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cosmicyeen · 2 years

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BRO????

THIS IS SO COOL?

I can't read old english but the second chapter is both a translation and notes on the translation/writing choices which i HIGHLY RECOMMEND THEYRE SO COOL

THE MEANINGS AND CHOICES IN TRANSLATION ARE GETTING TO ME

Also so many of them have these awesome explanations behind them and then there's this:

"The Old English word for “doctor”, læce, literally means “leech”, which he would hate being called so, so much that I immediately had to use it for him."

LIKE YEAH THATLL DO IT LMAO

GO CHECK IT OUT ITS INTERESTING AF

#yeen yelling #star trek #tos #spirk #old english #linguistics #captain kirk #spock #the city on the edge of forever #ao3 #links #ss text in alt text

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your-name-is-jim · 9 months

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I think about this a lot.

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thali-lemmonpie · 7 months

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WHOever thought of how to dress the Playmates™ Jim Kirk: plaid shirt action figure™...

I HOPE YOU GOT A RAISE *CHEF KISS* WASN'T EXPECTING THIS.

THIS. WAS. WORTH. EVERY. SINGLE. PESO.

#my art #star trek #s'chn t'gai spock #spirk #space husbands #james t. kirk #Edith Keeler #leonard 'bones' mccoy #triumvirate #this is peak Jim Kirk #st #k/s #tos #the city on the edge of forever #star trek the original series #This is my first and maybe only playmates figure and i'm so happy that he came dressed like this #also trans jim kirk is canon

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favvn · 1 month

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In Amok Time, Spock says, "Captain, lock me away. I do not wish to be seen." And Kirk responds, "I'm trying to help you, Spock." And it's revealed he's taking Spock to Sickbay.

But, in the previous episode Operation: Annihilate, Spock breaks out of Sickbay only to be sedated, brought back, and restrained. Locked away, if you will. And it leads to Spock's, "Let me help," offering himself up as both possible sacrifice and test subject.

But! In the episode before that, The City on the Edge of Forever, we get the iconic exchange of:

Edith Keeler: Whatever it is, let me help.

Kirk: "Let me help." A hundred years or so from now, I believe, a famous novelist will write a classic using that theme. He'll recommend those three words even over "I love you."

Funny how certain phrases and events parallel or cycle back around between consecutive (by air date, not production code) episodes. Interesting. Fascinating, even. (I am fully aware of the caveat that my brain is seeking out patterns, I am lost in the Spirk sauce/soup/brainrot/whatever, etc.)

#star trek tos #spirk #amok time #operation: annihilate #the city on the edge of forever #tos parallels #only got about 8 minutes and 30 seconds into amok time before posting affvnnvjnv oh boy!!! bodes well #trek meta

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reesespieces-andotherfood · 8 months

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Edith: “ In the future, we will go to space in spaceships!”

Kirk and Spock, who are from the future and live on a spaceship:

#star trek #spirk #the city on the edge of forever #oop 👀

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bluesngolds · 7 months

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watch where you’re grabbing your first officer, jim…

#star trek tos #spirk tos #spirk #spock #jim kirk #the city on the edge of forever #this is one of my favorite episodes #also i love edith keeler and will tolerate no edith slander #sorry for the long absence was dealing with personal matters #bluesngolds video

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skybson · 1 year

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1x28 - The City on the Edge of Forever

#rock doughnut kinda bitchy #star trek #star trek tos #spock #the city on the edge of forever #flashing gif //#trekedit #originalposts*#1k

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iamenits · 9 months

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#my posts #star trek #star trek tos #the city on the edge of forever #spock #leonard mccoy #jim kirk #spones #mckirk #triumvirate #my shitty gifs #gifs #i will never get over how vigorously spock is shaking mccoy's hand here #he's so excited he's gonna tear his arm off lol #this scene has been done a thousand times already but i couldn't find one that had both of these moments without the sad #i'm sure it's out there though

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flippyspoon · 4 months

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1930's me just trying to eat my soup as edith keeler rambles on and on about how man will go to space in the future while the blonde dude next to me moons over her and ignores his sulking boyfriend: girl, how is this helping.

#star trek #tos #spirk #the city on the edge of forever

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frogayyyy · 2 years

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‘the city on the edge of forever’ original teleplay, harlan ellison

‘killing time’ (first edition), della van hise

#:)#spirk #tos star trek #spock #jim kirk #killing time #the city on the edge of forever

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thisplainsimplefeeling · 11 months

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I love to watch this episode again and again and again

every time I’m surprised that they only used one bed to sleep so obviously

#star trek #spirk #spock #kirk #mister spock #tos #james t kirk #star trek original series #star trek spirk #the city on the edge of forever #SPIRKKKKK #spirk is canon #kirk x spock #tos spirk #old married spirk #one bed trope #the premise

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marlinspirkhall · 5 months

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Meanwhile, in a city on the edge of forever:

Spock, carefully positioning his DIY computer on the spare bed: As Vulcans do not require sleep, I will work on this all night

Kirk: Spock, you have to sleep!

Spock: But Captain, there is only one bed

Kirk, one foot out the door: It's okay, I will sleep in Edith's room–

Spock: wow would you look at that the computer's working now and it says it won't work out between you :/

#I made many typos when making this post and I'm not sure i caught them all #goodnight #the city on the edge of forever #Kirk and Spock #TOS

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aurorapetrichor · 1 year

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Harlan Ellison’s The City on the Edge of Forever graphic novel

#kirk/spock #spirk #space husbands #kirk and spock #slash #harlan ellison #kirkspock #star trek #tos #harlan ellison city on the edge of forever #city on the edge of forever #the city on the edge of forever #IDW

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perlukafarinn · 7 months

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#star trek tos #amok time #the city on the edge of forever #star trek brackets #tos favorite episode #spirk

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favvn · 24 days

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There's something about the phrasing of "must die," how that's specifically haunting for Jim to hear, both because of his ideals and his past on Tarsus IV as one of the last survivors of Kodos' massacre. But to have Spock's life endangered twice after the "you must let the woman you love die or the future, millions of others' lives, and your own life will be lost" episode? And to have Jim himself ask, "Why must he die?" after the episode where Spock was ready to be killed if a cure wasn't found for the parasitic creatures inducing madness in their hosts, and in that same episode Jim--unprompted--tells Spock, "I need you" and never once suggests getting a replacement First Officer? God. I need to lie down.

#star trek tos #spirk #jim kirk #spock #the city on the edge of forever #operation: annihilate #amok time #tos parallels #putting this out here bc this is what my fic--that keeps getting away from me--is centered around #the fact that all these traumatic things keep happening to jim and that it parallels/recalls tarsus iv for him #like if you watch the show by air date order these episodes are all back-to-back #so it becomes “Captain Kirk and His No Good Very Bad Month”#to say nothing of peter kirk! & how his future mirrors jim's past if one assumes the rebuilding process will be ripe for a power vacuum

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your-name-is-jim · 1 year

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