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“What kind of biology”

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Captain Kirk is climbing [points] El Cap

But not only climbing… he’s free climbing.

Free climbing is… uhh… climbing without ropes hands and toes.

Climbing up this granite. [mimes climbing]

Seeking energy, strength… and toe and finger holds

Up thirty… three thousand… almost four thousand feet high in the air

One misstep, and it’s- and they- and- and and and he- and they fall

The freeclimbers fall [inhales]

The first scene in the film is our GUEST STAR, Sybok, rides in on a polluted planet

and he has to breathe through a breathing device because everything was so polluted and seeks to convert a…

a follower to his way of thinking

the next scene essentially, the opening scene:

CAPTAIN KIRK IS CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN

WHY IS HE CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN?

I’ve thought often, since, I wrote:

[YOSEMITE. CAPTAIN KIRK, FREECLIMBING]

I’ve thought often: “Why did I come up with that idea?”

And I had no idea!

For the longest time, I , i i i i- I had no,,,, uhh… understanding

Subconsciously.

PICKING freeclimbing- which I’ve never done- and I’m

FEARFUL of HEIGHTS

uhhhh th-ey- to me- the the the- my worst nightmare- as many people’s are- is falling and i’ve always found it hard to look overthe edge of aNYTHING two storey building, let alone…

THREE THOUSAND

FOUR THOUSAND

FEET

and then, I began to understand, within the context of the film- let alone in real life- what that climb *meant*.

The climb is not just a climb up the rock, but it’s a climb- the ASPIRATIONS to climb, to reach higher than yourself

man, and this human being, uh, Kirk, representing all of man

climbing higher than himself- there’s a line uh, in the scene, I-

“I wish to make this ascent,” he says, “I’m making an ascent!”

The meaning of that line?

Obvious, now, taken out of context.

Free-climbers challenge the rock. Challenge themselves.

They are at one with the rock. They become PART of the rock.

There is reason to believe that

GRANITE is ALIVE.

The- CRYSTAL formations, and the crystal growing- there’s reason to think that a crystal can recreate itself, that’s one of the criteria of life!

And- climbers believe that granite IS alive, and they get energy from the granite.

SUN-WARMED by EONS of DAYS in the sun.

THIS. ROCK. can be. thought of as alive-

and so they climb this living body

seeking to be part of the living body

aspiring to climb to the top

and challenging

DEATH

and, thereby, gaining life.

And that’s what. I thought.

KIRK would be doing. And we treat it in a funny, in a comical fashion. Uhh… There is great humour in the scene, and- and that was the reason, I discovered for myself, that Kirk is on the mountain.

And the only place he could be [unsettlingly long pause] was Yosemite. Because

THIS. IS. THE MECHA.

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For climbers. From ALL OVER THE WORLD.

Friends of mine who’ve been on that mountain over there have said they have been climbing and have heard languages from all over the world and not heard English!

Climbers from every country in the world

come to Yosemite to CLIMB El Cap

and the mountains around it

because it is one of the great climbing places in the in- in the world.

Well. In the erm. In the film. When asked by Spock, uhhh,

“Why’re you climbing the mountain?”

Kirk says, somewhat facetiously, “Uhhh, because it’s there,” uhhh, a remark attributed to the climber MALLORY.

Uhh. Uhh, who probably did say it, or maybe it was. said by ev'ry caveman who went above the, the lip of the cave ‘n, jumped off the top, a-ooh-

“WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT?”

“UH, BECAUSE. IT’S THERE.”

You know? uh. Which. Is a. An answer. That. It. Uhhh.

FENDS OFF. The true emotion. Of climbing. A mountain.

The mountain is climbed YES because it’s there, because, otherwise, you’d be walking the plains, but the mountain is climbed…

Because I think the climber wants to hug the mountain.

He wants to envelop that mountain within his body.

He wants to make love to the mountain.

And, on its highest and finest level, whether, uhhh, these tough young guys with their

sinewy bodies and their, uhh, one meal a day routine will admit it

There is a

passionate affair

going on

between the climber

and the mountain.

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generally you shouldn't write run-on sentences because they get confusing and it doesn't give the reader a break. that doesn't apply to me though my run-on sentences are fun and understandable and they have a rhythm to it that makes you want to keep reading

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Regular person: yeah so that’s basically the premise of th-

Guy with crippling Star Trek brainrot: hey yknow what else was called “the premise”

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the first rule of shipping is get aromantic with it. the second rule is that gender and sexuality are what i want them to be. the third rule is have fun and be yourself

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i'm not "undiagnosed" i'm largely headcanoned as neurodivergent but with no confirmation in canon. i hear a showrunner said something at a panel last year but it hasnt been leaked on youtube yet.

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you know, before i started watching star trek, i thought ppl were just saying it was gay bc they liked the idea of kirk and spock being a couple, but as i've been watching it, i have realized no, they really meant it. "why mr. spock... you almost make me believe in miracles." the city on the edge of tomorrow. "i know your affection for spock." spock being fucking ecstatic that jim is still alive in amok time and even smiling. kirk looking at spock like he holds the whole universe in his eyes when he's talking about the most boring shit. like it's not just kinda gay, it's like spock and kirk were written as an actual loving couple but, y'know, it was the 60s and they couldn't really do that on tv

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Had to draw this

original

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one of my favourite tropes in the fandom is lud as gilberts weird little homunculus child

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pls god where is the fourth of julie goodbye 2007 hello 2008

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sorry for being gone 4 so long have this erm here comic i drew at 4am and forgot the culmination to

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how my brain picks a new favorite character who sucks

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How far down in your 2024 Wrapped Playlist does the first non-English language song appear?

If never, consider expanding your horizons, hmu for recs if you need them