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Poll #33056 TOS characterization details
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Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 7

Which is your favorite character detail from TOS?

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Kirk used to teach an infamously tough class at the Academy.
2 (28.6%)

Spock is ashamed of his affection for Kirk and guilty about being ashamed.
0 (0.0%)

Technically, Kirk isn't the first white person Uhura kisses; Nurse Chapel is.
0 (0.0%)

Kirk's only stated religious beliefs are that he's a strict monotheist, a god needs compassion, and he particularly rejects Hellenic polytheism.
0 (0.0%)

McCoy avoids revealing Dr. Jones's blindness out of respect for her privacy.
1 (14.3%)

Uhura finds Kirk's voice soothing and hates kissing him for that reason.
0 (0.0%)

The original Gorn were just trying to protect their homes from colonization.
0 (0.0%)

Spock hasn't been on familial terms with Sarek for 18 years by S2.
0 (0.0%)

Sulu and Chekov refuse to fly the Enterprise when given unethical orders.
2 (28.6%)

Kirk was 13 when he survived starvation and genocide.
1 (14.3%)

McCoy marries a high priestess who survives and retains her political authority.
1 (14.3%)

Spock is a firm vegetarian who dislikes meat.
0 (0.0%)


1. Kirk as a notoriously challenging teacher -> "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (S1).
2. Spock's shame over his feelings for Kirk -> "The Naked Time" (S1).
3. The Uhura/Chapel kiss -> "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" (S1).
4. Kirk angrily refusing to convert to Hellenic(/ancient alien) polytheism because he's a firm monotheist -> "Who Mourns for Adonais?" (S2); his insistence that a god needs compassion is from "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (S1).
5. McCoy honoring the privacy of the woman of the week's disability -> "Is There In Truth No Beauty?" (S3).
6. Uhura hating kissing Kirk because she's always found his voice so platonically reassuring -> "Plato's Stepchildren" (S3).
7. The Gorn Did Nothing Wrong -> "Arena" (S1).
8. Spock hasn't had a father-son relationship with Sarek for 18 years, or visited his parents in 4 years -> "Journey to Babel" (S2).
9. Sulu and Chekov don't believe in just following orders (and Starfleet regulations allow for this) -> "Turnabout Intruder" (S3).
10. Kirk was a thirteen-year-old genocide survivor -> "The Conscience of the King" (S1); his age is established in both "Shore Leave" (S1) and "The Deadly Years" (S2).
11. McCoy's marriage to Natira, one of the few female authority figures who is capable and noble and survives and is triumphant, gaining full leadership of her people, and Kirk promises to help McCoy visit her periodically -> "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" (S3).
12. Spock is a firm vegetarian and dislikes meat, which is a clue to how powerfully the ancestral memory effect is working on him ("All Our Yesterdays," S3).

Tagged: #i had to leave some other interesting or fun ones out sadly. like baby spock's sehlat

on 2025-05-02 03:30 am (UTC)
elperian: <user name="haybalemaze"> (st chakotay b'elanna les maquis)
Posted by [personal profile] elperian
You actually let us pick more than one option in the settings but I followed your rule anyway ;)

I went with Kirk being an infamously tough teacher here, although I think with Uhura/Chapel on Tumblr, and Spock's guilt over his shame is a good one. So many good options!

on 2025-05-13 09:27 pm (UTC)
elperian: un: cato_neimoidia [tumblr] (st b'elanna rebellion keeps you alive)
Posted by [personal profile] elperian
When I eventually go TOS icon shopping, I really hope there's one of Kirk with 'stack of books' text for my professor needs.

where he's so affronted at the idea of a life where people turn their brains off and exist in a state of flat unchallenging contented bliss rather than striving for epiphany or achievement or joy.

And this - this is where I very much identify with and connect with Kirk on a soul level. How dare he be so good!?

I would like to go back and watch the "first" episode at some point because I think it has such interesting things to say about humanity, our responsibility to ourselves and others especially when we hold great power (as god or captain of a starship), and great character beats with Kirk and Spock.

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