LINKDING

<blockquote>Stranded on the planet Sigma Nox while searching for a missing away team, Spock and Kirk find themselves pitted against a disturbing native life form. With the captain out of commission on a regular basis and Spock struggling to preserve his stoicism, staying alive is difficult enough – but when a slim chance for escape surfaces, their resolve is truly put to the test. Together they must fight for survival in the heart of an alien jungle, and in the process, uncover the mystery of the planet’s past. Slow build K/S. Written for the 2011 Star Trek Big Bang on LJ - look for links to the mix and art there! Warnings: Minor character death. Mind control themes and sort-of-zombies. Dark at times due to twisted xenobiological shenanigans. Mild themes of stress-related weight loss. Heaps of TOS references and/or spoilers. Eventual smut. Freakishly long chapters.</blockquote> ➤ A very good fic! I loved the inclusion and importance of Longclaw, and how different she was while still able to work together with them. ➤ I was also very interested by the ecology/history/alien-anthropology of the planet, and although I am sad the fic didn't end by giving us conclusions about exactly what all is going on with this place, it leaves the characters also invested and wanting/intending to know more, which was good and worked for the fic.

<blockquote>First Officer Spock of the USS Enterprise is part of the away team that discovers the survivors of Tarsus IV. Captain Pike assigns him to the curious case of James Tiberius Kirk, who steals one of Spock's sweaters. There were no sufficient Vulcan poetics to describe the emptiness of the colony as it was found on the morning of stardate 2249.43. The fully-completed residential sector was neither ugly nor beautiful but simply remote; a hollow landscape of metal alloys and sensible architecture, with determined vegetation growing alongside the support beams. They did not flower.</blockquote> ➤ This is the problem with bookmarking fics waaaaay after I read them: I no longer remember my opinions! And this is entirely too long to reread to remind myself. I'm pretty sure I thought it was awesome, iirc?

<blockquote>Prince S'chn T'gai Spock of Vulcan, engaged to Prince James Tiberius Kirk of Earth through an arrangement made by their parents many years ago, writes to his intended on the day of his birth in the interest of diplomacy. Jim is not interested in diplomacy. Though there is no precedent set for the commencement of a written correspondence begun due to these specific parameters, I will strive to maintain, to the best of my abilities and with ample preparatory research previously conducted, the appropriate level of formality between us, based on a number of factors, primarily examples of a similar nature.</blockquote> ➤ particularly good characterization-wise. ➤ I liked the first part that was all epistolary the best.

<blockquote>Three times Gaila and T'Pring met, and (some of) what happened after. Also contains background T'Pring/Stonn, massive angst, and perhaps slightly more Vulcan vocabulary than strictly necessary.</blockquote>

<blockquote>More than one friendship was derailed by the Narada’s arrival.</blockquote> ➤ (on the spock-bones friendship)

<blockquote>Two indecent exposure citations, one best friend, one amazing sex partner, one unexpected mentor, and a Starfleet-funded study of intercultural sexual norms. Sounds like a normal academic year for Gaila.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Six small stories to explain how Ensign Darwin (aka that awesome bald lady on the bridge) came to Starfleet and pursued command.</blockquote> ➤ a quote from the fic: <blockquote>Under describe your community service, Aisha types "I don't know what you mean by community service. When something needs done, you do it. That's not service. It's not a favor. It's your job." Her English teacher deducts ten points for the response. Starfleet Academy lets her in.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Amanda Grayson raises two boys on Vulcan.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Jim spends three years at the Academy, and he totally manages it all by himself. Well, Bones helps a little. Or a lot. Maybe. This is Jim's Starfleet education and all that entails: the ups, the downs, the prank wars, the winter vacations, and the awkward boners.</blockquote>

<blockquote>In the two weeks following the events of Star Trek Into Darkness, a Starfleet officer tries to put Starfleet back together again. As a friend pointed out, anyone looking for a fic with plot and subtlety should probably not read this fic. It might work whether you liked the movie or not, but I wrote it in order to address multiple aspects of fail. It should probably be titled, Why I Love Starfleet.</blockquote> ➤ I cannot even with how perfect and right this fic is.

<blockquote>You know what they say: the more things change... (Carol stays the same.)</blockquote>

<blockquote>Spock met Jim when he was6. It has since been generally agreed that this was a mistake (or: the up together and things are simultaneously better and worse for it).</blockquote> ➤ It's possible my favourite things about this are Sybok and T'Pring and Stonn and Number One? YEAH AWESOME MINOR CHARACTERS BEING AWESOME.

<blockquote>Jim deals with the aftermath of Star Trek: Into Darkness—not very well, unfortunately. Bones is worried. Meanwhile, Spock keeps making appearances in Jim's dreams, which really isn't as fun as it sounds.</blockquote>

<blockquote>When Gaila escapes from the Syndicate a little earlier than she planned, she finds an unexpected companion - a Vulcan Starfleet commander.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"WW2 AU: Kirk gets shot down over Germany and Uhura saves him with extreme badassery". I had to tweak things for historical accuracy, but the spirit of the prompt is still there.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"IF YOU ARE TIRED OF OF BOLDLY GOING WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE, BOLDLY COME WITH US!"</blockquote> ➤ or, Kirk and friends decide to create a wiki of the sexual practices of known species

<blockquote>"Slavery does not exist in the Federation," Spocks says. "Were you given free access to information, you would know that." "Freedom," her captain sneers. "What freedom? You choose to come to my bed. He will make you his plaything. Have I not been good to you, Gaila? Have I not given you beautiful dresses and books to read and weapons to touch between your missions? I know their ways. He will not be so kind." "You have been kind to me," she says. "As much as it is possible to be kind to anyone you own."</blockquote>

<blockquote>Christopher Pike and the Kirks have been circling each other for twenty-five years.</blockquote> ➤ tags include: starfleet as a real paramilitary organization, Pike as hero and historian, winona kirk is the starfleet madonna

<blockquote>This is not exactly what Jim thought the 'exploring strange new worlds and exotic civilizations' was about. Also, Vulcans are kind of crazy. Jim and Spock go through a alien ritual, which, yes, changes everything -- he's hoping for the better. Spock just wants to get through this with his sanity, if not his dignity, mostly intact.</blockquote>

➤ Does what it says on the tin. A very alien and botanical look at Gaila. also on ao3 at http://archiveofourown.org/works/506879

➤ A woman's hair is her crowning glory. Girl!Spock!

➤ on issues of race in the movies author's note: "This isn't really fic, it's stupid meta speculation disguised as fic"

<blockquote>James Tiberius Kirk! they say again. Had you the chance, what would you change? It’s an easy enough question—Vulcan’s destruction, of course. Interesting, the light-people muse. And what would you give up, to change that? Anything, he thinks.</blockquote>

<blockquote>During their final semester at Starfleet Academy, two people who have no intention of ever changing transform each other. </blockquote>

<blockquote>No one is going to rescue Gaila. Except maybe herself.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Because every fandom in the world needs an au where they're all in high school and in a band, OKAY. And this is that au. Ahaha. Um. With some angst, because I can't help myself, I am truly sorry. But, nothing compared to the other stuff I write.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Boys. Girls. Clothes. Pon Farr.</blockquote> with bonus dvd commentary here: http://allbackups.dreamwidth.org/49220.html

<blockquote>It is the third mission of his command, and Captain James T. Kirk suspects he is going insane.</blockquote> ➤ or: the one where Kirk is having intrusive memories of the TOS version of his live which Spock Prime incompletely suppressed in AOS Kirk's mind.

<blockquote>David laughed, a harsh, loud sound that Pavel had never particularly liked. "Jim Kirk is as deluded as you are if either of you really thinks they're going to let him captain the Enterprise. It's a PR stunt, Chekov. They'll yank it in a week." Pavel stared up at the ceiling, worrying his lower lip between his teeth. He couldn't fault David's logic. The bastard. "I sat at the helm of the Enterprise," he repeated, mostly to himself this time. "I felt her humming under my hands." David stared at him for a moment with a mixture of pity and amusement that Pavel absolutely loathed. He was not a puppy doing tricks for his classmates, contrary to what they often seemed to think.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Spock and Kirk make friends while bleeding. So exactly what happened, except they're in grade school. AU. Gen.</blockquote> sequel: https://sadlikeknives.livejournal.com/184165.html (When They Have to Take You In)