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This scene from Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) has been pointed to as supporting a homoerotic interpretation of Kirk and Spock's relationship. [1]Kirk/Spock, commonly abbreviated as K/S or Spirk [2] and referring to James T. Kirk and Spock from Star Trek, is a popular pair in slash fiction, possibly the first slash pairing, according to Henry Jenkins, an early slash fiction scholar. [3]
The original manuscript included Kirk/Spock slash fiction overtones. The original manuscript of Killing Time included Kirk/Spock based slash fiction overtones. [1] The foundation of this genre of writing dated back to the 1970s with fan created fiction about Kirk and Spock. [2] This has since become a term typically used for same-sex unofficial ...
[6] [7] Many early slash stories were based on a pairing of two close friends, a "hero dyad", or "One True Pairing", such as Kirk/Spock or Starsky/Hutch; conversely, a classic pairing between foils was that of Blake/Avon from Blake's 7. [8] The first K/S stories were not immediately accepted by all Star Trek fans. [9]
Kirk accepts the challenge, only to learn that it is "to the death". The two fight with lirpa. Kirk is challenged by Spock's strength and agility as well as the thinner atmosphere of Vulcan. T'Pau lets McCoy inject Kirk with a compound to offset the effects of the Vulcan atmosphere. Spock later garrots Kirk with an ahn'woon.
The term "slash" predates the use of "shipping" by at least some 20 years. It was originally coined as a term to describe a pairing of Kirk and Spock of Star Trek, Kirk/Spock (or "K/S"; sometimes spoken "Kirk-slash-Spock", whence "slash") homosexual fan fiction. [52] [53] Other early slash pairings came from characters in Starsky & Hutch and ...
Mpreg fanart of Dad Egbert from Homestuck. Mpreg, short for male pregnancy, is a trope in fiction in which male characters become pregnant. Commonly found in fanfiction, particularly in slash fiction, mpreg explores themes of gender, identity, and societal norms. It has also appeared in mainstream media, where it is variously used for comedic ...
Kirk/Spock fan fiction was the first prominent slash pairing. [ 46 ] In 2005 Craig Young of GayNZ.com criticized the absence of any out core or supporting lesbian or gay characters from the various television series and films, although granting that the series was more inclusive of transgender issues through the narrative use of the Trill ...
Some of the earliest examples of academic fandom were written on Star Trek zines, specifically K/S (Kirk/Spock) slash zines, which featured a gay relationship between the two. Author Joanna Russ wrote in her 1985 analysis of K/S zines that slash fandom at the time consisted of around 500 core fans and was 100% female. [18]