There's definitely a lot of skimming over the emotionally complex issues, partly due to feeling like that might distract from the kinkmeme prompt that I was writing, partly because I didn't want the story to be 80 pages long, and probably various other reasons that made tons of sense at whatever hours of the night that I wrote the story at. So, I totally understand if you're all 'not enough groundwork in this story!' and whatnot.
But I probably couldn't write this story under other circumstances, because my own issues with the genre would keep me away. It kinda had to be challenge-based, so that there was a focus (because there is a whole variety of fic that I simply cannot read with m/f* but that doesn't trigger me at all when it's m/m or f/f).
I do wonder however--what is your construction of Jen, that her damage doesn't function in a way that would make her pissed off at Spock's behavior, especially given what she's already frustrated with in most men's behavior?
Jen got the same in-depth look into Older Spock that Jim did, so she's got a bit of an edge when it comes to knowing that Spock is totally not as controlled as he pretends to be. And she likes him as a person (I've observed, both in myself and in others, though not everyone, that things that are bothersome are less so if the person in question is exceedingly likable in other ways. As Spock Prime would say, it's not logical, but it's very often true). Basically, she feels that the benefits outweigh the costs, at least for the moment.
Again, I can understand if that pattern of behavior doesn't work for you. Experiences vary.
* Possible TMI: Oh, except when I have my period. For some reason, at that time, all the power/control dynamics that squick me the hell out normally are exactly what I want to read.
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Date: 2009-06-13 07:57 am (UTC)But I probably couldn't write this story under other circumstances, because my own issues with the genre would keep me away. It kinda had to be challenge-based, so that there was a focus (because there is a whole variety of fic that I simply cannot read with m/f* but that doesn't trigger me at all when it's m/m or f/f).
I do wonder however--what is your construction of Jen, that her damage doesn't function in a way that would make her pissed off at Spock's behavior, especially given what she's already frustrated with in most men's behavior?
Jen got the same in-depth look into Older Spock that Jim did, so she's got a bit of an edge when it comes to knowing that Spock is totally not as controlled as he pretends to be. And she likes him as a person (I've observed, both in myself and in others, though not everyone, that things that are bothersome are less so if the person in question is exceedingly likable in other ways. As Spock Prime would say, it's not logical, but it's very often true). Basically, she feels that the benefits outweigh the costs, at least for the moment.
Again, I can understand if that pattern of behavior doesn't work for you. Experiences vary.
* Possible TMI: Oh, except when I have my period. For some reason, at that time, all the power/control dynamics that squick me the hell out normally are exactly what I want to read.