correct

absolutely accurate

me reading this like what do you mean casual fans don't think Jim is somehow both

imagine swapping the first officers though

Picard and Spock would be hilarious bc they're so outwardly chill and everyone thinks it's a totally normal mission and then you blink and you're at the Galactic Barrier

doing archaeology

yeah I think the funniest thing about swapping the first officers is spock tends toward enabling his captain's instincts while riker is at least like. ah-ah-ah, captains are supposed to stay on the bridge and do bureaucracy not beam down and take risks

LAUGHS YEAH Spock is fine with letting Kirk do what he likes, just tries to get him do it sensibly

god switching first officers would be hilarious

IT WOULD BE

Riker and Kirk would butt heads SO hard

tempted to see if anyone's done this on ao3 or something

literally fascinated by this concept