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this is frying me

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I love the colours in tos so much. I love that in certain rooms the walls are coloured like. Purples and pinks and oranges and just bright, saturated colours, stuff like that IT’S SO SILLY I LOOOVE THE SETS IN TOS SO MUCH .

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One of my biggest pet peeves with Jim Kirk's fanon/fanfic characterization is how so much of the time he's depicted as stupid...not just because he's standing next to Spock for comparison, but straight up lacking intelligence.

And I gotta be honest it DOES rub me the wrong way sometimes. I do think a lot of it comes from this puritanical belief that, somehow, people who are charismatic and gregarious and extroverted and like to have a good time are *incapable* of being intelligent and that's just not true. VS Spock, of course, fills the "virtuous enlightened smart guy" stereotype (read: doesn't fuck, isn't sociable, has never been to a party, doesn't act out or misbehave, etc.) very naturally. It's easy for us as the audience to believe he's intelligent because of it.

But Spock and Jim are shown to be equally matched at every turn, and they have a deep mutual respect. Jim is NOT dumber than Spock, and I doubt Spock would be nearly as loyal to Kirk as he is if he held that opinion of him. I think where he and Kirk differ is that while Spock has the edge on Jim when it comes to encyclopedic knowledge and mental math, Jim is definitely more emotionally intelligent. That's why he's the captain, afterall.

Spock is often alienated from the crew because he doesn't realize he's talking over people's heads. And yet, we see time and again that Jim is 100% capable of following along with all the technical jargon Spock and Scotty throw at him!!! The fact that Jim talks to others on their level--in layman's terms, with familiarity and a sense of humor, allowing others the chance to be the expert in the room, listens to what they have to say instead of acting like he knows everything--is a CHOICE that he makes, deliberately, and is HUGE sign of emotional intelligence, not ignorance.

Anyway tl;dr it really grinds my gears when Jim is written like a dumbass who failed general physics or makes idiotic, reckless decisions and succeeds only on luck and the crew covering his ass at the end of the day. Actually, I think TOS Jim is one of the few well-written leaders in fiction because we ALWAYS see him weighing the opinions and insights of the experts in the crew before making a final call.

Someone who's genuinely intelligent but also self-secure isn't trying to be the smartest guy in the room all the time. To me, Jim is someone who lets his actions speak for themselves.

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this reminds me, my favorite Paul lie about queer slang is when he claimed in his "lyrics" book is that he's "come to understand" that "cottaging" means gay sex and didn't use it that way in "pretty boys" song

but then, you read his "many years from now" book and lo-and-behold, a quote:

"There was also another occasion: Brian was attacked by a man dressed as a docker while cottaging at a public toilet one night in west Derby."

sure, one can say Paul didn't read his own biography, but like. Paul? as if Paul wouldn't read his own official biography, checking every word. sure

he's genuinely so fucking funny I love him so bad. he's literally not even good at lying he just doesn't get questioned. bc he's paul mccartney.

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my mclennon theory is that brian epstein told them to do all that gay shit so teen girls 60 years in the future would speculate over it, thus keeping the beatles legacy alive and strong

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op: these two want to fuck each other so bad it makes them look stupid

beatles blog: #mclennon

op: someone tagged this with mclennon. like john lennon and paul mccartney. like the beatles.

guy who only reblogs discourse and photos of the weirdest looking white man you've ever seen: people are shipping the beatles????

18 year old who makes f1 gifsets with ezgif: wasn't john lennon a terrible person?

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this has to be real right? interesting how john is singing lead vocals on what is allegedly a paul song (not to tinhat but this seems like a john song based on the lyrics) john does sound like he has a cold in this but that is unmistakably paul

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These spot the difference games are getting harder

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happy pride month

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September, I'll remember

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this but my current biggest interests

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Was watching "The Ultimate Computer" (ST TOS S2, ep. 24) today and

how come none of the spirk nation ever told me abt this? I mean, besides being upset over being replaced by a computer, to me Kirk seemed just genuinely jealous of Daystrom at certain points.

Like, the minute Spock showed awe for the dude Kirk was all "nope. Hate computers. Nope" when he's usually ALL FOR PROGRESS.

sure, I might be exaggerating, but then after a while, this exchange happens:

HE JUST SAYS KIRK IS IRREPLACEABLE. AND BETTER THAN LOGICAL MACHINES. LIKE WHAT. THERE'S NO LOGICAL REASON FOR HIM TO SAY THIS, HE'S JUST TRYING TO MAKE KIRK FEEL BETTER. AND IT WORKS. SO MUCH. KIRK MAKES GOOGLY EYES AND FORGETS ALL HIS PROBLEMS IMMEDIATELY.

AAAAA I LOVE THEM.

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Where it makes no difference who held back from who

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what i was thinking of... im glad yoko made him understand what feminism was but like hello

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