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THIS POST IS A SUPER SPECIAL AWESOME POST OF MCCOY/KELLEY/URBAN LOVE. IT HAS PICTURES AND WORDS AND ANIMATIONS AND VIDEOS AND OTHER AWESOME THINGS.

YOUR INTERNET MAY COLLAPSE FROM THE SHEER AWESOMENESS. I'M JUST WARNING YOU NOW.

DeForest Kelley.

DeForest Kelley is SO MUCH WIN. Nichelle Nichols called him her "sassy gentleman friend," which says a lot about his awesomeness.

He was in a TON of westerns before he was picked up for Star Trek. Gene Rodenberry actually pitched Trek as a "wagon train to the stars" kind of show, which it sort of was, I guess?

Clearly, he was AWESOME. This bears a LOT OF REPETITION.

And that's William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and De Kelley working on the animated series. (HOW ADORABLY HAPPY IS LEONARD NIMOY?)

With a dog. And a turtle. I KNOW, RIGHT. HOW AWESOME IS A MAN WHO HAS NOT ONLY A PET DOG, BUT A PET TURTLE?

Did I mention that he's AWESOME?

And in his scrubs for Star Trek IV. IIRC, he originally wanted to be a doctor before he got into acting.

Karl Urban.

I think we can all agree that Karl Urban is DELICIOUS. (DID YOU EVEN SEE THE WAY HIS SHOULDERS FILLED OUT THOSE STARFLEET UNIFORMS?) Probably the only way to increase his insanely high amount of hot is to stand him next to somebody as gorgeous as Viggo Mortensen. Fortunately, they were both in LotR.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT I WANT IN ON IT.

ARE YOU DEAD FROM GORGEOUS YET?

Another super awesome thing is that KU, like DK (you see what I did there?) is a veteran of westerns. (This next picture is SUPER BIG to go with all that SUPER AWESOME.)

AND HE SPEAKS GERMAN, AT LEAST A LITTLE. /*FLAILS*/ OMG. GERMAN. Which, okay, not everyone might find attractive. BUT STILL.

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Clearly, he's also a SUPER DORK. I kind of love how he always refers to DK as "Mr. Kelley." His fannish enthusiasm makes my fangirl heart happy.

OKAY, THIS NEXT PART IS SO AWESOME THAT YOU MIGHT HURT YOURSELF. I'M WARNING YOU NOW. CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED.

THIS PART IS ABOUT: THE EYEBROW LIFT.

(A bit after the four minute mark is what you want here, but you also probably want to watch the whole interview. Maybe a couple of times. Just for posterity.)

YOU PROBABLY WANT TO SEE THAT AGAIN, SO HERE IT IS:

AND ONCE MORE:

And now, a pause for deep breathing.

The Original Series.

THIS VIDEO. THIS SONG. I found it on ontd_startrek, btw, which is also where most of the gifs come from.

I DON'T. WORDS DON'T. /FAIL

And the full southern accent. DK was from Georgia, I believe, as is Bones in extra-canon material. (All we've been told in canon is that he's from "the Deep South.")

That needs no context.

(THIS IS HERE PURELY SO YOU CAN ADMIRE HIS EYEBROW. LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT IT. YOU PROBABLY THOUGHT THAT THE AWESOME OF SPOCK'S EYEBROWS WAS TOO MUCH FOR ONE SERIES TO CONTAIN, BUT NO. STAR TREK HAS ROOM NOT ONLY FOR THE BROWS OF SPOCK, BUT ALSO FOR THE BROWS OF MCCOY. THEY'RE JUST OLD COUNTRY BROWS, BUT WE'D PUT THEM IN A SHOWDOWN WITH THOSE GREEN-BLOODED VULCAN EYEBROWS ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.)

(I MEAN, REALLY? HE'S LIKE THE STEPHEN COLBERT OF SPACE. SOUTHERN, AWESOME EYEBROWS...OKAY, THE ANALOGY FAILS ME AT THAT POINT, BUT IT WAS FREAKING FANTASTIC WHILE IT LASTED.)

And in case that didn't convince you of the superiority of Bones, this will. It's EASILY my third-favorite McCoy quote.

KHAN: Where am I?
MCCOY: You're in bed, holding a knife at your doctor's throat.
KHAN: Answer my question!
MCCOY: It would be most effective if you would cut the corotic artery, just under the left ear.
KHAN: I like a brave man.

I KNOW, RIGHT? I TRIED TO FIND A VIDEO, BUT THE INTERNET FAILED ME. :(

Okay. So I like to pretend that the above clip is The Final Frontier in its entirety. I live in hope that someone will discover an extended edition one day. I don't know about the rest of the universe, but I'd be perfectly happy to watch Jim, Bones, and Spock go camping for two hours straight.

THAT'S TRUE.

Also: Bones and Data. It's okay, I cried when I first saw this too. Now I have to shield my eyes from the ridiculous level of awesome caused by the two of them interacting.

Star Trek (2009).

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYONE ELSE, BUT BY THIS POINT I WAS ALREADY HEAD OVER HEELS FOR KARL!BONES. HOT DAMN. THE SCRUFF. THE THICK, MESSY HAIR. AND DID I MENTION THE EYEBROWS?

GUH.

I should probably mention that aside from a) Leonard Nimoy and b) Karl Urban being STOP-MY-HEART INCREDIBLE as Bones, the biggest highlight of the movie was watching Kirk, Spock, and McCoy interact on the bridge. Because...for me, that just *is* Star Trek.

(BEST COLLECTIVE "BITCH, PLZ" LOOK EVER.)

And for your entertainment, a macro.

Spock & McCoy.

Okay. So maybe you don't ship them. You have to admit, though, that Spock and McCoy are EPIC together.

And even if you aren't a slasher, there's no denying that their scenes were...charged.

(CAN YOU EVEN LOOK AT THAT PICTURE WITHOUT SMILING? I DIDN'T THINK SO.)

(THEY'RE STANDING NEXT TO EACH OTHER. CLEARLY THEY'RE HAVING A SEKRIT AFFAIR. OR AT THE VERY LEAST THEY'RE SEKRITLY HOLDING HANDS.)

I'm pretty sure the above is the only time that Spock calls McCoy "Bones."

MCCOY: Are you out of your Vulcan mind? ...Are you making the logical choice, sending Kirk away? Probably. But the right one? You know, back home we have a saying: "If you wanna ride in the Kentucky Derby, you don't leave your prized stallion in the stable."
SPOCK: A curious metaphor, Doctor, as a stallion must first be broken before it can reach its potential.
MCCOY: My God, man, you could at least act like it was a hard decision.
SPOCK: I intend to assist in the effort to reestablish communication with Starfleet. However, if crew morale is better served by my roaming the halls weeping, I will gladly defer to your medical expertise. Excuse me.
MCCOY: Green-blooded hobgoblin...!

"THAT GREEN-BLOODED SON-OF-A-BITCH! IT'S HIS REVENGE FOR ALL THOSE ARGUMENTS HE LOST."

BEST. QUOTE. EVER.

(OKAY, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE "SHUT UP, SPOCK! WE'RE RESCUING YOU!")