It didn’t win me fame and fortune but that doesn’t matter. The headcanon – and message – is important.

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“Polyamory is not considered abnormal; it is a way of life for some, and often thought of as a fortuitous omen by the more religious. In truth, multi-partner relationships are the result of people with the determination to succeed, the finesse to balance out many personalities at once and the capacity and willingness to share their affection equally.

Captain Kirk and his Commander Spock were never t’hy’las who decided to accept a friend named Leonard McCoy into their hearts. Kirk and McCoy were never lovers who sought to change the lonesome nature of a Vulcan. McCoy and Spock were never the men who recognized a mutual need for Kirk and agreed to share him.

No, these three were so much more… in a sense which not many of us can comprehend. They were three sets of hands driven by the same purpose, three pairs of eyes sharing the same vision, three hearts made of the same emotion, and three individually brilliant minds that, when united, put all which is considered beautiful and glorious in the galaxy to shame.

They were harmony and grace, power and precision, justice and compassion. Never could there be the like of this balance again, until the universe sees fit to restore them. I tell you now, if that happened, I do not doubt they would be drawn together to become another legendary triumvirate, for no one is whole without the pieces of himself which allow him to fully experience his existence, especially when they better him as a person.

And that, my dear cadets, is why we remember the lives of James T. Kirk, S’chn T’gai Spock, and Leonard Horatio McCoy. Not separately—no, never separate—but as they truly were: an indomitable team, a dynamic partnership, and a marriage of three perfectly matched souls.

With this said, please open your books to page one. We will begin.”

Imagine this is the opening speech of the most popular class at Starfleet Academy, in which teachers fight for the chance to instruct it and wherein students vie for the opportunity to take it.

In other words, the Federation celebrates the existence of the Triumvirate and treats it as an integral part of their history.

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