#idris elba as janus lester #embittered ex-lover of james kirk #held back by the federation’s push for military might over science #tricks the enterprise with a false sos signal #he uses a life-energy transfer device #to swap consciousness with kirk #alien plot devices ftw #Janus as Kirk takes control of the Enterprise #kirk as janus is held in medbay and by security #j as k does his best to fool everyone #but the enterprise and her crew know their captain #j as k charges them with mutiny #but the transfer doesn’t hold #there’s a fight #j and k touch #their minds return to themselves #janus is arrested (via trcunning)
“There is something quite devious about my personality. I’ll be the upstanding gentleman but behind closed doors, I want to let loose.”