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I've yet to watch aos but honestly as a spirk shipper idrc abt spuhura cause for some reason star trek writers are obsessed with making Spock this bad boy, ladies man of sorts so whateverrr BUT from what I've seen aos just messed up uhura as a character in generalll! It's why I don't wanna watch aos like from what I've seen tos the show made in the 60s gave her more personality and whimsey etc than her 09 counterpart...

Iike ik 09 was the year where "Haha overly srs women in a group of boys" was the IT trope but cmon... don't do my girl dirty like that💔

Ramblings about Spuhura in AOS (this got a bit long)

I thought I didn't really mind Spuhura in AOS, but I think it really messes up the characterisation of Spock. They just didn't have a plan where to take that relationship. I feel like the extent to their thinking was well Uhura is hot and people will be surprised to see repressed Spock in a relationship, but they didn't want to flesh out her character. And they (rightfully) made Kirk and Spock have the most important relationship in the movies, so Uhura is supposed to be important to Spock, but we rarely feel the weight of that.

So in the end Spock kind of looks like a bad boyfriend, because his most important emotional scenes, the moments he loses his control are all with Kirk. Which is great because it reinforces Spirk, but Uhura just stays an afterthought and they could have done so much more with her character. I saw this interview where Zoe Saldana seemed glad that Uhura and Spock had broken up in Beyond because he had been her teacher and maybe she had outgrown that relationship. I mean even the actor thought more about this than the filmmakers!

And how does it reflect on Spock that he chose a relationship with his student? I know me too hadn't happened in 2009, but in TOS in the 60s they managed to make Kirk a compelling character by making him not sleep with his subordinates. And showing this impossibility to find personal happiness at his job as a struggle for him. Which makes him likeable.

I think they didn't understand what the relationship between Kirk and Spock really symbolizes, how it outweighs every other connection. They just wanted to build on something that already existed and took it for granted.

And yes, this is an alternate universe, but if you reboot Kirk and Spock, it needs to be done right. And isn't the beauty of it all that Spock learns about emotions from Kirk, this open minded, kind hearted man, that does not judge him. And for that you need to have Spock start in a place of relative isolation. There are alternate universes and then there is misunderstanding characters to a point you are losing their essence.

Fan art of mirror universe Uhura.

Some fun fan art of the enterprise crew

some Star Trek doodles I did during a family reunion yesterday🫡 Here's a very rough sketch of the Enterprise too lol:

Hey guys so this is a project my friend @purple-iris has been working on for a bit (with some minor contributions from myself), it’s basically a “lost media” tv show of Captain Saavik and her crew serving aboard the U.S.S Eridani getting into all kinds of adventures! There’s been 4 seasons worth of episodes plots outlined for trekkies to use as prompts for Trek fanfiction or artwork or, well, anything really! There’s a lot more to come, including posts about the plot of the show, descriptions of the characters, some artwork (expect some fanart from me pretty soon), so stay tuned if you’re interested in learning more!

STAR TREK: Eridani (1994-1998)

Screen captures of the opening credits of season 1 (Fall 1994- Spring 1995)

Fun Fact about Spock:

He won second place in an all-Vulcan music competition for playing the lyre. When asked who took the first place he said “my father”.

It runs in the family, I guess 😁

(From the Book “Star Trek Lost Scenes”)

Also here is this funny interaction between him and Uhura:

It’s really interesting that he says that until now no non-Vulcan could master the lyre and than I find this gif:

Shows again how awesome Uhura is! 😄

[Sorry for the aweful quality, took the pictures with my phone...]

My roommate and I are rewatching TOS and we noticed that Uhura likes to appear onscreen with objects that are not necessarily hers. In early episodes we see her in command gold instead of her iconic red uniform. I first suggested a laundry mishap but after seeing her play Spock's lyre (in The Conscience of a King), it all started to make sense.

Uhura is a klepto.

(I drew reboot!Uhura to keep in theme with my prior Trek doodles.)

Listen, I just think they’re neat

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I designed a pillowcase for my friend! Look at all these Classic Trekkies!!! 

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Remember being in middle school or whatever and just drawing eyes all over your assignments? Haha, yeah.

Anyways here's the Star Trek Original Series cast in watercolors