#it's time to rewatch amok time

[arttsuka]

Quick drawing

[spirk-trek]

pov: you're about to die in the gayest way imaginable

[favvn]

Oh my god, Kirk really was given 3 separate chances to leave, to accept the initial rejection of not being Vulcan and to run away as an outsider to the ceremony and Vulcan law. It really does double as a ritual rejection, a test of resolve and the strength of his relationship with Spock.

(Under the cut because the images make it a long post)

First Test: Rejected as outworlder and vouched for by another Vulcan

Second Test: if Kirk and McCoy really are upstanding people to be named "friend" by Spock. To stay is to earn respect. To leave is cowardice and a sign that the friendship is weak that it should dissolve at the first sign of trouble.

Third Test: To accept the challenge to fight Spock, despite not being a Vulcan nor desiring T'Pring. It shows bravery and love to accept the unknown if doing so will help Spock.

[spectrumtacular]

Fellas is it gay to cure yourself of blood fever in a fuck or die scenario by rolling around in the dirt with your boy best friend

[communistkenobi]

I like that a good 60% of interactions between spock and kirk are just kirk saying some sly comment while looking immensely pleased with himself and spock is standing there like 😐 <- having a lovely time talking to the captain

[thestoryofayouth]

spock telling jim that no outworlder knows what pon farr is except the few who have been involved and then.two seconds later telling him what it is is crazy like why was he lowkey coming onto him .

[spongynova]

I LOVE how star trek tos is failing at heterosexuality.

I mean I look at this show and almost every het relationship is so weird, it just doesn't work there is no writing beside people's 'gender'.

But, these manly men's friendships look so very queer.

Like in mirror mirror, Marlena is obviously hot but since she's 'just' hot, her lack of characterisation makes her easy to forget (and this colorful dress when she is at the door, so camp).

On the other hand Bones softly puts his thumb on Kirk chin to erase a blood stain. And both Jims' first sentence or so are about Spock's beard. Tiz peak.

It's wonderful.

And don't get me wrong: I'm a sucker for well written friendships. I want these hands on the shoulder and waist (if people are ok with contact) and strong dialogue about their platonic feelings. And I'm sad about the possibility of being gay pushing away this kind of writing in today's shows (to be clear it's shitty queerphobia). But oh the sheer joy to see this spark of affection between same gender characters, I'll take these crumbs and cherish them in my little agender bi heart.

[silly-cherries]

do you think asexual Vulcans experience pon farr?

[garashir]

Star Trek TOS 1x24 This Side of Paradise // Supernatural 8x17 Goodbye Stranger

[bellamontwasright]

Fuck or die but your grandma and your fiance and your fiance's boyfriend and your boss and your doctor are there. I think if I was in Spock's position I'd just kill myself. So considering that I think his actions are above criticism

[thresholdbb]

Holo Janeway giving the “Boldly go” speech gets me every time

[pinkgrapefloyd]

god I've missed writing spirk. save me awkward vulcan family dinner

[jimtitkirk]

Hullo! Trying to revive the tried and true tradition of asks!! Do you have a favorite episode or favorite few? (Bonus: please elaborate as much or as little about why you like it depending on your energy levels of course❤️)

Hope you’re having a lovely day!

hihihiii!!!! thank you so much for sending this, and i hope ur ALSO having a fantastic day <333 ohhhh my god it's been a while and im way overdue for a rewatch, but here's what i remember:

for plot reasons, "space seed" is definitely a favorite and my most rewatched!! i'm a sucker for analysis, and ricardo montalban, mexican king, and not only is it an INCREDIBLE setup for TWOK, but i could probably write an essay post on how good of a villain khan is as a foil to kirk. to summarize, it's fascinating seeing two characters (protag-antag) that are genuinely well-matched in terms of wit and motive.

for gay (spirk) reasons, "the city on the edge of forever" always makes me go insane. the aesthetic, the LINES that are dropped ("[as if you have been and always will be by his side]" or however it goes), and... just... the angsty and melancholic YEARNING that radiates from spock, watching him try to support kirk as a friend, but internally being torn apart because he'd rather martyr himself for kirk's happiness and good the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one than consider his own needs...

i also just wanna put out there that "for the world is hollow and i have touched the sky" as a title, poetically, has made me go apeshit bonkers even before i watched it. like. what the fuck.

[favvn]

Okay, this 100% brainwormed madness because it is absolutely unnecessary. I am admitting it upfront, and I am saying it in earnest, not as a self-deprecating joke. But.

There's something about how Spock's pleading with T'Pau re-contextualizes their initial meeting. (Under a read more for images, long-winded typing, etc., I need to log off and read my silly 1000 page books and give my brain better enrichment sources.)

T'Pau looks like she initiates a mind meld on Spock or at least uses specific contact points to look into his mind to determine his current state in Pon Farr. She glances away from Spock to Kirk and McCoy after breaking contact and says, "Spock… are our ceremonies for outworlders?" Which, yeah. Kirk and McCoy are outsiders, no duh.

But later, when Spock--despite being deep in the blood fever and supposedly unable to talk much less care about anyone beyond the fever--tries to get T'Pau to reject Kirk as T'Pring's champion for the challenge, he says, "My friend… does not understand. He does not know. I will do what I must, T'Pau. But not with him. His blood does not burn. He is my friend." And like. I initially took it as "Kirk is an outsider, but he is dear to me. He is not a Vulcan. These customs mean nothing to him, nor does he know anything about them. The fever is not compelling him to do this, so don't allow him to go through with something that could kill him when it is unnecessary."

But pairing these two scenes side-by-side, knowing Theodore Sturgeon--master of subtext--wrote this episode (was he gay? Bi? I swear I read that somewhere, but Google is not yielding anything), knowing that this scene begins and ends with "my friend" (the repetition! bookend phrasing!) and that such a designation allows an outsider to be privy to Vulcan secrets….

My (brainwormed-fried) take is this: T'Pau sees the presence that Kirk takes in Spock's mind. Not only are they linked by their work but by a bond of what has repeatedly been termed friendship by Spock in the series ("When I feel friendship for you, I am ashamed"). This episode reveals what the term "friend" means for Vulcans, that it can supersede the boundaries separating Vulcans and non-Vulcans. T'Pau asking if their ceremonies are for outsiders can take a second meaning, namely, if it is Kirk who is to take part in the koon-ut-kal-if-fee, long before T'Pring initiates the challenge against Spock's betrothal/bond to her. (To say nothing of that phrasing! Consider an alternative: "Spock.... are our ceremonies to be seen by outworlders?" which, I assume, is the intent of the original phrasing, but taking it straight as the words are in the episode, however: "Spock.... are our ceremonies for outworlders?" What? Hello?? Ma'am???)

So, in this (brainwormed) context, Spock's pleading for Kirk takes on a new meaning--Spock doesn't want to undergo the ceremony or challenge with Kirk because he assumes Kirk doesn't feel the same way as he does about their relationship, having no blood fever to compel him and having a different human understanding for friendship. His pleading sounds like someone trying to keep an unrequited love secret.

Like. I'm saying those two got married in that fight, somehow performing the whole koon-ut-kal-if-fee in one go, and T'Pau agreed to it because she saw how over the damn moon Spock is for Kirk, but--due to some tradition, no doubt, to test the challenger's commitment--she gave Kirk multiple opportunities to leave and not take part. Kirk doesn't. He cares too much for Spock and. Well. Here we are.

[fluorescentbrains]

the inherent homoeroticism of a duel to the death

[eury--dice]

vulcans love to shake their “shut the fuck up” bells