T'hy'la forever

James T Kirk and his unbearable urge to jump on men

STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES 1.16 ‣ The Galileo Seven // 2.10 ‣ Journey to Babel

Jim and his new best friend, Amanda

Tell ya what, if anyone can guess which fic in @ksspringfever is mine (via messenger or ask to keep it private) between the 22nd when works go live and the 26th when authors are revealed, I will write a 5k K/S fic at your request as a prize! First one to guess correctly wins, three guesses max per person so you can't just go through the list and guess em all 😂 Gotta read all these awesome works by all these awesome people!

To keep the anonymity of the event, I won't tell you you're right until after the 26th!

Reblogging now that works are live!

Some small caveats for the winner:

1. I want to write you the best fic I can! So if you request something I am uncomfortable writing for whatever reason, or something that I can't write in 5k words or less, I may ask you to alter your request a little bit. Also just a reminder I am only accepting a K/S (Spirk) request!

2. You can request any rating, but you must be over age 18 to request mature or explicit ratings

3. You don't have to be following me, but it would be nice! ❤️

4. I will establish a due date for your prize, but please be patient with me! Life tends to happen 😅 I will keep in touch with you all along the way though!

That's all! You have until March 26 when authors are revealed! Go forth and read!

HAPPY MARCH 26! I should not be so shocked that so many people got it right, but I AM shocked by how quickly they did! Next year I will do a drawing instead of first come first served (this game had more interest than expected), but this year the fic prize goes to our earliest bird! Shout-out to all who guessed, and special shout-out to our winner, who (no joke) guessed correctly within THREE HOURS of fics going live! And the winner is.....

@thylaforever ! I will be reaching out to you to get your request!

Thank you all so much for reading all these awesome fics! You either already know or will know shortly that I wrote "Hurt," all about Jim spending an eventful day in the mirrorverse, and all his pining, and what he really wants Spock to do to him in bed.

It was so interesting to hear folks' guesses, and especially the whys! My use of em dashes was a giveaway for some, and the one-word title for others 😂 I appreciated the lil window into what my style is. (My use of "lil" in the tags probably gave it away for someone, too 😂)

Other fun side note: a lot of folks guessed one fic that I am really excited to read, because it must be up my alley! So thank you for the unintentional recommendation!

Thanks again everyone! This was a fun game for me, and I hope it was for you too!

OMG, I won! And I never win anything, ha! It was just luck that I saw your challenge so soon after the fics went live.

I'm so excited and honored to have you consider my request!

Everyone, go read all these great fics!

Happy Birthday to this adorable dumbass who owns my life completely!

Tell ya what, if anyone can guess which fic in @ksspringfever is mine (via messenger or ask to keep it private) between the 22nd when works go live and the 26th when authors are revealed, I will write a 5k K/S fic at your request as a prize! First one to guess correctly wins, three guesses max per person so you can't just go through the list and guess em all 😂 Gotta read all these awesome works by all these awesome people!

To keep the anonymity of the event, I won't tell you you're right until after the 26th!

Reblogging now that works are live!

Some small caveats for the winner:

1. I want to write you the best fic I can! So if you request something I am uncomfortable writing for whatever reason, or something that I can't write in 5k words or less, I may ask you to alter your request a little bit. Also just a reminder I am only accepting a K/S (Spirk) request!

2. You can request any rating, but you must be over age 18 to request mature or explicit ratings

3. You don't have to be following me, but it would be nice! ❤️

4. I will establish a due date for your prize, but please be patient with me! Life tends to happen 😅 I will keep in touch with you all along the way though!

That's all! You have until March 26 when authors are revealed! Go forth and read!

So excited to read all these great fics! Sent in my guesses 🤞! Admiral, this is a really sweet thing you are offering, just like you ❤️

Me, who grew up watching The Next Generation as a kid and hearing in fandom circles about Kirk/Spock lore: I bet TOS isn't that gay.

Me, watching TOS the last couple of weeks: LOL this is hella gay, every other shot is Kirk staring lovingly at Spock, I love it, let's have the next episode lads

Jim always has heart eyes for Spock.

It's a bit ridiculous.

I thought I'd just post a few gifs but cracked up laughing at just how many there are:

Jim "heart eyes for Spock" Kirk.

Like all of us, really.

what you don’t get is science exists because people can love. medicine exists because people love each other enough to want each other to live long healthy lives. astronomy exists because someone loved the stars and the planets enough to track them through their ever changing position in the darkest night. science exists because humans are curious little creatures and we want to know the world around us and understand it like it does us. we know stars and planets worlds away, we’ve sent cameras worlds away, all because we love the universe, and we also put love in those satellites!! we sent the sound of a 100 languages, lovely messages, the sound of rain and a laugh, all out there just in case there’s someone in the universe looking for us like we do them, and so that they know that they were never alone, and we sent them the most simple loving things we could find.

science exists because people can love

"We are attempting to survive our time so we may live into yours."

:-P

I regret nothing

star trek heritage post (August 26th, 2016)

who’s got that one gif of Captain Kirk doing this I Need it

This one?

ive been sitting and waiting for these gifs to align like the sailors once waited for the celestial bodies to reveal their path

If you haven’t at least googled “Best moments of Amok Time”, then you are doing yourself a disservice. The episode is frickin hilarious. 

LOVE how everyone in the hallway startles except Kirk- that's either excellent command training, or an intimate knowledge of the subject in question.

SNW Scotty/Uhura would be the cutest thing in the universe who’s with me.

Complete the circle.

HELP NOBODY WARNED ME HOW ATTRACTIVE LEONARD NIMOY IS IN THE ORIGINAL SERIES WHAT HAVE I DONE

None of us were ready for how attractive Leonard Nimoy is in the Original Series.

None of us.

I'm still not. It's been 28 years. Send help.

Or shirtless Kirk just throwing himself out there at every random opportunity.

The both of them together is just ridiculous.

As promised, the Roleswap AU I mentioned! Read it at the link below!

I love this line delivery so much:

"ₙₒₒ ᵢ'ₘ ₙₒₜ"

the devil in the dark is a great episode for sooooo many reasons but something i particularly love is its characterization of kirk & spock, especially how the story juxtaposes their initial attitudes vs. their actions as well as juxtaposing them against one another. for most of the episode, kirk is very firmly situated in the command role: he’s laser-focused on his goal of eliminating whatever has been killing the miners. he has a plan & he sticks to it. he can’t afford to entertain ideas about capturing the creature for scientific study rather than killing it, because that introduces more risk to his crew. his mission is to protect as many lives as possible, full stop.

however, when he sees the horta in that cave, his first instinct isn’t to shoot. he’s wary of course, brandishing a phaser for his own safety, but he’s also curious & gentle. he studies her with wonder shining in his eyes. his movements mirror her own—he immediately picks up on the fact that she isn’t necessarily hostile towards him, & in response, he slowly, carefully, sets aside his own hostility as well. he speaks to her, makes little jokes. he watches her in perpetual amazement & intrigue, very cautiously extending a metaphorical hand to say, i don’t want to hurt you. it’s a big leap from “your orders are shoot to kill,” & that reveals a lot about kirk. he’s a good commander, he knows how to handle a dangerous situation while minimizing risk to his crew, but he’s also curious. kind. optimistic. gentle. in the heat of the moment, when he’s the only one at risk, his basic instinct doesn’t say fight, it says listen.

meanwhile, spock is immensely intrigued by the horta; he regrets that it will most likely be necessary to kill her in order to protect themselves. he spends most of the episode speculating on the fascinating science of a silicone-based life form. he even (very subtly) challenges kirk’s order by telling the security team to capture the creature if possible. he isn’t eager to use force, because he simply isn’t that kind of person—he’s curious by nature, like kirk. so it seems a great shift when, upon hearing that the horta is near kirk, he shouts through the communicator, “kill it, captain! kill it!”

realizing that kirk is in danger is like flipping a switch. the way he carries himself changes in an instant. urgency flares to life in his eyes & voice. as wild with it as a vulcan can get. freezing in place, then breaking into a run, calling out, forgetting rank. to him, the most preferable—the most logical—course of action is not to explore why the horta has not attacked the captain yet; rather, it is to eliminate the threat to kirk as soon as possible.

in a way, they represent both a reversal & a mirror of each other in this episode. kirk is a decisive & capable fighter, but his instincts steer him towards gentler things. spock prioritizes scientific inquiry & discovery, but it all appears inconsequential when his friend’s life is on the line. they balance each other, complement each other. it’s why they’re such a good command team. it’s why they fall so easily into such a deep bond. both of them, ultimately, act from a place of love.

This is a beautiful essay 😍 well done!