The Perfect Mate
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| K/S Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Perfect Mate |
| Author(s): | Jane Firmstone |
| Date(s): | 1977 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: The Original Series |
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The Perfect Mate is a K/S story by Jane Firmstone.
It was published in the print zine Obsc'zine #1.
Reactions and Reviews
"The Perfect Mate", by Jane Firmstone (also not to taken completely seriously), Kirk has given up the Enterprise and gone away with his wife (the only person for whom he would ever have given up his ship) to live alone, without censure. His wife seems very uncertain of herself, of her appearance, and is desperate to please Kirk, who is loving and understanding toward her. The mail arrives. There is a worn letter addressed to Commander Spock. Kirk hands it to his wife, who is Spock. [1]
I didn't like "Perfect Mate." Now, it was cleverly done, and I can see why it was done, but I didn't like it. Basically, I suppose, because I consider 'sex-change' stories to be a cop-out; if you intend to write a homosexual story, write an honest one! And I simply cannot see Spock undergoing a sex-change. No, it's as I said before — their relationship would be openly, honestly homosexual. Having said that, the story was well-constructed, well told. [2]
Now to the worst [in the zine Obsc'zine]: and why I dislike them. You might say I have a case of AC-rophobia. But the one thing I do not like at all are these gay stories, and you seem to have a multiplicity of them in this issue. "Kirk's Decision" completely turned me off, as did "Another Saturday Night" ... "The Perfect Mate" (thoroughly rotten), "Intimacy", "Bedtime Story" (along another subject matter but it still sticks in my craw) and "Poses". (Wasn't "Shelter" enough?) Sorry. Perhaps I'm just too much of a thoroughly heterosexual female, but these gay stories turn me completely off. It's more than just a dislike on my part. It seems to me to be a total mischaracterization. In ST we were clearly shown two well-adjusted, heterosexual males in Kirk and Spock, and these stories seem to be perverting their characters. What is all this interest in homo-stuff, anyway? Some of the stories, I must admit, are well-written, and my comments do not necessarily reflect on the author's writing abilities. Take "Poses" for example. Leslie Fish can write a good story, and make it interesting, but the basic premise of the story is just a bit too much. To paraphrase someone — not only may the Kirk/Spock premise rest in peace, may it also rest in pieces — very tiny pieces. I can only hope you don't have much, if any, of these gay stories next time around. Maybe this fad will soon run its course ... [3]
Didn't like the premise of "The Perfect Mate". Now that is farfetched. Besides, I reject the idea that one partner in a sexual relationship has has to give up his/her identity to the other. Love each other for what you are. This implies, also, that the male/female bonding is the only way to go, and I don't accept that. [4]