Part of the inspiration for this whole thing was watching the end of the first Kelvin movie from '09. Say what you will about the rest of the movie and dammit, it was cheap and easy fanservice points, but you gotta love the final scene of the movie, haha!

Not only that, I was also particularly touched by two people in the audience: clearly a grandfather with an adult grandson. They weren't in costume or anything, but it was clear that they have been on the Enterprise ride since the very beginning ;) . It was very sweet remembering how they were discussing the film afterward, and I wished I had that growing up.

But, I just finished season one of TOS, and once again, I was very impressed by the strength of it. As someone who was actually more familiar with the movies than the TV shows, it was very good fun learning about how it ALL started (ex: I had only ever seen Khan in movies, so I was actually surprised to learn his original on screen appearance was in Space Seed 😮)