#space seed

[trek-tracks]

"Well, if you're actually giving me a choice--"

"I'm not."

[avid-mreower]

i still can't believe james tiberius kirk beat khan with the power of his thighs

[sherdnerd]

Yall ever hear about Walter Koenig’s Khan headcanon?

If yall remember, Checkov did not appear in Space Seed. He was only introduced in the show’s second season. But in Wrath of Khan, Khan recognises Checkov. Koenig caught this in his first pass of the script, but decided not to point it out because he got a fun role in the movie and wanted to do it.

He likes to imagine, somewhere offscreen during the events of Space Seed, in the bowels of the enterprise, Khan is desperately dying to use the bathroom, but it’s been occupied for ages. Eventually, it flushes and out comes a young Checkov, Upon whom Khan swears his revenge

[pengu-kiwis]

Then the movie happened.

[rainclouds145]

this is the plot of Space Seed, right?

[self-made-purgatories]

hey babe you wanna try out this new position I learned from Star Trek

[weirdlynotspecific]

Small complaint, but please stop making McCoy out to be someone that needs to be protected because he's so fragile or whatever. I eat up McCoy whump, and done right, it's fantastic. I've just noticed a weird pattern where McCoy is portrayed as this terrified weak shell of a man and it's so frustrating. Yes, dude has issues. Like a lot of issues. But he's not weak.

A great example of this is in the episode Space Seed when Khan is threatening him with a knife to his throat and McCoy tells him to adjust the placement so if he were to hurt him, it'd be more effective. McCoy knows he can't fight Khan, he's not dumb. He also knows that showing Khan he knows more than him about something will get under his skin, not to mention the fact that he just threw self preservation out the window. And his bravery is what impresses Khan and stops him from killing him right then and there.

Anyways my point is, broken Bones is an amazing trope, but you cannot forget about his character when you use it. Also it's much more fun when Kirk and/or Spock have to slowly peel away at his rough exterior.

[v-thinks-on]

Kirk is trying so hard to flirt with Spock successfully (though Kirk at least still seems to have fun with it when he fails, so it's win-win really)

His latest strategy is teasingly suggesting Spock might be having an emotion and then cheerfully backpedaling when Spock is affronted, which Spock still seems a bit unsure about, but I'm pretty sure he does eventually get in on the joke with this one