Folly
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| K/S Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Folly |
| Author(s): | Vivian Gates |
| Date(s): | 1985 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | slash, m/m |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: The Original Series |
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Folly is a Kirk/Spock story by Vivian Gates. It was published in the print zine Still Another K/S Zine and w a 1985 K/Star Award
Summary: "Pre K/S Spock is trapped with Finnegan during an explosion at the starbase Finnegan is commander of."
Reactions and Reviews
In my view, this is Vivian Gates's masterpiece. I would never have expected that I would like any story with Finnegan as a character, but Vivian makes a convincing case for this treatment of Kirk in the Academy representing frustrated attraction. His meeting with Spock was sensitively handled and quite moving. [1]
In a disaster, Spock is stuck in a room with Finnegan. We find out why Finnegan and Kirk got along so badly, and Spock finds out more than he wants to about emotions and himself. Excellent, shows imagination, and my favorite. [2]
Very interesting concept. I never thought I would ship Spock and Finnegan, and to be fair, going exclusively by canon, I still don't. However, despite the changes that had to be made for this story to work, both Finnegan and Spock are still surprisingly in character. Vivian Gates seems to have a tendency to leave stories open ended, as she does it again with The Air is the Air two years later. It's a well written and constructed story, and I enjoyed it. 4.5/5[3]
References
- ^ from The LOC Connection #9
- ^ from Not Tonight, Spock! #6
- ^ "I Read Still Another K/S Zine So You Don't Have To". Archived from the original on 2023-04-25.