#chapel x Spock

[lonesomedreamer]

CHRISTINE CHAPEL and SPOCK “Amok Time” (1967) & “Spock Amok” (2022)

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Spock is... he's my friend. And, maybe sometimes, I wish that we had more connection. But when you healed him, you changed him. You made him, um, easier to talk to. Someone who probably, um, understands my feelings a little better. But um, it's not him. At least, it's not all of him because you took away the other part, a part that I was connected to. And I miss him... as he was. Can you please help put him back?

Jess Bush as Nurse Christine Chapel in Strange New Worlds 2.05 Charades

[twentythirdcenturystories]

Between the Lines

Chapter One: “The Naked Time”

✧ Rating: PG/General ✧ Relationship: Spock/Christine Chapel ✧ Chapters: 1/? ✧ Summary: A series of “missing” scenes set during or after episodes that feature Spock and Christine Chapel, beginning with the fallout of Christine’s confession in 1x05, “The Naked Time”

[electronicdinosaurgladiator]

I actually never shipped Spirk in TOS I was always team Spock/Chapel so SNW was written for ME specifically and I’m thriving

[cozyforjate]

OMG!!! THIS EPISODE WAS EVERYTHING!!!!

It was fun, emotional, and serious when it needed to be. It was the kind of episode you would want to rewatch even years later.

Stop reading right now if you don't want to get spoiled...

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All the characters brought some fantastic performances. But Ethan Peck and Jess Bush killed it! They were both outstanding.

Ethan Peck's transition from a struggling half Vulcan half human to a %100 human who's fast pacing his teenage period and back to Vulcan-Human was incredible to watch. 

Jess Bush had some amazing moments. Chapel pouring her heart out to the ancient Alien to save Spock brought tears to my eyes. When she told the annoying Vulcan that the fellowship wasn't ready for her? I screamed "YAAASSSS GIRL!"…

And of course the last scene with Spock and Chapel. WOW… JUST WOW… It was so powerful!

Look, I know chemistry is subjective and all but come on people. Spock and Chapel are one of those ships that have sizzling chemistry! Ethan and Jess have it! 

And I also have to mention Anson Mount too coz Pike's facial expressions were hilarious. This guy can do drama, action and comedy too! I would really love to see him doing more comedy in the future. 

There are so many Spapel bits from this episode that I want to talk about but I need to rewatch the episode first… So watch this space…

[agir1ukn0w]

do I firmly believe that spock and kirk have rampant undeniable sexual chemistry in tos? yes. am i also a complete simp for spock and christine chapel in snw and will go bravely down with this beautiful ship like a real woman when the time comes? you’re goddamn right🫡

[thestarlightforge]

Just read a take from a self-proclaimed “Spirk writer” that said Chapel’s SNW characterization makes her worse in TOS, not better, because it suggests that by TOS, Christine was a “shell” of her former self pining for someone who “no longer returned her affections”—and saying she should’ve been quietly intelligent and kind in SNW, like Christine “used to be” in TOS, to keep it consistent.

Guy.

First of all, I’ve been there with queerbaiting. The Spirks got screwed harder than almost any fandom in recent history. It sucks. But:

A) Who “no longer returned her affections”—have you seen “The Naked Time”? And that’s just the tip of the iceberg?

B) She’s very kind in SNW too, and

C) YEAH. PEOPLE BURN OUT SOMETIMES. It’s almost like if you spend 40 years being systematically, misogynistically mistreated, that wears on you after a while 😭

Like, yes! It is sad! But I don’t think sadness is bad, necessarily! TOS Christine was still a fireball when they let her be; the SNW writers clearly extracted that from the existing performance. I feel like her newest iteration just tells us about Starfleet culture, in terms of what it did to both her and Spock. Like, maybe captains like Pike and Georgiou and Batel were outliers at that time. Maybe things marginally improved by DS9 and Voyager, and improved a lot by the Lower Decks era. But as Spock & Chapel aged through a Starfleet that wasn’t all that great yet, he changed to put a tighter lid on his vulnerability and volatility, and she became exhausted by life. That sucks, for both of them. But just because illustrating what they were like when they were young and full of potential shows that they grew in detrimental ways as well as positive ones, doesn’t mean their prequel iterations are mischaracterized. They each retained their core humanities. The world just wore them down.

[cluelessrebel1988]

[thesevenwondersofawitch]

Watching Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Subspace Rhapsody

(spoilers for the musical episode)

I can't believe La'An and Kirk still haven't gotten that drink yet

(I mean obviously I can, La'An is so relatably awkward)

Have I mentioned how much I love Pelia? Because I do

Also her hair is gorgeous

I have dreamed of this exact scenario for all of my fandoms since I was little and it makes me so happy 😂(them all getting stuck singing)

(we all love a good dance break)

SPOCK IS SINGING

Holy shit, they're all so good at this

Oh I think this song about it being most peculiar is my absolute favorite song

THEY'RE ALL FANTASTIC SINGERS

Kirk: "Honestly I had assumed it was all something you rehearsed but then I sang too"

The crew members just looking at Una and Kirk as they sing😂

This must've been the absolute best thing to flim

Oh noooooo

La'An looks sad seeing the pair dancing 🥺

The flashback to her Kirk🥺😭

Ah yes, the classic Hollywood scene of a couple looking at each other under a white sheet with light somehow framing them perfectly

The Kirk brothers bickering 😂 the writers and actors were spot-on for siblings

OH NO

"Marie, I'm gonna call you back."

"Oh no, no you don't" the alarm in his eyes😂

Safe to say, it's not a private conversation 😂 I love that he fell to his knees and La'An immediately turned the thing off

THE WHOLE FLEET HAS IT?(the singing bug) AWESOME!

I mean, not for them

La'An looks like she's gonna be sick at the idea of working together with James🥺

Oh wow, they're floating(Una and La'An)

I kinda ship them

That's gotta hurt, Spock finding out about Christine's getting the fellowship by seeing her celebrating with others

Everyone dancing 😂

Damn, Christine saying if she has to leave Spock, she's not gonna fight it, ouch

Oh damn, La'An took a gamble telling Jim how she felt, and he just broke her heart a bit by being in another relationship

WHAT THE FUCK CAROL IS PREGNANT? POOR LA'AN

Also, I have no idea who tf Carol is

Spock is definitely in his emo/angst phase

Uhura's song is so damn heartbreaking 🥺😭

A grand finale of everyone singing? This will be fantastic 😂

Oh my god, it is fantastic

Pelia is freaking gorgeous and her singing with Spock and La'An makes me so happy

The doctor seeming to be posing while Christine spins is so funny and adorable to me😂

THIS IS SO GOOD

I have chills

THE KLINGONS?!!

I'm dead I was not expecting this one at all

Even the ships themselves are dancing

The way everyone looked at Uhura with dread when she started humming😂

I think this was probably my favorite episode of Strange New Worlds, if not my favorite Star Trek episode EVER!

20/10 would recommend watching

[gorgeousgreymatter-x]

yes yes spirk forever but also team let chapel hit that just sayin

[lonesomedreamer]

am I doing this right?

[pinazee]

What did you think of Spock/Chapel chemistry season 2? are people just hating or did they lack it post episode 5 Charades.

I am not a fan of this ship, objectively, so I will like a more objective response and you seem to be fair to all trek ship. this is why I like to ask you questions.

Is it just hate when you see people say spock/chapel had no chemistry in season 2?

A lot of people and even critics said they had chemistry in season 1. do you think it is because they teased a will they or wont they hook up and people love a build up more than the actual relationsip?

It is as if the chemistry was gone once they got together after Charades? I don't know if that is fair or if it is because they have so many haters. However I do know a lot of critics, did not talk much about their chemistry in season 2 either.

Its interesting SNW did a big buffy homarge with the musical but the way they wrote the spock/chapel stuff did mirror some buffy couples. for instance Xander leaving Anya at the alter when he gets a message from the future that their marriage fails is similar to Chapel dumping Spock because Boimler tells her, she is not in his future. Cordy/Wesley were built to be a couple and had the chemistry for that but once they tried, the romance failed and there was no chemistry.

As I said, I don't like this ship, it just has too much baggage that was more negative than positive, but I do still like objective un bias opinions and you seem to be one of the neutral trek fans, who can be fair, so what are your takes on the chemistry of spock/chapel before and after they hooked up.

Thanks for the ask :)

I do think there was a tonal shift to Spapel once the relationship formed, but i also think the writers did that on purpose. I think this relationship is supposed to serve both Spock’s and Chapels overall separate arcs.

What I’ve gotten from it is that Spock’s experimenting with his more human emotions and letting himself feel more openly. So pre-relationship its just fun, intense, wanting. I honestly don’t think he was thinking beyond i want to be with her. So when they did get together, and he showed Chapel this sacred piece of his soul, it was terrifying. Because what if she left after he exposed this fresh and raw part of himself? That fear maybe led him to be too emotionally codependent.

As for Chapel, she has some unclear romantic baggage we haven’t seen yet, though, she’s said she doesn’t let people get close anymore. But then Spock came along, and he was kind and protective. He also listened to her and valued her. Whether she liked it or not, she fell for him pretty quickly. I mean, sometimes you just can’t help when the right person comes along. But then the relationship formed. Chapel, having apparently been stung before, wanted it to go slow because she too was afraid it would end, and she’d get her heart broken. Then Boimler all but said as much was going to happen and that was that. It was a like a self-fulfilling prophecy. Why become more attached to something doomed to fail?

So yeah, pre-relationship both are so caught up in their intense crushes, and then in the relationship they both need vastly different things (spock- a five year plan, chapel- space to figure it out).

It’s like they took the line “having is not so pleasing as wanting” and ran with it haha

Idk about the chemistry to be honest. I never really felt anything between them but i also never shipped them. It was too rushed, he was engaged for most of it, and they even had less screen time than la’an and kirk. I think if we got a scene of them just hanging out, maybe learning some more about Chapel, i think i might be more invested? Idk. Could also be because Chapel feels sidelined to Spock story-wise (which Ive gone more in depth in another post).

I uh, don’t know if this answers your question or if i just vomited up some nonsense haha

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Summary:

"I would have killed you." "I know. I wouldn't have held it against you." - An extended scene from the Season Two opener - "The Broken Circle"

[lilbreck]

I just realized that, outside of Farscape, I'm not sure I've really shipped canon relationships that aren't doomed to end in either heartbreak or the pairing potentially murdering each other. Mostly, it's been non-canon pairings and, usually, rare-pairs at that.

This might explain my love of Chapel/Spock even from way back when I was a kid watching TOS re-runs.

Fuck it, bring the pain. I have fanfic to soothe me. Well... I have limited fanfic to soothe me. Dammit.

[cozyforjate]

These 2 are something else. I legit cried!

[giasesshoumaru]

"“Spock is — he’s my friend. And maybe sometimes, I wish that we had more connection. But when you healed him, you changed him. You made him easier to talk to. Someone who probably understands my feelings a little better. But that’s not him. At least it’s not all of him. Because you took away the other part, a part that I was connected to. And I miss him as he was.” - Nurse Christine Chapel to Yellow about Spock (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Episode 2.5)