[ SECRET POST #3153 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3153 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Your weirdest ship

[(Anonymous)]

I only ship Kirk/Spock (TOS) as a mental bond. I have no interest in reading about them having sex, but all the t'hy'la (or however you spell it) mind-melding in the tie-in novels? Turns my crank big time.

Re: Your weirdest ship

[(Anonymous)]

Then that isn't shipping. It's this mysterious thing called "friendship" (with a telepathy bonus) that people in fandom seem to have a hard time wrapping their mind around.

Re: Your weirdest ship

[(Anonymous)]

naryrt

I love you so much. Marry me.

Re: Your weirdest ship

[intrigueing]

You just made my day, anon.

Re: Your weirdest ship

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

But it's not strictly friendship; there's a sensual component involved.

Re: Your weirdest ship

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

Does it have explicitly romantic feelings? Does it involve sexual arousal/pleasure? If yes, I concede.

If not, then no, it's friendship. Friendship isn't a 100% rigid black-and-white thing on which nothing of a remotely sensual nature can ever infringe.

But of course, I would have to read these fics to tell. Do you have links?

Re: Your weirdest ship

[(Anonymous)]

A-fucking-men!

Re: Your weirdest ship

[diet_poison]

IDK about Star Trek but this sentiment really bugs me. SEX IS NOT REQUIRED FOR ROMANCE.

Re: Your weirdest ship

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

Yeah, true, but I meant that if the ayrt was going by friendship + the mind-melding from the novel = automatic romance, that's bogus.

If they ship them, but in an asexual way, that's a totally different story and perfectly reasonable -- I understand that it is a thing, even if it's very rare in fanfic.

Re: Your weirdest ship

[diet_poison]

Fair enough!

Re: Your weirdest ship

[intrigueing]

That's true. However, I think it's an unusual and vague enough concept that any specific fic's version of non-sexual romance needs to be defined kind of explicitly to be convincing (unless of course the writer is deliberately leaving the relationship ambiguous, which is totally different and also a pretty cool thing in fanfic). Mind-melding in itself doesn't constitute romance, and t'hy'la pretty explicitly is a word that is applied to those who are thought of as friends, brothers, or lovers.

I have read a couple of fics that did the "non-sexual romantic relationship" idea really well actually, though not in this fandom...

Re: Your weirdest ship

[diet_poison]

Mind-melding in itself doesn't constitute romance, and t'hy'la pretty explicitly is a word that is applied to those who are thought of as friends, brothers, or lovers.

Ah, okay. That's context I didn't have. Thanks!