Since I discovered slash and learned that Star Trek was the original slash fandom, I've always had a certain reverence for the K/S pairing. However, I've hardly read any TOS slash because I've also always felt that it was somehow sacrilegious to slash them. You shouldn't mess with Star Trek! And to sexualise Spock beyond his 7-year Vulcan cycle seemed to go against everything he tried to be.
Reading your essay was like being taken by the hand and gently led through a place I was afraid to go. You made it sound so right, so obvious and so joyful.
I loved your Top-10+ list and quotes, and was laughing out loud and clapping my hands at lines like Fanficcers, start your engines! and one of the most sexually-charged scenes I've ever had the pleasure of rewinding to watch again. The whole essay was great fun to read.
Finally, as a huge, huge fan of your writing (via Highlander), I was really interested to read about your 11-year-old self falling for pre-slash K/S, and your 24-year-old self starting to write the pairing. Thanks for sharing!
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Date: 2004-10-30 08:41 am (UTC)Since I discovered slash and learned that Star Trek was the original slash fandom, I've always had a certain reverence for the K/S pairing. However, I've hardly read any TOS slash because I've also always felt that it was somehow sacrilegious to slash them. You shouldn't mess with Star Trek! And to sexualise Spock beyond his 7-year Vulcan cycle seemed to go against everything he tried to be.
Reading your essay was like being taken by the hand and gently led through a place I was afraid to go. You made it sound so right, so obvious and so joyful.
I loved your Top-10+ list and quotes, and was laughing out loud and clapping my hands at lines like Fanficcers, start your engines! and one of the most sexually-charged scenes I've ever had the pleasure of rewinding to watch again. The whole essay was great fun to read.
Finally, as a huge, huge fan of your writing (via Highlander), I was really interested to read about your 11-year-old self falling for pre-slash K/S, and your 24-year-old self starting to write the pairing. Thanks for sharing!