First, I want to tell you that I finished reading this five minutes ago. It took me that long to stop LMAO at your commentary. It's too true! I think my roommates may be worried I lost my mind because I've been cackling madly the whole time I read this. Thank you so much for showing that we slashers aren't just making this stuff up. And by the way, from your writing style I'd say you might make a really good stand-up comic. Just an idea.

This is so cool and funny and full of slashy goodness! This episode is my fav too because good God, you can see the slash in the air! It's pink! Lurve pink! Woo hoo! :D This is going right to my favs! Write more please!

I don't even know what to say... I'm laughing too hard!
That was fantastically enlightening and brilliant. So now I'm going to hop over to YouTube and find that episode and watch it while re-reading your commentary and giggling like the mad S/K fan I am because you pointed it ALL out. I think I might've saw the obviously non-obvious, but you...oh yes, this just made my night. Day. Almost two in the morning...day.
XD
And mucho <3!

you are brilliant. This is blunt, humorous and totally true. A standing ovation worthy piece if i ever saw one haha!

Ha. Hahaha. Hahahahahahaa!!

You are, without question, utterly amazing. I'm also quite sure you have no life whatsoever. This was, put simply, a work of bloody art (although I must admit a slight preference for your analysis of Star Trek: The Motion Picture).

One thing, though, about Kirk's comment about going to "mind the store". Whatever sexual implications that may have had, I think they went right over McCoy's head. Kirk may have intended it in an entirely different manner, but I believe McCoy saw it as a jibe at his Southernness ("In a pig's eye!"). His expression seemed more like "Well, I guess I deserved that," which really has nothing to do with K/S beyond the fact that McCoy seems rather clueless about the whole affair. (And yet, at other times, he seems to know and approve quite gleefully.)

So to conclude: good work. I think perhaps we are similar souls.

Actually, between the two episodes- This Side of Paradise, and Amok Time, that is- Spock smiles a rather wide, and warm smile for Jim in A.T. indeed, much larger than that shown in 'Paradise.
Jim's reactions to the smiles, however, are a very intriguing and fan-gasm influenced part of the entire issue;
in A.T. Jim is pleased with Spock's sudden pleasure at his health, and in 'Paradise, when Jim catches Spock hanging from a tree, grinning like a fool, he looks as though someone's shot his favorite puppy and told him to suck it up and stop smiling while he's at it.
In the end, the point is that Spock only smiles really big for Jim... because Spock is Jim's **... and you just KNOW that after 'Paradise, Spock had a LOT to make up to Jim for.

Answer to all--Jim Kirk.
Very funny. Biased, yes, I'll admit, but good.
(Is this supposed to be our consolation for the fact that K/S will never happen on screen?) Too true! Ah...I SO wish they'd up and shag already!

EVERY TIME I READ THIS
I agree more and more and more with it. xD
I love your commentaries- DO MORE >D

First of all this analyzation is absolutely HILARIOUS. When I wasn't all fangirling out over BLATANT K/S, I was busy laughing at the little witty comments. You = awesome.

Second, I'm pretty sure that Vulcans have retractible penises. Like guinea pigs. XD Does that answer the fanon question?

My favorite is the scene between Chapel and Spock. Have you ever heard the "soup or sex" joke? It goes like this: a man hires a stripper for his elderly dad's birthday. She offers him "super sex", and he says "I'll take the soup!"

Ehhehheh. I am SUCH a dork.

That thing Spock hides behind his back... At first I thought is was a knife too. I read somewhere about it being probably being a stylus for a computer. I think the only reason he even holds it is to emphasize his hands shaking. But whatever. Small detail, but fun to analyze none-the-less. ^^ I think I'll re-watch this episode sometime.

I'm pretty sure people will be talking about this episode forever like you said. Great commentary!

This is very funny! I watched this episode for the first time yesterday and marveled at the obvious "deep friendship bond" that Kirk and Spock have. Maybe it is just heavy bromance, but you make a good case for their romantic relationship here. I laughed at all of the ways you read into the dialogue...very astute. :)

I will recommend this to my friends who ship K/S.

nice i loved it and this episdoe is jsut great so nice job

“You’ve been called the best first officer in the fleet. That’s an enormous asset to me. If I have to lose that first officer, I want to know why.” Now let’s just resist the urge to think about Spock’s enormous asset for a second. Kirk is rationalising his emotions about Spock by focusing on Spock’s position on the ship, and what it would mean to lose him as a first officer."

This set of lines interested me. If you watch Shatner as he says the lines, and I'm one who believes that Bill shows some excellent subtleties in his acting (ignoring the hammy stuff), you can see his anxious concern in his face. I noticed that in his lips as he spoke the line. Check it out some time.