TIL the name James Kirk was inspired from James Cook.

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  …with a lot less rapey murder childkilling

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  • JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Because the title leaves out the fact that Kirk’s native character was actually inspired by Horatio Hornblower, not Cook. Also, Hornblower was such a complex character that his attributes got split up in to both Kirk and Spock, allegedly.

    It’s a pretty interesting read!

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• match@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  a shame he never visited hawaii

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  • someguy3@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Men have been to Hawaii before.

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• thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Living in an area that has “James Cook is from round here” as basically its only defining characteristic just got a lot cooler.

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