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my ginger snaps inspired hair is growing out and I don't think the grey (now blond) bits can take another round of this.... end of an era

Just found out my Opa was raised Catholic. The generational traumas you can unlock on a random Friday afternoon.

can't sleep too busy thinking about star trek iv

just wait til we are an unstable professor and librarian duo

most unstable girl you know: i need to get a masters degree

Bashir's parents augmented him and he's still neurodivergent (and gay for an alien spy). My favorite GMO CMO.

Me *pauses Startrek in middle of sex scene*

I lied I don't care about the sexy aliens... I need to explain the entire lore of the Kobayashi Maru. *rants*

Actually, no let me explain the history of the Orions too.

they can't stop you from thinking about gay sex on company time

the mechs wouldve loved slay the princess btw. they wouldve seen a tragic love story far beyond our comprehension and ask "is anyone gonna make a musical tragedy out of this" and not wait for an answer

uhhhh anyways pls ask me about my numerous different slay the princess mechs aus. i have lots. (aurora/nastya, tim/brian, marius/lyfrassir, brian/toy soldier, raph/ivy, ashes/tim, jonny/brian)

McSpirk and away missions. The Hazard Husbands.

The reason I ship these three (Kirk/Spock/Bones) comes down to one simple point and it is as follows.. theres is no logical reason for them to be the 3 on away missions as much as they are. Actually, it's probably not the suggested Starfleet protocol at all, or at least not for most types of missions. It's a quirk of the writing but it reads as them being so interwoven and almost like they are making excuses to be together as actual characters. We see this kind of thing way less in later series. Because they find other ways to give their main characters more screen time, make main characters out of less high-ranking officers, or have a truer ensemble cast vibe.

Kirk and Spock should rarely be down on the planet together because of chains of command. It's fine that Sulu and Scotty end up having the bridge a lot during actual away missions. You don't need a pilot as much in orbit around a planet and Engineering is able to contact Scotty if there's an emergency elsewhere. But they have other responsibilities. If something happens to the people on the away mission the death of the first and second in command is not ideal for the ship. Then there is McCoy. Bones is the chief medical officer. He goes on a lot of missions that don't need a medical officer, and while shit goes wrong and he comes in handy, it didn't make sense to put the whole crew's medical care at risk by sending him down before shit hit the fan. Additionally, in many situations where there is not an extreme medical crisis, it would make more sense to have Nurse Chapel on the planet and Bones watching over med bay.

So why does this happen? Why do each of the three keep letting this happen?

McCoy hates transporters enough it wouldn't be out of character for him to be mostly shipbound. He's one of the few roles on a ship where he can truly challenge a commanding officer. Who can say no captain I'm needed here you should take my assistant down to look at your damn rocks/broken leg/lap dog in a unicorn costume/etc. Yet he goes.

Kirk gets to pick the away teams, do I need to say more. Okay, I will, these two by his side. If he is going to be in harm's way, having fun, or even bored out of his mind, he'd rather do it with them, logistics be damned.

Spock dearest Spock knows this is all illogical. Not just not advised by Starfleet, but truly a risky choice but he says nothing. None of his quips about humans, not of his protestations in the face of Kirk Choas or McCoy's emotion. He never calls out this pattern of behavior as a fault. Perhaps because he thinks their combined skills make it work the risks, but that feeds into it even more.

They are inseparable when their roles should inherently keep them in close communication, but with physical distance in all risk situations. They choose to take the risk, to face the crises together. Therefore.... husbands. Hazards to their crew, but in love hazards.