finally saw Into Darkness, spoilers likely in comments

[makeitmine]

Well, that sure was a... thing.

[... Jim are you serious is that all you're actually going to say about this

Jim]

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[nottheshoe]

Mun hasn't seen it yet, but I've been hearing about--

the things y'seem t'pull.

[makeitmine]

Things. Yep.

[............... jim]

[nottheshoe]

I heard things that involve your supposed death.


[Jim.]

[memoryguardian]

It certainly was something, wasn't it? My mun and I both are just glad that you came out of it alright in the end!

[makeitmine]

Heh, well... Thanks. I'm glad to be here, too.

I mean, not that I wouldn't, even if I hadn't. That's just kinda how it works out here. But, you know.

[memoryguardian]

[ A small laugh. ]

I do know what you mean. But I'm glad you are here all the same.

[ ...

...OKAY SENTIMENTAL MOMENT OVER. ]

So, do you do that kind of thing all the time? Visiting other worlds and getting into danger wherever you go? It seems exhausting!

[loveshypo]

It was god damn more than just a thing, Jim.

[makeitmine]

I know, I know. It was a lot of things, really.

[dow]

[ Just. Really. Really, Jim, that's all you have to say about traumatizing him by dying. ]

I would like to echo the sentiments as expressed above by Doctor McCoy.

[makeitmine]

[Jim opens his mouth, closes it, and looks away and down for a long moment. He inhales through his nose, then looks back up, grinning, because that's always how he deals with things.]

I like how you're all acting surprised.

[dow]

I am not acting, merely reminding you that the situations which presented themselves were ... adverse for all involved.

[ That's the second time in his life Jim's emotionally compromised him, and probably on a grander scale. After all, this idiot clearly has no idea what would have happened if their hands had really been touching (the terror and loneliness that Pike suffered is still fresh in Spock's mind) and therefore has little appreciation for the fact he wanted that. To have his empathy and wish to comfort his friend known, before he was torn away and either of them could explore that twist for what it was.

Jim is infuriating enough to make the demure line of Spock's lips harden, his eyes lingering on him with pointed intent. After all, he isn't going to admit these things in public, especially while being scorned. ]

It is, however, agreeable to find you have moved on at such an astoundingly rapid rate.

[ Not that Spock has any idea if he has. He'd probably feel better if Jim had, but. All he gets is a dry tone. ]

[inventedconsultant]

Unfortunately, my face has been hearing an awful lot about this thing.

[first-hand. from fists.]

[dow]

[ SCREECHING INTERNALLY. ]

[inventedconsultant]

[problem?]

[makeitmine]

I can imagine.

[yes, that's what Jim's going with after ... well. Spock

his expression is fairly neutral, for the most part, with his eyebrows up]

[inventedconsultant]

[in contrast, his brow furrows in annoyance.]

Then will you elaborate, or am I to spend the rest of my days shielding it from Vulcan eyes and fists?
Not that your opening statement gives a great deal of hope.

[none of you want to talk to him long enough to tell him anything. )8< ]

[original_fine]

A... thing?

I hope your reports are more thorough than that.

[makeitmine]

Hey, no one said "Dear Mun posts count towards reports."

[original_fine]

No, but I'm still figuring out what you're trying to say.

[aviophobia]

[slow.

clap.]

Your eloquence is boundless.

[makeitmine]

[that earns a cheeky grin]

At least someone appreciates me around here.

[aviophobia]

That's exactly the word I was going to use, too.

'Appreciate.'

For a certain definition thereof, anyway.

[hes_deadjim]

Jim, now's not the time for the Captain's poker face. That was more than a "thing".

[makeitmine]

[--yowch, talk about direct. Jim lowers his head briefly -- or is that a nod? It's a little bit of both. He doesn't bother trying to brush him off this time, because everything about this Bones says that he's not going to let him get away with it. And, honestly, by this point, Jim... doesn't want to push him out. So when he speaks, his tone is low.]

What exactly am I supposed to say here? [Though some might expect his tone to be challenging or defensive, it isn't; it's earnest.]

[hes_deadjim]

That sometimes even Captain James Kirk's only human.

It's okay to admit sometimes that you're in over your head. And this time, you were in so far in you couldn't see sunshine.