What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

melancholic romantic comic cynic. bi & genderqueer. fantasy writer. sysrae on ao3.

gehayi:
“ ravenamore:
“ unpretty:
“ unpretty:
“ unpretty:
“ punsbulletsandpointythings:
“ unpretty:
“today at goodwill i found a kirk/spock au where kirk is a lowly redshirt
”
Okay no but this book.
Do you know how fucking long I hunted for a copy of...

gehayi:

ravenamore:

unpretty:

unpretty:

unpretty:

punsbulletsandpointythings:

unpretty:

today at goodwill i found a kirk/spock au where kirk is a lowly redshirt

Okay no but this book.

Do you know how fucking long I hunted for a copy of the first edition of this book? I can’t remember the specifics, it’s been ages since I read it, but in the first edition it had some line that was basically confirming Kirk/Spock that was removed after the first printing.

oh my god are you telling me i found a piece of fandom history and i had no idea

I AM BACK AT GOODWILL AND IT’S STILL HERE AND IT’S A FIRST EDITION WITH GAY STUFF???? IT’S A DOLLAR?????? I’M

it starts out with wholesome hand-holding and boyfriends worrying about each other

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they’re in an au now and kirk is an angry ensign with a drug problem

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“being the top felt weird and wrong”

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SOMETHING STIRRED INSIDE HIM

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no matter the universe kirk can’t keep his shirt intact

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THIS IS WHERE SHIT GETS REAL Y’ALL I CAN’T

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THE MIND MELD IS BARELY EVEN A METAPHOR

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KIRK WAS ASKING FOR IT

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aaaaaaaaaaah

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this is the best dollar i have ever spent and yes that includes bearllionaire

I’d heard about this as some sort of fandom urban legend - everyone heard about it, no one seemed to have hard copy. Nobody was sure if it was some unpublished fanfic, a first draft, vanity press, whatever.

And it’s real.

No one had a copy because Gene Roddenberry found out about the romantic undertones and forced Pocket Books to recall the first edition so that it could be drastically revised.

THE LEGENDS WERE TRUE!

(via karenhealey)

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