Comments | xiasangli: Deleted Scene T'Pol and Archer

xiasangli

Deleted Scene T'Pol and Archer

Jan 03, 2010 00:41

This scene was deleted mostly because I dislike Jonathan Archer. I honestly wanted to bring the Treks closer together, but it soon became too much fodder. This scene and one that Number One and Captain Pike will have a similar scene in the prequel ( Read more... )

deleted scenes

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nubianamazon January 2 2010, 17:24:38 UTC

Girl are you kidding me? How did this end up in the trash?If this is trash you should check your waste basket more.I really enjoyed it.

love_in_spanish January 2 2010, 17:50:37 UTC

What nubianamazon said!

new_hillbilly January 2 2010, 19:17:21 UTC

Thirded!

xiasangli January 3 2010, 10:33:47 UTC

You're too kind to me.

Truthfully, I really don't like Jonathan Archer although I love Sam Beckett Scott Bakula.

I wrote another scene with Number One and Captain Pike relaying the same information. One of the missing scenes my friend wanted was one with Spock meeting Pike. Since Pike was less interested in the Vulcans than he was in Number One's reaction to Spock, it should read vastly different, I hope. :)

love_in_spanish January 2 2010, 17:50:06 UTC

This is great! I really feel like I'm reading a fic about Spock's early experiences with Starfleet. There were a few times I felt Spock was being overly emotional for Spock, but I had to remember I'd just watched most of Star Trek the Motion Picture last night; I gotta finish it this morning. Let me just say, when Spock boarded the Enterprise after not completing the Kolinar, Uhura reacted to him like no other; she squealed! So, I can't see why so many people are flabbergasted by this ship! My mom and I didn't expect it to come to light, but when it did, we readily accepted it because we believe the undercurrents were there all along. Sorry about my little soapboxy tangent!
Anyway, is it reasonable to expect a fic, in the not so distant future, centering around Spock's early experiences and development as a Starfleet cadet? I'm just asking...
Thank you for sharing this lovely deleted scene. I enjoyed reading it, as always with your writing. I think I'll start re-reading Upheaval. Happy New Year!

Toodles!

xiasangli January 3 2010, 10:54:19 UTC

Sorry about my little soapboxy tangent!

I find other people's soapboxes to be quite intriguing. I absolutely love how we watch the same events and interpret them differently. It's absolutely fascinating.

centering around Spock's early experiences and development as a Starfleet cadet?If I can find myself a Trekkie navy officer, I'm sure I could pull this off. I have given this serious thought and this is something I wish to explore and bring to light. At the same time, I must bring Nyota in during this time frame as well and that (sigh) will take some doing. I need an engineer... As you can see, I am a high maintenance fan fiction writer. I'm never satisfied with just what *I* know ( ... )

clar1208 January 3 2010, 03:52:43 UTC

I just love reading any fic that's about Spock's youth. Applause for finding a way to bring Archer and T'Pol into the story, even if you dumped the scene.

Can we have some more please?

xiasangli January 3 2010, 10:56:49 UTC

I'm definitely going to write something as soon as I can. I adore T'Pol. She and Hoshi made Enterprise for me.

Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts.

Gonna stick my neck out..... spocksgal January 3 2010, 15:13:29 UTC

I maybe stoned for this but glad you left it out, its well written but it contains one of the few things in ST fanfic I find difficult to digest. The portrayal of seemingly all of Vulcan society as totally prejudiced against Spock based on the one VSA member and the bullying school kids. All schools have bullies even human ones, and some human educational institutions are as racist as hell, yet ST fics tend to portray earth as a racist free zone but Vulcan society as full of bigots. Also SF is not a human institution yet the story seems to be written as if Spock would be the only non human cadet.
I know it seems petty but its one of my irritations and not a reflection on your writing skills cos they are good.

Re: Gonna stick my neck out..... xiasangli January 4 2010, 04:26:22 UTC

Thank goodness for both of us, I'm not in PMS-mode.

I thought we had this discussion before. You're making presumptions without having *all* of the information. In this case, it's virtually impossible to predict where things are going because I've only shared one scene, which does not a story make.

1) T'Pol, like Spock, is viewing Vulcan society based on her own perceptions of reality. Just because she thinks like this, doesn't make it true.

2) If you read Upheaval and determined that I was glorifying humans and human nature, then there is definitely a disconnect somewhere. Gathright wasn't created to merely abuse Nyota and Spock. He served a much larger purpose and will do so in the future ( ... )