#I LOVE UHURA BUT BONES IS IMPORTANT TOO!!!!!!

[basimdasasonst]

snw spock rant

i've been watching strange new worlds recently, and the prevailing feeling i always leave with, no matter the episode, is that i would like it if not for spock.

don't get me wrong; i'm a tos fan to my core. star trek launched me into a love of sci-fi and space fiction and is the whole reason i'm in university studying astrophysics, why i'm writing a book using said inner astrophysics nerd, why i have any sense of purpose to me, cliche as it is to say. star trek was an integral, important part of my upbringing, and continues to be one of my main interests to this day. i love jim (and i love snw jim! especially after aos kirk (shudders)) and i love bones (i really hope he joins snw soon....leonard mccoy save us....save us leonard mccoy...) and i love scotty and i love spock. but not snw spock.

here's the thing about spock: his internal character conflicts have always had some sort of root in him being not enough/not vulcan enough/not human enough/etc. his struggles with relationships as a result – because, lets face it, both humans and vulcans are social creatures and need friends otherwise society as a whole wouldn't be a thing on either world – make up a core part of his character. in tos, his relationship struggles were nearly purely platonic, with a few offhand remarks about stray crew members having crushes on him (uhura in early first season, chapel in amok time). 

s1e4 "the naked time". spock, right before losing his figurative Marbles, sees "love mankind" written on a wall. later, he goes on to say to jim: "when i feel friendship for you, i'm ashamed." other posts have done and will do better jobs of explaining it, but in conjunction with "sinner" written on the turbolift near jim (about not being able to form lasting relationships with other crewmates because its too much of a power imbalance), the writing on the wall (literally) is that spock is inherently ashamed of his humanity. he has been raised on vulcan to be a vulcan.

his internal conflict is always about him struggling with his human side. he struggles with friendship, he struggles with his humanity, he struggles to be something that people don't immediately deem wrong. as a gay man, and certainly as a young queer child first watching tos, i felt closest to spock not just because of feeling ashamed of part of my cultural heritage, but also because of repression. spock represses these feelings of insecurity, of friendship, of the need for connection in others in a certain way, so much that it causes him pain. growing up gay, his pain was very real to me. writing on the wall. he’s silly and a cool character of course, but he resonated with me in a way that, at the time, i didn’t have anything to resonate with. 

what does this all have to do with me hating snw spock so much? i want to preface this by saying i went into snw really wanting to love it. i saw the intro and the planets and the nebulae and the black hole and the music and was like "damn, this is fucking cool." star trek, to some part of me, was also about the space exploration aspect as much as the characters. the whims of wacky crewmembers and sentient rocks. the impossibly infinite things nature can form on its own. snw looked fun. i really wanted to like it. and you know what? i almost like it.

except for spock. quite literally the only character i have any quarrels with is spock. dehydrated, glistening, oiled up spock. wtf. why is he in a relationship with t'pring? why does he (almost) cheat on her with chapel? and why chapel??????????? chapel has a one-sided (VERY CLEARLY ONE SIDED) crush on him in tos. why is it two sided now. 

what, and i can't stress this enough, the fuck? 

and don't come into my house and tell me "oh you know, it makes sense, because, because then spock gets all hard and Logical and shuts himself off and obviously the reason for that is a breakup–" No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no no no no. i don't care if it makes “sense” it feels so intrinsically wrong to his character. i’ve had much more character development from losing life-long friends than ending barely a year long relationships. spock wouldn’t immediately shut down because he kissed a girl once and then she said “acshually sowwy my work is more important” when that’s the exact sentiment he echoed to t’pring when they broke up.

more importantly, snw spock barely has friends. he calls pike a friend once or twice, but i hardly believe that they're friends. he barely interacts with la'an or erica, he has a few passing conversations with uhura in season 1 on episodes about her that don't really carry into season 2, and otherwise he's just There. he doesn't have friends in snw. the writers are prioritising him having a romantic relationship over a friendship. snw spock needs a friend way more than he needs a bone buddy. and it really rubs me the wrong way the way the relationship with chapel was portrayed to be first friendly and then romantic. i never believed for a second that he and chapel were friends – despite the screenwriters trying. every time they talked prior to s2e5 there was this odd undercurrent of sexuality that seemed to follow them. lingering looks, touching fingertips, long pauses – it was so unbelievably awkward and obvious that they were setting up a relationship between the two. i mean, for fucks sake, s1e1 uhura calls chapel "spock's girlfriend." boy did my blood boil when i figured out that was where the show was going. s1e5 was actually painful for me to get through (chapel sits down, gives spock relationship advice, giggles, smacks him upside the head, and calls him an idiot. 2017 wattpad is calling, they want their material back) and i had to take two full days to get through s2e5 because i was in anguish the whole time. it was a constant mental barrage of "spock wouldn't say that," and "spock wouldn't do that," and "this is not spock."

for the most part, i couldn't figure out why spock and chapel's relationship specifically bothered me so much. i mean i have my quarrels with la'an and jim, and i really don't give much of a care about pike and batel so why was spock and chapel grating on me so badly? was it because it was being shoved in my face? was the writing that much more atrocious than the others? was it the decimation of spock's character?

it was, i found, a product of all of those and the issue of queerness. 

look; i've survived sherlock bbc, i’ve survived the golden age of quotev fandom in 2016, i've bared witness to so much queerbaiting in my life that i don't even bother trying to hope for any sort of main character queer representation anymore. we’re going to be a footnote until someone does something about it. unfortunately, that’s not going to be me because i’m not a film director. so i look the other way and steam about it on twitter or tumblr or whatever hoping that i, like many other frustrated queer people, get noticed one day in the far future when it’s ok to have a queer romance in mainstream, it’s ok to have a queer main character, and it’s ok to let it simmer slowly and burn instead of jumping into it to say “look guys we’re woke!!!!!” (star trek literally was the pioneer for most of these things back in the day. but that’s another discussion on the heterosexualisation of progressive media that i wont get into. it just feels bitterly funny that this is happening to star trek of all things.) these days i just pretend the relationships dont exist and skip over them when they happen. i've developed a sixth sense for when weird, forced heterosexuality is about to be shoved down my oesophagus. i've just gotten used to it. 

but sphapel (or whatever it's called) burned through me. i've never felt quite this angry at an on screen relationship. and, trust me, i saw AOS. i didn't like spuhura then and i don't like it now but i wasn't angry so much as i was just tired and annoyed. but spock was – and always is to me, confused, queer 10 year old me – a queer character. his struggle with humanity, with friendship, with fitting in, with just being as a perceived "other" was what made him an interesting character to me to begin with. he was a certain outlet to vent that frustration for being "wrong" in society no matter how hard you try to conform one way or another. the knowledge that even if you are different, you still have people backing you up. his fucking friendships, guys. jim and bones. yes i know his friendship with jim is also inherently romantic dont worry im spirk #1 shipper but that’s not relevant here because, and forgive me for being pessimistic, i don’t believe for a second that these writers are going to lean into spirk anytime soon. their relationship went beyond friendship or romance or any of that stuff. coughs in the roddenberry footnote.

what i’m trying to say here, in layman’s terms, is that giving a friendless character a romantic relationship is exactly how you alienate a character. name one person you know in real life that can survive healthily with one single relation, that being their romantic partner that they have no friendly base of. you can’t. that’s a toxic relationship. that’s not romance, that’s alienation. that’s isolation. that’s loneliness. and that’s the OPPOSITE OF WHAT EXPLORING SPOCK’S HUMAN SIDE IS SUPPOSED TO DO TO HIM .

by stripping spock of his friends, and forcing his arc to be purely romantic, you have essentially stripped the character of all he is. i'd be mad if chapel was a dude, too, honestly speaking. but beyond that, corralling spock of all people into a heterosexual romantic relationship is – well. it's a choice i don't think i can ever agree with. the best way i can describe such a choice is like a dissonant chord – you can pluck the notes and they'll sound fine on their own, but when you put them together they will clash. there is nothing you can do with your fingers to play the same notes and not cause the clash. they will always clash. it is dissonance ringing through you, an inherent wrongness coupled with writing that is lazy and clearly meant for a very specific audience. snw spock is bad writing, fanservice, and extraordinarily out of character. notes i can tolerate on their own, but strung together – dissonant.

i really want to like snw. fuck, i love la'an, i love erica, i love jim (!!! thank you paul wesley for making him a nerd, and kind (glares at AOS), and generally a jim kirk that i can look at and say, "yeah, that's jim alright"), i love uhura, i love una, i love m'benga and i love pike but i hate spock. i really, truly, cannot like snw when i have to pause the show and take an irritated deep breath in every time i see chapel approach spock. it's – frustrating, and alienating, and wrong. so, so wrong. 

[weirdlynotspecific]

⊹ ࣪ ˖ HEADCANON TIME ⊹ ࣪ ˖

Bones is the best at baking, Spock is the best at cooking, and Jim burns microwave ramen.

We all know Jim is a history geek and I like to think he has random artifacts just lying around that he nonchalantly comments on, like "hey don't sit there, that's where my brick from the old United States Whitehouse sits" or "oh sorry, excuse the British military uniform circa 1960s, I really need to get it dry cleaned."

I also like to think as they get older they form a little book club. They deny it's a book club, Spock makes a smartass comment about parallel play and how important literature is while refusing to admit it's a book club. Even Bones comes around and teases him for it. They spend every week reading a different type of classic literature, from Shakespeare to Dickens, Jim is determined to read it all.

Jim isn't much of a fan of the dark. He can cope, he has to because of his job, but hiding during Tarsus IV made long periods of complete darkness absolutely unbearable for him. Bones gave him a cheesy earth keychain with a flashlight on it from a crappy Midwest gas station.

Spock loves sweaters. Refuses to admit it, but lives in them when off duty, especially when he's on earth in the colder months. Bones learned how to knit from his mama so he always knits Spock new sweaters.

Jim and Spock tried to play other boardgames aside from chess and found that while they enjoyed the others, chess will forever be their all-time favorite. Plus monopoly with the crew got way too hectic. Between Scotty somehow taking over all the railroads, Uhura bankrupting Spock (who was silently outraged) and Chekov (who was a good sport), Sulu trading properties with people, and Jim trying to form alliances while Bones yelled at him for cheating and breaking the rules, monopoly quickly got banned.

It was reinstated soon after when the crew got bored between missions.

[innitmarvellous]

@flashfictionfridayofficial

I think this is my longest prompt story so far, haha.

Fandom: Star Trek The Original Series Pairing: Kirk/Spock Words: 940

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Spock's shuttle was drifting helplessly through the vastness of open space.

Oh, if only.

In fact there was a meteorite field all around the little spacecraft. So far the outer hull was holding out, but ever since the engine had failed and Spock had drifted into the field he could hear the constant noise of a barrage of rocks hitting the shuttle.

And that wasn't all. A brief analytical scan had showed that these meteorites contained a rare metal that made it impossible to get a fix on anyone with the transporter. It also severely influenced the communications equipment.

Seriously, how wrong could a mission possibly go? Spock knew that most humans in his situation would panic, but he was a Vulcan. He wouldn't steep so low. (He decided to conveniently forget his half-human heritage. Everything was allowed, as long as it helped him to keep his composure.)

Suddenly a beep from the console alerted him. 'Warning! The life-support system has failed. Remaining oxygen supply will last for approximately ten minutes,' came the emotionless voice from the computer.

Alright, things could always get worse. He sat down and pressed a few buttons on the console. Now there was only one thing he could still do.

---

'I don't want to hear any more excuses, Scotty! We have to rescue Mr Spock!' exclaimed Kirk sternly. 'I'm doing my best, captain, but...' 'Then you need to do more than your best, Mr Scott! Work on it!'

Kirk knew he was being a bit unfair, but after all he was beside himself with worry, so Scotty would probably understand him.

'Captain? We've got an incoming transmission from the shuttle,' said Uhura suddenly. 'What?! Put it on the main screen,' demanded Kirk.

And there he was, his first officer. The picture on the screen was grainy and the sound was crackling, but there he was. 'Mr Spock! How did you get through the jamming and-' 'There is no time to explain, captain. I did some minor adjustments to the instruments. It will cause them to be destroyed in a few minutes, but I decided that it doesn't matter. Not when the whole shuttle will soon be destroyed.' 'About that, Spock...Scotty is working on a solution. We will have you out of there very soon.' 'I fear I must object, captain. One of the meteorites hit an important part of the shuttle. The life support system failed, and the oxygen supply will run out in,' he checked the screen, 'in three more minutes.' 'What?! But Mr Spock, surely there is-' 'There is nothing you or me or Mr Scott can do, captain. I only called the Enterprise to tell you a last goodbye. Please allow me this kind of sentimentality in my final moments.' He said all of that in an entirely matter-of-factly tone, as if it didn't concern him at all. Before Kirk could get a word in, he added: 'I am aware that making a final call home to talk to one's friends and loved ones is a very human trait, or at least I heard about it. However, having seen you for one last time, captain...it makes it easier. Goodbye, captain.' 'What do you mean, goodbye? Mr Spock, I order you to return to the Enterprise! To your home...to where you belong! Is that clear?' Then the connection seemed to fade away. The picture got worse, and even though Kirk still saw Spock's lips move, he couldn't hear him anymore. 'Mr Spock! No!' He whirled around. 'Do something! Anyone! There must be something...' 'There isn't, Jim. You heard him,' said Bones. 'It's too late. The three minutes he mentioned are already over.' 'But this is just-'

In that moment the console beeped again and he heard Scotty's voice. 'Captain? Please come to the transporter room, would you? I've got a-'

He didn't even wait until the chief engineer had finished speaking, because he was out of the door in a heartbeat.

-

'I surpassed myself, if I dare say so,' said a voice with a Scottish accent. 'I rerouted the entire transporter system in mere minutes. Means I will have to do a lot of repair work since a lot of relays burned through, but it made the transporter beam strong enough to penetrate the meteorite field.' 'Very good, Scotty. Very good,' said another voice. It was warm and full of relief...then Spock finally realised that it was the captain's voice. But how was that possible?

He slowly opened his eyes and saw the faces of Captain Kirk and Doctor McCoy hovering over him. 'Look, he's waking up!' said Kirk and took his hand. 'Spock, are you alright?' 'I think so.' He slowly sat up and looked around. This was clearly the Enterprise's transporter room. So they must have found a way to save him. 'You brought me home, captain.' 'Well, technically it was me, but I'll let it slide just that one time,' commented Scotty with a brief laugh. Kirk smiled at him. 'Welcome home, Spock. Welcome home, my dear friend.'

Just as Spock was about to say something, the doctor shoved Kirk aside. 'Now that you welcomed him you should finally let me examine him.' 'Of course, Bones. But you surely won't mind if I stayed with him while you do that?' Kirk grabbed Spock's hand tighter and Bones sighed.

He knew these two. No force in the entire universe would get the captain to let go of his first officer's - and T'hy'la's - hand if he was like that.

'Oh, sure, go ahead. I'm used to it, after all. By god, am I used to it,' he muttered.

[respocked]

I'm thinking about work anyway so fuck it

Star Trek Public Primary School AU 🛸 !

Kirk

-the headmaster!

-went into education because of his own unfortunate childhood

-has an uncanny ability to tell which student has a bad home life

-remembers everyone's name, even if you went to his school 5 years ago for 2 months

-misbehaving teenagers send to his office get some candy and a motivational speech that changes the course of their lifetime

-most days can be found hovering suspiciously outside of spock's classroom

-way better with older students, 12-13 - has absolutely 0 idea what to do with young children

-which is awkward when while waiting for spock outside his classroom he tries to make small talk with them (-so... son... read any good books lately? -i can't read!)

Spock

- teaches early education, 6 to 9 year olds

-greatly overqualified for the position, had a human psychology degree, interspecies child development degree, highly regarded in scientific community

-could be teaching university but prefers to spend his time sitting on carpets with children drawing clouds

-his class is extremely nontraditional - no desks, sitting on the floor, tons of meditation, classes in nature

-does not adhere to the program at all but somehow his classes always score the best on all exams

-turned down a position in a trendy montessori school for a public one

-parents either go out his way for their child to attend his class or request someone else - either from homophobic or xeniphobic reasons

Uhura

-the school's cultural assistant!

-also runs student exchanges with other countries and planets

-speaks every minority language that has representation in the student body

-also a substitute teacher

-she can give a super interesting lessons

-but takes 0 shit from students who won't respect her

-runs an extracurricular activity with spock when she teaches immigrant and refugee students to express their emotions with music

-is the best at pitching a project idea for funding, which is why her office and spock's classrom are the best equipped ones in the school

-spock's bestie, they hang out after work (gay/lesbian solidatity)

-still lives with her parents, they're super close

-wants to date but it's too boring compared to writing another lesson plan

Bones

-the school nurse! & in charge of nutrition

-teenagers are afraid of him

-small children absolutely love him

-takes his daughter to work and lets her draw with crayons on his important papers

-also constantly in spock's classroom, but to complain

-"damnit, spock! give them all the vulcan cuisine you want, but don't send them crying to me after they get an allergic reaction!"

-"meditation? maybe have them meditate on doing some real work for once"

-but when parents with pitchforks come to complain abt spock's methods he defends him like a lion

-he sends them piles after piles of scientific proof of why spock's method are actually the bestest and most efficient

-when kirk thanks him for stepping in he pretends like he doesn't know what he's talking about

Chapel

-teaches sex ed!

-the sweetest teacher ever

-one of those teachers that noone is intimidated by but noone disobeys because noone wants to makes her upset

-uses her Blonde White Straight Pretty Woman priviledge to convince reluctant parents to sign up their kids for sex ed

-goes All Out on halloween tho

-you know she is there, dressed like a witch, running an educational halloween themed activity! paper bats hanging from the ceiling!

-has gluten free and vegan candy in case the winners have a food sensivity!

-has a secret crush on Uhura and Spock both

Chekov

-teaches IT

-burned out miracle kid

-graduated university when he was younger than his current students

-lets students play roblox on the computers

-and teaches them how to torrent

-somehow noone from the faculty knows where he lives

-background check turns up nothing

-"did you know computers were invented in russia?"

-puts 0 effort in but somehow his students love him

-little girls take sneak photos of him to edit in a flower crowns

Scotty

-teaches a woodworking & engineering class and does janitor duties on the side!

-like kirk, absolutely 0 idea on how to treat younger kids

-strict

-has to be, no joking around power tools!

-but you know praise from him hits different

-will tell students he's proud of them when they make theit first little table

-can fix everything

-say "this interactive blackboard is broken!" three times to summon him

-marries to his career, teaching fulfills his paternal calling

Sulu

-teaches biology!

-rule follower

-stressed out about exams 3 years before his students

-not very inventive but everyone wants his class because there is a hamster in the classroom

-classroom full of houseplants

-if you agree to water them when he's away you will receive a 50 page manual on proper misting techniques

-not strict at all but will give a dressing down to a student who is seen treating a living thing badly

-can be bribed with plants

[yourbuerokrat2]

@ravenxbones. @startrekwintergiftexchange

kirk/spock between TMP and WOK!!

Thank you for making me rewatch both of them but I especially love TMP because with the way Spock acted during the entire movie, his character arc and the ending I only thought it fitting that there is perfect sweet spirk opportunity for a conversation just after the movie ends.

Fanfic under the cut

It was Spock who, while they were still on the Enterprise just a few hours after having saved  Earth, had requested a private meeting. Just between the two of them.   And how could James ‚Jim‘ Kirk say no to one of Spocks requests especially with him still having the picture of dragging an unresponsive Spock back unto  the Enterprise in the back of his head.

Admiral Kirk, though he much preferred to be called Captain now, did notice with a slight smile Bones muttering something along the lines of ‚about time‘ and ‚lovebirds‘ and he even briefly met Uhuras eyes who gave him an encouraging smile back.

Spock seemed to have wanted their ‚private meeting‘ to be in the same room where just a few days ago he, Spock and Bones had met to discuss Spocks return and the mission at hand.

When Spock stood and turned around to what was thankfully not a guarded expression with the aftereffects of their rather close encounter with V’ger still being obvious in Spocks demeanour.

There was a moment of silence between them, where Jim waited for Spock to start. Even though there were many things Kirk wanted to talk to Spock about. Spocks time on Vulcan, his time as an Admiral, how it had been a mistake to be apart for such a long time, their future.

But since it was Spock who had requested this meeting there likely was something important and perhaps very personal on Spocks mind as well and so despite of the hundred of questions, comments and wishes on the tip of the Admirals tongue, he waited for Spock to begin. His expections ranging from another personal insight that his mind meld with V’ger had brought him to how Spock himself wanted his future, which would hopefully be their future, to be.

What Kirk had not expected was for Spock to begin their conversation with admitting to a lie of omission.

„I .. haven’t disclosed everything about my time on Vulcan.“ Spock was clearly weighting his words, keeping a mostly neutral tone to them but Kirk knew him long enough to detect a note of embarrassement.  „I have not stopped the Kolinahr, I was rejected from participating in it in the first place.“

And even though to Kirk this was a good thing. Even though a part of Kirk had not liked it when Spock had told him about his decision to go through with it, he knew what this must have meant for Spock. To always having been told from his father and various other Vulcans that he was ‚too human‘, to always having tried to be the perfect Vulcan.  And what it must have meant for Spock to finally having been seen  as worthy enough to go through one of the highest rituals and to have not only been accepted as a Vulcan but to have the chance to be an exceptional one in the eyes of all of them. To finally be on Vulcan and feel like he truelly belonged there.

Only to be told ‚no‘. To having stood before a door he so desperatly wanted to go through (that when Spock had first brought it up to him Kirk had stopped himself from asking ‚what about us? What about me once you lose all emotion?‘ ) and to have it slammed in his face.

So even though all the now once again Captain of the Enterprise was only able to see a bit of embarrassement and a hint of regret on Spocks face, he reached out in a gesture of comfort.

A gesture that did not go unnoticed and was met with one of Spocks signature raised eyebrows. A raised eyebrow that in this instant meant  ‚Thank you but it’s unneccessary‘.

„It had been.. difficult for me to hear that the Masters knew that the ritual would not bring me to my goal, my purpose, yes. But as soon as I had felt V’gers mind, a part of it, I had come to the conclusion that this other conciousness would be able to give me my answers. Would maybe even be the answer to what I in that moment percieved to be my problem.“

Spock turned around and walked to one of the windows showing space passing them by.

„I cannot deny that a part of me hoped that this consciousness of pure logic would be able to give me what I was denied. Too much had I felt overcome with confusion and frustration at my emotions that the prospect of becoming like it seemed rather.. tempting.“

Kirk followed Spock standing next to him as they both stared out.

There was more Spock wanted to say and Jim could feel it.

„I knew that I needed something, but I didn’t  know what.“

Kirk turned to Spock with a smile as he understood what the other man felt the need to say.

„But you know now.“

„I had hoped to find my answers with V’ger and I did. After my mindmeld with it as I am sure Doctor McCoy will remind in the near future I was unable to hide my .. amusement. Because even though I had found a commonality with the machine I already had everything it lacked. Had it for years even.

I already had place to belong. Something to give me meaning in my existence.

And it had been so utterly logical and obvious that having gone to Vulcan, to the ritual at all, now seems rather unproductive and irrational in retrospective.“

Now that Spock had by himself chosen not to want the Kolinahr, now that Kirk knew that it was quite unlikely for Spock to try again for this ritual, he gave his once again Science and First Officer half a smile as he slightly turned his head towards him.

„I am.. glad, you know. That you did not follow through with the Kolinahr. And I am thankful that you are telling me this. Your reaction as you came onboard the ship makes a lot more sense.“

The half-smile turned into a full one.

„When you didn’t react to Bones saying how happy he was to see you again, I had, admittedly, begun to worry quite a bit.“

Another one of Spcks raised eyebrows, this one as more of an acknowledgement and just a bit of light-heartedness. But only for a brief moment before it was Kirk who returned to the topic at hand.

 „I know how you feel. Personally, I never should have accepted their offer of becoming an Admiral. A day full of meetings and watching and commanding so many captains having the freedom I gave up for a promotion that most everyone in Starfleet dreams of. „

More than a bit of distaste could be seen on Kirks face as he said with more than a hint of sarcasm

„‘Admiral Kirk.‘“

And then another emotion was painfully visible on his face. It was the same emotion he had felt as he was in the shuttle with Scotty and saw his beloved Enterprise in her entirety once again.

„I had always been much happier as a Captain anyway.“

Then he turned to Spock with a similar kind of expression, one of love although of a different kind than the one he held for the Enterprise.

„Then again, I always had the luck of a pretty good, even exceptionally good, First Officer.“

For a brief moment, their fingers touched.

„I… also cannot deny that I found my quality in life vastly improving once I was back on the Enterprise.“

And then there it was, a rare small smile only reserved for special occassions and special people.

A rare smile that betrayed a kind of feeling  only reserved for one James Tiberius Kirk.  

„To coin a well-known human phrase ‚Home is where the heart is.“

It was an admission so unbelievably .. emotional and human that if Spock had been in Vulcan company he certainly would have gotten a look of light disapproval.

Kirk gave a light, good natured laugh.

„Certainly a very true one. In the nearly three years I had been gone from the Enterprise I had become quite homesick.“

Spocks smile was gone and he looked at his Captain in a way that conveyed just how serious Spock was about this. And just how serious he wanted Kirk to take his next words and the meaning behind them.

„I did not mean the ship, Jim.“

And it was almost enough to make up for the years of seperation.

„I had previously  thought that it would be this conscioussness, V’ger, that would bring me to my goal of.. peace and a place of belonging. I had previously thought that this place was supposed to be Vulcan but clearly I had been proven wrong. I had .. miscalculated. My place has and always shall be…“ He couldn’t say it.

The only way to truelly communicate this in a way that mattered would be a mind meld but even then it wouldn’t  feel right. Not for this.

Not after having nearly gone through with a ritual that just might have erased the very same thing that caused Kirk to close the space betwen them. Offering something absolutely human yet by raising his hand as well Vulcan as well. A combination of sorts.  

And as Spock looked into the fond eyes and saw the smile on James Tiberius Kirks face he knew that any further explanation was unneccessary. Irrelevant even.

So he took the only logical next step and brought his hand up to Kirks so their fingers lightly touched and kissed him.

Spock in ST: The Motion Picture: It knows only that it needs, Commander. But like so many of us it does not know what.“

[sleepynegress]

HELLO! I'm sorry you've been getting idiotic anonymous people being rude about Uhura. I saw your lovely post about her and it made me happy to see that people appreciate her! She is so much more than lots of fandom pretends. Also I high-key agree that Karl Urban absolutely nailed his performance of Bones. It was so dead on!!! Zoe's Uhura was lovely too but as you say, sharper around the edges, and personally I felt her relationship with Spock was very sweet but difficult initially for me because I really get stressed when one person doesn't get the emotional needs of another. So their really gentle scenes made me SO happy when they finally happened. The warmth and gentleness shone through and won me over entirely. Zoe played sharp with just enough warmth. But I still love Nichelle's too. Uhura is great! Anyway didnt have a huge point here just happy that you also love her and call people out LOL

The main issue is the misogynoir and perhaps TERF leanings against the most recent player in the part, Celia Rose Gooding. She is non-binary and goes by she/they pronouns. She also has a short close-cropped style which beautifully frames her face. The troll is hyper-fixated on attacking that, disparaging her presentation of femininity using coded language to imply aggression or masculinity. This is extra backward because, of the three players who took on Uhura, she has the darkest skin tone, has the fullest lips and a wide nose bridge, and her hair is the only one not in a straightened or processed style (which is fine for an option BTW). All of these things together are rare aesthetics for a Black woman, and appropriate, especially for an sub-Saharan African woman's character presentation, especially in a futuristic sci-fi mainstream iconic franchise, like Star Trek and so important for young people to see as normalized femininity. I think of Lupita Nyong'o talking about the effect Alek Wek had on her...just being there as this South Sudanese supermodel, with very dark skin and short natural hair...

Celia Rose is the particular target this troll has framed as their "fanhood", with thinly veiled insults and backhanded "compliments" that keep dogwhistling in their posts with various account names.

As for Zoe's Uhura, that professionalism and sharpness, when it came to her abilities and focus on her studies was an obvious intentional writing choice to stave off the very criticisms *she still got* because of the misogynoir of that era...

People were accusing her of coercing Spock into her ship assignment and even assaulting him(!).

That mess never makes sense, but hating Black women for existing or having what we are perceived as not "deserving" is sadly an old tradition (see those who make a hobby out of hating Megan Markle). And now, I see people praising the OG Uhura, Nichelle, for aspects of her character that were actually forms of limitations on her because of production bigotry...i.e. the forced interracial kiss, that people constantly cite as some forward thing w/o the context that it was forced because the implication was that no one in her crew would willingly kiss a Black person. IOW, aliens assaulting them for their entertainment was the lesser evil and more palatable to white audiences than someone choosing to love on Uhura (and I would add *especially* someone white, because even showing Black affection and love in that time was a rare thing, and her episode showing some yearning towards an old love showed no physical affection between them either). Anyway, all that to bring it right back around to ALL the Uhuras are great. And the weird microaggressions, macroaggressions, hatred, and attempts to shove them into a particular box are misogynoir; a microcosm of the kind of bullshit too many Black women go through on the regular just for existing.

Celia is a Rose and I hope she shines, gets loved on, has friends (including some Black ones) who are genuinely concerned for her well-being and actually help her when she's in need.

P.S. I missed this reading way too fast before but this bit is sus IMO Zoe's Uhura was lovely too but as you say, sharper around the edges, and personally I felt her relationship with Spock was very sweet but difficult initially for me because I really get stressed when one person doesn't get the emotional needs of another. If you meant Spock not reading Uhura? Then yeah, I agree. If you mean Uhura not reading Spock?? I can't walk with you there because Spock literally almost hindered Uhura's career and got her on an exploded ship(!) because of his emotional bias and almost killed Kirk on the bridge because he was not managing his emotions well. Meanwhile Uhura read him well enough to provide some comfort after the loss of his mother.

[dreamthinkimagine]

Music

For @nhasablogg

Music.

That was one thing people didn't think of when they thought of one James Kirk. They would think of Uhura or Spock, but not him. She could often be found singing to herself, and anyone who'd listen, in the halls and break room. You could hear the strings of a Vulcan lute being plucked into a beautiful melody as you passed Spock's quarters. He'd even play in the break room on occasion and allow Uhura to sing along. Jim, however, seemed to never even hum a tune to himself. So, Spock's human half was quite surprised to hear a kalimba from the other side of the Captain's door.

He stood there a minute, listening to the song. It was nothing like he'd ever heard. Oh, he had heard a kalimba before, but the song was nothing he'd expect from his Captain. It was soothing, relaxing, and he wanted to join the melody. He knocked on the door.

"Captain, may I enter?"

"Of course, Mr. Spock." The door opened to reveal Kirk sitting on his bed, the small, wooden instrument in his hands. "What's up?"

"I did not know you were a musician, Captain." Kirk chuckled.

"I guess you could hear it, huh? Well, I'm not so sure I'd call myself one per se, but I know a few songs. It's a hobby."

"Music is a most logical practice, Captain." Kirk smiled. 'Of course it is, Spock' he thought to himself. "As I also happen to play an instrument, would you care if I retrieved it and joined you?"

"Not at all, Mr. Spock." He thanked him and started speed-walking to his quarters. Running would be too emotional. Thankfully everyone ignored him, figuring he was busy with important work. Everyone except for Doctor McCoy.

"Where are you goin' in such a hurry?"

"To retrieve my Vulcan lute."

"That doesn't explain why you're in a rush."

"I have just discovered that the Captain plays the kalimba and -"

"You're gonna play together!"

"...Yes, in his quarters."

"Do you think Jim'd mind if I come?"

"You play an instrument as well, Doctor?"

"Not exactly, but I used to sing in the Church choir when I was a boy, and I like to think I can still carry a tune." He smirked. "It would certainly make his kalimba and your lute sound a lot better."

"You think you can 'carry a tune', or you can, Doctor?" Bones straightened out.

"I'll get some sheet music and will be by in a few minutes."

"Vulcan sheet music is much more complex than yours."

"Well, it's a good thing Jim and I won't be reading Vulcan music," he said and headed for his quarters.

***

Back in Jim's room, he happily plucked away at the keys to a nice little melody. He loved the sound, loved the way the keys echoed over one another. It was relaxing, and that was something he rarely felt being the Captain of a starship.

When his door opened again, he was greeted by Spock, lute in hand, and ready to go.

"My apologizies, Captain. I was approached by Dr. McCoy in the hall, and he is determined to join us."

"Well, I don't see why he can't. What does he play?"

"He sings."

"...Well, this should be interesting," he said with a small, yet surprised, smile.

"What do you wish to play, Captain," Spock asked sitting down in a chair.

"I don't know. What Earth songs to you know? Your mother is human, she must've sang some." Without another word Spock began plucking out an earth tune. Jim recognized it, but didn't know it on his instrument. He tried different keys, trying to find the right notes, but once he found them he caught on quickly.

Soon Jim was lost in the sounds. The lute and his kalimba mixed together so well, forming a sound relaxing to the ear. Nothing else mattered anymore. Just him, Spock, and the beautiful melody they performed for each other. "You certainly know how to tickle the ivories, Mr. Spock. Or, strings."

That's when Spock stopped playing and looked up at Jim, eyebrows furrowed. "'Tickle the strings', Captain? I believe you are confused." Now Jim stopped playing.

"Confused?"

"How can I 'tickle the strings' when I will receive no reaction from them?" Jim saw where he was going with this now. "When I pluck the strings on my Vulcan lute," he said demonstrating, "it makes a sound, as it logically should. But that is not the reaction to be expected from tickling." He reached over and scribbled his fingers against Kirk's side. Jim laughed and pulled away, placing one hand on his side as a shield. "Laughter is the typical response."

"I know Spock. It's an earth saying meaning that you're a good musician."

"The phrase is illogical." Jim laughed again.

"Well -" Kirk was cut off by his own laughter as Spock started tickling again. He quickly placed his kalimba on his bed, not wanting it to break.

"There is no earth instrument that produces a sound such as this. Therefore the phrase is illogical."

"Spohohohock!" He noticed that Jim's pitch got higher or lower depending on where and how he tickled. He began using Jim's laughter to create the melody they had just played.

"I believe a situation such as this would be better fitting for your phrase, though still illogical." Thats when the door opened.

"Alright, I didn't have any Vulcan or kalimba sheet music, but I hope this'll - what's going on here?"

"I have made a fascinating discovery, Doctor. And perhaps fixed an earth saying." Spock then demonstrated and played a brand new melody for McCoy.

When Uhura passed the door, she stopped for a few seconds, listening to the song and walked away humming the new tune. When people asked her where it was from, she'd say, "I heard it from the Captain."

Yes, music was now something people would think of when they thought of Jim Kirk.

[all-seeing-ifer]

so it turns out you dunno as much about star trek as i assumed you did (i seen you reblog a few posts about it and thought you were a bigger fan). and tho star trek is like a big ol' franchise, for that osmosis meme, i'm sending you star trek and you can do with that what you will <3

You know what Sapphire I'm going to really try and flex my brain muscles for this one! I'm gonna see if I can do the whole franchise! Welcome to A Complete History of Star Trek, as told by someone who's seen the new films, like three of the old films, and a couple episodes of the original series, and is otherwise getting all of this from their friends and people they follow on tumblr!

We start with the original star trek! It's the one everyone thinks of when they think of star trek, with kirk, spock, bones, and all them lot! It's about the crew of a spaceship in the far future who go around exploring different planets and meeting new alien species. This also appears to be the premise of every other star trek show.

Kirk is the captain of the spaceship. I have it on good authority that despite what fans and the newer installments will try to make you think, he is in fact not an annoying womanising guy but is a very nice young man who respects women (and is maybe bisexual???) good for him!

The crew also includes his second in command, Spock, who is very logical except when him and Kirk are having gay moments. Then there's Bones, who is a doctor and talks a lot about being a doctor. There's Uhura, who seems to be kind of a girlboss and is in charge of... I want to say communications? I think she was part of the first interracial kiss ever shown on tv or something like that, which is pretty cool! good on you star trek! There's also a delightful russian man named Chekov, who was my favourite part of the bits and pieces I've seen, and a guy called Sulu, who is. there. I know nothing about this man.

The show is an episodic monster of the week show, where there's a new alien/threat of some kind in each episode. These threats include alien warriors called klingons, fluffy aliens called tribbles that can multiply infinitely, and a hive mind called the borg. dear god I am really hoping the borg is a star trek thing and not like battlestar galactica. A lot of the episodes are very horny, like the one where spock has to fuck someone or he'll literally die. This is despite it being made in the 60s when being horny wasn't allowed on tv, so good on you again star trek!

They also made some films based on star trek. The first one isn't very good, the second is about a villain called khan and is great! Spock dies in it, but don't worry, he comes back in the next movie! How? Great question, don't ask me. I think kirk's son also dies in one of these movies? Does kirk have a son? Did I fever dream that?

The most important film is the one where they go back in time to the 80s to save the whales. This was my favourite of the ones I saw, but I feel like nerds might hate it. It seems too fun.

After the original series they made star trek the next generation, which is all about patrick stewart as a new ship captain called picard. Much like kirk, he also has a second in command, but his second command is very impulsive and hot headed instead of being logical, so they have kind of the opposite dynamic. At one point, picard and kirk got to meet each other in one of the films.

Picard's crew includes a robot called data, who everyone loves!! Even I love him, and I've never met this man! He's a robot, and apparently he often comes across very autistic and/or aroace, so he's really racking up points with me! Other crew members include geordi laforge, who is besties with data and is blind and wears a visor that is presumably a seeing aid of some kind, and a klingon who's not evil like the other klingons!

After the next generation came voyager! This was the first star trek show with a lady captain, which was very exciting! Her name is Janeway and Voyager is mostly about straightbaiting the audience with her and her boy best friend (and also maybe time travel?)

Voyager was followed by Deep Space Nine, which was different to the previous star treks because it was set on a space station instead of a ship. It had many characters, one of whom was an alien called Odo!

Then they made Enterprise, which was also different to all the previous star treks because it was a prequel (presumably about the original crew of the enterprise) I don't think people liked it.

Speaking of things people don't like, they made a bunch of reboot films in the 2000s and 2010s! From what I remember of them I liked them quite a bit, but this seems to be a pretty unpopular opinion. They are very different from the original series that they're based on and don't characterise Kirk correctly and also benedict cumberbatch is playing a character who was originally played by an indian guy which is pretty weird, but at least they have a banging score courtesy of michael giacchino! What happened to that guy anyway, I feel like he hasn't had a memorable score in years. Come back michael. we miss you.

In the years since the reboots they have also made a few more shows, such as a prequel about a young picard, an animated series called lower decks which is more comedic than the live action shows, and a show called brave new worlds, which is the current series! They had a trans character for a bit but they got killed off, which people were very upset about.

and that's it. that's what star trek is!

[jennawynn]

Chronotrek TOS to series finale

oops, I did it again... I forgot to update. got lost in the sauce. or something.

Honestly, I thought I had been updating at least once a season, but I guess not. Also got distracted binging the entire series of The Expanse in about a week over the holidays. BUT I just finished the Original Series. So I guess we'll go broad strokes since the play by play is pointless.

TLDR: How fucking disappointing an end.

Season 2-

Unlike much of TOS to new!Trek, T'Pring is spot on for appearance. Not that I think it's important or even a _good_ thing for most of them to be beholden to the original, but I was impressed by that. Though the whole 'property of the victor' thing is very squicky. I thought the Vulcans were 'evolved'. And then I guess he didn't gotta fuck after all.

By 2, Uhura's actually doing work. She's not just eye candy on the bridge. But then they have Jim say that finding a girl on the ship is losing an officer. Because women can't fucking exist without being partnered and can't be partnered and still work. This bullshit was actually still happening in the Navy when I was in. Men were unwilling to invest time and training in women because we'd just get married and get out to have babies anyway where a man is likely to stay in and retire. The men in my class in boot camp were told by their instructors that women join to find men, not because we actually wanted to serve or excel.

8- (Jim across the intercom) Scotty! Scotty! Stop getting your ass kicked and respond so I can tell you there's an intruder in your area! Scotty! Scotty, respond!

I hate this so much. Like when Jim and Uhura were in cells and the dude was obviously assaulting her and Jim kept shouting 'what's happening? are you ok? what's happening? what are you doing? are you ok?' like Jim, ffs, use some context clues, some deductive reasoning, and stop shouting for people to acknowledge you and DO SOMETHING.

Rainn Wilson was a good choice for Mudd in New!Trek though.

Why would they have to pay royalties? I thought this was post-currency? Post-scarcity? Is there still money?

9- This one was also squicky. So obsessed with gender. Body takeover, "love" that isn't recognized as such until it's wearing a pretty face. But of course one is a man and one is perceived as a woman so therefore let's change everything we thought so we can stay together and call it love.

10- Amanda's a pretty good reconstruction too, if aged down in New!Trek.

14- I wasn't expecting them to go the "Jack the Ripper is an immortal alien" route.

It always cracks me up when they cut to a super wide angle shot of a fight to sub in stunt doubles who are really obvious, though I suppose they wouldn't have been on a 60s tv.

19 Heeeey Dr. M'Benga!

This whole thing with the exotic witch women and how sexual she is and how she's dressed. Like that's not dumb enough, she lets herself get grappled more than once posturing with the phaser but defaulting to the dagger. Shoot one and they'd fall in line! But gotta keep reinforcing the idea that men are stronger than women.

21- Jim's look of indignation at Spock's statement that he would fit right in as a Nazi lmao

22- I don't know why I never realized that Trek is all (at least so far) in the Milky Way, that they don't even get as far as Andromeda.

26- so they can just. time travel. at will. what?

Season 3

3- hold up, roll that back. there's an ancient pregenitor superrace that seeded humanoids everywhere? This is the first I recall it being mentioned in Trek (though the trope or a version of it is also in the expanse, mass effect, etc.) "Preservers". Is it ever explored more? It's a surprise to Bones and maybe Spock too- certainly not common knowledge.

This is from before 3, but I really like the way Bones and Spock have this begrudgingly respectful relationship, like brothers. They tease and pick at each other, but have each others' backs against anything (besides Jim maybe)

4- Kirk can see the kid doing the thing. Fuckin' ground him.

Spock says fuck them kids.

Ugly = Bad was alive and well in the 60s.

5- And then they somehow have a discussion that Good =/= Beautiful in the very next episode.

Gen Obs- It feels like TOS spends more time on the bridge than other shows. The Bridge or the planet they're on. The other shows so far show more engine room, hallways, ready rooms, bunks, etc. Other places on the ship than just the bridge. They have them in TOS, but they seem underutilized. I don't have the data to back it up and couldn't find it (which was surprising to me).

Another obs- they overcommunicate for the audience's sake, but rarely with each other. Kirk never explains his thought process or orders to the people he leaves in command. When something planetside affects the ship, he doesn't tell them, he just says 'I'll take care of it down here'. His crew and his backup are often left in the dark.

13- There's so much in this one I don't like but the line about Kirk being into spanking made me smirk. Canonically in love with the Enterprise indeed.

14- Jim: Mr. Spock and I are brothers! Spock: Captain Kirk is speaking figuratively and with undue emotion Kirk: *offended face* Spock: However, what he says is logical and I do agree with it.

19 Kirk did seem to become more of a manwhore the longer the season went, no? Why did they all lose their shit so much around women? It's exhausting.

22- I love that Scotty gets to wear tartan/kilt in dress uniform.

heeeyyyy Kahless

24- And the disappointing end. In this idolized utopian setting, not only is it not permitted for a woman to be a starship captain, but then they "prove" that women are too emotional to command.

The last line of the whole series: "Her life could have been as rich as any woman's if only...."

Not as rich as any person's. And if only she'd been content to her 2nd class status and not pushed for equality. How fucking disappointing.

Everyone always points to 'the actresses WANTED to wear miniskirts because empowerment' when they talk about the sexism of the original series, and I tried to watch with that in mind, but that just feels like a smoke screen for the actual shitty sexist takes.

The show equates a woman with emotion and sexuality. She's a good officer right up until she falls in love (or someone falls in love with her), then she's just a woman- a liability and a pleasure object. They only use women in episodes that require someone to be or fall in love with them. Even Uhura and Chapel aren't completely immune, though they are the biggest exceptions and the only recurring female characters. Though of course Uhura's the comms officer (cause women talk) and Chapel's a nurse (not a doctor).

Like even if you remove the miniskirts and the gross inappropriate touching from the equation, there's still a lot of ick happening. They can imagine a future where the races are equal but not the sexes.

[ophelia-j]

'Kirk and Spock don't love Bones less, they love him differently.' Oh, very much this. All of this. Of course, I am happy with any combination of the triumvirate, but if I stare (not very) hard at canon, I see K/S and their best friend/reluctant wingman, Leonard McCoy.

I also see that McCoy is lonely. And that K/S being a couple is, by it's nature, a little exclusionary. Which is why, when I wrote a long canon fic around Spirk it was really important to me to make sure McCoy was happily paired off too. And even if Spirk are going through their own, um, emotional issues, the one thing they will always come together on, no matter what, is: 'Is McCoy okay? And if not, how do we fix it?' That just seems like a core tenet upon which their dynamic as a trio rests.

But I also headcanon that Kirk and Spock are actually terrible wingmen. Just awful. Like, they overthink it to the nth degree. Just LOOK at how much they struggle to talk about their own feelings, let alone anyone else's. If it was left to these two, McCoy would die alone. Or at least, romantically uninvolved.

Happily for McCoy, the Enterprise also contains Uhura and Chapel, who are there like, 'um sirs? If your intent is to help the doctor with his romantic life, maybe we could do this relatively simple, actually helpful thing? You know, rather than that highly involved, emotionally over- dramatic thing you two were about to try? Okay? Cool, cool.'

I am not a mcspirker but that doesn't mean I don't care about Bones or think he's close to them. He's family.

You can play a lot with the dynamics. The one I like best is where Jim and Bones are best friends, then Jim starts getting close to Spock and Bones feels jealous because he fears he's losing his best friend spot. So they hang out together with this obvious competitive air, putting each other down for the benefit of Jim, trying to prove to Jim that they are the best friend and the other isn't.

And then Bones gets it. Spock isn't after his spot. He wants to be something very different to Jim; he wants a romantic relationship. At which point Bones gradually quits with the competitive shit and wingmans each of them to the other. Complaining all the while that they're giving him gray hair with their slow burn nonsense. He's the first to congratulate them when they finally get together.

By the movie era he is genuinely like a brother to both of them, confident in his place in the family.

This is all yet another manifestation of my "romantic love isn't by definition closer than platonic" hobby horse. Kirk and Spock don't love Bones less. They love him differently.

*takes drag* but that's just, like, my opinion, man. Those of you who do ship all three together, I get where you're coming from.

[spockosurprise]

First time watch of "Amok Time" live thoughts

All I know going in about this epiode is that it is very iconic, possibly gay and that Spock becomes Horny To Death™ (is that a car seat headrest song?)

- Christine, my beloved.

- good soup.

- Spock is reaching new heights as an angsty bitch.

- WWHAT IS SPOCK DOING ON THE BRIDGE. a bitch almost dead and keeps throwing temper tantrums but no no,, let him be in the arguably most important part of the ship,,

- Chekov. I have been waiting for an episode with this bugger and now he has arrived.

- Spocks head: just empty. not a single thought. just the vacant static of nothing.

- decorations in Spocks quarters consist of: a set of 3D chess, a humanoid dog statue and a couple of multicoloured balls lumped together.

- watching Jim and Spock talk about sex is terrible. please no more.

- "The birds and the bees are not Vulcans, Captain. > : [" spock. spuck. spunker. what

- Spock is now drawing parrallels between Vulcans and salmons. okay...

- Simsalabim - either you die or commit a sin!

- yaayy Uhura is finally getting to actually have some lines here.

- ah, my bad, turns out Spock also has a couple of head sculptures he sleeps next to and suspicious weapons! (???)

- Christine mf Chapel is so beautiful.

- GOOD SOUP???

- McCoy just called Spock "Sir". what the fuck??

- T'PRING IS SO GORGEOUS. HOLY FUCK.

- ayo why does Spock have the bi lighting rn

- the gong stays during sex >:(

- THE VULCANS OUTFITS. WHAT. WHATT. highly logical i must say. amazing. can't Spock wear those clothes all the time too? just some tinfoil dress he struts around in.

- uh oh. I recognize Stonn from the glorious day known to man only as "Stonn Saturday".

- the whole time T'Pau is talking and Spock is having his moment Jim is just watching like this ; - )

- the sheer power T'Pau radiates.

- *shakes bells on sticks angerly*

- okay it's actually kind of sad how Spock is pleading to not have to fight Jim

- Spock looks like he's about to fuck this bitch up

- everybodys just standing there as Jim and Spock fight, like I know they cant legally do anything but,, but still,, just watching some sunday morning entertainment, how about you?

- tits are out. i repeat. TITS ARE OUT.

- Super Horny Man With Bowlcut Plays Tug Of War with Himbo Mommy Milkers Man.

- Jim has been successfully choked. hooray.

- uh oh... Spock... is that an emotion i smell? ouch

- I once saw a post that said something along the lines of 'T¨Pring doesnt want to become the consort of legend, she is the legend', and y'know,, i can see that.

- Spock has the same vibe as when Chekov says "Oh, yes, I'll live, but i won't enjoy it" (not that I have seen that episode yet) except less russian.

- OH GOD IT'S SO CUTE. SPOCK IS SO HAPPY WHEN JIM IS ALIVE!!

- and then he's a deer caught in the headlights when Bones and Chapel has been watching his,,, emotional outbreak

- Bones saves the day again, what else is new

- mmh yes... he lost all interest in T'Pring after he fought the captain. theres a BDSM joke somewhere in there but I'd rather not dwell on it.

- I love Jim, Bones and Spock together. Whatever relationship you may say they have, it's like a fine wine either way. Their interactions are,, superb.

Well that was a fucking ride. what the fuck. Mr Roddenberry i just wanna talk.

[kazashiniwielder]

One interesting thing I have been thinking about with Star Trek vs Star Trek the Next Generation is how different the captains are. Yes, I know it’s been highlighted a lot but what I’m specificity thinking about is the Big Three.

In Star Trek it was very obvious that while the entire bridge crew was trusted and valued, Kirk relied most heavily on Spock and Bones. Kirk was adventure drunk, loved to be on every landing party he could and pretty much insisted on being on the front lines. Spock always gave very analytical and data based information while Bones was the heart of the decisions. It was a wonderful balance that worked, and Spock would regularly be in command of the ship, OR very often both Kirk and Spock would be on the landing party leaving Scotty, the third in command, in charge.

Now in TNG, we don’t have a similarly obvious ‘core three’. You got Picard and Riker, but all the episodes change who is giving input. And Picard rarely goes on landing parties, which means Riker is very rarely in command of the ship. In fact it happened so rarely to have both Picard and Riker unavailable that it came almost as a shock when Data took command as the third in charge.

I’m not saying one is inherently better than the other. With Kirk always being up in the middle of things, his people trusted him and knew they could always count on him no matter the danger. And while Spock and Bones were the most relied on, all the officers were important and trusted. Sulu, Uhura, Chekov, and Scotty were important individuals who when they spoke, people listened. On the other hand, Riker restrained Picard to the ship because he was too important to the crew to be put at risk without reasons. With the ‘third’ always shifting on the particular episode it allowed different characters to be explored more.

I guess I’m just rambling at 3 in the morning but I do like how different the crews are

[cardentist]

I haven’t been in the star trek fandom for very long (I’ve only just started binging the series in the last couple months), so it’s been pretty surprising to find out just how negative the perception of the reboot movies are.

this isn’t coming from the perspective of someone who grew up with the series, so it hit different for me than it might for people with a different relationship to TOS, but I thought it was genuinely clever and Respectful with how it was handled.

To quote leonard nimoy: “Well the alternative timeline gives them license to escape from canon concerns. I can’t see people saying ‘they shouldn’t do that because…’ or ‘that doesn’t tie in to such and such’ because it is a different time and place. Am I right about that?” [Link]

the entire Premise is that the original series happened as it was presented in TOS, but an event late in Spock’s life caused the creation of a parallel universe in which everyone’s lives were significantly altered through two key changes to the timeline. this gives them the freedom to Both revel in fanservice And explore different facets of the characters and their relationships. 

the destruction of vulcan Vastly impacts the characters and the plot moving forward, and its a detail that a lot of people take issue with. but the emotional impact of sarek admitting Directly to spock that there is value in his humanity, that his feelings Aren’t wrong, that sarek married amanda because he Loved her cannot be understated. you can read all of these things into sarek as he was in the original series, but he Never had an open conversation about these things with spock. this creates a Believable and Rewarding change in their relationship, where we get to see a different facet of them Because of the changes made. and that’s exactly the appeal. showing us pieces of these characters that we never got in TOS that are nevertheless undeniably Them.

everyone is Different yes, but they’re also fundamentally the same people at their core and that matters.

kirk’s personality obviously takes the biggest change, with him experiencing trauma at a young age, losing his father, and having an implied abusive father figure after that point. he has a harsher personality in reaction to harsher conditions, he’s spikier and harder to love. but he’s also still fundamentally a Good person whose willing to risk everything to help people. he still has what made kirk prime a good captain and a good friend.

I’m not gonna say that it’s the most nuanced story in the world, but it explores a version of kirk that was born from even Less fortunate circumstances than kirk prime, exploring a kirk brimming with potential who learned to bite back after he was kicked down. exploring those themes of trauma and loss, of insecurity and growth, and coming to the conclusion that Fundamentally He Is Capable Of Good isn’t a Bad thing. you don’t have to like it, but his growth into a better person is The Point. they deepened his flaws (all of which were present in a less exaggerated form in TOS) To Show That Growth.

and then of course there’s his relationship with spock.

people are totally justified in not liking that they had a rough start to their relationship, I usually don’t like to see that kind of thing in reboots or hollywood adaptations either, but the way people talk about it is just unfair.

Yes kirk and spock and bones have a very strong relationship in TOS, they also already know each other by the time the show starts. to look at them having to learn to get to know and trust each other when they first meet and say that it’s Bad because they were already full on ride or die for each other in the og series is silly. TOS kirk and spock had to meet and fall in love with each other too, it didn’t just happen over night kings.

secondly, the entire point of the first movie is that Even With reality itself being altered to pull them apart they are fundamentally compatible people that are Bound to each other. they meet each other on bad terms because of circumstances outside of their control, and yet they’re still pulled into each other’s orbit and find the other slotting into place next to them as if they always belonged. one of the first things that spock prime says in the movie is “I am and always will be your friend,” spock and jim are Meant for each other and the movie goes out of its way to explain that. which is what makes it so Weird to see people complaining about how they don’t like each other.

it’s a Different relationship, but it’s absolutely no less steeped in yearning or queer subtext. 

speaking of queer subtext ! some people are Very unhappy with spock’s relationship with uhura.

first thing I wanna say is that making the argument that they’re doing anything that the original series hasn’t done is just, completely untrue. kirk has fallen in love with more girls in the og series than he knew what to do with, leonard nimoy was a heartthrob in his time (and he deserves it, awooga) and spock reflects that ! Spock usually turns the women who come onto him down (or when he doesn’t it’s because a plant has literally altered his mind), but there are exceptions to even that. all of three of the main boys have plenty of romance subplots, it happens. if that takes the possibility of them being queer off the table for you (which it shouldn’t, m-spec people exist) then I’m sorry to say that TOS is not exempt.

now, I can understand why Specifically This Relationship could rub people the wrong way or being disappointed that they didn’t outright depict kirk and spock as having a relationship (if not in the first movie then in the following ones after they’ve gotten to know each other), but even in that context the way I’ve seen people talk about it comes off as insensitive.

no, the relationship did not come out of nowhere. they considered having spock and uhura date each other in the original show (and you can see signs of this in the earlier episodes, where uhura very obviously flirts with him and they spend time together in their down time) before they decided against it, and spock was originally going to kiss uhura until shatner insisted that he wanted to do it (because it was the first interracial kiss on tv). [Link 1, Link 2, Link 3]

nichelle nichols was asked about this exact thing (spock and uhura’s relationship in the movie), you can read the interview in full here [Link] but I’d like to highlight this paragraph in particular:

“Now, go back to my participation in Star Trek as Uhura and Leonard (Nimoy) as Spock. There was always a connection between Uhura and Spock. It was the early 60’s, so you couldn’t do what you can do now, but if you will remember, Uhura related to Spock. When she saw the captain lost in space out there in her mirror, it was Spock who consoled her when she went screaming out of her room. When Spock needed an expert to help save the ship, you remember that Uhura put something together and related back to him the famous words, “I don’t know if I can do this. I’m afraid.” And Uhura was the only one who could do a spoof on Spock. Remember the song (in “Charlie X”)? Those were the hints, as far as I’m concerned.”

the film makers looked at the fact there were Hints for uhura and spock, that they were Interested in exploring an interracial couple for the first time (both before and immediately after interracial couples won the right to legally get married) but Couldn’t because of the circumstances of the times and decided to Make that depiction. you don’t have to Like their relationship just because of that fact, but it’s Incredibly reductive to play down it’s significance as just a No Homo cop out. explicitly queer relationships are not the only progressive or culturally important relationships in fiction.

moreover, if you can’t imagine polyamory in the communist utopian future that’s on you.

moreover, this perception that this was a soulless cash grab is just, unfounded.

leonard nimoy returned to the role as spock for the first time in 16 years (since 1991) and this was Entirely because of the respect they had for nimoy, spock as a character, and the franchise as a whole. 

Lets look at some quotes from nimoy in interviews regarding the film:

Leonard Nimoy: When I first read the script (...) I immediately contacted J.J. and said “I think it is terrific…I think you guys have done a wonderful job. There is still work to be done, but it is very clear that you and your writers know what you are doing and you know how to do this movie and know what it should be about….and I am very interested.” Then as time went by we worked things out with Paramount, but the most important things were J.J. and the script. (...) I am very pleased about that and I am very comfortable with where this is going. I think the writers have done a terrific job. They have a real sense of the characters and the heart of Star Trek and what it is really all about.

(...)

TrekMovie.com: Now in the case of the new movie you have been retired from acting for years. What was it about this one that made you want to act again and go through the make up again? What was it that made you say ‘I really want to do this?’

Leonard Nimoy: You are right, this is a special situation. First it is Star Trek and so I have to pay attention. I owe that to Star Trek. Second place is that it is J.J. Abrams who I think very highly of, he is a very talented guy. Then came the script and it was very clear that I could make a contribution here. The Spock character that I am playing, the original Spock character, is essential and important to the script. So on the basis of those three elements it was easy to make the decision. So those three things: Star Trek, J.J. Abrams, and an interesting Spock role.

[Link]

Praising the cast playing younger versions of characters from the original 1960s TV series, he [Leonard Nimoy] said: “Let me take the opportunity to say this. Everybody at this table [the cast] are very, very talented and intelligent people.”

“They found their own way to bring that talent and intelligence to this movie, and I think it shows. (...)  When Karl Urban introduced himself as Leonard McCoy and shook hands with Chris Pine, I burst into tears. That performance of his is so moving, so touching and so powerful as Doctor McCoy, that I think D. Kelley would be smiling, and maybe in tears as well.”

“The makers of this film reawakened the passion in me that I had when we made the original film and series. I was put back in touch with what I cared about and liked about Star Trek, and why I enjoyed being involved with Star Trek. So, it was an easy way to come on home.”

“[In this Star Trek] they said things and showed me things, and demonstrated the sensibility that I felt very comfortable with, and I think that shows in the movie. I like it.”

[Link 1, Link 2]

again, you don’t have to like it just because leonard nimoy did, you don’t have to Agree. but the idea that nobody working on the film Cared is provably false. near everyone working on the project was already a fan of the series or were excited to be involved and did their homework. it’s genuinely a Miracle just how much of a labor of love this was, and in my opinion you can feel that through the movie itself. I’d highly recommend looking into interviews and behind the scenes details about the movies. they had a respect not just for the source material, but for leonard nimoy as a person.

there’s definitely more I Could say about this, but it’s 4 am now so I’m gonna shelve it jklfdsa

that said! it’s Fine to not like the movie, not everything is going to be suited to everyone’s taste, but the specific criticisms I’ve seen feel very off base

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Let’s talk about Star Trek canon and what we consider bendable (but still compliant enough) to remain canon and what changes we consider significant enough to be divergent.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot, and I confess it’s because I’m already on high alert looking for signs that SNW is going to ultimately follow its own path (if you’ve read anything else on my blog in the last week you know why lol). So I’m probably reading too much into things or thinking about this too hard for my own good, but the question of what can bend and what can’t break to remain canon-compliant still stands, and it’s an interesting one.

Btw, most of the stuff I’m thinking about centers around Spock, not only because he’s a long-time favorite of mine but also because, of the characters shared between TOS and SNW, his was the most fleshed out in TOS.

All shows with an established canon have inflection points, and some of those points are “harder” than others, more fixed and enshrined as important, immutable events/facts in the course of a story. If you bend them too much or break them, the existing story as the audience knows it is quantifiable changed. Softer inflection points can bend the facts in a way that might make audiences give writers the side-eye, but are permissible bc in the grand scheme of things they don’t tinker with the core backbone of the known story. The audience can still accept that these events occur in the same universe.

For SNW’s part, it has already committed several minor breaks with canon which are related to soft inflection points. In TOS, Spock was the only noticeably alien member of the crew, for instance. Discovery sort of changed the rules on that, and SNW followed suit. There’s lots of behind-the-scenes/budget/practical reasons why TOS didn’t show other aliens on the Enterprise, whereas now Star Trek properties have the budget and the technology to invest in prosthetics and special effects for more than one core character. And that’s a good thing! We love aliens 💕 But it is a notable difference.

In TOS, Spock states that he has never mind-melded with a human before, but Spock mind-melds with La’An in SNW. Bones doesn’t know shit about Vulcan biology while Dr. M’Benga seems to know more (at least when it comes to pure Vulcans; Spock has always been trickier bc of his human genetics). Some of the ship’s technologies are more advanced than in TOS. And of course Nurse Chapel has WAY more personality (which is a wonderful improvement and I am so freakin’ happy that the writers brought her on board and really dedicated effort to making her a nuanced character).

These are all fairly minor and can mostly be chalked up to the fact that they’re relatively obscure, trivial facts, and that we have better production technologies and want to show them off and we need to make Star Trek feel like it’s in the future, which means updating the aesthetics and functions of the tech. When it comes to characters like Uhura, Chapel, Pike, and Una, it’s pretty easy to tweak their characters (because there wasn’t a lot of detail in the source material to begin with) and update them for modern audiences and values without violating the audience’s sense of continuity too much.

But there are larger deviations happening too, and they’re operating in a gray area that make them /just/ plausibly canon-compliant enough but also are arguably not. Whether they are truly “hard” inflection points depends on whether they indeed have larger ripple effects downstream.

In Amok Time (TOS), for instance, nobody knew Spock was engaged, including Nurse Chapel and Uhura. Literally everyone was shocked. It is also (not stated outright but) heavily implied that Spock and T’Pring have not seen each other since they were very young. In fact, it is stated that Spock hoped he would never undergo pon farr, though he was certainly old enough to have gone through at least one. You can write that off as either an error on the part of the writers or that his human genetics may alter the internal clock for his pon farr, but the fact remains that a) he probably hadn’t been in contact with T’Pring for quite a long time (possibly since childhood) and b) for sure NOBODY knew or suspected he was engaged/betrothed in TOS. And that’s… not an inconsequential difference between TOS and SNW, in my opinion. It isn’t necessarily an obvious and outright deviation, but it is definitely not an insignificant revision SNW made.

(Also it seems like everybody in Star Fleet knows a fair bit about Vulcans by this time in SNW, whereas in TOS there’s very much this sense that working closely with Vulcans is extremely rare and they guard the secrets of their lifestyles and culture well.)

Like I said, this has just got me thinking about the malleability of canon and what is acceptable to mess around with and still claim adherence and what isn’t. A lot of these things are small infractions, but Amok Time and the information it conveyed about Spock’s character and Vulcan culture therein is a MAJOR cornerstone of Trek lore. It’s one of the most notable episodes of the TOS canon, arguably a hard inflection point as a whole, and you wouldn’t think the writers would want to muck around with it. But they did. T’Pring is VERY present in Spock’s life in SNW. Nurse Chapel is absolutely painfully aware of her, and Uhura may also know of her too (though I don’t think they’ve directly interacted). Other Bridge members also know who T’Pring is by name, if not on sight.

These facts by general consensus still don’t seem to outright break canon, even if they do represent a more significant break from info established in TOS. The hard inflection points of Amok Time are that Spock has a fiancée and goes into pon farr, and when he arrives on Vulcan she forces him to fight Kirk so she can end up with Stonn. This effectively ends their betrothal. Explicitly break with any of those points and you have divergence, but all the other details are just that: details. And SNW takes place more than ten years before the events of TOS, which leaves lots of room to play and makes it easier to avoid doing things that would DIRECTLY violate canon. But idk, the changes they made particularly in regards to T’Pring and Spock’s relationship are already subtly shifting away from canon. It’s certainly bending the narrative details of one of the more important episodes in TOS. It wouldn’t have been hard for the SNW writers to leave that aspect of Spock’s life alone. They didn’t have to bring T’Pring in, and they also didn’t have to bring Chapel in either (or Stonn now that I think about it!). Spock also seems to be actively confronting aspects of himself in SNW that he largely avoided discussing/examining in TOS (though this could be a matter of perspective. It just always seemed to me like he was never really comfortable/never really reconciled his human and Vulcan halves in TOS, but it’s been a while since I’ve watched TOS end to end, so maybe I’m not remembering some things right. He seemed happy to live among humans, but he always had trouble embracing or admitting to his own humanity). His character development already seems on track to put him well ahead of the curve of where he started in TOS.

So with all that in mind, what exactly would it take to definitively signal a break from canon and the establishment of a new timeline in SNW? At this point, it probably all hinges on something significant Spock does, or maybe Pike. If Pike figures out how to bend fate or avoid it entirely, that would obviously create an AU. But that branch point is ten years in the future, so I’m not quite sure how they could show him avoiding that without a weird time skip or something. But Spock? If he breaks it off with T’Pring (and/or T’Pring gets with Stonn who has already shown up), that could signal a clear departure. If Spock gets with Nurse Chapel, that could also do it (though that’s a little more gray; you could say that TOS Chapel’s unrequited love for Spock is rooted in an earlier failed attempt at a relationship). Spock has a LOT more hard canon inflection points in TOS than anyone else, so his actions and development in SNW bear the most weight.

In an earlier post, I mentioned that Star Trek has always played around with alternate universes and divergent timelines, and that is true—but rarely does the eye of the story shift to follow one of these branches. The cinematic Star Trek universe made a whole new timeline, but it can get away with that because that story is told through a different medium (movies vs tv series). For the shows, it’s harder to justify. Discovery had to REALLY do a lot of heavy wrangling to remain canon compliant, and some fans were mad about the deviation it presented up until Michael went to the future with the Discovery and her name was stricken from all records.

Personally, I appreciate a core canon, but I love me some AU shit. I love exploring different expressions of the same characters, seeing different choices lead to different (or shockingly similar!) results. I think a lot of fandoms are becoming more open to the flexibility of multiverses, in part bc of the influence of fanfic, and in part bc of other properties/mediums doing the same (namely comics and their spin-off Hollywood franchises). Whether Star Trek and SNW follows suit remains to be seen.

Idk, ya’ll have any thoughts on this? I’m spending way too much time mulling this over lol

[noforkingclue]

Angst prompt #11 with bones? ❤️

Of course anon! I love writing angst!

Prompt 11, angst: “Nobody’s seen you in days.”

Star Trek tag list: @strange-old-worlds

Everything tag list: @greenrevolutionary

“I think we should talk.”

Bones had been expecting you to say those words for the past couple of week but actually hearing you say them was another thing. He put down his pen and ran a hand over his face, not daring to look up at you. You shut the door to his office and say down in the chair opposite.

“Are you ok?” you asked eventually

“I’m fine. Why.”

“It’s just…”

“Just what?”

“Nobody’s seen you in days.”

This time Bones glanced up briefly but he looked away just a quick. He couldn’t stand seeing your distraught face for too long.

“We’re getting worried,” you said, “Jim, Scotty, Uhura. Hell, even Spock is mild concerned about your absence.”

“I’ve been busy. That’s all.”

“And what about me?”

“What about you?”

“Haven’t you taken my feelings into consideration?” you snapped

When Bones still didn’t look up you stood up angrily and marched around to his side of the desk. You turned his chair around and stood directly in front of him, giving him no choice but to look at you.

“I miss you,” you said, “I miss spending our evenings together. I thought we had a good thing.”

“We do.”

“Then why the ghosting,” you sat down on his desk and looked at your hands, “If you don’t want to be together then at least respect me enough to tell it to my face. Just tell me what I’ve done to upset you.”

“Fuck,” Bone stood up and ran a hand through his hair, “You really think that you’ve upset me?”

“You haven’t given me an indication otherwise.”

Bones paced around his office and you looked up at him. Eventually he said,

“I need a drink.”

He pulled out a bottle of scotch and without saying anything poured the two of you a glass. He handed you a glass and you took it wordlessly. He turned his back on you and looked out of the window. After a moments silence he said,

“Out of all the men in Starfleet, why did you chose me?”

“What do you mean?” you asked

“It’s just,” Bones sighed again, “There are younger men, better looking men that you could have. I’m just an old man and you can do better.”

You glared at Bones’s back before slamming down you glass. The sudden noise made Bones jump and you marched over to him and poked him in the back.

“Do you really think that?” you asked, “That I can do better?”

Bones did respond and just took a sip of his drink. You gritted your teeth and put your hand on his shoulders and turned Bones to face you. He looked down at your face before quickly looking away again. You sighed and rested your head on his chest.

“You can be very stupid sometimes,” you muttered, “Even for someone so brilliant.”

“You think I’m brilliant?”

You didn’t need to look up to know that he was smiling.

“Of course,” you replied, “The best doctor in Starfleet. No one else can make me laugh as hard as you do or make me feel like the most important person in the world. When I’m with you I know that no one else can love me as much as I do. Do you really think I give a fuck about our age difference?”

When Bones remained silent you sighed. You took his glass from his hands and put it next to yours. You wrapped your arms around him and eventually Bones returned the embrace.

“I don’t care,” you said, “If I cared that much do you really think I would’ve agreed to go out with you? I love you Leo and I don’t give a damn what other people say about us. Ok?”

Bones tightened his grip on you and pressed a kiss against your forehead. You smiled at the contact and looked up at him.

“I’m sorry,” he said, “I’m so sorry. I never should’ve doubted you.”

“Correct.”

“I’m an idiot.”

“Also true.”

“Can you forgive me?”

“I don’t know,” you said teasingly, “I have something in mind.”

You wrapped your arms around Bones’s neck and walked backwards. You sat down on his desk and Bones smirked as he stepped between your legs. You pressed your lips to his as he wrapped his arms around your waist. You didn’t care what other people thought about your relationship. All you cared about was the man you were currently kissing and weren’t about to let go of any time soon.

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001 - Star Trek TOS

Favorite character

BONES he's everything to me actually. he's infested my mind like a virus he's SO funny he wants so badly to go apeshit but unfortunately he's in a polycule of fucking idiots and has to drug them both to get the chance to be a dumbass for ONCE. he's an idiot but he has to plan out his idiocy to make sure his two idiots don't get themselves killed while he's gone. zero business being that funny.

Least Favorite character

kirk when i come to the horrifying realisation that he is in fact the mouthpiece for the 60s white men that are writing him and is in fact played by william shatner aka episodes like miri and that one where he's a native american god bc what the fuck... i'll be watching having a good time and then oh fuck. thats shatner's face NOOOOO aside from that the random side characters that replace uhura or sulu or chekov when theyre not available who are you fucking imposters!!!

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon)

i barely have a singular ship the entire ship is well. a ship. theyre all dating each other the entire ship is polyamorous. my fave dynamics so far tho r; bones & spock obviously they r so funny. scotty & kirk i dont think any other combo on the enterprise is more enabling of each others specific brand of bullshit. uhura & everyone she is their BABYGIRL she is the most important person on that ship n everyone loves her as they should. the second favourite babygirl after the enterprise itself. scotty is the third fave btww. pavel & chekov they are like. daforge before there was daforge n kirk n that one klingon captain in the tribbles ep. why were they like that.

Character I find most attractive

bones. no i wont explain nor will i apologise. i'd fuck that old man.

Character I would marry

spock i would be great at being his girl husband. down to join the polycule also autistic i am logical for a human being and i like tea and big animals. not big on public intimacy and i dont make dumb jokes.

Character I would be best friends with

uhura or scotty. cannot elaborate but we would vibe.

a random thought

i dont think any TOS ship is fun monogamous. they need to be a horrificially large polycule or whats the point. they are the seattle polycule clickhole warned us about.

An unpopular opinion

kirk wasnt that feminist like yes for the time but he still very much so was a man written in the 60s by other men and idk i feel like painting him as 100% feminist w/ that one "a crewman" gif is disingenious. like definitely what abrhams did was a crime to make him even weirded! but idk people always want to focus on the best and its like grabbing so many women by the shoulders like that so often makes me very uncomfortable watching dhdfhfvhvf

My Canon OTP

aside from spirk which we all know is theres not an awful lot of big canon ships bc?? the writers r too misogynist i guess. i guess sarek n amanda they had no business being so cute. spock n that one woman in the sex pollen ep was honestly cute to me also. man just wants to do drugs and climb trees n she let him!

My Non-canon OTP

ah shit i dunno. again i really like what bones n spock going on they are so hilarious every time they interact onscreen. i liked the dynamic between uhura & scotty in the mirror mirror ep n obviously that one uhura & christine gifset... LADIES.

Most Badass Character

bones for him telling khan exactly where to cut his throat while the knife was to his neck. top 10 moments in cinematic history actually. uhura again when she did THAT to mirror sulu she's so fucking perfect she deserves the world i LOVE LOVE LOVE her.

Most Epic Villain

shatner's lack of acting skills.

Pairing I am not a fan of

tbh none. they all r either great or had massive potential or were just plain funny.

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another)

every woman. especially the non reoccuring ones. what was going on with a private little war.

Favourite Friendship

uhura & chekov... jim & bones..... sulu & chevok...... christine & bones.... they r all so good tbh.

Character I most identify with

scotty or spock. i have autism spectrum disorder.

Character I wish I could be

i hate the idea of living in space so none

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