#the premise

[lesbospirk]

This was truly the most romantic moment I've ever seen

(Ps: This is a sketch from a comic I'm working on!)

[lesbian-spirk-agenda]

i've wanted to do a version of this cover foreeeeverrr hehe

[spockderangementsyndrome]

I know "60s housewives who invented slash fanfiction" has taken on a life of its own as a phrase, but Kirk/Spock didn't really exist until the 70s and THOSE WOMEN HAD JOBS. They were teachers and librarians and bookkeepers and scientists and they damn well spent their own money going to conventions, printing zines, buying fanart and making fandom happen. Put some respect on their names.

[gremlin-pattie]

“why do mlm ships always have one blond guy and one guy with dark hair?” well you see, it all started back in 1966 when a new sci-fi show premiered on NBC—

[rhinexstone]

Jim realizing his partner is not asexual but in fact deeply, earth shatteringly horny every once and awhile and he might be in over his head in the realm of sex for the first time in his life:

[rainbowresurrection]

[greengoddesssmoothie]

[spongynova]

From time to time we love a good old meme redraw around here <3

[treesspeaklatin]

One of my favorite parts in spirk fics is when authors commit themselves in the worldbuilding and come up with amazing strange new worlds so they can fit every trope they want in their story. Ooh here's a planet in which the most fucked up flora lives, the flowers want to digest Kirk so Spock has to rescue him! There's that alien queen that feeds on love, hope spirk's unrequited crush won't be a probleeeem. There's a city where for some reason people sleep standing up, and guess what, there's only one single fucking bed! I love unhinged creativity. I love when I read something like that and I feel the author is a curious person that had so much fun coming up with shit like that. We're some really fucking cool nerds.

[thali-lemmonpie]

"Because the needs of the one... outweigh the needs of the many."

[locustradio]

[spirk-trek]

*gay panic*

[amartianonmars]

Fics always have Kirk and Spock throwing each other around as if they don't have Starfleet issued twin beds

Ugly little bonus comic under the cut:

Nothing stops Kirk from getting it on

[dogearedfriends]

Big Coat Spock

[perlukafarinn]

need a fic set after amok time where spock ponders that he's gonna need a new bondmate eventually. and kirk goes, "well, what about me?"

spock considers this and very logically deduces that yes, kirk would be a suitable mate due to their mental compatibility, aligned careers and his general good qualities. "and also i'm in love with you," kirk helpfully adds.

spock is a bit alarmed by that, as he's not sure he can fulfill kirk's emotional needs but kirk assures him that just being with him is enough.

so they bond and begin to share quarters and it's a surprisingly easy leap to make. kirk is a model bondmate, considerate of spock's needs, offering intimacy when spock wants it and giving him space when necessary. spock does his best to return the favor and although he still occasionally worries that he cannot be everything kirk needs, kirk is always quick to reassure him.

then one day in their shared quarters after a shift, spock looks up from his paperwork at kirk. kirk, noticing him looking, gives him a soft smile and realization strikes spock like a bolt of lightning.

he is in love with kirk. it was never about kirk being the logical choice, spock wanted to bond with him because he loves him.

when he tells kirk this, his smile widens but he otherwise doesn't respond and another realization hits.

"you knew," he accuses kirk.

kirk hums. "i gambled."

then he holds out his hand and spock accepts the ozh'esta and is quietly grateful that this conversation will never be known to mccoy

[rainbowresurrection]

I love how less than 20 pages into Gene Roddenberry's first and only star trek novel he submits into suggested canon that not only does the entire ship have a massive rumor mill surrounding Kirk and Spock's relationship, but also that by the end of the five year mission, the entire Federation has assumed that they are gay