i'm just going to go ahead and make this its own post. when kirk teases spock he is SO GENTLE. "why mister spock are you feeling emotion?" and he lets spock do the vulcan equivalent of giggling and kicking his feet and going "haha nooo silly i'm a VULCAN i don't do that!!" and kirk's like "oh my apologies mister spock of COURSE not" and then they make consensual loving eyecontact with one another while smiling. when BONES senses blood in the water (spock having an emotion) he will grab spock by the scruff of his fucking neck and shake until dead. like a dog with a squirrel.
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i love ‘jefferies tubes’ as a piece of star trek canon... like i just think the most satisfying trek honor would be to have a commonly used piece of starship design named after you and for it to sound like a real thing
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You know, when I started a Star Trek blog, I didn't think my life would change in strange little ways like finding out that the pumpkin spice latte is officially back in stores today because suddenly everyone's reblogging my "pumpkin spice hypo" post
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Poor Little Meow Meow Poll Round 1, Star Trek Edition
On the left: Q of the Q Continuum (god)
Qualifications:
all powerful, omnipotent, down bad horrendous for a middle aged frenchman
punished for his hubris by being turned human. panics when he starts to fall asleep
will literally rewrite the fabric of space and time to get attention
I still haven't watched s2 of Picard ok I know it's gonna upset me
QUOTE: “Because in all the universe, you’re the closest thing I have to a friend, Jean-Luc.”
On the right: QUARK (bartender)
Qualifications:
oh you know
QUOTE: “It's good to want things." "Even things you can't have?" "Especially things I can't have."
(Feel free to vote even if you don’t know the canons! Which one has bigger wet cat vibes?)
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tumblr live death day has been set for january 24th aka dean winchester’s birthday once again reminding us all that everything on this website revolves around supernatural and that the homophobic car gay destiel et tu brute jackles show will outlive us all and bear witness to our deaths. anyway burn in superhell tumblr live
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ok let's revive some 1960s discourse
(clearer text in image IDs & below cut reblog for sample size etc etc etc)
VULCAN GAMBIT by Shirley Meech
Most authorities agree that the main traits of a winning chess player are power of visualization, memory, alertness, calmness, psychological shrewdness, and will to win. Let us consider the series of games between Captain Kirk and Mr, Spock, of the U.S.S. Enterprise, Several times, we have observed them using that beautiful, unique, and -unhappily- unavailable version of the 3-D chessboard, and we are reliably informed that Captain Kirk generally wins. (1) Comparison of the two men in respect to these six attributes is therefore quite interesting.
Power of visualization: Mr, Spock is clearly superior in this category; he does complicated mathematical computations in his head, and carries on casual conversation at the same time. (2)
Memory: Mr, Spock again has the edge. He has many times demonstrated a memory capacity superior to any other on the Enterprise, with the possible exception of the ship's computer. (3)
Alertness: Spock again probably has the edge here.
Calmness: Spock, easily.
Psychological shrewdness: Again, Spock has the edge. He has been known to trick Kirk into doing things he did not intend to do, (4) and even to talk his way out of following Kirk's orders, (5)
Will to win: The edge here belongs to the Captain. (6)
Of course, it is understood that neither Spock nor Kirk is at all deficient in any of these qualities. However, with Kirk leading in only one of the six categories, how can he possibly win so frequently?
The answer is simple, Spock's psychological shrewdness takes into account Kirk's relentless will to win. (7) His memory and power of visualization paint a vivid picture of Kirk when his will is frustrated, (8) a condition which bodes ill for anyone in range. With alertness and calmness in this crisis, Spock maneuvers the games so that Kirk wins. With a final touch of the psychological shrewdness, he allows Kirk to believe that his "illogical" style of play has triumphed over Spock's logic. This puts the Captain into a frame of mind which is beneficial to his self-image, his efficiency rating, and the well-being of the crew in general. (9)
The Vulcan, of course, would be the last to admit this; but it would not be the first time he has deceived his friend for what he considered a valid logical reason. (10)
How, if we could only ascertain whether he has accepted Doctor McCoy's offer to teach him the game of poker….or is that why McCoy was seen grumbling along the corridor today, without his shirt?
(1) "Charlie X," "Where Ho Man Has Gone Before," "Court Martial"
(2) "Tomorrow is Yesterday"
(3) "Miri," "Arena," "The Naked Time," others
(4) "Shore Leave"
(5) "Devil in the Dark," "Operation .'Annihilate"
(6) "Errand of Mercy," "The Corbomite Maneuver," "The Squire
of Gothos," others
(7) "Menagerie"
(8) "The Naked Time," "Charlie X," others
(9) The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those
of yeds.
(10) "Menagerie"
[A drawing by "DEA" of Spock smiling at a small bird-like alien in his palm. The caption reads, "Don't laugh. You are fascinating too.]
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the thing about star trek is i don't watch it to see a group of plucky gun loving cadets save the galaxy or something i'm watching it to see the unlucky nerd of the week face their mortality in a way that is so fucked up and creepy. or to perform in community theater or go to therapy over confidence issues or play trombone or something
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