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family 🥺

#this made me cackled till I coughed #my throat hurts #but im happy #thank you #LOL #gold #star trek memes #tos #kirk #spock #chekov #sulu #bones #star trek #star trek tos

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everyone else shut up. it’s him

#and his husband always find that trait to be endearing #yes his husband is kirk #star trek #spock #kirk #star trek tos #spirk #star trek the original series

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JAHHEHDSGDGHE THEY'RE IN LOVE I TELL YOU! LOVE!

Star Trek 4 adapted by James Blish

#oh its that one episode where they went through different portals because the planet was about to get destroyed #star trek #spock #star trek tos #kirk #mccoy #mcspirk #i cried during this episode

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Medieval island: Le Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France.

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#mcspirk #star trek iii: the search for spock #they are meant for each other

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"Part of me is hoping we'll die so Spock won't die." JIM NO PLEASE

[s1 e11 - The Menagerie Part 1]

#spirk always manages to make me emotional #that's literally what it means in context #if the Enterprise doesn't save them they're dead #spirk #james t. kirk #spock #k/s #kirk x spock #star trek tos #star trek the original series

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remake of an old samfro thing :>

also commissions are open on my ko-fi and prints are up on my inprnt shop!! both have the name olives_n_feta :>

#lotr #undescribed #GOD

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#oil drilling #dump waste #tiktok

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Have you ever been engaged, Mr. Spock?

So, I know that in 50+ years everything has been said about Kirk/Spock, but I want to talk about this anyway. :D

In one of the first episodes, specifically "What are little girls made of?", we get a pretty interesting scene:

In context, Christine is hearing her fiancé's voice after 5 years, but because of his unusual request, Spock wonders if it's actually him talking. Christine is sure that it's him, and she probably thinks that anyone who's been in a close romantic relationship would get it. Which is why she teases the First Officer: "Have you ever been engaged, Mr. Spock?"

After her question, the camera switches to Kirk (okay, I could actually write another essay about why the hell do they show Kirk right after Christine asked Spock if he's ever been engaged???, but whether you believe it or not, this isn't what I want to focus on here :D), then we finally see Spock.

NOW, let's see what happens. First of all, Spock doesn't answer the question. Why? We might never know what Star Trek writers were thinking when they wrote that episode, because it was very early in the series. If I had to guess, I'd say nobody had planned Amok Time when the first part of season 1 was shot, but it's also possible that they were already considering giving Spock a Vulcan fiancée/wife. Either way, since we can't prove anything about the creators' intent, we can at least talk about what is actually canon in the series.

Spock's answer to Christine's question "Have you ever been engaged, Mr. Spock?" would be "Yes". Spock is currently engaged to T'Pring, he's been engaged since he was a child. Even if we don't know anything about it when we watch season 1 for the first time, "Yes" is the canon answer, the only 100% official one.

So, let's think about it again: Christine asks Spock a private question about his romantic life, and Spock doesn't answer. Well, to be precise, this is what he does:

Yeah, it's just a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, sure, but you can see that he lifts his right eyebrow. That's his way to answer. Now, I'm sure a lot of you are starting to suspect what I'm getting at, but let me sum it up first:

Someone asks Spock a personal question about his romantic life. ("Have you ever been engaged, Mr. Spock?")

Spock raises his right eyebrow and doesn't answer.

The 100% canon answer to that question is that he is indeed involved in that kind of matters. ("Yes, I am currently engaged.")

Why doesn't Spock say anything? Well, we know that Vulcans don't like lying, but they can refuse to answer. So we can deduce that Spock doesn't want to reply to that kind of question, especially when the truth isn't "no, I've never had a mate", but something that would make others too curious. Spock is a private person, he doesn't like the way humans make everything about feelings and emotions. Maybe it wouldn't be a problem for him to deny everything about his potential romantic/sexual relationships, if it was the truth.

Anyway, speculations aside, the most important thing is that the episode "What are little girls made of?" sets a precedent:

- Someone asks Spock a personal question about his romantic life. - Spock raises his right eyebrow and doesn't answer. - The answer is YES. SO, YOU KNOW...

- Someone asks Spock a personal question about his romantic life. - Spock raises his right eyebrow and doesn't answer. - The answer is YES. YOU KNOW RIGHT?

- Someone asks Spock a personal question about his romantic life. - Spock raises his right eyebrow and doesn't answer. - The answer is YES.

From "Star Trek The Motion Picture" novelization, Roddenberry's footnote:

Someone asks Spock a personal question about his romantic life. ("Did you and Admiral Kirk become lovers, Mr. Spock?")

Spock raises his right eyebrow and doesn't answer.

The answer to that question is...

YOU KNOW, RIGHT?

#I wish I can use this as my thesis #spirk #k/s #kirk x spock #star trek tos #spock #james t. kirk #star trek the original series #christine chapel #roddenberry footnote #star trek the motion picture #star trek novels

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The Right Computer Finally Came Along

I find pretty interesting that in an episode where they test the efficiency of a computer that could potentially take Kirk's place on the Enterprise, Bones says this:

Of course, in The Ultimate Computer the M-5 is supposed to replace almost the entire crew as well, not just Kirk, but the focus of the episode is definitely on the captain. Kirk is concerned because he has a bad feeling about the M-5 (and he's right) and he wonders if he's afraid of losing his job.

But Bones is NOT subtle here about Spock: I mean, "the love light in his eyes", "the right computer finally came along"... He's definitely joking about the M-5 being Spock's love interest. Did I already say that the computer is supposed to replace Kirk, and it's Kirk's rival in the episode? Yeah.

And then Spock surprises everyone:

I saw the clip of this scene multiple times, but only after rewatching this episode I realized that in context everyone on the bridge is probably looking at them and listening to them, especially the scientist who created the computer, because he has just asked Kirk a question (that Kirk has ignored to go talk to Spock instead). So Spock is literally confessing all of this to Kirk in front of his colleagues and the scientist he admires... And I thought Vulcans weren't open about their feelings. :D

Bonus from the end of the episode: Spock and Bones bickering, Kirk staring at Spock like that. All back to normal, nothing new to see. [s2 e24 - The Ultimate Computer]

#fvcking miss tos #spirk #spock #james t. kirk #leonard mccoy #star trek tos #star trek the original series #k/s #kirk x spock #tos spirk

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Sometimes Star Trek TOS is just a Klingon woman next to a Klingon man, and the man saying: "My wife Mara, and my science officer". And then the camera shows Kirk and Spock next to each other. In silence, just staring at the ship commander/science officer married couple in front of them. We're probably supposed to think about something, but the show goes on. No explanation.

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theres nothing a jacket thats too big wont fix!!!!! fuck you if you think jackets should fit!!!!!!!!!!!!

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#coming back to tumblr only to get punched in the gut #coming back to tumblr only to get smacked in the head #coming back to tumblr only to get stabbed in the heart #tumblr is heaven #spirk #star trek #spock #kirk #thyla

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Sooo I've been MIA

For a very long time

BUTT

I really have to go back here

To tell you that

I stole something

I stole a treasure

From the "Kind-of-Library-of-Freedom"

And the item that I stole

Was

Tada!

This bitch right here!

I know stealing is wrong

And Kirk, Spock, Mccoy, Scotty, Uhura, Sulu, Chekov, Christine, Surak, Lincoln (everyone) will be dissapointed at me

BUTT

It was so dusty, meaning no one ever touched the damn thing

And I called it Library of Freedom because it is an open cabinet, stood at our Faculty Floor, and the contents are old books for students to read whenever they want

Without having to "check in" or "check out" the book

So I was able to stole it pretty much super easy, and no one would ever notice because no one in here cares about this book

And I can give it all the love that I have

I might going to pay for this action one day

Butt

I won't regret this!

(Confessing my sin to the internet, such an idiot)

#star trek #star trek tos #spock #kirk #star trek the probe

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It's my birthday today, what a banner day all around!

My partner: What do you want to watch tonight for your birthday?

Me: Take a wild guess.

My partner: Amok Time

Me: You'll be kept on.

Because Amok Time came out a day after my birthday, it's my tradition to watch it every birthday and do my shindig with friends on the weekend.

It is tradition!

(Bonus: My students pooled their money to get me gifts, snacks, and my lunch today. 😭❤️ Told them not to get me a thing, they insisted. Also nearly got hugged to death LOL!

Had to go in the bathroom and cry because they are all asylum seeking refugees who come here with next to nothing, and yet they are all so kind a giving. They didn't have to do that! My heart is exploding right now. Best day everrrrr-)

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Update from my birthday:

The people in my life clearly get me.🤣

This shirt:

K/S earrings (wore these to work today and my Trekkie coworkers lost their minds):

And this TOS-Themed VHS turned lamp + speaker:

I feel so seen by the people I love.

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Hi! Do you have any favorite words/phrases/quotes in Vuhlkansu? 🖖

Na'Shaya! 🖖 it's really hard to pick! Here are some favourites:

k'war'ma'khon: the telepathic link shared by all Vulcans as a species

Dakh pthak. Nam-tor ri ret na'fan-kitok fa tu dakh pthak: Cast out fear. There is no room for anything else until you cast out fear.

Vesht akarshif, lesh Vuhlkansular ulidar t'falek, t'salur mazhiv heh t'yon-dak yon-dukal. Sharush solektra yakul etek - salan tam-tor fi'urozh heh vok-tor kahrlar. Tusa na'kusut heh kali-tor na'rishan -- : Ages past, Vulcans bore the mark of heat, the scar of blowing sand and burning sun. The ground opened to eat us, the wind danced on our crops and leveled our cities. We wept for the pain and we fought for survival . . .

I do love the word t'hy'la too 🥺

LLAP! 🖖