#yeoman Janice Rand

[lemonemenom]

so… I’m watching the original series…

[thedeepgreensea]

Her!!1!11!!!

[t0ast-ghost]

So the thing is I wasn’t going to comment on the sixth episode. I just got home from a hella good play and I’m tired so I relax with Star Trek but holy shit

What IS that

With that HELLO and welcome to my first thoughts on the sixth episode (The Enemy Within) of the original Star Trek series

Here we go:

- that is a fucking dog

- IS THAT BLOOD?!? On Star Trek???

- so he got transporter cloned.. WHY IS HIS FACE LIKE THAT THO

- I like the fact it’s told a bit in retrospect, like it starts off with the star date and saying that at the time they didn’t know he got cloned

- MCCOY! His friendliness and then the “I have no sympathy for clumsiness” bro wha

- DONT YELL AT MCCOY

- McCoy not knowing what to do about Jim so he goes to Spock lol

- what the fuck is that fuckin thing, it’s rabid man.

- anytime someone is holding the creature there is literally no reason for them to be holding it. Like Kirk is just holding it and then HANDS IT TO SPOCK.. WHY IS THIS NORMAL NOW

- so do people casually just sit on tables here? First we had McCoy, now Spock. Is it just science/medical officers?

- Vulcan nerve pinch for the win

- POV your boyfriends are deeply concerned for your wellbeing (side note: bones looks so soft in the first pic. He cares so much)

- “you have a point, Spock.” “Yes. Always, doctor” STOP FLIRTING

- “If I seem insensitive to what you are going through, you must understand it’s the way I am.” HE SAYS THIS WITH ALL THE CARE IN THE DAMN WORLD. Spock is the most emotional character I have ever seen

- uh oh the circuits

- nooo Sulu! Do they not have better cold protection?

- YEAH I HOPE YOU’RE IN PAIN FUCKER

- so I think what they’re trying to promote is the idea that there’s the kind and indecisive side and the animalistic “sinful” side that has all the impulses and power to make decisions and together they work so that the former side can calm the latter to be more… civilized?

- “god forbid I have to agree with Spock” they’re married and you cannot convince me otherwise

- was that dog okay? Like it was really fuckin angry at something

- HES DEAD JIM MOMENT! WE HAVE A HES DEAD JIM MOMENT

- “for once I agree with you, doctor” THEY ARE MARRIED

- Spock is so riled up rn (every time he shows emotion I’m commenting on it because I think he is so so emotional but then his whole thing is he isn’t)

- SPOCK YOUR LOGIC ISNT LOGICING (having a human half and Vulcan half I think is a bit different than literally being split into two people, but what do I know)

- they are literally the angel and devil on his shoulder, but married, and also in love with him

- what no no bring Sulu back. That was such a good delivery of lines I am so

- this episode shows the power imbalance between Kirk and Janice and that messaging could be more powerful if they really wanted. Like showing how Janice felt forced to say she was okay with it and wouldn’t tell anyone because it was the captain I feel was a big step to take in the 60s (because it was rarely if ever talked about especially on tv) but it still wasn’t enough and was treated horribly in the end. They brush off her experience and also let Kirk be near her which is not okay. I know they wouldn’t but I wish they’d actually addressed the fact that Kirk can pretty much get away with anything and the crew wouldn’t/couldn’t stop him unless they deem it truly necessary (which would be way to far)

- I think the Kirk stuff could be more impactful

- some of those close ups on Kirk are crazy

- Bones is so damn worried about him in the transporter room

- SPOCK IS STRESSED AND HE HESITATES

- “the imposters back where he belongs, forget him” but isn’t the thing is that he is you? Like he’s still there and apart of you, Kirk

Okay, that’s episode six. I don’t have much more to say about this episode.

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[chernobog13]

Patrick O'Brian made this situation a running gag in his Aubery/Maturin novels (the basis for the 2003 film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World). Physician Stephen Maturin was constantly nagging ship's captain Jack Aubrey about his weight, especially as Jack had a tendency to pack on the pounds when on shore for extended periods of time.

[european-love-hotel]

Star Trek: 30th anniversary Barbie Dolls

[bearsinpotatosacks]

If they ever make another AOS film it would be a great opportunity to bring in some minor TOS characters. Think about it, a lot of the crew died when the Enterprise went down in Beyond, so there would be some new crew members, say, one Yeoman Janice Rand or Lieutenant Kevin Riley. I know we can't have Anton Yelchin's Chekov (😢) so why not do an uno reverse where instead of Chekov replacing Kevin Riley, which I'm sure happened bc there's no Kevin Riley post season 2 when Chekov was introduced, they have Kevin Riley replace Chekov. Also, they could bring back Christine Chapel, because she's amazing

[alienantichrist]

Why does this look like a family photo but Spock is their emo son

[best-star-trek-character]

[fioleespring]

the man trap really made hikaru sulu and janice rand besties

[trek-tracks]

do NOT ask Spock to beta your fic unless you want to be sic

[startrekfemme]

Janice Rand you are so pretty I'm so obsessed with you

[whothehellisspock]

Say what you will, Janice Rand is a badass who takes her job seriously. A powerful alien might just destroy the ship any moment now? Well, she has a job to do and nothing is going to stop her.

[thunderandsage]

something that i find really sad about modern takes on tos characters is that a potentially incredibly interesting character gets left out a lot—janice rand. i remember first watching the first season and getting two distinct impressions: a) yes, this is clearly the obligatory love interest/damsel in distress archetype and thus written with 60s-typical sexism and b) she doesn’t deserve any of the shit that gets thrown at her

like, among the three principal female characters (rand, uhura, chapel), her development was the most focused on sexual appeal and romantic subplots, but sixty years later, she just comes off as a person who does her job while remaining professional and really just wants to be left alone from drama

and i get that the fact that her appearances stop after the first season due to behind-the-scenes events and thus she has a lower profile in the cultural subconscious, but if strange new worlds can take a discarded pilot and a two-parter episode and spin a couple of seasons worth of content around that… come on. let’s get a janice rand who isn’t defined by her distress, who gets to be fun and bright and have shenanigans while kicking ass at her job, who hosts girls’ nights for all the ladies on the enterprise, who has romances without having to sacrifice fulfilling friendships… like it’s about time we had that

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[lightshiningforth]

Star Trek Ladies: TOS

[hornyverymuch]

Did Spock just say that he likes Jim's rough side? Interesting...

also is Janice gonna be harassed like, every episode??? give my babygirl a break please, she really needs a one year paid vacation or something