#Bread and Circuses

[skybson]

2x25 - Bread and Circuses

[fructo]

what, and I cannot stress this enough, the FUCK was going on in that prison cell with Spock and Bones??? WHAT WAS THAT??

a million different things: Bones watches Spock (he was definitely checking him out), him thanking Spock, him PINNING SPOCK TO THE WALL, blatantly calling him out on his human side and his worry for Kirk

that was a roller coaster of emotions I'm a spirk enthusiast but I might need to go seek out some good spones or mcspirk fics after this

[jim-kirks-bubble-butt]

"because my dear mr. spock it is illogical-"

they should makeout right now oh my fucking god

[callmeizukunotdeku]

I was a kid with a Hunger Games hyperfixation and, from time to time, I'll get reminded of the books. With Trump's inauguration and the TikTok ban and unban, I can't stop thinking about a political tactic called panem et circenses, or bread and circuses.

In Mockingjay, Collins writes "'It’s a saying from thousands of years ago, written in a language called Latin about a place called Rome,' he explains. 'Panem et Circenses translates into "Bread and Circuses." The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power.'"

In Collins' world, the Hunger Games was the entertainment. In ours, it's social media. Twitter, Meta, TikTok, are all controlled by political powers. Musk, Zuckerberg. TikTok is owned by Yiming and Rubo, but with the ban and unban, the content it shows in America is filtered to fit Trump's political agenda.

It's entertainment at the cost of information.

[fabuladorah]

One of my favorite genres of Spirk is when they look pissed off together:

"Did you hear this bullshit, Mr Spock?"

[kirkscameltoelover]

This took me 20 minutes to make (and i love it)

[trek-tracks]

kidnappers of outer space, beware

[self-made-purgatories]

(x)

[purpleenma]

Same energy

Bread and Circuses s02 ep25

[apodemus-sylvaticus]

Wow, this moment is so explicitly spirk-y.

Here's Bones being unreasonably nasty to Spock, as he often is:

As soon as Spock challenges Bones' statement about Spock's inability to feel, Bones like "good point, there's that whole thing you have for Jim, my bad". And Spock doesn't even pretend it's not correct, doesn't roll eyes or lift eyebrows or anything, because that is what he meant by the "Really?".

[dmynte]

genuinely how am i supposed to stay focused when my 3 women are just casually looking like that ? i haven’t a clue as to what is going on…

[skybson]

My Top 25 Costumes from Star Trek : The Original Series

10. When Spock Wears a Beanie

[sundayinthcpark]

here have some bread and circuses spones

[starberry-cupcake]

out of context bread and circuses selection

meanwhile, jim:

[lichqueenlibrarian]

*incoherent screeching*

[fabuladorah]

I need yall to look at his face carefully...

Did you see it? Did you see the love boiling over his goddamn pores?? No? Okay one more time.......

DO

YOU

SEE

IT??