I think it's that I've never felt the least bit of attraction to the character of Kirk. I can see how Shatner was a bit attractive, but the character always drove me up the wall. And when I found out he was supposed to be based on one of my very favorite characters in fiction (Horatio Hornblower), it was the straw that broke the camel's back, because Kirk so clearly has nothing on Hornblower that it made me despise him a little.
I can appreciate well-written slash stories about K/S, but only if I make a conscious decision in my mind that the Kirk in the story bears only a physical relation to the character I watched onscreen, and having to impute a whole new character for each story (since there's not generally a lot of character development, it being assumed in fanfic that the source material is familiar) managed to draw me right out of most stories. Each author has a different interpretation of the characters, and in most fandoms my impression of the characters syncs enough with most authors' that it works for me--but not Kirk.
Yeah, I go to great efforts not to talk to my family about anything that remotely relates to sex... It usually ends badly.
If you'd like me to beta, the email's janakirsk(at)hotmail(dot)com -- and if not that's cool too. I'll let you know about Fruit of the Spirit when I receive it.
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Date: 2008-12-11 03:48 am (UTC)I can appreciate well-written slash stories about K/S, but only if I make a conscious decision in my mind that the Kirk in the story bears only a physical relation to the character I watched onscreen, and having to impute a whole new character for each story (since there's not generally a lot of character development, it being assumed in fanfic that the source material is familiar) managed to draw me right out of most stories. Each author has a different interpretation of the characters, and in most fandoms my impression of the characters syncs enough with most authors' that it works for me--but not Kirk.
Yeah, I go to great efforts not to talk to my family about anything that remotely relates to sex... It usually ends badly.
If you'd like me to beta, the email's janakirsk(at)hotmail(dot)com -- and if not that's cool too. I'll let you know about Fruit of the Spirit when I receive it.