welcome to the master plan

So Star Trek was AWESOME as FUCK. I seriously had a stupid grin on my face through the entire movie. The characters! My boys! They're still them! And that's all I really wanted.

Beyond that, though, it was just an all-around great movie. Paced well, nice tight story, good writing, beautiful effects, exciting action sequences, all that good stuff.

AND SLASH LIKE WHOA. Which I was certainly hoping they'd retain from the original serious, so I'm very glad for that. I'm so happy that there will finally be brand-new Kirk/Spock fic! Yay yay yay!

I really, really want more movies in this franchise. GO SEE THIS MOVIE, PEOPLE. GIVE IT YOUR MONEY SO THEY WILL MAKE MANY MORE.

I haven't seen tonight's SPN yet, as we were already on our way to the theatre. I hear it's heartwrenching. We shall see as soon as it's downloaded.

Ah, Kirk/Spock, how obvious you are! Wrath of Khan was on HBO tonight, and, as it's been years since I've seen it, it was almost like watching it for the first time. What a death scene! You will never be able to convince me that those two aren't in love. This is why I love fandom. Without fandom, things are good - good movie, good tv show, good book. With fandom, however, things become awesome. Everything is made that much better! And now I can go merrily off through the internet, reading fic. Come on, how cool is that?

ETA: I'm in the middle of this fic, and I'm reading an about-to-be-sex scene, and something struck me as worth noting. As much as I love reading sex, that's not what brings me the most joy in a fic. It's when the author gets the character exactly right. The image of Spock removing his boots and setting them "tidily against the wall" made me absolutely spasm with happiness at the sheer perfection of it. I suppose that's because I'm usually aware, at some level, that I'm reading a mere approximation of the character, a version at best. But sometimes, in the very best fic, that feeling goes away, and I'm reading the real version. That's the real Spock, right there, and having that sense makes what follows so, so much better. It's what sets truly great fanfiction away from the masses of mediocrity.