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From: ginger@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ginger Grover)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: More questions . . . Kirk vs Spock
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Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 18:30:27 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 11 18:30:27 1986
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*** Raid ***

> *	    "This.  Simple feeling.  It's beyond Vejur's comprehension."

I read somewhere that a certain group of Star Trek fans like to believe
that Kirk and Spock have a homosexual relationship, and that lines such
as the one above (which was accompanied by Spock touching Kirk) are
"grist for the mill".  How can they believe this in the face of Kirk's
many romances with women?  Do they assume Kirk is a "switch-hitter"?

And another thing:  I personally have never thought much of Shatner as a
romantic lead, especially while he's incarnated as Kirk.  In fact, his
"drop-dead" kissing antics got tiresome early on; "tingle-tongue" indeed!
It got to be just another plot gimmick:  Kirk pops a novacaine-Certs,
struts into the enemy's parlour and keeps her non compos mentis with
his love-making, while giving Spock time to solve the problem-of-the-week.

In my opinion, Nimoy has much greater potential as a romantic lead, and
it isn't just the Spock character and "those exquisite ears"- he has a
terrific voice.  I expect some other lady-trekkers out there know what
I mean:  How many of you preferred to focus on Spock, and found Kirk's
swaggering and amorous adventures merely distracting and/or an annoying
reminder of the writers' ill-informed idea of what women find attractive?


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 No, no Jim, *that's* your phaser, THIS is your communicator.
 Yes, they do look rather alike . . .  No, never mind, he was
 just a red-shirt anyway.