Walking in the snow and Star Trek...

[fajrdrako]

I had a long list of things to do today. Did some of them. But, sadly, felt as if my cold had come back with a vengeance and spent most of the afternoon asleep. But I did wash dished, do laundry - and what's even better, but it all away - bought some kitchen stuff, went for an hour's walk in the gently falling snow, and read. Also watched an old episode of Star Trek with Catherine, maaseru and maaboroshi - "Arena". It had some nice Spock-McCoy dialogue. It astounds me to say so, because back in my ST fannish days I didn't like McCoy at all. I must be mellowing.

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[commodorified.livejournal.com]

Interested in walking together or else meeting up somewhere for coffee tomorrow?

Haven't seen you in FAR too long...

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

It's been ages! Looks less snowy than yesterday... Yeah, that would be fun. Want to get together for a fannish evening a well?

[seanchaidh.livejournal.com]

I always thought Spock/McCoy would make a lovely pairing. :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I've known many who thought that. Because I'd never liked McCoy, and thought K/S was just fine, I always just ignored it. But now I can see the point: they have that warmth/scrappiness that makes for great pairings.

[seanchaidh.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Kirk and Spock are just BFF.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I dunno. It's a situation tailor-made for polyamory.

[catalenamara.livejournal.com]

Here's a Spock/McCoy ezine:

http://speachzine.tripod.com/

You can find links to polyamory stories (and lots of other things too) here:

http://www.syredronning.de

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Nice links - thank you!

[torchwood334.livejournal.com]

I always liked McCoy, But its been far to long since I seen TOS =(

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I hadn't seen an episode for ages, before last night. We were joking we'd all lose our geek licences, because once upon a time we could have named any episode, and now we're having trouble remembering which is which.

[torchwood334.livejournal.com]

Thats one licence I don't want to lose LOL......I know the other night we were talking about TNG episodes "Best of both worlds" Part 1 & 2 and it took me about 15 min. to remember the name which isn't a good thing =( I need to brush up on my Trek!!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I think we all need a refresher course!

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

I wasn't big on McCoy when I was a kid, but now that I'm older and wiser, he's probably my favourite of the main characters! He's really much needed balance/ballast. I could never stand Kirk.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I am always ambivalent about Kirk. It's Spock who reaches my heart. Kirk... I tolerated him, liked him, loved him for Spock's sake, sometimes disliked him, sometimes talked myself into liking him.... This is probably why I didn't write more K/S than I did.

McCoy is possibly an acquired taste? I used to think him shallow and one-noted. A sort of acerbic comic relief. Now I'm not so sure. Or at least... willing to reopen the issue.

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

My dad was a Trek fan and so I grew up watching these from a wee babe; they're like a part of the family in a way, so my impressions were formed from pre-verbal states, I think! I will say Kirk taught me "chauvinist pig" before I even knew such a thing existed. It's funny that I never liked him, although I could understand why as I got older.

Spock is the one I want to love, but he doesn't quite touch my heart. Not quite sure why. It may be an acting thing — although I adore Leonard Nimoy. (I do sometimes wonder what would have happened with Martin Landau.)

On the other hand, I always liked McCoy, but as I got older, I saw a richer character, someone with real life experience. The guy who seems a bit of a smartass and pretends to be self-sufficient, but is genuinely a good guy (just don't tell anybody) is one of my favourite character types. Take it too far (see House) and I seriously doubt there's a good guy in there (I really despise that character, despite my love of Hugh Laurie); at that point I lose interest. But Nine and Ray Vecchio both have that in common. Actually, come to think of it, Charles Winchester from M*A*S*H fits the bill, too, and I always loved him even when I wanted to brain Hawkeye.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I will say Kirk taught me "chauvinist pig" before I even knew such a thing existed.

LOL. There's a certain justice there.

I had forgotten my love for Spock until recently I saw a few glimpses of him, and then, this episode last night. He's lovely.

I'll have to watch more to see what I think of McCoy now. I think I dismissed him as too much of a smart-ass or a carper, or at least, someone who hides his true self and masks his compassion with something else. And I didn't know why he was doing that. Or maybe I was just miffed because he treated Spock critically.

I don't much like Hugh Laurie; I do like House, more or less, but don't like the show much. Too formulaic. I suspect if I watched the show more I would dislike House, but I don't feel tempted anyway.

But Nine and Ray Vecchio both have that in common.

Interesting observation. I didn't think I ever considered that Nine might have anything at all in common with McCoy. I still can't see it, but that's perhaps the habit of decades of totally ignoring McCoy because I didn't like him. I will think about it as I watch.

Hawkeye was played by Alan Alda, right? I didn't like him and seldom watched M*A*S*H for that reason. I think I liked the other guy (whose name I don't even know). Mostly I remember Radar.