justTripn wrote:A short discussion about my
E2 series started up in the New Fanfic thread and was shut down because of our new rule.
My bad. I apologize. It wasn't very considerated of me keeping on commenting after the rule of promoting only was put in place.
I base my opinion of JT-series merely on Brainstorm, the fic that was still posted when I entered the fandom of TnT.
What I liked about it:
1. Trip and T'Pol are both complicated people, different in sex (male/female), background, characther and specie (Human/Vulcan). It's only realistic that their relationship would be not only loving, but something also complicated, difficult and challenging and not a bed of roses. I thought that Jt painted that very clearly in Brainstorm.
2. The decription of the bond. I always struggle to find the right balance with the bond. I like to think that it makes communication and understanding between Trip and T'Pol, that her Vulcan heritage would work out positive for them, without falling into the trap of a easy fix. I read so much stories that TnT miscommunicated that I like to make them communicate well for a change. In Brainstorm their communication wasn't perfect, but the bond helped and came off natural. The bond became somewhat blurred by their own troubles and distractions, but in the end the bond survived and helped.
3. The surprising last chapter. JT really pulled a great and satifying twist in that last chapter.
SPOILER!!!:
I wanted to smack Trip over the head in the chapter, previous to the last one, for being such a jerk, drooling over Tiva, while his wife was struggling with a miscarriage. But in that last chapter he seemed to smack himself over the head, got his head out of his butt and came back to T'Pol. I had thought there would be a bit more jaloursy, but their coming together was well done. Also the Tiva problem was solved very orginally, whether you think Tiva and Lorian make a good couple or not. I got confused about Lorians age in that respect, but found my own solution: Vulcan mature differently then Humans, so you can't compare ages.
4. Lorian. I really liked the concept of a half Vulcan/Human teenager. I have never read about it before and after (with the exception of an excellent fic of JadziaKatryn, but that was about a fully Vulcan teenager). Imagine all those Vulcan/Human emotions and hormones running through your body. No wonder you do stupid and crazy things some time. I must confess this story made me dread the time my own kids are going to be teenagers. I missed the support that especially Trip could have given his son, but it was shown clearly that this teenager makes their own way.
5. Trip lives! I really hated that in E2 and in RU TnT are not given much time together and that Archer becomes the surogate father. Luckily not in this fic.