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[senoritafish]

You know, I always used to identify with Nurse Chapel; I was that way with most of the males I liked. Spock was probably the first celebrity crush I had as a teen (when all my friends were probably buying Tiger Beat ). I was constantly being attracted to guys, often friends, who weren't interested, at least in that way, although I always tried to tell myself I'd rather have them as friend than not at all. Damn you Spock, for setting me up to fall for a string of emotionally unavailable guys...(Love this Bic Runga song, though)

I'm glad Majel got to play a stronger character in the next series; Lwaxana Troi was a crack-up...of course it always helps when you're married to the show's creator.

My friend Mike wrote me the following, although he said it was partially inspired by his father passing away several weeks ago, so this hitting him harder than he expected - "I'm really feeling the 'parade's gone by' feeling right now." he told me. *Hugs* Mike...

There are several people listed here who I hadn't realized were gone...

The Away Team of Eternal Red Shirtitude Thus Far:

Gene Roddenberry

James Doohan

Gene L. Coon

Samuel Peeples

DeForest Kelley

Ted Cassidy

Ted Sturgeon

Merritt Butrick

Mark Lenard

Walker Edmiston

Jeffrey Hunter

Alexander Courage

Susan Oliver

George Takei's Closet

Robert H. Justman 

Edward K. Milkis

Clegg Hoyt

Fred Freiberger

Davis Roberts

Marc Daniels

Abraham Sofaer

Michael Zaslow

Joseph Pevney

Anthony Jochim

George Sawaya 

John Hoyt

Byron Morrow

Richard Compton

Herschel Daugherty 

Joseph Mell

Bibi Besch

Morgan Farley

Jud Taylor

Jerry Sohl

John Harmon

Richard Derr 

Persis Khambatta

Ian Wolfe

Roger C. Carmel

David P. Harmon

Bob Johnson

Jerome Bixby

Pete Kellett

Dick Dial

The Hair Atop William Shatner's Head

Shimon Wincelberg

Hal Baylor

Booker Bradshaw

Robert Bloch

Jud Taylor

Charles Macaulay

Jon Lormer

Meg Wyllie

Adam Roarke

Grant Woods

My Fondness for the Franchise

Jerry Goldsmith

Bobby Bass

Herb Wallerstein

Margaret Armen

Dick Geary

Vic Perrin

James Goldstone

Elizabeth Rogers

Oliver Crawford

Ed McCready

David Alexander

Janos Prohaska

You, If You Don't Appreciate The Effort and Time I Wasted Compiling This List

Bart La Rue

Leonard Mudie

Paul Winfield

Byron Haskin

Brock Peters

Georgia Schmidt

John Meredyth Lucas

Most of that is from the first series.  I haven't listed all the countless behind the scenes folk, craftspeople, writers, actors and others who worked on either the movies or spin-off series who have joined The Great Bird of Galaxy in the great beyond. And I'm sure that a lot of people who have worked on Star Trek books, toys and other licensed merchandise have also kicked the bucket.  

Every year, millions of dollars go to cancer or aids research, yet not a dollar is spent eradicating the deadly killer known as Star Trek.  When will people wake up? When?!

Comments

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

To this day I ship Spock/Chapel. All the cool kids ship Kirk/Spock, and that's fine, but I don't.

I only got into the fanfic for them in the last few years though, and mostly read one author. But I'm glad the fic is out there.

And she will be missed.

[lemonrocket.livejournal.com]

All the cool kids ship Kirk/Spock

Yeah, most of them do. And the few cool kids playing in the het playground ship Spock/Uhura. *sigh*

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

Ah well, fanfic is one thing that lives up to IDIC, hmmm? ;)

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

It's funny- I haven't read too much Trek fanfic in recent years - most of the stuff I read was when people were still publishing paper fanzines (pre-internet). I should go find some.

[lemonrocket.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on identifying with Chapel. Although, I have to say it annoys me that so many people see her as a weak, simpering, Spock-chasing character based solely on that one scene where she goes all gooey over Spock because of that virus. She was stronger than a lot of people gave her credit for. I wish the writers had fleshed her character out more.

But then, I'm so glad she got to play Lwaxana. There's a cool story I heard about her getting the part: apparently, Gene came home one day and told her that he had a new part for her - and the best part was that she wouldn't even need to act... LOL. It gives great insight into what she was like as a person.

And that list... George Takei's closet and Shatner's hair. Hah.

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

Weak and simpering? Never. Nursing is a tough profession, and you don't go into it without a strong stomach and a tougher mind. In my mind, Chapel was a professional and did her best not to let however she felt get in the way of her job.

Re: the list - my buddy Mike has the greatest cynical sense of humor (and his way of coping, I suppose). I feel a trifle guilty getting a chuckle out of someone's death, but I hope people find a reason for one at my funeral, too.