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petroniaTOS S01E12 "The Conscience of the King": S-suddenly Shakespeare!? I would say the uhh forensic techniques are outdated but truth be told I could tell it was the same dude from, yanno, COMPARING THE PHOTOS KIRK PULLED FROM THE PUBLIC RECORD. Riley's not gonna be doing better cos he met Kodos once when he was seven. For bonus hilarity I bet he and Kirk met too, they just forgot about it.
The Spock-McCoy interaction clicks over in this ep: there's been mutual needling and vociferous disagreement on genuine principle, depending on the gravity of the situation, but here they're agreed. At least, McCoy is listening, but goes through the devil's advocate motions because he finds the current flavour of Spockian srs bzns amusing, and because Spock needs something to think against. Spock, consternated and narrow-focussed on the problem like a research scientist, fails to note the difference and lets McCoy get the last word. When Kirk lashes out at Spock, McCoy steps in immediately.
The Kirk-Lenore "romance" was a feat of thespian oneupsmanship, both parties working mega-wattage charm, each thinking they're the one running the con. Funny how the STxi ficcers mutter about Kirk taking advantage of Gaila, because that's entirely in character - dude hasn't hit on a girl for hedonistic purposes yet. It's worrisome because one can see how STxi!Kirk might have learnt to use sex to get other stuff - free drinks, a place to crash - but TOS!Kirk doesn't seem like he should've, and furthermore acts like Ulterior Motives and Unwanted Emotional Entanglement are the only two options on offer. He's a starship captain, not James Bond. XD; (Lenore is very much that kind of femme fatale.)
The Spock-McCoy interaction clicks over in this ep: there's been mutual needling and vociferous disagreement on genuine principle, depending on the gravity of the situation, but here they're agreed. At least, McCoy is listening, but goes through the devil's advocate motions because he finds the current flavour of Spockian srs bzns amusing, and because Spock needs something to think against. Spock, consternated and narrow-focussed on the problem like a research scientist, fails to note the difference and lets McCoy get the last word. When Kirk lashes out at Spock, McCoy steps in immediately.
The Kirk-Lenore "romance" was a feat of thespian oneupsmanship, both parties working mega-wattage charm, each thinking they're the one running the con. Funny how the STxi ficcers mutter about Kirk taking advantage of Gaila, because that's entirely in character - dude hasn't hit on a girl for hedonistic purposes yet. It's worrisome because one can see how STxi!Kirk might have learnt to use sex to get other stuff - free drinks, a place to crash - but TOS!Kirk doesn't seem like he should've, and furthermore acts like Ulterior Motives and Unwanted Emotional Entanglement are the only two options on offer. He's a starship captain, not James Bond. XD; (Lenore is very much that kind of femme fatale.)
