The Gathering (Star Trek: TOS story)
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| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Gathering |
| Author(s): | Michele Arvizu |
| Date(s): | 1978 |
| Length: | |
| Genre(s): | gen |
| Fandom(s): | Star Trek: TOS |
| Relationship(s): | |
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The Gathering is a Star Trek: TOS story by by Michele Arvizu.
It was published in the print zine Berengaria #10, reprinted in Computer Playback #4.
Summary
The death of a loved one and a reunion with his ex-wife leaves McCoy shattered and doubting his ability to function as CMO on the Enterprise.
Some Art
From "Berengaria"
from Berengaria #10, by Melinda Shreve
from Berengaria #10, by Melinda Shreve
from Berengaria #10, by Melinda Shreve
From "Computer Playback"
page from issue #4 of Computer Playback, by Roo
page from issue #4 of Computer Playback, by Roo
page from issue #4 of Computer Playback, by Roo
Reactions and Reviews
McCoy visits at the deathbed of his mother-in-law, runs into his ex, Ariana, and they end up in bed. Back aboard Enterprise, he suffers from debilitating depression exacerbated by drink. Things come to a head when Spock arrives with an abdominal obstruction and McCoy is too impaired by drink and exhaustion to do the surgery - but persuades a cautious M'Benga of his diagnosis. The McCoy/Spock and McCoy/Kirk heart-to-hearts make a number of good points about the friendships and have some good lines, but are over-done and over-emotional - far too much talking for these guys. [1]
The rivalry breaks into open discussion in 'The Gathering,' wherein McCoy is locked in a deep depression, triggered by the death of a beloved relative, a chance encounter with his ex-wife, and a dangerous drinking bout; faces a major breakdown. [2]
References
- ^ from Karen Halliday's Zinedex
- ^ from Scuttlebutt #11