Thank you, thank you, thank you. May many fans red this. You expressed what I have felt for many years. Just last week I wrote on the Kirk Spock livejournal:
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Thank you, thank you, thank you. May many fans red this. You expressed what I have felt for many years. Just last week I wrote on the Kirk Spock livejournal:
<Coming out of deep lurk because this topic touches on so much that I both love and dislike in fanfiction. I'm an original 80s zine ST TOS reader and I'm loving the new incarnation of fiction online. I love writers who try to truly delve into what it means to be vulcan, human and alien - be it TOS, AOS, or AU. Everyone struggles, no one is perfect - be they vulcan, human,or both.
But I truly hate fiction that portrays bigotry in our beloved characters - be it TV, film, or fanfiction. I choose to not believe that the future found in Trek will condone this type of behavior. It may occur but it will not be the ideal that our future characters strive towards. Starfleet, like our military, will not allow it in the chain of command or among its members. I think Abrahms did a pretty good job of this in ST XI.
Nothing makes me click close faster than a portrayal of McCoy using offensive language towards Spock. If I read the word hobgoblin one more time I may scream. McCoy is a xeno-medical physician and his compassion and ethics would not allow this, be his patient human or alien. Post-AOS the film, will find McCoy, Kirk, and crew caring about Spock's trauma at the loss of his mother and planet - not harassing him. Yes, friendly name calling is realistic among friends, but the true friendship needs to come through. In the film, McCoy says "I like him" and supports him on the bridge. Yes, personally they disagree (Spock, Kirk and McCoy) but professionally they work pretty well together.>
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<Coming out of deep lurk because this topic touches on so much that I both love and dislike in fanfiction. I'm an original 80s zine ST TOS reader and I'm loving the new incarnation of fiction online. I love writers who try to truly delve into what it means to be vulcan, human and alien - be it TOS, AOS, or AU. Everyone struggles, no one is perfect - be they vulcan, human,or both.
But I truly hate fiction that portrays bigotry in our beloved characters - be it TV, film, or fanfiction. I choose to not believe that the future found in Trek will condone this type of behavior. It may occur but it will not be the ideal that our future characters strive towards. Starfleet, like our military, will not allow it in the chain of command or among its members. I think Abrahms did a pretty good job of this in ST XI.
Nothing makes me click close faster than a portrayal of McCoy using offensive language towards Spock. If I read the word hobgoblin one more time I may scream. McCoy is a xeno-medical physician and his compassion and ethics would not allow this, be his patient human or alien. Post-AOS the film, will find McCoy, Kirk, and crew caring about Spock's trauma at the loss of his mother and planet - not harassing him. Yes, friendly name calling is realistic among friends, but the true friendship needs to come through. In the film, McCoy says "I like him" and supports him on the bridge. Yes, personally they disagree (Spock, Kirk and McCoy) but professionally they work pretty well together.>
Thank you for expressing this in your fic!