one thing about Jim is he is gonna have the time of his LIFE doing a little skit during a mission. He is going to do undercover espionage and put his WHOLE ASS into the costume alone (facial reconstruction surgery). He is going to commit to the bit so hard and loop so many people into his little improv theater production that it breaks down a functioning society of androids
And he’s gonna sit there while it happens like this
romulan commander: you’re so sexy and powerful….starfleet sucks for not promoting you to captain, join me and we can have heterosexual sex all the time and you’ll have command of your own ship
spock, who absolutely hates giving orders and only joined starfleet to prance around with his tricorder and flirt with hot captains: thanks I choose the execution actually
It's so funny to me that there's a TOS episode called "The Enterprise Incident". Like, there's an incident every episode, and they all involve the Enterprise. It doesn't tell you anything about what you're about to watch. It could describe any episode. Of multiple series.
Imagine flirting with a guy, thinking he's into you, then getting captured by him and his boyfriend. And then the guy's boyfriend has him escort you to quarters
the absolute magnetism, tension, yearning between Spock and that romulan commander in the enterprise incident. it's probably the only time in TOS that spock gets to meet somebody who fully and completely understands him as a being and appreciates everything he is. he's so comfortable in his own skin with her, because his vulcan nature is what brings them together, and his emotional side she can grasp as well. he doesn't need to hide one or the other, so he feels so deeply relaxed and the connection feels so genuine. the commander is intelligent, refined, and still passionate and martial: a perfect match to spock's sophistication and restraint - and there's nothing short of complete respect and admiration between the two of them in the end. gotta love it.
I love that this scene is basically
Spock: I don't like your new looks
Jim: Okay :( On my way to get back to the way you liked
Chekov, Sulu and Uhura: *giggling*