I liked Sarek's explanation of the Chancellor's words. It was indeed logical, because the scene in question made me wonder exactly that -- are the Vulcans who run VSA no better than their immature children? You provided a very logical explanation and a very Vulcan one. Quinto!Spock has obviously never learned to control his emotions in any way, for he clearly doesn't need his planet to be destroyed to release them. But then, that's the new reality. Mellow Sarek included.

I admire how consistent your writing is with this new reality, because so many authors simply fill the lacunes with TOS-canon stuff and it isn't right or fair to anyone. Good job all around!

Author's Response: The similarities/divergencies between old and alternate Trek are fascinating to play with, and I find they are just so rich with possibilities. I know I'm in the minority, but I don't feel that the Sarek-Spock split either a) happened or b) lasted as long or was as bitter as it was in TOS. Sarek's line in AOS about being a child of two worlds just doesn't fit that image for me. And I felt compelled to address the whole "Vulcan anti-Human prejudice" that's been creeping up in later Treks (DS9 a bit, and ENT a whole lot) as it just doesn't make any sense nor is it consistent with what we know about Vulcan logic. Thanks for the review!

So sweet. :D I'm thinking how strangely life is arranged sometimes. When kids are little and their parents are the most fascinating people for them, the said parents find it hard to get any time to themselves. Yet later, they have to fight to spend any time with their children, who grow up and no longer consider them cool to hang out with. And then comes the adulthood. A perfect imbalance. ;-)

Thank you for sharing this. Made me smile in all the good ways. :-)

LOL! It would have been a treat to see Picard's face though, if Kirk traveled forward in time. :D

Author's Response: Picard would have probably blamed it on Q, you know. Glad you liked the story.

Oh, that was perfect on so many levels! I thought I would have killed the yeoman long before white linens. But that's just me. LOL. Also, I thought when Pike said 'and a bonus' it would be for creative language. :D But I guess, this one goes to you. ;-) I love your Pike, somewhat softer than I usually picture him, but very authentic. And Scotty, well... :D

Also, counting bells was a master touch.

Author's Response: Pike struck me, in Vulcan's Glory, as being a bit softer. IE, how he handled the young runaway lovers and that, how he handled the rest of his crew. He seemed like his own man, not a Kirk-clone, and I was pretty taken with him from the first. Well, that and your version would probably scare my Scotty into asking for a transfer. ;-) Thanks much for the comment!

Lovely. Lovely, endearing, touching -- you name it. Fabulous work. I'm not a fan of Abrams-verse, but what does it matter when the story's so great? :D Thank you for sharing. ;-)

Author's Response: I've really enjoyed playing with the AOS 'verse, as aside from some VOY about a decade ago, I've never written Trek fan fiction (tho I was a huge TOS fan, and adore many of the tie-in novels). But I just love Greenwood's Pike, and wanted to write this story ever since I saw the film, and I love the idea that I can take Pike and Number One in new directions, free from the fate he suffers in "The Menagerie". Plus I'm really enjoying the idea of Number One getting her own command 8 years ahead of schedule, compared with the TOS universe.

Beautiful. Poetic. Erotic. Sweet. Sad. Maybe this AU!Spock will live a happier life than the TOS one did. Nicely written.

Author's Response: It took Spock Prime dying that one time to make peace with both halves of his heritage. I really do sort of love that AOS' Spock learns to embrace the whole rather than denying one half completely in favour of the other, this time around. It really changes his whole journey, though the cost was so very high.

Oh wow. I'm intrigued as hell. LOL. No, seriously, usually it takes a while to get a hang of an AU, but this just goes right through you from line one. Amazing. Excellent dialogues. Whew! ;-)

Whoa. A very disturbing scene and painfully well-written. What a reality you are creating indeed. Amazing.

Gripping. Oh my. I would really like to see that in a movie. Oh well, I suppose I'll have to settle for your fabulous writing then. ;-)

I know it's not nice to say that when a person has just updated, but I could some more, y'know? ;-) ::grins:: Nice work. :D

Made me smile in all the good ways. ::grins:: Nice work!

Author's Response: Thank you!

Hm. There are a lot of references here that I'm unfamiliar with, well, not completely unfamiliar. I know *of* them, I recognize them, what I mean is, I haven't explored that storyline to really know them. Which is why the level of interconnection in this snippet should be lost on me, but somehow it isn't. Have I been trained well by certain parties? :) I don't know. What I really wanted to say is, I love your prose. I've read this piece two times in a row just to take note of the way you use details to carry the story. Usually, the best authors achieve with it is atmosphere. This is different. All those would-be insignificant 'scenery-type' details prove to be highly instrumental in character study -- *and* without making it a lecture. Smooth narrative. I really liked this piece.