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kinetic-elaboration · 3 years ago

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October 9: 3x10 Plato’s Stepchildren

Almost forgot about this! But I still have notes from TOS from Wednesday, so here they are.

I remember thinking Plato’s Stepchildren was a pretty bad episode, but actually it’s mostly good--it’s just that the most memorable parts are... not so good. Not easily watchable.

Kirk’s voice is so soothing to me. (I’d just woken up from a nap where I was having nightmares when I watched the ep, so I needed to be calmed lol.)

Spock utterly FAILING to detect life again. He’s surprisingly bad at this for someone whose job is to figure out if planets are inhabited or not.

So how do these aliens even know who Plato is?

Is this connected to Who Mourns for Adonais? Was Plato also an alien? Are they all related?

Spock hasn’t said anything this whole time; he’s just standing around and looking bemused.

Okay, thank you, Kirk, finally providing an explanation. They came to Earth and met Plato, as one does, and then just left again when the fun Roman times are over. Weird how much alien activity there was in Ancient Times.

Spock has NO tact. “Oh, guess a woman’s age? Of course. 35!”

I legit thought she was going to say she’s, 2330 years old.

Honestly of course they’re eugenicists. How am I not surprised?

Doesn’t seem like they’re bred so great if a paper cut kills them lol. *Khan voice* I like my supermen strong, maybe that’s just me.

Also who does all the work? The gremlins from The Time Machine? Alexander? Would that not make Alexander... stronger than all of them put together?

Those are some strong psychokinetic manifestations!

Omg the way Kirk grabs for Spock’s FAR arm when the stuff starts flying around the room. Way to be as entangled with him as possible.

Honestly enjoying all this Super Dramatic Acting.

Why does he hate Alexander so much? I think he’s pretty awesome.

Dammit McCoy, being too good at his job again.

“Where I come, size, shape, and color make no difference.”

Spock wants to go home!! Let him go home! (Miri flashback just a little bit...)

“I don’t know, Sir. And those are the facts.” Same, Scotty.

“All right, Scotty. I’ll fix it. Like always.” (Look Scotty does fix the ship but Kirk fixes the overall situation and this is the truth.)

WITH HIS HOOF

That song’s spooky as hell.

“Got your gun.”

I kinda feel like this ep was written just to allow Shatner to ham it up.

Spock's theory is basically: "It's possible he's embarrassed that he's been so mean to Captain Kirk, who has never done anything wrong, in his entire life, and is perfect and I love him."

It seems like the telekinetic abilities are also linked to douchiness.

McCoy’s gotta check out this gift. Real ancient Roman medical writings?? Quick, memorize it just in case.

The costumes for the Platonians are honestly kinda great. Love how Parmen is showing some leg here.

Kirk and Spock bringing out the big guns: You think YOU know Plato? We know Plato!

I think this is more of a Libertarian, rather than democratic society. Like replace the word “democratic” with the word “free” and you have every asshole conservative bro’s manifesto about a world without any government rules.

Also neither of those descriptions were of “justice.” Like justice doesn’t have anything to do with just doing whatever you want or with imposing your will on others by might. It’s like a bad day in intro to poli sci in here.

...This is the part where it loses me (the jig).

Not a good day for Kirk’s dignity at all.

I’m sorry but the way Kirk’s eyes pop open when Spock starts dancing around his head IS funny.

Making Spock laugh :(

Love McCoy sticking up for Vulcan culture though. Only I can make fun of Vulcans! Because I do it with love!

For Spock, Kirk starts to come out of his trance. Obviously. They will do anything for each other every time!

Yes, please, make this stop.

"The healthy release of emotion is frequently very unhealthy for those closest to you." Um, okay, LOTS to unpack there. About what he feels like can’t say or do perhaps? I mean tbh it doesn’t really have that much to do with what happened. Because being forced to laugh and cry is not a healthy release of emotion--McCoy’s point being not really on point--and the harm it did was to him, not to others, particularly. So this feels more like a general point.

Kirk is so intensely interested in what Spock is doing and saying.

"I might have hurt you.... They have evoked such great hatred in me.” Wow okay. That’s the part that upset him most.

Patented Jim Kirk shoulder grab. Really should have included that in AOS.

And now Alexander confronts years of emotional abuse.

Kirk is SO gentle. No one appreciates how gentle he is.

“We haven’t given up.” Of course, because he never gives up!

Interesting background on the powers. I’m willing to accept that.

“Power frequency” lmao they really are the worst, these Platonians. Are they sure they’re inspired by Plato and not like... early 21st century faux-intellectual ivy league dropout bros?

Alexander, if you wanted... you could take over the whole ball of wax.

Oh no, not these Roman Porn outfits... :/

The boys are really toeing the line with the length of those skirts. And the girls look like they’re in nightgowns.

Poor Christine. Her makeup makes her look like a drag queen. Also...all the Spock stuff.

I know Shatner wanted the historic kiss for himself and that's why he's paired with Uhura, but like.. this actually does make more sense? Because of the Spock and Chapel history? It’s especially demeaning for Christine to be with a man she has a crush on. And Uhura and Kirk’s dialogue in a way makes more sense than if Chapel were with him because she has looked to Kirk as Captain for inspiration and strength--like in Mirror Mirror, or literally whenever they’re on the bridge during an emergency. (Fwiw, the amazon trivia says these were the original pairings, but then there was talk of changing it around because Spock, being an alien and not technically white, might be a less shocking/offensive choice to racists. I think this is a stretch but at any rate... no matter how you slice it these are nonconsensual kisses and that’s really the most important thing about them.)

Kirk always rebels against people who are stagnant and boring.

"You're half crazy because there's nothing inside, nothing."

“Quite possible and... logical.” Lol. I don’t even remember what this is about but I suspect the word logical made no sense in context. Probably something about Kirk’s new telekinetic powers.

“Killing is murder, even for revenge.”

Kirk’s grumbly voice: “I don’t believe you.” And why should he?

Yesss Alexander! He gets to go on a trip!

The way Kirk tells Scotty specifically that he’s bringing up someone new makes me kinda want Alexander to become an engineer.

Too bad that they didn’t have a few extra minutes to show them all beaming up to the bridge in those outfits. Kirk warned Scotty about the alien but he didn’t warn him he’d be showing bare thigh.

When I mentioned my Alexander the engineer theory, my mom brought up the Prime Directive, and it brought me to one of my favorite rants, which is that the Prime Directive made a lot more sense in its initial incarnation as the Noninterference Directive. First, not interfering in other civilization is certainly important, but so are other things: averting disasters, protecting the crew and the ship, seeking justice for wrongs, diplomacy, etc. Is noninterference really the most important one? Really? Always? Also, you know there are other directives. There have to be other principles by which these groups of highly trained scientist/diplomat/soldiers are sent out on long term space missions. And if there are multiple directives, one would have to assume they’d be balanced against each other.

(Also the easiest way to not interfere with other civilizations’ progress is just not to get anywhere near their planets, which obviously isn’t part of the Starfleet-authorized plan, so. So much for that.)

This ep, which did not mention the “Prime” directive for good reason, is a good example of how this works. Yeah, essentially dismantling the Plutonian society and forcing them to open up to Starfleet and the Federation is “interfering.” But they came in response to the Plutonians’ distress call, and once on the planet, anything they do is interfering. What are they supposed to do? Pretend they never saw anything? That would involve leaving Alexander behind, first off--and he has every right to space travel. It would also mean never getting justice for the torture they experienced. And it still wouldn't undo the interference! because they've been, they've seen, they've interacted!

Also these aliens came to ancient Earth and fucked around so they started it.

Anyway, overall I did like this episode. I liked its premise, I thought it basically made sense and was self-contained within itself in a satisfying way, the stakes seemed significant, Alexander was a great guest character, there were excellent K/S and triumvirate moments, everyone was characterized well (Kirk and McCoy representing strong moral stances and Spock with some extremely interesting characterization moments), and the conclusion was satisfying. However, it felt like perhaps there was only 30-ish minutes of actual story, and they decided to pad the rest out with really embarrassing torture moments. And like... a part of me does think they needed to show some torture--this isn’t Saw, but when you’re forced to cringe through what the crew are experiencing, you understand just how humiliating and awful being used like this is for them, you see just how truly this IS torture even though it’s not physically painful, and you also see what kind of beings these aliens are, if this is how they treat other living beings and this is what they think is fun. That said... there were THREE separate torture sequences, one of which came AFTER the resolution had essentially been found, and which included some pretty unnecessary sexual assault--like two women were literally beamed into the scene for no other purpose than to be used as sex puppets, and that seems pretty excessive. So that was really my biggest complaint. All of that could have been cut down by a lot, and I wonder if the reason it wasn’t is because they didn’t know what else would fill 50 minutes.

My mom also pointed out that the Plutonians didn’t seem very entertained. That’s an interesting point. I think in the first sequences they were showing off what they could do and trying to break Kirk and co. In the last sequence, they were trying to entertain themselves, and the two guys from the peanut gallery seemed a little entertained... But then using telekinesis for entertainment and domination/control are two different concepts. Maybe that’s why they needed so much torture? To show the difference? Idk.

The Spock and Chapel scene was interesting, and it’s too bad we don’t get more of their story in TOS, honestly. I think he does like her, like as a friend, and I also... I feel like her interest in him is ultimately also friendly at its core. I don’t think she’s in love with him or anything. I think the dynamic is more like Delia and Ricky on MSCL--Delia had a crush on Ricky because it was easy and fun for her, and safe, because he was gay so nothing would ever happen. Similarly, when we first meet Chapel, she’s engaged to a man who’s been missing for a long time, which puts her in an awkward limbo place, where she knows she can’t fully open herself up to a relationship. And Spock is handsome and smart and basically kind but completely off limits (Vulcan) so he’s a safe place to put her emotions. The very fact that everyone knows she’s into him makes the crush that much less serious to me. Over time, I wish we’d seen the crush fade and the friendship grow stronger, but it felt pretty stagnant over all three seasons tbh.

Also I do think they hooked up in Amok Time lol.

And of course it would have been nice if we’d seen something of their relationship in AOS... if Chapel had been more than a couple throwaway lines and a joke about Kirk’s sluttiness...

Another thing that I was thinking about with this ep, pertaining to the reboot a little, is how Kirk really abhors stagnation, and he (and the show) believe that people, and other intelligent beings, need to evolve and innovate and grow in order to be happy and fulfilled. There's some pushback on this in the form of truly advanced civilizations, which exist as auras and brains and seem happy that way at least some of the time, but even then only sometimes. And he says it here, too, that the Plutonians aren't even "alive" and that their sadistic games are in large part a desire to feel something after so long simply "contemplating" and not doing. And I've been sort of of two minds about this during this rewatch but ultimately, I think I agree, I just think that 'progressing' and 'innovating' shouldn't be a synonym for, like, paid work. (Not that it is in Star Trek, just... in general.) But then I think about AOS and how Kirk is 22 in the bar fight scene and we know almost nothing about his life except that he can leave it, like, immediately, implying he's not in school, he doesn't work, or if he does, these things aren't important to him... he seems pretty stagnant.

And of course he’s pretty miserable too. But when he’s given something to do and something to care about, he starts thriving. So in other words, I can see this Kirk coming to the same beliefs as TOS Kirk, about what it takes for a human or intelligent being to truly flourish, but while TOS Kirk came to feel that way because he’d always lived his life according to those principles, AOS Kirk comes to feel that way because he’s known the opposite. He’s learned from his own misery. Now he’s ambitious and motivated and dedicated to his work--and he’s grateful for it too, because he remembers how bad life was being a shiftless townie in Riverside.

I just feel like there’s something perhaps interesting there for AOS writers who, like, actually understand Kirk to play with. (Which certainly does not include S**** P*** for one.)

And... that is it for my thoughts I think!! The next ep is one I’ve never seen, so we’ll see what I think of that.

#the year 2021 #2021: star trek #star trek tos #2021: fandom thoughts

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polyamoryinfandoms · 6 years ago

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Hi! I'd like to request Spock/McCoy/Kirk (McSpirk!), from either TOS or AOS (TOS preferred), and also Pepper/Tony/Rhodey, if possible (there's not enough poly Team Iron Man, imo). Either Fluff or Silly is good! :D

Hey! Unfortunately I don’t watch Star Trek so I can’t do McSpirk but I will very happily do Pepper/Tony/Rhodey! :)

- Janie

#i already have ideas coming in for the silly section i'm excited!#asks #ageofgeek

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hcolleen · 8 years ago

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On shipping...at least how I ship...

I tend to poly-ships. I rarely have a ship that is fewer than 3. I rarely have to have my ships in anything more than a really good friendship, but if there is more, that’s great, too.

For example, my first OT3 is Kirk, Spock, McCoy. I love their dynamic, how they play off each other, how close their friendship is and how they balance each other so well. While they are my first and longest ship, I am perfectly content if they don’t have sex, if they are just incredibly close. In point of fact, given cultural things, I’m not sure if they would ever have sex necessarily, though it is possible. But, I will continue to call them my OT3.

Or, in other words, I think poly asexual relationships are perfectly acceptable and wonderful and will ship them happily...also, they’re perfectly acceptable IRL, too, because I can’t bring myself to ship a thing I can’t support IRL, the hypocrisy bothers me too much.

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speedygal · 8 years ago

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Ghost Spock au

Since people have written ghost!Jim and Ghost!McCoy stories, I decided to write a star trek au posted based around the “what if Spock was a ghost?” idea. This will break your heart, put it back together again, break it, put it back, and break it even some more, as usual from me .

This au begins in 2264 during a shore leave on Vulcan to visit his mother. Suddenly, there is some explosion that vaporizes every Vulcan around including human, animal, and insect into a pile of ashes. The katras of long gone Vulcans are the only remains of vulcan society except for the Vulcans who are away on federation approved colonies or in space. Spock and many Vulcans at first don’t realize they are dead carrying on their usual activities. Spock returns to the Enterprise only to discover no one is talking to him and someone else is at his station. Spock is confused until he attempts to touch the shoulder of a crew member and his hand slides through them as though they are transparent. Spock then overhears word about Vulcan. They are not transparent but he is. Spock is dead. Spock is puzzled at first trying to wrap his head around this. He thinks about Vulcan, THEN HE ARRIVES THERE SIMPLY BY THINKING ABOUT IT. Spock goes on to meet with his mother. His father was away during his shore leave. His mother is unaware of her death. Star Fleet officers are in radiation suits searching for any survivors which is deeply concerning to the crowds of Vulcans seeing them entering their homes alarmingly without ringing the doorbell. Spock informs her that she is dead and she must move on. They have a unusual discussion where Amanda refuses to believe him and is concerned of his mental health. Amanda and Spock see what the cities look like a battle worn scenery. Amanda laments that she did not give her son the vokaya necklace which is in the hands of Sarek. Spock informs her that he will be joining her shortly. Amanda goes into the afterlife.

Sarek is heartbroken. He is part of a endangered species. Sarek quickly begins planning for another marriage. Sarek’s grief is unique. He has felt the deaths of Vulcanians and his son and his wife. All of which were quick and painless. Sarek is in the what if stage and logic is not a good friend. Spock returns to the Enterprise to see a Andorian assigned to his station Spock decides to remain until this five year mission is up since he had signed in to remain. Eventually, Pike leaves and is replaced by Captain Kirk. Spock falls in love with Jim. Doctor Boyce and Jim briefly work together until the man retires leaving Star Fleet being replaced by Doctor Leonard McCoy. McCoy and Jim fall in love at first sight. Spock is pinning both Jim and McCoy. He makes himself useful by straying the halls, visiting sick bay to see how the doctor is doing, going to the rec room sometimes the observation deck, engineering, and often the bridge. Can you imagine Spock wishing to touch them and feel solid instead of nothing? How touch starved he must be. How angst he must feel standing around when he has nothing to do? Spock considers himself illogical for staying. He considers Jim and McCoy both irrational and illogical. He likes to hang around Nyota, Christine, and Scotty. But only in the background. Pavel and Hikaru provide some fresh, entertaining dialogue for Spock. Spock is easing himself on suppressing his emotions slowly unraveling himself into a emotional Vulcan He watches Jim and McCoy flirt, argue, hang out together, sleep together, and build a loving friendship together. McCoy worries a lot about Jim. Spock doesn’t like the Andorian because one, their math is inaccurate, and two, they are compromised by their desire to be right all the time and third, this Andorian is a hot mess why are they still alive in star fleet? Spock talks to McCoy and some of the crew members knowing they can’t hear him but it helps him stay sane. Christine and Nyota are pinning after each other and they are friends with benefits. Spock starts to wonder if anyone on this ship is straight because of so many officers grouping up in poly pairs. Spock does the statistics one day on the transporter and MCCOY HEARS HIM WHEN THEY ARE BEING BEAMED. ACTUALLY. HE SEES HIM. PERIOD. MCCOY IS TERRIFIED. So did Jim but he is not afraid.

After the away mission, the two men do research about Spock by doing detective work at first to determine why there is a invincible Vulcan aboard their ship. McCoy finally realizes he is not alone in his office when he pours another glass for someone else. He feels the skin on his arms crawl up. This takes place after the salt vampire. McCoy is disturbed and he feels stupid but he talks to thin air. Spock is sitting in a chair across from him slowly realizing the humans have realized he is there. Spock feels humbled that they noticed him. He can't actually talk to the man as he is dead and all. McCoy leaves a padd that records his voice, carrying on a conversation. Then he goes through and has some techs analyze it for another voice. The techs are scared shitless. McCoy is given the audio of Spock's reply. And McCoy wonders to himself, hearing the deep rich voice of Spock, "Damn, I would have liked to meet this Vulcan when he was alive" and he starts to frown at some of Spocks replies. Spock irritates McCoy from beyond the grave. McCoy has goes to Nyota to figure out other ways of speaking to Spock without resorting to the techs because they are terrified. Nyota and Scotty make a device for Spock and McCoy to communicate. McCoy takes the device on away missions arguing with the Vulcan to come along because he needs to see other people instead of the same people every day. Spock meets other ghosts who have not yet moved on, and ends up saving the away teams life many times on the away mission except for once when he is observing animal life that he never saw before. Jim feels guilty and grief that he couldn't save this security officer. McCoy comforts his boyfriend. Jim bounces right back. Spock and McCoy share debates through the next four weeks. One day, Spock returns to Vulcan to visit his childhood home where he meets I-Chaya. It is a emotional reunion. Spock sees Vulcans in radiation suits evacuating the hall of ancient thoughts that were preserved. Spock is delighted to see they had survived. Spock stays around, days, weeks, informing other Vulcans that they are dead. They refuse to believe him. Spock returns to the Enterprise after a month to see how the two men were doing. McCoy is no longer talking to thin air. Spock notices the Andorian officer has been replaced by a vulcan officer, a male, who Spock is familiar to and insulted to see in Star Fleet since they had bullied Spock in his youth. Spock sees Jim acting OOC flirting with the vulcan officer. Spock is dumbfounded by his change in character. Spock sees that McCoy is looking at Jim in the background with sad eyes--and it breaks Spock's heart. When McCoy pours another glass, that's when he realize Spock is back. Spock is angry at McCoy for breaking up with "Your ashaya" and he speaks in fluent Vulcan. McCoy has Nyota translate for him over the angry, deep pissed off voice that is done calmly but the intention is assumed. McCoy explains to Spock the scenario. It's his fault, basically, and Jim decided to end a relationship that was falling apart. Spock is alarmed. From what little he has known Jim the captain would not give up that easily. Spock leaves while Nyota and McCoy are asking questions about Amanda.

Spock learns indirectly that Jim is not interested in a romantic relationship with a ghost. Spock is floored. He thinks it's a illogical accusation that he would have wanted a romantic relationship. He decides if he can not have one with the other as friends then he will have neither. Spock decides to end the relationship he has with McCoy by citing the following reasons: 'Your personal living life', 'Doctor, I am dead', 'IT IS ILLOGICAL TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH A DEAD PERSON', and 'You have a future on the land of the living. Do not put yourself in harms way to be with me. Live long and prosper'. And he leaves McCoy, but not without finding what is wrong with the captain to learn a entity is using him as a host. Spock personally launches himself into Jim's body when there is a conflict on the bridge between the bridge crew and Jim. Jim is overwhelmed and the science officer nerve pinches him. Spock fights the evil entity out of Jim. Spock retreads to Vulcan leaving a broken hearted doctor and a bewildered captain who has to make a unusual captains log. McCoy thinks they can always start their friendship up together because that's all McCoy was interested in with him. A friendship, and also get to know him better. McCoy's Enterprise family have to put together what what was broken by this entity and repair relationships. Jim's relationship with McCoy is strained when he stands by the choice he made ending their relationship. Six months later there is a transporter incident. Spock returns when McCoy has a Near Death Experience and is outside of his body. McCoy crashes onto Spock in this bear hug--AND MCCOY LOOKS SO YOUNG. McCoy wants to go with Spock. Spock declines, informing him that his time has not come. McCoy wants to keep their friendship on. Spock informs him their friendship would be logical, even more possible, if he were a living hybrid. And he cites the relationship that was destroyed by his method of communication. And the friction that now exists between Jim and McCoy. McCoy tells him that kid can get another CMO to replace him. Spock explains McCoy is not expandable nor is the captain. McCoy pleads for Spock to come with him. Spock explains he cannot go. He has unfinished business. Spock tells him if he wants to leave everyone behind then do it but leave him out of this. McCoy mentions how nurse chapel and doctor M'Benga can put the pieces back together after his death. McCoy doesn't want to go alone. He is terrified of dying. Spock informs him that to keep his dignity, he should welcome death as a colleague. McCoy is insulted. Spock further more informs him to stop thinking of the possibility of them as a item because it will never, ever, ever happen. McCoy wants Spock to stay. They argue about it. For several minutes as M'Benga works on resuscitating the doctor. Spock gives the examples of Jim's reaction to what is happening right now as big reasons why McCoy should not join him. Logically, Jim will follow. He is too young for that. McCoy is pissed because then he will never see the vulcan again. Spock is being rude to McCoy for the doctors own good and telling McCoy to stop thinking of him. McCoy finally draws a cord with Spock. If they find a way to bring back vaporized people, then Spock must be the first. Spock gives McCoy his word. McCoy catches Spock smiling as he gives the doctor the ta'al, "Live long and--" McCoy does not get to hear the end of it.

Sarek has been making sure the ashes of the Vulcans and Sehlats killed are put into vases. They found only one pile of ashes in his home. Sarek is hoping that it is Amanda. Sarek has bonded with a elder who lost her betrothed to natural causes. Sarek is caring for her while making sure the pregnancy does not harm her. Sarek feels Spock's presence is around and he hopes that Spock understands his wish. Spock understands, completely. Spock looks at the vases with hope that his race can be restored one way or another. He has hope that the ash found in the S'Chn T'Gai Household is Amanda's. He rather that it was her. He does not feel worthy to be brought back to life. Spock performs meditation then attends the Vulcan Science Academy as a visitor. He can see the dead students in the rounded holes taking quizzes. Spock experiences nostalgia. Spock allows himself to visit Mount Sela to stay there for awhile. Spock misses his mother. The events of journey to babel happen. McCoy decides to speak with Sarek. Sarek has a heart attack. Then random out of thin air there is a transport malfunction but a different version of his son, younger, different, and he looks nothing like Sarek in a different version of the blue and black uniform. Blood transfusion saves Sarek's life. Other Spock inquires if they lost their Spock due to the destruction of Vulcan. There is silence in the room. McCoy gently explains to Other Spock the story and he never knew the Vulcan but he knew his ghost. Other Spock shows them a family photograph of another version of their Spock alive and well and--McCoy gets emotional looking at it. Other Spock reveals his mentor died of natural causes. They send other Spock back through the transporter with the photograph. The conference goes on as scheduled. Eventually, it comes around to the time that Spock should have his Pon Farr. He decides to see how the doctor is doing after spending months on Vulcan. McCoy and Jim's relationship has healed. They are on a planet that has people who make synthetic androids for free. McCoy is making sure that one synthetic android looks exactly like Spock. Spock attempts to enter it and use it but he cannot. These people's mines are being used to get dilithium crystals for star fleet vessels. McCoy finally gives up after days of it being hid in his quarters. McCoy spends an hour talking to the inactive synthetic updating him about his life. Spock is there listening in. The synthetic android is disassembled afterwards. Spock sees that Nyot and Christine are married. T'Pring currently being courted as she is a science officer. Spock is pleased by how this is turning out. T'Pring experiences Pon Farr. Nyota and Christine are off duty for three days signed off by the Captain. Spock sees the women happy together, sitting on the couch, in a cuddle, and-- it painfully reminds Spock of what he can never have.

It's been five years and Spock should have moved on into the afterlife but he hasn't. Christine, Nyota, and T'Pring are on their second five year mission together in deep space under the command of James T. Kirk and Commander McCoy. Nyota has been promoted to Lt Cmnder. T'Pring is Lt Cmnder. The last mission McCoy had in the first five year mission involved a break through that brings ashes to life. They try it on the Vulcans first. Spock is up for the last. Sarek, McCoy, and Jim. The radiation has died down since the initial explosion that has been blamed on some Romulans plotting. Spock has watched Vulcans come back. The machine activates. Amanda is back, oddly enough. Sarek's previous mate died a few days ago due to old age in her late one hundred nineties. McCoy's heart is broken, again. Amanda and Sarek have the vulcan equivalent of a intimate embrace. McCoy feels like the Vulcan broke his word. He grieves but with Jim being there for him this time around Spock has dropped in and out of the two's lives, but notably when Jim's lives are on the line. Spock has kept Jim company. Jim knows Spock intimately. The machines are working on the Sehlats. Spock is confused on why he hasn't moved on. He decides to watch over them. He feels hurt that he can't talk to them. Jim decides to take out the device McCoy had put away years ago. They have been married for a few years. Amanda likes Jim and McCoy. McCoy and Jim turn on the device. McCoy’s eyes light up when he hears Spock's voice for the first time again in years. Jim negotiates with Spock when they can talk. T'Pring is the first officer. The crew adapts to having devices that detect when Mr Spock is around and can carry his voice. Spock finds out he can move things by his emotions when he shoves McCoy out of fear from being shot at. Spock goes on away missions and they don't even know because he stays afar a safe distance to stay professional. Spock and McCoy have become good colleague. Slowly, but surely, their relationship turns romantic. Spock arouses McCoy in the least convenient times and uses his ability to touch things due to his emotions to his advantage.

Jim completes his second five year mission.

Then allows William Decker to take command while Jim and McCoy go help people along with Spock following behind them. Most of the command crew is kept. The tight kept family keeps messages together. Spock watches Jim and McCoy grow old together. New wrinkles appearing on their faces. Getting a year older. Losing their hearing, eyesight, and most importantly Jim is losing his hair. Spock does not look a day old. Spock leaves them alone when it comes to shut eye. They miss him even though he is still there. He is dead and can communicate but they can't touch him. Jim is a touchy man. That frustrates Jim. More so it does to Spock. But they make it work. Christine, Nyota, and T'Pring remind Spock of what he could have. What he could be experiencing. And there are days where he wants to know which Romulans were responsible for his death. He is a ghost who does not know who the person killed him is. Jim and McCoy have adopted a Romulan/Vulcan Hybrid named Saavik. He is called, Spock the ghost, within star fleet. He watches Jim grow older. McCoy's age beginning to show. Saavik lighting them up in a way that makes Spock feel like she fills a void in the men. A favor that he cannot repay. Vulcan society has recovered and the buildings are rebuilt. Sehlats roaming in the environment that he once lived in. Vulcanian plants have been returned including the insects. Saavik is introduced to Spock through his voice and he watches over her sometimes, if not, helping her with being bullied by Vulcanians who have entered the academy when she is old enough. Saavik, Jim, McCoy, and Spock are one inconvenient family.

The Enterprise becomes a training vessel commanded by Captain T'Pring with Commander Uhura and Commander Chapel as her support. Jim and McCoy attending to see how Cadet Saavik did, since they raised her, congratulating her for failing the kobyashi maru. Jim gives Saavik the tale of two cities. Spock understands why he is here. He is visiting his mother when he senses something wrong has happened. He teleports to engineering---and Jim is dead. Laid on the floor. Jim is actually standing above his body looking down upon it. Spock goes in after the captain placing a hand on his shoulder and for once he is solid! He can touch his shoulders. Jim is relieved to see someone like Spock. Jim grows a wide, supernova smile. Spock is almost in disbelief and nearly in tears, bittersweet as it is, as McCoy is grieving. Spock explains the ground rules to being dead and that he should move on. Jim has no idea to move on. So these two dorks are trying every method to help Jim to move on. Transporter, letting his heart out, talking his heart out, and making admissions. Spock is annoyed that it is not working since it has worked on crew members who have yet to pass on that he encountered on the Enterprise and off. Jim's body is jetted out into space. Jim and Spock finally get to have a few hours to themselves and they spend it making out while Jim looks the age he first met McCoy. T'Pring is feeling anguish that she could not help save the ship. Nyota is telling her that there is nothing she could have done. She could not have known. T'Pring gives a list of reasons that she should have known to prevent the captain's death. Christine comes in as the two women are holding each other with one of them crying against the others chest. Christine puts her hands on their shoulders with tears in their eyes and joins the tearful embrace. Doctor McCoy had to perform the autospy with help from her.

McCoy comforts David. They talk about Jim, extensively. McCoy tells him if things were different, David could have been part of their family. And he still can be. McCoy calls Carol and Saavik in. They have to talk over this loss, together, as a family or risk not having one because of losing Jim. Saavik agrees. Jim begins fade before Spock's eyes as they rest on a bed together no longer shackled by being alive and dead. Spock realizes Jim's not dead. Not anymore, to be exact. Spock strokes the man's cheeks and tells him that his husband needs him. Spock will see Jim again. Spock approaches McCoy when the man is in his bed, crying, alone hours after the autospy had been conducted and the little family comfort. Spock sadly touches the human's shoulder noting that his device is damaged. Spock cannot inform McCoy of the sudden recovery. Spock rubs his fingers in a circle on the man's shoulder. McCoy is a walking shell of himself. It becomes apparent afterwards including when they get to Star Base 1. T'Pring's ship is about to be decommissioned and will be destroyed after decades in space. Spock informs T'Pring through a urgent, feely mind meld of Jim's resurrection. T'Pring takes a shuttle craft to Genesis with her wives in tow. Spock opts to watch over Saavik and David to see how they are doing. Scotty is not in a good shape himself after seeing his relative, Peter, die before his eyes. Spock watches the crew be separated into new assignments.

Spock waits until he sees McCoy going past him quite livid, "I NEED A SHUTTLE CRAFT TO VULCAN!" And it is confusing. Why go to Vulcan of all places? Spock arrives at Vulcan to find healers over a sleeping figure with brown curly hair confused on his resurrection. He overhears them mention amnesia. He finds T'Pring with her wives waiting outside to hear word regarding the captain. McCoy arrives later with the crew behind him desperate to see if what they heard was right. T'Pau approaches them and informs McCoy of the shocking news. McCoy faints into Scotty, Pavel, and Hikaru's arms. Saavik is among them with David who is apparently shocked. McCoy waits for the healers to be finished with Jim. Jim recognizes Bones, asking, "I know your face." "I know yours better than our ghost." "Why do you look so old?" rubbing the side of the man's cheek. McCoy smiles, feeling like the world has been lifted. Genesis is still thriving. Three months later, Jim and McCoy opt to return to Earth to act as character witnesses for the three women. Spock attends sitting in a empty seat. They succeed. Spock finds David and Saavik are bonded while living on Vulcan together, happily in bliss. Spock finds out who killed him by a fleet captain talking it over with another officer. Spock heads on a roaring rampage of revenge on Romulus that is costly in lives and in starships. He is furious as he knows the exact reason why this Romulan had done it. When he is done, Spock feels a lot better and leaves the Romulan air space for them to put the pieces back together. He has screwed them up royally. And may have invaded in the mind of the Romulan who orchestrated his and countless other Vulcan's deaths then really screwed them up. He comes across a woman named Jaylah who still looks quite young for her age for joining star fleet being ferried to starbase one on the USS Hood A.

Spock watches Jim get rounder, losing his hair, and adopt a tribble toupee. He doesn't mind the purring because it is quite soothing for his age and it's comfortable. Sometimes he doesn't even notice the low purring nor does the people he talk to. Jim's eyesight is failing, McCoy's arthritis is terrible, and Spock does make regular contact with them. McCoy considers this a great thing. They celebrate hannukah together as a family by watching some cheesey romantic christmas movies. They cuddle, a lot, and garden together. Spock looks at the aged men in longing while looking younger than them. Jim's hearing is bound to come next. They are aging gracefully when T'Pring suggests them in 2293 for the Khitomer Treaty. They decline, respectfully, except when Spock agrees that they should go out by making their farewell to space not to their youth because they are always so young by the inside. By the end, Spock is a guilty party. Valeris, Saavik's friend, betrayed them. Sent Jim and McCoy to a arctic planet framing them for a Klingon murder. They save the day then retire three months later with the Enterprise A. The Enterprise A has been under T'Pring's command for roughly a decade or less. McCoy and Jim enjoy their retirement while helping out the nearby community and Spock feels so left out because he is not alive. He doesn’t have a vessel to love them with. He has provided them with garden advice and how to cook some vulcan meals. The men take advantage of Spock's lack of being touched by letting him do the touching on them. Sometimes he startles them but in reality, they expected it the entire time, and enjoy it more than they actually should. Spock can find Jim and McCoy at night sleeping together with McCoy's head on his chest and their legs entangled. One day, in 2364, for the first time, in over several decades and after several instances of McKirk convincing him that even without a body he still matters to their relationship, Spock feels like he can go. Marking his first anniversary as a ghost. He feels happy for the first time in his life being assimilated into their little family. And he sees the light. Spock bids them farewell, "Live long and prosper." But he will not take them without him. If he can not have one with the other then he will have neither. The McKirk's are sad, but so adorably sweet and cute together that they manage it ten happy, beautiful, glorious years without Spock. They feel a void inside their domestic life without Spock until the end. There is a emotional reunion in the afterlife with the crew as a family.

THE. END.

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11 Terrifying Urban Legends That Turned Out to Be True

Urban legends—those unsubstantiated stories of terror that allow us to use our imaginations to fill in increasingly horrifying details with each retelling—have been with us forever. While the internet has made dissemination of them easier, humans have been goading one another with spooky anecdotes for centuries. Psychologists believe we respond to these tales because we have a morbid fascination with the disgusting; we also can’t help but enjoy gossip. Put those two things together and it makes for an irresistible mix.

Urban legends often come with a dose of skepticism. (No, a killer with a hook hand has never terrorized necking couples.) But sometimes, these stories turn out to be true. Have a look—preferably under the covers and with a flashlight—at these 11 terrifying tales that actually happened.

1. RATS IN THE TOILET BOWL

You stagger into the bathroom at 3 a.m. to relieve yourself. Groggy with sleep, you lift the lid and position yourself over the toilet. You hear splashing. Turning on the light, you see a rat looking back at you from the bowl. You’re never the same again.

Urban legends about animals in sewers have been a staple of scary stories, particularly the one about baby alligators being flushed down toilets and then growing to adult size in waste channels. Most often told about New York. (Not true. While alligators and crocodiles have been found in New York, they’re generally released and found above ground, and it’s thought that New York is too cold for them to survive for very long.) But finding a rodent in your toilet, inches from very vulnerable areas of your body, is a particular kind of domestic terror—and one that happens to be possible.

Drain plumbing for toilets is typically three inches in diameter or more, plenty of space for a rat to climb up. The animals are attracted to sewage lines due to undigested food in feces and can travel through pipes before emerging through an opening and into your bathroom. And yes, rats can be somewhat testy when they complete their journey. One aquatic rodent bit the rump of a female victim in Petersburg, Virginia in 1999. In Seattle, the issue is common enough that public officials have given advice on what to do in case you encounter one (close the lid and flush).

2. THE LEGEND OF POLYBIUS

Vintage video gamers have long traded stories about a coin-operated arcade game circa early 1980s Portland that had strange effects on its players. The game, titled Polybius, was alleged to have prompted feelings of disorientation, amnesia, game addiction, and even suicide. The machine’s cabinet was said to be painted entirely black, and it was rumored that stern-looking men would sometimes visit arcades to collect information from the machine before disappearing. Was it a CIA experiment spun off from MK Ultra, the psychoactive drug study conducted on unsuspecting subjects?

While the entire story doesn’t hold up to scrutiny, individual pieces are actually based in fact. Brian Dunning, host of the Skeptoid podcast, did some investigative work and found that a 12-year-old named Brian Mauro had become sickened during a 28-hour marathon video game contest in Portland in 1981. (He apparently drank too much soda and experienced stomach discomfort.) Just a few days later, Portland-area arcades were raided by federal agents, who seized cabinets that were being used for gambling.

Coupled with the existence of a real arcade game named Poly-Play, these memories seemed to amalgamate into the Polybius legend.

3. CANDYMAN

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Released in 1992, Candyman—based on a short story by Clive Barker—remains a potent horror tale of the revenge undertaken by a black artist (Tony Todd) murdered in the 1890s for having a relationship with a white woman. While it’s not likely you’ll be able to invoke him by saying his name several times in a mirror, the pants-soiling idea of having a killer burst through a medicine cabinet is actually based in fact.

In 1987 the Chicago Reader published a story about Ruth McCoy, a woman living in a Chicago housing project, who made a frantic call to 911 insisting she was being attacked in her apartment. Responders eventually found her dead of gunshot wounds. Investigators determined that her assailants had gained access to her unit by breaking through the connecting wall in the adjoining apartment and climbing in through her medicine cabinet. The complex was built that way intentionally, so that plumbers investigating leaks could simply remove the cabinet to check the pipes. It became a frequent mode of entry for burglars—and in McCoy’s case, her killers.

4. CROPSEY

For years, kids living in and around Staten Island raised goosebumps by relating the tale of “Cropsey,” a boogeyman who lived in the woods and made a nocturnal habit of disemboweling children. Parents no doubt eased their kids’ fears by telling them no such monster existed.

But he did. In 1987, Andre Rand was put on trial and convicted for a child abduction. Rand, it turned out, may have been connected to a rash of child disappearances in the 1970s. He had once worked at Willowbrook, a defunct mental institution. While he denies involvement in other cases, it’s clear Rand’s activities had a heavy influence in the word-of-mouth stories that followed.

5. THE LEAPING LAWYER

Sooner or later, Toronto residents hear the tale of a lawyer who had a peculiar fondness for running full-bore into his office windows to demonstrate how strong they were. This practice caught up with him eventually, as he crashed into a window and went sailing to his death. This hobby was actually practiced by Garry Hoy, a senior partner in an area law firm with an office on the 24th floor. On July 9, 1993, Hoy made his signature tackle against the window to impress some visiting law students. The pane finally broke and sent him plummeting to his death. In a eulogy, managing partner Peter Lauwers called Hoy “one of the best and brightest” at the firm.

6. THE BODY UNDER THE BED

Vacationing couples. Newlyweds. Disneyland guests. All have been the subject of an urban legend involving hotel occupants who fall blissfully to sleep, only to wake up to an awful stench coming from either under the bed or inside the mattress. Closer inspection reveals that a dead body has been stashed away. Presumably, not anyone who has died of natural causes.

This traveling tale has been confirmed multiple times over. At least a dozen newspaper stories have detailed hotel rooms that have doubled as body disposal sites. While the smell is usually apparent right away, at least one couple slept on a mattress containing a body in Atlantic City in 1999. Cases in Colorado, Florida, and Virginia have also been reported.

In 2010, guests at a Budget Lodge in Memphis were horrified to discover they had been sleeping above the body of Sony Millbrook, a missing person. Fabric softener had been stuffed in the ceiling tiles to try and mask the smell. At least three other occupants had also rented the room since Millbrook’s disappearance. A court eventually convicted Millbrook’s boyfriend, LaKeith Moody, of the crime.

7. THE MAINE HERMIT

For decades, people who vacationed in central Maine’s North Pond area were puzzled by items that would go missing. Batteries and food from cabins, flashlights from camping tents. Rumors spread that a permanent fixture of the area would forage for sustenance and supplies.

They were right. For 27 years, Christopher Knight lived alone in the woods, keeping tabs on the hikers, canoeists, and other temporary residents of the grounds. When he was confronted by a game warden in 2013, Knight admitted he was responsible for an average of around 40 robberies a year. Despite the likely protestations of family and friends who dismissed tales of a hermit lurking somewhere in the woods, his identification proved that someone had been watching—and waiting—for nearly three decades.

8. THE FAKE COP TRICK

You may have had an overly concerned parent or friend warn you of people impersonating police officers, using that veneer of authority to attack victims who have let their guard down. While there aren’t many who are in full patrol uniform or traveling in marked vehicles, there have been many documented cases of assailants posing as law enforcement—at least two this past summer alone. In Bloomington, Illinois, a man used flashing lights to get a vehicle to pull over. After walking up to the vehicle, the man tried—unsuccessfully—to overpower the driver before they managed to get away. In Fayetteville, Georgia, a man donned a uniform and pulled over a teenage boy on a bike, forcing him to empty his pockets. Talking to (real) police later, the boy told them a second car had pulled up with a man matching the description of someone who had been caught impersonating an officer two weeks prior.

9. THE LEGEND OF THE BUNNY MAN

If you lived in or around Virginia in the 1970s, you were probably exposed to the story of the Bunny Man. In the tale, an escaped mental patient takes to gutting bunnies and hanging them from a bridge underpass. Later, the maniac is said to have graduated to gutting and hanging teens in a similar manner. Locals were cautioned to never be caught near the underpass, which is now known to most people as “Bunny Man Bridge,” on Halloween night.

This story likely spawned from the very real presence of a roving madman in the area. In October 1970, a couple reported seeing a man dressed in a white suit and wearing bunny ears who began yelling at them that they were on private property. To punctuate his point, he threw a hatchet at their windscreen, apparently shattering it. There was a second sighting of Bunny Man two weeks later, when a security guard spotted a hatchet-wielding man chipping away at a porch railing. Police tried, unsuccessfully, to locate the man. While he didn’t disembowel anyone, the thought of an adult wielding both a hatchet and a pair of rabbit ears somehow manages to be just as disturbing.

10. CHARLIE NO-FACE

Imagine finding yourself outside and alone in the dark on a residential street. You hear footsteps approaching. Suddenly, a man with a misshapen face appears. You run, terrified beyond words. You spread the story of the man with no face throughout Pennsylvania.

“Charlie No-Face” (also called the Green Man) was actually a man named Ray Robinson, and he was no figment of anyone’s imagination. Born in 1910, Robinson was disfigured as the result of an electrical accident at the age of 8. He touched active wires, which effectively maimed him. Knowing his appearance could be disconcerting, Robinson took to taking strolls after dark. He often walked a path along Route 351 in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. While his intentions were honorable, encountering Robinson in the dead of night inevitably led to spreading stories about a boogeyman haunting the town. Robinson died in 1985.

11. THE ALL-TOO-REAL CORPSE DECORATION

Notorious outlaw Elmer McCurdy took on a second life following his death. In 1911, the embalmed corpse of McCurdy became a grim sideshow attraction throughout Texas, with people eager to see the famed criminal on display in funeral parlors and carnivals. Though it’s hard to document all of his travels, he eventually wound up in Long Beach, California, where someone apparently mistook him for a prop. McCurdy was hung in a funhouse at the Nu-Pike Amusement Park, his humanity discovered only after a crew member on The Six Million-Dollar Man—which was filming there in 1976—tried to adjust him, dislodging his very real arm. The following year, his corpse was put to proper rest.

BY JAKE ROSSEN

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