The fundamental reason I think McCoy works in the star trek triumvirate, apart from being a Spock countweight, is that I think he secretly enjoys the adventure just as much as the other two, he simply cannot justify it to himself. Like his whole "I'm a doctor, not a-" schtick is so funny because this man is so rarely in the medbay. If Jim is incapacitated and not on a medical bed, then Bones is 100% trying to tell Spock what to do like HE'S the second in command. Actually, you know what, they're the three liars of all time. "Im sooo in love with you teehee" he isn't, "I haven't had an emotion my whole life" he has, "I'm only here to do medicine" no the fuck you aren't.
I for sure didn't have a Mcspirk pirate AU in my list to draw this year, but kaiidth am I right?
@avid-mreower and I got infected with the pirate brainworms and are living our best life with it ☠️💜
Go look at their Triumvirate Pirates here!
*Headcanon about Jim's earrings, first sketch, timelapses and photo inspo after the cut 👇 (CW: character's death)
The earrings: Pirates always tried to carry some gold on their person, usually choosing to wear it in small hoops. This was very practical for many reasons, one being because, if they washed up somewhere unknown, they would have something to bargain. Or, if they didn't survive, something to pay for the funeral (together with other superstitions and beliefs, like using that gold to pay for your trip to the Underworld and so).
I thought this would especially fit Jim because he has the firm belief that he will die alone. He's a tactician so he prepares ahead, the gold earrings can also be handy if he gets lost during some of his shenanigans, and they look cool as hell, so they're the perfect solution.
So when he dies, if someone finds his corpse, they can use them to give him a proper burial if they want to, but he doesn't really mind if whoever finds them keeps them, because they need it or even if it's just because they're made of gold.
At least he gets to become part of a treasure someone found, become part of the adventure and discovery that he loves so much 💜✨
See the timelapse for the first illustration here
See the one for the second piece here
*And here's the photo that started all the pirate brainworms (gonna ignore it's not a pirate, it is now).
Bones: "Hold on, he's been more serious than usual. I wonder what's got him thinking like that?"
Jim: "I want to know too, is he okay?"
Spock: [Hunched over his panel, face buried in both hands] "Was it oochy-woochy-COOCHY-coo? Or was it oochy-woochy-coochy-COO? Why the coo? Is to mimic a mourning dove? Why does it all have Os? Why-"
-Song by Ed Sheeran
Well, I think this will be the last one for a while! I have three exams between the next two weeks, so... I’ll probably disappear a little.
Anyhow! If Star Trek had aired in better times, Spock and Jim would have been married, if not by episode 1, at least from Amok Time on! And... this would have been their bedtime routine? Maybe on leave?
This is just pure self-indulgent fluff. Aaand they’re reading Alice in Wonderland! You can pry Spock-falls-asleep-on-Jim-cause-he-feels-safe from my cold dead hands.
