to be fair its because of the intentional limiting of scope to be just about set and prop design but....

but also no one will know our thoughts about what jim was seeing during that first conversation. like. wow you really saw this man, who you know has threatened bones physically, made a very scary display at chapel, who is acting Weird As Fuck, framed by weapons and obviously hiding something behind his back, and then decided to pull your arms behind you, defenseless? with him (his shadow) over your heart?

fully saying "i am not afraid that you will hurt me. and i want you to know that, so you know that i think you are the one in danger. but i know you and care about you enough to not speak of it and to help you hide it."

dis culd not hav exsted a yr ago. i didnt watch star trek until fall 2025 i watched it because

do you ever think about those gay soviet propaganda posters

i just think Starfleet would use their golden boy Captain and token Vulcan to make a few recruitment statements is all 𐔌՞ • ̀ω•́ ՞𐦯 ✧

adding the paper texture made it look sooo Poster but the clean version is less desaturated, so I'll put it under the cut

OKAY I am Real Pleased about this one + glad to have finished my two prepped poems waiting for me to have enough clarity of thought to design. it's such a stunner!!! this is the latest in a series of (Star Trek based) collage poems and you can find the rest here. The Sun is from a calendar page and the words are cut from an old book on fun facts, then arranged into a new poem! It took me a while to decide on the composition, but once i found it, i almost didn't want to glue the words on!

I think about the themes of repression and isolation and struggle and loneliness and connection and reaching out and finding your reason to be (and and and) every day. and you know what else i think about every day? Spock and Captain Kirk are in love + it matters so much I'd love to tell you lots more about it and my collages/poetry if you're interested!

Transcript below!

Do you like Spirk? Long fics (93k) completed and publishing every other day? Do you like nudity and outfits worse than being naked, Rube Goldberg machines of sexual frustration, fake dating at a fetish club island, ludicrous situations that continue to escalate, Spock losing it over how much he wants Jim, Jim winning conversational combat with swift and fatal efficiency, restraint and aching against it, body shimmer, public baths, temptation, entrancing dreams, and canon-typical antics multiplied by repression?