Fic: And Anemones Bloomed, R

Title: And Anemones Bloomed
Author: caitri
Rating: R
Pairings: Sam Kirk/Miramanee, Kirk/McCoy (at the very end)
Word Count: 6,826
Summary: An STXI mashup with Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel’s Legacy series. Sequel of sorts to Love As Thou Wilt, prefacing my current work in progress and true sequel, Heaven is Bloodless. Or, the story of Miramanee, daughter of Goro, and Samuel Kirok. Written for heeroluva.
Warnings: Underage sex in a historical context.
Disclaimer: I know this may come as a shock, but I am not, amazing as it may seem, Gene Roddenberry, J.J. Abrams, Paramount or Bad Robot. Just so you know.
A/N: Because a vague disclaimer is no one’s friend: I’m liberally rewriting the TOS episode “The Paradise Syndrome” by Margaret Armen. One of the (many) problems of this episode is the stereotypical portrayal of Native Americans/indigenous peoples. (Their planet is called Amerind if that gives you any idea how it goes.) Anyhow, in this rewrite many aspects of Powhatan culture and history are being adopted as background for this story.

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Pondering

Writing a review of XMFC for the SFRA Review. I am:

1) dismayed at how quickly I'm approaching my word limit,

2) overwhelmed by how much there really IS to analyze at length in this film,

3) kinda amazed at the true perfection of the Gnarls Barkley lyrics to the recruitment montage: "You can't win child / We've all tried to / You've been lied to / It's already inside you / You either run right now or you best get ready to die."

Goddamn, Matthew Vaughn, why you do this to me?