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The Land of Might-Have-Been by HopefulRomantic (PG-13)
Fandom: STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE
Pairing: Trip/T'Pol
Length: medium/long--but part of a longer series
Author on LJ: none that I know
Author Website: The Land of Might-Have-Been (the website).
Why this must be read:
Enterprise is one of those fandoms in which a large portion of fanfic writing was designed to "fix" aspects of the show or fill in scenes to make aspects of the show more coherent or palatable. I would be remiss if I didn't rec at least one (and possibly more) this month.
This story is the sixth in the Reconnecting series, which starts out as a fairly standard set of short fillers for "Home" and its aftermath. (Home is the episode in which T'Pol takes Trip home to Vulcan to meet her mother, and is pressured into marrying her former betrothed instead.) HopefulRomantic was one of many authors trying to soften that disappointment through fic.
This story is where the series steps out of the ordinary. HopefulRomantic didn't like the implied destruction of the alternate Enterprise in E2, either. And, after all, they only assumed Lorian's Enterprise was destroyed. What would have happened if they weren't? How would that have affected Trip and T'Pol's relationship? How would it have affected other crew members who had descendants there? And what would it be like for the crew of the other Enterprise to finally see Earth, the planet they've been protecting all their lives, for the first time?
You can read this story without reading the five short pieces that come before it; you may wish to read the sequels, listed at the series page.
The Land of Might-Have-Been (the story).
Pairing: Trip/T'Pol
Length: medium/long--but part of a longer series
Author on LJ: none that I know
Author Website: The Land of Might-Have-Been (the website).
Why this must be read:
Enterprise is one of those fandoms in which a large portion of fanfic writing was designed to "fix" aspects of the show or fill in scenes to make aspects of the show more coherent or palatable. I would be remiss if I didn't rec at least one (and possibly more) this month.
This story is the sixth in the Reconnecting series, which starts out as a fairly standard set of short fillers for "Home" and its aftermath. (Home is the episode in which T'Pol takes Trip home to Vulcan to meet her mother, and is pressured into marrying her former betrothed instead.) HopefulRomantic was one of many authors trying to soften that disappointment through fic.
This story is where the series steps out of the ordinary. HopefulRomantic didn't like the implied destruction of the alternate Enterprise in E2, either. And, after all, they only assumed Lorian's Enterprise was destroyed. What would have happened if they weren't? How would that have affected Trip and T'Pol's relationship? How would it have affected other crew members who had descendants there? And what would it be like for the crew of the other Enterprise to finally see Earth, the planet they've been protecting all their lives, for the first time?
You can read this story without reading the five short pieces that come before it; you may wish to read the sequels, listed at the series page.
The Land of Might-Have-Been (the story).