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Sorry for talking about serious stuff on the Star Trek blog, but to all my fellow Americans that voted for Harris, I'm so sorry that the price of eggs is apparently worth more than our rights. And to all the non-Americans, I'm sorry that so many of our countrymen failed you.

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My confession - what are all your thoughts?!

#1152

The complaints of TOS being sexist are valid (although I think a bit overblown), but I don't understand when people point to the fact that all female characters are one-dimensional. Star Trek isn't the "crew of the Enterprise" show, it's the "Kirk, Spock, and sometimes McCoy" show. Besides those 3, there aren't any multifaceted male characters either. Scotty? He likes his ship and his drinks. Sulu? Fencing. Chekov? Russia. Their personalities are more developed in fic than they are in canon. Another thing is the miniskirts. Yeah, it's weird by our standards to have a miniskirt as a uniform. But back then, it was evidence that women could simultaneously be feminine AND be respected in their job. It showed audiences that being a woman was not a bad thing that would prevent your employment - it was an asset. Anyway, I just think that people are expecting a 2024 treatment of gender when most 2024 shows aren't even perfect regarding this, let alone a show from the 60s

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No, I’m not including Generations since it technically is a TNG movie.

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Doing this one because they’re the only 2 of the top 4 that did not face off… betcha thought you saw the last of this “which episode is best” stuff hmm

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My friend introduced me to the YouTube web series Alienstage (a pretty interesting set of music videos btw, even though I feel like I’m missing lots of lore)

and who do I see in the background of one of the frames?

the Enterprise in Alienstage?!

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Not your favorite! Just the one you’re most like. (Who could also be your fav ofc)

Tell me in the tags why you’re so similar to them :)

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Old Man Yaoi Tournament FINALS

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If anyone picks Bones…

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If anyone cares, here’s what my ideal bracket would look like!

THE END - Star Trek Final Bracket + Stats

We did it, everyone! According to Tumblr, the #1 best Star Trek TOS episode is…

AMOK TIME!

Not surprised that the gayest episode on TV unseated the #1 seed! Trekkie Tumblr loves its Spirk (and McSpirk and Spones and McKirk and-) and I’m happy we proved that decisively.

Here’s the final bracket:

Now for some interesting (to me, at least) stats!

Most Voted On: the finale, City on the Edge of Forever vs Amok Time, at 626 votes

Least Voted On: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield vs The Way to Eden, at 101 votes

Closest Race: Day of the Dove vs Requiem for Methuselah, with only a 3 vote difference

Biggest Win: Amok Time vs The Gamesters of Triskelion, with a 263 vote difference

Biggest Upset: Balance of Terror (#3 seeded and my personal favorite) vs The Empath (#70 seeded) — one thing I will say is that The Empath fans are impressive as hell for having it beat an episode 67 seeds above it

On a personal note, I’m really glad I got to go on this journey with you all the past 2 months! Before this bracket, I barely posted on Tumblr and knew no one, but now I feel I’ve found my little niche. You can look forward to more bonus polls, Spirk analyses, and general Trek thoughts as I guide my friends through the highs and lows of TOS (based in part on the results of this bracket!)

If you have any suggestions for polls you want to see, or a bonus round between two episodes that didn’t quite make it as far as you’d like, message my inbox! I’d love to hear it.

If you’ve read this far, thanks! See ya soon!

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THE END - Star Trek Final Bracket + Stats

We did it, everyone! According to Tumblr, the #1 best Star Trek TOS episode is…

AMOK TIME!

Not surprised that the gayest episode on TV unseated the #1 seed! Trekkie Tumblr loves its Spirk (and McSpirk and Spones and McKirk and-) and I’m happy we proved that decisively.

Here’s the final bracket:

Now for some interesting (to me, at least) stats!

Most Voted On: the finale, City on the Edge of Forever vs Amok Time, at 626 votes

Least Voted On: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield vs The Way to Eden, at 101 votes

Closest Race: Day of the Dove vs Requiem for Methuselah, with only a 3 vote difference

Biggest Win: Amok Time vs The Gamesters of Triskelion, with a 263 vote difference

Biggest Upset: Balance of Terror (#3 seeded and my personal favorite) vs The Empath (#70 seeded) — one thing I will say is that The Empath fans are impressive as hell for having it beat an episode 67 seeds above it

On a personal note, I’m really glad I got to go on this journey with you all the past 2 months! Before this bracket, I barely posted on Tumblr and knew no one, but now I feel I’ve found my little niche. You can look forward to more bonus polls, Spirk analyses, and general Trek thoughts as I guide my friends through the highs and lows of TOS (based in part on the results of this bracket!)

If you have any suggestions for polls you want to see, or a bonus round between two episodes that didn’t quite make it as far as you’d like, message my inbox! I’d love to hear it.

If you’ve read this far, thanks! See ya soon!

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Conclusions from introducing my non-Trekkie friends to Star Trek:

They think tribbles are creepy and gross

They think that the Romulan commander in Balance of Terror is in love with Kirk

They feel super bad for Kirk & think he has anger issues

They think Kirk and Spock are in love

They find Spock and McCoy's relationship hilarious

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How is this even a question?

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So a while back I made a list of insanely Spirk-y moments in The Search for Spock and The Final Frontier, but I can’t believe I missed arguably the most Spirky of all: The Motion Picture. That’s right, the strangely-long, odd-uniformed first installment of the TOS movies is a romance in disguise:

Spock spends years trying to purge all emotions, only to completely abandon his quest once he hears V’ger’s consciousness call out to him from across the galaxy, knowing the Enterprise crew will need him

He basically tried to give up his emotions because he was overwhelmed by them—especially those relating to Kirk—only to seek his answers with Kirk

Kirk recommending a Vulcan science officer because he reminds him of Spock, and when that guy dies, wanting another Vulcan officer despite there being none

“Why it’s Mr, Mr” “-Spock!” *Kirk gives heart eyes like he’s just seen salvation*

Really just the entire sequence where Kirk gazes at Spock with complete adoration, as Spock completely ignores his attempts of friendship (he’s slaying in that outfit tho)

Kirk admits that he, personally, needs Spock, meanwhile Spock shows utterly no reaction, causing Kirk to feel very hurt/lost

Bones (and later Decker) question Spock’s loyalty, but Kirk steadfastly believes that Spock could never betray the ship for his own gain even though he really doesn’t know that anymore

Jim risking himself to go into space and catch Spock from unconsciousness, when as the captain he probably should’ve sent someone else

Spock seeing the answers to his questions (all the knowledge and logic in the galaxy) and realizing that there is no beauty in it without emotion

Jim leaning over Spock’s unconscious body, caressing his shoulders & arms even as Bones tries to stop him, and concernedly asking Spock what he should’ve known

Spock smiling, telling Jim (and he uses Jim, not Captain) that he should’ve known “this simple feeling is beyond V’ger’s comprehension”

He grabs Jim’s hand and stares up at him with such love in this moment, and Jim caresses his other hand as he gazes down at him with mutual adoration

Spock says there is “no meaning, Jim. No answers.” without emotions/love/this simple feeling

Spock admits that “logic and knowledge are not enough” as he weeps for V’ger, knowing that before emotions he was incomplete

He has found the solution to his lifelong grapple between his logic and emotions which is to find a balance

He admits that V’ger is a child searching for answers who doesn’t know what it needs, staring directly at Jim when he says it (since Jim is who he needs) - he’s crying because he realizes how horrific being lonely is

When V’ger is evolving, Spock brushes Kirk’s arm to get him to follow him - instead of actually talking he basically is just doing anything to have more physical touch

Scotty suggests they can go back to Vulcan, but Spock directly looks at Kirk and declares that he’s perfectly fine here on the Enterprise

Anyway I firmly believe that immediately after this movie they had Scotty (the highest ranking crew member NOT involved in the actual coupling) marry them during the Enterprise’s shakedown cruise. Bones of course was the best man. I bet he cried but then denied it after lmao