Shh Let Him Speak

apologies for the terrible video quality but i NEED y'all fellow Spirk enjoyers to see this freakin' blooper

Sam looking down at buckys hand, almost confused, because they aren’t the hand shaking type.

But then Sam remembers they’re in public and it clicks why Buckys going in for a handshake instead of just kissing him. They have reputations to uphold and can’t risk people knowing, not yet at least.

star trek season 1 review so far

ep 1: salt creature just wanted some salt bro wtf

ep 2: captain kirk absolutely fails @ parenting overpowered autism teen

ep 3: coolest eye effect i’ve ever seen. vaguely adam & eve reminiscent of adam sucked and eve was pretty chill in the end

ep 4: spock is so so sad & kirk is just horny for the enterprise! george takei had So Much Fun im jealous

I’ve only got three possible reactions to watching a TOS episode:

“I can’t believe this aired” (the worst plot you’ve ever seen on tv)

“I can’t believe this aired” (a piece of media so beyond its time and still relevant to today’s discussions, that I’m surprised it didn’t got censored at the time it went on air)

“I can’t believe this aired” (gay as fuck)

When Izzy first walked out I was worried that he would be made into a joke that the crew would laugh at

but then he started singing and the dancing began and I realized that he wasn’t meant to be a joke at all. This is the most open and happy we’ve ever seen Izzy and the show treated it that way. Not mocking him but instead celebrating this moment.

When we talk about queer representation it’s usually just focused on queer relationships, but what I love about this episode is it shows other sides of being queer. That moment where Izzy saw Wee John doing his makeup and had a realization that he wanted that too? That is what being queer means to me. The crew singing along and cheering for him? That is what being apart of the queer community means to me.

What i love about this show is that it shows queer joy, not in a sanitized way, but in away that is messy, beautiful, and without any mockery or shame.

Girl. You know I love your theories about queer coding in television. But some times those two male characters are stood that close bc they need to get them both in the frame .

we went from:

bucky: “if he was wrong about you then he was wrong about me”

to:

sam: “steve made a mistake”

bucky: “no he didn’t”

AND NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

witnessing the horrors

i lobe bones

The Phantom Menace