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persisting · 3 months ago

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nah, kirk and spock have always had a father and son relationship. a sexual relationship between them would be super inappropriate because kirk is spock’s superior officer, which is like being his father. and spock canonically has a fiancée! if you’ve actually watched the show you’d see how kirk is always smiling at spock in this really loving paternal way, and spock always looks to him as the example of the man he wants to be. it’s just obvious. i didn’t know anyone ever saw it a different way. some people just really want to force gross ships on the world, huh?

#this is how bizarre and vaguely offensive anti batman/robin people sound #spirk is the other foundational queer sociocultural figurehead #and it was also the result of predominantly cis male writing #that didn’t feel any need to be embarrassed or in denial about the ambiguous nature of homosocial relationships #kirk and spock were never denied their love for each other #because it was understood by the writers to not be a love inherently in need of defending from ‘misinterpretation’#obviously the characters’ circumstances are very different #but the cultural impact and status are the same #as always i’m not asking people to ship it #i’m asking people to acknowledge the validity and long important histories #and to acknowledge that recent canon framing is pretty intentionally attempting to erase the remaining traces of it #bats #dc #brudick

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