I’ve been rewatching the original Star Trek movies for reasons, and somehow I don’t think I ever really put it together that Kirk stole the Enterprise and ruined his career with no expectation at all that he was going to get Spock back. The whole plan was to get Spock’s body and bring it and McCoy to Mount Seleya to do whatever Vulcan mystic funeral they need to do to preserve his katra; they didn’t know about Spock’s body being regenerated until they got to Genesis.
So Kirk’s endgame here was to end up both widowed and dishonorably discharged, with no Spock and no possibility of ever sitting on the bridge of a starship again. That is: without any of the things that make Jim Kirk’s life worth living.
He didn’t sacrifice everything to save Spock. He wasn’t supposed to get a damn thing for himself out of this mission. He sacrificed everything because if there’s even a chance that Spock has an eternal soul, then it’s his responsibility. In death as in life.
(via spirkian)
So I was talking to my friend about role reversal and then this happened
Oh.
this is sexy
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Spock had on that huge cape the whole episode and the entire time he wore this under it?! I feel so cheated.
(via vvitchering)
Spock, carrying Kirk out of danger: Captain, have you forgotten that my species are touch telepaths?
Kirk: *high pitched mental shrieking*
THE CHOREOGRAPHY IS SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL I DIDN’T EVEN SLOW DOWN THE GIF THAT’S EXACTLY THE SPEED THEY FOUGHT AT
okay but consider this: what if they had to slow down the choreography intentionally because shatner kept getting whapped in the face?
(via cptkirksnipples)