So [my roommate from college]‘s aunt and uncle were old-school fen, back in the day. This is what she recently inherited:
Now, I’m going to omit credits on these, simply because some of the names of the artists may be their real names. Since what fandom was then is not what fandom is fandom now, and there’s a big difference between ‘publishing something in a limited-run mail-order printed fanzine in 1973’ and ‘posting it online where google can find it in 2015,’ my policy here is to add credits only if the artists request it (they can email me at this username dot gmail dot com).
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Aw, that’s…
…oh hey tentacles, nice to know some things were always classics.
“Draw me like one of your french girls” before Titanic was even a thing.
Is that Risa?
It’s gotta be Risa.
I actually really like this artist. Fortunately, they were fairly prolific:
You know what, I know what the context for this one and the next is, but they’re better without.
And then the classic ‘caught changing’ pinup, which I find much more entertaining than the reboot version:
And lest you think it’s all about the dudes:
…this is just a small sampling. I haven’t even got to the tentacle-penis pinup or the slavery AU or the “did they go to a Roman planet? and is that a crucifixion in the background of the kirk/spock snogging” pics. Or the tribble humping a wig stand. But this post is long enough.
I’ve never really thought about this scene until now. Spock, who is the number one person in Starfleet when it comes to following the rules, who just before this scene did the proper thing and told their superiors the truth about Kirk violating the Prime Directive, thus technically betraying Kirk’s confidence, just can’t get Kirk’s new rank right. That doesn’t seem in character, until you realize that Kirk will always be Spock’s captain, no matter what Starfleet says.
It’s like Spock didn’t think Starfleet would go so far as to demote Kirk and is shocked that they won’t be serving on the same ship anymore. Remember how off-kilter Spock is when he meets his new captain and how self-searching he looks as Kirk walks away? He doesn’t even call Kirk a friend, yet he is already used to Kirk by his side and can’t imagine Kirk not being by his side.
An added layer to it:
He didn’t know he was betraying Kirk. Spock’s compulsion to follow the rules is such that it didn’t even occur to him that Jim would conceal the truth in the report at all. Spock fully believed Jim’s report would mention the breaking of the Prime Directive, and made his own report to counter it, and thus to take the blame away from Kirk and onto himself. Taking responsibility for the ultimate result of him being saved from the volcano, even though it was Kirk’s choice to do it.
The moment he realizes it backfired and that his report has betrayed the truth of things and put Jim in jeopardy, Spock immediately starts antagonizing Pike and attempting to shift the situation onto himself/get himself punished instead, in a display of attitude so outside of his usual behavior that Pike kicks him out of the room. That too was a desperate last minute attempt to protect Jim.
