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The nicest part about introducing Star Trek to a group of young - and in particular majority queer - people is that the Kirk/Spock ship is simply accepted as reality. Absolutely no one questions it because they all see the subtext.

For example my friend @onepointlessgoose and I wrote a Julius Caesar themed murder mystery from scratch, and had two of our friends play Kirk and Spock. And even though being a couple was not part of their character, everyone in the group simply accepted that they were a couple anyway, because of course K/S are.

I just think that's beautiful.

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This is a Star Trek blog but one of my favorite shows that I’ve been watching since its premiere is back for its final season!!! Eeeeee

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In honor of my favorite holiday, I wrote an Elizabethan sonnet:

The hand that held the pen and wrote the deed,

Will tremble not, when steel is brought to bear,

A fatal script, when the secret did bleed,

A forced tragedy in the Roman air.

For steel, like words, can pierce a fragile heart,

And ink, like blades, can leave a crimson stain.

Will Julius know, when knives play their part,

That words can kill, and memory remain?

Thoust who holds the pen, and will wield the blade,

Will live undaunted, die in infamy,

For every word and every stroke soon made,

Shall thusly define his mortality.

So let us learn, from Julius’s last sigh,

That words and blades, both, make wicked men die.

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Y'all it's not even close.

Who is hotter? Jack Crusher PIC or Riker?

Round One, Match Seventy Five

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I feel like he's the type to know all the composers and bring that up at inopportune times. He's also, of course, a biiiig fan of Spock's lyre.

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Who is hotter? Kang or Khan TWoK?

Round one, fight nineteen

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Okay I see the majority says no, but hear me out... He was such a a simp for Apollonia. He totally would've. And after, I think he was just so used to it that he would with Kay.

Michael Corleone (The Godfather trilogy)

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Have you ever lived in a different time zone than the one you spent your childhood in? (Lived means more than a vacation, you had a place of residence there)

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I think he's closest to Scotty...

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For me it’s a tie between TVH and TWoK!

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I fully believe this man will be dropping on one knee as soon as he sees her silvery face. I'm a Kirk/Enterprise truther I'm sorry 💀 and yes I KNOW he blew her up but he had NO OTHER CHOICE

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TOS Ships - Final Bracket and Stats

After the success of my TOS episode bracket (where Amok Time won, because of course it did), I launched a TOS ship bracket! Now, nearly 2 months after I first came up with the idea, here’s the final bracket!

Some ships won in an (expected) landslide victory — looking at you Spones vs Kuhura — but others were much closer. As most of us probably expected, McSpirk took the crown from top-seeded Spones. Its victory, however, would soon be challenged by the ultimate ship… Spirk.

Despite a fierce fight by the McSpirkers (that made my poll get over 2000 votes!), the Spirk shippers came out on top. I do need to give a shout-out to the McSpirkers though, since they came back from a 74/26 trail to briefly lead the poll before concluding at a respectable 47%. Solid work guys!

Now, with both brackets concluded, what sort of bracket should I do next? A favorite character bracket (even though we already know Spock is gonna win)? A Kirk-love-interest bracket? Or shall I give up on the bracket idea altogether and simply post polls according to whatever I or my friends come up with? Let me know in the tags!

Until then, I’ll be posting random polls as usual...

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Again, no nuance. Pick one.

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No nuance - you must pick!