Itās so fun to read everyoneās answers to these questions! Thanks for putting this together.
How did you start shipping Spones (brotp or otp, either is fine!)
I started shipping spones a few episodes into season 1 when I was watching spirk fanvids on youtube and came across this video (Kirk/Spock/McCoy | Unfaithful):Ā https://youtu.be/2nAmEwIooZ8
I watched half of it and got too sad at the concept of McCoy being sad, realized I was in danger of liking spock/mccoy more than spock/kirk and then went looking for more spock/mccoy fanvids, specifically TOS content since I hadnāt watched AOS yet. I mostly ship AOS spones because I came into AOS having already gotten into TOS spones.
I donāt know exactly, I think their relationship is really interesting. I think they care a bout each other a lot but donāt always know how to deal with that and they donāt always approach problems from the same perspective. I like how they work together and I love the moments where the strength of their relationship is made clear. The katra sharing is also extremely compelling.
What are the some of the reasons you like Spock as a character?
I think Spockās in a really interesting position as a person and in his career. I like watching him be good at things, and I like how he struggles to balance showing his caring about people with being generally reserved. Heās also funny.
McCoy is my favorite character in the series, as much as I love the other characters too. Like Spock, I like watching him be good at things, heās also funny, heās often in positions where heās dealing with a slightly different dilemma than Kirk and Spock and I think that makes his parts of the episodes really interesting.Ā
Some of your fave things about liking Spones: tropes, fics, headcanons, etc?
Thereās a ton of amazing spones fic and Iām thrilled that thereās an active community still talking about them! Itās wonderful to have people to share ideas with. I started making online friends through spones fandom so thatās very special to me. I think they have so much potential as a pairing to fit with such a range of interpretations of canon and tropes and AUs and things like that. Platonic or not I just love the idea of the two of them (three including Jim but mcspirk is a separate topic :P) finding each other and being such important pieces of each otherās lives for so many years.
Thank you! I had fun trying to figure out the right questions to put for this weekend because I wanted it to be easy to answer, things that would connect people, but also not alienate others because well. Not everyone has good associations with Valentineās Day and I didnāt want to bring any notions to go with it.
I love how many of us, including myself, just accidentally stumbled upon this ship. Itās likeĀ āoh, now this is a thing for us??ā and itās quite amusing. Though through a fanvid is VERY new but also the amazing power of those fanvid creators making you feel FEELS with their amazing editing and song choices! Props to them! Video editing is HARD.
Your reasons for shipping them are similar to my own along with why you like Spock and McCoy. Theyāre just so fascinating, to quote Spock lol.
There truly is such amazing Spones fic out there and the community has been wonderful and itās still nice to see it being active! Iām glad youāve made friends in this community -- I have, and some of them are now some of the closest, dearest friends I have. And you are TOTALLY right about the potential of all those ideas in fic -- this fandom has I think only started to scratch the surface for what can be explored in fic and art that other pairings have already had a chance to do.
And VERY MUCH YES on the idea of them finding each other and being such an important part of each otherās lives for so many years! Even if itās just in a platonic sense, the idea of having a person with such a lasting, long, close friendship is amazing -- even when all others have gone.
(Ahhh, mcspirk, also a great ship, but that is another topic all together lol glad to see more multishippers show up.)
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