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The memes have lots of good vibes and they make this dark world a bit brighter and these failing bodies more hopeful
I just got introduced to Captain Pike and you are right ... the guy is as dashing as you make him out to be. They almost went a bit too overboard with him because it edges towards having a Ken doll on a starship. I'm may be straight but that rugged manly look and that head of hair is definitely making me forget my pain for a while.
Pike ... can ... only ... be ... outdone ... by ..... (dramatically sits down) ....... one of the .... greatest .... captains ... of ... all time.
Kirk has plenty of flaws both in the Star Trek universe and in real life as William Shatner ... but he was the first ... and that acting style and character of the original James Tiberius Kirk will stick with me forever.
OK, OK ... I keep getting corrected on my Trek lore ... yes, I was wrong ... I keep forgetting about Pike's origin in the Trek universe.
It's funny ... I watched several episodes of TOS as a kid and like everyone, I've only ever known Kirk (you were lucky if you knew or saw the first original pilot with Captain Pike back then) ... so I just automatically grew up thinking Kirk (Shatner) was the first Star Trek Captain.
If you really want to get the full idea of what Kirk as a captain is like, dive into the old paperback novels. He has a presence of command that many good writers have expanded on, and there's a reason he's a legend among the many Starfleet commanders. Although I have a head canon that anyone getting to the point of captaining a starship has similar awesomeness in their character that can face just about anything head on. A 23rd/24th century version of the steely-eyed missile man.
Which puts a new light on the various captains in all the series that "failed" in some way. Decker and the rest. They were Kirk level, and what they went through still broke them.