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Oblivious

Leonard McCoy x Reader

Summary: You are oblivious to all of Leonard's attempts to flirt and all of your friends think it's hilarious.

Character(s): Leonard "Bones" McCoy, James "Jim" Kirk, Spock, Nyota Uhura, Pavel Chekov, Hikaru Sulu

Warning(s): Slightly cringe attempts at flirting, Painfully oblivious reader, Stephen King references

Leonard was finally ready to move on. The divorce had left him with wounds he wasn't sure he could heal from. He hadn't been interested in dating for years afterward. But for the first time since then, someone had caught his attention.

You were the new head of Archaeology aboard the enterprise. You had been transferred from the USS Celine to assist in the 5 year mission. To say you were new wouldn't be exactly correct, you had been on board for about 6 months already. You had taken to the position well and were already good friends with everyone in your unit, as well as all of the bridge and command personnel.

Leonard knew he liked you the moment you met. You had a firm handshake, a killer smile, and when Captain Kirk asked if you were single, you told him it wasn't his business. Jim's stunned face when you shook his hand and walked away was priceless.

Of course there were far more reasons to admire you other than your ability to take the captain down a peg. You were incredible at your job, finding ancient ruins in the most unlikely of places. You were like a dog when it came to fossils, sniffing them out almost as soon as you landed on alien soil. You were smart and always ready to answer questions. You were also highly tolerant of people's mistakes, something that was slowly rubbing off on him. When you were around, Leonard found he had more patience for stupidity and everyone else noticed as well.

You were kind, you were a great listener, you were hilarious, you were dependable, considerate, honest, cheerful, and you could always be counted upon for some witty banter. Not to mention you were the most beautiful person Bones had ever seen in his life.

That's not to say you didn't have your downfalls too, everyone does after all. You were self deprecating, a little easily distracted, and of course you were the most painfully oblivious person in the universe.

~~~

It all started one morning at breakfast. You were sitting in the cafeteria with Jim, Nyota, and Spock.

Leonard had made his decision the previous night while drinking with Jim. Bones wanted to pursue a relationship with you, but he wasn't going to just tell you point blank. He wanted to gauge your interest before taking that leap of faith.

"Mornin'" Leonard said as he sat down beside you. "Jim, you look terrible."

Jim, who was still hung over from the night before, frowned at the doctor. "Gee, thanks. I had no idea."

"You're welcome. Now Y/N on the other hand, you look great this morning," Bones smirked. Jim and Nyota immediately perked up, clearly not expecting him to be so forward (especially not this early in the morning.)

"Thanks Doc," You smiled at him and returned your attention to your oatmeal.

"What's your secret?" Asked Bones upon deciding that your smile was a good sign.

"My secret?" You raised an eyebrow.

"To looking so good every morning," he clarified. Nyota and Jim looked at each other incredulously.

"Ummmm," You thought out loud. "Get good sleep, take your vitamins, and don't get wasted at two in the morning." You patted Jim's shoulder and stood up with your empty bowl. "I better get to the lab, see you guys later!" You grinned.

Everyone bid you a good morning before gawking at Leonard, amusement etched on their faces. "What's your secret? Did you seriously ask 'what's your secret?'"Jim cackled.

"Leonard, you seriously need to up your flirting game." Uhura barely stifled a giggle.

"I know it's been awhile doc but seriously, that was terrible! And I've heard Spock's attempts at flirting," Kirk snickered.

"It wasn't that bad, y'all are acting like I'm some cretin who stole their oatmeal and called it flirting. I called them attractive, get off my back." Leonard rolled his eyes.

"No, you said they looked good. That could be interpreted in, so many ways. As far as flirting goes, that was pretty pathetic." Nyota said.

"I would have to agree doctor, perhaps you could take instruction from the captain or even-" Spock started.

"Shut up and eat your breakfast," Leonard snapped, causing another fit of giggles around him.

Bones sat there, glaring into his eggs, trying to figure out where he went wrong. The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed that Uhura was right. You didn't realize he meant it in a romantic way. Maybe he was more out of practice than he thought. He was just going to have to give it another shot. Practice makes perfect after all.

~~~

The next day, Leonard tried a different approach. Coffee mug in hand, he made his way to your office only to find it empty. He looked all over the labs, nowhere to be seen. It wasn't until made it up to the bridge that he found you deep in a discussion about landing sites for an upcoming mission.

Your head perked up when you saw the doctor come in from the turbolift. "Ahoy, McCoy! We missed you at breakfast this morning." you smiled as he came to stand beside you.

"Sorry darlin', had some gamma shift engineers to patch up." Bones casually passed the mug over to you. "Made you some coffee."

"Really? for me?" You peered into the cup and beamed, "thank you doctor, it's just how I like it!" Jim gave Leonard a subtle thumbs up while you sipped your drink.

Leonard had a good feeling this time. You were happy with the gesture and even Kirk seemed impressed. It felt like a good first step, until-

"First Chekov brings me a croissant, then McCoy brings me a coffee. I'm so lucky to have such great friends. Thank you guys!" You smiled at the two men.

"You are very welcome!" Pavel grinned.

Leonard's mood plummeted almost instantly. While he was glad you got to enjoy a croissant and a coffee, Chekov's untimely generosity made his romantic gesture seem more like a friendly one. He was going to have to go back to the drawing board.

You turned to the captain, cradling your warm cup in your hand. "Is there anything else you need of me Captain?"

"No Commander, I believe you've answered all my questions," Jim said.

"Wonderful! If anyone needs me, I'll be in the lab trying to decode some ancient texts," you took another sip of your coffee before strolling back to the turbolift.

Once you were out of sight, Jim patted Leonard on the arm. Sulu and Chekov were trying their damnedest not to laugh, and failing miserably of course.

Leonard furrowed his brows at the two of them before looking back at Jim's cheeky grin.

"You told them?" Leonard scowled.

"Told them what?" Jim laughed.

"About..." Leonard rolled his eyes and gestured to the turbolift.

"The only ones I told were Uhura and Spock," Jim assured.

"He didn't need to tell us anything, It's written all over your face Dr. McCoy," Sulu said.

"Yes, you get all red in the cheeks and you have this look in your eyes like you've seen the sun for the first time. It is very obvious you are vying for the Commander's attention," Chekov agreed.

"If I'm so obvious, why isn't Y/N picking up on it?" Leonard crossed his arms.

"Maybe you need a new approach, try... I don't know, making up new excuses to spend time with them. Or maybe you could try touching them," Jim suggested.

"Touching them?"

"Yeah, nothing inappropriate or anything. Just little things, like pats on the back, nudging their shoulder. Stuff like that. Might show Y/N you're interested without having to use the words, you know?"

"I don't know Jim..."

"Look, you're a doctor right?"

"I hope that'd be pretty goddamned obvious by now," Leonard glowered and put his hands on his hips.

"And as a doctor, you have a pretty good gauge on if someone's uncomfortable right?" Jim asked, "just try it and if you get the sense they're uncomfortable, just stop doing it. Easy as that."

"Why do I get the feeling it's not going to be as 'easy as that?'" The doctor shook his head.

"Because you are an incorrigible pessimist, Bones." Jim patted his shoulder.

"I'm done here, some of us actually have work to do," Leonard grumbled and trudged to the turbolift.

"All work and no play makes McCoy a dull boy," Kirk beamed.

"Quote Stephen King to me one more time. See what happens." Bones said as the doors closed. Alone in the elevator, he allowed himself to think about where to go from here. Perhaps Jim's ideas weren't so terrible. He rather liked the idea of spending more time with you. He usually talked with you during mealtimes and meetings, but not much outside of that. The touching is what was making him nervous.

He came into contact with people all the time, being a doctor was a very hands-on profession. He just didn't have Jim's level of confidence anymore. It felt ridiculous, he could stitch a man's thumb back to his hand and deliver an infant in the middle of a battle, but he couldn't touch your shoulder? Maybe he'd just skip that step for now. Quality time, that seemed like as good of a direction as any.

~~~

He continued bringing you coffee every day, It gave him more time to get to know you and Leonard was falling harder by the minute. He hadn't really looked forward to anything in a long time, but he looked forward to your coffee talks. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough anymore. The chats weren't long enough and you still weren't catching on to his feelings.

It had been a particularly stressful day, it felt like everyone needed something from him and he was in desperate need of a break. The moment things got quiet in the medbay, Leonard snuck away and his feet carried him to the archaeology labs.

It was quiet inside. A few ensigns were at work in their stations, putting together fossilized bones and carbon-dating old tools. Leonard found you in the back of the lab where you were busy decoding some old scrolls. Learning to understand a lost language was no easy task; Leonard couldn't fathom the amount of reading it would take to accomplish such a thing. Still, you seemed ready to take on anything the Captain dished out.

"Commander, I see you're hard at work," Bones smiled and came to stand beside you.

"I see you're not!" You joked and looked up at him from your seat. "What brings you to my neck of the woods doctor? Did I forget about an appointment?"

"Not at all, I was just taking a break and wanted to see how you were doing," he said, hoping you would understand what he was trying to say: that he was thinking of you and wanted to see you out of everyone else on the Enterprise.

"Well I'm really glad you're here Len, because I've just made a breakthrough!" You beamed. "Take a look at this," you motioned for him to look closer.

Leonard leaned in to look at your scroll. "So, you know how I found these papers in a box under the Mofeli excavation right?"

"Mhm, you insisted there must be a basement and you found one," Bones hummed.

"I originally thought the site was a business, that these papers must be some sort of documentation. You know, like land deeds, proof of insurance, perhaps even money. Basically stuff you would usually keep in a lock box, but these aren't ledgers or inventory slips or anything like that at all."

"What are they?" He turned to look at you.

You met his gaze and gave him a grin that could melt the ice caps and outshine Sirius. "They're love letters," you said and his heart hammered his chest painfully. He was only just now realizing how close he was to you. How his hand was resting on your back, how his face was mere inches from yours.

"See, if you look here you'll find this symbol all over the place in these letters. It's the symbol meaning love or lover. I've completed the translation on this one right here." You returned your attention to the paper. Leonard swallowed and glanced at the sheet, trying his damnedest not to stare like some creep.

"What, um... what does it say?" He cleared his throat.

"It says, and I'm paraphrasing here, 'My dearest love, I find words elude me. My heart blossoms for you under the light of the sun and keeps me warm when the light fades. I find not the courage to speak, but many a whim to write. I desire your embrace. I seek your song. I crave your hand. I covet your blazing eyes. One day I-' This part is all faded so I can't make it out, but the last thing it says here at the bottom is 'May our hearts and bodies be intertwined for eternity, and our souls may sing together as one.' Then there's what I assume to be a name at the bottom, but I'm not sure how to pronounce it."

"It all sounds a little sappy to me," Leonard joked in a slightly strained voice. This whole thing with the closeness and the touching and the letter was really affecting him. If you noticed his struggle, you gave no indication, In fact, you seemed perfectly at ease being this close to him.

"Hey, a little sap never hurt anybody," you elbowed him lightly in the side.

"Croakus sap can."

"Touché"

Leonard chucked softly and lightly patted your back before crossing his arms casually over his chest Your easy conversation was already helping him relax again. "so, Commander, you've been down here in your lab for an awfully long time. What do you say we go for a walk to the observation lounge?"

"Sorry doctor, I would but somebody's got to make sure the ensigns don't blow the place up. That, and Spock wants me to finish three more translations by the end of my shift," you explained.

"Of course he does," Leonard huffed.

"But I'm free this evening if that works for you?" You tilted your head.

"Of course, absolutely." Leonard had no idea if that was going to work for him, but he was going to make it work.

"Great, I'll see you then," you said with a surprising amount of enthusiasm.

"See you then. Don't work too hard," he smiled and left you to your translating.

Bones was pleased with himself. He had managed to follow Jim's suggestions and they appeared to work. He'd even managed to secure a date with you later that evening...Well...he hadn't actually called it a date when he suggested it. No matter, Leonard would just clarify all that the next time he saw you!

~~~

He never got to make the distinction that your walk was intended to be a date. You had brought a friend with you. Leonard could feel the fear in your ensign companion's eyes. Bones was sure everyone on the goddamned ship knew what he was trying to do but you. It was still a nice night despite the unwanted guest. He learned a lot about where you grew up, your interests, and your favorite films and music. He learned your favorite flower was the iris, your first job was a librarian, he even learned you were in a band during your time at the academy.

The more he learned, the more he liked you. He wasn't even sure if liked was the right word anymore. You had quite a few things in common. Your favorite foods, you liked the same movies, and you enjoyed the same music. You asked him questions that got him really thinking. They were the sort of topics you don't realize you have an opinion on until you start talking about them. But what surprised him most of all was when you asked about his daughter. What sort of interests does she have? How is she doing in school? I wonder if she would like X,Y, and Z. He was always hesitant to talk about Joanna or his ex, but it felt easier with you. Like that wound he had been carrying for so long was finally closing.

Your friendship progressed beautifully, but he felt like you were growing more and more blind to his advances. He had seen you turn plenty of people down before. If you weren't interested in someone, you made it abundantly clear. But you had yet to do the same with Bones. It wasn't just him: Jim, Nyota, Pavel, Scotty, Hikaru, and pretty much everyone else who knew you were puzzled as well. Even Spock couldn't understand how you were so incognizant. It was funny for them at first. They would laugh at every compliment you didn't register, every smile you didn't realize had meaning, every coffee, every walk to the deck, every deep conversation, every breath of relief when you come back from a mission. He was even so bold as to tell you in no uncertain terms that he'd do anything to make you smile.

The laughter turned into looks of pity. Leonard was about ready to give up. Maybe you weren't interested and you just wanted to let him down easy, you were good friends after all. Bones sat at the bar as Jim poured him another glass. Normally he was the one playing bartender, but Jim insisted he take over.

"I gotta say Bones, I really hate seeing you like this." Jim poured himself a drink too. "How did lunch go?"

"I told them they have beautiful eyes." Leonard sighed and shook his head.

"And?" The Captain probed.

"They said 'if only they worked as well as they look,'" Bones groaned.

"Ah..." Jim stared into his drink. He tried to put himself into Leonard's shoes. What would he do if he were in this situation?

"I don't know what I'm doing wrong..." McCoy muttered.

"You aren't doing anything wrong, Y/N just-" Jim started.

"It's something I'm doing, it has to be. Maybe this is a mistake."

"No, Bones it's not a mistake. That couldn't be farther from the truth."

"And how would you know? It's not like you have any problems finding dates," Leonard rolled his eyes.

"Seems like Y/N's not the only one who's oblivious," Kirk chuckled.

"I'm not in the mood for jokes Jim." Leonard took a sip of his whiskey and ran a hand over his face.

"Believe me Bones, I wish it were a joke. There's just no way the two most unaware people are head over heels for each other. I'm waiting for the punch line" James smirked.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Bones scowled.

"Look, just... we have shore leave coming up in a few weeks. Ask them on a date. Like really ask them. Be frank, be clear, make sure there is no way Y/N can misunderstand you. Trust me," Jim squeezed Leonard's shoulder.

"Fine. But if this goes south, you owe me as many drinks as it takes to forget this whole debacle." The doctor downed the last of his glass.

"Bones if this goes south, I'll eat my hat."

"You don't have a hat."

"Point still stands. It'll work, you just have to have a little faith. And lucky for you, I have enough faith for the both of us." Jim winked.

Leonard wished he had Jim's enthusiasm. Officious little prick, he thought to himself...Dammit, now I'm quoting Stephen King.

~~~

Shore leave was just around the corner and Leonard was no closer to his goal of asking you on a date. Everyone was running around, trying to prepare the ship for inspection, he still had his normal duties to attend to, neither of you had time for coffee all week, Spock was being especially nitpicky about protocol, and he was anxious about what you'd say when he eventually got around to asking the million dollar question.

Yeah, Leonard was about ready to lose his marbles.

He was prepping the supply storage units, when Spock strolled in for the tenth time that day.

"Dr. McCoy," Spock greeted, startling Bones to the point that he nearly dropped his box of gauze.

"My god man, what the hell do you need this time?" Leonard implored, "don't you have anything better to do with your day than pester me?"

"Indeed I do, doctor" Spock replied.

Leonard huffed and sat down his box, "then what is it, did you miss my face or something?"

"I saw your face only moments ago, I have no need to miss-"

"It was a joke Spock, what do you want?" Leonard pinched the bridge of his nose.

"I came to inform you that I saw Commander Y/L/N coming in this direction." Spock stated.

Leonard raised an eyebrow, "and?"

"It is my understanding you are anxious to speak with them regarding your-" Spock started.

"Your understanding is correct, I just..." Leonard sighed and shook his head.

"Would it help if I told you the odds that they will say yes?" Spock asked.

"Never tell me the odds Spock," Leonard grumbled.

"Then I will simply say, good luck." Spock turned and left again, leaving Bones to decide if he was ready for this. He didn't have time for a decision, because there you were in the doorway with two mugs in your hands.

"Hey, stranger," You laughed. "Looks like I got here just in time, you look like you need some." You handed over the cup and Leonard took it gratefully.

"Thanks," Leonard offered you a smile and took a sip from his mug. It was just how he liked it, right down to the temperature. Together, they retreated to the safety of his office. Once inside, they fell into their usual conversation. He waited until things got quiet, then he decided to go for it.

"So, got any plans for shore leave?" Leonard asked, leaning back in his chair in an effort to appear more at ease.

"No, not really. Maybe I'll visit with a couple friends, catch up on sleep. How about you? got any exciting plans?" You leaned in, resting your chin on your hand.

"Not yet," he admitted. "But I'm hoping to make some."

"Oh? You got someone special in mind?" You hummed.

"Someone incredibly special, yeah." Leonard smiled. So far, so good.

"Oh, well I hope it goes well." You shifted awkwardly in your seat.

"Me too..." Leonard agreed. You both didn't speak for a moment, the distant hum of the warp core did little to tame the silence.

"Hey Y/N... I was thinking maybe we could go to that restaurant you like, you know the one with the really good Chicken Parmesan you're always talking about." He mused, "what do you think?"

"I, um... I think they'd like it" The smile you gave him looked...sad?

"What are you talking about? Who'd like it?" Leonard couldn't possibly be more confused.

"Your special someone?" It was your turn to look confused.

You've got to be kidding me

"I'm talking about you darlin', do you want to go to that restaurant with me, just us, nobody else. You and me. Together." Leonard clarified, meeting your gaze.

You looked positively flabbergasted. He couldn't possibly mean what he was saying, right? There was no way Leonard wanted to... I mean, he was way too good for you! You had been trying for months to get his attention, to no avail. This must be a dream. You're going to wake up any minute.

"Darlin'?"

"I, uh...what?" You blinked out of your daze.

"Dammit Y/N, I'm trying to ask you out on a date!" Bones ran a hand through his hair, exasperation evident in his tone.

"Really? Me?" You asked hopefully.

"Yes!" He replied "Look, it's okay if you don't w-" You suddenly burst into laughter and all the words died on his lips. "What's so funny?"

"Oh, I'm sorry! It's just-" You giggled, "I actually came here to do the same thing..." You said sheepishly as you dug into your pocket "I, um... I got us tickets to see your favorite band. Figured if you said no, you could just take Jim instead." You handed the tickets over to him.

Leonard stared at the tickets in his hand, shock written all over his face. "Sweetheart, are you telling me we've both been dancing around each other for months, when we could have been doing stuff like this the whole time?"

"Seems that way, yes."

Leonard smiled and shook his head. "We're not very good at this, are we?"

"Not at all," You laughed. "Ahoy McCoy? What was I thinking?"

"Points for creativity darlin'," Bones chuckled. He almost couldn't believe things had turned out so perfectly. But in his experience, coincidence didn't exist. "Jim knew, didn't he?"

"He was actually the one who pushed me to come here," you admitted.

"Same. The bastard told me you'd say yes... Guess this was one of the few times I should have trusted him." Leonard concurred.

"So... What now, doctor?" You leaned a little closer. How had he never noticed your eyes before. He knew they were beautiful of course, but the way they were looking at him now made him weak in the knees. Had you always looked at him like that?

"Well, for now we're going to finish up our shifts, wouldn't want anyone to think we're slackers. But later, we're going to meet at the recreation room for a drink, possibly a game of darts. Then we'll see where the night takes us," McCoy smirked.

"How romantic, I can hardly wait for you to sweep me off my feet, they're killing me from all this running around, you know?~" You mused, resting your chin on your palm.

"Now you listen here darlin'. I'm a doctor, not a broom." Bones couldn't hide his amusement when you rolled your eyes at him.

"Well, what if I sweep you off your feet then?"

"You'll have to be careful, you might drop me and we could end up tangled in a whole mess of limbs."

"Oh, I'm counting on it.~" You teased.

Leonard swallowed hard and hid his bashfulness with a sip of his coffee, "Well in that case, sweep away."

You laughed again and McCoy was sure he had never heard a more beautiful sound in his life. He could see a future with you then. He wanted to sweep you off your feet, kiss you until you were breathless, share coffee with you early in the morning, and swap stories until late in the night. He wanted to introduce you to his daughter.

Baby steps.

"I hate to cut this short doctor, but I left the ensigns alone for too long, I'm worried there will be no lab to return to. I'll see you tonight?" You asked, fidgeting nervously with cuffs of your sleeves.

"Don't worry sweetheart, I'm not going to change my mind." Leonard smirked.

You blushed and smiled in relief, "good! Great!" You stood, grabbed your mug, and sauntered happily to the door. You paused just a moment and looked back at Bones sweetly. "See you later, handsome."

"See you later Y/N," replied Leonard. You gave him a cute little wave before hurrying back to the labs.

Once he was alone again in his office, Bones leaned back in his seat and admired the tickets on the desk. He almost couldn't believe how thoughtful you were, but this wouldn't be the first time you gave him an incredible gift. A couple months after you met, Bones had mentioned offhandedly that he missed a particular brand of whiskey from Earth. Despite being light years away, you managed to find some and give it to him. It wasn't even a special occasion, you got it just to make him happy. Leonard supposed he should have realized your feelings for him right then and there. Damn. He really was oblivious.

McCoy wanted to give you something tonight- no, he needed to give you something tonight. Something sweet, something romantic, something that says: 'you're special to me and I need to show it to you because I'm terrible with words'. But where was he going to find something like that on a starship? The botany labs. Flowers make for a great gift on a first date! Maybe if he was lucky, they would have irises growing down there. So what if bouquets are a little sappy?

A little sap never hurt anybody after all.

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star-trek-fandom-confessions · 3 months ago

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#1152

The complaints of TOS being sexist are valid (although I think a bit overblown), but I don't understand when people point to the fact that all female characters are one-dimensional. Star Trek isn't the "crew of the Enterprise" show, it's the "Kirk, Spock, and sometimes McCoy" show. Besides those 3, there aren't any multifaceted male characters either. Scotty? He likes his ship and his drinks. Sulu? Fencing. Chekov? Russia. Their personalities are more developed in fic than they are in canon. Another thing is the miniskirts. Yeah, it's weird by our standards to have a miniskirt as a uniform. But back then, it was evidence that women could simultaneously be feminine AND be respected in their job. It showed audiences that being a woman was not a bad thing that would prevent your employment - it was an asset. Anyway, I just think that people are expecting a 2024 treatment of gender when most 2024 shows aren't even perfect regarding this, let alone a show from the 60s

#confession 1152 #star-trek-fandom-confessions #star trek #the original series #media sexism

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to-boldly-ship-mcspirk · 21 days ago

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okay so people seemed to actually like my post on having read the tos mirror universe saga comic (and thanks for the further comic recs!) so I thought I'd share my thoughts because I have SO MANY. I was not prepared for how married mcspirk was gonna be in this, especially kirk and mccoy.

as for the actual plot of the series: it picks up after the search for spock, with spock still recovering while kirk and the rest have to face off with their evil versions from the mirror universe episode. It was published by DC comics during the 80s in eight issues, and later turned into a graphic novel with eight chapters, which is the one I read. So, because I also intend to add as many photos as tumblr lets me, I thought I'd split my thoughts per chapter and if you're interested you can read my thoughts on CHAPTER ONE under the cut:

so this is literally how the comic opens, spock is recovering on vulcan and this is the first thing he says:

like come on, he's so in love. Also the "jim, his name is jim" mirroring his exchange with kirk from the search for spock, where he says: "jim ... your name ... is jim" and kirk says "yes" (which lives rent free in my mind) is so cool!

then we have a glorious exchange with bones, whose first words to spock after the events of wrath of khan and search for spock are "you look good" ... okay, I know he meant it as a medical opinion but come on. Also the fact they're immediately back to bickering, I love their relationship so much. Spock paying him a compliment and calling him excellent and bones just going: "yeah, something's up, he's lost his mind", they are so MARRIED

the next exchange is so funny to me because mccoy's "you bet" and saavik's "indeed" are so unnecessary but they're all being so supportive 🥺🥺 it's so sweet

and then of course spock and jim holding hands and being all lovey-dovey. Like, "you came back for me once, Jim ... I have no doubt you will do so again" is insane, and they're holding hands again .... just kiss already

I also love how obsessed amanda is with kirk in this one, she treats him like her son in law and it's so sweet

and of course kirk says sth like "I have to do this but I can't order you all to follow me into danger" or sth similar like 3 times and of course everyone (and mostly sulu, the adrenalin junkie he is) always goes "stop being stupid, of course we'll come with you" and it just warms my heart

then we have more of mccoy being the most relatable ever, and this exchange with kirk just screams married to me. The way I was giggling every time bones had a line is definitely not normal

also the death of david is still so fresh and kirk is clearly suffering and bones is just so worried.

it's so sweet! And then mccoy, who canonically hates/fears nothing more than transporters doesn't just agree to beam down with kirk solely for support, no, he immediately OFFERS it himself. Like, no questions asked, he sees this is important to jim and he's just like "what can I do to make him feel better". Bones I love you so much (and so does kirk) and if this isn't husband behavior then idk what is

and kirk admitting "I've never been okay" is wild. Yes, it's about Carol but still.

mind you, we're 15 pages in and kirk is already so depressed. I know david just died but he literally goes "I wish I could die" every other page and it ripped me apart, like this is literally what he says:

meanwhile bones is constantly trying to cheer him up, the whole thing just went: mckirk being married - depression - mckirk being sweet - depression - mckirk - depression ... the whole time

also we have a scene between sulu and uhura being besties and singing together in the botanical gardens and it made me SO HAPPY. And then chekov comes in and they're all like: "oh shit we stole the enterprise to rescue spock, that might have consequences", so then they're worried and uhura is just the biggest badass (which, we all know already)

like, she's so done with it. Literally like "yeah I might lose my job but who cares, spock is more important" and it's so valid.

also, I didn't expect to see so much friendship between scotty and saavik but I'm so here for it, they have a bunch of scenes together just playing chess and being sweet

then mccoy is taking carol to david's funeral because she and kirk are not on speaking terms, like, the man loves jim so much he's doing everything he can. And at the end of the chapter kirk and carol are able to talk it through and make up solely because mccoy talked to her and convinced her that blaming jim wouldn't help. Anyway, just another example of bones being the best

that's all I have to say on chapter one, or at least all I could think of with the photos that tumblr let me include. Let me know if you want me to continue? I'd love to make a post like this for every chapter and guess what? They're even more married in the next one

#these are just my thoughts on the first chapter #i am so obsessed with them #star trek #star trek tos #star trek comics #star trek tos comics #the mirror universe saga #spock #jim kirk #bones mccoy #spirk #mckirk #mcspirk #not much spones in this chapter but trust me there was more #but all in all there were more mckirk moments than anything else #which made me really happy

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gaykarstaagforever · 7 days ago

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I just watched TOS "Mudd's Women".

This is Season 1 so there are some quirks, as compared to the later seasons. Like Uhura is wearing the gold uniform.

No Chekov yet. Just some guy who looks like a partially-deflated Conan O'Brien.

Spock keeps doing this little grin the whole time, like he is barely concealing his amusement at how goofy and horny everyone else is. I guess they eventually wear him down into Stoic Spock.

Mudd calls Spock a "half-Vulcanian." Which is more technically correct as the name for someone from Vulcan, like a Vulcan would be from the planet Vulk. But I guess writers kept misspelling it or something, so

I like Harry Mudd's accent. Like an Irish pirate cowboy, who is also obviously faking it. Fits the character.

The ship runs on "lithium crystals" instead of "dilithium," I guess because no one thought yet about lithium being a real thing that has real properties they'd need to take into account at some point. A shame. I like the idea that the Enterprise runs on banks of EV batteries. Explains all the explosions.

Kirk pushes the Enterprise too hard and we hear all the lithium crystals pop in sequence. They sound like someone breaking Kit Kats off screen. Scotty AND Sulu warn Kirk not to let that happen, and he absolutely does it anyway, then acts like it's everyone else's fault the ship is dead in the water and running out of air. Which, yeah, that's our Kirk.

Also when they go to get new crystals from a mining planet, Kirk beams the miners up to discuss payment. I guess they didn't have the whole "Communist space future" thing worked out yet.

Both Scotty and Kirk call Mudd a "jackass." I didn't know you could say ass on 60s TV. I suppose it was as part of a metaphor that used it to mean donkey. But they still said "ass." Twice.

This is only one of two times TOS shows them using the computer during a hearing as a lie detector. This would have been useful technology like...400 more times, over the next all of the shows and movies, forever. But "she" also points out, unprompted, how everyone is horny during the hearing. And I can't imagine Picard finding that as funny as Kirk does.

McCoy's horny face. (Also I think his patch is on crooked.)

...Has he always had a pinkie ring??

Round playing cards! Round playing cards, in SPACE!

Mudd is a wanted criminal with diagnosed mental problems who is flying a spaceship he probably murdered a guy for, so he can sell women he supplies drugs to to space miners. That's what this episode is about.

When they all go down to the lithium mining planet, Kirk teaches the incel miners that having *real* women as co-equal human companions is better than having twee anime babes who only like them because the women are drugged. This is unrealistic.

This might be the first time it is relevant to a Star Trek plot that Kirk can't fall in love because he wants to fuck the ship. The same ship that earlier proves it can tell when he's horny. ...This is why normal people bully us for watching this show.

#tos #star trek #harry mudd #kirk #spock #mccoy

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weirdlynotspecific · 2 months ago

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⊹ ࣪ ˖ 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.

#star trek #star trek headcanon #jim kirk #leonard mccoy #spock #james t kirk #nyota uhura #pavel chekov #hikaru sulu #montgomery scott #mcspirk #spirk #mckirk #spones

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spocks-husband · 1 year ago

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I have this AU that's been bouncing around in my head for weeks and I need opinions on it so. Yeah. Tell me what you think.

Also, for context, they're all about 17-20 in this AU. Details will come later if I decide to do anything with the idea.

Spock is a prince on Vulcan; their society is fairly similar to how it is in canon but certain elements of the pre-reform society remain, so it's more spiritual and there's a monarchy in place. Spock has accepted his role as heir to the throne after his brother's disappearance-- but he's always felt out of place. The monarchy carefully hides his half-human identity from the public, and every aspect of his life is intricately controlled. He's suffering, really, but in his mind it's for the good of his people.

Meanwhile, James Tiberius Kirk is a pirate living on a busted old space craft, having fun, sailing through the galaxy with his stressed best friend Leonard McCoy who regrets receiving military medical training every day of his life, their constantly high engineer buddy Montgomery Scott who keeps the ship from falling apart with duct tape and prayers, Hikaru Sulu who has hit on every person on the ship and slept with every alien they've come across, Pavel Chekov who is Sulu's very tired boyfriend who doesn't really do much but any suggestions that he should leave would be met with someone getting stabbed (they're in an open relationship for context dw Chekov is a manwhore too), and finally Nyota Uhura who was mostly just here to get a ride one time but she realized these stupid fucks needed a Lesbian with some braincells on board so she handles the logistics of their crimes.

The night before Spock is scheduled to marry a barely known noble girl named T'Pring, Kirk and his crew kidnap him for ransom, assuming it will just be another job. But, alas, Jim falls in love and won't let Spock go, not caring in the slightest that he has caused an interplanetary crisis mostly for his own amusement.

Tldr the dumbasses are dumb and I love them

Edit: The fic has been written!! See my pinned for the link :D

#this is stupid ik #star trek #spirk #axel rambles sometimes #spock #star trek tos #mr spock #s’chn t’gai spock #tos spock #au #star trek au #spirk au #ks #k/s #chulu #chekov/sulu

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silversword7000 · 8 months ago

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☕️Bridge Crew Coffee Headcanons☕️

Author’s Note: I indicated TOS and AOS for Kirk because each version gives me wildly different vibes about coffee but the rest of them can be read as either TOS or AOS🥰

Kirk:

TOS Kirk would have coffee occasionally and only put a splash of cream in it.

He would absolutely have a special cup for coffee so it is more of a treat though!

AOS Kirk would put 20000000 sugars and creamers in his coffee and also he should NOT be allowed to have coffee ever because he will have 50 cups in a day if no one (Bones) stops him.

He would absolutely love coffee though and like TOS Kirk he would have a special cup but AOS Kirk would have a blinged out reusable to go cup✨

Spock:

Spock would NOT drink coffee. He hates the bitter taste of it and even if it was doctored up, he still wouldn’t like it.

Caffeine would not agree with his Vulcan half…

McCoy:

He has a caffeine addiction.

With all the bullcrap he has to deal with on a daily basis I do not blame him.

He also doesn’t have time to sleep often so…yeah.

He drinks his coffee black. The bitterness reminds him of how he feels when people (Jim) are constantly getting themselves hurt in idiotic ways.

The only time he ever drinks it any other way is when Uhura makes him latte art. Even though he prefers it black, he enjoys seeing how excited she gets about doing it.

If anyone tries interacting with him before he has his coffee, he will kill them. All of the other medical officers stay far away from him until he has his first cup.

Scotty:

You already know my man is not bothering with coffee unless it has alcohol in it.

Scotty is able to wake himself up pretty quickly. He just gets up and he’s ready to go! So, he’s never had the need to drink any coffee.

Frankly, he just doesn’t enjoy the taste of it.

Uhura:

Uhura would love to start her day by having a nice cup of coffee! It is part of her morning ritual. ☀️

She has a few mugs that she swaps out to have some variety, but her favorite is her pink Hello Kitty mug that her mother gifted to her. (Hello Kitty would stand the test of time, I make the rules and you know I’m right.)

She puts some half and half as well as a little sugar in her coffee most days, but sometimes she switches it up for funzies to varied results.

One day on shore leave, a friend of hers taught her how to do latte art and she has been OBSESSED with it since.

She has her own coffee machine and she brings it to the rec area some mornings to make latte art for other crew members! She loves making hearts and leaves the most!

Her favorite part is seeing others smile when she gives them their special coffee <3

Because she knows how much he needs it, sometimes she lets Bones use her coffee machine to get a fresh cup.

She likes to make him special latte art when she is on breaks because she loves seeing how it cheers him up!

Sulu:

Sulu only ever has coffee on special occasions.

It’s not something he needs every day so he only ever has one when he is on shore leave or vacation and it strikes his fancy.

He loves to try specialty coffees from different places to taste the regional differences.

Chekov:

Chekov LOVES coffee.

However, he is not allowed to have it after…the incident.

Scotty installed a special sensor on the replicators so that if he tries to make a coffee, it doesn’t work.

If Chekov does have coffee…oh boy, strap in. He is like a little kid with a sugar rush! Pavel will NOT be able to sit still to the point where it impedes his work and annoys everyone around him.

He is bouncing off the walls like nobody’s business!

The last time Pavel got his hands on some coffee while he was on duty, Sulu was assigned to wrangle him. It ended with Pavel tied to a chair and gagged.

So yeah the entire bridge crew knows NEVER to let him have any coffee anymore.

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t0ast-ghost · 8 months ago

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Umm STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE THOUGHTS!!!!

You thought this series was dead and buried? Well maybe it is. This may stay in my drafts forever. But I suppose if you’re reading this it’s not.

Warnings for a flashing gif

and spoilers (obviously)

So enjoy and forward we go:

- They kinda just make you watch stars with nice background music for *checks time* two minutes and fifty seconds (no, there are no credits during this time)

- I’m so hyped for this, the credit music is so nostalgic and amazing

- Tron ass graphics <3

- Evolved Klingon design! Let’s go! Also they’re speaking Klingon which I think star trek is super proud of creating

- It’s so alien (as in the movie alien)

- Is that the lizard head rock from the Apple? No it’s Vulcan- damn what’d they do to Spock?

- It’s giving the dark crystal or labyrinth

- THEYVE GOT A VULCAN LANGUAGE?! I mean I knew they would but they created one for the first movie???

- When the Vulcan Master (it’s what imdb calls her) is reading Spock’s mind then the shot goes back to her face and she looks down and there’s a fucking vine boom and she smiles slightly at him like ‘THIS FUCKER IS HAVING GAY THOUGHTS’

- Jim is calling him <3

- It’s interesting how they pronounce Spock’s name differently

- Life is a Dream is my favourite song (It’s the one with the horns)

- Omg hi Kirk hi

- They gave him another Vulcan? Kirk must miss his husband so much

- imagine ten years after your favourite show ends, they make a movie and there are all your favourite guys again! I would have screamed

- Hiya Scotty

- Kirk looks so unhappy. Hmmm wonder why

- Aww this is such a cute conversation between Kirk and Scotty

- KIRK GETS TEARS IN HIS EYES SEEING THE NEW ENTERPRISE OMG. HE LOVES HER SM

- This is the slowest fucking shuttle ever

- I like how there’s just guys floating in spacesuits around

- ….Welp that’s over now. The ship has docked. Finally.

- oh the elevators are just voice controlled now. No handles.

- OMG HI UHURA!!! HI CHECKOV! HI SULU!!!

- Kirk’s about to go fire someone. This’ll be fun.

- Yeah Decker does not take this well. Kirk is just a petty bitch who loves his ship too much and definitely misses his husbands

- WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT? Wha- who- no wonder people don’t like using transporters that’s horrifying

- OMG THATS JANICE RAND!!!

- Kirk has turned into the idiot admiral that he used to hate dealing with

- OMG HIIIII BONES HES GOT A BEARD. They drafted him???? Wait no. JIM BROUGHT HIM BACK hehe

- “Damn it, Bones. I need you. Badly!” He missed his husband so he made him come back to fight a war

- That was such a normal moment between Kirk and McCoy. Sooo normal. I’m normal about it. Sooo normal.

- THAT LITTLE DUDE IN SPACE JUST DID A FLIP

- hi bones hi

- “Jim. You’re pushing.”

- They gave McCoy a better perch, he’s got a railing that’s closer to Kirk now

- time to ask: what is happening

- “Tor-pe-do away!” The slow voice really added to that

- Why is McCoy just there on his knees?!?

- Bones is NOT happy to be here. This is why he divorced Kirk (he’s still married to Spock though)

- McCoy can see that Jim is being unreasonable. But what is that stance and why aren’t they looking into each others eyes? (Edit: not sure what stance I’m talking about but yeah, why aren’t they?)

- It’s been 50 minutes literally nothing has happened except reintroductions

- HI SPOCK HIII HES SO HOT WHATS HE DOING HERE?

- damn why’d Spock just ignore Chekov like that

- Jim is so desperate. He wants this man so bad. He’s like literally starry eyed

- For Chekov this is like the worst high school reunion ever

- HI CHAPEL HAIII

- damn why is Spock ignoring his husbands :(((

- Bones looks so sad. He missed Spock

- Kirk and McCoy are about to interrogate their long gone ex husband. “Will you please sit down.” This is pretty much exactly what it would be like if they got divorced and didn’t see each other for awhile. Spock is trying to separate his emotions from the situation, McCoy is trying to be playful but sneaks in a question about what he’s been doing, and Kirk just wants them back he’s so desperate

- Not gonna say what I’m thinking cause I think that would be disrespectful

- “I believe they may hold my answers.” “Well, isn’t it lucky for you that we just happened to be heading your way?” “Bones! We need him. I need him.” Jim if you say that while staring into Spock’s eyes it’s a bit queer (happy pride month)

- They got the new Apple watches

- Spock is pulling a Deanna Troi

- They brought back Spock to wear the finest eyeshadow and serve silent cunt

- Shapes and colours by the likes of which I’ve never seen!

- I like how Bones just came onto the bridge FOR NO REASON but to kinda look shocked when Kirk was about to do something silly

- Most of this movie feels like, ‘look at this cool set/effects thing for a very long time’ and they are cool

- I now truly understand what a ‘long shot’ is

- Uh oh Kirk. Your husband got zapped!

- huh? whuh? Why’d it take Ilia?

- Everyone that comes onto the bridge takes a second to go what the f-

- Wow that’s just a pussy- *gets schmacked*

- Did Spock just fucking blue screen?

- just noticed Kirk in short sleeves <3

- ILIA BURST THROUGH THE WALL

- Why did they replicate her into high heels

- I love Star Treks idea that love can bring anyone back. Like if anyone is dead and someone loves them enough there’s no way they’re staying dead. And if you bring up Tasha, technically she didn’t die right there and then. And if you bring up Jadzia, fuck you

- What is Spock doing, why’s he mutineering

- They successfully contacted Ilia. There’s something so sad about it being her but not her at all

- Omg. Spock why would you do that?

- “That’s Spock. Damn him! Bring him back here.” Gotta wrangle your husbands

- I was going to say something about pussy and then Spock said “penetrated” so-

- Pussy so good you get blasted backwards- I’ve got to stop

- Spock laughing omg omg

- jaw dropped. That was gay. That was so gay!

- I like how Kirk just has these two guys around to explain things to him

- “It knows only that it needs, commander, but like so many of us, it does not know what.” Do you need something, Spock? What are you trying to say? Do you need the love of your husbands?

- HES JUST GONNA BLOW UP THE SHIP???

- I got legitimately jumpscared by Spock’s tear

He’s really pretty tho and they’re observing him

- “Is this all that I am? Is there nothing more?” This is the greatest moment in the whole movie thus far because it goes back to really what star trek is about. Talking about life through aliens.

- He’s bringing his husbands with him awwe

- woah how are they on top of the enterprise?!Okay I guess this is happening now

- VOYAGER??????????? Oh wait this is a real ship, isn’t it?

- So Decker is going to sacrifice himself to join with V’Ger, isn’t he?

- He rolls back to his husbands

- “As much as you wanted the Enterprise, I want this.” Jim did really want the enterprise, but he also just wanted love, same with Decker, they both just want their loves back.

- Shiny

- Kirk and McCoy staring, jaws dropped like, ‘What is this shit?’

- “And a lot of foolish human emotions, right, Mr. Spock?” “Quite true, Doctor. Unfortunately we will have to deal with them as well.” THEY’RE FLIRTING AGAIN YES!!!!

- It’s a little funny that Spock definitely arrived on the ship ready to stay. Like he cut his hair and everything just to see his husbands.

- “The human adventure is just beginning” what does THAT mean?

Well okay. Time to watch Wrath of Khan, I guess. I hear it’s better…

Masterpost

#star trek #star trek the motion picture #star trek tmp #james t kirk #spock #leonard bones mccoy #hikaru sulu #nyota uhura #pavel chekov #christine chapel #janice rand

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thesovereignchimera · 1 year ago

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Okay hear me out....

New AU where all of TOS is actually just Jim, Spock, Bones along with all the other Senior officers' playground games.

Amanda and Sarek chose to raise Spock on Earth much to his chagrin. Which is why he mimics his father to the best of his ability and is constantly pleased he's different from his classmates. He has a massive crush on both Kirk and Bones after his betrothed back on Vulcan broke his heart. He came to school that day angry and started a fight with both boys that escalated into a small altercation between the headstrong Jim and Spock, but Jim lost to help Spock get it off his chest. The two humans immediately forgave their friend and understood.

Jim has seen through media he must have a girl which explains the rotating female love interest of the week. Also it's to prove to McCoy and Spock, NO HE DOESN'T HAVE A CRUSH ON THEM, SEE? To which then the girl promptly doesn't return and he has to hunt down another one to play. At the same time he's seen his own Dad lamenting that he's less married to his mom and more his job so he goes with that angle too.

Bones is always the one to the rescue when anyone gets a scrape or small cut; he carries around a little tin of bandages and disposable alcohol wipes because his helicopter of a mother is always concerned he's going to hurt himself. He was the first one to join Jim and inadvertently got the job of Chief Medical officer when Jim on the 'Bridge' (that section of the playground) accidentally fell off his 'Captain's Chair' (the jungle gym) and immediately rushed over to see if his classmate was alright. Bones also has a massive crush on Spock and Jim which is why he constantly teases the two.

Scotty is just autistic. Scotty just really wanted to play Chief Engineer so he could use all those words he's been reading about in the tech manuals he's stolen from his father. He brings them to school everyday.

Uhura started out as the token girl of the group, not allowed to do much but the guys quickly realized since she was bright and multilingual, she could do all the voices and stuff for their Aliens! She had great fun playing all the bad guys and good guys the group encountered and was always coming up with something to challenge Jim and his 'Command skills.'

Chekov is a grade younger student who moved schools for being bullied. The group immediately takes him under their wing as soon as Jim notices him sitting all by himself at recess. With Spock especially standing by his new younger friend.

Sulu LOVED to play medieval sword fights or cops and robbers but was coaxed into this new Starship game by Jim with the promise of being the Tactical officer. He still occasionally challenges people to duals.

Any reoccurring actors in different roles were just the same kids who just happened to show up again and wanted to play so Jim and Uhura assigned them a role in their story.

#star trek #star trek tos #st: tos #star trek original series #tos #mr spock #s'chn t'gai spock #spock #jim kirk #bones mccoy #dr mccoy #mccoy #leonard mccoy #headcannon #au #scotty is autistic

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anonymousewrites · 7 months ago

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Logos and Pathos (AOS Edition) Chapter Nineteen

AOS! Spock x Empath! Reader

Chapter Nineteen: Fulfilled Promise

Summary: Spock confronts Khan after (Y/N)'s death.

Spock’s entrance onto the Bridge raised everyone’s alarm. His entire body was tense, and the crew members looked at him warily. They had all heard Kirk and Scotty’s tone of voice, and now that Spock looked like that…it told them something had gone wrong.

Even though Khan and the Vengeance had gone down and crashed into San Fransico and Starfleet HQ, Spock’s gaze said that the battle wasn’t over. His battle wasn’t over.

“Search the enemy ship for signs of life,” snapped Spock, voice tight and clipped. Every part of his body thrummed with rage and grief. He wanted Khan to feel his wrath.

“Sir, there’s no way anyone survived,” said Sulu.

“He could,” said Spock harshly. Khan was alive. He was alive, and (Y/N) wasn’t, and Spock would make him pay for that.

A moment later, Sulu’s scan picked up a figure. Khan, still strong as ever, jumped from the ship and slid down the broken pieces of the ship.

“Whoa! He just jumped thirty meters!” exclaimed Sulu.

“Can we beam him up?” said Spock, his eyes unable to leave Khan.

“There’s too much damage. I have no incoming signal,” said Chekov.

“Spock, what are you planning?” said Kirk, stepping up to Spock worriedly. His First Officer had never gone rogue, and the change in him was disturbing.

“Can you beam me down?” said Spock to Chekov, completely ignoring Kirk.

“Yes, sir,” said Sulu.

“Ready the Transport Room,” ordered Spock, running towards the elevator.

“Spock,” said Kirk, catching him.

Spock whirled on him, every muscle tensed to push past his captain if needed. Nothing mattered more than avenging (Y/N).

“Would (Y/N) want this?” asked Kirk.

“(Y/N) is dead because of him,” replied Spock, voice cold. “He doesn’t deserve any of their kindness.”

Kirk stepped back. Khan had killed Pike and (Y/N) on top of countless other lives. He knew (Y/N) wouldn’t have liked vengeance, but he had the same anger as Spock. Kirk wanted Khan to be stopped, and he couldn’t stop Spock.

“Go get him,” said Kirk, squeezing Spock’s shoulders.

Not bothering to respond, Kirk raced into the elevator and towards the Transporter. Armed with a phaser, he arrived in.

“Stand by for coordinates,” he commanded.

Chekov relayed the coordinates from the Bridge, and the Transport crewmen punched it in. Spock dematerialized with his phaser raised.

Spock materialized in the middle of a fearful, confused crowd, and his head snapped around to find Khan.

Their eyes met. Spock’s eyes narrowed. Khan ran.

Spock pursued him, refusing to let him disappear into the crowd. Khan shoved people aside and entered a building, but Spock dodged the fallen people and continued to follow him. Khan didn’t bother to open a door and crashed through the glass, and Spock’s botos crunched over the shards. Khan exited the building and zig-zagged through stairs, but those obstacles were nothing to Spock. While Khan’s stamina was endless, Spock’s rage refused to die as well.

Crossing a street, Khan forced cars to stop, and his escape remained unimpeded. However, Spock’s pursuit was fueled by equal parts ambition and rage, and he was undeterred.

Khan leapt from the street and onto a carrier lifting into the air. He watched in satisfaction as it rose above Spock. His smirk fell as Spock jumped and grabbed onto the bottom of the carrier. Pulling himself up, Spock caught sight of Khan once more. Khan stamped down on his hand, and Spock let out a cry. His phaser fell away to the ground far below.

Viciously, Khan grabbed Spock and threw him against the side of the carrier. Spock jumped to his feet and ducked Khan’s next punch. He side-stepped Khan and punched, connecting with Khan’s cheek. Khan barely stumbled, but anger coursed through Spock and spurred him forward. His Vulcan strength was affecting Khan, even if a little.

Furious at being hit, Khan redoubled his efforts, and Spock grappled with him. They exchanged blows, each managing to avoid being completely taken out but taking their share of bruises as they dealt out attacks.

Spock grabbed Khan’s next and pinched it. Instead of sending him to sleep, the Vulcan Nerve Pinch only caused Khan frustration and pain due to his resilience. He let out an angry yell and nearly went to his knees. However, Khan grabbed Spock’s wrist and flipped it over awkwardly. Spock was forced to let go, and Khan punched him. Then, he grabbed Spock’s neck, forced him upright, and punched him again.

Spock hit the top of the metal carrier hard, and Khan loomed over him. He grabbed the sides of his head and pressed inwards. Spock grabbed his hands and tried to pull Khan’s grip away. When that didn’t work, Spock took desperate, private measures.

Spock pressed his fingers to Khan’s temple and forced a mind meld. Spock pressed all of his anger and grief into Khan, mimicking (Y/N)’s empathy by sharing all of his pain with Khan. He let out a cry and kneed Spock in the stomach to force him away. Khan took a step back and panted as Spock groaned. Turning to spot another carrier, Khan jumped.

He landed on the carrier below and looked back up at Spock. He wasn’t a superior human. He couldn’t do what Khan did.

But Spock was braver than Khan could ever be, and, knowing (Y/N) would have courage, Spock was willing to risk everything to gain his vengeance against Khan. Spock ran and jumped into the open air. He landed on the metal carrier below and rolled back. He grabbed onto the edge with barely enough time to hang on for his own life. But Spock had survived the jump.

Khan stared in frustrated disbelief as Spock pulled himself up. He kicked Spock back and grabbed his collar to punch him several more times. Then, Khan grabbed Spock’s head again and pressed inwards.

“You,” he sneered. “You inferior thing. Half-human, half-Vulcan, completely inferior!” Khan glared at Spock. “So what made you special to them? Nothing is special about you. You’re nothing compared to me. No one is.”

“You…lost!” said Spock, pulling his hands away. “Because someone with more bravery than you could ever have sacrificed everything.”

“Bravery…more like stupidity,” growled Khan, trying to crush Spock between his hands like he wanted to with his own insecurities and anger at being defeated.

Behind Khan and Spock, Transporter energy appeared, and it swirled into the form of Kirk. He stood with a phaser in hand and spun towards Khan and Spock. Khan whirled on Kirk, but Kirk fired the phaser—on stun—over-and-over into him. Khan flinched but continued approaching Kirk.

Spock tore a piece of metal from the carrier and grabbed Khan’s shoulder. Khan turned, and Spock hit him across the face. While Kirk kept the phaser trained on Khan, Spock grabbed his arm, braced it across his shoulder, and pulled.

Snap!

Khan shouted in anger and pain as his arm broke. He had been wrong—Spock could break bone.

“Spock!” shouted Kirk.

Spock ignored him. Grabbing Khan’s disoriented body, he flipped him and slammed him onto the metal. He pinned him down and punched him again and again. Every bit of his grief and anger and pure fury at having lost (Y/N)—the person he loved most—went into his attacks. Khan couldn’t take a single moment to recover. He was at Spock’s mercy, and Spock had none left to give.

“Spock!” Kirk knelt and stared at Spock desperately. “Spock, stop!” But Spock was blind with rage, blind to anything but revenge. “He’s our only chance to save (Y/N)!” Kirk used the one phrase he knew could get Spock back.

Save (Y/N).

Spock froze and looked at Kirk. Kirk gazed back at him with such intensity that Spock knew he was telling the truth. Spock looked back down at Khan. He raised his fist and punched him one last time.

Khan’s consciousness was knocked from him, and he went limp.

Khan was defeated. Spock stood victorious.

And he had a chance to save (Y/N).

“(Y/N)…I feel the same. I love you.”

“I have loved you for longer than I knew the words for it.”

“May I kiss you?”

“I love you, T’hy’la.”

“Beloved.”

“T’hy’la, keep your eyes open. Stay with me…Please…”

“Please. Please, open your eyes, T’hy’la.”

(Y/N)’s eyes opened slowly to bright white light. A familiar voice spoke to them, pulling them from the depths of their own mind and the infinite blackness that surrounded them. They blinked.

In an instant, a hand was in theirs, and two fingers pressed against theirs. (Y/N) smiled as they felt the familiar, comforting aura.

“Spock,” they said softly, turning their head.

He gazed at them from beside their hospital bed, searching their face for signs of discomfort. “You’re alright, T’hy’la,” said Spock, comforting himself as well as them. After all, (Y/N) had been dead. They had barely been saved, and until they awoke, Spock had been left in the greatest fear of his life. “You’re alive.”

(Y/N) smiled. “I promised I’d come back.” They pressed their fingers against Spocks’ again. “And I don’t break my promises.”

“I am very glad you are alive, T’hy’la,” said Spock. “I thought…I thought I had lost you. It was a terrible thought.”

“I’m sorry that I worried you, Spock,” said (Y/N) softly.

Spock shook his head. “It is unavoidable for me to worry for you. I love you, T’hy’la. I will always worry for you. I want the best for you. I couldn’t—can’t—stand the thought of leaving you to die.”

(Y/N) smiled. “I love you, too, Spock.” They chose not to mention that Spock had learned what they had at the volcano—that people would risk everything to protect those they loved. “I love you so, so much.”

Tears came to (Y/N)’s eyes as all the emotions they’d gone through until then came through them. The fear of losing their friends. The anger at Khan. The fear of death. Dying.

But they were alive. They were holding the hand of the man they loved. (Y/N) was alive and filled with every positive emotion possible, burning with warmth.

“I love you, Spock,” said (Y/N), gazing at him with pure love and emotion.

Spock raised his other hand and wiped their tears of relief away. He leaned in. “I love you, too, T’hy’la.” He kissed them. He showed them his love, the best medicine he could give, for his own heart and theirs.

“There will always be those who mean to do us harm,” said Kirk. “To stop them, we risk awakening the same evil within ourselves. Our first instinct is to seek revenge when those we love are taken from us.”

(Y/N) touched Spock’s fingers at the words. They gazed at the flag being folded in honor of Pike and all the other lives lost against Khan. Around them, people sat with solemn auras and expressions.

“But that’s not who we are,” continued Kirk.

(Y/N) pressed their fingers properly against Spock’s, and he returned the quiet gesture.

“We are here today to rechristen the U.S.S. Enterprise and to honor those who lost their lives nearly one year ago,” said Kirk, looking out at the crowd. “When Christopher Pike first gave me his ship, he had me recite the Captain’s Oath, words I didn’t appreciate at the time. Now I see them as a call for us to remember who we once were and who we must be again. And those words?”

“Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise and her five-year mission to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before.”

“Captain on the Bridge,” announced Chekov.

Kirk strolled onto the Bridge and smiled at everyone. The newly-rebuilt Enterprise was completely repaired and gleaming in the lights and joy of its crew. Kirk chuckled as he saw Sulu sitting in the captain’s chair.

“It’s hard to get out of it once you’ve had a taste, isn’t that right, Mr. Sulu?” teased Kirk.

Sulu stood. “ ‘Captain’ does have a nice ring to it,” he said playfully. “Chair’s all yours, sir.”

Kirk smiled and opened a comms channel. “Mr. Scott. How’s our core?”

“Purring like a kitten, Captain,” came Scotty’s pleased reply. “She’s ready for a long journey.”

“Excellent,” said Kirk. He clapped Bones on the back. “Come on, Bones! It’s gonna be fun!”

“Five years in space. God help me,” grumbled Bones.

“Don’t worry, Bones. You have the best company,” teased (Y/N), coming onto the Bridge with Spock.

Kirk smiled broadly. “Spock. (Y/N). Glad to see you.”

“We’re glad to be here, Captain,” said (Y/N).

“Captain,” greeted Spock.

“Oh, god, I forgot I was stuck for give years for the lovebirds,” groaned Bones.

“Bones, I have a feeling they’re going to have the steadiest relationship,” laughed Kirk. He patted (Y/N) and Spock on the shoulders, and his smile became gentler. “Really, though. I’m glad to have you both.” He looked out at the stars stretching into infinity before them. “Where shall we go?”

“As a mission of this duration has never been attempted, we defer to your good judgement, Captain,” said Spock.

“We know you’ll do the right thing,” said (Y/N), smiling.

The two took their places at their stations as Kirk sat down in his chair.

“Mr. Sulu, take us out,” he said, and he leaned back.

“Aye, Captain,” said Sulu.

The Enterprise jumped to warp.

(Y/N) and Spock looked at one another, and (Y/N) smiled while Spock gazed back with equal fondness. They had faced so much destruction and death and overcome it all. They were still together. They always would be.

(Y/N) and Spock had each other. They had their love. That was all they needed.

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I finished TOS today :'(

From J's loathing of the series finale, I thought it would be worse tbh. It is not good, to be clear! Obviously the whole conceit of the episode is intensely misogynistic (and transphobic, though I think that was less intentional) and Janice is so completely identified with Gender while also being so mediocre that her characterization is somewhere between insulting and comically stupid, but with a bit of generosity there are some things I can find intriguing about it.

For instance, Janice's rage over Kirk leaving her for his career only for Kirk to be like "actually I left you because your internalized misogyny was incredibly off-putting" is phrased in a deeply cringy 60s way. Yet, J and I have both found this to be basically true IRL. Self-hating misogynistic women do make for terrible relationships and Janice is at Lady Macbeth levels of it.

I also found it interesting that Janice (in the body of Kirk) is so sneeringly mocking of the idea that a woman could possibly have physically gotten the better of a man, when the reality is that a) she knows perfectly well (as does the audience) that this is exactly what happened, and b) this has happened to Kirk numerous times before (I think on at least four unrelated occasions in this season alone).

On just an acting level, I guiltily enjoyed Shatner's performance of Janice body snatching Kirk apart from a few specific scenery chewing moments. There's this blend of his usual Kirk performance with hints that something isn't right that get stronger and stronger until he's such an obvious monster that all the crew except security are refusing to follow blatantly unethical orders and actively trying to use Starfleet protocols that allow them to remove a superior officer (it's a surprisingly good episode for Sulu and Chekov because of this, as well as for the ever-reliable Spock).

The earlier phases of Shatner-as-Janice-imitating-Shatner-as-Kirk have this kind of almost-but-not-quite-right uncanny quality that I thought was actually pretty well done. It's rather better than the guest actor's performance of Kirk-stuck-in-Janice's-body until she really gets going.

So, like, there's this wild moment when Janice is sweet-talking the awful doctor into helping her commit murder, and it's clearly coded as, you know, the evil tempting ways of women as Janice leans in both kind of seductively and kind of menacingly. But Janice is performed by Shatner throughout the entire scene, so it's ... uhh. Well. A lot.

Meanwhile, Kirk-trapped-in-a-lady-body is trying to prove that he is Kirk to Spock, who is basically willing to entertain the possibility but not at all certain. I was half-jokingly telling J, "I feel like a mind meld could solve a lot of problems here" when Kirk did suggest a mind meld with Spock via the incredible line "You are closer to the captain than anyone in the universe. You know his thoughts" which UHHHHHH and then Spock does mind meld with Kirk and is immediately convinced that this really is Kirk, but Kirk is played by a woman the whole time, so. Hmm. Plausible deniability?

I'm honestly reminded a little of my Shakespeare class's discussion of how Twelfth Night would have registered to audiences at the time, when Viola would be played by a boy pretending to be a woman pretending to be a man. It's complicated. Obviously this bad episode is no Twelfth Night, but ... well.

I do also appreciate that the episode takes a very strong "just following orders is not an excuse" position, as does virtually everyone on the Enterprise except the security people. If the usual female cast members were more present, I think the gender stuff wouldn't feel as bad, tbh—I don't recall seeing Uhura at all, Chapel is hesitant but goes along with basically everything, the random woman on the bridge is just kind of scared where the men simply refuse to comply...

The conclusion is also just ambiguous enough to read the way I'm choosing to read it, which I feel is absolutely not what was intended, lol.

For context, a lot of Actual Janice's unhinged rage is driven by a mixture of what seems to be a very real glass ceiling in Starfleet + a distinctly authoritarian approach to power (J and I have long joked about half the cast of Mass Effect whining about "red tape" and we started going "RED TAPE!!!" as Janice transparently fumed about operating within an organization in which authority figures are actually answerable to other people and regulations exist around institutional power) + A Woman Scorn'd misogynistic tropes.

After Kirk and Janice are restored to their respective bodies and Janice is led away by the doctors, Kirk says, "I didn't want to destroy her."

Spock's last line in the show is his reply: "I'm sure we all understand that, captain."

Kirk responds, "Her life could have been as rich as any woman's, if only..."

And that's the end of the episode! And the show! And I was like "as any woman's, yeah, but she didn't want to only have the opportunities available to women, which is entirely fair even if she individually sucks." But since Kirk just trails off and wanders sadly away, there's no clarification of what "if only" refers to. I would guess that the writers intended something more like "if only she'd been happy with her place as a woman" or whatever, but I'm choosing to live in a world where it's more like this was a perfect storm of about five different factors and not specifying lets him wave vaguely at all of them rather than attributing her actions to any single cause.

Regardless, I'm sad to leave TOS behind. For all its warts (the godawful handling of nearly all female characters comes from barely ten years before Princess Leia blasted her way into cultural consciousness; the writing and direction is wildly erratic in quality; the characterization sometimes wobbles to serve the plots; etc), I've really loved it. I'm very fond of so many of the characters and feel I know them despite the wobbling. I love how the show uses color in such a vivid way (even accounting for tech changes that affect this, like the lighting making green command uniforms look gold), I love the willingness to try different things with angles, effects, light, stages, whatever. I love the worldbuilding-as-we-go that gradually coalesces into something familiar. I love the way it's episodic enough to watch in any order but kind of builds on itself nevertheless (it feels very right for "Amok Time" to long precede "Journey to Babel," for instance).

I even enjoy the glaring-to-a-modern-eye staginess. I'm so tired of glossy de-saturated sci-fi aesthetics that TOS being like "fuck it, let's try X" whether it succeeds or not is just very welcome. I've loved checking out different costumes, hairstyles, various little details that make it feel real in a larger (and brighter) than life way. RIP to TOS from the future: nobody's doing it like you.

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electronickingdomfox · 9 months ago

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"Uhura's Song" review

Novel from 1985, by Janet Kagan. I have mixed feelings about this book. For starters, if you're looking for a story focused on Uhura, this isn't it. She plays an important role in the very first chapters, but then she goes to the background, and doesn't have more protagonism than, say, Chekov.

Anyway, misleading title and cover aside, there are good things about it. The culture of the Sivaoans (some kind of anthropomorphic cats) is well fleshed and described in detail. Little by little, we learn a lot about this people: their social structure and rites of passage, the importance they place on names and oral tradition, their linguistic quirks, taboos and legends, etc. By the last third of the novel, when the crew goes on a quest along the main Sivaoan characters, we've come to understand and care about them. So yeah, as an exploration of an alien culture, it's alright.

But on the other hand, there's an incredible amount of filler in this novel. It's about twice as long as the average TOS novel of this era, but a great chunk of it is just pages and pages of the Enterprise crew doing cute things and playing with cats. With little development in-between. The narrative has a tendency to overindulge in the most insignificant events. Sometimes, after several pages of this, I'd stop and think "Are they really STILL talking about that!? It wasn't so interesting to begin with!" Granted, the main mystery is engaging enough to keep going: I wanted to know what had happened between the Sivaoans and their distant relatives thousands of years ago; and I wanted to know how they'd find the cure for the plague that's at the core of the mission, and what had songs to do with it. Those things kept me going... but with a lot of struggle to wade through the fluff.

Another problem is the guest character, Dr. Evan Wilson, who's not just a doctor, she's a... (insert anything you can think of here). No, really, whatever you can do, be sure she can do it ten times better: she beats Sulu at fencing and Spock at computers, she's a better engineer than Scotty, she's the best friend of everyone and is impossible not to love her (including the Sivaoans), she will develop a new vaccine and then kill a dangerous beast with a spear in the same breath, all the time being "super funny". Even when she's not present, other characters' conversations tend to gravitate towards her and comment on how awesome she is. (For those that get "The Simpsons" references: she's a Poochie, literally). But it's not just that she's a blatant Mary Sue; after all, a Mary Sue may fulfill an important role in a story, provide the plot or be the key to solve a conflict. The main problem with Dr. Wilson is that I see no reason why she needs to be in the story to begin with. She just steals McCoy's role as chief medical officer, and doesn't offer anything that couldn't have been done by other character (like Uhura, for example). There's some mystery about her identity, but its resolution doesn't explain why she's important for the story either.

To summarize, this novel has an interesting premise, but would have been much better without Dr. Wilson, and cutting corners on the fluff. If you want to read an actual Uhura story, go get "The Tears of the Singers" instead... Unless you absolutely need lots of cats, I don't know.

Spoilers under the cut:

The Eeiauoans (some sort of cat people) are being ravaged by the worst outbreak so far of a deadly disease: ADF syndrome. Sick Eeiauoans start losing all their fur, bend in pain, and in the final stages, enter a coma and die. At first thought to be exclusive to this race, the disease starts propagating among humans, and Chapel is one of the first to fall sick. So while McCoy battles the disease planetside, Uhura tries to find a solution in the Enterprise. She's good friends with Sunfall, an Eeiauoan dancer, and suspects there are clues about a cure, hidden in the ancient songs that Sunfall passed to her.

Thus, Uhura starts working with Spock to analyze the songs. Some of them seem to allude to a different origin for the Eeiauoans, as if they were colonists or exiles from another planet. And Uhura believes the cure is to be found in their planet of origin; one of the songs mentions similar symptoms as ADF, but unfortunately, the part about the cure was cut out. Speculating about some astronomical references in the songs, they narrow down the search to a certain quadrant. But the Eeiauoans refuse to help, or even acknowledge this extra-planetary origin, as if they were hiding something. Finally one of them, desperate about her sickness, confesses that the planet's name is Sivao, which helps Spock and Uhura to pinpoint the place. And considering how difficult was this search, and how vague the references in the songs, they solve this part of the problem with relative ease.

McCoy is left with the medical team in the planet, so Dr. Wilson takes his place in the Enterprise. Once in Sivao, Kirk, Wilson, Spock, Uhura and Chekov beam down to contact the aliens. They're very similar to the Eeiauoans, suggesting a common ancestry, though their language is a bit different. And unlike the Eeiauoans, they still live as nomadic tribes. They're amicable enough at first, but as soon as Kirk mentions the Eeiauoans and the plague, they become really hostile, and refuse to talk about the subject. Just as happened with their relatives, the Sivaoans don't even recognize the existence of the others. Nonetheless, the crew stays with them for several days, in the hope that they reveal something eventually. Uhura trades songs with the local bard, Chekov builds shelters and plays with the kids, Wilson befriends Brightspot (the local chief's young daughter) and Jinx (a kind of outcast among her people). They also discover that the Sivaoans have perfect pitch when singing, and perfect memory of events, so they don't need books. But although some Sivaoans seem to be itching to help them, they still can't acknowledge the existence of the Eeiauoans. Besides, a description of ADF syndrome doesn't ring any bells with the town's doctor.

Meanwhile in Eeiauo, McCoy has contracted ADF too, but a new treatment developed by Wilson before her departure can slow down the symptoms, though it's not a cure. (And there's a big mood whiplash here, since Kirk and co. are having so much fun with the cats, while McCoy is having the shittiest time of his life...).

In the Sivaoan village, the crew finally gets one of the natives to speak, even if she can only confess it to the tricorder: two thousand years ago, their civilization split between a technologically-advanced one, and a tribal one; but technology and urban dwelling brought disease and the extinction of several species, so that part of the Sivaoans was forced to leave the planet, and establish a colony in Eeiauo. The two branches have tried to ignore each other ever since, out of guilt. However, if the crew wishes to learn more, they'll have to undergo a rite of passage to be considered real adults for the Sivaoans. So the crew, together with Brightspot and Jinx (who was ostracized for having failed the rite several times) go out on a quest. They need to traverse a dangerous part of forest to the nearest village.

For the following days, the crew fights against wild animals with primitive weapons, survive a fall into the river, and must take care of Chekov, who has fallen suddenly ill with ADF. It turns out that Chekov was specially sensitive to the disease, and he will die even before reaching the next village. Then Uhura decides to sing again the song about the cure, but this time varying the pitch, in case that makes Brightspot and Jinx recognize it. Effectively, one of the variations matches a Sivaoan song about some mild chidren disease. This way, they find out that this minor disease in Sivao, has evolved into the lethal ADF among other populations. Chekov caught the disease because he was playing a lot with the cat kids. Once they know this, Jinx quickly concocts a cure with local plants, and Chekov starts recovering.

After finishing the quest, the crew is able to confront the local chieftain as adults, and several Sivaoans choose to go with them to Eeiauo, to help with the cure (among them, Brightspot and Jinx). Everyone is cured and vaccinated, and it's time for Dr. Wilson to depart. Spock, who had grown increasingly suspicious about Wilson, starts investigating her records. And he discovers she's not the real Dr. Wilson, but some kind of "space pirate" or benevolent trickster, who goes around impersonating other people and helping here and there... Okaaay. In her last message, Wilson challenges Spock to keep searching for her across the galaxy (but I'm pretty sure Spock will have forgotten everything by the next novel).

Spirk Meter: 2/10*. There's the usual mind-link between Kirk and Spock, so the latter is certain that the Captain's alive after falling into a river. Kirk is often amused by Spock's idiosyncracies. And one night, he wakes up from a nightmare, to find Spock's "reassuring form" next to the fire. Also, Kirk teases Spock saying that "some of my best friends are devious- isn't that right, Mr. Spock?" However, there's only timid examples like these. Compared with other novels, there's not much more.

A bit of McKirk as well. McCoy is reaaally happy to have Kirk back in the end. And Kirk comes to a sleeping, sick McCoy (who's cuddling with the cat kids; you know, the ones that carried the infection... WHY!?), and wakes him gently to tell him everything about their adventure.

*A 10 in this scale is the most obvious spirk moments in TOS. Think of the back massage, "You make me believe in miracles", or "Amok Time" for example.

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