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[bitriptucker]

[stardustcleaningguy]

vastly overlooked moment in amok time: spock talking abt how vulcans go crazy during pon farr, saying that kirk will find it distasteful

and kirk responding ‘will i?’ in this shaky, almost giddy voice . weirdo freak is EXCITED abt that

[bizships]

Same energy. LOL

[smileyobrien]

hope this helps!

[heeeres-kirk]

So something I think a lot of first-time watchers of star trek see (oh, how long ago) is the weird filter they put on all the women to say 'oooo sexy ladddyy'

Kind of looks like vaseline on the lens, right?

You know the only non-female character this happens to?

Ahem ahem

I ain't sayin' nothin'

[a-most-beloved-fool]

Leonard Nimoy as a person exudes such an aura of elegance that trekkies ROUTINELY forget that Spock is the clumsiest motherfucker on that whole damn ship, zero competition. Have we as a nation already forgotten about that time he accidentally alerted the Romulans to the Enterprise's location by tripping and landing on his console?? My boy is tottering about like a baby deer who doesn't know how to use his legs yet at every hour of the day!

fics be like: Spock stepped gracefully from the shuttle, moving with careful precision. Not a single speck of dust dared to mar that flawless Vulcan composure.

meanwhile, Spock:

[ilexvici]

Riker's life just flashed before his eyes

[ilexvici]

this sent me

[chazchaschad]

Underestimation

[a-most-beloved-fool]

Here's your periodic reminder that the reason Kirk (tos-flavor) got a commendation for his solution to the Kobayashi Maru is because his "cheating" was his answer. Kirk's answer to the question of, "What do you do in a no-win scenario?" is "I break the rules until it isn't a no-win scenario. I don't give up on my crew, and I do whatever I can to save as many lives as possible."

[computer-voiced-by-majel-barrett]

And here's your periodic reminder—or first-time FYI, depending—that according to certain apocrypha, Nog similarly "beat" the Kobayashi Maru by relentlessly demanding to barter with the enemy until the simulation crashed. Like a true Ferengi, his answer to "What would you do in a no-win scenario?" is "Renegotiate the terms of the scenario. Rule of Acquisition #98: Everyone has their price."

[forgotten80sfilm]

it’s so funny to read aos fanfic as a primarily tos fan because spock is more or less the same but then kirk says things like “no way dude, that sucks” and i remember ‘oh yeah this man is chris pine’

[marlinspirkhall]

TOS Kirk: Perhaps he is the other half of my soul. My twin. My beloved. Perhaps he is merely my devoted officer, and loves me only out of a sense of duty. Either way, it would not be right to ask him to put his life on the line, for he would do it without hesitation, without understanding that his life was worth more than this very starship itself...

AOS Kirk: (reclining bisexually) So, like, you two are dating or whatever?

[trekkiesagainstchastity]

#my favorite part of this is that AOS Kirk absolutely has the capacity to spin up TOS Kirk ruminations #(and in his thoughts is on 100% of the same bullshit) #but AOS Kirk wasn't raised such that he ended up as the kind of guy who feels free to talk that way (was barely raised it seems)

#firmly believe that AOS Kirk and TOS Kirk are equally well-read #but have experienced very different pressures affecting how they present themselves intellectually

@anonajn don't leave this in the tags

[animentality]

was watching a video essay on how grim star trek is nowadays and saw some great comments.

[marlinspirkhall]

Wait a fucking moment

I knew there was a reason this movie slapped

[dduane]

We had fun. :)

[romans-art]

“Sometimes i think you love your people more than god loves them, Kathryn.”

bringing together all my kathryn janeway terror/voyager crossover sketches into one place because @fate-motif keeps torturing me with this idea (originally based on this post)

[gaytricorder]

it’s giving bella and edward

[wulfhalls]

[tomatopine]

That was normal.

[thespianwordnerd]

The way I gasped and said "shut the FUCK UP" out loud.

[bajuuuu]

What the fuck do you mean “indeed”????????

[thespianwordnerd]

NO LITERALLY why would he say that?? Right in front of my salad??

[rrat-king]

thank god

[peppermintteacat]

Heck yeah we are, Brennan

[coffeezdrawsstuff]

Easily the best bit in the trouble with tribbles is when Shatner just. Forgets for a moment that he should be holding the tribble like an actual animal and tucks it under his arm. Absolutely headlocks that little fucker. They just left that take in huh.

[spirkbitch]

James T. Kirk would solve the Ai issue by talking ChatGPT into killing itself