#like you know they’re excitedly sharing science journal articles in their free time because they’re dweebs!! they’re dorks!!

[sesamestreep]

sexy himbo jock interpretations of James Tiberius Kirk are silly and do a disservice to the character for a lot of reasons, not least of which is that it fundamentally ignores all the times in canon when Kirk is faced with a scientific discovery or oddity and you can see the effort it takes for him not to clap and skip with excitement. like in ‘the devil in the dark’ when Spock posits that they might be dealing with a silicon based life form and McCoy’s like “but that’s impossible!” and Kirk literally crosses the room to flirt talk excitedly with Spock about the prospect and how it could work! and what it would mean!

What I’m saying is, Kirk’s gotta be smart and a huge dork because how else could he pull a bad autistic bitch like Spock?

[kyanitedragon]

#see also: #in arena when the aliens let the enterprise watch Kirk’s fight with the Gorn on that fuckass asteroid #and Spock is like listing the elements present that Kirk could use to build a weapon or make an explosion or whatever #but Kirk can’t hear him! because he’s on a fuckass asteroid #but he still turns around and does exactly what Spock was describing because he’s ALSO SMART AND CAPABLE AND GOOD AT SCIENCE #and like! you just know Spock was like….barely containing his lust in that moment #like your bestie your life partner your other half is out there showing why you’re soooo drift compatible #while also being good at science (your favorite thing)??? #I wouldn’t be normal about it either #(I’m very clearly not normal about it anyway) #like you know they’re excitedly sharing science journal articles in their free time because they’re dweebs!! they’re dorks!! #the greatest trick this show pulls off is making you think Kirk and Spock are opposites #when in fact their whole thing is ‘how differently can two people be raised and move through life and still be the epitome of #whatever souls are made of his and mine are the same’

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sexy himbo jock interpretations of James Tiberius Kirk are silly and do a disservice to the character for a lot of reasons, not least of which is that it fundamentally ignores all the times in canon when Kirk is faced with a scientific discovery or oddity and you can see the effort it takes for him not to clap and skip with excitement. like in ‘the devil in the dark’ when Spock posits that they might be dealing with a silicon based life form and McCoy’s like “but that’s impossible!” and Kirk literally crosses the room to flirt talk excitedly with Spock about the prospect and how it could work! and what it would mean!

What I’m saying is, Kirk’s gotta be smart and a huge dork because how else could he pull a bad autistic bitch like Spock?