Kirk vs Kirk (ft. Pride)

[anghraine]

I tragically can't find the post again, but a few days ago, I ran over one of the most perfect AOS Kirk vs TOS Kirk summations I've seen on Tumblr, re: Pride. I'm extemporizing because I don't remember the phrasing at all, but the overall tenor was:

Okay, the difference between them is not that one Kirk is bi and the other isn't, they are both extremely bi. But if AOS Kirk was at Pride, he'd be wearing a slutty crop top while in the actual parade, and goes out drinking to the local gay bar after it's over. TOS Kirk supportively goes to the parade, gets a headache an hour in, and leaves to watch an all-male Shakespeare in the Park production of Hamlet.

And truly, I'm not sure I've read a better analysis to date :P

Comments

[elperian]

This makes so much sense to me, and not just because of the eras in which they were created - TOS Kirk would absolutely prefer Shakespeare in the park over the club, 100%

[anghraine]

Yup, it's definitely not only a change of era, TOS Kirk is just like that, headaches and all. Roddenberry had this idea of him as someone who "works hard and plays hard" and boy did that not make it into the actual show (thankfully), lol.