Fandom: STAR TREK:THE ORIGINAL SERIES
Pairing: Gen
Length: ~18,000
Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: UKJess's Omnium-GatherumWhy this must be read:For her Kirk voice. He is an extension of who he is in The Original Series. Very few people are able to navigate between the various contradictions that is Captain James T. Kirk, and UKJess really captures his voice. She manages to discuss and highlight his insecurity, arrogance, bravado, and even his empathy and intelligence all within this story. It simply is an amazing character study. The reactions of the various members of his crew as well such as Bones, Spock, Uhura, Scotty, etc also feel very in character. I almost felt as if I was watching a TOS episode. I also really liked how the tension was built up and finally how the resolution came about in the end. Almost as if something was broken and put back together but yet was not quite the same. Just lovely!
The basic summary of the story is Kirk, Bones, Spock and some members of his crew get taken hostage by a enemy empathic species. And Kirk starts to break apart in front of his crew. How the crew deals and reacts is the basis of the story.
Fortune's Favoured Child