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So I am flailing around Trek again, and wow, I cannot wait for the next movie; Reboot fandom's output is way down compared to just a few months ago. Like, I've bookmarked a bunch of WiPs that haven't seen action since August/September. Thumbs doooown.
OK, and I'm also sad because I am having Thoughts that I can't articulate properly. Much elided, but: Reboot Kirk/Spock Prime creeps me out not because of the details (particular characters involved, Spock being "old and gross" or whatever, which, dude, Leonard Nimoy, don't lie, you totally would), but because that situation is TOTALLY FUCKING CREEPY. Replacing a dead/missing loved one with someone physically identical is creepy, "it shows up in horror movies" kind of creepy.
Because hi, YOU ARE NOT YOUR BASE CODE. Kirk Prime and Reboot Kirk share the same base code, but they are no more the same person than LJ and DW are the same service. Kirk Prime ~ Reboot Kirk = Mirror Kirk ~ Kirk Prime.
And I've got a whole flailing thing about the differences and why I find Reboot-verse 5,000 times more interesting than Prime and why I'd describe Kirk Prime as "pimptastic" but Reboot Kirk as "slutty" (not to judge! just as shorthand for different vibes/styles of sexual conduct) and then it devolved into a whole tangential rant about portraying "binary sexuality" attitudes in fic set centuries in the future - especially in a Federation of "infinite diversity in infinite combination" - when it's an attitude losing ground now, and and and.
OK, and I'm also sad because I am having Thoughts that I can't articulate properly. Much elided, but: Reboot Kirk/Spock Prime creeps me out not because of the details (particular characters involved, Spock being "old and gross" or whatever, which, dude, Leonard Nimoy, don't lie, you totally would), but because that situation is TOTALLY FUCKING CREEPY. Replacing a dead/missing loved one with someone physically identical is creepy, "it shows up in horror movies" kind of creepy.
Because hi, YOU ARE NOT YOUR BASE CODE. Kirk Prime and Reboot Kirk share the same base code, but they are no more the same person than LJ and DW are the same service. Kirk Prime ~ Reboot Kirk = Mirror Kirk ~ Kirk Prime.
And I've got a whole flailing thing about the differences and why I find Reboot-verse 5,000 times more interesting than Prime and why I'd describe Kirk Prime as "pimptastic" but Reboot Kirk as "slutty" (not to judge! just as shorthand for different vibes/styles of sexual conduct) and then it devolved into a whole tangential rant about portraying "binary sexuality" attitudes in fic set centuries in the future - especially in a Federation of "infinite diversity in infinite combination" - when it's an attitude losing ground now, and and and.