Talk:Tiberius Kirk

The Name "Tiberius"
According to Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek: The Motion Picture novelization, James T. Kirk received his middle name "Tiberius" because it belonged to the Roman emperor whose life for some unfathomable reason had fascinated his grandfather Samuel. This contradicts. If we were to consider the novel to be canon, how could we reconcile this contradiction? Perhaps, Tiberius Kirk's first name was originally Samuel, but because of his fascination with Emperor Tiberius, he changed his name to Tiberius.

The novel also states that James T. Kirk got his first name "James" because it was both the name of his father's beloved brother as well as that of his mother's first love instructor. This also contradicts. If again, we were to consider the novel to be canon, how could we reconcile this second contradiction? Maybe, James T. Kirk's parents George Kirk and Winona Kirk only named him after those two men but not Winona's father James (Winona Kirk's father), because they were not very close to her father; whereas, in an alternate reality, George named James T. Kirk after Winona's father, because they were closer to her father than to George's brother and Winona's love instructor, and more importantly, because George, when he was about to die, wanted to reflect Winona's love for him, as she had just suggested naming their newborn son after George's father.

-- Astrophysicophile 19:12, 19 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Overall? Simple. Novels aren't canon. So, no reconciliation required... -- sulfur (talk) 19:20, April 19, 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, I know, but I wanted to reconcile the contradiction just in case somebody else puzzles over it. -- Astrophysicophile 19:46, 19 April 2013 (UTC)


 * We're not here to speculate. Only to document. -- sulfur (talk) 19:50, April 19, 2013 (UTC)