This is so seriously good. I don't even know where to start. You get everybody's voice just right - even Spock, which in an AU where he *can't be a Vulcan* is really super damn impressive.
I loved the build of the relationship, and how the sexuality of it is acknowledged early, not pretended not to be there, but that falling into bed doesn't automatically mean anything else.
Joanna is a great character, and a great way to show who McCoy is - and for Kirk to show some of his deeper side in interaction with her. <3 the Castle reference.
I totally want to watch a Bibi Besch movie now. How awesome would they be? Also how awesome that Carol Marcus was played by an actress with such a great movie hero name. (I totally couldn't remember Carol and went to Wikipedia to read up on the second movie because of this, which was a fun side trip.)
At some point in there, you switched from the movie title being That Which Survives to That which Remains and then back again, which I almost didn't even notice.
BTW I *love* the use of episode titles for the films and TV shows. Similarly I love the using a few characters from those episodes, like Miri and Edith Keeler. And Harvey Mudd!! And the plots of the films, or the life experiences of the characters at the times of the films, being related to the episode plots. I liked that because of all that, I didn't know what to expect from Khan, so there was a lot more tension in terms of "will Khan fuck up the film" in that I kept expecting him to go evil again.
I wish Three to Tango had been a real show.
I was seriously impressed with how you got Kirk to nickname McCoy as Bones when he wasn't even a doctor, and have it feel natural in the context of the story.
Nero and Narada as the enemy film was awesome. Totally ditto what someone said above about Nero as James Cameron.
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I loved the build of the relationship, and how the sexuality of it is acknowledged early, not pretended not to be there, but that falling into bed doesn't automatically mean anything else.
Joanna is a great character, and a great way to show who McCoy is - and for Kirk to show some of his deeper side in interaction with her. <3 the Castle reference.
I totally want to watch a Bibi Besch movie now. How awesome would they be? Also how awesome that Carol Marcus was played by an actress with such a great movie hero name. (I totally couldn't remember Carol and went to Wikipedia to read up on the second movie because of this, which was a fun side trip.)
At some point in there, you switched from the movie title being That Which Survives to That which Remains and then back again, which I almost didn't even notice.
BTW I *love* the use of episode titles for the films and TV shows. Similarly I love the using a few characters from those episodes, like Miri and Edith Keeler. And Harvey Mudd!! And the plots of the films, or the life experiences of the characters at the times of the films, being related to the episode plots. I liked that because of all that, I didn't know what to expect from Khan, so there was a lot more tension in terms of "will Khan fuck up the film" in that I kept expecting him to go evil again.
I wish Three to Tango had been a real show.
I was seriously impressed with how you got Kirk to nickname McCoy as Bones when he wasn't even a doctor, and have it feel natural in the context of the story.
Nero and Narada as the enemy film was awesome. Totally ditto what someone said above about Nero as James Cameron.