but i understand that star trek is actually why fanfiction exploded, because women wanted to flesh out the female characters to more than just sex objects in miniskirts and go-go boots. WAS IT REALLY? (That is a genuine question, not a rhetorical one -- I always thought early Trekfic was all about like, boys.)
it was, really! i took this class in college called "illegitimate media," which was largely about fan culture, and i did an oral presentation about fanfiction, which was, like, the greatest thing i'd ever done in my life. so i read a bunch about star trek fic, and there was a tradition of rewriting certain plotlines or writing original ones from the points of view of the female characters. and, yeah, there was also a lot just about the boys, and star trek fic is the origin of slash (as in "kirk-slash-spock"), but that had way more to do with just the fact that they were the most developed and, arguably, interesting characters in the series. i mean, even in the new movie, with uhura being a large character and having romantic potential with both spock and kirk, i don't find either of those relationships as interesting as the friendship between kirk and spock, so i totally understand how and why slash came about.
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Date: 2009-06-15 03:36 am (UTC)WAS IT REALLY? (That is a genuine question, not a rhetorical one -- I always thought early Trekfic was all about like, boys.)
But yes, I mostly agree.
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Date: 2009-06-18 02:18 am (UTC)