Here Be Dragons (Star Trek: TOS story)
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| Title: | Here Be Dragons |
| Author(s): | Djinn |
| Date(s): | 2002 |
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| Genre(s): | het |
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Here Be Dragons is a Star Trek: TOS Spock/Christine OMC story by Djinn.
It was nominated for a 2002 ASC Award.
It is part of a series.
Reactions and Reviews
Each Carter this year has something to savor that makes it unique. With "The Way by Moonlight" it was it's interesting aliens, while "A Matter of Life and Death" ripped your heart out, and "It's Always Something" teased you with its twists and turns. In this chapter there was the pleasure of visiting some old friends because here the focus was not on the crew of the Carter, but the old Enterprise crew as they come together again under sad circumstances. It was lovely to see Djinn's portrayal of our old favorites like McCoy, Uhura, Sulu, and Rand. Each was written with evident fondness and Djinn's so good at nailing each voice and bringing them to life. She also does something very risky with her characters here. Lets just say that this Chapel, so strong in many ways is not perfect. But then that's part of the appeal even when she does something less than endearing. Djinn ruthlessly exposes her characters and spares them little. She makes them living, breathing people who are not always heroic. The story has a bit of everything. Sad and moving, funny touches, one of the most intense, yet not at all explicit, love scenes I’ve read in fanfic, and yet not just a strong entry in itself but one that further logically develops the threads of earlier stories. [1]
This story saw an inevitable 'coming to a head' of events, namely the unstable triangle between Chapel, Kerr and Spock. Who among us didn't expect that Spock--and Chapel--wouldn't be able to just forget the feelings that had been stirred up a short time before by Spock's pon farr and more importantly the death of his mother? Yes, she 'chose' Kerr, but this isn't a decision to be made once and never revisited. Especially with circumstances constantly forcing her to reconsider what it is she truly wants. [2]
You know you are reading a wonderful story when the good guys are becoming convincing bad guys, while the characters you dismissed on the fist few outings are showing flashes of hidden nobility and character. Yes, we are back aboard the good ship Carter. Djinn has given us some wonderful original characters in this story where no one is exactly what you've been led to beleive they are. Chapel and Spock do swan dives off their pedastels in this emotionally messy tale, but they just do it so darn well. I wanted them to not be held accountable for their actions, although I know the other shoe will eventually drop. [3]
A dark story with murder on the Enterprise, a funeral, and Christine trying to fight her way out of depression. But she has Spock, not to mention another lover, to help her through it. (Come on, Djinn, when are you going to give us a rip-roaring threesome? We're all impatiently waiting!) [4]
References
- ^ Rabble Rouser at This is the Digest from 2002 for the Category of: Spock Pairing
- ^ Rocky at This is the Digest from 2002 for the Category of: Spock Pairing
- ^ Kath at This is the Digest from 2002 for the Category of: Spock Pairing
- ^ Ventura33 at This is the Digest from 2002 for the Category of: Spock Pairing