To All The Gatekeeping White Guys Out There:

To all the gatekeeping white guys out there:

James T. Kirk is not your Everyman. He’s not your own self-insert male power fantasy. He’s not your generic heterosexual protagonist who’s “too cool to care” about the rules and regulations that come with his high-risk/high-responsibility job. He’s not your depthless heroic leading man who sees women as commodities and kills his enemies without a second thought. 

James T. Kirk is the embodiment of optimism for the future. He’s proof that if people could be a bit kinder, a bit softer, a bit more careful with how they treat others, that the world may one day end up churning out a man like him. He’s been through horrible, unspeakable things in his life, and he survived through it all to become the well-rounded, multi-layered, compassionate character you refuse to actually see and understand. He isn’t someone who acts on impulse due to a lack of care or regard for consequences—in fact, that couldn’t be further form the truth. When he does act on impulse, it’s because he cares too much. He wears his heart on his sleeve, and he isn’t afraid to show the ones he loves that he really is with them till the ends of the universe. That’s a promise to them that he could never break, because he is—above all else—a man of his own word. 

James T. Kirk wasn’t designed to be relatable. He was designed to be inspirational.

Ready for Two | ST:Ex | 031323a

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Forgot what this feeling was like - to actually draw. I have not had it for a very, very long time. This here is the feeling that gives me the love that I do for art, period.

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Spock: Captain Kirk is as immutable as the laws of gravity. He could never be cruel or panic. He is too good, too pure, the platonic ideal of a person. Captain Kirk is perfect and I love him

The court he’s standing in: …..ok but like you can’t enter that as a fact into evidence, you know that right? Like you know we can’t enter your crush as imperial fact right?

Spock: illogical. Just look at him

another louis de pointe du lac drawing bc i can’t stop

I worked on this all day yesterday only to post it the day after. Happy (belated) Birthday to James T. Kirk & William Shatner!

I’M LAUGHING SO HARD RIGHT NOW WATCHING STAR TREK TOS AND KIRK IS FIGHTINH GORN AND THE CHOREOGRAPHY IS SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL I DIDN’T EVEN SLOW DOWN THE GIF THAT’S EXACTLY THE SPEED THEY FOUGHT AT