Kira Nerys/Dukat

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Pairing
Pairing: Kira Nerys/Dukat
Alternative name(s): K/Du
Gender category: f/m
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space 9
Canonical?: no
Prevalence: Varies, currently rare
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Kira Nerys/Dukat is the non-canonical het pairing of the former Bajoran resistance fighter and military officer Kira Nerys and the Cardassian military officer Dukat in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space 9.

Fandom

Since Kira and Dukat were on opposing sides during the Cardassian occupation of Bajor, hatesex ia a common trope in this ship.

The Kira/Dukat pairing appears to have gone through a significant drop in popularity after the series finished airing. The post-series wave of the DS9 fandom tends to post works to AO3, where Kira/Dukat has only 66 works, some of which are backdated to the early 2000s.[1]

Fan Interpretations

Like all ships, Kira/Dukat is open to numerous interpretations (including PWP) from fans. However, the political gulf and personal complications between the two characters lends itself well to stories and interpretations with complicated dynamics. In Julia Houston's 1999 essay series, Subtext and Slash: Having Your Cake and Eating it Too, she describes Kira/Dukat stories as fulfilling a similar "fanfic as therapy" function as slash fanfic, with themes of redemption and complex sexual desires.[2]

For a more recent example, see this quote from pepperony3000-archive:

"Ship it 100% but ONLY in the very dark and twisted sense that it was portrayed as! That dynamic was just BRILLIANT, and I adored EVERY minute of screentime they shared. That being said I would have been VERY unhappy if they’d ended up together, because it’s not THAT kind of OTP."[3]

Example Fanworks

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References

  1. ^ Search results for Dukat/Kira Nerys on November 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Julia Houston. Subtext and Slash: Having Your Cake and Eating it Too, Part 3, scifi.about.com. Link to archived version.
  3. ^ Tumblr post by pepperony3000-archive. kitlee625 asked: Kira/Odo, Kira/Dukat, Dec 15, 2014. Archived from the original on March 24, 2021.
  4. ^ Five Things Which Never Happened Between Kira And Dukat on Archive of Our Own.