to preface: it’s that time of the month so i think i’m a bit too emotional abt this. also, there is NO intention of hating on billie or dragging her in any way. i still love her so much it’s stupid. this is just an observation i’ve been thinking about as of late. feel free to tell me if i’m being dumb or if you also agree!

seeing the hmhas movie yesterday made me reflect on this a little bit. sometimes i look at billie now and realize she’s still the same girl with green roots that i loved years ago. she’s grown so much into herself, but sometimes feels like a whole different person. i still see pieces of her that feel so familiar to me, but it’s in small moments in interviews or in clips she posts.

i started listening to and stanning billie in 2020, and i think part of why i connected with her so deeply was because of how open and genuine she felt with us. she was so unapologetically herself, and i think growing up in the public eye naturally made her more protective over time and ditch the idgaf personality a bit. obviously she doesn’t owe anyone access to her private life, and i completely understand why she’s become more private as she’s gotten older and experienced fame in deeper levels. but not even a few years ago, she felt so close.

TLTR: All Might would've been ripped in half if Shoto, Bakugo, and Kirishima hadn't shown up. Nobody can plan for those fighty little monsters. And, despite the whiny tone, Shigaraki not childish to want to leave at first when there was no All Might and Tenya ran to get help, because his point was proved when the teachers arrived and he got shot instantly.

Okay, hear me out here folks. ~takes a deep breath~ It should've worked.

Honestly, ya'll, with the target being All Might, Shigaraki's plan for the USJ had a decent chance. It was not a rushed plan. Right from the top, Shigaraki used the reporters as a distraction to steal the USJ schematics and the class schedule. He knew the layout and who to expect, and had a plan to deal with everyone.

He had Kurogiri to scatter the students and handle Hero 13, which Kurogiri did. A large mob to slow down Eraserhead and tie up students to keep them from interfere, which they (mostly) did. All Might, had he been there, was most likely to go straight for the leaders, aka Shigaraki and the nomu... which, when All Might did arrive, he did after saving Eraserhead.

What's more, All Might, when he did show up, ALMOST lost.

Kurogiri and the Nomu were about to rip him in half when Shoto, Bakugo, and Kirishima showed up. Honestly, 1-A has a bunch of fighty monsters for students, and that's not something ANYONE would expect from fifteen year olds in their first week of hero school!

People (and the show) give Shigaraki crap for wanting to leave when All Might isn't there, especially after Tenya escapes and goes for help, but why would he stay? 🙄 This is basic conservation of energy from the mind of a predator. He's in a high risk area, rescue is on the way, and his main target isn't there. His only loss would be the low-level villains, which are cannon fodder anyway. And he's right to want to run. The second the teachers do show up, he gets shot four times before they even finish their dramatic entrance. THREE TIMES.

I'm absolutely horrorized, the game is beautiful and marvelous, It felt so horrible to watch, I want to suffer that again, Nami, give me back the years I lost while playing, and take thanks instead because it was a masterpiece

My family has a Coke-Marvel heros can collection, with two different generations of characters like, the first one was launched with EndGame and the rest was a bit after with Shuri as BP and Variant Loki etc (we have just a few of these) and I just noticed something Annoying

The Endgame collection is: Thanos, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Widow, Hawkeye- so far so good, the villain and the original six - then there's Captain Marvel, Ant Man, Nebula, Rocket and War Machine. Ok......the guys that were fighting to bring the dust gang back. Makes sense.

THEN there's the second one with a bunch of different characters, some from shows, some from movies, some that were not on the cinematic universe (yet at least) only in the comics. And no Bucky? Not a single Bucky can? There's a Falcon Captain America, my boy was key on this show WHERE IS HIS CAN? There's a Super-Skrull but no Bucky?? There's two different Rocket cans and no Bucky???? There's a Teenage-megassonic-goth-girl-I-forget-her-name-always and no Bucky????????? He is on several movies, a Disney plus show and What if episodes BUT NOT IN A COCA COLA ??????????????

(Platonically or Otherwise)

Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek (2009)

For context, my (late) dad is a huge Trekkie. We're talking about watching it as it aired and revisiting it whenever possible. He watched all available Star Trek content from back then, TOS, TNG, all the movies, etc.

Then Star Trek (2009) came out. Say what you want about AOS, what it did was bring me into the fandom and made Star Trek another thing I could bond with my dad.

Now, 5 years after his death (he passed in 2020), I'd always revisit Spirk when I miss him or just want a dash of oh my gosh they're both geniuses but so dumb or like, mutual pining soulmates because AOS is great for that.

So. Back on topic. Here I was, on AO3, looking for tasty Spirk fanfics over 30K long when I had this epiphany.

Did my dad low key shipped Spirk?

Let's see...

Back when we watched Star Trek (2009) for the first time, during the Kobayashi Maru and Kirk's academic hearing scenes, my dad's comment was something along the lines of;

"You know, in the series, Spock praised Kirk for that. It's when he acknowledged Kirk's ingenuity."

I was 13 at the time and a baby fujoshi in the making so... Pardon my denseness.

After, when we were on the bridge, where Kirk argued about how the "lightning storm" was the same as the day the U.S.S Kelvin was attacked and Spock had to agree with Kirk's logic...

My dad, while smirking; "There we go... "

Thinking about it now, it was kinda like he just enjoyed when everything is starting to right itself (with Spock having to agree with Kirk).

Then, of course, we were on Delta Vega. My dad actually was a bit sombre and so touched at seeing Leonard Nimoy. When we got the line; "I have been, and always shall be, your friend."

My dad was all; "There's no Kirk without Spock, and no Spock without Kirk."

Not in those exact words but like, his sentiments were that they are who they are because of each other. Then, of course we had the beautiful, sooo shippy dialogues between Kirk and Spock Prime;

"You're coming back in time, changing history, it's cheating."

"A trick I learned from an old friend."

My dad was full on grinning. Especially, since at this point, our crew is complete.

Then, of course, we're at the confrontation scene and my dad was: "That's such a Kirk thing to do."

I didn't get it at the time and some of you might disagree, but I'm on my dad's side with this.

The moment Kirk was in the captain's chair, he was so excited. Like he was expecting something good to happen. And, when we got to this point;

"I'm coming with you."

"I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it."

"See, we are getting to know each other."

He had such a proud, happy smile. Then, we got to the kiss and he was totally blindsided. Literally heard his "Huh." Yes. The period was how I remembered it.

When we got right back to it, and were treated with the scenes in The Jellyfish, the red matter implosion, Spock meeting Spock Prime and last, but not least, when Spock is right by Kirk's side on the Enterprise...

I remembered seeing my dad's happiness as he saw them together, building their trust and starting their adventures together with the crew.

At this point, when we get to the closing narrative by Spock Prime;

"Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her ongoing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new lifeforms and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before."

He let out such a satisfied sigh. He was so happy.

To be honest, I don't know if he shipped them shipped them, you know?

He did believe in soul bonds. Soulmates, platonic or otherwise, and how all souls knew one another once, some closer than the other, that might resonate with each other when they met.

To me, that's what Spirk is. Of course, my preference is on the romantic side and for my dad? Who knows.

But I know, to him, Star Trek is about the crew and above all else, nothing is truer than the bond between Kirk and Spock.

Now, is there a point to this rant? Well. I'm about to jump into the Spirk rabbit hole (again) this weekend while browsing through AO3 and Tumblr when I had this epiphany.

I had to just let it out! ଘ(੭ ᐛ )━☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ

Well. That's it from me.

From a casual Spirk fan to all who love this fandom...

Respect whoever get the Capt. mantle y'all. :D

"Be my coach until I retire"?

"As good as a marriage proposal"?