#The Uhura Bang

[theuhurabang]

Title: “We Love You, Nyota!”

Author: WilliamSpockSpeare @fictionandtheatre

Artist: Mycocam @mycocam

Rating: General Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, M/M

Fandoms: Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series

Relationships: James T. Kirk/Spock/Nyota Uhura, Spock/Nyota Uhura, James T. Kirk/Nyota Uhura, James T. Kirk/Spock

Characters: Nyota Uhura, Spock (Star Trek), James T. Kirk, Hikaru Sulu, Pavel Chekov, Kevin Riley, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, Leonard "Bones" McCoy

Summary: The crew men all wore the same red flowers, the same vapid smile, the same glazed eyes, and shouted the same litany of compliments and adorations. Uh-oh. She had figured out the alien's game.

The game was trouble.

When aliens abduct Nyota Uhura, she finds herself in the middle of a strange experiment about love. To escape, she must navigate the planet and the lovesick members of the crew, and shut off the aliens' love pollen infusers. But, along the way, she must confront the possibility of falling in love - and what it means to have others love her.

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[fictionandtheatre]

Hi everyone!! So, I joined the Uhura Bang this year, and while unfortunately the rest of the Bang is not happening, my partner and I ended up completing our piece! Thanks to @mycocam for all your amazing artwork, it looks so good! Below is a preview/summary of the fic, which is basically Nyota Uhura being romanced by all the crew, and falling in love. I’ve posted the first two chapters, with the rest coming very soon. I hope you’ll check it out! <3

The crew men all wore the same red flowers, the same vapid smile, the same glazed eyes, and shouted the same litany of compliments and adorations. Uh-oh. She had figured out the alien's game. The game was trouble.

  When aliens abduct Nyota Uhura, she finds herself in the middle of a strange experiment about love. To escape, she must navigate the planet and the lovesick members of the crew, and shut off the aliens' love pollen infusers. But, along the way, she must confront the possibility of falling in love - and what it means to have others love her.

[marlinspirkhall]

[ID] Gru presentation meme, the slides read 1) “newfound interest in my chapura fic”, 2) “lol Marlin u should do Uhura bang again so I'll finish this fic” 3) “Marlin opens Uhura bang and I have to actually write fic” 4) “marlin opens Uhura bang and I have to actually write fic”, Gru looks crestfallen [end ID]

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[blackhxartink]

My new favorite vinyl

[wipbigbang]

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[miisakee]

Chapters: 27/28 Fandom: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: James T. Kirk & Leonard "Bones" McCoy & Spock, Gaila & Nyota Uhura Characters: James T. Kirk, Leonard "Bones" McCoy, Spock (Star Trek), Gaila (Star Trek: Alternate Original Series), Nyota Uhura, Original Characters, Original Child Character(s), Crew of the Starship Enterprise Additional Tags: Horror, Sci-Fi Horror, Survival Horror, Body Horror, Blood and Gore, Mutilation, Self-Harm, Graphic Description of Corpses, Corpse Desecration, Possession, Minor Character Death, Major Character Injury, Distress Call, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, Ensemble Cast, Team as Family, Post-Canon, Minor Spock/Nyota Uhura, WIP Big Bang 2024, Bad Things Happen Bingo, Additional Warnings In Author's Note, POV Multiple, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Canon Only POV, Hurt Leonard "Bones" McCoy, Hurt Nyota Uhura Series: Part 2 of Bad Things Happen Bingo Summary:

Two weeks of boredom for the Enterprise crew are suddenly alleviated by a mysterious distress call—disturbing and utterly alien in nature. Following it to its source, they find an unfamiliar space station, almost entirely deserted except for a select number of life-signs.

Making the decision to board and investigate, Jim and his chosen away team find the ruins of a long-dead alien science colony and an angry crew of space pirates—but there’s far more going on here than meets the eye. Something is stirring in the shadows, something they will need all their wits to survive.

[tableofshrooms]

I made some art for the T'hy'la Reverse Bang and the lovely Kayson wrote a fantastic fic based on it. The fic is genuinely so good. There is a lot of chess, some forced shore leave, a bit of mystery, and a nice scoop of past accidental bonding. So if you want to read it here is the link:

and thank you to the lovely people @thylabang who organized the bang.

[spockprimebigbang]

Hello everyone! The sign-ups for Spock Prime Big Bang 2024 are open!!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15_lm98QKhnOLdaHs9cTOqN8zmQO5dpPdKYg9wch26yw/edit

[sodrippy]

every time i see robin enies lobby outfit im like actually i should get into cosplay

[rivercule]

Started watching SNW (I want to go back to the og movies later to foster a sense of nostalgia) and I’m not sure how I feel about most of it but I love Uhura saving the day through the power of music in the second episode

[jennelikejennay]

Idea: so Chekov transfers to the Enterprise at the beginning of season 2. He sees how close Kirk and Spock are. So he asks Sulu, "Are they, you know....?"

Sulu: very good friends? Oh yes.

He notices how much Kirk touches Spock on the bridge. He says to Uhura, "Boy, they are very affectionate."

Uhura: isn't it so lovely to see some non toxic masculinity around here?

In the rec room, he sees Kirk and Spock lightly touch fingers. "Is that...."

Scotty: their secret best friends handshake? Indeed it is!

And Chekov, for weeks, is wondering:

they're gay right? they have to be.

does literally no one else on the ship notice?

am I reading too much into things?

is it like a joint conspiracy of the whole ship that we don't talk about how they are very obviously banging?

Finally he can't take it anymore and confronts his friends. "They're so obviously gay! They are lovers! I should know, homosexuality was invented in Mother Russia!"

Everyone hoots with laughter. Money changes hands.

Turns out the whole thing was an elaborate hazing of Chekov. Literally everyone knew but him.

[theuhurabang]

The Uhura Bang Schedule 2023

The Uhura Bang 2023 Full Schedule

16th May-16th June: Creator Sign-Ups. 

(Solo creator sign-ups can continue until as late as August)

16th June: primary creator sign ups close.

23rd June: First Primary Creator Check-in:

Primary Authors should have a fic description in mind, and decide if they are doing a fic, ficlet, etc.

Primary Artists should be aware that they will need at least a sketch which they can present for match-ups.

Solo Creators should have a work description in mind, and should present any written/drawn material to the mods at this stage.

Primary Creators may choose to change their role at this stage, but the 7th of July is the absolute latest in which you can drop out, or change your role. If you want to change your role, please email a mod theuhurabang@gmail.com as soon as possible.

23rd June: First Secondary Creator Check-In: (Pre-Match-Up Check-in): Participants must tell mods any special considerations they require for match-ups.

1st July: Second Primary Creator Check-In (Pre-Match-Up Info)

Primary Authors, Primary Artists: Submit drafts/summaries/sketches for Match-Ups!

1st July: Secondary creators to submit their first/second/third choices for match-ups.

7th July: Deadline for submitting match-ups

16th July: Creator match-ups and teams announced

23rd July: (Optional) team check-in: Participants should contact us if there are any problems with their teammates.

30th July: First Team Check-In Due

Primary Authors must have a rough idea of final word count.

Secondary Authors should decide if they are writing a fic, one-shot, drabble, ficlet or poem (etc.), and have an idea of word count. Authors who are writing a full fic should submit a description or outline.

Primary Artists do not need to fill in this check-in, but may submit any other materials they have if they wish

Secondary Artists should describe any drawing ideas they have, or submit sketches.

24th August: Second Team Check-In:

Primary Authors must submit a rough draft which is at least 50% complete.

Primary Artists may upload images, but it is not compulsory.

Secondary Authors must have an outline

Secondary Artists should provide sketches.

30th of August: Second Solo Creator Check-In. Written works should be 50% complete. Illustrations should have at least an outline/rough sketch.

September: Teams should begin to discuss when they want to post for posting week.

16th of September: Third Team Check-In:

Primary and secondary Author drafts should be 75% complete & have no missing scenes [these can be listed on your outline in bullet-point form]

Artists should provide sketches

September 22nd: ALL creators submit posting availability, preferences.

September 30th: Posting schedule is made public

October 1st: Posting begins

October 22nd or sooner: Posting ends

What is the Uhura Bang?

The Uhura Bang is a combination big bang and reverse big-bang event focused on creativity, teamwork and communication. The only rule is that your work must prominently feature Uhura, and there are no word limits or minimums. Your work can be whatever length or genre you choose.

You should be 13+ to sign up. Creators who are under 18, or do not disclose their age, will only be assigned fics rated gen or teen-and-up.

Secondary Artists must complete at least one full illustration, either digital or traditional art.

Solo creators may submit photomanips or collages if they wish.

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[stra-tek]

Big List of Universes in Star Trek:

Prime

Where most of Trek takes place. TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT, DSC, LWD, PRO, PIC, SNW etc. Gets a bit complicated in that the Temporal Wars from Enterprise have explicitly rewritten some events but for the most part it's all one enormous continuity. Just don't ask about the Eugenics Wars

Kelvin

Where the rebooted movies take place, essentially Prime until the day of Jim Kirk's birth, when a Romulan from the Prime future appears and begins wreaking havok, sending events on a familiar but different path with more running and explosions

Mirror

The morally inverted version of the Prime universe. Often the same people in the same place at the same time as Prime except under radically different circumstances. The Kelvin timeline has it's own mirror universe and the Coda books imply they're different sides of the same coin so perhaps every universe has it's mirror. Everyone dresses very slutty and all the women are at the very least bi. Almost as if it was written by men to appeal to teenage boys.

The First Splinter

Where the entire Star Trek novelverse takes place. Essentially Prime up until First Contact, although many events after that tie into ones hundreds of years before so it's all a bit complicated. Hundreds of stories exist here, as varied and amazing and sometimes awful as the TV shows and movies. Erased from history in 2387 but everyone you've loved and read about for years die horrible, horrible deaths first

Megas Tu

Accessed through a portal at the centre of our galaxy, a universe where magic is real and the source of many Earth myths and legends. Lucien is Satan but he's actually a pretty cool guy. Kirk and Spock learned to use magic there.

Parallels

300,000 universes converge, ranging from ones where Worf has a different painting in his quarters to him banging Troi to the Borg having conquered the Federation

Reverse

Black stars on a white void, ships fly backwards, at warp 36, the elderly grow young and live backwards and I'm afraid to ask how this reverse life ends

Second History

From the novel Killing Time. Super gay and angsty. Romulans alter history, leading to Spock being captain and Jim Kirk being a drug addict ensign on the V.S.S. ShiKahr

Renegades

A bootleg version of Star Trek in a fan film universe, altered on day two of filming after the Axanar drama began. It's Star Trek with the serial numbers just barely filed off. The Confederation instead of the Federation, Sector 6 instead of Section 31, Kovok instead of Tuvok, Jemison instead of Uhura, Rigillians instead of Romulans and so on. 2 novels were released which try to differentiate the universes more clearly, and the last Renegades film Ominara re-reboots the whole thing and features an Uhura-ish character and the Star Trek ish sets, but otherwise everything else is different.

Fascistverse

Created by Q to test Jean-Luc and friends in season 2 of Picard, this was along the lines of the Mirror universe but with a divergence point in 2024, if Trump wins the election if Picard's ancestor Renee goes into space or not.

Musical

A crossover with this universe in SNW "Subspace Rhapsody" leads to the quadrant singing uncontrollably, accompanied by music and with full choreography.

[spockandstars]

I think that a lot of people take issue with the way the Spock/Chapel/T'Pring love triangle is presented in Strange New Worlds, but that sometimes this is dismissed as fans just being bitter spirk shippers. So here are a few reasons why I believe people are iffy on this plotline. (Disregarding the fact that we're disappointed that the showrunners didn't, and most likely won't, take the chance to do something really cool with Spock's legacy as a queer coded character...)

Firstly, it takes time away from other characters to address an element of Spock's story that has already been explored beautifully. (I will get into how this treats Chapel and T'Pring later...) Spock's struggle with his humanity and his anguish over the depth of his feelings for others (particularly Jim) is a focus in TOS and the movies, and if you're going to keep on talking about it, at least do it in a more creative way? This isn't to say that it shouldn't be acknowledged at all, seeing that it is a lifelong struggle for him, but by making it such a focus of the series they're not giving other interesting characters as much of a chance to develop.

Additionally, it has traditionally been understood that Spock coped with his inner turmoil by repressing his feelings. Over the course of his lifetime, he learns to embrace his human side more to become a more balanced and healthy person. SNW takes the approach of "young Spock was more human and horny!" which isn't necessarily bad, but they better be giving us an explanation for how he transforms so dramatically to the extremely repressed character he is in TOS. Maybe this is reaching too far, but this whole approach of young Spock just feels like an excuse to get hot ladies into his bed and to fulfill the fantasies of nerdy men who project onto him. This is the same Spock who scoffed at the idea of going to see dancers at a bar, who was immune to the charms of the sexy ladies in Mudd's Women, who only entertained women when drugged or when he needed to do so for a mission...

Furthermore, I believe it's a disservice to Chapel. On one hand, it does make her love for Spock seem more grounded in reality, which I appreciate. In TOS, it's pretty clear that Spock doesn't share her feelings and her crush is only really ever used as a means of ridiculing her. There goes silly Chapel again, trying to win over her unrequited love! It's not cool. But on the same token, making Spock the focus of her character yet again only further reduces her to nothing but that. Why can't we let the girl breathe and do other stuff? Sure, she does get some of the AOS Uhura treatment where she gets to be a generic cool badass lady, but this is in a way that is lacking in any real depth. Chapel deserves better.

I also don't love the way it treats T'Pring. Was it really necessary for her to be Spock's eye candy wife that he gets to bang and cheat on? In Amok Time, it's heavily implied that this was an arranged thing and that they hadn't seen each other since they were seven. If they really felt the need to include this relationship, it would have been so much cooler if they had explored it from that angle, with neither of them truly wanting to be together but being forced into it by societal expectation. Which of course, results in T'Pring using her intelligence to gain her freedom in Amok Time.

So yeah. Those are my main gripes with this whole thing. Overall, I think it's lazy writing that allows the writers to benefit from the nostalgia of legacy characters without developing them in actually meaningful or revolutionary ways.

[yakkety-yak-art]

more Star Trek sketchessss I’ve been sick for like 3 months w nothing to do so nothing but Trek in my head rn

the second pic of bones in a big sweater is based off of this art by @forecast0ctopus

I imagine bones loitering around the bridge bcuz he’s there to tell uhura everybody’s business, and no one can ever pry prototype spock w/messy bangs and a chunky landing party jacket as Canon Young Spock from my cold dead hands

[wipbigbang]

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The 2024 round of WIP Big Bang is now open for sign-ups! Any fandom is welcome, as long as the fic is 500 completed so far and will be at least 7,500 words upon its finishing. Signing up is easy: just fill out the form linked below after you read the FAQ and take a look at the schedule.