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[miriam-heddy]

I first watched Kirk and Spock on Star Trek TOS in the interval before the first film debuted. So I didn’t need Unification to know they were in love. But I won’t say I didn’t enjoy it anyway!

OTOY, in association with William Shatner and the Nimoy Estate, releases ‘765874 Unification,’ commemorating 30th anniversary of “Star Trek:

On the 30th anniversary of “Star Trek: Generations”, The Archive and William Shatner revisit Captain Kirk’s final appearance on screen in a

[miriam-heddy]

Tense and Confused (Buddie)

Buck parked in his usual spot and used his key to open the front door. Eddie sees Buck and gasps, scrambling to cover himself with the throw blanket. He was erect. Buck is blushing. Eddie stammers. Buck stared. Eddie cums.

The reader left the story because the author didn't choose a verb tense and stick with it.

[miriam-heddy]

People,

When I ask a Buck/Tommy fan a question, I am genuinely trying to understand what they’re seeing that I didn’t see, and where they’re coming from. I often ask, “Where did you see that happening?” and “what made you think that?” And sometimes, I offer what I saw that seems to contradict their read, because I wonder what they thought of *that*.

I’ve been in fandom for about 35 years. And I rarely call out anyone for anything besides saying something truly hateful. And almost never mock someone for their pleasures, providing they aren’t hurting anyone.

ETA: I’m adding the reason for this post here, because it was a response to someone who has since blocked me, and I want a record of this. Judge for yourself whether I’m an ogre or whatnot.

[miriam-heddy]

On AO3, when fanfic writers write "no beta we die like X" (where X is sometimes Shannon Diaz)... does that generally mean that the story's author knows it's going to be tragic?

[miriam-heddy]

Sometimes, you find out about an actor and you like them more than you like their character. They may play a shallow asshole, but then you find out they’re smart and like the same books you do, or wev. Or maybe their latest tv character isn’t well developed, but after you’ve read some actor interviews, the characters they play seems more layered, somehow. Deeper behind the eyes, maybe.

Lou Ferrigno Jr is not one of those people.

Which is to say that, having read so many, many posts 1) defending Lou from any/all aspersions cast on his character and 2) talking about what a super cool awesome ally of a guy he is… I finally looked at LFJr’s instagram for myself. And it turns out that he (the person/actor/son of a problematic competitive bodybuilder) is very much NOT someone I’d ever be interested in speaking with. If I got stuck on an overseas plane with him, I wouldn’t strike up a conversation about theatre or literature or feminism or fat acceptance or queer culture or bisexuality, etc.

Our values and interests have no points of intersection beyond pug dogs. And that’s ok. He gets excited about judging a women’s body building competition. I get angry reading about the way the “sport” hurts women.

I’m not, btw, talking about parasocial relationships. I’m just talking about basic RL interaction and the selves we curate online as indications of ourselves offline.

For the record, I don’t hate Tommy Kinard. I think I like him a lot more than I like Lou. But that’s not difficult. The bar is low. And hearing people fanning Lou Jr while arguing that, because of him, Tommy is extra great will make me say, ‘Ew” and no pretty pic will fix that.

So it will be up to the 911 writers & PTB—not Lou & his fans— to get me to cheer for Tommy & Buck.