Kirk/Spock

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Kirk/Spock, commonly abbreviated as K/S, or more recently called Spirk and referring to the characters James T. Kirk and Spock from Star Trek, is a popular pair in slash fiction. According to slash fiction scholar Henry Jenkins, it may have been the first slash pairing. Early in the history of Star Trek fan fiction, a few fan writers started writing about a romantic and sexual relationship between Kirk and Spock, suggesting a romantic or sexual element to the characters' friendship. As of 1998, most academic studies on slash fiction focused on Kirk/Spock, as Star Trek was by that point one of the longest-lived and most prosperous subjects of slash fiction, while its mainstream popularity made it one of the most accessible titles for academics and their audience. K/S was created and developed largely independently from the influence of other slash fiction, with most of the conventions of the slash genre seeing their debut first in K/S slash.

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