Woo hoo!!!

[caitri]

My paper proposal got accepted for PCA.

This is my abstract:

Everybody's Bi in the Future: Constructing Sexuality in the Star Trek Reboot Fandom

Star Trek fandom is notorious as one of the early progenitors of slash
fiction-even more so since Gene Roddenberry, the creator of the show,
coyly worked in some references to the genre in his novelization of
the first Star Trek feature film. The body of Trek slash literature,
particularly K/S or Kirk/Spock, published from the 1970s to the
current day is thus vast indeed. The 2009 feature film ostensibly
seemed to negate this history by introducing the heterosexual
relationship between Spock and Uhura. However, this led to several
offshoots in fandom: the K/S faction (sometimes called "Spirk") which
aims to continue the historical tradition; the Kirk/McCoy fandom; and
the Spock/Uhura fandom who at the least have the benefit of being canonical.

What's more, a historical and contemporary overview of Star Trek fan
literature displays a fascinating wealth of viewpoints about viewers'
intimations of characters' sexuality. Unsurprisingly, attitudes
regarding non-heteronormative relationships have changed dramatically
in the past forty years and this is reflected in both the
characterization and plots within fanfiction. This paper will discuss
historical and contemporary K/S, the advent of Kirk/McCoy and
Spock/Uhura fandom, as well as the fan-generated views of other
characters such as Gaila, Pike, and Chekov.

~

Watching North and South again. Thornton has a Bones thing going on. Kinda want an AU now. My brain.

Comments

[caitri.livejournal.com]

Oh see I think there are some hefty K/S moments in the series, a number of which just kill me every time. Kirk's embarrassment at discovering it's a yeoman and not Spock giving him a massage in "Shore Leave" (and how much do I love that "Harder, Mr Spock! Dig it in there!" is actual TEXT!),Spock's look of absolute ecstasy when he finds Kirk alive at the end of "Amok Time"; the subtle bits like how he tricks Kirk into going on vacation in "Shore Leave" and doing a mind meld so he won't feel so pained at the end of, I think, "Elaan of Troilus." And then the K/Mc stuff--McCoy is the only one who ALWAYS calls Kirk by his first name, he's ALWAYS at Kirk's side. They were joined at the hip in TOS. S/Mc I think is much smaller--they seem to have much more of a true sibling vibe to me.

[nikki4noo.livejournal.com]

The episode with Nancy that was the 'first' episode kills me with Kirk's actions in it. He acted like McCoy's boyfriend the whole time. Also interesting that Kirk never sees Nancy as the 'thing that he loves most' as the first time he meets her, both the boys are there already. He can't what he loves most twice in front of him can he?

McCoy doesn't always call him by his first name. ;) Whenever he called him "Captain" I think that was a hint to everyone else to start running because the fight was going to be epic.

There is a really strong teasing vibe with S/M that I can see how some can see it as sibling. They fight epically and yet they respect each other deep down. They know the perfect way to push each others buttons unlike any one else.

Overall I love the three of them together as they just understand each other pretty well and will do anything for each other.

[caitri.livejournal.com]

yeah, I always wondered from that ep if how Kirk saw her had to do with his ESPer rating, cos it was pretty high.

[nikki4noo.livejournal.com]

It's an interesting episode because they hadn't set upon his ESP rating at that time, I think, when it was written. Also did they really think through the implications of him not being able to see her and why? I don't think they did. In Elaan they set up it was his love of the ship as to why her tears didn't fully work. So would he have seen Nancy as the Enterprise then? What got me though is that he didn't see her as the Salt Monster, he saw her as an old woman. So he fully didn't see the truth of her. He saw her as an older version of a woman that McCoy would have dated.

And this is why I love sci fi series. They give us answers that then lead to more questions and possibilities.

[caitri.livejournal.com]

Indeed!!

Okay so I think his ESPer thing was down then because "Where No Man" was written and filmed first, even though that one (blanking on title) aired first.

[nikki4noo.livejournal.com]

The Man Trap ;) (only cause my discs are in the unit near me and I looked it up.

Be interesting to look into what was written when to compare the changes to the characters that each did. Really I would love to get my hands on the bible and what were seen as the essential points to each character and then how the writers interpreted and put their own ideas to add more to the characterisation.

[caitri.livejournal.com]

I think it was reprinted...somewhere... Sleepy brain forgetting where though. Something from the 90s with the 25 th anniversary.

[nikki4noo.livejournal.com]

ooh *grabby hands*

I have the 365 book that has excerpts from it. Also David Gerrold's book also has some great insights, like Chekov being a Kirk in training that made me look at how I write him to fit in with this idea.