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Totally fluffy Trek question: what happens to pon farr now?

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[tpau]

they were betrothed when they were 7 or so, why would they not be in the new timeline?

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

I know that, but based on what I saw of him in the new timeline, he didn't seem the sort to have had a traditional betrothal and then have gone and gotten himself into a nice little Starfleet Academy romance, and either a) be hiding the betrothal or b) actually have told her "oh by the way I'm betrothed to this Vulcan chick back home, so you know, every seven years..."

I am also hoping that in this new timeline, this was one area where Amanda was all, "Look, my kid is not going to make a commitment like THAT at the age of 7!" And that, Madame T'Pau, is purely wishful thinking on my part but I'm quite enjoying imagining it that way thankyouverymuch.

[tpau]

nothign wrong with wishful thinking, i jsut wasn't sure what you were basing it on :)

the Uhura thing was... meh i hate it loads. but that is because to me it is all about Uhura + Scotty = otp and Spock + CHapel = otp...

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

Hee! *grin* This conversation is reminding me again why I had missed Star Trek in my life.

I am not a member of either of those traditional OTP shipper groups, but I can TOTALLY understand them. I had an interesting response to this new Spock + Uhura thing. First I didn't detect it from their conversations and her justification for him reassigning her.

Then I figured she was just overexcited when she kissed him in the lift, and he was taking it as an expression of sympathy and not going to do anything about it because there was already enough going on.

And then, there they were on the transporter pad and I thought, "Get your hands off her ass, boy, you're in public!"

And then I thought, at the director, "REALLY, J J? You're really gonna do this?"

And then I realized how adorable their kids would be, and I was hooked.

*shrug* That's how I work.

[tpau]

you know, i had exactly that same series of reactions! up to the kids part :)

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

I'm not saying they _have_ to! I'm just saying I know potential for serious hybrid vigor when I see it!

[baron-steffan.livejournal.com]

OTP ???

Acronym Definition
OTP One Time Password
OTP One Time Programmable (electronics)
OTP On-Time Performance
OTP One Time Pad
OTP Over Temperature Protection
OTP On the Phone (chat)
OTP Open Trading Protocol (for purchasing)
OTP Open Telecom Platform
OTP Opioid Treatment Program
OTP Opposite Track Path (DVD mastering system)
OTP Over the Phone
OTP Outside the Perimeter (people living outside the I-285 perimeter of Atlanta, GA)
OTP Offer to Purchase
OTP One True Pairing
OTP Office of Telecommunications Policy
OTP One-Trick Pony (Paul Simon song/album)
OTP Oregon Transportation Plan
OTP Bucharest, Romania - Otopeni (Airport Code)
OTP Order to Pay
OTP Orlando Theatre Project (Orlando, FL)
OTP Odznaka Turystyki Pieszej (Polish PTTK badge)
OTP Operational Test Piece
OTP Outline Test Plan
OTP On the Piss
OTP Outdoor Therapeutic Program
OTP Operational Test Plan
OTP On the Pause
OTP Operational Test Procedure
OTP Országos Takarék Pénztár (Hungarian: General Saving Bank)
OTP One Team Partner
OTP One True Pair/Pairing (fan fiction, erotica) <== Okay, then!
OTP Operational Trial Period
OTP Overtime Personnel
OTP Openland Tree-Planting
OTP Operations Training Package
OTP Orbital Time Processor
OTP Other Theater Project (Cleveland, Ohio)
OTP Other Trustworthy Person (PEZ collectors)
OTP Operating & Transition Plan
OTP Optional Time Period
OTP Optical Technology Project

[jenwrites.livejournal.com]

One True Pairing

It's a fanfic acronym used by people who believe that there's only one feasible romantic pairing for a pair of characters, and any other pairing is just ridiculous. Generally, it's used facetiously.

[tpau]

otp = one true pairing

[herooftheage.livejournal.com]

Because that is after the destruction of the USS Kelvin, which apparently has some significant effects on the time line outside of what it had on Kirk. For example, you'll notice it had some effects on Sarek, in that his relatiionship with Spock seems to be much better in this timeline.

(Spock is born in 2232, the Kelvin is destroyed in 2233.)

[tpau]

mmm, i had attributed the relationship to jsut different actors really. it did nto seem that much different form the one in the books at least.

from the movie i got the impression that nothign on Vulcan was affected by the destruction of hte Kelvin that much, the ripple of change reached them later...

[herooftheage.livejournal.com]

There's some evidence that things are different on Vulcan - Sarek is there, for example. My loose understanding from the novels is that in TOS timeline, he spends the 2250s on Earth, though of course he could just happen to be home on Vulcan during the arrival of the Narada.

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

I can see Tpau's interpretation, and honestly, the night I saw the movie I think I was interpreting it that way too.

The next morning, though, I woke up very very attached to the interpretation that the changing of the timeline was changing all relationships somewhat, and that you could see this reboot as a new universe in the multiverse created when the Ambassador and Nero and Company came through, and that is sort of what my brain has settled on. It allows me to let the original and this reboot sit as independent but beautifully related entities, in my brain, and that's sort of fun.

Also, it sorta makes Ambassador Spock sound even more like a Time Lord, and that's just awesome.