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A post-TVH commission for @honestlysecretjellyfish! They wanted a little comic where Spock tells Kirk he remembers they were bondmates 🥹

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sleepy, overstimulated, ipad on 12% but i couldnt stop thinking about kira playing baseball so please accept this product of tired drawing

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okay this is kind of a stupid thought but I was thinking about the internal debates that Vulcan society must have around logic and it occurred to me that Vulcan must have “logical relativists” in the same way that human philosophy has moral relativists…I just know that there’s at least 30 Vulcan philosophers who want to KILL the noble Storek House of T’Nel (or something) because he can’t stop telling everyone that All Behavior is Inherently Logical as it Makes Sense to the Acting Party at the Time. Humans are Illogical Therefore it is Logical That They Act Illogicaly, thus All of Their Actions are Logical. All Thought, Conscious or Unconscious, Proceeds from Biological and Neurochemical Impulses. Therefore, the Sentient Being Behaves Much like a Computer, Following its Compiled Commands. No Behavior, Knowing the Chemical Commands that Preempt Consciousness, Can Be Considered Illogical.

and everyone else is just like “ohhh my fucking GOD Storek, shut UP!”

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Kira with a mullet for @revlerie :3 <3

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Neurodiversity among Vulcans, and the language they use. (Note: most of this is my own speculation; vocabulary is constructed from the VLD.)

The Vulcan language has a word for autism, saktra-nosh (saktraik for autistic). I can't break this down to the roots because I don't know what sak- is. (-tra is a plural and nosh is condition). But that got me thinking, and I think really saktra-nosh is simply a translation, the word used for autism in humans. Vulcans have their own forms of neurodiversity, both because their brains function differently and because their culture normalizes different things.

Some of what we call "low support needs/ type 1 autism" is not pathologized at all among Vulcans. I wouldn't say "all Vulcans are autistic," but I would say these traits are common enough among Vulcans that they're considered a variation of normal. Vulcan children are normally hyperlexic, have acute senses, talk like "little professors," struggle with emotional regulation, and need to be explicitly taught social skills. When a child has more trouble with emotional regulation or sensory control than usual, they may receive additional coaching, but it's not considered a disorder as such. After the usual training, a Vulcan can usually repress emotion all day, or endure even noisy environments like a Terran restaurant, provided they meditate adequately at night. But Vulcan society prefers to avoid such strain in the first place by building calm, quiet environments. It's understood that everyone finds these things a struggle. Some humans find this problematic, as they prefer authenticity and emotional expression and it bothers them to think of everyone repressing themselves all the time. Others, however, find it soothing to be freed from contact with other people's emotions and live in an environment where bluntness is favored. Autistic academics of other species often apply to work at the VSA for this reason.

Some other autistic traits are considered typical of vik-glashaya. It is a condition that has been known since antiquity, when a person with these traits was normally designated vik-glashausu, guarder of wells. These people have acute senses, including telepathy, but lack the ability to silence those senses using the mental disciplines. They also may have deficits in executive function, hand-eye coordination, and speech. Some of these difficulties are now helped by therapy, but the traditional way is still followed where the person is given a career they thrive in. Many vik-glashausular work in the arts, which is likely the reason why artists are not expected to give interviews or appear in public. The work is supposed to speak for itself.

Something like level 3 autism has also been known since antiquity. It entitles a person to a full-time paid caregiver/telepathic translator and a number of other supports. The word in Vulcan is zhit-fam-kau, wordless wisdom. Significant speech delay (i.e. learning to speak well past the age of 4-6 when neurotypical Vulcans begin speaking, or not speaking at all) is a key diagnostic criterion. Because of telepathy, these individuals were always known to be capable of complex and interesting thought, and even before the Reform were treated with respect and care. When you see adults holding hands in public with the full hand, in the way humans do, that is nearly always a zhit-fam-kausu and their caregiver. This allows constant telepathic communication and reassurance, something that makes it a lot easier to go out in public. It also helps that a zhit-fam-kausu will normally have telepathic bonds with all caregivers, which makes it almost impossible for them to get lost. This condition is common enough that most Vulcans are familiar with it and there's no shame attached when a zhit-fam-kausu behaves inappropriately by Vulcan standards. The cause is sufficient.

L'tak terai, on the other hand, is a disability with a certain level of stigma because it is so rare on Vulcan. However, the notable success of one individual with this condition has done a lot to lift the stigma, and there is now a training program for l'tak terai therapists at the VSA. This disability affects reading ability as well as a few other skills.

Ritsuri-su'us-nosh is a disability similar to dyscalculia which also affects skills such as time sense and the ability to control autonomic functions. It's considered a much more serious condition than dyscalculia on Earth, and there is a large field in disability research working on the best therapies for this condition. Math just happens to be a much larger part of Vulcan society than it is on Earth.

Kash-awek'es, mind solitude, is the lack of telepathy. It's common in some ethnic subgroups, but not considered disabling as long as one has friends and family capable of initiating a meld from their end. Some centuries ago, a number of leaders with this condition managed to spread the idea that it was the presence of telepathic ability that was the disorder, which led to a time period, especially in the area around Shi'kahr, when most people hid their abilities and training was difficult to come by. Melding was considered perverse and the ability to do so a disease. Fortunately this ideology did not last long or spread very far, and Vulcan soon returned to its telepathy-centric traditions. It's now acknowledged that great variety exists in telepathic ability from person to person, and there is no shame in whatever level of talent you happen to have.

Bendii-nosh is a degenerative condition of old age, once considered rare, though currently it is believed that its true prevalence has been underestimated since so few sufferers seek diagnosis, assuming instead that they are suffering from a personal weakness. Medical professionals dealing with seniors are urged to be proactive in screening their patients and reassuring them that the condition is not their fault.

There are many more neurodevelopmental conditions experienced by Vulcans; these are just a few of the most common. Vulcans rarely mention any of these, but that's not necessarily because of shame. Most of the time, it's because (like almost everything else) they don't consider it any of your business.

Feel free to add any other conditions I have omitted!

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Say what you will about The Final Frontier, but the characterization is pretty perfect when each of the Triumvirate doubts the “God” to which Sybok leads them:

KIRK: Excuse me. …I’d just like to ask a question. …What does God need with a starship?

Kirk, the diplomat, starts politely, but quickly asks a glaring, pragmatic question. He doubts because this makes no sense from a tactical, action-based perspective. It’s a failure of leadership. There’s no reason a god couldn’t create their own starship, or need a starship at all. If Kirk can think outside the box, any god should certainly be able to as well.

SPOCK: You have not answered his question. What does God need with a starship?

Spock echoes Kirk’s question after “God” zaps Kirk and declares it all the proof they should need. Spock doubts because the “answer” doesn’t match the question. The being refuses to answer the question in a logical fashion, highlighting the fact that the answer doesn’t really exist, and the being is incapable of summoning a logical answer. Instead, it hides knowledge, hoping its display of force will be enough. A god, for Spock, would be a being of perfect logic. This isn’t it.

McCOY: I doubt any God who inflicts pain for his own pleasure.

McCoy is most likely to believe at first because he wants to in his heart - he’s the one who rebukes Kirk, “You don’t ask the Almighty for his ID!” when the captain asks his pointed question. However, when “God” demonstrates power by first striking Kirk and then Spock, it’s the absolute worst thing to do for McCoy’s belief system. Bones can’t abide a bully who takes out aggression on other beings. Bones believes in life and mercy and compassion, and the just use of power. He sees the big picture, but is also the most focused on alleviating individual suffering; therefore, when his family gets hurt by a being who could have chosen mercy, Bones nopes out immediately.

You know what they say: if you’re gonna fight God, you might as well do it in character.

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long time no mary propaganda

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The Sun rises over Earth in a postcard illustrated by Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, recalling the 1965 mission when he became the first human to walk in space.

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Lower Deckers… please read my Mariner/T’Lyn fanfic on ao3… there may be more in the future if you do… I repeat… Mariner/T’Lyn… please

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65603311

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This man has so many cameos in other star trek series it's truly getting out of hand.

more of my oc's here

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I could make a hundred posts about Kira Nerys and it wouldn’t be enough to convey how much I love her

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once again, I didn’t have anything planned for K/S day, but inevitably ended up being like “Aw, but it’s their anniversary…”

So here’s a little bedtime doodle. Happy 51st to the Kirks!

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There are many benefits…

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Star Trek: The Next Generation - “Remember Me” (4x05)

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Tbh I drew this because I’m procrastinating work. They’ve turned into little animal crossing villagers.

Bonus

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