I think the SNW Spock debacle distracts us from how wonderful sassy emo Disco Spock is.

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An episode of Star Trek where Spock becomes "100% human" could have been good. As long as you remember the difference between biology and culture. A Spock who has suddenly became human would still have grown up Vulcan and would still follow their practices. He would not suddenly be emotional and he would not be eating meat.

But there are a lot of differences between Vulcans and humans that you could focus on! He could have trouble adapting to how much weaker his body is. Spock rushing into dangerous situations because he is the toughest is so common so now you could have him do that but then be like oh fuck. You could have him not realizing that he need to drink, eat and sleep more and be driving his body to the breaking point. The fact that he suddenly has sweat glands could be super unpleasant and he could overheat. I think he should definitely struggle with no longer being telepathic. Maybe it makes it harder for him to understand other people or maybe it makes it harder for him to understand his own thoughts. There could be stuff about how his eyesight is worse and he is constantly squinting and messing up colors.

There is literally so much that could be done with this concept and I don't think that it is an inherently bad one. I just don't think the way to do it is to make it so Spock is a complete different person who has no idea how Vulcans work (and needs to be taught what Vulcans are like???) and no control over his emotions. And I definitely don't think it is the right call to make the crew like Spock more when he is human.

Like wise an episode about how the rest of the crew are suddenly Vulcan could be good but it looks like it will fall into the same trap. A human who just suddenly turned into a Vulcan would not have the cultural history and upbringing to act like the Vulcans we normally see. They would not know how to control their emotions or telepathy. They would still be acting like humans. If anything a human turned Vulcan should be incredibly destructive.

I find it adorable how in SNW it's apparent that spock gets invited to girls' night out frequently, and he just sits there with them at the bar with his glass of luke warm water listening to them tell stories he absolutely doesn't understand, but he seems to enjoy being there nonetheless.

And it is also like a cute little continuety thing with TOS that tells us why he's so comfortable and friendly with Uhura, playing the lyre as she sings and allowing her to flirt with him in a friendly way.

it's one of my favorite things too! and i wrote it :)

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this clip on repeat in my brain

i was JUST talking about this clip last night.

the way that Christina Chong is SO READY to shout "KOCK" and everybody knew it. they have obviously discussed this. the whole cast has talked about this. there is so much more this cast could say on the subject........!

hide your peehole like you hide your feelings

and they’re all autistic

Yeah... Peck know's what he's doing by saying that

let me emphasize that during Trek to Dallas this past weekend, I pointed at the Spock photo with *that* lighting and said, "That is very bisexual lighting, perfect for Spock," and lOOKED AT ETHAN AND HE GRINNED IN RESPONSE, OKAY. Then I followed that by saying, "By the way, when are we getting Spock in eye shadow?" AND ETHAN REPLIED: "I'M WAITING ON THAT TOO." And he looked so genuinely pleased by this. I almost shrieked.

I think Peck and Wesley are on board with queering up these characters... it's just the writer's room blocking the way.

OK, Love this response. Hoping we get the blue eyeshadow because it wasn't in S1 EP10 when he normally would be wearing it. Also, I doubt it's the writers blocking it. My guess would be paramount.

the studio definitely has say of course, but i lay most of the blame on the showrunners because *good grief* are they forcing a comphet Spock on us

Yeah... Peck know's what he's doing by saying that

let me emphasize that during Trek to Dallas this past weekend, I pointed at the Spock photo with *that* lighting and said, "That is very bisexual lighting, perfect for Spock," and lOOKED AT ETHAN AND HE GRINNED IN RESPONSE, OKAY. Then I followed that by saying, "By the way, when are we getting Spock in eye shadow?" AND ETHAN REPLIED: "I'M WAITING ON THAT TOO." And he looked so genuinely pleased by this. I almost shrieked.

I think Peck and Wesley are on board with queering up these characters... it's just the writer's room blocking the way.