When did Spock and Uhura's relationship begin?

[MattWallace]

"And while you were well aware that I'm qualified and desire to serve on the USS Enterprise, I'm assigned to the Farragut?

It was an attempt to avoid the appearance of favoritism.

No. I'm assigned to the Enterprise.

- Yes, I believe you are.
- Thank you."

She desires to be assigned to the Enterprise, nothing more. She has not been promised a position on her. She has not been assigned to her already. She just want's to be assigned to her. On the way to answer a distress call is no time to complain that you didn't get the ship you wanted. They would be on it, what, less than a week? Assume a day there, 5 days helping out with whatever (they didn't know it was Nero, they thought it was natural) and a day back. You can't stand not being on the Enterprise for a week? Grow up lady. Make you desires known and then accept your orders like an officer. Argue the point later when the crisis is over.

 

[F. King Daniel]

You're making assumptions. Taking the word "desire" and fanficcing your own little backstory, then whinging about it.

And, again, taking a cute scene and treating it like some holy scripture that must have higher meaning.

Something tells me you didn't have the same problem with Kirk going to Admiral Nogura to take the Enterprise away from Captain Decker, despite him not knowing anything about the new ship, and endangering everybody....

 

[Franklin]

"And while you were well aware that I'm qualified and desire to serve on the USS Enterprise, I'm assigned to the Farragut?

It was an attempt to avoid the appearance of favoritism.

No. I'm assigned to the Enterprise.

- Yes, I believe you are.
- Thank you."

She desires to be assigned to the Enterprise, nothing more. She has not been promised a position on her. She has not been assigned to her already. She just want's to be assigned to her. On the way to answer a distress call is no time to complain that you didn't get the ship you wanted. They would be on it, what, less than a week? Assume a day there, 5 days helping out with whatever (they didn't know it was Nero, they thought it was natural) and a day back. You can't stand not being on the Enterprise for a week? Grow up lady. Make you desires known and then accept your orders like an officer. Argue the point later when the crisis is over.

You're ignoring the words, "...I'm qualified...." Without those words, it would be indeed nothing more than a desire. As it is, maybe she knows it's SOP for top students to get the plum assignments (whatever the duration of the mission). So, she knows Spock's reasoning is wrong in assigning her to the Farragut. It's, well, illogical. That they're a couple (or whatever) doesn't matter. She makes it on qualifications. Period. That's what she's reminding him.

And after all, what's the problem, really? Actual couples were serving together on starships decades before. Remember the Kirks on the Kelvin?

For what it's worth, in the TOS time line, I wonder if Spock Prime pulled some strings to get Valeris onto the Enterprise. It's kind of the same thing, since the nature of their relationship was left open to questions. In any case, obviously, he was less concerned with appearances or at least willing to defend her based on her merits if any questions came up. That is what Spock should've been able to do with Uhura. Period. But in ST09, unexperienced in relationships, Spock put two and two together and got five. It's unlikely anyone (who matters) would've thought anything of Uhura being assigned to the Enterprise. She belonged there on merit. That's most likely what Spock Prime reasoned regarding Valeris. She stands on merit. Let smaller people think what they will just because there's also a personal relationship.

You're implying Uhura used their relationship (whatever it was) to get an assignment she may not have deserved to have. To that end, it would've been funny if Spock had responded to her, "No, you're still assigned to the Farragut. And now, so am I."

 

[wissaboo]

Why else would Spock be concered about apperances of them being on the Enterprise otherwise?

because he was one of her teachers