Wonderful essay. It conjured up happy memories of Sunday morning Trek reruns from when I was a kid.
I was surprised "The Other Side of Paradise" didn't make your list. Kirk's reaction to a playful Spock, and seeing Spock with a woman, combined with his jealousy and determination to keep Spock with him, even if it means taking away from Spock his one first chance to experience emotion without shame, made this seem slashy to me even when I was too young to know what slash was. Add in the physicality of the fight, and the fact that Spock chooses Kirk over the spores and the girl...
You made me want to watch Star Trek III again. Or maybe just "Dante's Prayer." That vid slays me every time I watch it.
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Date: 2004-10-30 12:28 pm (UTC)I was surprised "The Other Side of Paradise" didn't make your list. Kirk's reaction to a playful Spock, and seeing Spock with a woman, combined with his jealousy and determination to keep Spock with him, even if it means taking away from Spock his
onefirst chance to experience emotion without shame, made this seem slashy to me even when I was too young to know what slash was. Add in the physicality of the fight, and the fact that Spock chooses Kirk over the spores and the girl...You made me want to watch Star Trek III again. Or maybe just "Dante's Prayer." That vid slays me every time I watch it.