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Happy birthday to the space man!!
Thinking about if other species becoming insanely obsessed with random parts of human history because it's just so VAST and there's so much. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure that other events like the first contact with the Aksani, the Barkonian renaissance, the whole federation-Eminian 'poison saliva dinner' fiasco, or the Lokirrim-Iconian-Risian trading war were all very interesting.
But I can't help but imagine the endless hilarity that involves something like a group of Andorian teens all being like:
"Did you know that there used to be other types of human sub-species living on earth billions and billions of years ago? Yeah! they were called like knee-an-do-thals and erik-toss or something" "Really? So, it was like the human version of Aenar on their planet?" "I guess so yeah" "So, what happened to them?" "The ancient humans killed them all." "..." "..."
"...maybe...on second thought, we should help Anika with her biology project after all."
I have no idea whatsoever if Vulcans would be able to actually smell pheromones, I just like the idea that some human crew members decide to see if those pheromone perfume things really work and so they put some on and obviously can’t smell anything so it’s a disappointment, but they still decide to leave it on for the day. Flash cut to the Vulcan crew members on board freaking the fuck out thinking they’re going into an early and unexpected Pon Farr because they want to absolutely devour every human that passes by them.
They did her soon dirty ughuu
Tos uhura you will always be famous
i have a billion other criticisms about star trek aos but the one thing i'll never forgive them for is taking away uhura's whimsy. tos uhura has such a bright & joyful presence she is kind and funny and artistic and cares about her looks WHILE ALSO being smart and badass and not afraid to speak her mind (especially in the movies. i love her). aos uhura is reduced to a one-dimensional #girlboss who takes no shit from anyone yet somehow lacks enough self-respect to stay in a boring & unsatisfying relationship with a man who is so obviously not attracted to women
I've yet to watch aos but honestly as a spirk shipper idrc abt spuhura cause for some reason star trek writers are obsessed with making Spock this bad boy, ladies man of sorts so whateverrr BUT from what I've seen aos just messed up uhura as a character in generalll! It's why I don't wanna watch aos like from what I've seen tos the show made in the 60s gave her more personality and whimsey etc than her 09 counterpart...
Iike ik 09 was the year where "Haha overly srs women in a group of boys" was the IT trope but cmon... don't do my girl dirty like that💔
Ramblings about Spuhura in AOS (this got a bit long)
I thought I didn't really mind Spuhura in AOS, but I think it really messes up the characterisation of Spock. They just didn't have a plan where to take that relationship. I feel like the extent to their thinking was well Uhura is hot and people will be surprised to see repressed Spock in a relationship, but they didn't want to flesh out her character. And they (rightfully) made Kirk and Spock have the most important relationship in the movies, so Uhura is supposed to be important to Spock, but we rarely feel the weight of that.
So in the end Spock kind of looks like a bad boyfriend, because his most important emotional scenes, the moments he loses his control are all with Kirk. Which is great because it reinforces Spirk, but Uhura just stays an afterthought and they could have done so much more with her character. I saw this interview where Zoe Saldana seemed glad that Uhura and Spock had broken up in Beyond because he had been her teacher and maybe she had outgrown that relationship. I mean even the actor thought more about this than the filmmakers!
And how does it reflect on Spock that he chose a relationship with his student? I know me too hadn't happened in 2009, but in TOS in the 60s they managed to make Kirk a compelling character by making him not sleep with his subordinates. And showing this impossibility to find personal happiness at his job as a struggle for him. Which makes him likeable.
I think they didn't understand what the relationship between Kirk and Spock really symbolizes, how it outweighs every other connection. They just wanted to build on something that already existed and took it for granted.
And yes, this is an alternate universe, but if you reboot Kirk and Spock, it needs to be done right. And isn't the beauty of it all that Spock learns about emotions from Kirk, this open minded, kind hearted man, that does not judge him. And for that you need to have Spock start in a place of relative isolation. There are alternate universes and then there is misunderstanding characters to a point you are losing their essence.
Spock would listen to Smalltown Boy by Bronksi Beat send tweet
The way they stare at each other is so special to me 😌
Scary dog privilege 🥰
Can you imagine? Can you IMAGINE? Carrying the pain of loving him so absolutely, so irrevocably, and also the regret of never having truly given yourself to him. So years pass and you just watch him grow old and die, knowing you have a hundred years more to live and yet, you hold onto the pain, because it carries all the memories and emotions that you spent so long denying. In the end, you know that it is the only thing you have of him, an admition, a surrender, too late.
And then you find yourself in another timeline all together, where you and him are so young, so hopeful, but also, so naive, so easily fooled. Now you have to watch yourself pulling away from him all over again, deying everything, pretending not to love or hurt. And you just want to shake that younger version and scream: "You don't have that much time! Stop leaving him behind and hold him while you still can".
But you cannot. This is not your universe, and you have already fucked their lives up so much, how could you also tamper with this? So you step aside and let them discover it in their own time, hoping they have much more than you did. Clinging to the pain and memories once more, all you have left is the hope that someday, when your body is too tired to keep on living, he is waiting for you, and you will never have to be apart again.
Am I the first one noticed this cause this can't be real 😭
Happy New Year ☺️🥳 In celebration of the day, I present to you a picture inspired by a fun AOS AU fic called ‘Next Best Destiny’ by @rabidchild67 in which a lovably nerdy science officer called Jim Kirk gets assigned to the Enterprise to serve under Captain Spock.
Wishing you all a happy and prosperous 2024 🖖
Im a big fan of a lot of ways Aos Spock/Uhura's relationship is portrayed in spirk fanfiction, however my absolute favorite i have just now encountered is:
Actually Uhura was raised on a federation colony where the culture around human kisses is more akin to a hug than a romantic/sexual gesture. It was a logical compromise for Uhura to show compassion to her friend in a way that was comfortable for Spock and her. Plus added bonus that it gave off the impression to earth-raised humans that she had a very possessive, strong vulcan boyfriend that prevented eager cadets from hitting on her (like Jim lol)
I mean the "Uhura is the embodiment of what Spock thought he needed in a bondmate, someone who is perfectly vulcan in a human way, but Jim lets him see that he needs someone who is perfectly human in a way that is the opposite of everything hes trained himself for" is beautiful and poetic but this version is objectively funnier.
Like, Jim, actually you are dumb for assuming Spock is in a relationship with Uhura based on one kiss even though that is exactly what they were expecting people to interpret their relationship as.
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Who doesn't love an AOS Pon Farr fic?!
When Jim gets Spock to sign on as his first officer, the last thing he expects is to be handed a classified medical dispensation form. Because Spock’s going to get sick at some point, and he knows it, and the only solution when the time comes will be to haul ass back to New Vulcan.
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This AOS one-shot is a lot of fun. It's an academy era fic in which Uhura dares Jim to learn any language she chooses, fluently, within one month. If he wins she has to go on a date with him, if she wins he has to report to Admiral Pike naked 😂 of course, if you need to learn to speak Vulcan FAST, it's only logical to go straight to the source and ask for lessons from the only Vulcan professor at the academy.
Spirktober 2022: Drabble Writing Challenge
Link to original post: https://at.tumblr.com/blairamok/made-a-spirktober-prompt-list-feel-free-to-join/z294y5s90nw4
Day Fifteen: Comfort
Bone-weary and feeling every one of his 160 years, Spock sank into his chair at the end of a long day helping the colony on New Vulcan. His hand strayed to the side table next to him to clasp a locket. Up sprang a holographic projection, the off-key singing echoing through the empty house.
“Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you!...” The image of James Kirk serenaded the tired Vulcan. Spock knew the entire projection by heart, but that didn’t stop him from deriving comfort from seeing his beloved t’hy’la. The projection looped continuously as the Vulcan dozed off.
5 people confused by the relationship between Kirk and Spock, + 1 person who understood it
5 + 1 things
outsider POV on spirk
can read as queerplatonic romance/ pre-slash / friendship / soulmates
a litte bit of adventure
they looove each other but nobody gets it
Read here > https://archiveofourown.org/works/43880656/chapters/110329519
THIS FIC IS NOW STARTING TO FEEL LIKE A ROMCOM WTF LMAO
Fic-Rec Tuesday!
Welp we survived another weekend here. The kids had sniffles Friday and by Saturday morning I felt like my soul had been shoved through a meat grinder 😬 I am now a functioning member of society once more but my partner is down for the count.
This weeks fan fic recommendation is Welcome to the Enterprise by IvanW.
Jim shakes Spock’s hand and accidentally bonds them. It’s got angst and chaos and reading it makes my heart sing. This is a work in progress so everyone should go and give Kudos and comments and help keep this wonderful author motivated. This story is soooo fun and Spock is just…. I want to shake the poor boy. He tries so hard and yet fails so hard.
The author has been working on this story for 4 years!!! They deserve so much love and I really hope you all agree 🖖
It’s been a while since I shared my fic. She’s now 21 chapters and going strong!!
Chapters: 21/? Fandom: Star Trek, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: James T. Kirk/Spock, James T. Kirk & Spock, James T. Kirk & Leonard “Bones” McCoy, James T. Kirk & Nyota Uhura Summary:
Enterprise is safe to fly another day. All thanks to Captain James T. Kirk’s sacrifice. He’s made peace with his death, even though it breaks his heart one final time to see the hurt in Spock’s eyes. Still, the last thing he gets to see is the face of one of his dearest friends… until his eyes snap back open. Not in a hospital. In a shuttle as it lands at the Academy.
“Once you exit the shuttle you are free to return to your dorms. Those of you who are new, you’ll follow me to registration and physicals,” a vaguely familiar-looking officer says, and Jim’s heart stops in his chest. Surprising, considering it shouldn’t be beating at all.
S T A R T R E K - MASTERLIST
✓ = completed ✲ = explicit content
AOS - Spock x Jim Kirk
🖖🏻 One-shots
Like Tears in Rain - 9.7k words ✓
The first time Spock sees Jim in the Starfleet Academy library, he doesn't expect to form an attachment that will lead to a decade of heartbreak and longing.
The King's Gambit - 8.9k words ✓✲
Jim and Spock meet as teenagers during an online chess tournament and become close friends over time. When Jim finally visits Vulcan after several years, their friendship turn into something more.
💛💙SPIRK FIC REC💙💛
I present to you an AOS fake marriage fic of the best kind! 😁
The brass are trying to force Spock into a command of his own, something in which Spock has no interest as he would rather focus on his science duties and stay on the Enterprise. Well versed in regulations, our cunning Vulcan explains that if he and Jim were legally married then Starfleet couldn’t split them up and he’d be free to remain in his current post. What could possibly go wrong!?! 😂😂😂
💛💙SPIRK FIC REC💙💛
‘A hell of his making’ is a great AOS fic full of angst, and don’t we all love some angst when it comes to our boys! 😂 Spock is struggling with the knowledge that Jim is his T’hy’la but that he has been harmed by Spock’s own hands (choking him on the bridge) one of the most grievous transgressions in Vulcan culture. How can he reconcile his guilt and self recrimination and find a way to remain at Jim’s side?
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A lovely AOS fic today 😊 In the midst of Vulcan's destruction, Jim Kirk saves the life of a Human woman he only later learns the name of: Amanda Grayson. It isn’t long before Spock finds gratitude transforming into a crippling and terribly inconvenient attraction. 😂
💛💙SPIRK FIC REC💙💛
This is probably a bit of a Marmite fic... (and for those of you who aren't from the UK, that's a reference to an old marketing campaign that stated "you either love it of you hate it" lol)
It a pretty intense AOS Pon Farr fic, which delves deep into the writers interpretations of Vulcan biology and what goes on during their Time. If you like Feral!Spock then there's a lot to recommend it. And if you like your smut GRAPHIC then you're in for a treat!
If you're of a more sensitive disposition then this one may not be for you, but I enjoyed it and hope a lot of you will too! 😊
💛💙SPIRK FIC REC💙💛
If you like your Spirk fics hot, then watch out because this one is practically on fire! 🔥🥵🔥
Just returned from a difficult space mission and about to begin teaching at Starfleet Academy, Spock chooses a logical way to relieve stress: a sexual encounter with someone he'll never meet again. But when Spock discovers his partner of one night is Jim Kirk, a promising new cadet at Starfleet, he's torn between his rational decision to avoid intimate relationships and his increasing fascination with Jim. As Spock's normally orderly life starts to spin out of control, will his obsession with Jim prove his salvation or his undoing?
Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Spock/Nyota Uhura, Pavel Chekov & James T. Kirk & Leonard “Bones” McCoy & Spock & Hikaru Sulu & Nyota Uhura, James T. Kirk & Spock, Leonard “Bones” McCoy & Spock, James T. Kirk & Leonard “Bones” McCoy, Crew of the Starship Enterprise & James T. Kirk Characters: Spock (Star Trek), James T. Kirk, Nyota Uhura, Leonard “Bones” McCoy, Hikaru Sulu, Pavel Chekov, Christine Chapel, Gaila (Star Trek) Additional Tags: Jewish Character, Jewish James T. Kirk, Jewish Spock (Star Trek), anti-semitism (mentioned and past), illogical fears, Allusions to Tarsus IV, as in you know why he’s like this but no one else does, Slice of Life, starships are full of gossip, that is an actual plot point, possible mckirk preslash Series: Part 1 of VaYehi Summary:
Every starship Captain has their quirks. This is less about Kirks, and more about what lies at the heart of it.
In which Jim has his secrets, McCoy is overprotective, the crew learns something new, and Spock is curious. Of course he is.
💛💙SPIRK FIC REC💙💛
This is a phenomenally good AOS AU fic in which Spock and Jim live next door to each other as kids and are bonded. When the bond breaks Spock believes Jim dead. Imagine his surprise years later when he spots him on the Starfleet Academy campus!
It’s one of my favourites and definitely worth a read 🥰
Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Spock/Nyota Uhura, Pavel Chekov & James T. Kirk & Leonard “Bones” McCoy & Spock & Hikaru Sulu & Nyota Uhura, James T. Kirk & Spock, Leonard “Bones” McCoy & Spock, James T. Kirk & Leonard “Bones” McCoy, Crew of the Starship Enterprise & James T. Kirk Characters: Spock (Star Trek), James T. Kirk, Nyota Uhura, Leonard “Bones” McCoy, Hikaru Sulu, Pavel Chekov, Christine Chapel, Gaila (Star Trek) Additional Tags: Jewish Character, Jewish James T. Kirk, Jewish Spock (Star Trek), anti-semitism (mentioned and past), illogical fears, Allusions to Tarsus IV, as in you know why he’s like this but no one else does, Slice of Life, starships are full of gossip, that is an actual plot point, possible mckirk preslash Series: Part 1 of VaYehi Summary:
Every starship Captain has their quirks. This is less about Kirks, and more about what lies at the heart of it.
In which Jim has his secrets, McCoy is overprotective, the crew learns something new, and Spock is curious. Of course he is.