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PTSD as a way of life by ethrosdemon [PG-13]
Fandom: STAR TREK: REBOOT
Pairing: Gen
Length: one-shot
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ethrosdemon
Author Website: Biblioteque
Why this must be read:
OCs, especially female OCs, often get a bad rap in fandom, and accusations of Mary Sueism are never far. This story, told from the pov of Enterprise ship counselor Sara Mendez, is an example of just how effective the inclusion of an OC can be when done right. Sara is a wonderfully complex character, insightful and with a biting wit, who both offers an outsider point of view on life in the ship while fitting in seamlessly with the canon characters. Her interactions with Kirk and McCoy in particular are a joy to read.
Deep space is boring. They hammer that into you at the Academy. There're a whole battery of classes and seminars to prepare you for this--what to take aboard ship, workshops on taking up music, art, calligraphy, endless admonitions to save leisure reading until you're off-planet.
No one listens to this.
Sara had thought she was going to get aboard ship and be woefully inadequate at her job. She lived in terror that an entire starship crew would swiftly spiral down into madness and unresolved emotions because the sum total of her clinical experience was the simulations she'd undergone in the Academy.
The truth of the matter is that Sara is a typical Enterprise crew member.
PTSD as a way of life
Pairing: Gen
Length: one-shot
Author on LJ:
ethrosdemonAuthor Website: Biblioteque
Why this must be read:
OCs, especially female OCs, often get a bad rap in fandom, and accusations of Mary Sueism are never far. This story, told from the pov of Enterprise ship counselor Sara Mendez, is an example of just how effective the inclusion of an OC can be when done right. Sara is a wonderfully complex character, insightful and with a biting wit, who both offers an outsider point of view on life in the ship while fitting in seamlessly with the canon characters. Her interactions with Kirk and McCoy in particular are a joy to read.
Deep space is boring. They hammer that into you at the Academy. There're a whole battery of classes and seminars to prepare you for this--what to take aboard ship, workshops on taking up music, art, calligraphy, endless admonitions to save leisure reading until you're off-planet.
No one listens to this.
Sara had thought she was going to get aboard ship and be woefully inadequate at her job. She lived in terror that an entire starship crew would swiftly spiral down into madness and unresolved emotions because the sum total of her clinical experience was the simulations she'd undergone in the Academy.
The truth of the matter is that Sara is a typical Enterprise crew member.
PTSD as a way of life
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