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The weird things you see when browsing Fanlore... I looked at scans of the wraparound cover of the K/S zine T'hy'la #12 (front and back) by Marilyn Cole, and looking at this I have no idea what is going on in this cover, especially on the Spock side of it. I mean, okay, I assume that's some kind of savage or pre-Reform Spock, and I can ignore that the very muscled body doesn't look all that Spock-like (maybe pre-Reform Vulcans work out a lot). But why is his hand transforming into a gross sticky web? (or is it tentacles?) It looks extremely creepy to me.
I keep wondering, is this a literal thing, illustrating a story in which Vulcans have weird biology and this is some kind of shapeshifting hand-sex-organ, what with it capturing Kirk, or metaphorical somehow, maybe symbolizing bonds via touch telepathy? Or maybe it is just decorative. I tried to figure out what it illustrates a story from the zine's TOC, but nothing stands out as an obvious match.
I keep wondering, is this a literal thing, illustrating a story in which Vulcans have weird biology and this is some kind of shapeshifting hand-sex-organ, what with it capturing Kirk, or metaphorical somehow, maybe symbolizing bonds via touch telepathy? Or maybe it is just decorative. I tried to figure out what it illustrates a story from the zine's TOC, but nothing stands out as an obvious match.