Star Trek/Ships

Spike
Spike is the slash ship between Spock and Christopher Pike.

Fanon
Spike had a small following after the release of the Kelvin Timeline films. This was due to them only sharing screen time in the unaired till the move was released. Although it was not a very popular ship in the AOS fandom, due to them still having limited screen time. The ship gained some more traction with the two appearing in Discovery, and gained even more fans with Strange New Worlds.

With the two varrying canons, some ship or don't ship the two based on which canon they are referring to. Some don't ship them in the Kelvin timeline, due to the more visible age difference, but do ship them in the original series timeline due to them being portrayed as a similar age. Some just also base it on the chemistry of the actors. Some feeling that Anson Mount (Pike) and Ethan Peck (Spock) have more chemistry than Bruce Greenwood (AOS Pike) and Zachary Quinto (AOS Spock).

On AO3 Spike is the eight most written ship for Pike. It is also the third most written ship in the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds tag.

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Spones
Spones is the slash ship between Spock and Leonard McCoy.

Fanon
Spones is one of the most well known and earliest ships in the Star Trek fandom. Originating from the original series, it is often the most common used examples of a "Enemies to Lovers" or "Opposites Attract" trope. The ship name comes from the begining of Spock's name, and the nickname gives to McCoy by Kirk "Bones".

There is a subsection of AOS fans of the ship who will create AU's with the two in the 2005 film Doom. This is due to Karl Urban (AOS McCoy) staring in the film, and it gaining some popularity after the release of the AOS films.

On AO3, Spones is the second most written ship for Leonard and Spock. It is also the fourth most written ship in the Star Trek: Alternate Original Series tag and the second most written in the Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Original Series (Movies) and Star Trek tags.

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Variations

 * McSpuhura — the ship between Nyota Uhura, McCoy and Spock
 * McSpirk refers to the ship between James T. Kirk, McCoy and Spock