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Forgotten baggage (lemmy.world)

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Kirk didn't know about him until he met David and Carol on ~~Regula I~~ the Genesis Cave.

KIRK: I did what you wanted. I stayed away. Why didn't you tell me?

CAROL: How can you ask me that? Were we together? Were we going to be? You had your world and I had mine. And I wanted him in mine, not chasing through the universe with his father. Actually, he's a lot like you. In many ways. Please tell me what you're feeling.

KIRK: There's a man out there I haven't seen in fifteen years who's trying to kill me. You show me a son that'd be happy to help him... My son. My life that could have been... and wasn't. And what am I feeling? Old. Worn out.

From Star Trek II.

So it's not fair to blame Kirk for not being in David's life. As soon as he knew David existed, he tried to have a relationship with him and when David was killed, he was clearly devastated to the point of hating Klingons so much that he was almost responsible for war because of it.

[–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Ah, I misremembered that scene. I had been thinking that he was talking about staying away from David, not staying away from her, and that he'd said something about not seeing David in fifteen years.