this is probably not what Spenser was thinking. or my professor. or JJ Abrams

[bedlamsbard]

I am possibly more of a nerd than I thought. Am reading The Faerie Queene for class, and have come to Book IV, Canto xii, stanza 13:

Thus whilst his stony heart with tender ruth
Was toucht, and might courage mollifide,
Dame Venus sonne that tameth stubborne youth
With iron bit, and maketh him abide,
Till like a victor on his backe he ride,
Into his mouth his maystring bridle threw,
That made him stope, till he did him bestride:
Then gan he make him tread his steps anew,
And learne to loue, by learning louers paines to rew

Which of course makes me think of the scene in Star Trek (2009) where Spock and McCoy are talking about how Kirk needs to be broken like a stallion. (Or...something, I cannot find the scene on YouTube, mostly because how the hell do you search for that?)

ANYWAY. You may all return to your regularly scheduled programming.

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[guardian_of_hope]

It's after Spock kicks Kirk off the ship, McCoy tells him "You can't keep your prize stallion in the barn for the Kentucky Derby" and Spock replied, "Yes, but to ride him you first have to break him."

Although I paraphrased Spock there, I know that's what McCoy said.


**Has seen Star Trek 2009 too many times (never!)**

[bedlamsbard]

Yes, that. It was something along the lines of, "A stallion must first be broken."