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Preach, @constructedparadox 🖖🏾

I've written and deleted this rant about four times now but today I'm at my limit so I'm saying what's on my mind. Start Trek: Discovery... ok, I'm in love with this show. The stories are brilliant. The shots and effects are gorgeous. But most importantly there's Sonequa Martin-Green's awe inspiring acting as Cmdr Michael Burnham. The woman is a master at emotion and intensity and she's a sight to behold.

My problem is that even with all of her talent and hard work she's not at the center of the fandom of a show that's about her! It was noticeable during s1 but it became overwhelmingly clear during and after s2 that the focus was on her costars instead. Her white male costars who (*spoiler!*) don't even make it past their respective introductory seasons!

Jason Isaacs, Anson Mount, and Ethan Peck (Lorca, Pike, and Spock) all did wonderful as their characters and were then all written out of the show. But they're there ones who get the attention. Every corner I go to for fan service is saturated with love for them while forcing Martin-Green into a second class position and it's irritating the fire out of me.

I unfollowed all of the show's tags on tumblr because none of the post were about Burnham, just people lusting after one or all of the other aforementioned actors and posts about the greatness of the characters they played. It was confusing bc she's the star and central character but I got no posts pertaining to her on my feed. I just refined the tag and decided not to complain. Until this happened:

The show gets ranked on TV Guide's Top 100 Shows list and after the greatness that was season 2 it's very well deserved. In that entire paragraph they don't mention Martin-Green or her character, but guess who gets their names and characters shouted out? Both Mount and Peck! They aren't even main cast! They were season-long guests whose arcs are completely done! I read that and got mad as hell.

Sonequa Martin-Green works too damn hard to be relegated to an afterthought on a show centered on her character's life and experiences. She's been awarded for two consecutive years for Best Actress by the Saturn Awards for science fiction entertainment. She's won for both years the show's been airing. I'm gonna need this fandom (and apparently the media in general) to put some respect on her goddamn name and treat her like the star she is and stop acting like they've never seen a white man with a beard before. She's already gonna be saddled with another "Captain" next season who'll no doubt be another white male and that's whatever. She's still the one the story revolves around and I feel the fan and media conversation should reflect that. Alright I'm done

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Audible lol 🤣

1 point to you @thenotoriousscuttlecliff

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When you’re the Michael Burnham to your friend’s Sylvia Tilly:

Don’t do that. 😑

Star Trek Discovery | Will you take my hand Captain Sylvia Killy joins the landing party.

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Yaaaaassss

A ship a didn’t know I needed

Imagine Prime Pike stumbles into the mirror universe right into the arms of Captain Killy.

Now he needs to tell himself to “Be bold. Be brave. Be courageous.”

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Tilly: Well, let’s not keep these assholes waiting.

https://m.imgur.com/r/startrekgifs/s7CjIbb

Long live the Empire.

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kicking ass and taking names

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Michael Burnham:

“We would’ve helped you get home if you had asked.

That’s who Starfleet is.

That’s who I am.”

I don’t know why this doesn’t already exist on the interwebs.

This speaks to my soul more than any other line... except maybe ‘the undiscovered country’ — the future.

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Bucky has a dog. I knew it. Gotta say I’m a bit devo Steve is a cat lady.

Steve and his cat and Bucky and his dog! Art belongs to colnchen

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Boo-yaka-sha!

welcome to the age of female superheroes

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Yes, thank you!

Rey!

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Look, I’m just saying that if Star Trek: The Next Generation was airing right now, there would totally be buzz about an untitled K’Ehleyr spin-off, don’t you think?

#sofreakingawesome