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A Significant Contribution
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | A Significant Contribution |
| Author(s): | Dovya Blacque |
| Date(s): | 1990 |
| Length: | |
| Genre(s): | slash |
| Fandom(s): | Star Trek: TOS |
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A Significant Contribution is a Spock/Kirk/OMC story by Dovya Blacque.
It was published in the print zine Shades of Grey #5.
Summary
"There was no reason to return Captain John Christopher to Earth; his wife was already pregnant with their son when the captain had his run-in with the starship from his future. But, despite the words Spock spoke to him, he does find he has something to contribute to the universe."
Reactions and Reviews
A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION by Dovya Blacque is the only story in this issue that is not K/S/Mc. Here, we find Captain John Christopher trapped on the ENTERPRISE with no valid reason to be returned to his time as his son has already been born when his is intercepted by the ENTERPRISE's tractor beam. It starts with Spock who finds his feelings toward Christopher not only approaching obsession but echoing a similar obsession he has for Kirk. Turning to Kirk for help, Spock discovers there's room for more than one such obsession in his life. For me, this is one of the more believable scenarios utilizing an established character from the series as I saw quite a bit of empathy pass between both Kirk and Christopher and Spock and Christopher in "Tomorrow Is Yesterday". Ms. Blacque picked up on that same empathy and manipulated it into something very beautiful to read. [1]