It all comes back around eventually, doesn't it? XD

[helens78]

I am ALL FOR THIS. :D

[jedirita.livejournal.com]

I was forewarned by all the squeeing I saw on my flist, so I was totally psyched for the U/S.

I think Emma and I have both always enjoyed Star Trek. I don't see me writing fanfic anytime soon, but I've enjoyed ST since shortly before Next Trek started up.

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

I think the first time you came over and had dinner with DH and I years ago, we all talked about our favorite Trek episodes of all time, right?

I want to write fic SO badly, but it's going to take me some time to immerse myself in the universe again.

[jedirita.livejournal.com]

I know. I'm so out of practice with writing.

And now I'm curious to know what I said my favorite episode was...

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

The fandom seems wide open to me at the moment. It's so cool! That moment when Spock and Kirk were standing on the transporter pad and Spock was kissing Uhura goodbye, I was sitting there and screaming OMG THREEWAY FIC in my head! XD