#I think balance of timeline is a kickass name for that AU btw

[ichayalovesyou]

I am never EVER EVER going to recover from how absolutely full to the brim with love for Spock Pike is.

He would do anything to protect him, no bones about it!

That man really is out here like “no stop that is my Emotional Support Surrogate Son I MEAN Science Officer.”

He called him “our boy” to his family I can’t deal with this.

He looked absolutely D E V A S T A T E D when he found out what happens to Spock in the Balance of Timeline. 😭

I am getting the father/son Pike & Spock dynamic I have ALWAYS dreamed of from this show and this episode especially! Oh my godddd

And Spock making the connection that Pike indirectly saves his life by sealing his own fate makes what Spock does for him in The Menagerie (albeit maybe misguided, we’ll see where the writing goes) AND how Spock sacrifices himself in Wrath of Khan hurt so much MORE!!!

My heart can’t take this…