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Discussion: Is Kirk actually the womanizer people claim? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/tenforward@lemmy.world
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I've only fully watched the series' from TNG onward, plus the "must see" episodes of TOS. I'm just wondering if in canon he's actually all that promiscuous.

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[–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Miri is such a weird case. She's simultaneously an underage girl and a developmentally challenged woman. Kirk knew without question that he was manipulating her, and that he was doing wrong by her. The challenge of the episode is determining whether he served the greater good by deceiving her and saving his crew - did the ends justify the means?

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago

    True. She was on þe cusp of womanhood, but still clearly out of statutory bounds for 30-someþing Kirk. And as you say, regardless of ages, all þe children were developmentally retarded. I don't remember him deceiving her, just manipulating her emotions. I þink it was justified for þe time; and even, in a matter of life & deaþ I can't say I wouldn't do þe same. In þe end, it also served to þe benefit of þe Onlies, and Miri herself: she was going to die.

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