Photo Essay 4/4
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aruanThese are authentic, unaltered screencaptures or official promotional stills, and any text that appears in them is, with a single obvious exception, actual dialogue within the context of the scene pictured.
NOTE: I've done my best to reduce the size and quality while preserving the integrity of the images - none of them are over 60K - but there are still around twenty per post.
Though they try to hold each other in check:
They're often recklessly selfless with hurling themselves into harm's way for the other:
Especially Spock, whether by brute force:
As Kirk tends to get himself into:
...situations with alarming frequency.
Or via more refined methods, i.e. the Vulcan mind meld seen here, to erase Kirk's painfully conflicting emotions after being brainwashed with false memories of loving a female crew member:
The things these nemeses come up with to drive Kirk mad.
But to be fair, Kirk doesn't exactly slack on his end, either:
And what's any relationship without the occasional fight to the death?
And conversely, sacrifice of own life:
Kirk: Spock!
Spock: Ship... out of danger?
Kirk: Yes.
Spock: Don't grieve, Admiral. It is logical. The needs of the many outweigh...
Kirk: ...the needs of the few.
Spock: ...Or the one. I never took the Kobayashi Maru test until now. What do you think of my solution?
Kirk: Spock...
Spock: I have been... and always shall be... your friend. Live long and prosper. (transcript from tvtome.com)
For the record, the speech Kirk gives at his funeral: We are assembled here today to pay final respects to our honored dead. And yet, it should be noted that 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. Of my friend, I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most... human.
Spock, through a series of incredible events, comes back to life and is rescued by Kirk and company, who deceived Starfleet, sabotaged a ship, stole another one, fought Klingons, and needed political asylum by the end of it all, to get him back:
Only Spock remembers nothing of Kirk or his previous life. But love conquers all even in the 23rd century, and they're both whole and together again by the end of the adventure.
After retiring from their busy schedule of going where no man has gone before, came to live back on Kirk's home planet of Earth where, though they're given an admirable amount of consideration for privacy by the paparazzi, we do get the occasional lovely candid like this:
They've also made time for other leisurely pursuits.
Mostly though, they prefer the quietude of their garden:
But neither never having been one to sit still for long, they've recently completed a joint novelization of some of their most illustrious adventures and went on a cross-country promotional tour:
They were previously immortalized as action figures:
Which they had a good laugh over but keep, unwrapped, on a shelf of their entertainment center. They even starred in a movie adaptation of their lives!
Aaw. I propose a toast!
To good times, and...
Live long and prosper.
And would you believe that's not even close to everything? If you'd like to get the whole story, go here. The love, people. The love is not to be believed in all its abundant canonical glory.
Many thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
saturn92103, who was actually the first to get me thinking something other than the knee-jerk reflex about Trek in a dark, smoky bar in Boston. To the Sci-Fi Channel for its end-of-summer, six-hours-a-day marathon. Farfalla for her great site and bunches of others who host episode guides, screen captures, fan art, merchandise, etc. science_vixen for filling in the blanks. And finally, to walkingshadow, for always indulging my enthusiasm.
NOTE: I've done my best to reduce the size and quality while preserving the integrity of the images - none of them are over 60K - but there are still around twenty per post.
Love and Logic Aboard the Starship Enterprise IV
Though they try to hold each other in check:
They're often recklessly selfless with hurling themselves into harm's way for the other:
Especially Spock, whether by brute force:
As Kirk tends to get himself into:
...situations with alarming frequency.
Or via more refined methods, i.e. the Vulcan mind meld seen here, to erase Kirk's painfully conflicting emotions after being brainwashed with false memories of loving a female crew member:
The things these nemeses come up with to drive Kirk mad.
But to be fair, Kirk doesn't exactly slack on his end, either:
And what's any relationship without the occasional fight to the death?
And conversely, sacrifice of own life:
Kirk: Spock!
Spock: Ship... out of danger?
Kirk: Yes.
Spock: Don't grieve, Admiral. It is logical. The needs of the many outweigh...
Kirk: ...the needs of the few.
Spock: ...Or the one. I never took the Kobayashi Maru test until now. What do you think of my solution?
Kirk: Spock...
Spock: I have been... and always shall be... your friend. Live long and prosper. (transcript from tvtome.com)
For the record, the speech Kirk gives at his funeral: We are assembled here today to pay final respects to our honored dead. And yet, it should be noted that 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. Of my friend, I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most... human.
Spock, through a series of incredible events, comes back to life and is rescued by Kirk and company, who deceived Starfleet, sabotaged a ship, stole another one, fought Klingons, and needed political asylum by the end of it all, to get him back:
Only Spock remembers nothing of Kirk or his previous life. But love conquers all even in the 23rd century, and they're both whole and together again by the end of the adventure.
After retiring from their busy schedule of going where no man has gone before, came to live back on Kirk's home planet of Earth where, though they're given an admirable amount of consideration for privacy by the paparazzi, we do get the occasional lovely candid like this:
They've also made time for other leisurely pursuits.
Mostly though, they prefer the quietude of their garden:
But neither never having been one to sit still for long, they've recently completed a joint novelization of some of their most illustrious adventures and went on a cross-country promotional tour:
They were previously immortalized as action figures:
Which they had a good laugh over but keep, unwrapped, on a shelf of their entertainment center. They even starred in a movie adaptation of their lives!
Aaw. I propose a toast!
To good times, and...
Live long and prosper.
And would you believe that's not even close to everything? If you'd like to get the whole story, go here. The love, people. The love is not to be believed in all its abundant canonical glory.
Many thanks to
saturn92103, who was actually the first to get me thinking something other than the knee-jerk reflex about Trek in a dark, smoky bar in Boston. To the Sci-Fi Channel for its end-of-summer, six-hours-a-day marathon. Farfalla for her great site and bunches of others who host episode guides, screen captures, fan art, merchandise, etc. science_vixen for filling in the blanks. And finally, to walkingshadow, for always indulging my enthusiasm.
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Date: September 17th, 2004 10:26 am (UTC)Duuuude. Me and original Trek. I never would've thought! But I am such a sucker for a good pictoral essay, and this certainly fits the bill.
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Date: September 18th, 2004 06:36 am (UTC)Duuuude. Me and original Trek. I never would've thought!
Heh. Sounds like me during the first few episodes, before realizing how I've lived my life in shadow all this time. I've been waxing poetic about them for a few weeks now, but I knew no one who didn't already know would believe me until they saw it for themselves.
But I am such a sucker for a good pictoral essay, and this certainly fits the bill.
Whoo! Thanks so much for the kudos. I felt like such a dork the entire time I was working on it, but these two just bring out the inner sap of my jaded heart.
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Date: September 17th, 2004 10:33 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: September 17th, 2004 02:56 pm (UTC)This is fabulous. I swear I'll remain a loyal Next Gen shipper but this is perfect! All four parts!
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Date: September 18th, 2004 06:28 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: September 18th, 2004 08:01 am (UTC)about the blanks, you're welcome. Can you believe I'm not even considered a trekkie by most of my friends? ^_^
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Date: September 19th, 2004 07:27 am (UTC)I spent two days squealing and whimpering about just that and decided to put together the essay just so people would understand a little of why I'm so in love with them. And the thing is, these captures only begin to convey what there is between them - every episode, the obvious change of tone when they speak to each other as opposed to the crew, the constant touching, standing close enough to share practically the same breath - the list goes on and on. The thing wrote itself, and it's not like the actors and producers threw a bone to that faction of their audience every once in a while, i.e. X-Files or BtVS, it's how they are.