Tag: oh god
Spock probably thinks he’s being SO straightforward when he initially starts flirting with jim. He’s like…. “prolonged eye contact? Check. Stood 72.4% closer to him on the bridge today? Check. Told Jim I found his illogic fascinating? Double check. Soon we will progress to lingering sleeve touches and conversations about our mutual interests. I estimate I’ll be able to propose marriage within the next decade” and poor Jim’s just like “bones I might be wrong here but I think Spock might actually like hanging out with me. It’s just a vibe but it’s definitely there. Do you think we’re friends yet? Do you think he likes me? I just don’t know”
Honestly, I like this head cannon so much better than the more popular one that has Spock chickening out at the last second because he suddenly decided he’s afraid of his feelings. Like maybe the whole reason Spock went to purge his emotions was because he figured he wasn’t getting anywhere with Jim despite doing the Vulcan equivalent of throwing himself at him. Like he figured that he wasn’t going to continue pursue a lost cause but he couldn’t imagine living a life feeling unrequited love on the sidelines, so he’d rather feel nothing. Meanwhile Jim is thinking that they’re finally getting to the point where he might possibly make his intentions a little more obvious and see how it goes, but is just flabbergasted when Spock suddenly leaves after the end of the mission without explanation.
I realized that anyone who’s never actually seen Pride & Prejudice (2005) dir. Joe Wright aka one of the best films in cinematic history has probably only ever seen this scene in gif form and that just doesn’t do it justice please watch this and then watch the entire film
listen, there is absolutely nothing that gets me going like mutual seemingly unrequited pining like? i live for both people losing their minds over the other person in bitter silence. savoring every single accidental brush of their fingers, elbows, thighs, every stray glance, memorizing every gesture or expression they catch while the other isn’t looking, all while being absolutely convinced that it’s one-sided only to finally!! finally find out it wasn’t in a triumphant moment of bliss after years and years of delicious, soul-rending, torturous, heart-wrenching pining. i literally don’t care about the fact that this trope is predictable af and always plays out the same way i will still go wild over it every single time like they’ll be doing the same reveal scene i have seen a million times and i’m still on the edge of my seat gasping “are they gonna kiss???”
Time and distance have no power over us. You and I are together for as long as we live.
You know, early-show Taako is like… stupid.
Really stupid.
HELLA stupid.
Which is, in-universe, not at all surprising! Because Taako has to be second only to Davenport in terms of how much damage Lucretia did to him.
Davenport forgot his life because the mission was his life. But Taako – who was already down to having six people in the entire universe whom he dared to care about because all the others were dust – Taako didn’t forget his life, but he forgot everything that had ever mattered. Lucretia carved out his heart and left nothing but: Taako – from TV!
If in the early arcs he ever seems like a shallow parody of a person, it’s only because he is a shallow parody of a person.
Anyway I’m pretty upset about this stupid wizard.
I can’t stop thinking about Taako being, um. Davenported on an emotional level. He was never great at giving a shit, but there was Lup, always. Lup and then the others. And afterwards he’s left not caring about anyone, not able to remember what the point of caring about anyone is. ‘Everyone should love you!’ says Lucretia, condemning him to a decade of near-sociopathic disconnect.
And the level of psychological damage this causes also doing serious damage to his ability to think at all tips it over into horrific for me. He can’t think and he can’t feel. He’s got nothing. He’s got no power to ever change that, having nothing.
Lucretia took everything from him.
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