The Omni

Fanfiction
Title:	“The Omni”
Author(s):	Dana Austin Marsh
Date(s):	print zine-11/1989; KS Archive-09/2010
Length:	print zine-33 pg.; KS Archive-14,139 wds.
Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS
Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
External Links:	The Kirk/Spock Fanfiction Archive [offline] on AO3
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“The Omni” is a Kirk/Spock story by Dana Austin Marsh.

It was published in the print zine Counterpoint #2 (1989) and now online.

Summary

“When the Enterprise responds to a distress call, they discover a colony where everyone has died except for a Human/Vulcan infant who forms a child/parent bond with Kirk, to the chagrin of his bondmate, Spock.”

Author's Notes

In 2010, the author wrote: "This story was a case of art imitating life. At the time I wrote it, I was a new mother and pretty much living the situation. You know what they say - write what you know!(g)"

Reactions and Reviews

1990

Ms. Marsh has once again written a very entertaining story. I wanted to take Kirk and shake him for his insensitivity to his bondmate. I felt sorrow for Spock when he made his painful offer to Kirk. But, at last, our Captain came through and convinced his bondmate of his true intentions and love. The conversation regarding their union not really being sterile was great. I guess I liked this story because it showed that even when two people love each other they can still have problems in their relationship.

1991

It's great to see a story for a change where Kirk's and Spock's focus isn't solely on one another: the human's attention is almost entirely on T'Serra, and Spock must cope with suddenly not being the center of Kirk's universe. As a result, a range of behavior, which one normally doesn't get in a K/S story, was shown. Namely, Kirk was allowed to express his maternal/paternal instincts, showing aside of himself beyond that of Spock's lover and a Starfleet captain. Spock must deal with his emotions and his intellect, which are at odds; his intellect says how can he "resent" the love Kirk feels for a Vulcan child, while his emotions say, he wants Kirk to himself. He must resolve the dichotomy of his feelings, and, of course, he does. Both characters are given greater dimension by the situations they must face together. This was a very good story, and I enjoyed reading it a lot!

I think this story would have been far more interesting if there had been more focus on what is undoubtedly a very extraordinary child. This child was able to reach out telepathically to Kirk while he was still in space to give Kirk the overwhelming urge to beam down to that planet and find her. I don’t think that very many Vulcan adults would be capable of doing that. So it was disappointing to me that the author chose to concentrate on the mundane and predictable conflict between parenting and the spousal relationship instead of on T’Serra herself. This could have been done through the link between Kirk and T’Serra. Such telepathic contact would have made the entire situation more vivid to the reader. Also, I found it puzzling that after an apparently long-time established K/S relationship that Kirk was still “virtually untrained” in the Vulcan mind techniques. Why would Spock allow Kirk to remain in such ignorance? Surely he would give Kirk as much training as he could, as soon as possible.

2010

That was so sweet. Spock getting all hateful then mad at himself for feeling. Kirk totally taken over by baby love. Then rediscovering each other. wonderful.

I love this because this kind of thing can happen with couples when a child comes along. One partner feels left out and/or neglected when focus shifts to the child. It isn't intentional, but this shows that even the most loving and connected couples can have misunderstandings and need to keep communications open to have their relationship stay strong.

I loved the plot and you worked with it very well! Poor Spock, heh!

When Kirk was so eager to beam down, I had imagined it had something to do with his experience in Tarsus, relating with the child as a survivor from a planetary disaster himself.

Thanks for sharing!

2021

4.5/5. This was very well written. I don't normally enjoy kidfics, and there were definitely some parts of Kirk and Spock's relationship that I didn't like, but overall this was very good. My main problem is that the title is misspelt.