Long and Prosperous Life

[lolmac]

I started watching Star Trek when it first aired.  I was in second grade at the time, and I completely and totally fell into fannish squee for the first of many times in my life (although I didn't have a word for it until decades later).  We had a black-and-white set then; I didn't see it in colour until years later.

For the rest . . . Wil Wheaton

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[thothmes]

Funny. I identified with Captain Kirk because he was all the things I was not, take-charge, extroverted, swash-buckling. All those adjectives that really, really don't apply to shy, bright, watchful me. I understood the appeal of Spock. I could identify with the outsider, the figure with so much more going on inside than we ever got to see, or he ever wanted to show. The optimist in me kept whispering though, whispering "Yeah, that may be you now, but you can find a way to join, a way to share what you hide inside. Don't settle!"

So acquaintances and townsfolk know my outer Spock, and those I choose get to know, my inner Captain. I won't say Kirk, specifically, because there is a frat boy aspect that I will never, ever be on board with.

That said, Leonard Nimoy was, by all accounts, a gifted, intelligent, kind, and generous man, who worked to leave this world a better place than he found it. We need as many of those as we can find. In the words of his own faith, may his memory be for a blessing.

[magnavox_23]

*hearts this*

[annejack]

Beautifully said. I did not encounter ST until I was a young adult and as soon as I did I wished I would have known it as a kid because it might have helped me through childhood on some levels. I gave my heart to Bones in the first place and there it remains to this day - but Spock (and Kirk) quickly became just as important to me. Especially Spock whom I often could relate to in his 'being different'. Leoanrd Nimoy brought his character to live in such unique and wonderful ways. And the man behind Spock was just as wonderful fron what I know about him. He has joined my Bones now... up in the stars - I wish him a wonderful joruney.

[lost_spook]

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[a_phoenixdragon]

Thank you for this....and yes, Wil perfectly expressed my own thoughts. I just...yeah...thank you for this.

*HUGS*