The Brandt Series

Star Trek TOS Fanfiction
Title:	The Brandt Series
Author(s):	Jungle Kitty
Date(s):	mid 1990s
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Genre:	het
Fandom:	Star Trek: The Original Series
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In the mid-1990s, Jungle Kitty wrote a well-received het series of stories involving Kirk and an OFC named Suzanne Brandt.

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I personally cannot see JTK mated to anyone but Spock. But if he *were*, in some perverse sidebranch of the universe, <rude Wolvish grin> to be a straight man, then certes Brandt is the one he would be with. She may be an original character, but she sure as hell ain't no Mary Sue. In fact I have it on good authority that the Brat eats Mary Sues for lunch. With ketchup and extra salt.

JK has almost converted me to Kirkology -- in fact, if there weren't a lot of really good Spockologists around, she would have succeeded. After reading "Blood Claim", I found my self combing her lair for more and more K/Brandt. I admit it -- I'm hooked. For creating the most un-Mary Sue character ever seen in fanfic and for making me actually enjoy hetsmut, Jungle Kitty gets a big round of applause.

I actually discovered Jungle Kitty's work this week, and I have to say, her writing's smart, sexy, and wickedly funny. I'd love to see Captain Brandt on the bridge of a starship in an action story sometime. My guess is that Suzanne could probably teach Janeway a few lessons. This is a bit different from what I'm used to reading (and writing for that matter.) It was definitely a most pleasant surprise.

Watch out for those blanket statements. Here is *one* TOS fan who never heard of Susan Brandt until this post, although I gather she's one of Jungle Kitty's original characters. Having not read any of her work (that I remember), I'll not challenge the

rest, although calling her original characters "the best in all of Trek fan fiction" (or words to that effect--not sure that's a direct quote, now that I think of it) seems like stretching it; that takes in not only eeverything on the Internet, but also all

fanzines (including mine), some of which are also extremely good.

In Suzanne Brandt, JK has created one of the most fascinating, complex and believable "original" Trek characters ever. And I've seen 'em come and go, believe me.

The Series

Invisible Planets: Kirk/Brandt Stories, ^{Archived version}

The events in one story may overlap with the events in others.

Academy Stories (2250-2254):

• Les Liaisons Ridicules (Ridiculous Liaisons)

• Posing with Baked Goods

• The Great Easter Candy Caper

• The Perfect Mentor

• Where There's Smoke

• What Lies Within

Pre-TOS Stories (2255-2263):

• Visions of Sugarplums

• Play Ball

Stories of the First Five-Year Mission (2264-2269):

• Just Friends

• One Night on Earth

• The 1000th Woman

• The Kirk-Brandt Blooper Reel

• Holiday Punch

• In Mind and Body

• Poppies

• Orange-Colored Sky

• Star-Spangled Night

• Hand to Hand

• Hearts Untraveled

• Happy Birthday, JT

• 1-900-CAPTAIN

• Memory Lane

• Born To Be Wild

• Empty Bed Blues

• Blood Claim

• The Uneasy Dancers

Other Stories of the First Five-Year Mission (2264-2269): I don't know exactly when these occurred, or in what order.:

• The Gift-Wrapped Captain

• Two Spoons and a Butterfly

• Ladies Night

• The New Curiosity Shoppe

Stories between the Five-Year Mission and Star Trek: The Motion Picture (2269-2271):

• Homecoming

• Mercy

• The New Dog

• Who Wants To Know?

• The Last Word

• How Are Ya Fixed For Love?

• On the Upbeat

• The Gift-Wrapped Admiral

• Distracted

• Coming Attraction

• Big Easy

• Seduce Me Tonight

• Rain Check

• Although It's Been Said Many Times, Many Ways

• Hush

• Beautiful Dreamer

• Blind Curve

Stories Taking Place After Star Trek: The Motion Picture (2271 onward):

• If You're Reading This

• Jealous Bone

• Curiosity, a Catfight, and a Costume

• The Botany of Christmas

• All in Good Time

• Random

• The Sound of Drums

• The Siege Perilous

A Kirk-Brandt Alternate Universe: The stories in this subset branch off from the regular Kirk-Brandt stories just prior to the end of the Five Year Mission. They take place in the cozy little universe the characters and I visit when we need a break from all the Big Drama. The stories Blood Claim and The Uneasy Dancers never took place in this universe.:

• The Family Mythology

• The Dress, The Guests, The Cake, The Car, The Whole Darn Thing

• The Seven-Pound, Two-Ounce Sequel

• The Littlest Crewman

• Schrödinger's Christmas Present

• Toy Story

Other Stories Outside the Usual Timeline (Kirk-Brandt alternate universes or just plain silly stuff):

• Fade In/Fade Out

• Kurk and Brant Fuck

• Where No Peep Has Gone Before

• Romancing the Peep

• The Small Screen, Part XX

• Gone With The Solar Wind

• Modular Mates