Ah, memories
Apr. 3rd, 2022 12:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
As has become tradition, every time I take vacation I (re)read fic for an old fandom/pairing. This time, it's Julian Bashir/Jadzia Dax (DS9). Aside from Riker/Troi, they were baby's first ship. I loved them so.*
One of the fun things about going back to old fandoms is how my own interest in it changes. I've now been working with scientists for 10 years, and this time around, I love the idea of Jadzia and Julian as science bros. They can be adorably nerdy together!
I generally hate modern/everyday AUs, but I admit I also kind of love the idea I've had of one where Jadzia is a postdoc and Julian is in some kind of post-residency research fellowship and they're in the same lab. And there they tease and play with each other, all "You can't figure out how to design the study because your hypothesis sucks," and "What kind of bullshit stats are these?" and "Your grammar is atrocious, I'm drafting this paper"; squabbling over authorship position and time on equipment, coming in at 3 AM to monitor an experiment and getting slightly drunk together... (AND THEN KISS, because I still ship them.) Hmmm, I guess that could all still be done on DS9, come to think of it.
* I just did the math, and I've been shipping them for 27 years. I. Um. Uh. Weren't the 90s just, like, a decade ago? No?
One of the fun things about going back to old fandoms is how my own interest in it changes. I've now been working with scientists for 10 years, and this time around, I love the idea of Jadzia and Julian as science bros. They can be adorably nerdy together!
I generally hate modern/everyday AUs, but I admit I also kind of love the idea I've had of one where Jadzia is a postdoc and Julian is in some kind of post-residency research fellowship and they're in the same lab. And there they tease and play with each other, all "You can't figure out how to design the study because your hypothesis sucks," and "What kind of bullshit stats are these?" and "Your grammar is atrocious, I'm drafting this paper"; squabbling over authorship position and time on equipment, coming in at 3 AM to monitor an experiment and getting slightly drunk together... (AND THEN KISS, because I still ship them.) Hmmm, I guess that could all still be done on DS9, come to think of it.
* I just did the math, and I've been shipping them for 27 years. I. Um. Uh. Weren't the 90s just, like, a decade ago? No?