tolightamatch:

spicyshimmy:

actually to be honest i bet jim decides early on that a fistbump is the perfect solution to not being able to high-five spock because it requires no finger-to-finger contact–the realization just comes to him, a moment of inspired clarity and genius–and that’s how he pitches it to spock, as a way of engaging in a fundamentally human social practice modified to take vulcan sensibilities into consideration

so after that, after successful away missions or diplomatic meetings, when spock’s theories are correct or jim pulls something crazy off, jim holds out a fist and spock bumps it with his own, and it’s one of those little ways in which jim is constantly adapting in order to show spock there is a place for the in-betweeners

the first time bones sees it happen, though, he almost chokes on his tongue

No but, ok, watch it unironically take off among Vulcans and their close human and other hand-touching species because it really is a good middle ground?