#tsfs

[avid-mreower]

rewatched search for spock recently

[papanowo]

two headed man

[orang3cat75]

OK, I talk about this scene a lot, but the utter RELIEF kirk most definitely felt when he held spock in his arms - Yes, alive in body only. But ALIVE nonetheless. "We were separate, He couldn't touch me." Now they are touching. To be apart in that way as he was dying compared to this scene, which is almost its exact inverse?? And he got to hold him in his embrace. it must have been hard to let go... god, I love tsfs.

[mephistopheles]

1x01 // 1x04 // 2x01 // TWoK // TSfS

[smilingscully]

[jumbledbee]

wonky doodle of Mr. Saavik

I’m trying to get gooder at drawing fast 😋

[fortheloveoflatinum]

The Ending of 'The Search for Spock' Hits Different

Kirk: "What I have done, I had to do."

Sarek: "At what cost? Your ship? You son?"

Kirk: "If I hadn't tried, the cost would have been my soul."

The ending of 'The Search for Spock' is so beautiful.

Kirk, having gone on this incredible journey of gathering his crew around him to steal the Enterprise - is so full of conviction at the end of it. That what he did was not only right but righteous, that it was worth the cost, that the price he had to pay paled in comparison to losing the other half of his soul - Spock.

He sacrifices his ship to give his crew a chance to survive. He is in mourning over the young son he never truly got to know. And at the end of it, the man who emerges is still one of principle, honor, and dedication to his crew, because that is who he is.

He doesn't believe in no-win scenarios. In 'The Wrath of Khan,' his faith is deeply shaken, but in 'The Search for Spock,' you can see that he regains something he'd lost - hope.

When Spock remembers his Captain, he doesn't address him by rank. He doesn't call him "James T. Kirk." He says, "Your name is Jim."

And that is such a soft moment between them, and that is the moment it all became worth it for Kirk, the moment his faith was rekindled.

He and Spock share a love that defies death, one which transcends all barriers of space or time. They are each other's perfect complements and it's beautiful to see.

[thecaptainoutoftime]

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 40th Anniversary Poster by Matt Ferguson

[t6fs]

Its outfit is driving me crazy rn

its so fucking funny

[cursedtrekedits]

remember when i made that sfs kruge edit as a joke? well, here's the real one. & now back to the usual cursed images

[youandthemountains]

oh also....

[spockvarietyhour]

Haunted Doll Pavel Chekov.

[streatfeild]

he's balding. he's dancing. i have seen one (1) picture of him for this production and i'm already dying. help

[mephistopheles]

kirk/spock is so special because spock is so loved. he is an outsider in so many ways but he is so absolutely transcendentally loved by kirk. and kirk never asks spock to love him in kirks way. spock loving him in spocks way is always enough

[universalcaffination]

The Search for Spock Novel: Final Scene

TSFS book is wonderful and I genuinely, strongly encourage fans of the movie to find a copy (physical or online) and appreciate for themselves. There is so much added context and world building / characterization that the movie isn't able to express and i can't express here without spoilers or a 10 page essay

The final scene is particularly amazing, and either accidentally or intentionally reconfirms something from The Motion Picture

kirk chooses these words because he's trying desperately to remind spock of his life before he died, those last few moments would be the strongest and easiest to reach, of course. the twist on "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few (or the one)" is also thematically what tsfs is solely about, on top of being an echo to their last moments together.

but that isn't all - i present this moment from the motion picture novelization (also amazing and highly recommended):

even across thousands of lightyears, kirk's desperate longing for spock to be by his side is so intense that spock can actually hear him, as does the priestess.

spock only turns to kirk and the crew when kirk is watching him leave and thinks "live long and prosper." while this is a standard vulcan thing, it's also the very last thing spock says to kirk as he succumbs to radiation poisoning. he projects so hard through their bond, however frail it might be after spock's death and rebirth, and is able to reach spock in a way no one else could

mccoy carried spock's soul, and they retrieved spock's body from genesis, but it is spock's connection to kirk, his t'hy'la, that sparks his memory and brings everything back. Vulcan fal tor pan was able to reconnect spock's body to his soul, but without kirk, spock would have lived, yet known nothing of his past life. bones carried his katra, but kirk also carried his soul

tldr: kirks bond with spock being the spark that reignites spock's spockness, makes my heart ache in good and painful ways

[petewentzssilkpress]

i am once again thinking about this