Moments of Permanence - Some day I may write stories for all of these

From: sami Date: May 21st, 2009 02:38 am (UTC) (Link)

I think sometimes Sulu's novels star him and the rest of the crew. (But those are under six levels of encryption, because sometimes, he's the Captain, at least in the ones he wrote on the Enterprise - he still writes them on the Excelsior, but now he doesn't have to wish he could be the captain any more.) Sometimes they don't. Sometimes there are pirates. Sometimes he's the Pirate King.

I've always been deeply attached to the epic love story of Chapel and Spock. It's so beautifully, delicately balanced - she loves him for being who he is, but who he is can't encompass loving her back, so even if she dreams, she knows those dreams won't come true - and that's why the aliens who forced them to kiss hurt them both so very, very deeply, because he knows, all of it, and he would never, ever hurt her if he could prevent it.

Another one of these personal-canon things, for me, is that no-one would ever, ever dare talk about Chapel and her feelings for Spock if there was a chance that Spock would hear, because he's all Vulcan and calm and logical but he's also a man of great authority on the ship, and if he ever finds out you were talking trash about Christine Chapel, somehow you find yourself getting the worst, most arduous, unpleasant, filthy jobs on the ship until further notice. If you complain to Spock, as First Officer, he'll explain, very mildly, that for morale purposes it is necessary that these tasks be rotated amongst the crew. There'll be an irrefutable logic behind why it has to be YOU, and yet, somehow, you know it's just because he's punishing you.

If you complain to Captain Kirk, it will turn out that Scotty needs some of the vent tubes scrubbed of stanky chemical residue that has to be handled in bulky, uncomfortable hazmat gear, and Kirk thinks this is just the kind of healthy exercise break you need to feel better about your regular duties. Kirk probably doesn't know WHY Spock is punishing you, but he takes it for granted that you must have done something to deserve it.


Meanwhile, Spock and McCoy are my one true BFF pairing, but their love is founded on bickering and never, ever admitting anything.

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