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Never and Always Lovers
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Never and Always Lovers: A Ni-Var for Two Apart |
| Author(s): | Carolyn Spencer |
| Date(s): | print zine (1997); The Kirk/Spock Fanfiction Archive 240 words |
| Length: | |
| Genre(s): | slash |
| Fandom(s): | Star Trek: TOS |
| Relationship(s): | Kirk/Spock |
| External Links: | on AO3 |
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Never and Always Lovers: A Ni-Var for Two Apart is a Kirk/Spock poem by Carolyn Spencer.
It was published in the print zine T'hy'la #19 (1997).
Reactions and Reviews
1997
Really nice to see the ni var form used again. Seems this format was more popular years ago, but never really seen as much in K/S as it is in older Gen zines.
A lovely, lovely poem meant for re-reading, especially on dreary, rainy afternoons. It reinforces the melancholy and then gives a ray of hope, of happiness. Carolyn's prose is so poetic anyway its a wonder she didn't turn to poetry long before this. Some exquisite lines and depth of insight here; "as if there were a place to which I could escape// that did not contain his essence," (Excuse me here while I recapture my stomach; it has thumped every time I've read that line. And my shoulders sort of tingle and then melt, too.)
Here's another, from Kirk: "Always the dividing line was thin.//Where white met black our colors bloomed/." So interesting, Spock's denial of the physical ("We were never lovers") and Kirk's affirmation of the mental and spiritual ("We were always lovers/)
All so perceptive, and quite beautiful. More, please? [1]
References
- ^ The K/S Press #12 08/1997