#kirk and Spock were fucking great in that im serious

[rainbowresurrection]

The thing I find lame about SNW is that they "lean into" Spock's human half. Ohhhhh oo-hoo-hooooo look at me! I'm a writer who wants to put my goofy ass spin on Mr. Spock!

But then they want to call it a canon prequel to the ORIGINAL? Like canon. To the original. I don't buy it. Canon to the OG where Spock is literally disgusted and ashamed of his human half and has spent his ENTIRE life hiding it? Like the entire time, that includes the time in which SNW supposedly takes place? And the T'Pring shit I can't even bring myself to talk about because it deviates so far from canon? A one-off character they just brought back to make Spock seem less fucking gay?

Hoh look a musical episode! Wow! It's camp get it??? Camp?? Cuz the original was campy?? Except Spock is straightwashed so they managed to make camp heterocentric so what are they doing and what was the point? Who the hell is this supposed to be for?

What. Were. They. Thinking. I'm going insane. Episode where SPOCK becomes HUMAN? Episode where they SPLIT the MIXED RACE character who was written as MIXED RACE in the SIXTIES! I dare them to write a goofy episode where Oops! I turn Full Native and see how quirky and racially sensitive it is. Hoho so fun and goofy!

No I cannot overlook these transgressions. I want as many people as possible to know that I'm disgusted and to feel vindicated in knowing that they aren't the only one. I'm so sorry fellow mixed race queers. We deserve better from a "Star Trek show". And Spock as a character deserves so much more respect than he's ever given in reboot writing. A kid with a Spock action figure could conjure up a superior narrative.

I haven't been this angry since AOS (straight Spock [x2] White Khan [x1] mental diarrhea [x1000]).

There's so many types of Star Trek Show at this point that there is bound to be some contention over what is the "right vibe" and what is sacrilege but whatever the fuck SNW and AOS is dishing out is just sooooo far removed from everything I found appealing about Star Trek. Oooo big het guys do tuff stuff but never in a gay way (maybe throw a qweer in the background so people can't call out lack of rep) and also the enterprise looks like a migraine and maybe there's some explosions oooooooo [has a stroke and fucking dies]

[invisible-brandy]

why is this literally "finally! a worthy opponent!" moment

also more on this episode and the devil in the dark one because i need to talk:

first of all, god i wish there WERE some higher beings that just took humanity by the scruffs of our necks and said "no fighting!". where are they. i need them. stop this shit. come heat up all our weapons and splash us with cold water so we can all calm down and be friends.

on a less serious note: spirk. just. yeah. it's so funny to me that kirk fully attracts attention to himself while trying to defend spock and like with what - literally just screaming "he's done nothing!". and the whole "he is my friend" "you have poor choice in friends" exchange lmao

also love kirk's amusement with spock running the probabilities of their success: in the devil in the dark he gets so. smiley about it.

like what the fuck.

also watching the devil in the dark made me think that they would be the kind of couple to pick up an "aggressive" stray dog or rescue feral kittens.

also this shot was extremely comedic to me: bones is just standing there, astounded by his own ability to heal the horta, while kirk never doubted him and dragged him down there like "you're a healer - there's a patient" like bro has insane levels of confidence in his crew & their abilities

anyway back to errand of mercy.

outfits were great in this episode. anyone wants to tell me why kirk has to walk around practically ass out while the rest of the organians get much longer robes? im not complaining i love the leggings look it's just an observation.

another observation is they're still dressed in yellow and blue. consistency <3

then this thing: the way kirk's face most noticeably falls at the idea of spock being tortured.....okay. that's his friend ;-;

(as a phannie, im a sucker for when my ships are best friends. like, for real. makes me soft)

love the fact that even when holding an enemy by the throat, kirk calls out in a hushed whisper "mr. spock". so respectful. makes me all the more insane when they switch to just "jim" and "spock".

also the fuck was this about. he can walk on his own you dont have to drag him after you i cannnnnt like what is this communication between them. kirk drags him by the wrist to where they need to go but spock throws a grenade with NO real warning, just like yeah here we go. sprint now.

[garak]

💕💔🏳️‍🌈 for the hyperfixation ask game???

im doing star trek because judas scifi rights

💕 tell us about one of your favorite characters and why you like them!

hmm. going to talk about garak. garak is a self aware gay stereotype and i love him so much. he’ll be like “well as an exiled former intelligence agent with great experience in killing torture and interrogation,” and then will immediately deny that he was ever in the obsidian order. he’s a fun combination of campy, fashionable, obviously gay old man and serious character with a harrowing past who’s a loose cannon with specialties in everything. also i think its hilarious that he saw julian on the replimat like second day of work and was like oh i MUST go menacingly flirt with this twink immediately. also didnt andrew robinson say that garaks first thoughts on julian were wow. ive gotta top this guy. king

💔 tell us about one of your LEAST favorite characters and why you dislike them.

i know its out of style but fuck riker dude. every other character on tng has at least a fun gimmick. no. this is just an unfun, straight version of kirk.

🏳‍🌈 do you have any headcanons (lgbt, race, neuro, etc) that are important to you?

data? gay. geordi? trans and bi. yar? lesbian icon. also all vulcans have autism and since since amanda grayson was autistic as well, spock got double whammied and is actually king of the neurodivergents. hes also trans and gay