Review – Dear Captain
Dear Captain, I …
Background
In response to a prompt about letters from home, I decided to go full throttle in the direction of mail that, most decidedly, is unwelcome.
Namely, spam.
The idea was to create a small comedy piece that would, as I often do, zig rather than zag.
Plot
There is not too much of a plot; this is mainly a collection of obvious spammy messages which go our intrepid future heroes. Because no one is mentioned by name, the messages could have been sent at any time, to anyone. Hence the story doesn’t really fit into any time period or series, and could cover any or all of them. I am not even certain as to which captain it is referring. It could be any or all of them, I suppose.
And when I have absolutely needed to categorize it (a necessity at some fan fiction posting sites), I tend to come down on the side of it being a part of the In Between Days universe, which takes place during Star Trek: Enterprise. So this makes some sense, as those people are the closest to use chronologically. They can maybe still be using email, and I write them as doing just that. Hence it all fits together rather nicely.
In addition, this gives us a deeper connection to that era than usual. I like the idea of them battling similar issues. It’s a lot like Tripp Tucker dealing with the financing company, in Letters From Home.
Story Postings
- Dear Captain on Fanfiction.net
- Dear Captain on Fictionpad
- Also, Dear Captain on Wattpad
- Dear Captain on the G & T Show forums
Rating
The story is Rated K.
Upshot
As a bit of comedy, I think the piece works. And it’s no more than a bit of fluff, and fluff it is.
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