Star Trek Survey 

Long ago, a loving family member gave 13 year old me a book of scripts from the original series, birthing in me a love of Trek and all things sci-fi. By the time I was 15, I spoke fluent Klingon.

I can recognize now some of the reason I latched on to the Star Trek Universe. That was a hard time in my life, my family went through some difficult things. Kolinahr seemed a pretty attractive option to a teen dealing with overwhelming emotion. In time, the characters I identified with changed, though I never did see a reason to leave the Star trek universe behind.

This hasn’t been a bad thing. I recently earthed up some of the fan fictions I developed as a teen and reworked them in a universe of my own creation. I published my first book, Mir Maid, just a month ago, and it seems to be doing well. Some of the Star trek based characters I invented during that time of my life were able to transcend teenage angst and even the universe of their birth.

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about Star Trek, personality, and archetypes. What was it about certain characters that made us identify with them? What was it that made us love them? Is there a difference between the characters we are drawn to and the ones we identify with, and does that difference have anything to do with our own personality?

So, if you would be so kind, the link is to Survey Monkey and only has three questions. Will post again soon with the results.

Thanks

SJ Kimberly

Author of Mir Maid