My heart was already broken. This powderized the last pieces I had left
The fact that Kirk carries around the birthday book that Spock gave him for about 80% of Wrath of Kahn just makes it that much more tragic like jesus christ he loves the present Spock THAT much that he’s unnecessarily carrying it with him ONTO THE BRIDGE AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE HE PRACTICALLY DOESN’T PUT IT DOWN I NEED 5 YEARS OR SO TO RECOVER JUST FORM THIS ONE DETAIL GODDAMNIT THIS MOVIE IS PAIN.
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Which novel is this I must have it immediately
Kirk and Spock exchanging rings was not what I excepted to get out of this book but oh my god
Below is probably my favorite exchange; Kirk being pissed he didn't give his ring to the real Spock.
(From the passage above) "...he's wearing my ring, which I would have given to no other man in the universe." Are you fucking kidding me
And finally Spock wishing he could've retrieved Kirk's ring for him.
Also, in case you didn't pick it up from the first passage, Kirk is wearing Spocks ring, and as far as we know he's still fucking wearing it through this last page.
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BESTIE WHAT
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?
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