Star Trek recs, part two

[raven]

Not really feeling so well, right now. The next batch of recs here; starting with Chekov/Sulu, jacinthsong asked for it and regular fic-provision was part of our divorce settlement.

Hello, Brother, I Love You by emiime.
Chekov/Sulu. A nice, nuanced, beginning-of-a-romance, with very sensible and pleasing appearances by Kirk, Uhura and McCoy.

How To Get Your Man by misfit_fandoms.
Chekov/Sulu - in PADD form. Sweet, and delightful. Very very image-heavy, though, so if you're on dial-up you may want to make some tea while it loads.

Advance and Retreat by masterofmidgets.
Chekov/Sulu - Sulu teaches Chekov to fence. It's unexpectedly romantic. The whole fic is, really; nice voices for both of them, and a good cameo by McCoy.

And others:

oh two hundred by mekosuchinae.
Spock/Uhura, but not really - it's about Uhura, what makes her who she is, and it's a tightly-focused character study against a backdrop of a beautifully-realised world.

It's the Ears, by thistlerose
Joanna <3 Spock, yaaay! I am absolutely loving all the fic writers who are seamlessly writing Joanna into the reboot universe, and this is no exception - of course Joanna loves Spock. Adorable.

The Enterprise Laundry Room by chaletian.
Because it must have one, and I'm pleased someone thought to think about it!

earth is like the midwest of federation planets by builtofsorrow
In which Winona Kirk is not blandly evil, but a real person. Beautiful sense of place.

TwitterEnterprise by misfit_fandoms.
In a time of crisis, the Enterprise's main servers go down, leaving Twitter as their only means of communication. (Hey, it's gotta happen sometimes.) Really very funny, but again image-heavy - more tea, dial-up people.

Whore by igrockspock.
Gaila hates the word 'whore.' Luckily, so does someone else. Yes. Yes, this.

from the Greek "xenos", which means "stranger" but also "guest" by pogrebin.
Nyota Uhura is seventeen years old and her hero is Amanda Grayson. A little Spock/Uhura, but again that's not the point - the point is Uhura, and her passions. This is a lovely story.

3 things montgomery scott missed while stationed at delta vega by mekosuchinae.
Via jacinthsong, this made me very happy.

Also. I've been trawling the kink meme, and not actually finding a whole lot - the real treasures on it have mostly been reposted elsewhere as "real" fic, and it does tend to a lot of PWP (what, PWP on a kink meme? I astonish you, I'm sure) but I did find the odd snippet.

Routine Medical Care, anon.
Kirk, McCoy. Being trans in the future. I love the hope and humour in this.

The Five Things Jim Kirk Had To Tell Joanna McCoy, anon.
Apparently I love all things Joanna regardless of quality, but this has quality - it's a sweet, ultimately very sad succession, and it rings true to me.

Then, not exactly the graffiti in the Enterprise toilets, but Spock's shipwide announcements pertaining to the same. Really, really hysterical, I loved it. (anon)

another answer to the Joanna prompt, also anon, just plain awesome. "Joanna," Jim says solemnly, as he wipes his streaming eyes, "You might not realize it now, but you've got the best father in the quadrant. Remember that."

five times an Enterprise crew member met their genderswapped selves, anon.
I liked this very, very much. It manages to be a character study for each, as well as crackfic.

And because I do an awful lot of meme-trawling so you don't have to, I'm going to finish with something different and link all my favourites off the fanart meme (all sfw):

-something like the Castro, myrafur, for someone who wanted Kirk/McCoy in San Francisco - hot, dreamy, smoky, hot again;

-Our heroes are turned into babies - it's so cute we might all die (by glockgal, whose art is amazing in general);

-A nice Sulu/Chekov, by turntap2;

-A wedding - sort of, by cathybites, and it's totally fucking hilarious (the octopus people! yes);

-Data trolls the twenty-first century internet, oh, yes, by sidhefaer;

-So, Spock as a child had a pet sehlat, right? Which is kind of like a tiger. Right. It's by iambickilometer, and it's adorable;

-And, finally, girl!Spock and the Vulcan High Council, by liviapenn - this is my desktop background. Just... go and look at it.

That's it, I think. where_no_woman is running a new drabble challenge, Where No Woman Has Drabbled Before, but it's only just getting started. (I have just one contribution - Joanna McCoy, roots and wings, because it really does seem to be the Joanna Show at the moment, but like I said it's only just getting started.)

I need coffee.

Comments

[absinthe-shadow.livejournal.com]

regular fic-provision was part of our divorce settlement

Perhaps I should divorce Sophie and insist on similar terms, since she has stopped writing fic for me (she can't rec it, because the fandoms we share are so tiny, so fic-provision has to come from her own fair hand-or-laptop) with the paltry excuse that she has Important Things Like Job Applications to get on with. Pish, I say.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

I heartily recommend it. The only substantive difference the divorce has made is Shim and Jacob looking at us disapprovingly occasionally.

Pah, job applications. Highly overrated activity.

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

People are writing Winona as blandly evil? Oh, dear. :(

Thank you for posting this list. I've come to trust your taste in fan fiction. :)

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

I keep seeing it! As a necessary part of the abusive-upbringing trope, I guess. It does not fill my life with joy. And hey, you're welcome. :)

[damietta.livejournal.com]

http://seperis.livejournal.com/741871.html

I don't know if you've read this, but it is wonderful. I enjoy your recs as well!

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, and thank you for that one.