#that kirk would Still progress into dementia but. it's not like anyone (least of all HIM) knows that for sure | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

brittlebutch · 8 months

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interesting to me when people talk about kirk's fear of getting old in tmp it often seems to be talked about purely in terms of 'not being young anymore' instead of in the context of The Deadly Years where kirk is the only one of those affected to wind up with outright dementia

#N posts stuff #especially bc comparatively kirk actually seems to start experiencing symptoms of dementia before the aging #even reaches a particularly visible progression -- implying that he isn't even 'that old' when he starts to degrade #of course there's arguments to be made that since this was an Illness and not natural aging it's not like it's a Guarantee #that kirk would Still progress into dementia but. it's not like anyone (least of all HIM) knows that for sure #a very frightening peek into your future: you can no longer do the job you love. the people you love forcibly and Publically #remove you from your position bc they do not trust you to fulfill its requirements anymore. there is no time to be kind about it.#you are too confused to even understand Why they have done this to you until after everything is already over #you're one step away from being institutionalized. probable the only reason they Didn't go that far was bc there wasn't Time #but if/When it comes back around. is anything going to be any different? i think it makes a Lot of sense that kirk is #afraid of getting older; it's not a vanity thing for him. anyway.. read Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

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