#tos: characters

[fonthoura]

tag yourself: trek flavoured autism for us autistic trek girlies

[chazchaschad]

he’s such a loser nerd I love him

[bonesibegyou]

I'm not sure if it's canon compliant but giving Bones an anxiety disorder makes for such an interesting dynamic. I mean. This man will not bat an eyelash when an augmented war lord tries to strangle him but has to perform breathing exercises before he uses a transporter. Exceptional

[sailor-moon-moon]

Happy Amok Time Day, friendly reminder that Theodore Sturgeon, the writer of the episode, is credited with the first positive portrayal of homosexuality in science fiction with his short story The World Well Lost (1953), 14 years before Amok Time aired. Which could mean nothing.

[vitamin-k-tablets]

just finishing up season one of tos, i'm enjoying it a little more than is healthy.

[a-random-british-top-hat]

Yeah, I like star trek! That's the one with Spirk, Kock, boney boy, Nichelle Nichols, Scotland, various women, Oh My, and Russia incarnate, right?

No? Do you mean the one with french Shakespeare, Mr bi, Data, Ms bi, Dr milf, her son, and Worf?

Still no??? Hmm, what about, Cpt Jesus, repressed lesbian, a literal worm, Worf, Dr twink, Traumatized, Cop, Capitalist, and Morn?

[chapollynh]

I finished DS9 and here's my first offering to the fandom.

The show is just SO GOOD!! I wanna talk about it so bad, so I will spam the tags quite a bit... My bad. Also, the people who said Bashir would get better - you were right, he became a lot more fun! Plus he's got a teddy bear, that's peak character right there.

[doesnotloveyou]

watching a star trek TOS episode where a starship captain has a psychosis that makes him aggressive and manipulative. he kidnaps kirk and spock, tortures his doctor, kills another mental patient, and threatens the safety of the Enterprise crew.

despite this, kirk continues to show him dignity and respect. instead of villainizing him, kirk reminds him his mental illness is not his fault and the awful things it has caused him to do are not who he truly is.

when spock finally shoots the man you think "well that's the end of that guy." but then we learn spock intentionally only stunned him, and the man is last seen getting mental health treatment. he is unaware of what has passed or who he is, and is confused to be referred to as "Captain" but he returns the respect he receives

Mental illness was treated better in a '60s scifi show than it is now.

[veetlevay]

Jim and Spock got hit with the hot girl ray! Oh my!

How will the strapping young Captain and the cool and unflappable Mr Spock react to this development?! ~After a time of unpacking some gender baggage~ gay sex!

[hollis-art]

women !!

[cogcontrol]

the way kirk probably has to field 500 questions like "does spock hate me??" every day... and he tells everyone that noooo this is just his face meanwhile in private spock informs him that he wants the ambassador's head to explode

[wwillywonka]

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[forecast0ctopus]

hey its still star trek day in a few timezones

[skymallnine]

One of the funniest ways older Star Trek shows its age is when they beam down to some lush utopian planet and it is. A golf course.

Yes, run your tricorders over this unspoiled frontier. Just offscreen alien velociraptors are mowing Eden with their scythe-shaped claws, and they also have a fervent religious objection to any broadleaf plants (which they enforce by shooting industrial-strength weedkiller out of their mouths).

[trek-tracks]

Desperately want to know the story of this being and their amazing hairdo

[parallelfallout]

How funny would it be if T’Pring and Stonn’s kid just ended up joining Starfleet? Like a Spock megafan as well. Meet Sopek: the bitchiest bitch to ever bitch

@startrek-eridani @purple-iris @schn-tgai-saavik

More about Sopek to come on Star Trek: Eridani