quote:Originally posted by Zeugma: Good for him and his partner... but really, what's incredible is that he's SIXTY-EIGHT?? Holy crap! He looks amazing! What the heck does he eat??
That's Asians for ya.
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quote:Originally posted by Shigosei: I never noticed much of a subtext between Kirk, Spock, or McCoy. Maybe I'm just oblivious, but where is it coming from? They're friends, but they never seemed all that attracted to each other.
The term "slash" for fanfic that creates gay relationships between straight characters from shows originated with Kirk/Spock fanfic. That's "Kirk slash Spock", see?
There was a Star Trek novel written back in the... 70s, I think, called The Price of the Phoenix. It is far and away my favorite Star Trek novel, along with the sequel, The Fate of the Phoenix. One of the things I liked about it so much was the intensity of emotion.
It wasn't until years later, after reading an article about how those books were thinly veiled slash fiction that I had any idea there was a sexual subtext. I guess I'm kind of blind to male sexual vibes. <grin>
When I went back and reread them, I realized how it could be seen that way. Sort of how I could see the Christian stuff in Narnia after I was told about it. But it's still my favorite Star Trek story, and I recommend it highly. Aside from the subtext, it deals with questions of morality and loyalty and whether the Prime Directive really is the good thing it's painted as. It also has the best villain I've ever read.
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