Realizing that Amok Time, from T’Pring’s perspective, is basically the equivalent of a Vulcan Hallmark Movie, where a holiday (Pon Farr) makes our hero realize she wants hometown boy Stonn and a simple (Vulcan) life instead of big-city (space) boyfriend Spock, and it all comes to a head in an embarrassing misunderstanding in front of her family, is certainly making me feel some kind of way
All of our Triumvirate are actually the Bad Hallmark Boyfriend in either alpha or beta canon, actually:
Spock gets dumped by T’Pring for Stonn because Spock is too famous and high-powered
Jim gets dumped by Carol because he’s too intent on being Captain and she wants to pursue her own interests
Bones is dumped by Jocelyn for hometown boy Clay because he’s too much of a workaholic doctor who prioritizes medicine over their relationship
Mumblo Peeps has one last presentation to give if he wants his master’s degree, but to finish it on time would be nearly impossible. Mumblo just doesn’t have it in him.
Fortunately, Mumblo’s friend Jordon is also giving a final presentation, which just so happens to be about the works of erotica author Chuck Tingle. Mumblo is confused on how his friend intends to fill an entire project, since Chuck Tingle just creates fake books covers, only to realize that Chuck Tingle books are, in fact, real.
Now Mumblo is locked into a passionate tryst with the physical manifestation of his bizarre assumption that Chuck Tingle books are just covers and not actual books, teaching Mumblo that anything is possible if you just put your butt into it.
