Jan 3, 2025
Parmen makes Kirk recite Shakespeare’s Sonnet 57, part of the “Fair Youth” sequence of the sonnets.
#interesting choice of sonnet#also how do the platonians know about Shakespeare and Alice in Wonderland#was the intent to focus more on the attitude of subservience in the sonnet? Kirk calls it shaming which is Fascinating#the Wikipedia article says it’s meant to be more the perspective of a man expressing his love for a younger man#whether it’s platonic or romantic or something else#just gonna make the handsome starship captain recite a sonnet about wishing the guy you’re into was around and knew you existed#star trek tos#star trek novels#jim kirk#parmen#leonard mccoy#spock#plato’s stepchildren#star trek 11#james blish
