Fannish 50 & Snowflake Challenge #11

[snowynight]

Challenge #11

In your own space, Talk about your favorite trope, cliché, kink, motif, or theme. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

My favourite trope is pining, as long as the person doesn't think they're entitled to being loved back. I love it in all favours: Mutual but both are unaware/can't do anything about it, one-side that grows into mutual, a person who stoically pines and cares for years resigned to the hopelessness, denial of feeling breaking out... It's a great source of angst that can be resolved happily.

Rec list:

Star Trek: the Original Series (James T. Kirk/Spock)

Bitter Glass by killabeez: A story about regrets and second chances. Faced with the news of Kirk's death in Generations, Spock tells the story of a thirty-year friendship that defied all categorization. (Crossover with Star Trek: TNG) Originally posted in 1996.

The Diver by Carolyn_Spencer: One does not need to be well trained in the paths of logic to discern the meaning of the vision. I am the diver, and he, of course, the sea.

Catching Light: His mother did not think Spock understood loneliness for what it is, that he did not understand the way it creeps unbidden into a heart and splits like a wound. She did not think he felt its socketed mouth twisted open and yawning at the heart of him, hungry to be fed.
 

Comments

[makamu]

I am also a sucker for pining, which I think you captured perfectly. And I also went through your recs despite not having seen TOS (yet).

[shipperslist]

Ahhh, pining and mutual pining. *sighs happily* And also, pining while fucking as the subgenre.

It's a great source of angst that can be resolved happily.

Yes.

[cornerofmadness]

Cool, you are the first I've run across with this one and it is such an interesting one too (Honestly several of my favorite characters fall into this trope). Thanks for sharing!

[peaked]

Pining is so, so great. It's one of my favourite tropes. But I like that you specifically added as long as the the person doesn't think they're entitled to being loved back because it's very, very true and makes the experience of reading them coming together all the more fun.

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Pining is so good and I am with you on the entitlement caveat. I really love all the variations you mentioned .

It's a great source of angst that can be resolved happily.
Yes, totally. Angst with a happy ending is definitely something I love in fics and it contributes to that perfectly. :D