Just a Sci-Fi Kid Like Me

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All Star Trek stories are Kirk/McCoy unless otherwise stated.
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 Photo from behind the scenes of the season finale of Discovery, in which Anson Mount has his Captain's jacket open and I feel so attacked.





How DARE you, sir. HOW DARE.

 I fell out of doing immediate episode reactions because of the move and trying to finish my notes on Supernatural. I'm really enjoying this season of DIS and so delighted that they are going all the places it is logical to go (HUGH!!!!!!!!!) as well as places I wouldn't suspect (Tilly and May in the mycelial network). 

They brought Ash/Voq back much more quickly than I would have expected, and good goddamn, they prettied him up. 




Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey.

Ahem. I'm also glad to see the Empress getting some quality time too, to say nothing of her IMMINENT SPIN-OFF!!!!! **shriek**

I also really, REALLY love Captain Pike. I wasn't enthused about concluding the epic changeover at the end of S1 that left us with an entire bridge crew of women and POC by reintroducing a white dude Captain, but...he's such a good guy, it's hard to resent him beyond the optics. He makes clear his respect for every member of the crew and immediately trusts Michael--which is also great given how she had to overcome so much crap in S1.

The faith/belief/science arc is fascinating, especially as watched against Supernatural (I keep imagining what a crossover between the two would like and what Cas would make of "the red angel.") and I can't wait to find out where they are going with it...

The new episode made me cry twice tonight. It hit me right in the feels. Reaction with spoilers:

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... and I keep reminding myself I DO NOT GET TO WATCH MORE NEXT WEEK.

In case you're wondering: Prime!Lorca was back but acting strangely Mirrory, Burnham and Saru got a message from Tyler BUT NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS ABOUT EXCEPT IT SEEMED BAD, and the cliffy was Stamets pulling Culber out of the mycelial network.

 Where the distress signal from the Enterprise is because they have found Prime!Lorca accompanied by Mirror!Culber. Culber was with the Resistance and is in bad shape in Sickbay. Captain Pike is like, "We found these guys and they are supposed to be on your ship. Da fuq?" 

Burnham has to constantly run interference between Spock and Sarek.

Sarek has to mindmeld with Lorca, who IS Prime!Lorca but spent lots of time being tortured and on the run in Mirrorverse. He was found by the Resistance, and Mirror!Culber looked after him in typical h/c and also slashy ways. They are basically boyfriends.

Stamets is all "BAE!!!!!!!!!!!! ... Not my BAE. FML." Such angst ensues. But also Culber is drawn to Stamets, and double-angst because he also cares for Lorca.

Everyone on DIS keeps giving Lorca LOOKS and he's like WTF. Saru has to explain because no one else wants to.

For reasons because obvs Lorca and Culber have to stay on the ship. Drama ensues.

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I got my paws on the new Discovery novel Drastic Measures, which is about young Georgiou and young Lorca and Tarsus IV. On the one hand, it's interesting, and Lorca has an edge to him that is intriguing but also very much because no one told the writer the man we saw was from the Mirrorverse. The author is also trying desperately to be contemporary political and has part of the situation on Tarsus be related to taking in refugees from another colony, but...he also doesn't work this in in a believable way. It just happened. I'm only part way through so maybe it will be relevant, but I doubt  it. Also, part of Lorca's arc is his gf is among those killed. Like, witnessing a eugenic genocide--not that they've talked much about eugenics--is bad but it's ALSO bad because a woman we never even see was fridged. :| This is why fic is better, man.

This show made me cry TWICE tonight. I just love it so much and am so sad there's only one episode left.

Also actual dialogue from tonight, at the scene in the mess hall:
Me: *tears*
Scott: "OH MY GOD This is why Starfleet will never win!!!!!"

Also also, is it terrible that I'm starting to get the same feeling about Black Panther criticism as I am about Discovery criticism? Like, "you say you hate x, but I'm pretty sure it's really about the racism." *wants to be wrong* *honestly doubts it though, sadly*

Anyway, was texting beforehand with a friend who loves the show as much as I do, when I came to the conclusion that in a couple years I NEED to do an edited collection of academic essays on the show, because I Am That Kind of Nerd. I just need to finish, like, a ton of other things first...

1) I'd actually heard That Plot Twist was a theory about Lorca and had dismissed it as crazy talk. WOW.

2) Paul/Hugh - my heart hurts even more now.

3) Emperor Phillipa is so bamf.

Annnnnnnd we only have three episodes left. *flail* I have no idea how they are going to resolve all this. Wow.

Mirrorverse, yo.

A bunch of thoughts and observations, not least that Scott thinks the whole second half of the series might be in the Mirrorverse. Which, whoa.

Okay, in no particular order:

1) I genuinely think, and after actually watching After Trek am convinced, that they are gonna end up finding Mirror!Culber and bringing him aboard.

1a) But holy crap with That Scene though.

2) I love Capt. "Killey."

3) I also love the sensible Mirrorverse armor for both sexes. The midriff-baring sexdoll outfits for the women throughout the franchise annoyed the hell out of me.

4) Pretty sure Tyler-is-Voq and that the only reason they don't talk about it on After Trek is because it's accurate (Good job, internet).

5) I love the drop-in of the USS Defiant from the primary 'verse as that's a callback to the ENT "Through a Mirror, Darkly" eps.

6) Lorca's "engineer" accent is MVP.

*flail* Is it next week yet??

Title: (‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, and) All Through the Snowglobe...
Author: caitri
Rating: PG (Language, Violence, Smoochies)
Pairings: Kirk/McCoy, Jo/OFC, Spock/Uhura, Sulu/Ben, Kitchen/Sink
Word Count: 12,452
Summary: It’s holiday season on the Yorktown as the crew waits for the Enterprise’s refits. Unfortunately, amid crises personal and professional, there’s a lot less mistletoe and good cheer and a lot more...explosions, fistfights, and drama. Jim Kirk and his crew have saved the universe on multiple occasions, but this year can they save….Christmas?
A/N 1. Many many thanks to abigail89 for organizing space_wrapped , running Word Wars, and providing incredibly useful feedback and encouragement! Even more thanks to fritz42 for betaing and providing valuable feedback!! I appreciate you both more than words can say.
A/N 2. the_dala asked for a couple of things for space_wrapped, and I only provided a couple of bitlets from different prompts, namely everyone having personal crises and a Santa's workshop AU. Somehow my brain went directly to the idea of Jim in an elf costume in a dramatic shoot-out, and everything went downhill from there. So here, have Die Hard in space. Yippee ki yay, motherf***ers!
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.

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