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bumblingbabooshka · 3 months ago

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It's impossible to write a TOS x Any other Series crossover [for me] without having to think about whose lens it's going to primarily be from because the vibe of TOS is so distinct and I think quite different from all series that follow it. The way the characters speak and are presented is so theatrical and of course steeped in the past that I find myself considering if this is, say, Janeway meeting Kirk (through a VOY perspective) or if I should write Janeway as she would appear if she stepped through a portal and was in TOS' universe.

#finally watched enough TOS that I feel I can write some fics v_v #I hope this makes sense #it feels almost like you have to decide whether or not you're going to translate the characters #not remove them of anything (which 'no female captains' TOS would have done) - I'm talking more of a...vibe?#It feels like TOS has a very particular 'pattern of speech' so to speak that other series don't share #EX: 'And now they're making me tremble but I'm no longer afraid...I am no longer....afraid.'#This 'pattern of speech' is also why shows like S_NW who purport to take place prior to TOS and yet are so jaggedly marvel-ously (he's righ #behind me isn't he???) modern feel incongruent. As if they take place in another universe. <- Among the million other reasons #I read a post that was like 'TOS is about the 60's' and it's true - TOS is so The 60's and that doesn't mean one can't innovate and build o #it (obviously hence star trek) but if I'm going back to WRITE in the TOS-verse it feels like I need to get in that headspace a bit and #engage with it in some manner. It's also why spirk is so compelling to me AS a yearning relationship (other than my love of yearning)#a man loves a man on a starship and it's the far future and it's the 60's and they're aliens and they can't admit that love aloud #for one or many of those reasons #It's such a PARTICULAR and INTERESTING blend of the past and future #we've solved racism (in the 60's way a white man might conceptualize this) but women can't be captains #and among the millions of alien planets there is nothing more constant than a brave man loving a beautiful woman

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