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xezene:

U.S.S. Enterprise, Captain’s personal log.

With most of our battle damage repaired, we’re almost home. Yet I feel uneasy, and I wonder why. Perhaps it is the emptiness of this vessel. Most of our trainee crew have been reassigned. Lieutenant Saavik and my son David are exploring the Genesis planet, which he helped create. And Enterprise feels like a house with all the children gone. No… more empty even than that. The death of Spock is like an open wound. It seems that I have left the noblest part of myself back there, on that newborn planet.

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wintry-mix:

aldora89:

the-evil-psychopath-next-door:

#do not connect it to tarsus do not connect it to tarsus do not connect it to #FUCK IT I FEEL A CONNECTION

Aaaaand now I’m wondering if Kirk packs on some extra pounds as he gets older (even though he exercises and is still fit for his age) because he always finishes everything on his plate, even if he’s full.  Since, you know, he instinctively doesn’t take food for granted.

I mean, I could seriously weep at the lost character development potential of Tarsus IV. It is the richest, most complex treasure trove of a backstory you could ever WISH for a character, and I actually think that JJ Abrams, and Chris Pine, etc, literally didn’t know it exists–I think they likely have no idea that James Kirk is a childhood survivor of famine and genocide. I’ll keep hoping for a canon iteration of Kirk that intentionally encompasses Tarsus, and until then….thank God for our amazing fic.

trekkiefeminist:

Kirstie Alley in Starlog Magazine, June 1982:

“When I was a little kid I used to watch Star Trek on TV. Every week, every episode, I’d sit there thinking, ‘I should play Spock’s daughter.’ I mean, I could arch my eyebrows as good as Leonard Nimoy! Get ‘em waaaay up there. Whenever I’d watch the show I’d write dialogue for myself so I could actually take part in the story. When Leonard said a line I’d respond.

“When my manager told me about this part, I thought, ‘Perfect! It’s not Spock’s daughter but it’s pretty close.’”

And this was an interesting observation on the challenge of portraying an emotionless female and worrying how the audience might react:

“The most difficult aspect of the job was developing Saavik in a believable, acceptable way. With a man, it’s easier to adapt to an emotionless personality than it is with a woman. When you’re trying to show no emotion as a woman, you can come off as being cold and unlikeable if you’re not careful. It was hard to be unemotional and yet remain feminine.”

This made me think about how we tend to think of women as more emotional and men as more rational/logical, which means it’s easier to accept men in a range of roles, but also makes it harder for men in real life to express a full range of emotions for fear of it seeming “unmanly” .

For women, that assumption of women=emotion/men=reason is a lose-lose – if you’re emotional you ’re irrational or overly sensitive, but if you’re unemotional you’re “cold and unlikeable” or “unfeminine”. I think that overall issue persists in society, even though characters like Saavik and T’Pol and other women Trek characters like B’Elanna, Dax and Janeway, help us challenge that underlying assumption.

harlequinnade:

We are assembled here today to pay final respects to our honored dead. And yet it should be noted, in the midst of our sorrow, this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world; a world that our beloved comrade gave his life to protect and nourish. He did not feel this sacrifice a vain or empty one, and we will not debate his profound wisdom at these proceedings.

emphasisonthehomo:

Oh hay so, nifty tip for dealing w/ invasive irrational thoughts. 

Pretend Spock is standing by your shoulder telling you it’s “illogical” or some shit. 

Getting invasive thoughts that everyone you know secretly hates you? Spock is there to be all “That is statistically improbable Captain, several of your friends have told you many times that they enjoy your company.” 

Paranoid that you’re going to get hit by a car every time you walk by a road? Spock is walking beside you, calmly explaining that “You are mostly like not going to be hit by a car. You’re walking on the sidewalk, and there are no cars in sight.” 

Is someone not messaging you back right away, and part of you is terrified that they’re dead in a ditch somewhere? Spock is there to be all “Captain, your friend is currently at work. They’re probably helping a customer, not dead.” 

Seriously, I spend a lot of time pretending that Spock is blandly telling me why all of my irrational, invasive, and paranoid thoughts probably aren’t true. 

“Spock, someone’s watching me.” 

“Captain, you are alone in your apartment. Everything is fine.” 

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