Icon by @ThatSpookyAgent. Call me Tir or Julian. 37. He/They. Queer. Twitter: @tirlaeyn. ao3: tirlaeyn. 18+ Only. Star Trek. The X-Files. Sandman. IwtV. OMFD. Definitionless in this Strict Atmosphere.
It annoys me how a common trope on Star Trek is ‘tee hee, I’m a workaholic, I have twenty stardates of leave saved up because I never take a break’ and that’s supposed to be something we admire. Take a holiday, idiot. Especially if you’re the boss. Set a fucking example. It’s the future now and you’re better than this toxic shit.
All the Kirks and Picards commenting on this post and saying yeah but they have fun space jobs are missing the point. First of all, work is work no matter how much you love your job and it is unhealthy not to take a proper long break once or twice a year (plus people die all the time on Star Trek, and everyone is always making super stressful life-and-death decisions, it’s not all space fun, but even if it were, my point still stands). Second, did you see the part where I said to set an example? Almost all of our favourite Star Trek characters are somebody’s boss. It’s part of their job to set the culture of taking a holiday before you need one.
Part of me wants to attribute AOS Jim Kirk and Leonard McCoy’s legendary lifelong best friendship to a combination of kismet, effort, and kindred souls recognizing each other, and part of me wants to say it was because Bones sat down on the shuttle, greeted the person next to him, and mentally said, I Have Officially Met One Human Being And Now I Am Done Forever.
You wanted to see me? Yes, Doctor. I am aware that James Kirk is a friend of yours. I recognize that supporting me as you did must have been difficult. Is that a thank you? I am simply acknowledging your difficulties.
