James Tiberious Kirk is the most famous and decorated captain in the history of the United Federation of Planets. In the annals of geekdom Kirk has achieved epic levels of notoriety as an explorer, time traveler, diplomat, soldier, and all around space hero. Late into his seventies Kirk was still kicking ass, saving the universe, and bedding more hot alien babes than… well I really can’t make a comparison. Kirk set the standard for extraterrestrial nookie. How has one man become so legendary while being a baseline human? One might argue that he is a sci-fi Batman, Indiana Jones, James Bond or some other normal level hero who’s only power is badass. I would like to postulate a different theory: In truth Captain James T. Kirk is a demigod, descended from none other than the mighty Thor himself.
This might sound ridiculous and a strain of two awesome fantasy universes, but it does match up. Is it just a coincidence that Chris Hemsworth played both Thor, and Lt Cmdr George Kirk? For arguments sake I’m going to regard the original Star Trek universe, and the new universe created in the reboot as the same. Everything that happened in the original can happen in the
reboot. It just hasn’t come about yet. Additionally for further arguments sake, I’m going to merge all Marvel movies together not just the ones we know take place in the same continuity (Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, and Thor), and vaguely reference the comics. Now bare with me for a bit, while we explore the possibilities.
Apollo distant cousin of Thor
First lets address the the biggest issue, how do gods, a fantasy element share a universe with a sci-fi universe? Star Trek is actually brimming with gods, and godly entities. We know of Q, Trelain, the Prophets of Bajor, and the entity from Star Trek: The Final Frontier. These beings aren’t actually gods but aliens who exist on a higher plane of reality. They have evolved to have the powers or tech a human being would describe as “godly”. In fact the crew of the Enterprise even encountered one of these beings who had a role in Earth’s history. In “Who Mourn’s For Adonis” Apollo is a resident of Pollux IV. He and the rest of the Olympians were explorers who came to Earth, and were worshiped by the ancient Greeks. His magical powers are based on some type of science. This sounds similar to Thor’s quote in the trailer for his upcoming movie. “Your ancestors called it magic. And you call it science. I came from a place where they’re one and the same.” Hell, most of Star Trek’s science seems magical. They can transport instantly, create matter out of thin air, time travel, and move faster than the speed of light. Additionally, If the Olympians exist in this fashion, why not the Asgardians? In Marvel comics, all mythological gods exist, and have a council of sky-fathers. The Olympians and the Asgardians are even distant cousins. The primordial goddess Gaea is the mother of the Titans, who were the progenitors of the Olympians. She is also the mother of Thor. Under the alias of Jord, Thor was born from the union of Gaea and Odin. In Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Captain Sisko was born to an alien goddess, one of the Bajorian Prophets inhuman form. It’s not out of the realm of possibilities that Kirk has a similar origin.
Now I know what you’re saying, We’ve met Captain Kirk’s dad, George Kirk. Thor, isn’t like Zeus who takes the form of a woman’s husband to get into her
pants.Thor’s a little classier. Well, my dear audience, what if George Kirk in actuality was Thor? There is a bit of a resemblance if you give George long hair and a beard. Thor’s origin in most continuities is that he was banished from Asgard to Migard (Earth) by his father Odin to teach him a lesson. Originally this led to him being incarnated as Dr. Donald Blake. Despite being human and having no recollection of his divinity, Blake was driven to Norway to find his lost hammer Mjolnir, and subsequently his powers. I’m fairly certain that the Blake persona won’t exist in the upcoming movie but the concept is still the same. Thor is made human to teach him humility. A few centuries have passed and after the age of marvel heroes, Thor has returned to his heavenly kingdom. Odin decides to teach his son another lesson, and sends him back to Earth, again in human form. Instead of the personality of a powerless Thor, or Dr. Donald Blake, this time Thor is incarnated as George Kirk. Just as Blake was driven to find his hammer again, George is driven to get back into the heavens. He enrolls in Starfleet, and meets a woman named Winona. He marries her and fathers two children with her. Eventually gets promoted to the position of first officer of the USS. Kelvin. True to his heroic roots as the son of Odin, and a member of the Avengers, George goes out in a blaze of glory ramming the Kelvin into the Narada saving the lives of 800 people. Although he died, I’d like to think he did Odin proud and was accepted back into Asgard as one of its greatest heroes.
Is this the face of the Eugenics War?
Now how does the larger Marvel Universe fit into Star Trek’s history? Don’t you think at some point in their many time traveling adventures somebody would mention superheroes in the past. We know that a major event in Star Trek’s history of Earth was a Eugenics war. During this period of strife, genetically engineered supermen fought for dominance of the globe. The most dangerous leader was Khan Noonien Signh. This has always been a problem to fit Star Trek into our own universe because Khan and his followers are said to have assumed control of over 40 of Earth Nations. This was said to happen in the 1990’s. What would a Eugenics War look like? who would be it’s soldiers. Could it be that they were super soldiers? Lets apply the flexible sliding time scale and say that the Eugenics War is roughly around the same time as the “Age of Heroes” of the Marvel Universe. After Iron Man, we know that S.H.I.E.L.D. is starting the Avengers Initiative. Perhaps this collection of super humans, is part of a superhuman arms race in preparation for the Eugenics War. Of the Marvel heroes, Captain America, Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, and the Hulk are genetically altered. The X-Men as mutants would factor into a superhuman War. Khan would have alot in common with Magneto and the Red Skull, and frankly it would be badass to watch Captain America fight him.
It’s entirely possible that Kirk’s and Thor’s universe can be shared in some capacity, and if in fact Thor is Kirk’s dad’s there are some interesting implications. Kirk has hooked up with dozens of alien women. Maybe he picked that up from his mythological ancestors. Gods do seem to get around. Carol Marcus, Kirk’s ex, invents Genesis a way of creating life from lifelessness. Her lab partner is David Marcus, her son by Kirk. Maybe some of the divine knowledge was passed to David from his great grandmother Gaea, on how to create life. As the son of the God of Thunder, it would also explain why Kirk is such a proficient fighter, even into old age. He’s got viking blood in his veins. If nothing else it would explain why Kirk has such an odd manner of speech. He takes after his old man. Instead of an odd Shakespearean dialect, he has an abrupt staccato.
