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DS9 - Cheesy Tropes continue!
Jan. 10th, 2014 09:35 pmTitle: 30-Day Cheesy Tropes Challenge - 9. Matching Soulmate Markings
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Genre: Romance
Rating & Warnings: PG (alcohol)
Words: 1599 this part, ?? overall
Disclaimer: I don't own Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Summary: Julian has decided to at last take the big step of showing Elim his soulmark, but what's supposed to be a straightforward relationship event...isn't.
Author's Notes: I actually knew very little about this trope and had to look it up when I arrived at this point on the list. I then proceeded to NOPE pretty hard about it, particularly after a series of discussions with bendingsignpost about all the many unfortunate implications a trope like this has.
Actually, this is my second version of the fic. My first time through, I tried to eliminate as many of the aforementioned unfortunate implications as I could, but when I came back to what I had written after leaving it for a while, I realised that I'd only gotten rid of some of them and the result was still creepy. I'm pretty sure I've missed still more unfortunate implications in this rewrite (and sometimes Julian's thought processes don't help), but given the problematic nature of the trope, I figure there's only so much I can do.
So with that enthusiastic introduction...enjoy the fic?
( 'I wanted to show you my . . . my mark.' )
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Genre: Romance
Rating & Warnings: PG (alcohol)
Words: 1599 this part, ?? overall
Disclaimer: I don't own Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Summary: Julian has decided to at last take the big step of showing Elim his soulmark, but what's supposed to be a straightforward relationship event...isn't.
Author's Notes: I actually knew very little about this trope and had to look it up when I arrived at this point on the list. I then proceeded to NOPE pretty hard about it, particularly after a series of discussions with bendingsignpost about all the many unfortunate implications a trope like this has.
Actually, this is my second version of the fic. My first time through, I tried to eliminate as many of the aforementioned unfortunate implications as I could, but when I came back to what I had written after leaving it for a while, I realised that I'd only gotten rid of some of them and the result was still creepy. I'm pretty sure I've missed still more unfortunate implications in this rewrite (and sometimes Julian's thought processes don't help), but given the problematic nature of the trope, I figure there's only so much I can do.
So with that enthusiastic introduction...enjoy the fic?
( 'I wanted to show you my . . . my mark.' )
