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Fic Recs: Star Trek and Buffy
Jan. 11th, 2011 08:52 pmFirst, it's the Where No Woman New Year Exchange:
Five Times Gaila and Sulu Saved Each Other. Because Gaila and Sulu are awesome by themselves, and even more awesome together. Even tough, independent people need saving once in awhile. Gaila and Sulu save each other from fears and insecurities, tarantulas and Starfleet ration bars, failed simulations and lost promotions. And space pirates. Twice.
1,023 Days On Earth. What Guinan did on Earth the first time she was there (backstory for Time's Arrow I & II). Ever wonder how Guinan got to be on a pre-space Earth? A Black woman (or, at least, a woman who looked Black), in the late 19th Century, the toast of the town? This is her story. Well told, and a believable perspective for a young Guinan.
This next one isn't part of the exchange, but could easily have been.
Home. Set between TNG and DS9. Miles and Keiko bring Molly to Japan for Shichi Go San, and to meet her grandparents. Keiko was an interesting character, but we seldom saw any more of her than The Wife or The Mother or The Schoolteacher, and even then the focus was mainly on how Miles or the station was impacted rather than on her for herself. This fic delves a little deeper into her perspective on her life and her choices and her relationships. It's quiet and introspective and real and I enjoyed it.
And then one non-Star Trek fic, this one Buffy the Vampire Slayer, post-series.
Demon's Holiday. And then he noticed a short older man in a taupe suit and eyeglasses walking into a shop that sold cheese. It's the cheese guy!
Five Times Gaila and Sulu Saved Each Other. Because Gaila and Sulu are awesome by themselves, and even more awesome together. Even tough, independent people need saving once in awhile. Gaila and Sulu save each other from fears and insecurities, tarantulas and Starfleet ration bars, failed simulations and lost promotions. And space pirates. Twice.
1,023 Days On Earth. What Guinan did on Earth the first time she was there (backstory for Time's Arrow I & II). Ever wonder how Guinan got to be on a pre-space Earth? A Black woman (or, at least, a woman who looked Black), in the late 19th Century, the toast of the town? This is her story. Well told, and a believable perspective for a young Guinan.
This next one isn't part of the exchange, but could easily have been.
Home. Set between TNG and DS9. Miles and Keiko bring Molly to Japan for Shichi Go San, and to meet her grandparents. Keiko was an interesting character, but we seldom saw any more of her than The Wife or The Mother or The Schoolteacher, and even then the focus was mainly on how Miles or the station was impacted rather than on her for herself. This fic delves a little deeper into her perspective on her life and her choices and her relationships. It's quiet and introspective and real and I enjoyed it.
And then one non-Star Trek fic, this one Buffy the Vampire Slayer, post-series.
Demon's Holiday. And then he noticed a short older man in a taupe suit and eyeglasses walking into a shop that sold cheese. It's the cheese guy!
