Ceremony of Innocence (Star Trek: TOS story)

Star Trek TOS Fanfiction
Title:	Ceremony of Innocence
Author(s):	Helene Lynne Kent
Date(s):	1979
Length:
Genre:	het
Fandom:	Star Trek: The Original Series
External Links:	Bev Zuk
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Ceremony of Innocence is a Star Trek: TOS story by Helene Lynne Kent. The art is by Bev Zuk.

It was published in Nome #1.

Summary

"Spock must have sexual relations with a fellow captured crewmember in order to keep her from being used by their captors to create normal offspring."

Reactions and Reviews

1979

Highlights of the zine are a touching story called 'Ceremony of Innocence,' where Spock is forced to make a young lieutenant 'unworthy.'

1985

This is a Spock-and-a-woman yet strangely it is one of the few of its genre that I have not found abhorrent. In fact it was very touching, due mostly to the fact that the heroine is very difficult to dislike. - She and Spock are prisoners of the Alothians, a race whose women are stunted and hideous. It transpires that the Alothians 'look to the sky' for more desirable mates but will accept only virgins for their 'harem'. Lt.Farrell is a virgin and in order to prevent her being kept on the planet (the Alothians merely erase the memories of those they do not require) Spock, also a virgin, does the necessary. The reactions of both Spock and Lt. Farrell are beautifully described, Spock's (we know him better than her, of course) particularly and there are no sloppy and precipitate declarations of love etc. It is most delicately handled, the balance is just right, and at the end, a poignant thought from the Vulcan, now back on the ship, having full knowledge of the events, unlike the Lt. whose memories have been edited. Kirk remarks that he doubts it's anything she would want to remember and Spock pauses, remembering "a cell, a simple cot and a ritual of innocence shared - no more.". Very touching.