Spirk (with a small dose of Pinto)

Author: ivansfanfiction

  • I’m Back

    So glad to be home! I had a great time. But it took 7 hours to get home due to construction issue on the freeway. I am SOOOOO exhausted.

    Random Thoughts

    1. Anson M is an asshole. That’s Pike in the new shows. Never have I missed Bruce Greenwood so much. People (me included) paid $100 for a photo with him. They paid $200 for a photo with him and Rebecca and $200 for a photo with Ethan and him. They paid $480 for a group photo with the whole cast that was there. He wore a mask. We all had to be vaxxed or tested in order to be there. We wore masks all through the convention except for our photo ops. He had the option of plexiglass between him and the rifraff. Several chose this including Sonequa. This was fine. But nope, not him. He ruined every single picture a fan took with him. And he was stiff as a damn statue. He was THE ONLY ONE who did this at the entire convention, Ladies and gentlemen we have our new asshole for the fandom. Sorry but that’s my assessment. Edited to add: And yes, sure, he has every right to decide to wear a mask. And I have every right to be informed so that I can make the decision whether I want to pay $100 for someone no one would ever recognize. Look there is a NEW Official Star Trek Convention. It began this year in Chicago and is co-sponsored by CBS/VIACOM. They charged $80 for Anson not $100 and declared up front he would wear a mask. They did the same with Wil Wheaton. Fair enough. Fans there could decide. But I sure as hell wouldn’t pay a dime for a masked actor no one would known from the Lone Ranger. So yes it goes back to the greed Of Creation. But I still think he could have chosen plexiglass instead of ruining hundreds of pictures
    2. Ethan P is a great guy. He’s Spock in the new shows. Friendly, funny and took free photos in the vendors room with fans that he was not supposed to do as you are supposed to “pay” so Creation Entertainment makes boatloads of money off you. What a great example for the fandom. He was great.
    3. Walter K was a sweetheart. 85 and he greeted fans warmly and hugged them and petted dogs.
    4. Doug Jones is also a sweetheart. Sonequa used the plexiglass but Doug did not in the same photo. Michael and Saru in Discovery (he’s famous for other things too like Hocus Pocus). So friendly and sweet and welcoming. Hugged everyone. Great humor. So so good.
    5. Creation Entertainment are thieves. They rip off us fans left and right. They lost the Star Trek license and the right to call it the “Official” convention and it shows. So disorganized. And the guy who runs it is as arrogant as can be. I loathe him.
    6. Vegas is still loads of fun but ridiculously expensive.
    7. I love Star Trek. All of it. I came back with a renewed enthusiasm for all of it and I can’t wait to watch it all again. Wow. And all the fans there were absolute treasures this time. We met a guy with his 16 year old daughter. They flew out for one day as they could only get a one day admission as the rest had sold out. They were dressed from SNW and he even had his hair done like Pike. He looked more like Anson than Anson did lol. She was so cute. She wanted to meet Denise Crosby but she was too shy so she took a secret picture of her. The minute we got there wearing our Trek shirts people came to us and asked, Hey, do you know where we register? It was one big happy family and I hadn’t felt that at other conventions, so that was wonderful.
    8. It’s going to be 100s here this week and just ugh! LOL
    Gold Coin as part of package

    Adding to my tribbles collection
    Memorial Wall for Nichelle
    Our blackberry cobbler dessert (chocolate horseshoe)

    A few of the strip
    Bellagio on the strip

    Lion made out of flowers from the Bellagio gardes

    Elvis Sundae (we had to share)

    Back to work! Too bad LOL

  • Flash Fic, August 29, 2022

    Here’s the last one for Missions Gone Wrong

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    “I did say we shouldn’t respond to the distress signal.”

    A muscle in Spock’s jaw jumped. “Our orders—”

    “To hell with those orders. Look where it’s gotten us.”

    Spock nodded. “You are tied to a tree while I await the bride chosen for me.”

    “The Bride of Frankenstein.”

    “Are you calling me Frankenstein, Captain?”

    Jim frowned. “No, I’m saying—

    “If she is my bride and she is the Bride of Frankenstein, then it stands to reason—”

    “You know what? Forget it. No doubt she’ll be dead soon because you’ll bore her to death.”

    Spock looked affronted. “That was quite unkind.”

    “Well you know I get grumpy when I’m tied to a tree to be the sacrifice at my husband’s wedding to someone else. Imagine.”

    Spock arched a brow. “While our current situation is challenging, including insults in our interactions are beneath you.”

    “You’re going to be required to have public sex with her while they roast me alive!”

    “Yes, that is what we face.”

    Jim sighed and closed his eyes. “I don’t know how you can be so calm about my impending death.”

    “I am hardly calm.”

    “I’d hate to see you excited. Well, I’ve seen you excited. I mean, agitated.”

    Spock actually rolled his eyes at him and Jim swore if he had his hands free he would be punching  Spock in the nose. But just then he heard sounds of the natives returning.

    “Great. You may as well say your I love you and goodbye now, Spock.”

    “I do love you, but this is not goodbye.”

    “Spock—”

    And suddenly just as he spotted Spock’s garishly decorated “bride” he felt his particles break up and reappeared on a transporter pad on the Enterprise.

    Spock stood stoically beside him. “Good work, Mister Scott.”

    “I just used the coordinates you transmitted, Commander.”

    “Wait,” Jim exclaimed. “You had a way to get us out of there and you let me worry and freak out?”

    “You seemed to be enjoying yourself, Captain.”

    “Enjoying myself? Tied up?!”

    Spock shrugged. “There have been times when—”

    “Shut up.”

    “Captain, you have ropes around you,” Scotty pointed out.

    “Spock, get these off me. Spock!”

  • Flash Fic, August 22, 2022

    Leonard stopped Jim with a hand on his arm as they prepared to beam back to the Enterprise.

    “Look, why are the natives angry?”

    Jim shrugged. “The chieftain thinks I slept with his wife.”

    “Jim!”

    “Calm down, Bones. I didn’t, I swear.”

    Leonard looked around nervously. “Where in tarnation is everyone? Why does he think that if it’s not true?”

    “I guess she did sneak out of their home and meet with someone. I just know it wasn’t me.” Jim eyed his communicator. “We’ve got to get out of here stat.”

    “Well where the hell are Spock and Chekov?”

    Just as the words were out of Leonard’s mouth, Spock and Chekov rounded the corner with Chekov looking a little frantic.  

    “Keptin—”

    “What is it, Ensign?”

    Running behind them were the natives and they carried weapons.

    “Go! Go!” Chekov screamed.

    As the pair reached them, Jim flung open his communicator. “Scotty, beam us up now!”

    Leonard grabbed on to Chekov to pull him closer just as a native raised a weapon in their direction, yelling, “Stop!”

    A mere seconds later, the four of them appeared on the transporter pad of the Enterprise.

    “Well that was close, wasn’t it?” Scotty exclaimed.

    “Damnit, Jim.” Leonard stepped down. “That was way too close. And now you’re going to have to explain yourself to the ‘Fleet.”

    Jim laughed. “I didn’t do anything!”

    “Sure.”

    “Bones—”

    “What does the doctor think you did, Captain?” Spock asked, unerringly polite.   

    “They were after us because the chieftain thinks I slept with his wife. She snuck out of their domicile last night to meet with a lover.”

    Scotty looked at Jim curiously. “And did you?”

    Jim snorted. “No.”

    “Come on, Jim. Nobody believes that.”

    Chekov frowned. “I do.”

    “Okay the kid here does. But Scotty and I know better.”

    “Why do you believe the captain, lad?”

    Chekov shrugged. “I saw who left the keptin’s tent this morning. It wasn’t the chieftain’s wife.”

    Leonard frowned. “Who was it then?”

    He noticed Jim and Spock heading for the exit.

    “Mister Spock, of course.”

    Leonard and Scotty both gaped at him.

    Jim chuckled from the doors as they opened to allow him and Spock to escape.

    Leonard sighed. “Next time I’ll mind my own business.”  

  • In Super Sucky News

    Quinto canceled for the Star Trek Convention so yeah…pretty disappointing. Not gonna lie

  • I Know What I Said

    And I really mean it now, LOL, but I DID just get another fic finished. Best Friends 2. The last chapter has been sent to a beta, but once that’s done, it will be posted and another fic closed.

    In the coming months I hope to finish two more fics, Catch a Falling Star and I Dream of Jim. Won’t that be nice?

    But I had a breather moment where I could finish Best Friends 2 to my satisfaction so look for that tomorrow (beta can’t get to it until then)

  • Taking a Mini Break

    Now that The Mysterious One is finished, I am taking a break from updating anything on A03 until September. Which really will be here soon. I leave in a week for Vegas and I just need some down time.

    I have already written and scheduled the remaining August flashes here and the first September one. I’ll probably get another of those done before I leave too.

    I’ll be gone from Wednesday, August 24-Monday, August 29.

  • Flash Fic, August 15, 2022

    TOS

    “This is all Spock’s fault,” Bones grumbled as he was chained to a rock wall next to me. He rattled the chains when he shook his hands.

    “Bones, just…”

    “Am I wrong?”

    I blew out a long breath, making a whistling noise through my nose. “Yes. Your constant haranguing of  Spock is getting on my last nerve, Bones. I don’t know why you can’t get along with him, but you give me a damn headache. Spock tried to prevent this whole mess and if it’s anybody’s fault—”

    There was a loud splashing sound then, like a foot hitting a puddle in the stones that lead to where McCoy and I had been chained. The beat of my heart picked up as I realized this could be it.

    After all the Klingons that had chained us here hinted at some creature that would be hungry from Human flesh. I thought it was all Klingon bluster and I hoped I was not wrong.

    “Captain?”

    “Spock?”

    “Coming, Captain.”

    And a moment later my first officer came into view. It took him only a short time to undo my chains and as my boots hit the solid ground I glanced toward Bones as Spock approached to let him out of the restraints.

    “You sure you want to do that, Spock?” But I smiled to show Bones I was teasing.

    “Har har,” Bones muttered as Spock got him out of the chains. “Thanks.”

    Spock arched a brow but said nothing in response to Bones’ somewhat sour show of gratitude.

    “The beam out location is this way,” Spock said and led the way.

    As we followed after him, Bones stopped me with a hand on my arm. “Listen, Jim, about what I said back there. I was cranky and feeling—”

    “A little afraid.” I nodded. “I know. Forget about it, Bones.”

    Bones nodded. I hadn’t even told him that my relationship with Spock had been changing. There were some things that were better left private. At least for the time being.

    Spock handed me my communicator. I smiled at him and flipped it open. “Scotty, beam us up!”

  • Here’s What I Have Decided

    I’ve decided to make the next chapter of The Mysterious One the last chapter. I’m working on it. I began this work in 2018, so I feel it’s time. I will be leaving them with what is called a Happily For Now ending.

    Fear not, though, this is not the end of my silver-eyed Jim and his “lionheart” warrior, Spock (see the song King and Lionheart as well as a Spirk video to it) and their offspring.

    I am making it the “Supernatural Jim Kirk” series and The Mysterious One is part one. I will be writing more of their journey in part two. I will say in honesty that will not premiere until 2023.

    And if you never read that one for whatever reason, you’ll at least have the ending of this one.

    So there you have it.

  • Quick Update

    I’ve tested negative for almost a week now and I feel good. (Good for a geezer anyway).

    This weekend I am off again to a special dinner and overnight trip Saturday for M’s birthday. It’s a little early as it’s at the end of the month but sister and I will be in Vegas for the convention then so we are doing an early celebration. M is staying home with Luna!

    In other news, I am so so so busy at work I think my brains are leaking out. It’s stressing me out. I have ants in my bathroom looking for water (with so many states in drought who isn’t), I’ve been trying to lose weight again, and we’re still trying to have a family barbecue (postponed when M and I got Covid) sometime in September.

    I’m working my way through stories too. I don’t have time to write anything new right now though I want to. Next update will be The Mysterious One. I hope to finish that one this year finally. But I don’t have time to get to it until next week probably.

    Ayi yi. At least my August flashes are done and scheduled!

    Here’s a pretty picture!

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