Beyond Redemption

Geez, I use this journal more than I use anything else, including Absolution! 😛 But that’s because I can just spew shit out and not care, which is always a plus. Why don’t I care? Because no one has to read it. Don’t like what I have to say, there’s the door. However! My friends are crazy cool and we have a good time together so they don’t mind when  I go off on a tangent. Huzzah!

Ah, three minutes of nonsense. Feels good.

Okay, so I was on the fence for the longest time about seeing the new Star Trek film. I’ll say now that no one, NO ONE can replace William Shatner as Captain Kirk. I love that man, lol. I used to watch the TOS reruns on the sci-fi channel, and he was all kinds of awesome! Spock was, too. (He’s like my “Sesshomaru”. A close second.)

But, I digress.

So, I was really skeptical about bothering because I think it’s blasphemy to try and make that kid Kirk. I can tell you now that after spending 40 minutes on the official website watching every clip they had up, I’m not impressed with him. He isn’t Kirk no matter what they try to do with him. Will the new ST be interesting to watch? Yes. The visuals look stunning, but he will never be Kirk.

That said, I love their Spock, which is funny to me because I didn’t think I’d like him, either. But he actually looks like Spock and I don’t know… he’s kawaii. But what also has me interested in this flick is that they seem to be playing up to a Spock/Uhura future romance, and that, I love. I never noticed before how much they toyed with that in the show. You know, the subtle flirting she’d do and such. But all of last night, instead of writing, I was all over the net looking for Spock/Uhura info, and while the pairing seems to have fans, I didn’t see as much stuff as I would have liked. I even resorted to fanfic! 😛

I found 2 authors that seemed to have several S/U fics, but, they didn’t satisfy the hentai in me AT ALL. Decently written, yes, but when a fic says M or NC-17, I expect to see smut and if that was smut, well… yeah. I’m still on the look out, though, so if any of you can point me toward some smuttastic S/U ficcage, do tell! I’m even considering writing a oneshot of that pairing just to “get it out of my system”.  Damn them for making me excited for any other pairing but I/K!

But even if I went there and wrote something I wouldn’t do it in my IY penname, nor would I get into that fandom. To be honest, the InuYasha fandom has soured me on others. I don’t want all of the bullshit that comes with just wanting to write my bliss without having brain cases all over me because I’ve upset their delicate sensibilities. I’d want to maybe write a oneshot or two, maybe a couple of drabbles at max, and then walk away. Because, let’s face it, I’m going to continue to write exactly what I want and you know that (at least in this fandom) it will piss people off because, you know, cookie cutter rules. And with a fandom like Trek, I can’t help thinking that they could be more canon-obsessed than this one (and who fucking needs more “medicated” people up their ass?)

But in my quiet little world, I’m going to indulge in this pairing until I tire of it. I sooooo hope they do make them more flirty in the film, though. There won’t be some big make out scene -let’s face it- but since we’re dealing with a vulcan Sesshomaru here, any teeny show of affection will be enough for the fangirls, and from what I hear, we’ll have something to squee about says one movie reviewer. I quote:

“Fanfic writers rejoice, though-there’s plenty of Spock/Uhura action to be seen!”

I admit, I squealed like a little kid. I also saw a review on LJ from someone that saw an advanced screening and lookie!

“Also, for the SF series that spawned ‘slash’ fiction (you know, all those Kirk/Spock stories that women wrote in their 1970s fanzines, before fanfiction.net had evolved) well, this movie takes a sharp effort to end that, by placing Spock and Uhura in a relationship.”

FUCKING SQUEE.

I’ll say now, I’m not into slash fic for Trek. I think it’s yuck, particularly S/K. No, no, no…. never. But Spock and Uhura? Gosh, I want to bathe in that! So, while I still protest “Young Kirk”, I absolutely want some of that movie for Spock. Only thing missing is Leonard Nimoy’s voice, which is delish. This kid doesn’t have it, but fuck it! I can live without that. 😛

I can’t believe I just spent my whole entry gushing over Trek. >.> I’ll let y’all in on a secret: This is the only other time I’ve been wild for a pairing and that’s a little scary. That’s how it started with InuYasha…

The past….

Meets the present.