Where No Woman Has Gone Before!
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startrek_diaryAfter too much time spent on the kink meme, 6street and I have decided we need a GENDERSWAP POST! It can be super cracky or super srs, depending on how you anons feel.
Set in an AU where everyone on the Enterprise was born as the opposite gender from canon, how different is everyone's lives? How has their gender affected them, how has it not? What has changed, what has stayed exactly the same?
These are all questions you need to answer. So, without further ado GO GO GO!
Also: suggested names! (You don't have to take these, but try and keep the names consistent once one gets picked):
Jaime Kirk
T'pock
Lenore McCoy
Jane Kyle
Kelly Riley
Jonathon Rand
Moira Scott
Christine Pike
Christopher Chapel
Antonia Giotto
Polina Chekova
And last but not least: (drum roll please!)
Hikaru "Don't call me Kiki" Sulu
..What? It's a unisex name,
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Date: 2009-07-20 09:30 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lt. H. Sulu
You're right. But it galls me. I can't stand spending a minute in her company, but now that I've agreed to see her tonight, I'm positively weak-kneed. And don't call her a kid. It makes me feel old.
Good point about blue. I'm like a scalded lobster once I have one or two in me--but then, you're not one to talk, are you? Fun fact: fully half of all Japanese people have ALDH2 deficiency, which cause the alcohol flush reaction that makes you red-cheeked after about two sips of Polina's precious vodka.
And you're right, I shan't wear a skirt after all. I'm not about to shave my legs for this.
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Date: 2009-07-20 09:30 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lt N. Uhura
Dr. McCoy is being a total bitch today. If I didn't know it was medically impossible, I'd swear she was always PMSing.
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Date: 2009-07-20 09:32 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lt. Cmdr. T. Giotto
Tonya, sorry for the short notice, but do you have any trousers I can borrow? All I have are my uniform trousers or work jeans, and I need something a bit classier for tonight. Maybe something black, not too tight? I think I'm about your size.
I would be in your debt!
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Date: 2009-07-20 09:33 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lt. J. Kyle
You like her. Deal with it. Kel isn't that young. She's twenty-something, right? Pretty close to my age if I remember. Polina on the other hand is still seventeen, and it's totally killing me.
Fun fact: Shut the hell up. I can hold my alcohol.
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Date: 2009-07-20 09:34 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lt.H.Sulu
When have you counted my ribs?
I will be waiting for you in gym in an hour. I think my uniform would get too warm; I have little shorts and vest for running in that I will use instead.
My birthday is in 4 weeks and I like bubblebath!
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Date: 2009-07-20 09:38 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lt. H. Sulu
She's 24. I, on the other hand, am a matronly 31. I am well past the age where I should be feeling all fluttery like this. But her age isn't really the problem. She's so irritating, and we have nothing at all in common. I shouldn't have said yes.
I should disapprove of you and Polina, but I really can't. You two would make a devastatingly cute couple, and I don't often say that sort of thing.
Also, no you can't, and Polina and I have video footage of you and Kelly dancing on a bar on Risa that proves it.
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Date: 2009-07-20 09:38 pm (UTC)Recipient: Nurse. C. Chapel
CC: Yeo. J. Rand
Guys, I know you're always on me for claiming this ship is a dyke-hold but no shit, I think there's something going on with Polly and Sulu.
And if that little mental picture doesn't cheer you up, Chris, I don't know what could.
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Date: 2009-07-20 09:38 pm (UTC)Recipient: En.P.
Your running outfit will be just fine. Totally fine. Absolutely perfect in fact. I mean, until we can get you some knickers and a jacket that would fit you. That is if you like fencing, and want to keep doing it.
So, bubble baths, huh? Yeah. I'll keep that in mind. Definitely keep that in mind.
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Date: 2009-07-20 09:40 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lt. K. Riley
My shift is over at 0600. Shall I meet you at the café at 0700?
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Date: 2009-07-20 09:41 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lt.H.Sulu
Knickers? You mean like panties?
I already have panties on. Are they the wrong kind? Should I not wear them? I wish to learn fencing correctly.
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Date: 2009-07-20 09:42 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lt. J. Kyle
Don't you guys both really like 20th century liteature? Back when we roomed together she used to make me read James Joyce and what's her face? The wolf one. That killed herself.
So. She's talking about bubble baths and her little running shorts.
I'm dying here, Jane. Please help.
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Date: 2009-07-20 09:44 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lt. J. Kyle
Oh god. Now she's talking about not wearing underwear. Kill me now before I do something illegal.
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Date: 2009-07-20 09:45 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lt J. Kyle
Lt Kyle, I know you are an old friend of Hikaru's, I was wondering if I could ask you a question?
I know she has had girlfriends before, and I don't know if maybe you met any of them? If you did what were they like?
I am not meaning to pry, but I like Hikaru very much and I want to research in case before I make myself look foolish.
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Date: 2009-07-20 09:46 pm (UTC)Recipient: En.P.Chekova
Well, you don't have to wear them. But you can. If you want. But you don't have to.
Knickers are the name for the white fencing pants. They're also called breeches. There are a couple names. Um. So. Yeah. Wear what you want, as long as it means you can move around enough.
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Date: 2009-07-20 09:49 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lt. J. Kyle
Yeah. That would be perfect. I look forward to seeing you tonight, and I promise to be on my best behavior.
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Date: 2009-07-20 09:51 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lt. H. Sulu
I advance a hypothesis: have you considered that she is doing this on purpose? She's young, but she might not be as naïve as you think.
I didn't know Riley read Joyce or Woolf. That... makes me see her in a new light, actually.
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Date: 2009-07-20 09:55 pm (UTC)Recipient: yeo.j.rand
John, where the hell are you? I know you boys suck at multitasking but surely walking and carrying a PADD isn't taxing you too hard?
That cute ass is only going to carry you so far, okay?
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Date: 2009-07-20 09:59 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lt. J. Kyle
I think I might have something for you. How do you feel about knee-length shorts? I have some in blue; they'd bring out your eyes really well.
You went to the academy with Jo, right? What are her turn-ons? Because I managed to convince her to go on a date with me but I'm not sure if she actually likes girls or not.
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Date: 2009-07-20 10:03 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lt. J. Kyle
Impossible, Jane. When I was her age I was....
Doing the exact damn thing.
That little minx. Can I say minx? Does that work properly here? Oh. Damn. I am going to get back at her for this.
As far as Riley is concerned, she's not a complete idiot. In fact, she's actually quite sweet and charming when you get past her being emotionally retarded.
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Date: 2009-07-20 10:17 pm (UTC)Recipient: En P. Chekova
Hikaru has only seriously dated a few people that I know about.
As far as girls go, she seems to have an inclination towards thin blondes that are shorter than she is. The boys on the other hand don't seem to have a pattern. She was interested in Uhura for a while, as well as Chris Chapel. She may had a brief thing with Johnny Rand, but I don't know how serious that was.
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Date: 2009-07-20 10:21 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lt J. Kyle
Thank you! That is very helpful and also encouraging.
There are not so many boys on this ship, so I will not hold it against her that she liked Nuru. He is all testosterone and it is creepy.
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Date: 2009-07-20 10:28 pm (UTC)Recipient: En P. Chekova
She likes people who can keep up with her physically. You received first place in a marathon, correct? Impress her with that. Invite her to go on a run with you.
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Date: 2009-07-20 10:30 pm (UTC)Recipient: Lt J. Kyle
We are going to practice fencing tonight.
I have a plan, shhh! :D
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Date: 2009-07-20 10:36 pm (UTC)Recipient: En P. Chekova
Have fun tonight.
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Date: 2009-07-20 10:42 pm (UTC)Recipient: Cmdr. T. Giotto
Shorts? I'm not sure. May I drop by your quarters to try things on? And thank you, you've rescued me.
I'm not sure about Jo. She was pretty serious about her studies in the Academy, and if she dated anyone, I didn't know about it. How did you convince her to go on a date if you don't know if she likes girls?