#And the children shall lead

[warpfactor9]

i somehow never noticed the soft little "kirk..." right at the start here... it feels more impactful to hear spock intentionally switches to calling him jim after that to ground him, then captain to bolster his confidence once he's gotten ahold of himself again

[skybson]

3x4 - And the Children Shall Lead

[vildo]

When Sulu is being delulu

[coolcucumber37]

This is my attempt to trace the silhouettes of Jim and Spock from this spirky scene. 👇

I am colourblind, so I do apologise if the colours look wrong.

Art is not usually my passion, as I prefer writing, but I felt I HAD to trace this.

Anyway I hope it looks okay…

[your-name-is-jim]

[Fanvid] Star Trek TOS - Characters Singing, Playing and Listening to Music

Sooo it took me a long time to make this, but it was worth it! :D Featuring:

- Uhura having a good time

- Spock a little less (but it gets better)

- Space hippies

- A lot more with the main cast and not!

I hope you’ll enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it! <3

[universalcaffination]

From the novelization of And The Children Shall Lead episode

Kirks biggest fears are loosing the respect of his crew and being alone. Right as kirk is about to have what could be described as a magically induced panic attack from the episode's antagonist, he looks to spock and actually makes physical contact. It's not said if spock can feel the intense emotions thought the fabric or if kirk grabbed skin, but spock's touch telepathy and awareness of kirk's psychology has him acting fast to get kirk to a safe place quickly.

Spock knowing what kirk needs to hear for comfort and let's the guy cling to him when it's been established time and time again spock doesn't like to be touched.

Both of the fears they face in this episode are based on internal struggles, not external like sulu seeing swords flying at them. The fact that they're able to face said vulnerabilities while they have the other's presense to support them speaks volumes in how close they are.

And of course, kirk saying "my vulcan friend" to spock. If they're speaking federation standard and the book has been "translated" to english its not out of the question that he's using one of the definitions of t'hy'la, if he didn't use that word specifically (:

My favorite part of the book adaptations is that you get to read into the character's thoughts like this, and getting to see things described in a way that's not always obvious as it is in a visual format

Of course, the visuals have a lot to say too!

Edit: revised images to highlight certain parts of the text

[1shirt2shirtredshirtdeadshirt]

" . . . At his side, as if you've always been there and always will." - Edith Keeler | The City on the Edge of Forever - 01x28

Image sources: Trek Core

[samthetrekkie]

to sum it up, this episode was equal parts stupid and disturbing. but as usual, here comes an observation:

spock and kirk had so much sexual tension in the turbolift scene, it literally felt like they were about kiss. how did people in the 60s not pick that up?

[brian-in-finance]

How does one claim to be all about love, yet openly condemn and mock someone else’s husband who is also the father of her only child?

How does one claim to admire someone they openly say lies about his marital status and hides his fatherhood?

How could one claim to be there to support someone’s relationship when the truth comes out, when the truth came out nearly seven years ago?

Remember… humans do have an amazing capacity for believing what they choose and excluding that which is painful. — Mr Spock

[love-rats]

[firstofficerkittycat]

Jim not believing that the triacus kids could have possibly repressed their memories is so repressedmemorycore

[skybson]

3x4 - And the Children Shall Lead

[anewstartrekfan]

Bones most of the episode: You can’t ask these kids about what happened they’re traumatized they need to see a child psychiatrist.

End of the episode after Kirk literally shows them photos of their dead parents in order to turn them against the villain and all the kids are a sobbing mess

Kirk: It’s alright.

Bones: Yes it’s alright. We can help them now.

[data2364]

via Trekcore.com

Nichelle Nichols (Nyota Uhura) 1968 in Star Trek: The Original Series "And the Children Shall Lead“

https://data2364.wordpress.com/2022/05/30/daily-star-trek-30-mai-2022/

[hrshl-soong-laforge]

I’m watching And the children shall lead and I cannot not think about all the traumas Kirk has and that he remembers when he see those kids playing around him. Not with the face he does.