hits them with the species swap beam
I’ve been working on a McSpirk species swap AU :D
more details below the cut if anyone’s interested to hear more about them:
Spock
-human appearance (still half human half Vulcan though ofc)
-> round ears, only slightly Vulcan-looking eyebrows, short haircut
-generally somewhat collected, still a bit emotionally closed off, maybe has been told off one too many times during his attempts to explain things in-depth
-but gets EXCITED when he does get to talk about the things he finds fascinating (which is actually quite a lot, I think he’d be broadly interested in a lot of sciences, hence Starfleet lol, probably especially interested in maths, astronomy and physics, maybe philosophy too)
-people don’t actually know that his dad is the Vulcan ambassador growing up cause in typical Spock fashion he just never mentioned that part, so people generally only really find out about his Vulcan heritage if it relevantly comes up somehow or if somebody else mentions it (or if they saw it in his file), he’s not embarrassed or anything, he’s actually quite intrigued by it and does get Vulcan pointers from Sarek while growing up, he does actually bring up being half Vulcan way more than his father (or brother and sister etc), as that is relevant more often, for example to explain his super strength or to explain why he is the way he is™️
-very expressive, can’t hide a thought for anything, his eyebrow is already lethal imagine what would happen if he were to use his whole face
-> still a relatively steady and normal voice usually?
-very curious person
-due to less/almost no social pressure to behave like a true Vulcan, since they’re on Earth: has logical thinking for human standards, but also has human values embedded in his personality
Kirek
-one of the few Vulcans with a lighter shade of brown hair
-> has a bowl cut when first leaving Vulcan but starts challenging the standards for how a Vulcan should look while in Starfleet, resulting in his side bangs, as always just inside the lines but deviating from the standard enough to be noticed (in addition to the what values he’s already challenged internally)
-keeps finding ways to challenge the logic that’s the norm in a way that absolutely looks for loopholes and “technicalities” for his creative approaches to things
-> great at practicing logic but he’d do it in his own way that’s just within the lines + he’d argue well enough for it to be convincing enough for no one to be able to say anything against it
-> his superiors would still keep an eye on him and be skeptical even if he “technically still acts within the lines of logic” and he does that just well enough not to be declared a V’tosh ka’tur
-finds logic important and acts based on it as it is often the best way to do things, but sees the flaws as well as the benefits of it
-> well aware of logic’s impact all around
-> therefore keeps an eye on whether there are approaches that would make more sense than classic logic might suggest in some cases
-doesn’t make as many friends on Vulcan as human Jim would on Earth with this kind of demeanor
-finds a way to argue for pretty much anything and everything to be important to an extend, never completely dismissing something
M’Koy
-joined Starfleet to share the advanced Vulcan medical knowledge effectively, since his expertise is more useful to a big organization such as this one helping all sorts of species’ in various corners of the universe, rather than exclusively on Vulcan
-never really had a sense of belonging on Vulcan for that reason, since there is an alternative where he can follow his goal more effectively, does not practice that cultural duty to his people, because he refuses to get stuck on one singular planet helping only his own people (he’s tried and it did not sit right with him)
-> that plays a huge point in his parting from Jocelyn and their daughter
-is satisfied with how much he can help on the Enterprise
-does get increasingly frustrated with logic and order not sliding as smoothly and as in accord as he’s used to though
-> finds it more comfortable (some might even say comforting) to be around Spock as someone who also favors order and practices it well enough, as well as Kirek, who does not seem to need order as much as him, but who does actually bring some order onto this ship in the way he practices his authority
-does not talk as much as Kirek because he is afraid to does not desire to slip up on his Vulcan form of calmness
-> therefore might get especially quiet when he’s angry because he learned early on that that only gets him patronized by other Vulcans and with that even more frustrated
Friendships
Kirek & M’Koy
-respect eachother and get a sense of being understood by the other without much judgement, as they both rejected parts of the Vulcan way in their own way
-McCoy finds comfort in having another Vulcan around, almost like a little piece of his home, while he was aiming to leave his whole life, he is now finding himself missing certain structures of his home, he never favored Vulcan culture to that extend, but he had never known anything else
Kirek & Spock
-Kirk actually listens to Spock’s rants and often proves that he has considered all the information provided by him by mentioning them or even using them on the search for a solution
-engages in lively discussions
-finds Spock’s nature intriguing
-Spock asks a lot of questions about Vulcans in an attempt to learn more about his culture through people who have lived it
M’Koy & Spock
-irritated by the amount of over information Spock practices
-> might try to subtly cut him off to bring the conversation further, but this could lead to Spock often having something to add on that he would’ve gotten to if he hadn’t been cut off
-also finds him intriguing though, you don’t see a Vulcan-human-hybrid everyday, let alone be friends with them
-> might attempt to subtly study him to better understand how the two species’ have mixed within him
-Spock asks a lot of questions about Vulcans in an attempt to learn more about his culture through people who have lived it
-M’Koy finds comfort in being around him because he is much more orderly than most of the humans he has to work with everyday
