Kirk & Spock Fandoms' First Couple? - K/S - Spirk

Kirk and Spock are two of the most iconic characters out there, and their presence in fandom has had lasting impacts on modern fan culture. Just what is it about these two that led fans to pais them in droves from the 60s onwards? Dive into ShippersGuideToThe Galaxy and get to know the ship known as K/S

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[alexander_avila]

OH MY GOD YES I AM THE BIGGEST STAR TREK FAN

[evariste_galois]

all ships can be traced back to kirk and spock

[mxar]

imagine finding your grandma's/mom's old fanfics. that'd be kind of hilarious.

[coleiscola]

The year is 2520, almost all humans have died out. The first thing the aliens see. Spirk. They ship it and it becomes an intergalactic sensation.

[kannbrown]

I usually call this one the'Mother Ship'. But yeah, SO many tropes originated here, many in CANON. Such as 'FoD', 'sex pollen' or 'huddling for warmth' or 'trapped in a cave' (all literally, bonding, 'heat', etc. It was shipping and fanfic gold.

[hairclip]

"He wears his heart on his very often ripped sleeve"
Beautiful

[MirandaWeaver]

Wow, so they really WERE the original slash couple? 8D That's kinda cool, I also didn't know there was a magazine one could actually get fanfiction from back then! 0-0

[leahs]

I AM PROUD TO SHIP THEM JUST LIKE MY NERDY FOREMOTHERS DID

[mieroth]

THIS VIDEO. K/S is my OTP of OTP's. You did a great job presenting the historical context of the ship and the voice-overs were hilarious! Channeling William Shatner for sure. :D This video makes me so happy. One thing I'd add that is an essential part of the ship is Spock seeing Kirk as his T'hy'la according to Roddenberry himself, a word that is translated to mean either brother, friend or lover. It's basically the bread and butter of K/S fics and is rarely not included in some form.

[thylatrash]

i have so many ships but k/s will always remain my otp it's just So Beautiful
(and also canon af like lmao just read the novels)

[aprlshowers]

You mentioned it but honestly the best moment from TOS was when Spock took Kirk's memories to help ease his pain. If that ain't love.

[jamiemichelle]

I find it so cool how you make fandom such a safe place for everyone. It's so cool to see a content creator advocating for alliance between shippers and fandom as a whole! Always looking forward to your videos and your super positive attitude and awesome research on all my fav ships. Xo

[hudieeg]

When I started watching Star Trek a few years ago, I was like: nah, just platonic. But the thought, the feels and all those so *damn shipable* moments didn't leave me alone. And after I re-watched The warth of Khan, I had to admit that I'm shipping Spirk. I will go down with this ship. But in the reboot... I never saw this... love. In the reboot, all I can see is Spock and Nyota, and that's fine! Btw: I shiped him and her when I was a little kid in the tos ♥

[agingersopinion]

I think it's really intressting, that the basicly first Ship in all Fandoms was a Gay-ship. (But the world is still super homophobic)

[milleliza]

Kirk and Spock reminds me of John and Sherlock...

[mrzoohasaninn]

T'hy'la!

Also, Spirk is my otp for Star Trek, but I also really dig Spock/Kirk/McCoy being an OT3.

[somedwarvenwriter]

**whispers** but mcspirk. Don't leave out the loneliest man on the enterprise!!! ;-;

[ChloeTGAP]

The moment she started talking about spirk tropes I literally said pon farr out loud before she did. It feels like every second fan fiction is a pon farr one.

[maggedyanne]

I found it weird how Uhura and Scotty we’re together in the tos but then in the reboot they had Spock and Uhura, it’s just a random switch

[bignaturalsenergy]

This pairing is too old to keep arguing about 😊