I CAN'T BELIEVE I'VE BEEN DRAWING THESE SILLY ROTB COMICS FOR 6 MONTHS!!!

some fanart of this fic by @guardian-of-da-gay (I very much recommend!!)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home be like:

No one:

Absolutely no one:

Gene Roddenberry in 1979: So here's t'hy'la, a word that has never been referenced before, and there's no reason I am required to state this in the book I am writing but it's a word Spock thinks of Jim as, and, this word MAY mean lover, and it doesn't have to mean lover, but it MAY, and I don't HAVE to say that it MAY mean lover, this is something that has never been established before, this is entirely optional, I am choosing to do this as the author of a book about a movie, I am choosing to make up a word for Spock to think of Jim as and give this word the possible connotation of lover

No one:

Absolutely no one:

Gene Roddenberry in 1979: So I'm writing about things now as if I am an editor talking to an actual person, instead of the author of a book who is relating what a fictional character would be saying (and again, I am choosing to write this here and I am absolutely not obligated to do this because of having to refer to some earlier established canon et cetera and also I am literally the creator of Star Trek as well as the author of this book); so, anyway, Jim Kirk says he's aware at least by the time of this "interview" of the existence of rumors of him and Spock being lovers, and all he says is that apparently Spock raises an eyebrow when he encounters these rumors, and that Spock raising an eyebrow may mean a number of things including annoyance, but, his "answer" does not address whether or not the rumors are true, merely that Spock raises his eyebrow when encountering these rumors, and, it also does not establish what the raising of the eyebrow means in this context (just it's possible it may mean he is annoyed, and, if he is annoyed, it does not state why he is annoyed; reasons could include being annoyed about having one's privacy being invaded with a question like that)

No one:

Absolutely no one:

Gene Roddenberry in 1979: So yeah, writing as if Jim Kirk is an actual person I'm interviewing; Kirk has "no moral or other objections to physical love in any of its many earthly, alien and mixed forms" (and not having "other objections" leaves it open to the possibility that he is referring to his sexual proclivities and that this means he would be not disinclined to "physical love" with those of "many earthly, alien and mixed forms" and this is said in the context of Spock being "earthly" [human mother], alien [Vulcan father], as well as mixed [human/Vulcan]); then, for some reason "Jim Kirk" also finds it necessary to say that he has "found [his] best gratification in that creature woman" which implies he's attempted to seek gratification with creatures other than women (because how else would he have a reference by which to compare in order to make such a statement?) and not only does this statement not answer whether or not he and Spock are (or have been) lovers, but it actually makes it possible for him and Spock to be or have been lovers, because if he's had comparative experiences with CREECHURZ creatures other than women, this could theoretically include Spock, who is a creature other than a woman; so, yeah, anyway, Spock thinks of Jim with a word that can mean 'lover' and Kirk's said he's sought 'gratification' with those who are not women, and neither character actually answers "yes" or "no" to whether they are lovers, and there is no reason I had to include any of this in the book, but I did

Ohmygod ohmygod OH MY LORD

I don't think I've told y'all enough that I love and adore this man, if I could give him forehead kisses I fucking would

More characters for our photocard and love letter seriessss

Starscream, fetch!

Him.

Show me how it begins. Great. Now show me how it ends.

Grabbed by the visage of an angel serenading me through times of horror and strife. Optimus Prime on the piano