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All-Ages Kirk/Spock Gay Romantic Art Archive. It's a PG-13 romance as old as the Internet itself. Kirk and Spock, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G (mostly SFW)
I guess I will never figure this out. Every science fiction message board, convention, and web site seems to have some of this Kirk-on-Spock softcore porn.
What's the origin? Why theobsessionfascination with seeing those two particular characters together?
posted by symphonik at 9:29 AM on November 30, 2004
What's the origin? Why the
posted by symphonik at 9:29 AM on November 30, 2004
Just a warning - direct links to the images don't work.
Because, you know, these are so priceless they need to be protected from willy-nilly linking hither and yon or something.
posted by soyjoy at 9:40 AM on November 30, 2004
Because, you know, these are so priceless they need to be protected from willy-nilly linking hither and yon or something.
posted by soyjoy at 9:40 AM on November 30, 2004
They work for me, soyjoy. Which is kind of too bad, now that I think about it.
posted by aubilenon at 9:43 AM on November 30, 2004
posted by aubilenon at 9:43 AM on November 30, 2004
What's the origin? Why the obsessionfascination with seeing those two particular characters together?
Wikipedia article on slash fiction.
Another article.
posted by the_bone at 9:52 AM on November 30, 2004
Wikipedia article on slash fiction.
Another article.
posted by the_bone at 9:52 AM on November 30, 2004
Really? Is it just IE, or am I the only one getting this message -
If so, maybe someone should inform Hypatia.
posted by soyjoy at 10:10 AM on November 30, 2004
- Hey--
Our technical assistant, Hypatia, has this site configured so that most other servers can't directly link to an image stored on our site. This is because we have to pay for bandwidth. If you type in the address of the graphic again and press Enter, it should load properly.
Thanks,
~Farfalla, Hypatia, and the rest of the AAK/SA crew
If so, maybe someone should inform Hypatia.
posted by soyjoy at 10:10 AM on November 30, 2004
[soyjoy: I assume it's checking the referer [sic] value. If there's no referer (e.g., if you put your cursor in the location box and hit enter), the image displays fine.]
posted by lodurr at 10:27 AM on November 30, 2004
posted by lodurr at 10:27 AM on November 30, 2004
Forgive me for belaboring the obvious, but: Emotional attachments are illogical.....
posted by lodurr at 10:29 AM on November 30, 2004
posted by lodurr at 10:29 AM on November 30, 2004
Why the obsession?
It's as old as narrative itself. There are any number of ribald commentaries or lampoons of "sacred" texts dating back thousands of years.
More recently, people have even begun to publish books on the subject of genre fiddling: Nasa/Trek: Popular Science and Sex in America.
posted by meehawl at 10:41 AM on November 30, 2004
It's as old as narrative itself. There are any number of ribald commentaries or lampoons of "sacred" texts dating back thousands of years.
More recently, people have even begun to publish books on the subject of genre fiddling: Nasa/Trek: Popular Science and Sex in America.
posted by meehawl at 10:41 AM on November 30, 2004
fantastic, i had just identified shatner and nimoy as two of my role models and i was looking for inspirational posters for my room, and plus, most of my role models happen to be bisexuals!... also i was going to start collecting fan fiction, youppi!
posted by GleepGlop at 10:41 AM on November 30, 2004
posted by GleepGlop at 10:41 AM on November 30, 2004
also check this sci-fi / western crossover art book, theres some good star trek stuff in here
posted by GleepGlop at 10:44 AM on November 30, 2004
posted by GleepGlop at 10:44 AM on November 30, 2004
It's been done with Lord of the Rings, too...(NSFW) But these hobbits and elves seem a bit naughtier.
posted by naxosaxur at 10:46 AM on November 30, 2004
posted by naxosaxur at 10:46 AM on November 30, 2004
GleepGlop -- that book is what actually made me stumble across this link in the first place! I was searching for work by Isabel Samaras. (Particularly, this piece).
posted by Robot Johnny at 10:54 AM on November 30, 2004
posted by Robot Johnny at 10:54 AM on November 30, 2004
Slash fiction is way older than the Internet. It used to be published in dead-tree zines and chapbooks.
posted by Sidhedevil at 10:56 AM on November 30, 2004
posted by Sidhedevil at 10:56 AM on November 30, 2004
This isn't really all that far beyond the pale. I remember reading the novelization of the first Star Trek movie when I was a kid. The first few pages had an extended soliloquy by Spock meditating on the eros of his relationship with Kirk. Being about nine and not gay, I was pretty indifferent to it. But I do remember thinking that there was a lot more going on in the TV show than I'd realized.
posted by felix betachat at 11:03 AM on November 30, 2004
posted by felix betachat at 11:03 AM on November 30, 2004
In addition to the classic Kirk slash Spock fanfic, nothing wrong with a bit of Janeway/Seven of Nine femslash.
posted by jellybuzz at 11:27 AM on November 30, 2004
posted by jellybuzz at 11:27 AM on November 30, 2004
the cycle of life is complete, Robot Johnny - for now... but we must always look away... to the future.
posted by GleepGlop at 11:29 AM on November 30, 2004
posted by GleepGlop at 11:29 AM on November 30, 2004
Damnit jim I'm a doctor not an alterboy!
posted by dancingbaptist at 11:35 AM on November 30, 2004
posted by dancingbaptist at 11:35 AM on November 30, 2004
Here's to hoping someone will finally -- boldly -- go where no man has gone before.
posted by OhPuhLeez at 1:48 PM on November 30, 2004
posted by OhPuhLeez at 1:48 PM on November 30, 2004
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