Fic: Observations

[anon_j_anon]

Title: Observations
Author: jAnon
Pairings: Kirk/Spock
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I have not profited monetarily from this venture, nor do I claim original ownership of the characters and setting.
Summary: First Officer Spock comments on life aboard the Enterprise and his service under Captain James T. Kirk.

Many thanks to the_moonmoth for proofreading and comments.

Comments

[slicensmile]

Wow. I just blitzed through this entire epic fic, and it is a veritable tour de force. There were so many moments when the power of your writing made my heart soar or drop, or brought tears to my eyes, made me laugh out loud, or made me pause and drift off into contemplation.

I love the snippets you draw into the story from everywhere (math and physics, Shakespeare and various poets, TOS and reboot nods, historical anecdotes). It gives such life to the characters and to the world. The repetition of themes and thoughts over chapters/time and their slow changes is a thing of exquisite beauty. Your love song to 21st century New York was breathtaking. I don't think I'll ever look at ginko trees the same way after this.

Really, there are so many things I love about this story, and the way you are telling it. Thank you for posting all this, and I highly anticipate more whenever you get around to it.

[damietta]

I am excited to have it all in one place, now I can read it and not feel I've missed a chapter! Thank you, I'll comment more later.

[skellig8]

This is my new crack.

[rainbowstrlght]

I just finished reading this over the course of the last few days, and I'm trying to think of something that would adequately express how much I enjoyed this. I don't have anything thoughtful to add, but there were several elements that I greatly appreciated

[anon_j_anon]

Ch 126-130 are already up. They make up Part 2 of the 'Equality' arc. Part 3 is in the works, and will address the issue of society at large. The out of sync aspect of the homophobic chapters was in part intentional, in part not. I wanted it to be jarring, but I think it came out stronger than I intended. I debated changing the chapter completely, but I've decided against it. I'm trying to use that effect, and hopefully in the context of the whole arc, things are more resolved.

Handling the sexual curiosity bits was tricky. I wrote them in and wasn't sure I'd use them, but I decided to go for it. This stage in their relationship is so confusing (for both of them) and hard to write. I hope I'm conveying as I envision it, though. And all of this will pay off-- I've thought a lot about how their relationship should proceed.

Thanks so much for reading and commenting.