#tv: star trek tos

[meganmoonlight]

I was tagged by @impalachick some time ago, and it took me a long while to actually make sure I’m happy with my answers 😂 So, here is the meme.

Eight shows to get to know me

Answers in an alphabetical order:

1. Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2. Heartstopper 3. Our Flag Means Death 4. Schitt's Creek 5. Sense8 6. Spartacus 7. Star Trek: The Original Series 8. The Untamed

I tag: @lovetourmaline, @lordnochybaty, @illusivesoul, @dark-alice-lilith, and everyone else who wants to do it.

[caddyxjellyby]

did gay men ship Kirk/Spock or the other pairings back in the day? I've only seen mention of women-written slash

[doesnotloveyou]

watching a star trek TOS episode where a starship captain has a psychosis that makes him aggressive and manipulative. he kidnaps kirk and spock, tortures his doctor, kills another mental patient, and threatens the safety of the Enterprise crew.

despite this, kirk continues to show him dignity and respect. instead of villainizing him, kirk reminds him his mental illness is not his fault and the awful things it has caused him to do are not who he truly is.

when spock finally shoots the man you think "well that's the end of that guy." but then we learn spock intentionally only stunned him, and the man is last seen getting mental health treatment. he is unaware of what has passed or who he is, and is confused to be referred to as "Captain" but he returns the respect he receives

Mental illness was treated better in a '60s scifi show than it is now.

[leqnardmccoy]

costume design in star trek: the original series (1966— 1969)

[atomic-chronoscaph]

William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy - Star Trek (1968)

[papanowo]

soooo these started out as me doodling to get used to my new tablet but 2 months later here we are

[vancruejovi]

Kirk and Spock ⭐️

(and bonus behind the scenes because look at them!!)

[spirk-trek]

LOVE :)

[birdsheadrevisited]

Jay Kay Klein - Early Trekkies at sci-fi cons, 1966-69

[hillerska-official]

I'm fully obsessed with how willing some people are to take things at face value. I did some reading to find out the best star trek TOS novels and on so many of them (interestingly enough it's usually for the ones written by women, but I digress), people leave bad reviews specifically with the same complaint, time and again. "Spock is too emotional in this. Spock is purely logical you can't write him with emotions like this." And every time i read that complaint i am fully fucking flummoxed, because of COURSE Spock is emotional, what the hell are these people talking about. Spock is shown over and over again in the show to be a deeply emotional person. This is something he vehemently denies, granted, but it is obviously intended to be clear to the viewer that he is LYING when he denies having emotions. Jim and Bones have very specific Looks reserved for when he tells this lie.

There is a very specific reason Spock tells that particular lie, of course. A pretty emotion-based one at that. Spock has a very complicated relationship with his parents and with his human versus his Vulcan culture. Growing up on Vulcan of course Spock wanted to be less human, and be more like his peers. But the fact is that even Vulcans are not naturally emotionless/logical, and they actually have very specific historical reasons for so deeply valuing logic over emotion. So it is absolutely baffling to me to see people just take what Spock tells us about himself entirely as truth. Spock is a bitch and a liar (affectionate) and he is so deeply human in so many ways. That's why people enjoy his character in the first place, imo.

[your-name-is-jim]

OMG, it took me ages to find this but it was worth it! I'm laughing so much, please watch this clip from 11 YEARS BEFORE STAR TREK was made I'm dying

[The Millionaire (1955) TV series - s2 e4 - The Iris Millar Story]

[constanzel]

Legit film slides from the show

[maulthots]

Star Trek: The Original Series | The Alternative Factor

[tvarchive]

Star Trek: The Original Series

1.15 Shore Leave

[leqnardmccoy]

STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES | 1x02 — Charlie X

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Leonard Nimoy - Star Trek (1967)