#kirk brothers

[stemmefemme]

Thinks about how in Strange New Worlds, Sam Kirk constantly feels like he lives in his brother's shadow, and how he cares about Jim but was clearly happy to be on the Enterprise where they weren't competing for their parents affection and love, and then we see Jim want so badly to make Sam proud

And how Jim never thinks to praise Sam bc he doesn’t understand why Sam would need it, of course his older brother is cool and smart and talented, he's a science officer on the flagship, and Jim teases him about "sulking in his lab" but there's no hiding the awe he feels even visiting the Enterprise

[pinazee]

I got the sense that the Kirk brothers used to be competitive but Jim flew out of Sams league very quickly that he cant be bothered while Sam still thinks he’s in the game

[woman-of-many-fandoms]

Excited for next week!

[only-in-december]

Hello, I was the Kirk bros anon haha. Two things I would love to have discourse about: one, I feel like Sam isn’t going to make it off the Gorn ship 😭 and if we get a Jim reaction scene I think it’ll actually kill me, and two, do you think that Jim and Sam had nicknames for each other as kids (am I writing a fic? What? No…) like J or JT or Jimmy and Sammy or even Georgie. I have a lot of feelings about this. 😪

Well, howdy, Friend! Oh boy do I have a lot to say on all of that!! Before I get into it all, I want to apologize for taking so long to respond to this. Work has been long lately lol.

So. Let's start with the Gorn Ship part. Sam making it off the Gorn ship is something I deem highly probable, personally based on one key point: SNW is marketed as a direct prequel to TOS. (This isn't saying that I personally see it as being set in the same timeline, but that's a different discussion.)

Canonically, Sam Kirk doesn't die until Stardate 3287.2, and according to Memory Alpha, Hegemony takes place in Stardate 2344.2 which is a few years prior. (Although Stardates aren't always the most consistent. So take that with a grain of salt.) I do hope think we'll get to see more of Jim as they get Sam (and everyone else, I guess) away from the Gorn. But I don't think Sam will die, because of "Operation--Annihilate!" being such an iconic episode, so he's got a little bit of plot armor there.

But Jim's reaction to his brother being taken by the Gorn? Oh My Lanta, I might cry at the thought. That sounds heartwrenching regardless of Sam's survival. I am always up for conversation about this sort of thing, so feel free to disagree with me!!💙

But onto your second question. Childhood nicknames. Those can be tricky, especially coming from siblings. I do think that Jimmy and Georgie were used frequently by their parents, but between the two of them, it's a little more nuanced.

One of my favorite SNW headcanons that you can pry from my cold dead hands, is that Sam didn't really start going by "Sam" until he left home. Jim was the only one who called him that when they were growing up. So in a way, Sam is his childhood nickname. For Jim, I think it was a combination of things. Jim, Jimmy, Jay, JT was a good one too. But really, I think that he probably had some stupid 'brother nickname' like "Mocking Jay" or "Sonny" or something. One of those nicknames that requires like a full ten layers of context that just leaves everyone a little bit confused. I would absolutely love to hear your thoughts on that, though!!

[lorax-god1315]

Are we ever gonna see Sam’s family??

Like do they exist in SNW, because I swear there has been no mention of them. Jim didn’t ask after the when he and Sam greeted each other in Lost in Translation. I know they wouldn’t be on Enterprise since it isn’t a family ship thing like in TNG, but where are they?

(I hope at some point we get a Kirk brother centric episode, maybe in season 3, I doubt it’d be in the last episode of season 3, I think they are gonna do some Gorn shit since they haven’t been mentioned for a while)

[sabellart]

screenshot redraw of that totally canon scene dw about it

[spinteresting]

We don’t talk about this photo enough.

[privgeorgeluz]

band of brothers • behind the scenes

[jamestitskirk]

spock erasing kirk's memory in 3x19 while he's asleep has so much implications. Is this the first time he's done so? If not, then how many other memories of kirk has he erased because kirk expressed wanting to forget? Is kirk the only person he erases the memories of?

[awaterfalls]

Okay, I'm excited to post all of it!!!

• I had to post the pacific cast too bc the pic is so cute to be left out 😊

• I keep looking at this pics all the time and I don't know what to say anymore.. I JUST LOVE THEM!!!! 😭😭😭😭

Part 4/??

[affixjoy]

[nick19203]

shittt my men look so good here fuckkkkkk

[tetragonia]

Joe Toye's son about his father:

"He was a pretty religious guy and went to church every Sunday. He was even in a choir when he was young. He was always grateful for what he had. They portrayed him in the series as a quiet, almost morose kind of guy, but growing up, I saw another side of him. He wasn’t a backslapper, but he had a pretty good sense of humor. Babe and Malarkey both said that when the bullets started flying, my dad sang Irish songs."

I had chills reading this passage. Joe was amazing :')

[woman-of-many-fandoms]

So we've been getting SNW ep centered around different characters. Is anyone else hoping we get an ep centered around Sam. It seems most people aren't really a fan of his but I'd love that.

[smileyobrien]

Dad has a very old fashioned idea of what a successful career looks like, what a fulfilling life looks like. And it just so happens that it looks like you.

James Tiberius and George Samuel Kirk in STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS (2022- )

+ bonus :'(

[meowneos]

who else is thinking a lot of thoughts