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Post by omega on May 1, 2017 10:23:34 GMT
Which was our old friend "teleported malfunction" creating a version of Kirk without his self control. Possessing self control does not mean you're hiding a dark side. it did more than that - it split Kirk into 2 beings each with different parts of his personality - one good-natured but weak willed while the other was strong-willed and aggressive - his "light" side and his "dark" side Loss of Self control was the episode "the Naked Time" Sounds like the Buffy episode The Replacement where Xander was split into two, each with the opposite personality traits (aggressive and passive). Animorphs had a book, The Separation, with a similar premise where the same thing happened to Rachel. She morphed a starfish and was cut into two, demorphing into a fierce impulsive Rachel and a tactical but timid Rachel (naturally the mission required the two to work together despite being polar opposites).
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2017 10:35:27 GMT
Which was our old friend "teleported malfunction" creating a version of Kirk without his self control. Possessing self control does not mean you're hiding a dark side. it did more than that - it split Kirk into 2 beings each with different parts of his personality - one good-natured but weak willed while the other was strong-willed and aggressive - his "light" side and his "dark" side Loss of Self control was the episode "the Naked Time" Talking of "The Enemy Within"... It's interesting that Kirk's Jekyll has a remarkable degree of self-control, yet lacks the will to do anything with it, while his Hyde has all the will one would need, but with not enough self-control to properly direct that will. The dichotomy between the two has layers has this fascinating grey area to it like yin-and-yang. There are elements of dark in the light and light in the dark. The episode that leaps out at me above all others when talking about the greyness of Kirk's character is "Errand of Mercy". There, we have Jim advocating for war with the Klingons as a soldier rather than as a captain. He pushes the pacifist Organians towards taking offensive action and threatens violence against them when they refuse to help him. At one point, he goes over their heads and blows up a Klingon armoury to prove that they have the ability to fight back. They're naturally appalled by his actions and he responds by calling them cowards when they implore him not to act in such a way again: It's an excellent multifaceted study if you want to examine Kirk in the role of a colonialist; the novel Ex Machina would later pursue the idea for Admiral Kirk aboard the TMP-era Enterprise. There are loads of layers to unpack here. Kirk is a good man. Hell, he's a great man, but there are times when he does some really narrow-minded things in his own belief that he's right.
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