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devohoneybee at 12:29pm on 28/12/2009
devohoneybee at 12:29pm on 28/12/2009I had a few thoughts, whilst chatting with Rhi aka gryphonrhi.
Amok time is kind of like Gilgamesh denial. In Gilgamesh, there are 2 warriors who are friends. And one of them, Gilgamesh, offends the Goddess, who declares that he must die. The other gods convince her to spare Gil because he is the king and part divine, so Enkidu must die instead. And the rest of the story is about Gil dealing with the fact that Enkidu died. Here, the 2 get to Vulcan... presided over by a priestess (goddess).. one of them must die... except, NOT. Because Kirk doesn't believe in death. And they live happily ever after, the end.
The meaning of the ancient epic is tied to Gilgamesh accepting his kingly role as the male, fertile element to the Goddess' receptive element, for the fertility of the fields. In other words, getting with the hetero progenitive program. Here, they just say, screw it. Spock does not, in fact, marry and reproduce. He returns to the ship with Jim. The end.
Discuss. :)
ETA: please note that while I can post on DW during the day (i.e. from work), which crossposts to LJ, I cannot access LJ directly during work hours, or respond to comments there. I'm not ignoring you, sweet commenting people!
Amok time is kind of like Gilgamesh denial. In Gilgamesh, there are 2 warriors who are friends. And one of them, Gilgamesh, offends the Goddess, who declares that he must die. The other gods convince her to spare Gil because he is the king and part divine, so Enkidu must die instead. And the rest of the story is about Gil dealing with the fact that Enkidu died. Here, the 2 get to Vulcan... presided over by a priestess (goddess).. one of them must die... except, NOT. Because Kirk doesn't believe in death. And they live happily ever after, the end.
The meaning of the ancient epic is tied to Gilgamesh accepting his kingly role as the male, fertile element to the Goddess' receptive element, for the fertility of the fields. In other words, getting with the hetero progenitive program. Here, they just say, screw it. Spock does not, in fact, marry and reproduce. He returns to the ship with Jim. The end.
Discuss. :)
ETA: please note that while I can post on DW during the day (i.e. from work), which crossposts to LJ, I cannot access LJ directly during work hours, or respond to comments there. I'm not ignoring you, sweet commenting people!
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