Shi'Jarae

Star Trek TOS Fanfiction
Title:	Shi'Jarae
Author(s):	Jo Scott-Ross
Date(s):	1986
Length:	45 pages
Genre:	slash
Fandom:	Star Trek: The Original Series
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Shi'Jarae is a Spock/Kirk/McCoy story by Jo Scott-Ross. It has a sequel called Shared Silences.

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It was published in the print zine Shades of Grey #1.

Summary

"How can McCoy convince his bondmate that they must take precautions in case he can't fulfill Spock's needs during his next pon farr? While on shore leave with Kirk, the subject of the bondmate's problem is illustrated in the most serious of manners."

"McCoy and Spock are bonded and McCoy wishes to initiate the Vulcan custom of Shi'Jarae in which a third party is brought into their relationship to serve Spock in Pon Farr if McCoy should die or be unavailable. Spock is reluctant, but McCoy uses a unique method to convince his bondmate."

Reactions and Reviews

SHI'JARAE by Jo Scott-Ross is the most daring and, I feel, best story in the zine. This is a story dealing with a bonded Spock and McCoy and the Vulcan custom of Vulcan males bringing a third party, the Shi' jarae, into their relationship to serve the bonded pair in Pon Farr should one of them die or be unavailable for the remaining partner. It is no surprise at all to find just who ends up being Spock and McCoy's Shi' jarae, but the manner in which the choice is made and the reactions to that choice is what makes the story. Joe is a wonderful spinner of tales and made even this slightly unlikely premise sing with life and beliveablity I would love to see what happens next!

The third K/S/Mc story [in this zine], "Shi-Jarae" by Jo Scott-Ross, has the virtue of being more original in its focus than the other two, but Spock is portrayed as remarkably insensitive and unsympathetic.

(44 pages) - Spock and McCoy are bonded and on shoreleave with Kirk. McCoy is concerned to find a possible partner for Spock in case anything happens to him. It ends to be Kirk...strongly S/Mc with some K/S; nice and satisfying, not explicit.