spaceyunicorns:

portraitofemmy:

No, but the thing is… this is in defense of Spock. Asshole comm officer is going on about how they can’t trust Spock because Vulcans and Romulans are so similar, and Kirk is basically all “shut up or gtfo, that’s my boyfriend you’re trashtalking”

While I’m totally supportive of queer headcanons and subtext and Spock/Kirk and everything, I think this is a little more than just defending his boyf. I think this is a very important constant in Kirk’s character: He does not tolerate prejudice or bigotry. And in the 60’s, to have a white lead male, the captain of a great ship in a sort of “navy,” to have him saying that prejudice will not be tolerated, is a pretty incredible thing. He supports women and people of color and people of all ethnicities. This was during the Cold War, and yet we have a Russian man and a Japanese men as significant, regular characters. We have a Black woman on the bridge. Kirk supports all his crew, no matter their gender or race or ethnicity (or sexuality, we can assume). And that is amazing.

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