Yeah, I did admit that in the other comment, so you got me. :> I do enjoy it most when it's the 'getting to', though-- drama! You're right that too many misunderstandings get tedious (unless it's a comedy), so it has to be going somewhere. It's useful (the pining/misunderstanding) insofar as it makes the characters really question themselves, struggle, and grow closer through adversity. Psychological conflict can breed breakthroughs, eureka moments, and just overall emotional intensity that leads to hotter sex and better teamwork with monster-killing, but of course it takes someone who's actually good at psychological angst to do it well. Then again, slice-of-life stories take a specific talent also.
DAMMIT! Ok you totally called me on my rhetorical flourish-- I know it wasn't really relationship build-up/about the two of them as such, though you wouldn't be able to tell from how often Reboot!K/S writers bring it up, haha. I know it's tactical, etc. In my defense, I still think its power was partly from the fact that it's *Kirk* getting under Spock's skin, and that 'getting under the skin' thing *is* something I associate with relationships are the preliminary stage. Or something. But yes, to develop them you'd have to get them to get *over* this incident rather than incorporating it, etc.
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Date: 2011-11-06 08:41 am (UTC)DAMMIT! Ok you totally called me on my rhetorical flourish-- I know it wasn't really relationship build-up/about the two of them as such, though you wouldn't be able to tell from how often Reboot!K/S writers bring it up, haha. I know it's tactical, etc. In my defense, I still think its power was partly from the fact that it's *Kirk* getting under Spock's skin, and that 'getting under the skin' thing *is* something I associate with relationships are the preliminary stage. Or something. But yes, to develop them you'd have to get them to get *over* this incident rather than incorporating it, etc.