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For the record, I didn't downvote you - it's perfectly fine not to like a ship. Different strokes, different folks, etc.

From the perspective of somebody who does love Steve/Bucky as a romantic/sexual relationship, though, part of the appeal for me is that stories about close friends who grew up together and are "like brothers" are a dime a dozen, and so are stories about the special bonds between men who serve together in combat, but stories about LGBT friendships and LGBT soldiers are much fewer and further between, so taken in the context of media as a whole, it's a more original angle to make them lovers.

Now that queer history is something that's being openly studied and published, we also know that Steve and Bucky grew up in an absolutely fascinating time period from a queer history perspective. There have been several noteworthy books in recent years about queer NYC in the 1920s-1940s (and Brooklyn specifically was very queer in that period), as well as an excellent one on LGBT soldiers in WW2. For fanfiction writers who thrive on what-ifs, it's hard to resist putting familiar, beloved characters into that context when the opportunity is right there.

This is actually a pretty common misconception, so I thought I'd just clear things up for concerned ST fans.

While you're correct that the Beasties are official Star Trek canon, it as an unfortunate truth that within the ST universe the famous rap group are not time travelers. In this new Star Trek timeline, when they chant "Super educated, I'm smarter than Spock" in their hit Intergalactic they are not referring to Commander Spock, they are now actually referring to Dr. Benjamin Spock the Olympic Gold Medalist turned pediatrician who revolutionized the field by boldly exploring the world of psychoanalysis. Indeed, his book The Common Sense Book of Baby and Childcare made huge waves when published in 1946 that influenced generations of psychoanalysis to come. Of course, his outspoken opposition to the Vietnam War in the 60s would cause huge controversy but the fact remains that Dr. Spock heavily affected the understanding of human development.

While the Beasties of our universe reference Nimoy's brilliant portrayal, the Beasties of the movie universe are instead paying tribute to the great doctor. In fact, you can hear DVD commentary of Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy discussing the minor narrative shift at length on the first ST reboot.

Pick this up. Pretty much a collection of his most popular stories. It's pretty easy to find. You can probably find a cheaper copy by looking around book shops and whatnot.

Obligatory plug for the book, The Disaster Artist

The dude, Greg Sestero, who plays Mark was actually Tommy's best friend in real life, or as close to a best friend as a guy like Tommy can have.

Greg tells the story of how he, as a struggling actor, met Tommy in an acting class and was inevitably cast as Mark and then the goddamn day to day insanity of working with Tommy. He tells all kinds of little things about Tommy's eccentricities like ordering warm water at restaurants and about how Wiseau probably isn't his real name and nobody knows how old he really is.

Also James Franco is making a movie about the making of The Room, James plays Tommy and his brother Dave plays Mark/Greg

The Princess Bride is one of my favorite books. It is on Kindle and enrolled in KU if you'd like to start with a free temporary borrow rather than buying right out.

https://www.amazon.com/Princess-Bride-Morgensterns-Classic-Adventure-ebook/dp/B003IEJZRY

Never heard this before, but I would like to know.
My own Incubus theory is that the song A Crow left of the Murder is about the book The Holographic Universe I read this book and the lyrics to the song seem to relate to the book a lot. Every pece contains a map of it all is key in holographic principle. Also there is an episode of MTV Cribs where Brandon shows this book on his bookshelf and says its a really good read.

Is this what you're talking about? - https://www.amazon.com/HALLOWEEN-II-Jack-Martin/dp/089083864X

I didn't even know these existed. I feel like I'm about as familiar with the Halloween franchise as anyone, but wow.

Thats pretty mucht hte plot of this series. ONly kinda dark. But well worth the read.

http://www.amazon.com/Murder-Crows-Icarus-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B007ZKGQX8

Karen Traviss wrote an excellent series of novels about clone troopers/storm troopers that culminates in Order 66. While it doesn't deal with the Sith per se, it clearly shows the Jedi in a pretty bad light. You have to admit their use of clones (effectively human slaves) as cannon fodder is pretty evil.

I'll have to check that out, sounds awesome!! This one?

Comics, yes. There's also a Mr Poopy Butthole and Summer spin off.

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Word.

I know nobody will like this answer but he was there for nostalgia purposes so they could sell stuff like this

Kind of like this book.

Ah, well just watch as many movies as you possibly can. When you find something you like, watch all the other movies that director did, or that actor that catches your eye. And there is NO better book for hollywood that I've found than this one: http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Movies-Fun-Profit-Billion/dp/1439186766

They lay out how to screenwrite, pitch movies, what studios are where, even what each parking lot at each studio is called and what it means to be allowed to park there (the further you have to walk, the less they like your screenplay). They lay out the whole process of what all the important players do, mostly from a writer's perspective, but it really says a lot about how studio execs think (and why).

You might enjoy a series of books called The Quintara Marathon.

I wish I remembered. I've read a bunch of Batman essay books. It may be in here? http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Unauthorized-Vigilantes-Jokers-Heroes/dp/1933771305

Maybe here? http://www.amazon.com/dp/0470270306

I was in Barnes & Noble today and saw this book.

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Force-Awakens-Awakening/dp/148472822X

Skimmed it quickly, and it seemed to be about their day-to-day lives.

Steven Brust wrote a good book about this: To Reign In Hell

Right, because this 'fantheory' of yours absolutely had nothing to do with Q-Squared by Peter David, released in 1995. Right?

https://www.amazon.com/Q-Squared-Star-Trek-Next-Generation/dp/0671891510

lol at the downvotes. Jimmies have been rustled.