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[bottle_of_smoke]

denorios recced this kind of awesome Star Trek fanvid featuring Britney Spears' Circus the other day (a song I secretly enjoy: the chorus has one of those soaring mournful sounds I like in my pop - but don't tell the neighbours), and now I'm back in that place where I can't quite work out if I'm attracted to Kirk's actor (whose name slips my memory) or not

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[denorios]

I think it's charisma, definitely. He doesn't have a classically good-looking face, at least I don't think so. There is definitely a slight wonkiness there, but the character is sexy, so he is, if that makes sense.

And yeah, Kirk/Spock is the original fandom slash pairing. That's where the, erm, / in slash comes from. And recs are pretty much impossible when you're going back to the 60s 'cause it was all pre-internet. Obviously. ;)

I knew you'd reply to this =D

[bottle_of_smoke]

Yeah. I think he's genuinely attractive from some angles; others, not so much. Beautiful eyes though, and a brilliantly wicked smile. And I like wonky features: they make a face, for me.

I'm not sure if I should think of the character as sexy - in anything else, I would not. But this film seems to be actually aware that's he's a complete tool, and a bit of a desperate loser, and THAT'S what makes it work. I can support the dick!character if there's an awareness that he is in fact a dick, as we're not supposed to think of them admirable as such (which is what usually happens.) British comedy does this well, creating a complete prick of a character you end up getting behind, but it's much rarer in this medium. I liked his character much more because of it - it's fun! But then, I don't think there's a single character I disliked in this film, and that's not happened in a very, very long time, certainly not for a big blockbuster such as this one

[bottle_of_smoke]

I've read a couple of those, but there's a few I haven't so thank you =D