Why do you write fanfiction?

I've been writing since I was very young, and fanfiction has been a wonderful outlet for my creativity ever since I entered fandom spaces. To me, it feels lower-stakes than original work because there's always something to build from and it's not all from scratch. I've also had some amazing experiences reading fic, and I can safely say that there are works out there which have changed my life and gotten me through terrible times. I like to think that my works can help someone in that way, y'know? And it's fun. It's always fun, and that's the most important part!

Who or what do you find yourself writing about the most?

I usually write for what interests me the most, but I always enjoy writing drama and angst. Mostly, the characters I choose are easy for me to project onto lol. Either that, or it's a star trek AU! I think I have a star trek AU wip for just about every major fandom I've been in.

Have you ever daydreamed about side adventures/spin-offs from your fic? Tell us about them!

How did you start shipping Spones (brotp or otp, either is fine!)

I started shipping spones a few episodes into season 1 when I was watching spirk fanvids on youtube and came across this video (Kirk/Spock/McCoy | Unfaithful): https://youtu.be/2nAmEwIooZ8

I watched half of it and got too sad at the concept of McCoy being sad, realized I was in danger of liking spock/mccoy more than spock/kirk and then went looking for more spock/mccoy fanvids, specifically TOS content since I hadn’t watched AOS yet. I mostly ship AOS spones because I came into AOS having already gotten into TOS spones.

Why did you ship them?

I don’t know exactly, I think their relationship is really interesting. I think they care a bout each other a lot but don’t always know how to deal with that and they don’t always approach problems from the same perspective. I like how they work together and I love the moments where the strength of their relationship is made clear. The katra sharing is also extremely compelling.

What are the some of the reasons you like Spock as a character?

I think Spock’s in a really interesting position as a person and in his career. I like watching him be good at things, and I like how he struggles to balance showing his caring about people with being generally reserved. He’s also funny.

And McCoy?

McCoy is my favorite character in the series, as much as I love the other characters too. Like Spock, I like watching him be good at things, he’s also funny, he’s often in positions where he’s dealing with a slightly different dilemma than Kirk and Spock and I think that makes his parts of the episodes really interesting. 

Some of your fave things about liking Spones: tropes, fics, headcanons, etc?

There’s a ton of amazing spones fic and I’m thrilled that there’s an active community still talking about them! It’s wonderful to have people to share ideas with. I started making online friends through spones fandom so that’s very special to me. I think they have so much potential as a pairing to fit with such a range of interpretations of canon and tropes and AUs and things like that. Platonic or not I just love the idea of the two of them (three including Jim but mcspirk is a separate topic :P) finding each other and being such important pieces of each other’s lives for so many years.

Thank you! I had fun trying to figure out the right questions to put for this weekend because I wanted it to be easy to answer, things that would connect people, but also not alienate others because well. Not everyone has good associations with Valentine’s Day and I didn’t want to bring any notions to go with it.

I love how many of us, including myself, just accidentally stumbled upon this ship. It’s like ‘oh, now this is a thing for us??’ and it’s quite amusing. Though through a fanvid is VERY new but also the amazing power of those fanvid creators making you feel FEELS with their amazing editing and song choices! Props to them! Video editing is HARD.

Your reasons for shipping them are similar to my own along with why you like Spock and McCoy. They’re just so fascinating, to quote Spock lol.

There truly is such amazing Spones fic out there and the community has been wonderful and it’s still nice to see it being active! I’m glad you’ve made friends in this community -- I have, and some of them are now some of the closest, dearest friends I have. And you are TOTALLY right about the potential of all those ideas in fic -- this fandom has I think only started to scratch the surface for what can be explored in fic and art that other pairings have already had a chance to do.

And VERY MUCH YES on the idea of them finding each other and being such an important part of each other’s lives for so many years! Even if it’s just in a platonic sense, the idea of having a person with such a lasting, long, close friendship is amazing -- even when all others have gone.

(Ahhh, mcspirk, also a great ship, but that is another topic all together lol glad to see more multishippers show up.)

If y’all are interested in OnlySlightlyObsessed1′s work, check it out on AO3 here!

“That cannot be an approved meal.” Spock said, staring at Jim’s plate of what appeared to be corn-based triangles, piles of minced meat, various vegetables and, what Leonard would fondly describe as ‘three heart attacks worth’ of cheese.

“Bones isn’t here, I can do what I want.” Jim said, lifting up one cheese-laden triangle.

Spock lifted one eyebrow.

“Oh no you don’t. You are not allowed to use your bond to summon Bones when I’m doing something stupid. I’m not even doing anything stupid!” Jim complained, waving the triangle around. A blob of the cheese landed beside Spock’s soup spoon.

“Jim, why are you under the impression that I would use my bond with Leonard, a sacred union that is treasured above all else by my people, to inform him that you are deviating from a post-surgery meal plan?” Jim raised one eyebrow in response. He raised his hand, five fingers extended. Four, three, two, one.

“Jim, where the hell are you!?”

“So predictable, Mr Spock.” 

“Jim, there you- what the hell is that!?”

Whoa thank you so much for sharing this! That was a really fast turn around and it's a good story :) there's really not enough sastiel out there and they are one of my favorite pairings!