James T Kirk - Blog Posts
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Hey sooo What If I made a spirk fanfic (and included artwork) where I blended aos into tos in which the tragic death of Chekov leads to a new helmsman being transferred to the ship: one Gary Mitchell, former…friend of Captain Kirk’s. Events lead into tos “where no man has gone before” and later, some “conscience of the king” references (tarsus iv). Kirk is desperately trying to keep his past hidden and maintain his image in front of his crew, but these events are bringing everything he’s been pushing down closer and closer to the surface. Meanwhile, Spock is suspicious of this new crew member and…perturbed as he realizes he may not know Kirk as well as he thought he did after everything (Narada incident, Into Darkness, Beyond) they’d been through over the years.
Thoughts???
Average shift on the USS Enterprise
#igotalittletoosillyyourhonor
Is Spock a #liar or just a little silly cast your votes here
“Jim, I am unfamiliar with these ‘Side-blotched Lizards’ of earth.”
“Why, they’re a species of reptiles in which the males have three different reproductive strategies, each one dominating over one of the other strategies, and losing to the remaining third.”
“Captain?”
“They’re the rock paper scissors lizards, Spock.”
TW: SA.
Addition to the discourse of Kirk being a victim of SA and how it reflects in his behavior.
During watching Plato’s Stepchildren (s3e10) there’s one of very uncomfortable scenes where Spock, Chapel, Kirk & Uhura are forced to kiss. And I’ve noticed a very interesting detail of the difference in behavior between two “couples”.
Chapel expresses how she is ashamed and I would say scared would be a right term. Spock isn’t trying to comfort her, he himself is struggling. He thinks he failed her. They both are ashamed, disgusted, uncomfortable and visibly hurt and they try to fight even during the kiss, which makes it a very tough watch.
But then we see a dialogue between Uhura and Kirk.
Kirk, unlike Spock, is able to comfort Uhura, by asking “not to think of them”, because “they want [us to feel frightened]”. And he is succeeded. Uhura starts thinking about something else, something comforting — about him as well (as she has to kiss him), because she is now in a very vulnerable, traumatic position, she is trying to associate Kirk with safety despite him on this moment not being safe for her. So when they have to act, they don’t try to fight. When kiss happens they are more relaxed then Spock & Chapel, not trying to break the kiss. And Kirk is just staring, not at her, but on their sadists, with eyes full of anger and hatred.
What he advices to Uhura is something what many SA victims would experience, when they are in the similar position. Not thinking of what is happening. Not focusing on what exactly is happening. Not thinking of their bodies and the body of the other. Not showing their fear, or even shame. It’s because, unlike Spock, Kirk has an experience. He uses his body many times during the show to escape, to save his ship, his people or himself.
Kirk’s pretty rightful advice, I would say, proves, that the fact that he is a SA victim was the writers’ intention once again and it aligns with his behavior in other episodes where he has to use his body. Not thinking, thinking of comfort, not showing true emotions are his coping mechanisms.
He’s not a manslut. He’s a victim.
Ok hear me out: James T. Kirk.
I know that he's like THE famous womanizer and all, BUT does he have sex with these women? I remember an old blog post somewhere (not Tumblr) that kept track of every situation where it was possible/plausible for Kirk to have sex in whole TOS and it was VERY little. He flirts with everyone, sometimes out of genuine interest, sometimes to reach his goals, but it's flirting and kissing and so on. It's romantic. And with the women he is genuinely interested in he often ends up actually sad and heartbroken when in the end something happens to them or he has to leave. So I'd say it is pretty obvious that he feels romanticly attracted towards, well basically everyone in his vicinity, but we have actually no proof that he does feel sexual attraction. Soooo Jim Kirk is asexual.
Star Trek characters who are on the asexual and/or aromantic spectrums but who are not Vulcans, androids, or holograms. I'll start. Jean-Luc Picard :)
Ah yes Dr. McCoy as you both know.