FIC REC: Star Trek Gen Recs VI
Aug. 2nd, 2009 02:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mrwubblesSeriously guys, stop sending me recs to read, knowing I will love them to bits. You're not suppose to be enabling me. LOL. I should be writing. I left John Gage in the trunk, Kirk suffocating in a dying shuttle, Castle in midtown traffic, Daniel pointing a bread knife at Jack, Owen deciding on the 'lesser of two Weevils', Ezra and Vin stuck in a burning ward and DiNozzo in Ducky's morgue for way too long.
And if you can name all those fandoms, go you. LOL.
( Complete Rec List : Updated As of 08.02.09 )
NEW ADDED AS OF August 2, 2009
Title: At the Going Down of the Sun NEW
Author: Dee at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cupiscent
Rating: (author only states as General, no G-R given)
Word Count: none given
Summary: "Rules of the universe," he declares, and then corrects himself before Spock can get his astrophysics on. "Rules of humanity. Warriors who've drawn weapons, shed blood, triumphed together must drink together." (The consequences of actions, and the rules that you cannot bend or ignore.)
Link: http://cupiscent.livejournal.com/484262.html?style=mine
Reader Notes: In the movie, none of us (audience or cast) was given time to grieve. Dee gives us that chance with a wonderful, quietly mourning aftermath fic. It starts out innocuously enough: Jim wanting a drink, but gradually we are pulled into a more somber emotion. It's quiet, understated yet emotionally rich as the crew slowly gathers to take comfort in each other's presence.
Title: Shades of Grey NEW
Author:kiraboshi
Rating: PG-13
Word Count:
Summary: When the Enterprise's first diplomatic mission goes awry, her captain and crew discover a deception running deep on both sides, and risk everything to save those caught in the middle.
Link: http://kiraboshi.livejournal.com/382876.html
Reader Notes: If you ever wished to see this Reboot 'verse on the small screen,kiraboshi has achieved it with this wonderful well structured plot. Five words fit this fic because to go on and delaying you from reading this would be criminal: angsty, friendship, team, comforty, brilliant. And if like me, you like to curl up on a fic, there's even a compiled PDF for you here-->http://samanthakira.com/fic/shadesofgrey.pdf Did I mention brilliant yet?
Title: Shooting the Moon NEW
Author:miss_porcupine
Rating: none given
Word Count: 5100
Summary: none given
Link: http://miss-porcupine.livejournal.com/297892.html?style=mine
Reader Notes: We follow Kirk from a bar in Iowa to the rise of captain. Sounds daunting perhaps but the author has tackled this story with a Kirk POV that's reflective and a bit melancholy that just simply makes you fall in love with Jim Kirk all over again.
Title: Tendencies NEW
Author:iceiwynd
Rating: none given
Word Count: 8300+
Summary: Five times one of the crew thought about suicide, and the one time someone did more than think.
Link: http://iceiwynd.livejournal.com/740790.html
Reader Notes: This was recced to me with very good reason. It is a solid, emotionally saturated embodiment of how life, while wasn't perfect for our favorite characters, powers on to something better. The something better, we've already seen: everyone coming together in the movie. Many fics graces us with the continuing "happy ever after" but very rarely do we see the before done so eloquently.iceiwynd gave us five perfectly shaped glimpses of the before, of five people pushed to the edge of doing the unthinkable and what pulled them back. What caught my eye, what made me inhaled this fic is that fact you feel for the characters, pushed along that very same brink and then yanked back. It's in-character, it's gut-wrenching real that when you get to the deceptively innocuous line in the end, you suddenly realize you've been holding your breath all this time.
Title: When I Was Invincible NEW
Author:robanybody
Rating: none given
Word Count: none given (but at estimation, I would say ten pages)
Summary: none given
Link: http://robanybody.livejournal.com/382255.html
Reader Notes: Despite the lack of story header info, this fic is definitely worth a read. The POV is adorkably nu!Kirk, impish, charming and yet utterly the captain we know he could be. He's a psychotic golden retriever in this fic. It's another ion storm, another transporter malfunction and Kirk is trapped in the Prime universe. The collision of these two universes is hysterical and the fun is as enjoyable and memorable as our beloved "The Trouble With Tribbles". The plot is classic with a dismayed attitude of "Oh no, not another alternate universe". The banter is spot on, everyone stays in character and if the above gush fest isn't convincing you, read it for this line:
"Captain's log, supplemental: today Spock made a joke. I laughed. I cried. It was magical."
That pretty much sums up the fic for me.
And if you can name all those fandoms, go you. LOL.
( Complete Rec List : Updated As of 08.02.09 )
NEW ADDED AS OF August 2, 2009
Title: At the Going Down of the Sun NEW
Author: Dee at
cupiscentRating: (author only states as General, no G-R given)
Word Count: none given
Summary: "Rules of the universe," he declares, and then corrects himself before Spock can get his astrophysics on. "Rules of humanity. Warriors who've drawn weapons, shed blood, triumphed together must drink together." (The consequences of actions, and the rules that you cannot bend or ignore.)
Link: http://cupiscent.livejournal.com/484262.html?style=mine
Reader Notes: In the movie, none of us (audience or cast) was given time to grieve. Dee gives us that chance with a wonderful, quietly mourning aftermath fic. It starts out innocuously enough: Jim wanting a drink, but gradually we are pulled into a more somber emotion. It's quiet, understated yet emotionally rich as the crew slowly gathers to take comfort in each other's presence.
Title: Shades of Grey NEW
Author:
kiraboshiRating: PG-13
Word Count:
Summary: When the Enterprise's first diplomatic mission goes awry, her captain and crew discover a deception running deep on both sides, and risk everything to save those caught in the middle.
Link: http://kiraboshi.livejournal.com/382876.html
Reader Notes: If you ever wished to see this Reboot 'verse on the small screen,
kiraboshi has achieved it with this wonderful well structured plot. Five words fit this fic because to go on and delaying you from reading this would be criminal: angsty, friendship, team, comforty, brilliant. And if like me, you like to curl up on a fic, there's even a compiled PDF for you here-->http://samanthakira.com/fic/shadesofgrey.pdf Did I mention brilliant yet?Title: Shooting the Moon NEW
Author:
miss_porcupineRating: none given
Word Count: 5100
Summary: none given
Link: http://miss-porcupine.livejournal.com/297892.html?style=mine
Reader Notes: We follow Kirk from a bar in Iowa to the rise of captain. Sounds daunting perhaps but the author has tackled this story with a Kirk POV that's reflective and a bit melancholy that just simply makes you fall in love with Jim Kirk all over again.
Title: Tendencies NEW
Author:
iceiwyndRating: none given
Word Count: 8300+
Summary: Five times one of the crew thought about suicide, and the one time someone did more than think.
Link: http://iceiwynd.livejournal.com/740790.html
Reader Notes: This was recced to me with very good reason. It is a solid, emotionally saturated embodiment of how life, while wasn't perfect for our favorite characters, powers on to something better. The something better, we've already seen: everyone coming together in the movie. Many fics graces us with the continuing "happy ever after" but very rarely do we see the before done so eloquently.
iceiwynd gave us five perfectly shaped glimpses of the before, of five people pushed to the edge of doing the unthinkable and what pulled them back. What caught my eye, what made me inhaled this fic is that fact you feel for the characters, pushed along that very same brink and then yanked back. It's in-character, it's gut-wrenching real that when you get to the deceptively innocuous line in the end, you suddenly realize you've been holding your breath all this time.Title: When I Was Invincible NEW
Author:
robanybodyRating: none given
Word Count: none given (but at estimation, I would say ten pages)
Summary: none given
Link: http://robanybody.livejournal.com/382255.html
Reader Notes: Despite the lack of story header info, this fic is definitely worth a read. The POV is adorkably nu!Kirk, impish, charming and yet utterly the captain we know he could be. He's a psychotic golden retriever in this fic. It's another ion storm, another transporter malfunction and Kirk is trapped in the Prime universe. The collision of these two universes is hysterical and the fun is as enjoyable and memorable as our beloved "The Trouble With Tribbles". The plot is classic with a dismayed attitude of "Oh no, not another alternate universe". The banter is spot on, everyone stays in character and if the above gush fest isn't convincing you, read it for this line:
"Captain's log, supplemental: today Spock made a joke. I laughed. I cried. It was magical."
That pretty much sums up the fic for me.
