Meme

[mirroredcommand]

How this meme works:
1 - Leave a comment, saying you want to be interviewed.
2 - I will respond; I'll ask you five questions.
3 - You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers.
4 - You'll include this explanation.
5 - You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed.

I make no promises that you will like the answers to your questions. Damn 'internet' things. Don't understand them, but I'm learning.

Comments

[iron-command.livejournal.com]

1. Who did you first serve under and what was he like as a captain?
2. As I rarely find another man so attached to any Vulcan, has yours gone through pon farr?
3. You informed me that you have killed. Who, and under what circumstances?
4. Other then your ship, what would be the one thing you would want from your universe here?
5. Do you have a home on Earth? If so, where?

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

1. Who did you first serve under and what was he like as a captain?
Captain Garrovick, on the USS Farragut. I respected him as a leader, and also as someone who saw enough potential in someone as green as I was and gave me a chance.

He died in an attack, along with half the crew, and for years I was convinced that I had reacted too slowly to save him. Them. It's evident I was not to blame, but the guilt lingers.

2. As I rarely find another man so attached to any Vulcan, has yours gone through pon farr?
Yes. Twice in my experience. I'm telling you this openly because one such incident has been recorded by Bill and Len's "fictional" television program and the other is... probably more or less common knowledge as it happened somewhat publicly on this ship mere months ago.

The first time (in my experience), he was challenged by his intended and I was chosen as her champion. He nearly killed me, and would have had McCoy not stepped in and rigged the fight, faking my death. The second resulted in our current relationship. I prefer the latter, for the record.

3. You informed me that you have killed. Who, and under what circumstances?
It will probably not surprised you that I count those who have died under my command, though you may not see it as the same thing. I don't, either, but their deaths weigh heavily on me and I feel each one as my responsibility. But the one that comes to mind most forcibly is Gary Mitchell. He was my best friend, and I was forced to kill him in self-defense after an incident occurred which unbalanced him past the point of reason and made him violent and unstable. It is one of the most significant regrets of my life.

4. Other then your ship, what would be the one thing you would want from your universe here?
I suppose intangibles like "my command" or "my mission" don't count? And "my crew" is cheating. Actually, everything I can think of is either conceptual or just... "everything."

So I'm going to be shallow.

My uniform.

5. Do you have a home on Earth? If so, where?
My childhood home, in Iowa, is still there, and that's where I say home is if anyone counters my claim that the Enterprise is all the home I need. With Sam gone, it will go to me, and I'll cherish it. But when I have the time, I'd like to have a cabin in the woods somewhere, nestled in a valley between tall mountains.

[iron-command.livejournal.com]

1. Garrovick. Intriguing, as I do believe that was the man whom Kirk killed to end up on my ship, in chains.

2. Intended?

4. If you give me specifics, I could recreate that. I have already done the same for myself and my first officer.

5. Seems to be a trend among Kirks to come from that flat-fielded hell.

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

1. Intriguing is one word for it.

2. Less than a marriage, more than a betrothal, is how he put it. T'Pring. She ended up with some other joker.

4. Oh, that's right. It had slipped my mind. Thank you.

5. It's one of the least objectionable traits to share, in my opinion. I'd rather be like your Kirk in being from Iowa than in being chained up and starving in your brig, personally. Where are you from, anyway?

[iron-command.livejournal.com]

2. Completely different then my Spock.

4. I am available at any time, thanks to a sheer lack of anything to do.

5. Mojave, CA

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

2. I'm guessing that the subjugation of Vulcan led to many changes in their backgrounds.

How willing are you to talk about your Spock's pon farr?

4. I hear that.

5. Somehow, that's fitting.

[iron-command.livejournal.com]

2. Considering how very little of it I remember, there is not much to speak of.

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

You're a fascinating man, Christopher. And I mean that as a compliment.

[iron-command.livejournal.com]

You sound like Spock.

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

He doesn't own that word.

[iron-command.livejournal.com]

I know, but I've never heard anyone outside of himself use it.

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

Ah well, maybe mine's rubbing off on me.