iphyslitterator:

I’ve been rewatching the original Star Trek movies for reasons, and somehow I don’t think I ever really put it together that Kirk stole the Enterprise and ruined his career with no expectation at all that he was going to get Spock back. The whole plan was to get Spock’s body and bring it and McCoy to Mount Seleya to do whatever Vulcan mystic funeral they need to do to preserve his katra; they didn’t know about Spock’s body being regenerated until they got to Genesis.

So Kirk’s endgame here was to end up both widowed and dishonorably discharged, with no Spock and no possibility of ever sitting on the bridge of a starship again. That is: without any of the things that make Jim Kirk’s life worth living.

He didn’t sacrifice everything to save Spock. He wasn’t supposed to get a damn thing for himself out of this mission. He sacrificed everything because if there’s even a chance that Spock has an eternal soul, then it’s his responsibility. In death as in life.

deannaboi:

jameslcirk:

- twenty seconds earlier -

engineer: do you want me to beam you to the bottom of the stairs, captain?

jim: no, beam me to the middle of them. i want to make a dramatic entrance

He’s trying to get a few more steps on his fitbit

jameslcirk:

Mr. Spock. Are you out of your mind?

princenimoy:

thylaforever:

princenimoy:

“[W]e were in the water, standing on the hull of the ship, and as far as the story’s concerned, the storm’s now over, the whales have been saved, and as we stood there, victorious upon the hull, I said to everybody, “Let’s just have fun with this.” And then I looked over at you, and I knew I’d made a mistake, because I knew exactly what you were going to do. I could see that evil gleam in your eyes, and I knew immediately that you were determined to tear me loose from that fucking thing and throw me in the water.”

— Leonard Nimoy on William Shatner, Star Trek Movie Memories by William Shatner, page 202

Thank you

biophosphoradoodles:

not a great episode but this scenes kickin