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Leonard Nimoy’s son coming in to give him a smooch on the cheek in the middle of a scene?!?!?!! 🥺

#wait #hold #this is so wholesome #star trek #leonard nimoy

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a most curious creature

#i freaking love this episode #star trek #the trouble with tribbles

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The day Bones clicked "dislike" and "unsubscribe" from Spock's newsletter

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Completely taken by the urge to write established relationship Spock and McCoy roleplaying country doctor stumbles across fallen alien on the farm meet cute and fuck nasty. Complete with character breaking cos Spock is being too in character and making it very difficult

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I always wondered about this line. 

Because it sounds almost bitter and bitterness is something I was never able to associate with Spock. Sure, he can be angered and he can be pretty stubborn, but he is so gentle and bound to logic that turning bitter just doesn’t seem to be compatible with his nature.

So I was asking myself where did that come from?

Spock is really not broken up about losing T’Pring to another man. He isn’t even mad about her almost getting him killed, because he understand her reasoning. He knows that in order to marry someone she wants and keep her social status she had to divorce him according to the old traditions. So that’s definitely not it. 

Could it be that only a short time before he witnessed how it would be like to get something greatly desired…

…and having to live with all the consequences?

I think “City on the Edge of Forever” is the episode Spock realizes what nature his feelings to Jim Kirk are. Maybe it was the close proximity, (I mean they always lived in each other’s pockets an the Enterprise, but here they were even closer…) or maybe it was the fact that Jim let himself fall in love with Edith Keeler. Because it’s when we see something we can not have that we realize how much we want it, isn’t it?

I never understood Jim falling for Edith, not because I don’t like the woman, far be it! She is amazing, a bright and gentle spirit far ahead of her time, although a bit naive… But for Jim to fall in love on a mission, while being trapped in the past and thus coming very near to breaking the Prime Directive on a massive scale is just plain unprofessional. 

(Shout-out to plaidshirtjimkirk at this point for writing a beautiful piece of work that got this to MAKE SENSE! The thought of Jim Kirk who, away from his ship and command, would let himself fall for someone who couldn’t exploit him or would want him for prestige and influence is by far the best explanation I read for his behavior here. Because he had nothing and Edith still wanted him.)

Furthermore, Spock’s demeanor throughout the episode is worth noting. I mean what were Nimoy’s instructions for this scene? Did Joseph Pevney go ahead and say: “Hey you know what? Just look as heartbroken as you possibly can, that’ll work!”

Because he does. 

Spock is so resigned, almost sad for most of the episode. Just imagine: he had to watch his best friend fall in love knowing how it would end, knowing that although Edith loved Jim back, she would still break his heart. Jim is the one person Spock trusts and he can do absolutely nothing for him. He can’t save him the heartbreak. (An interesting observation here is that later, muuuuch later, into the 5-year-mission when Jim mourns Reyna’s death, Spock DOES intervene. But by that time they have already established a mental rapport so Spock is not afraid of disregarding Jim’s privacy to help him.)

I think after this mission Spock had to acknowledge that Jim Kirk was far more important to him than he previously thought. But he also saw what really letting himself fall for someone did to Jim. Considering all the pain Spock witnessed maybe “After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting.”, is the lesson he learned from watching what love could do to someone. 

It could be the reason he never acted on any eventual feelings. Why possibly ruin a sufficient working relationship and a dearly cherished friendship for a “What if”? Longing for something from afar is a lot safer than actually risking something in order to get it.  

After all, where is the logic in heartbreak? 

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look i know will shatner is a butthead but sometimes i sit here and watch TOS and I'm like, "god i love this dramatic idiot fuck boy so much"

#star trek #jim kirk #captain kirk #the original series #star trek tos #idk i just love him sometimes

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the thing about Spock is, like, whenever he comes in for a checkup or whatever, McCoy’s all like “god these readings are so fucked but that’s normal for you so… carry on i guess”

but unless I’m wrong about this (and I could be, i’m not That Deep into the lore yet) Spock is one of the first (if not the first) documented Vulcan-Human hybrid to survive into adulthood? so there actually isn’t an established normal for him. like you can take all the readings you want when he’s at rest and seems to be in good health and extrapolate from those, you can make predictions based on the norms of Vulcan anatomy and human anatomy, but there’s so much range between the two and so little precedent that there are bound to be unknowns

like

spock has two sets of eyelids and no one else knew about this until he temporarily went blind. if an entire second set of eyelids could come as a surprise just imagine what else is going on under the surface. there are so many question marks here.

i feel like this is what McCoy thinks about at 3am

#this is accurate #and super funny to me #star trek #spock #bones mccoy #leonard mccoy

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Adding to this that when Kirk has been demoted and he and Spock are going to the meeting room together, and Kirk asks him is he understands why he went back for him.

There's no words spoken between them. just long stares and silence. The subtle nuanced facial expressions are everything. They fact that they can have a conversation without a word.

I studied ASL (American Sign Language) and a large part of the language is rooted in facial expressions. That scene won brownie points because you can tell what they're thinking in silence.

anyways idk i love star trek into darkness and i especially love kirk and spock in it.

My mother and I were watching Star Trek Into Darkness tonight (I'm not feeling well and we love to watch these movies together)

Well we got through the first scene, when Spock is in the volcano and Kirk asks Bones, "If I was there and Spock was here, what would he do?" And Bones replies, "He'd let you die."

Just... I have to say, I know there are a lot of points in that movie that revolve around the sentiment of Spock following the rules and regulations and protocols of Starfleet without hesitation. But there's something in Kirk's eyes when Bones says that, this flash like how can you possibly believe that?

I just know Kirk never fully believed that. He can't. I feel like a big part of the foundation of their friendship in the Kelvin timeline is rooted in Spock's human-side. Kirk knows it's there, just beneath the surface, well controlled but still there

Kirk hears Bones. Understands his concerns even. But doesn't believe them.

Thank you for coming to my strep throat induced TED talk.

#star trek #spock #jim kirk #star trek aos #aos kirk #kelvin timeline #star trek into darkness #an analysis of kirk and spock

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me:-takes a deep breath-

me:I LO-

anyone who has spent five seconds around me: yes, you love star trek, we know, you love star trek so much, it’s the light of your life, you love it so much, you just love star trek, we KNOW, you love star trek you fucking love star trek ok we know, we get it, YOU LOVE STAR TREK. WE GET IT.

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My mother and I were watching Star Trek Into Darkness tonight (I'm not feeling well and we love to watch these movies together)

Well we got through the first scene, when Spock is in the volcano and Kirk asks Bones, "If I was there and Spock was here, what would he do?" And Bones replies, "He'd let you die."

Just... I have to say, I know there are a lot of points in that movie that revolve around the sentiment of Spock following the rules and regulations and protocols of Starfleet without hesitation. But there's something in Kirk's eyes when Bones says that, this flash like how can you possibly believe that?

I just know Kirk never fully believed that. He can't. I feel like a big part of the foundation of their friendship in the Kelvin timeline is rooted in Spock's human-side. Kirk knows it's there, just beneath the surface, well controlled but still there

Kirk hears Bones. Understands his concerns even. But doesn't believe them.

Thank you for coming to my strep throat induced TED talk.

#star trek #spock #jim kirk #star trek aos #vulcan #screaming #star trek kelvin timeline #kelvin timeline #kelvin kirk #kelvin spock #star trek alternate original series #alternate original series #star trek into darkness #i will never not be emotional when aos spock refers to the captain as jim #captain kirk aos #aos spock #an analysis of kirk and spock #star feed #oops almost forgot to tag my boy #aos bones #bones mccoy #doctor mccoy

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i am literally watching this episode rn

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BOOP!

ah whoops...

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Inspired by @spacefroggity post here

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"Live long and prosper."

"Peace and long life."

all i want in life is for someone to bring this kind of energy my way.

hit me with that, "i hope your life is good bro, i hope it's long and everything you could ever want"

so that i can hit you with that "i hope peace for you, ultimate comfort for all your years and i hope that you have many more years ahead of you"

this is the kind of energy we should be bringing each other, it really is that simple

#star trek #vulcan salute #live long and prosper #peace and long life #spock #star trek aos #star trek tos #bring me that good good energy #starfeed

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how can anyone think that Kirk and Spock in the original series aren't hopelessly and unbelievably in love???? I am watching season 1 episode 19 "Tomorrow is Yesterday" and when the captain from the air force is brought on board the Enterprise, Kirk looks at Spock like he's hung the very stars in the sky.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

that's all i just....someone please put me out of my misery

#star trek #jim kirk #spock #spirk #the original series #star trek tos #screaming #crying #throwing up #tomorrow is yesterday

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imagining sixteen-year-old spock not leaving his room for five days because he's playing ranked 5d chess with multiverse time travel

#this makes me unimaginably happy haha #spirk #star trek