#T'Pring/Spock

[bumblingbabooshka]

On s'est déjà tout dit Et j'ai déjà tout vu Je l'ai déjà apprise, la leçon la plus dure J'suis tombé droit dans l'mur, une fois, deux fois

[We've already said everything and I've already seen it all. I've already learned it, the hardest lesson. I fell straight into the wall, once, twice.]

[lyenka645]

amok time

[marlowinc]

Scenes from a marriage.

[wizard-amulang]

[trek-tracks]

Realizing that Amok Time, from T'Pring's perspective, is basically the equivalent of a Vulcan Hallmark Movie, where a holiday (Pon Farr) makes our hero realize she wants hometown boy Stonn and a simple (Vulcan) life instead of big-city (space) boyfriend Spock, and it all comes to a head in an embarrassing misunderstanding in front of her family, is certainly making me feel some kind of way

[universalcaffination]

If you've never seen any of the behind the scenes/promotional images the tos crew did, I highly recommend searching around to see the wackiness yourself, for real

[awesome-manatee]

Spock and T'Pring episodes are fun because the two of them are trying so hard to make the relationship work while the rest of us are sitting at home going "Yep, I can totally see how this is canonically doomed to end with homoerotic violence."

[vreenak]

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS (2022- ) ↳ Ortegas and Chapel (and T'Pring, and a tall tale) in Spock Amok

[skybson]

2x01 - Amok Time

[your-own-scifi-nerd]

Star Trek TOS + Texts!

[spocks-husband]

Btw Vulcan's ears can go in different directions and move around a bunch to listen to different sounds the same way cats do. If you even care.

[fluentisonus]

love spock & t'pring's dynamic actually and I don't mean romantically I mean like they so clearly are so not interested in being married to each other but they're still very much vibing on an 'I respect you but regrettably we're on opposite sides here' level. like in spock's mind obviously she did reject him & in the process he had to kill the love of his life but at the same time. it made perfect sense for her to do it & he can respect the logic in it. I don't think he actually blames her at all he just thinks the situation sucks. I like to think if they ever see each other again they're perfectly pleasant & when people are like "but spock don't you resent her for the whole duel to the death thing?" he's like "no? why should I do that? it was the logical thing to do"

[snwdaily]

Vulcan Fashion — Strange New Worlds | Charades

[spirk-trek]

Arlene Martel as T'Pring, S2E1 of Star Trek, 1967

[star-star-space-stuff]

Amok Time from Stonn's Perspective

There is this line in the episode that many people find totally iconic:

And don't get me wrong, I agree - it is a good line. But it's also so very, very wrong in context?

Put yourself into Stonn's perspective for a moment:

He loves T'Pring, and she tells him that she loves him as well, but she is engaged to this guy.

She has not spoken to him for ages, he has all but abandoned life on Vulcan for a career in Starfleet and because he is half-human, he may never enter Pon Farr at all. Except one day he does, and you are totally expecting one of two things to happen:

a) T'Pring marries him and your affair is over.

b) She challenges and chooses you as champion - which has a 61.54% chance of ending in your death because the guy is a soldier with combat training and experience. (This is the way kal-if-fee is supposed to work, btw.)

Except neither of those things happen because your girlfriend is brilliant and awesome and loves you very much and finds a way to keep you safe and to be with you no matter what.

And then the guy says that to you.

And you realize that he understands nothing - that T'Pring does not prefer you for logical reasons but because she loves you. And that she just made you the most perfect love declaration imaginable.

But you're Vulcan, and the situation is already awkward enough, and T'pring evidently does not need you to fight for her honour, so you say nothing.

And then everyone sees you and your future wife as the villain because she did not want to sleep with a guy that apparently everyone else wants to sleep with. Not gonna lie, I'd be mad.

Except Stonn is probably too busy eating p*ssy to think about Spock.

[trek-tracks]

Kirk:

Well. And how is Admiral Komack holding up?