#rules and tos

[hornyverymuch]

"we don't need to watch Amok Time, we have pon farr at home"

pon farr at home:

[lichqueenlibrarian]

Spock referring to Kirk when things are fine: the Captain, Captain Kirk

Spock, the second there might be even the slightest whiff of peril: Jim

[paramountie]

(Kirk is on trial for potentially killing a member of his crew)

Spock: logically he would not do that. Bc he is my man

Lawyer: that’s your opinion

Spock: no it’s logical and a fact that he would not do that. Bc he is—

Lawyer: your man, yes

[trek-tracks]

Trek novels when an alien race is talking to or about Bones: Makoi, Mack-koy, Makhoi, Ma-Koy, Makhoy

Me, clapping my hands in delight because I love that trope: Boy, I could sure go for some

[dragons-in-spaceee]

ME WHEN TWO CHARACTERS SLOWLY GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER SO WELL THEY SHAPE ONE ANOTHER AND GROW TOGETHER AS PEOPLE UNTIL SUDDENLY ONE CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT THE OTHER

[bumblingbabooshka]

Ensigns Tuvok, Spock, Kirk and Janeway reporting for duty! Kirk says that he was known for being so serious the other cadets bullied him about it (and that even when he taught at the academy he was renown for being a tough grader) so I think he'd actually get along with Tuvok if they could put aside that Tuvok obviously doesn't want to be in Starfleet. Tuvok too seems like others perceived him as too serious and his instruction style has a drill-sergeant je ne sais quoi. Meanwhile for Spock I'm pulling on that one pilot episode where he's on Pike's ship as an ensign. Because it was before they nailed down what Vulcans were about, Spock was much more expressive in that episode. I think it'd be cute if he just can't hide how psyched he is about science and exploration and Janeway would totally relate to that - Tuvok at one point scolded her for being TOO focused on science while in a command position AND Janeway has shown herself to be able to win over the heart of even the most Vulcan-y of Vulcans through her earnest understanding and drive so she and Spock are gonna vibe heavily. We should put all the Vulcan-Human pairs that are weird about each other in one room AU. [Patreon | Commissions]

[fancy-rock-dove]

Since I’ve seen multiple people unclear on this in posts/comments today, thought I’d do my tiny, two-cent part to reiterate that

Original fiction is absolutely allowed on AO3

And the new TOS spotlight is in no way refuting or changing that.

If you’re posting it on AO3, odds are it’s drawing on fannish tropes, conventions, and/or paradigms, even if the plot and characters and whatever else are your own.

What they don’t want on AO3 are things that aren’t even works, like fic lists or prompts or reaction live-blogging.

[roykleinberg]

sorry for epic mickey posting on main in 2024 but the remake has me brainrotting so hard again. and I need desperately to unpack the psychology of oswald not only a) recreating mickey's house in wasteland and b) putting it right next to ortensia's house. gus frames it as oswald "hoping you would be forgotten someday" which makes it sound like another act of bitterness on oswald's part, like he believes mickey ending up just like him is inevitable and he's crossing his fingers in anticipation of it. which seems very much in line with his attitude elsewhere in the game, to be fair.

but.......... he recreates a space to feel just like home for mickey. oswald's spent his time in wasteland either carefully constructing a world free of mickey mentions, or living on top of a literal mountain of garbage mickey merch stewing about how much he hates him. but he still makes and maintains a familiar place for mickey to be comfortable, just in case he ends up forgotten too. he also makes him neighbors with ortensia. you could argue that the house would just be a big gotcha when mickey is forgotten, something for oswald to rub in his face in a see, I knew you'd end up here sort of way. but I don't think he'd make that neighbor arrangement out of malice. he wouldn't do that to ortensia, at the very least. she's the most important person in his life -- and part of mickey's family too, by extension. maybe he did actually want mickey to feel like part of the family, like he wasn't totally alone with his sister in law living right next door.

oswald is bitter and jealous and angry -- but he also knows how awful it is to find yourself in wasteland, removed from everything (and potentially everyone) you know and love. for as much as he resents mickey, he doesn't actually want him to suffer. so he's got a house and a family waiting for him.

[mhaccunoval]

,,space: the final frontier. these are the voyages of the starship enterprise''

[schn-tgai-saavik]

Robin Curtis reprising her role as Saavik in the Unification short film from the Roddenberry Archive.

She looks so much like her father...

she looks so much like Amanda...

- that video broke my heart to bits too

[lichqueenlibrarian]

Bones please you’re about to launch the photon torpedos.

[arttsuka]

Spock purrs. No, I won't be taking criticism on that.

[livrelady]

based on @anghraine's femslash spirk au! she said in a post that she sees s'paak as a blend of leonard nimoy and claudia black and jess as a blend of william shatner and lauren bacall (X)

[the-enterprising-bookworm]

mr spock if u can hear me please help the logical and academic side of me overcome the raging hormonal emotions (pms) so i can get this paper finished & turned in. mr spock pls save me.

[puddleofbugs]

femslash spirk cuz it’s all i think about

[anghraine]

You know, "The Corbomite Maneuver" isn't remotely my favorite episode of TOS, not in my top 10 or anything, but J and I are into S3 of TNG and I'm starting to really, really, really miss that kind of episode and the ethos that underlies its sense of their fundamental purpose:

KIRK: Intelligence different from ours or superior? SPOCK: Probably both, and if you're asking the logical decision to make— KIRK: No, I'm not. The mission of the Enterprise is to seek out and contact alien life.

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KIRK: Those of you who have served for long on this vessel have encountered alien lifeforms. You know the greatest danger facing us is ourselves, an irrational fear of the unknown. But there's no such thing as the unknown, only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood.

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KIRK: There are lives at stake. By our standards, alien life, but lives nevertheless. Captain out.

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KIRK: Mr. Sulu, bring us to within one hundred meters. Ahead slow. SULU: Ahead slow, sir. MCCOY: Jim, don't you think— KIRK: What's the mission of this vessel, doctor? To seek out and contact alien life, and an opportunity to demonstrate what our high-sounding words mean. Any questions?