Eliyes

Today I was reading an Avengers fanfic -- as in, set during the movie -- with switching POVs and encountered an author's note that said for Steve's POV they weren't going to use contractions "because they probably didn't have those in the 40s".

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WHAT THE FUCK.

Like, do the tiniest bit of research! Watch a movie from the 40s! Hello, listen to some music! Louis Jordan recorded Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? in 1943. The song Isn't It Romantic? was in at least 5 movies between 1932 and Steve shipping out!

PICK UP ANY PLAY BY SHAKESPEARE, YOU WILL FIND CONTRACTIONS IN IT, THEY PREDATE THE 1940S BY A LOT!!!

Or, if you can't be bothered with even the tiniest bit of research or thought, fucking watch the Avengers movie. Steve uses contractions. Or did you somehow miss the infamous, "Son, just don't."?????

*flails around in aggravation*

So I just finished reading The Janus Gate trilogy by L.A. Graf, and it has some of the most wildly inaccurate back cover blurbs I have ever seen on a Star Trek novel, and that's REALLY SAYING SOMETHING.

So I'm gonna talk about it! (Under the cuts, this post is huge.)

( Book 1: Present Tense )

It was a helluva cliff-hanger ending, I actually went DUN DUN DUNNNN so loud I hurt my throat. Moving on --

( Boot 2: Future Imperfect )

There's one weirdly, probably unintentionally flirty line from young!Sulu in this book that may cause some readers to activate their slashgoggles. Also, Spock's reaction to the kid offering to shake hands is great.

( Book 3: Past Prologue )

So, despite all this bitching, it's just the blurbs I'm irritated with: the books are really good. Being L.A. Graf books, they are especially good if you like Kirk being awesome and Sulu, Uhura and Chekov being not only individually awesome, but also the greatest of friends.

These books are also great if you like seeing more of canonical minor or background characters among the crew, including ones that were maybe spotlighted in an episode. I think that all the people we saw were canonical, but Memory Alpha's search function is apparently fuxxored, so I can't confirm that at this time.

TL;DR I RECOMMEND THIS TRILOGY BUT IGNORE THE JACKET BLURBS.