jactrades | Entries tagged with fandom: star trek aos

Title: Riverside, Iowa
Author:

jactrades
Written for:

space_wrapped 2011
Fandom: Star Trek AOS
Characters/Pairing: Kirk/McCoy, Sulu-POV
Rating/Warnings: PG-13 for language & zombies
Wordcount: ~2,800
Summary: Sulu didn't think it was that big a deal, volunteering to jump deep into zombie territory. McCoy was a bit more vocal on the whole "parachuting in" part.
Notes: Zombie AU/fusion with the novel World War Z. If you haven't read the book, the only thing to note is that it's structured as a series of short interviews commissioned by the U.N. after humanity's hard-won victory in WWZ. I strayed pretty far from the prompt, and, um, the holiday spirit, but there are zombies in December and McCoy gets a pretty awesome present at the end.

Riverside, Iowa, USA

( As I park my car on the west side of the town square I’m struck by the sense of prosperity that Riverside emanates. Beds of flowers line the walkway as I cross the green, narrowly avoiding a trio of children splashing each other by the center fountain. The famous series of walls guarding the city center are visible, of course, and the standard fail-safes – many of which were invented within these very walls – can be found tucked unobtrusively into corners, but the overall feeling is one of pre-war normalcy. I am not sure what I expected from Riverside, the largest of the civilian-run blue zones to survive east of the Rockies, but this isn’t it. A Ms. Rand meets me as I enter the unassuming building that serves as the town’s city hall. She escorts me politely to a small conference room where I meet Hikaru Sulu. )

Where do I even start with the brilliant story that inspired this mix?

Look, it'd be an awesome fic if it were just an AOS version of The Cloud Minders, but

rainbowstrlght takes the TOS episode and revamps it perfectly using the story of The Princess Bride. There's endless questions and asides from a stuck-in-Sickbay Joanna as the story unfolds, there's Spock as one of the storytellers (hilarious), there's Jim getting his ass kicked by the Dread Pirate, there's political shenanigans a plenty, and, of course, there are Rodents of Unusual Size.

So, yeah, check out the masterpost here for links to the fic and art!

( Onward to the music - streaming & download options! )

Title: Jumping Into Puddles
Author:

jactrades
Written for:

maypirate's Halloween treat
Fandom: Star Trek AOS
Characters/Pairing: Kirk/Sulu
Rating/Warnings: PG for language
Wordcount: ~1,500
Summary: "Hire the best people you can find," they say. "You'll sleep better at night," they say. Modern day AU with Kirk at the head of a startup. Yeah.
Notes: Partially inspired by

maypirate's very old prompt from

old_blueeyes's Second Sulu-Off, found here, and partially by the GQMF at the end.

( The mistake, actually, was in agreeing with anything McKenna suggested. That’s the line Jim’s going with when Hikaru asks. )

When I realized I'd be making a mix for

striped_fic/waketosleep's STBB fic, Big Me (But It's You I Fell Into), I nearly squealed out loud in my living room, because that meant I'd be getting to read the story before y'all and that, folks, is exciting. And then I did squeal when I got my hands on the rough draft and realized that Happy Gilmore could probably be blamed for half of it.

This story did not disappoint. It is hilarious and FUN, with a core of sweetness balanced with an unhealthy amount of swearing. READ IT!

You don't need to be a Kirk/Spock shipper to enjoy it - the whole supporting cast is equally fantastic as the pairing (Winona & Bones especially). You don't need to know anything about golf, either - all I know about the sport is from Happy Gilmore and the minigolf range - which, incidentally, is about as much knowledge as Jim starts out with here too. :-D

Anyway, yeah, I loved the story, and I hope my mix, The Long Game, (which is generally redic, btw) is half as fun.

Masterlist for Big Me (But It's You I Fell Into)

Jim Kirk, a man of long drives and large personality, stumbles into a career in the PGA Tour. Fame, fortune and notoriety await him as Jim collects national media attention, groupies, a new best friend, the ire of the first lady of pro golf, and also, maybe, the love of his life.
(You should also check out the accompanying art by

kamicom - she drew the adorable Kirk & Spock below!)

( Onward to music - streaming & download options! )

Title: Marchin On
Vidder:

jactrades
Fandom: Star Trek AOS
Song: Marchin On
Artist: OneRepublic
Length: 4:11
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Ensemble with heavy Kirk & Spock, (Kirk/McCoy & Spock/Uhura background)
Summary: Because Starfleet officers are all BAMFs

( Somehow... We keep marchin on )

Title: Spermatophytes
Author:

jactrades
Written for: this picture prompt from

rubynye
Fandom: Star Trek AOS
Characters/Pairing: Kirk/Sulu
Rating/Warnings: PG
Wordcount: ~900
Genre: Fluffy fluff, away mission
Summary: “Oh?” Kirk looked up, a faint smile on his face. “Tell me about the strange botanical adaptations, Lieutenant?”
Notes: Part of

igrockspock 's A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: A Multifandom Comment Fic Meme. Unbeta'd comment fic.

( The lake reminded him of Tahoe. No conifers, of course, and this planet’s sun beat down too hot for snow to exist anywhere outside of the poles, but the resemblance was there all the same – that shimmering depth stretching out around the mountains. )

So, this mix is somewhere in between a proper fanmix and the playlist I wrote to for On the other side of every mountain. Meaning that I used it mostly for inspiration while writing, but the mix says things that couldn't quite make it into the story, especially secondary characters' perspectives.

The title for both the fic and the fanmix come from a statement about the conditions in Korea by Lieutenant Colonel George Russell:

"On the other side of every mountain [was] another mountain."

Unfortunately, that also seems to work as an analogy for war & wars in general.

A large part of the mix (and the story, to a lesser extent) was inspired by my grandfather, who fought in the Korean War, family members who are currently serving in the US Army and Navy, and the veteran's clinic in SF I walk by every day on the way to work. If you're interested in learning more about the US's "Forgotten War", there's a wonderfully informative collection of veteran's memoirs online here.

( The Mix )

Title: On the other side of every mountain
Author

jactrades
Written for:

uber_wench 's awesome art! Be sure to check it out!
Fandom: Star Trek AOS
Characters/Pairing: McCoy-centric, with a large dose of Kirk
Rating/Warnings: R, mostly for language.
Wordcount: ~6,300
Genre: AU/Fusion with M*A*S*H. Yup, that old show.
Summary: For

trekreversebang . It's nine in the morning, they've already been in the OR tent for four hours, and Jim Kirk, surgeon extraordinaire, feels chatty. Of course.
Notes:Only the first half got beta'd by the amazing

hellokatzchen , all errors are mine. MASH plotlines (and a bit of TOS) shamelessly used.
I've also created a fanmix/playlist that I wrote to: (there was another mountain)

( “You know, I’ve been thinking.” )

Title: Something Good Can Work
Vidder:

jactrades
Fandom: Star Trek AOS
Song: Something Good Can Work
Artist: Two Door Cinema Club
Length: 2:38
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Uhura & the Enterprise
Summary: The Enterprise is stepping up her game and Nyota is moving up with her.
Or, girls rock, and two of my favorites are Uhura & the Enterprise.
Notes: Beta'd by my husband, which was odd, but worked. First vid ever, if you don't count the, uh, thing I made for the

st_respect triathalon.

( Let's make this happen, girl you gonna show the world that something good can work and it can work for you. )

Title: Path of Cinders
Author:

jactrades
Fandom: Star Trek AOS/Dragon Age: Origins crossover
Word Count: 1,300
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Violence
Characters/Pairings: Gen - Jim, Spock, Bones, and Uhura
Summary: Fight dirty was Jim Kirk's motto.
Notes: IDEK... but there will probably be more. Unbeta'd.

( "Bones," Jim panted as he dodged left, "do you think you could hurry the hell up and get Uhura back in the fight? )

Star Trek AOS icons, mixed pairings - textured like woah. Feel free to use however you'd like, but please credit, and comments are ♥.

Teaser:

001	002	003

( On to the rest... )

This is the first piece of fiction I've written in... eight years, maybe? The math geek in me couldn't let the prompt go. Originally written for

where_no_woman 's February Drabbletag Challenge

Title: Love as a geometric progression
Fandom: Star Trek AOS
Pairing: Gen, Gailia-centric
Rating/Warning(s): PG
Wordcount: ~560
Genre: Backstory, character development
Summary: For Gailia, numbers have always been a tool.

( Love as a geometric progression )