The Test (Star Trek vid)

The Test is a Star Trek constructed reality K/S fanvid by here's luck. It visually recreates a common trope in Reboot K/S fic, where Kirk accidentally learns about his alternate self's future relationship with Spock during the mindmeld on Delta Vega.
Summary: "Now I think I see the light."heresluck. The Test (LJ) March 15, 2010. (Accessed 9 August 2012). 
The vid is an attempt to connect the Kirk and Spock from Star Trek: The Original Series to the vastly different Spock and Kirk from Star Trek (2009). This connection works on two levels - first, the vid illustrates a major theme of the movie showing how the characters of the Reboot version find one another and re-create the friendship that is the core of Star Trek:TOS series. In the movie, the young Kirk who has been marooned by Spock on a desolate planet, is greeted by the Original Spock (Spock Prime). During a mind-meld the young Kirk is given a lifetime of memories of original Kirk and Spock working together, enabling his character to see his rivalry with Spock with new eyes.
The vid also serves as an emotional bridge for the viewers of the movie and series. It allows fans of the original series to visually and viscerally connect their beloved TV characters to the movie versions of Kirk and Spock. And in doing so, it allows fans of the movie who have never seen the TV show to stand on equal footing by connecting them back to the original TV series. In the end, old and new generations of fans stand side by side, much like the new Kirk and Spock.
As one viewer explained: "TOS was my first fandom, back all those decades ago, and Kirk was my first love, deep and true like only a twelve-and-a-half-year-old girl can feel, giving her heart away for the very first time. This vid took me straight back to that time and the love I had for Kirk and Spock and their universe, threw me in headlong, and seamlessly, utterly, completely merged it with the movie 'verse. I already loved the movie, but now it has truly become one with the original show in my head and in my heart."feedback at the vid announcement dated March 16, 20102; WebCite.
Another viewer echoes this sentiment and adds: "I love the reboot movie so very, very much. I want to pick it up and love it and hug it and pet it and squeeze it and call it George and do things that would probably make Children Services raise an eyebrow and make fandom say "I've read that fic." But it also made me mourn TOS in ways I could not describe until I saw this vid. Reboot Kirk is SO MUCH James Kirk in all the hurtful ways and bears the brunt of the altered timeline. He's cocky and brash and none of the thoughtful diplomat - until he meets Original Spock and experiences the mind meld. And then even though he's still decidedly not the original Kirk - he's suddenly got the potential to be better. And that he suddenly sees that in Spock and gets that validation in Reboot Spock is when my brain turns to so much fangirl mush. And somehow you give me that here - Kirk and Spock will be Kirk and Spock and echoes of everything that was beautiful before will be new and beautiful now. This vid just soars."feedback on page 6 of the vid announcement dated March 28, 2010; WebCite.
The vid and killa's commentary inspired the story The Test by mazaher.
==The Title of the Vid==
The title of the vid "The Test" is tied into the vid's theme of how Kirk's tests of character throughout his life are repeated "again and again and again until he gets into the captain's chair and voila, Spock! There to join him!" Or as the vidder herself explained: "All those tests, and Spock is the one that really matters. And Kirk PASSES. Well, first he baffles Spock a lot. But THEN HE PASSES. \o/"Discussion between the vidder and a viewer in the LJ announcement on March 15, 2010;WebCite.
==Commentary==
In July 2010, Killa who had seen an earlier draft of the video posted a commentary on the final version on Vid Commentary.
In 2012, the vid was selected by the OTW to part of its Test Suite of Fair Use Vids before the Library of Congress.
==Reactions==
==Highlighted in 2015==
This vid was featured at MashUp: The Birth of Modern Culture at the Vancouver Art Gallery at the Vancouver Art Gallery in February 2016, along with six other fanworks. This part of the exhibit was curated by Francesca Coppa.
The exhibit is here: 
The vids were: 
* Both Sides Now - Kandy Fong
* Something To Talk About - Kandy Fong
* Data's Dream - Shadow Songs
* Starships! - bironic
* The Lightning Strike - obsessive24
* Flow - Lim
* The Test - here's luck
Vidder bironic describes their visit to the exhibit here: , February 24, 2016 
here's luck's comments are here: 
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Vids 
Category:Star Trek AOS Vids 
Category:2010 Vids
Category:Kirk/Spock Vids