the biggest problem with tos’ episodic format is that the episode usually ends pretty quickly after the conflict resolves and then they never really talk about it again - no matter how intense or harrowing it was
which means that we don’t get to actually *see* the interpersonal fallout of bones being diagnosed with and cured from a previously-incurable terminal illness (that he didn’t even want to tell jim and spock he had), and then just four episodes later drugging them so that he can go be tortured (and likely die) instead of spock, and so jim doesn’t have to make the choice between them.
did they talk about it? beyond just a standard debrief and a “never fucking do that again bones i swear to god i mean it this time”? did they make it the captains’ quarters for the debrief, only for mccoy to be pulled into a crushing, trembling hug as soon as the door shut while jim tried to assure himself that bones was still here, was still breathing? spock hovering nearby - a hand gently coming to rest on his shoulder?
why didn’t mccoy want to tell them about the xenopolycythemia, anyways? to try and hold onto a few more normal-ish months before every time they looked at him their eyes would be filled with grief - mourning a man they hadn’t yet lost? the same reason he ran away; to spare them what he went through with his father?
only for him to immediately turn around and throw himself back to the wolves to (almost) die right in front of them anyways
i don’t really know how they handled it. whether they talked about it and attempted to soothe the hurt, or just resolutely tried to bottle it up.
but i do know this: spock eventually came back from gol because jim simply (though accidentally) called out for him in a moment of need. bones only came back because jim personally drafted him back into starfleet
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i know we love the richie lipschitz faded blue hair hc but…i raise you ruth fleming shitty red streaks/highlights hair
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"the secret to writing the perfect romance is to make them unable to live without the other person"
"the secret to writing the perfect romance is to make one fall first and the other fall harder"
wrong. the secret to writing the perfect romance is to establish them as individual characters first, with their own personal aspirations and fears, before introducing them to eachother so the characters can fall for characters that were actually written to be characters instead of shallowly written to play a part in a romance story.
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Being in a relationship for 7 years without being touched by my partner fucking destroyed me. I want a boy that's clingy and not scared to show his affection, I need someone that can't keep there hands off me.
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"you're ruining my favourite game!" okay. lol. if people making cute/sexy edits of a pretty cowboy or shipping said pretty cowboy with a man who he was ride or die with and he was willing to abandon the gang he spent 22 years with for him to help him then maybe you didn't like the game all that much, asshole. maybe just stick to fortnite if you can't handle being mature and throw insane tantrums when someone plays a game in a way that's different from how you play, you baby.
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I love seeing SamDean edits with captions being like “not a ship” + “not wincest” LIKE YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE HOW WEIRD THESE TWO ARE WHEN TOGETHER AND STILL DENY IT??
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