Gratuitous Meme is Gratuitous

[caitri]

caitri.dreamwidth.org/359698.htmlShamelessly liberated from tocourtdisaster:

Pick a character I write, and I will give you the top five ideas/concepts/other I keep in mind while writing that character that I believe are essential to depicting them accurately.


Five Things About Bones

Five Things About Mal Reynolds

Five Things About Richard Castle
(Yes, I KNOW I've never written Castle fic, but when has that stopped me from anything, ever?)

Five Things About Willow
(Holy fuck, it's been ten years since I've written fannishly about Buffy. I...don't even know how I feel about that.)

Five Things About Simon Tam

Five Things About Éomer

Five Things About Jim Kirk

Comments

Re: Five Things About Jim Kirk

[tocourtdisaster.livejournal.com]

I love all of these, but my absolute favorite, hands down, has got to be the third one. I LOVE the idea that the relationship between Jim and Pike turns into a familial thing, even if they never think of it as strictly paternal.

Re: Five Things About Jim Kirk

[caitri.livejournal.com]

I think it's more paternal than not. I swear the most paternal scene in the film is when Kirk runs to the bridge and Pike is all "haven't you had enough attention for one day?" because he is SO clearly pissed at Jim over the Kobayashi Maru and the hearing and he thinks its more of the same. And then when he pulls Kirk to go to the drill and makes him first officer--he KNOWS Kirk has what it takes but there's also this whole "my son is awesome" vibe--it just kills me!

Re: Five Things About Jim Kirk

[tocourtdisaster.livejournal.com]

Oh, I definitely agree with you completely, but I'm not sure they would label it as such, at least not Jim. I don't know what it is, but I just get this feeling that Jim pretty much thinks of himself as fatherless, doesn't know how to cope with someone trying to be his father (hence the driving the car off the cliff), so he doesn't try to label his relationship with Pike.

Re: Five Things About Jim Kirk

[caitri.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that's a very good point. *contemplates*

I hope Pike gets in some time in the next movie, he was so epically BAMF in this one.