#the Premise

[shigeoreum]

“as surely as if it were my very own”

[spirk-trek]

Counterpoint Fanzine | Deeb, 1989-91

[starberry-cupcake]

forgot to point this out but the fact that the first thing jim kirk did after sam left him alone in the bar was to stare at spock playing chess, yeah I see that for him

uhura introducing them later is like 'oh, I see what's going on here'

[the-crooked-library]

this needs greentext format so here goes -

> be me

> biracial autistic queer star trek fan, obsessed with Spock

> watch unification. be altered at your very core

> make a post about the time-bending, reality-altering, soul-bonded connection that is K/S

> someone reblogs it and tags it with Rum Tum Tugger and Mr Mistofelees of the Cats (musical) fame

> truly we live in a wondrous universe. full of infinite diversity of experience in infinite combinations

[spockderangementsyndrome]

I know "60s housewives who invented slash fanfiction" has taken on a life of its own as a phrase, but Kirk/Spock didn't really exist until the 70s and THOSE WOMEN HAD JOBS. They were teachers and librarians and bookkeepers and scientists and they damn well spent their own money going to conventions, printing zines, buying fanart and making fandom happen. Put some respect on their names.

[null-doesnothing]

[crownanother]

Apparently, back in the day, there was a really notorious tie in novel for Star Trek that had a lot of slash elements called Killing Time

The slash elements were requested to be removed by Paramount, and they were, BUT due to a mistake, the original was sent to print without the edits

When it was caught, they’d printed 250k of this “first edition” which subsequently became collectors items for Kirk/Spock fans, since later editions DID include the edits censoring the slash

NOW, I bring this up because my friend who’s into the original Star Trek found and was reading the first edition at the desk at the library we work at, cause we’re slow on weekends and we’re the only ones here. She laughs at it, so I ask and she tells me about the general backstory of the book, and that she laughed because (among other things) Kirk, who doesn’t get mad in the og series really, was being described as hot headed and apparently just getting into fights left and right

So I’m looking over her shoulder at the scene, commenting on the character changes that resemble modern fic-degradation of characterization for the sake of a shipping dynamic, when I realize something

Now, my only interaction with the Star Trek series directly was the 2009 reboot, and my friends hasn’t seen those and is only interested in the originals. As I’m looking at this scene, and my friend is pointing out the character changes to Kirk, I realize that this is the fucking premise of the reboot, down to the fucking alternative timeline shenanigans, the rank swap, and Kirk being a hotheaded fuck up

The 2009 film was literally based on this slash fiction misprint they tried to bury!

Im reeling.

I can’t be the only one who made this connection.

So I google to see if anyone else has, and oh yes, good, there was someone

The fucking author of Killing Time

…I feel like I’ve uncovered a conspiracy. I’ve still got 3 hours left in my shift and I can’t focus. The world must know.

[wwillywonka]

hey so what the actual fuck

edit: that's the link to the video btw^^

[cogcltrcorn]

the year is 2043. william shatner, 112, is grabbing his aide's hand, begging her to get closer, his hold unexpectedly strong

"when kirk and spock had sex kirk was always the top. he never took it up the ass" he says, before immediately flatlining

[shigeoreum]

saw the cutest wedding photobooth-esque pic and had to draw it as spirk :,)

[spirk-trek]

Unification (2024)

[daffodiltoad]

PLEASSSEEEE tell me that someone else noticed the fucking Vulcan WEDDING BELL INSTRUMENT on the wall in the background in Unification????????

like I know that there are other Vulcan objects (like Spock's lute) in the room but I feel that there's something significant to the framing of the shot; the way Kirk walks through it, the way it's aligned to his head height (AND - the naming of the episode!!!! Unification!!! they are becoming one!!! Unification, as in: parted from me, and never parted. Never and always touching and touched. we meet at the appointed place!!!!! I await you!!!!!!! they are getting vulcan married (and following human tradition, they make out sloppy style (hand-wise), double claspin it, at the end - you may kiss the bride and whatnot, I suppose).

[cleevitus]

Dumb spirk posting

[starberry-cupcake]

THIS WAS INTENSE IN MANY WAYS

congrats to jim kirk for surfing through a panic attack and also wow

[etherealspacejelly]

happy spirk day everyone!!! remember our founding fathers of fanfiction: two guys who were so gay a bunch of women in the 60s invented slash. god bless