One of my favorite tropes is the power couple. Just. Two people who are equally talented and hardworking and worthy of respect at different things, and then you add them TOGETHER? Magical.
“Just the idea that in the background they’re, like, basically ‘I love you. I love you.’ “
….so, you guys think that Spock and Nyota managed to do other things at the party beside staring at each other with heart eyes the whole time? lol
It wouldn’t surprise me if he spent the whole evening at her side and was alone only when she left him to get a refill of their drinks.^ he’s hopeless(ly in lurve).
The best thing about these two is that I’m still undecided if the looks they share here are the flirty ‘my body is here but my mind is on last night and I can’t wait to be alone with you and have you in my bed again’ we-did-the-do look (especially when she smiles at herself before touching the necklace and starting to tease him about his previous plans), or they are at the very beginning of getting back together but have not yet restored the physical intimacy part, entirely, yet and they can’t wait to be alone and do-the-do.
I imagine that between the party and them leaving together for new vulcan in the comics a lot of things must have happened, and I like to think they healed by sorta going back to when they firstly started dating.. lots of talking and cute dates.
During Beyond, Nyota witnessed the deaths of several crewmembers right in front of her. She was at the mercy of Krall. And when the ship was attacked, she watched Spock leave and hesitated to say something. She wanted to, like she would have a short time ago when they were dating, but now she isn’t sure of herself. She hesitates and probably deeply regrets it.
And when Spock is with McCoy, he confesses to him that he wanted to discuss things further with Nyota but then he heard about Ambassador Spock and his plans to talk to her got pushed aside.
So both of them spend the remainder of their time apart regretting the things they didn’t get to say, wishing their last words to one another had been full of love rather than regret and sadness.
And when they are reunited, there’s so little time for them to talk. They have to act. But the familiarity is there- her getting what he means without him having to explain himself, his unending protectiveness towards her.
And it heals them.
Once things have settled, but before Jim’s party, they talk. Spock explains what he’s been thinking about and Nyota understands and supports his decisions, even if they don’t include her, but now, he can’t think of anything but her.
He realises the true depth of his love for her and how it felt not to know if she was safe or not.
And so, at the party, it’s the first time they are in public together since they have got back together. It feels like they have got a newness to their relationship, yet the comfort of best friends. She’s coy and he’s hesitant, but once the party starts to die down and there are just a few of their closest friends still there, they draw together more intimately.
I really liked what you had to say about developing Spock and Uhura's relationship on the ship. I think one of the things that makes them interesting as a couple is the fact that the story isn't 100% told from their perspective or based around their relationship. So there are mainly glimpses of them as a couple during the movies and a lot is left unexplored or mostly hinted at. This leaves a lot of room for discussion about or fics pertaining to what's happening in between scenes and off screen
E-x-a-c-t-l-y nonny! I agree! Thank you for summarizing the point so nicely and better than I did myself maybe. I wish I could be as concise, lol but when I start to talk about things, it always feels like I have so many details to touch even if it’s a bit derailing, and maybe people get tired of reading my long posts and miss my original point because they can’t get to the end.
Anyway, yes. The thing I love about them is precisely the fact they kind of have these two relationships, in a sense. One at the academy, one on the ship. One is unknown, the other is implied and hinted at. It is an important relationship in these movies and I think the second most important in terms of the characters and Spock in particular, but it’s also understated and explored in this subtle, I dare to say, dignified way compared to a lot of romances in movies. You get some glimpses of it, and you understand them and why they work so well together and complement each other so well (I say complement because, honestly, I always hated the whole ‘completing each other’ thing. In a sense they complete each other too, but they have no co-dependant relationship. They could still function perfectly as individuals, they don’t need a relationship to do that. But they WANT one. A missing puzzle piece that wouldn’t be necessarily needed to show the main picture, but it’s still important to have when you have it)
So yeah, they really make me have all these questions about them, they make me curious about what happens between them when the movies don’t show it. All the different scenarios I can imagine. Take beyond for example, what they did in those 3 years? How they got to the point where she wanted to give him the necklace back and it broke his heart (how and when spock gave it to her??) , how they got to the point of that party scene? It’s is obvious they got back together, but how it happened? Were they just getting back together, did they spend the night together before the party or was Nyota taking her time and he was really trying to win her back? What happened before that party, what secret they are sharing with those flirty looks, damn them! And then on new Vulcan in the comics.. what they did there.
I never got to see these characters in a relationship before. Hell, they are the first established relationship we get in general too (in Tos, kirk was allowed to have his flings and fall in love sure, but at the end of the episode the woman had to go. No one was really allowed to have a long lasting romantic relationship *on the ship*, that notion was only for fanfictions to explore) What kind of boyfriend is Spock? We got some glimpses, but a lot is left to our imagination. So yeah, I have many questions and I absolutely love having them.
I’ll try to keep it reasonably short and bullet it for easier reading.
I ship it because…
they are the two most attractive people in the cast…in both incarnations
they are both self-contained, logical, geniuses
when Spock visits Uhura’s home in Kenya, you know he’s like….“AW YISSSS, -SUN HEEEAT, THIS PLACE IS AWESOME”
I love the idea of them speaking their native languages to each other
he’s a big strong stoic Vulcan and she’s this tiny emotional fireball and that dynamic makes feel all warm and fuzzy
have you seen their soulful brown eyes and heavy eyelashes?? the eyelash duels must be epic
green looks good on brown skin…what?! it does!!
teacher/student kink
mature relationship kink (they are like a married couple)
that scene in which Spock is totally turnt on by how his woman is handling them Klingons
that scene in the turbolift was sexier and felt more intimate than a full-blown sex-scene, in part because it was Spock but also because no sound, and the camera was right in their faces
have you seen that part in Charlie X when Spock grins at Uhura and she sings about how tight Spock’s game is, warning girls to be wary??
the black girl gets the best guy, FOR ONCE
their kids would kill us all dead with their adorable
whether you imagine them having slowburn don’t-hurt-the-human sex or hot strong Vulcan sex, ITS HOT
those two big Hollywood “rules” broken between them: gay actors can’t convincingly play straight romantic leads and a black woman should be strong, sassy, independent nurturing mammy/friend to her white lead friends, not have a personal life of her own, and definitely not loved by the lead guy!
the sexy mind-melds
pon-farr!!!
Uhura’s expertise with alien languages and cultures means she’s the one who sees and understands him most
Uhura’s giant heart, intelligence, and open-mindedness means she’s a lot like Spock’s mom
everyone talks about how badass Uhura is, well she is and Spock is the only other character on the Trek crew worthy of it
imagine the mirrorverse version of them
that scene in which Spock prys a piece of metal from a barge, smacks Harrison in the face with it several times, and snaps his arm like a pretzel stick rather than allow Uhura to continue to engage him (we saw how easy it would have been in ST: 2009 for Uhura to set her phaser to kill and he didn’t know Kirk needed that blood yet). up until Uhura showed up Spock was perfectly fine with using the regular non-dirty techniques to take down Harrison.
how in tune they are with each other (there are several places in STID where you could make a very a good case for they were mind-touching
how polite and respectful Spock is of Uhura in every way
+ he gave her his mother’s necklace as a token of his love. His beloved mother’s necklace made with a, now rare, vulcan mineral. One of the few things he probably had of her and his home planet. He gave it to he because she’s precious to him. 💚
And he’s an old romantic.
(who accidentally gave his girlfriend a tracking device 😂)
+ also don’t touch his boo, OK? He may be injured and barely able to walk on his own legs, but his love is held prisoner in a base by crazy mofo and you.just.cant.tell.him.to.stay.back.on.the.ship.
I'm sure you've been asked this before but do you have a favorite spuhura scene from all the movies and do you have a favorite just Uhura scene and just Spock scene? Also do you have a specific fic you feel most closely aligns with how you feel they must have gotten together before the main events of the first movie?
(I'm assuming you are asking about the reboot)
I must make a confession here: I have a very, very, very hard time with questions like ‘what’s your favorite?’ because I can’t seem to ever be able to just pick ONE thing, LOL My brain simply isn’t able to. Even when people ask me what’s my fav color I’m like.. how can you only pick one? and fav songs, fav food?? impossible for me to choose only one.
so, after this important preface, I’ll say that I have several favorite scenes. (Warning: being concise isn’t one of my qualities..^ so I’ll put it under a read more thingy)
The turbolift scene from the first movie probably is my fav S/U scene as it also is the one that made me fall in love with them. It’s all about the emotion... I sensed, from the other scenes, that there was something between them that they were keeping as a secret and I was intrigued..so the scene where she hugs him was a confirmation. It took my breath away (I remember everyone in the cinema was silent during this one).. just the way she wordlessly reaches for him and he just.. embraces her back. The way he puts his face in the space between her neck and shoulder, and for an instant there is desperation in the way he hugs her back. I knew from that moment alone that they were a couple. Not only that, the scene is able to essentially make me understand that they were a couple and intimate since a while. I honestly cannot understand, it just doesn’t compute, HOW some people could seriously NOT understand that she’s his girlfriend. Literally, their interaction cannot make sense if she isn’t. The intimacy between them is too obvious.. and this is SPOCK. The way he touches her, the way he leans into the kiss even as she moves away.. it just speaks volumes! It’s what makes the whole scene all the more emotional and intense for me.. because it’s Spock and everything has a deeper meaning.
I have to say I also have a soft spot for the transport pad scene, and in particular the way Spock rests his forehead against hers after their kiss. It’s damn tender and sexy. I LOVE that scene .. there is this vulnerability to him and I could see how much he loves her but also, it’s a side of him no one knows. You see this guy who is kind of intimidating and he even seems cold.. but he isn’t. And he’s young and has just experienced the worst tragedy one could experience. He has this vulnerable side that she knows and he’s a vulcan so logic and control are important to him and she respects that.. but he also is human and that part of him needs closeness and comfort and love. That interaction between them is, like the turbolift scene, very telling beyond that scene itself. The intimacy it suggests make me get a clue of their relationship in private and thus the intimacy they have when they are alone. I feel like that forehead thing is a bonding gesture they probably had done a lot of times.
Also, I mentioned it before but his ‘I’ll be back’ is underrated and so is her ‘you better be’ answer. It’s illogical for Spock to promise her something he cannot know for sure or control because he cannot predict or know the outcome of the mission yet.. BUT he tells her that for her own comfort and I think what he’s really saying her there is ‘I WANT to come back to you’.
And her reply is.. she’s emotional and so sweet but she also trying to put on a brave appearance for his sake and that ‘you better be’ and her tone speaks volumes. I’m a sucker, also, for declarations of love that sound like ‘i love you’ in spite of not saying the words. In her case, it’s the way she says ‘I’ll be monitoring your frequency’: she’s telling him that she’ll be ‘with him’ out there in her own way and she’ll make sure that if there is any chance he can come back to her safe and all, she won’t waste it.
Favorite Spock’s scene probably is the one where he rejects the vulcan science academy because they insulted his mother. Only Spock could make ‘live long and prosper’ sound like an insult.
I love him, just the way he almost smiles when the guy makes that comment about his human side.. he’s so over their sh*t.. that’s just a guy who doesn’t give a damn anymore, he’s tired and he doesn’t expect these people to ever change. He understands in that moment that it’s all pointless, that they will never really accept him.. and he doesn’t care anymore. He has much more respect for his mother than anyone and he isn’t going to feel sorry because he’s her son too. I also love the scene right before this one where he is talking with his mother and he’s so gentle with her. Just the way he wants to make sure his mother doesn’t think that if he decides to go through the ritual to purge his emotions it’s a rejection of HER. I think that scene is very important for Spock and says a lot about his mother, especially in light of him essentially telling the vulcans, later, to go f**k themselves after they insult her. The movie does, I think, a good job in making you understand why his mother is someone Spock loves and respects so much. He shouldn’t choose between his own parents but in that moment, Amanda with her respect for his dual heritage and her acceptance of him no matter what is a person who does deserve all the admiration and respect. She’s better than those vulcans who insult her. His father still has to learn (and he will. I love the scene where he admits loving Amanda. That is another important moment for this Spock)
Fav Uhura’s scene probably is the ship assignment one where she literally ends Spock with logic, LOL I love that part because she has agency not only as an officer who is allowed to make her rights heard, but also in her relationship by calling her boyfriend out on his shit when he’s overcompensating and thus he’s almost making her lose something she deserves and had worked so much for.
It’s a great scene because not only it puts the first seeds hinting their relationship but really, it’s one that emphasizes her accomplishments as an officer. Certain fans love to concern troll about this scene but in reality, the interesting thing is the way it’s juxtaposed with McCoy’s sneaking Kirk aboard the ship with him. On one hand, you have male characters who are advantaged by their relationships/connections and/or get promotions just because the previous officers were unavailable or dead. On the other hand, here you have Uhura who has earned her place on the enterprise with her accomplishments and she gets promoted to chief communications officer, later, because she simply is more competent and skilled than the guy.
In that scene, she never mentions their relationship, she always refers to him as her superior, she only talks about facts. In retrospect, when you understand they are a couple, that moment is very telling of their dynamic and why she’s so perfect for him. She can handle Spock and she can do that by being emotional when she needs to, but also the logical one when he’s the one acting emotional/being influenced by his emotions like in that scene. I must also confess, and the novelization reinforced this idea, I always got the feeling there was more to that scene. In the novelization it’s said that Spock is concerned for her there and I always wondered if this wasn’t the first time his concerns for her got in the way and that’s why she instantly knew he was the one who had changed her ship assignment. The way she just knew.. it’s telling as if he had given her hints, previously, that he worried too much. I can suppose, and the comics seem to agree with my headcanon, that he was at the very least concerned about their relationship ruining her career or making her a victim of unwanted gossip at the academy (he knows too well what it means when people have prejudice and they ignore your accomplishments and belittle you). It could be a protective side of Spock we don’t know about.
I also love the scene where she’s undressing and talking about what she had discovered in the lab that night. I kinda got the feeling her discovery would get used later.. and in fact, Kirk remembers what she said and it essentially saves them all.
The scene from Beyond when she sacrifices herself to save Kirk and the ship also is a favorite badass moment for Uhura. I also love the way she introduces herself to Krall later. This is often overlooked by fans, because of course it is, but while Uhura is a bit sidelined in general in terms of screentime and her dynamics (which SUCKS. it’s bad. f**k concern trolls) in this movies, she also gets the most face time and interactions with the villain and actually has a pivotal role in the story. She represents starfleet to a guy who hates starfleet and she’s so brave that the villain seems to.. respect her and want to convert her to his own ideas because maybe SHE was changing his mind. She honestly gets the kind of role that usually only the main guy gets (and she gets more than Spock himself who is severely sidelined in this movie for me compared to the first two where he’s more a co-protagonist).. it’s just unfortunate that Pegg&Co were so focused on putting the spotlight on the bros that they ignore the fact that it’s Uhura and Sulu, really, who had the most potential there because they, unlike the others, were captured by the villain and could thus show up more of his base, his motives, and in general possibly add some mystery to that planet.
Honestly, I also really love the argument she has with Spock in stid. I love the fact she has agency in her relationship so on one hand, you see in the first movie how accepting she’s of his vulcan side and the fact he isn’t only human, but she also is allowed to express her own feelings and remind him that she’s only human and he must make an effort in their relationship too. She never treats him as a freak, she never shows prejudice for his alieness. She really only treats him as a person and she seems to perfectly understand when some things about him are a matter of his culture and the fact he’s part vulcan, and when he’s just.. wrong or really as influenced by experiences as everyone is. That’s important because you cannot blame every mistake Spock makes or all his flaws on his vulcan side (that’s what those who don’t know him well might be inclined to). He’s a person just like her and Kirk and the others.. and he must be treated as such or it becomes dangerous because, like in this movie, if he has a death wish because he’s experiencing ptsd post the vulcan diaspora no one will notice it if they blame his behavior in the volcano on him being ‘vulcan’.
Vulcans aren’t, in the trek reality, any more ‘alien’ than the humans and I get that many fans struggle with this concept but it’s like that.
That scene also is important because he must understand that he’s accountable to those who love him and in fact, Uhura makes a point to not only mention herself but his friends too. Tos Uhura never got this kind of moment and it’s everything but a good thing. Having human, dynamic, characters means you give them agency and you allow them to express their feelings. Besides, the fact she’s part of the emotional core that was, before, all about the dudebros only IS very important. She is someone who not only cares about the leads but they show they care about her too. Spock’s speech in this scene also is one of my favorite by him and also one of my favorite S/U moments because they just.. it’s SO Spock. He essentially tells her that he loves her without really saying the words. He says it in his own Spock’s way and I found it very touching (and important in the aspect he’s allowed to talk about, however little, what had happened to him in the first movie. That in a movie that frankly ignored it too much)
as for fanfictions.. there are so many but probably the two that align with my own idea of how S/U got together are the first I read:
What We Think We Know By NotesfromaClassroom (her whole saga starts with that one, you need you check her profile and read the sequels too)
What I like about her series is the realistic slow burn from friends to lovers and how it handles the conflict, especially for Spock. I also love the narrative device of reading the same events from their different POVs and you see that ‘what they think they know’ isn’t always correct. Her series also has one of the most in character, adorably in love, Spock.
“Descartes’ Error” by StarTrekFanWriter also is another story that I have a soft spot for. What I love about this one is not only the slow burn, again, but also how realistically it deals with the fact that Spock is part vulcan. His alieness is explored in full and I especially find it interesting the idea he does have vulcan feelings such as what she calls as ‘vulcan love’ ..which is this feeling that is indeed love but it also is unique to his vulcan side and she can only feel it through him (and it scares him at first because he had never experienced it before her). Also the realistic thing about the fact that his vulcan side makes him want things... and they need to find a way to meet in the middle and make the experience enjoyable and safe for both. I find it very interesting and it now is part of my own headcanons about Spock. I always thought he does get his feelings from his vulcan side too but probably this is one of those subtle things that got lost for tos Spock because of his life experiences. I think he does get his most violent passionate feelings from his vulcan heritage.. it’s his control that is human and that’s why he has so much trouble compared to other vulcans who have vulcan feelings but they also have the control.
I also like the different approach the story takes in developing the whole ‘falling in love with her’ because it isn’t a love at first sight thing, at first he’s only attracted to her because she’s beautiful and it’s only after knowing her better that he falls for her. Anyway, that story also has sequels that I recommend to read because they develop some interesting aspects of what it could mean for starfleet officers to be in a relationship.
I love the picture you have as your icon! What scene is that from? I never saw it before but it looks lovely (:
Thanks :))) It is a scan from ‘Into Darkness’ official trading cards (that often have stills never released before too).
I guessed it may be a different angle of the scene where he essentially asks her to coordinate all the technicians required to do that trick with the torpedoes.But really, find someone who looks at you the way he looks at her. No one could tell he was talking about job here lmao. He is so hopelessly obvious, gosh. Like don’t look at me, this man has a giant crush on his own girlfriend.
Seriously though, I love and hate stills because we always get the best angles with the most puppy eyes Spock from them and it’s like they love to torture us a bit honestly
Like,
(*screams* I think I have stared at this picture for an embarrassing amount of time and I have no regrets)
(a smile from her relaxed all the wrinkles on his broody little face)
more from that scene
(ok but the way he keeps staring at her while she helps him with the suit is adorbs. It makes me imagine them before they go out for a date, her helping him with a tie, or pretending to adjust the collar of his shirt just because, and he lets her do that even if it’s unnecessary because he loves the pretext he gets to look at her up close, her face so focused on her task for a moment..his eyes falling on her lips)
(honestly, I need more acting captain Spock hovering over Uhura’s station like that in my life. Like this moment is so underrated you all, but I constantly die watching the way he gets up from the captain’s chair and moves to her station, the way he asks her if she can do a miracle contact new vulcan and she instantly gets what he wants to do without him telling her. Also this gives me academy era vibes, I dare you. )
(it’s better if you don’t zoom on his face because you gonna cry forever)
I absolutely love ships where one character is usually serious and distant, but when they talk to that one person, their voice turns soft and gentle and is suddenly filled with fondness that they don’t show to anyone else.
I love this scene; the way they introduce her character and they tell us many things about her with little details. She’s effortless beautiful as she comes in the bar and moves through tables with the grace of a classic ballet dancer. She’s sociable and nice, as you see her smiling at her friends, and the way their faces also lit up when they see her. She stops to say hi to those she knows, she gives the bartender a smile too before making an impressive order of drinks (all for herself or for her friends too?). Later, you will see that she’s a nerd and a private person too (her ideal man and future boyfriend the neediest of vulcans!), but it - refreshingly - isn’t made mutually exclusive with her being a sunny person and someone who is sociable and easily makes friends. She has both an extrovert and introvert layer to her.
She’s nice, but she takes no shit. She’s nice, but that doesn’t mean she must tolerate anyone and be ‘nice’ with random drunk guys that hit on her, even as she’s making it clear she isn’t interested. From an intersectional feminist perspective, it’s nice that the scene shows a woc whose friends are ready to protect her when they see a guy disturbing her, but she also is given agency in that she can hold her ground and she doesn’t appreciate it, thus tell them to stop, when they attack the guy and blow things out of proportion.
I feel like there’s only one person posting pro-Spuhura stuff and that is incredibly frustrating but also every single one of her tags is always gold so @lucystillintheskywithdiamonds THANK YOU.
I was just thinking about this scene because I saw some comment about how AOS “ruined” Uhura because they “gave her Spock” and zero other character traits but like did they watch the same fucking movie? Her introduction tells us so much about her character and every scene she’s in she’s a lynchpin, something about it is rotating around her, (especially when Spock is there).
I know most people hate the bar scene, but I personally loved it (up until that move during the fight, jeez) because it displayed Uhuras character perfectly, and showed us that while Kirk was severely screwed over by the timeline shift, our other characters are very close to who the should be. (If younger and flirtier and more willing to fuck up some, because what people seem to forget is that THEY ARENT TOS. if we saw tos at this age, the characters would probably ve very the same, even Kirk hated StarFleet until 18 or so in tos and I digress)
Also the way she bounces to the beat is fucking adorable and is so Uhura. 😍
Agreed (also thank you!). I think, like Spock, most of the time you mostly see her in her nerdy, skilled, communications officer role but this movie still managed to, also, give us a glimpse of how Nyota is off duty with her friends, and also her more intimate, tender side with her boyfriend later. Because this is who she is too, not just her job and how she has to act on the ship. That’s having characters who are good at their job, thus their role on the ship, their skills, but aren’t sorely defined by their job alone as they have a private life too. You get a sense of there being some sides of the characters that only those who have a personal connection to them know.
___________________________“I have a strange feeling with regard to you. As if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly knotted to a similar string in you. And if you were to leave I’m afraid that cord of communion would snap. And I have a notion that I’d take to bleeding inwardly.“ ― Charlotte Brontë
What kills me about the acting in that scene from beyond (when she tries to give the necklace back) is the restraint they both have that says so much. Spock gives her that almost-smile of his that, in that moment, is itself a way for him to control the other emotions he's feeling (that he shows anyway when she walks away, when she can't see. There is so much longing and then later when he said 'I had intended to discuss it further with her' the regret of not following her..). He makes real the 'sad smile' contradiction. And Uhura... Zoe does that thing and you know she wants to tell him so much and she has to literally stop herself from saying anything more... and it's so hard for both of them.
I dunno how anyone could look at that clip alone and not understand, even before the movie explains the context, that these two love each other and they don't want to separate and couldn't stay separate in the end. It's just so obvious that whatever issue they had wasn't about their feelings for one another. They are together since years.
Part of the reason why I'm sad about not getting more movies is because after beyond, I hoped they'd finally leave them alone after everything they went through, thus let them be happy. (At least we have the comics) I didn't expect them to get a whole lot of screentime, just let them be happy after they survived so much drama together after the Vulcan diaspora. What many seem to ignore is that whatever issue these two had, it never was about their love for one another nor the fact he is 'alien'. A bit of cultural conflict is inevitable, and so is the fact they work on a spaceship where their love is tested by dangers... so I'm glad stid dealt with that too; but my feeling had always been that their real issue truly was just the aftermath of Vulcan and the fact he's a survivor. Whatever plans and dreams they had before that, even the simple idea of taking her to his world to meet his mother, make her see where he grew up.. marry in the same place his parents did. He will never be able to get that. I think before that, their relationship probably was drama free for the most part (this Spock is different) and I think he is a better romantic partner than most give him credit for. I never got the feeling the narrative was trying to say the human guys would be better than him and, to me, this wasn't a detail because it could've been so easy for them to fall in the trap of making it seems the human characters are better because they aren't alien like him. Saved for Sulu, you don't see the other guys having more successful romantic relationships than Spock.
I think when you watch the transport pad scene there is no doubt about how tender and loving he is with her, and probably had always been, when they are alone (the fact she didn't look surprised by his actions is telling. And really, her own body language in the turbolift is so sure and telling by itself that denying the pre-existing intimacy between them is foolish). There is a whole world of Spock that she is the only one who knows about, and I always found that aspect fascinating because it's not only sweet in terms of the relationship, it also is interesting as a way to shake up people's expectations and, in a way, prejudices about the characters.
So yeah, tl dr, I hoped to see more of that after the survivor guilt subplot got resolved, and thus more clues of who these two are when the world doesn't see. I think the party scene at the end of beyond can be seen as a hint of the kind of dynamic they have off duty and their flirtatious teasing. Even a bit of courtship from back when they started dating at the academy, just maybe he's a tad more explicit now.
#they’re realizing they’re going to die #and there’s nothing they can do about it #and spock’s first instinct #spock’s ONLY instinct #is to go to nyota #to be with her at the end #it’s been seven years #and i’m not even remotely over this
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