#star trek liveblog

[the-golden-dragoness]

I love when kirk gets in a catfight

[pussypopstiel]

God did the directors know hiring misha and jensen that they were just recreating a spirk

[gayspock]

theres no way

dude i cant heal wiith ths when im

dude

why is she making the orb do that. thats kinda fucked up and crazy. guys cancel lower decks fo rthis.

i amsnot watching this on services

of course

can we clarify this o the world

dude theres spaceships and i miss star trek

I SWORE I SAW THIS EPISODE

oh god i cba with theseugyd

sams like wathch lowerdkcs thetres rutherford thee.

dude

hes coming for his penjamin

DUDE LET HIM BE IN THE TUEBS

ET HIM BE IN THE TUBES

YES

QUIT YOUR JBO

QUIT YOUR JOB

JUST DO THING SLIEK THIS

YES

I WOUDL DO THSI FOR A WOMAN

oh god are they

GHE QUITS

DUDE

is mariner done yet

soert

dude i do think idgaf about boi,mler like . how do i say it. idgaf about your feelings but mariner dudehe wvalued this thing. SORRY I CANT EVN STRAGHT FACED LOSOTP

hi s walk

dude whys he in commnd

rutherford

we're stuck in this nerd shit forever dude this isnt gonna work or you

dyde , command

rutherford come back

dude im stuck as a dev and im not even smart

this is shit

WHY IS HE GETTIGN TALKED UP. BITE HIM YE S BITE HIM "boims"

vsn e talk about the hot doctor

STOP

RUTHERFORD

I'D DO THIS

DUDE

DONT CALL HIM A ROBOY

STOP

RUTHERFORD GET BACK

WHY DOES HE KICK ASS

HE SID OKIEDOKIE

dud ei ge tthe pooint. boimler is prepared and this isuseful. mariner is expereced and this is useufl. ig et the point. dude theyre mean tt o work togehrer. i get the poin. can we go back. can e. wheres rutherford.

DUDE SAMS GONNA BE SO MAD IM IKE WHERES RUTHERFORD

dude !idc any more"

hes kind ofreal for this GUYS LETS ALL QUIT AND GO DO NTOGHING CUZ WE CANT DO ANYTHING DUDE AND WE CAN DIE OUT THERE

oh my fod

rutherford . CAN HE PLEASE . GET IN THE TUBES. PLEASE. RUTHERFORD.

YES

YES

QQQUEEF

not his name

what was hi QUIMP

BECAUS E I SAAID "QUIMPANZEE"

oh its not even quimp dude unnamed

boimler youre racidt as hell ges like i wont this one cuz im racsit DUDE YOU PRKING ICKETS

where

at leasr you are hatersgood thank gd YES

OUT THE AIR LOCK

tendi HE EBNLONGS IN THE TUBES

RUTHERFORD MAN

stop i actually dont give a fuck that mariner was right the whole time shut up dude

DUDE

where am i

[noitsbecky127]

rebecca watches ds9: cardassians

garak is back!!!

guess he and bashir are besties now

what the fuck is this conversation about

garak you are definitely a spy

did that cardassian have a bajoran earring?

yes he does! why does he have that?

biting him was a LITTLE uncalled for

dukat again??? i’d gotten used to not having that guy around

maybe y’all shouldn’t have abandoned the children when you left bajor then

dukat shut the fuck up challenge

i mean. he is cardassian. ik y’all hate the cardassians but that doesn’t make him a different species

what is quark going to do this time

the fact that this guy doesn’t want to tell bashir anything means he should definitely be questioned further

i’m guessing the truth is somewhere in between. let’s ask the kid what he thinks

i’m amazed at the amount of makeup they put on that child actor. how many kids have the patience for that

hm. yeah those orphans were deliberately left behind for sure

has anyone asked rugal what he thinks yet?

do not give them his dna

get his ass bashir

i’m calling bs on everything dukat is saying

garak’s cryptic ass is a menace to society

c’mon miles trust your wife

YOU TELL HIM KEIKO

bajoran prayer? do bajorans say grace?

i don’t think rugal is gonna want cardassian food

man that looks gross

well that was a colossal failure!

yep, like i said, the truth is somewhere in between

if they hate all cardassians, wouldn’t that bleed into how they see rugal, even if only a little?

over ten million? over fifty years? of an entire planetary occupation? that seems…weirdly small. what’s the population of bajor?

garak why are you walking into julian’s room in the middle of the night. is this a booty call.

i continue not to believe a word dukat is saying

a cardassian on bajor. that’s awkward

garak is only making this more awkward

interesting hobby for him to have

another cardassian child?

how many are there????

i feel like some follow-up questions should have been asked. namely “do you want to go back to cardassia”

julian what are you doing

he doesn’t like not being in the loop. fair enough

i have no idea where this is going

how is molly four??? the math isn’t mathing

this family reunion is going VERY badly

another colossal failure! we’re two for two this episode

oh ffs dukat’s here in person? as if things couldn’t get any worse

garak is insane i love him

a cardassian brought rugal in. a cardassian WOMAN. the plot thickens

dad just said about dukat “quite a neck he’s got there” and he is right

oh ok, this is all dukat trying to ruin this guy’s career

that’s the most convoluted way of ruining someone’s career i’ve ever heard

tbh rugal is prolly better off on cardassia

truth is definitely not in the eye of the beholder

garak is very good at saying nothing at all

so are we gonna do anything about those other kids or

[thekidthesuperkid]

Also Lt Uhura, girl why are you asking spock to tell you you're attractive, that man is clearly not into women

I have begun watching star trek. My observations so far: the women are written so weirdly, I'm glad they switched from captain pike in the pilot to captain kirk in the rest of the show bc I enjoy Kirk's chemistry with the rest of the crew a lot more, what the hell was that teenager with powers episode bc that was very disturbing, and in between one episode and the next spocks makeup has switched to a green tone and it looks kinda bad

[quarkfancam]

just watched empok nor

[kyanitedragon]

I shared a bunch of my thoughts after watching TOS Season 1 for the first time...

But I've been so impressed with Spock in particular, and now I entirely understand why everyone adores him.

Vulcans are such a complicated alien characterization, and it's really easy to misunderstand them or write them wrong. Since these were the first star trek episodes, I was a little worried that season 1 Spock might be far more "human" than later star trek vulcans, or simply than later TOS seasons when it got its footing.

But no, Gene Roddenberry knew what he was doing from the start.

I've always liked vulcans (I started on Voyager first and Tuvok was one of my early faves) but I never appreciated them more than now.

The way Spock is written is absolutely vulcan writing at it's best.

I've been getting tired of the modern trend since Enterprise of vulcans being emotionless assholes wanting to hold back humanity. I've been getting tired of the series not really challenging the humans' views and misconceptions. I've especially disliked Strange New Worlds' obsession with making Spock more "human".

Vulcans have emotions — their emotions are simply repressed and controlled. Vulcans can lie! Vulcans can joke! Vulcans can be amused! They just... do it all in a very vulcan way.

And Spock... TOS Spock does all of that.

He is so damn sassy and I adore it so much. He finds so much amusement in his human crewmembers, he loves to screw with people, he loves to insult Kirk and Bones and they love to insult him back. And no matter what, he always feels so distinctly vulcan.

My personal favorite is from Tomorrow is Yesterday (1x19), when they have an air force captain from the 1960's on the bridge and they're explaining to him the future. The man walks onto the bridge, saying that he "doesn't believe in little green aliens". And Spock, knowing that he is visibly alien, walks forward to show himself and says "Neither have I". He absolutely knew that he would confuse and freak out and overwhelm the 60's captain. He just wanted to have some fun and screw with this stranger.

But that's not all.

Vulcans are telepathic. They can mind mind. We see a mind meld in episode 9. I was shocked that we got one so early.

Vulcans can do the nerve pinch. Spock can easily knock out anyone with a simple shoulder grab, while Kirk has to punch people and hurt his hand.

Vulcans have super strength, too. Each time Kirk and Spock fight, we can clearly see the amount of difference in strength.

By all means, vulcans are OP. By all means, it should be insanely difficult to have such an OP main character surrounded by entirely normal humans.

And yet... it never feels that way. Nor does it feel like they ever need to nerf him.

Spock uses all these powers. He uses them often. He volunteers them, he suggests them, sometimes Kirk asks him to do something difficult or even painful and Spock always agrees with no hesitation.

And this never feels overpowered.

And when Spock doesn't use his powers? It's always because his powers are entirely irrelevant and couldn't be used - no nerfs needed.

This series does so well with Spock!!

[discoonthegrass]

Watched The Search for Spock for the first time the other day, and wow this movie is such a tragic love story I’m in awe:

Kirk reflects in his personal log that he feels very uneasy, like a home without the children except even more empty (basically implying that even his “spouse” is gone)

Jim feels that he’s left the noblest part of himself (Spock is a part of him apparently) on the new planet

Sarek automatically assuming that Kirk holds Spock’s katra (why would he assume that if they were just friends)

“Your son meant more to me than you could know. I would’ve given my life if it could’ve saved his.”

Sarek essentially forcing Kirk to relive the worst possible moment of his life, and Kirk tearing up all over again

Jim saying he has a responsibility to Spock’s eternal soul “as surely as if it was his own” (if this isn’t admitting they’re soulmates idk what is)

Jim directly being told that if he goes through with this, he will never sit in the captain’s chair again which has always been shown as the most important thing to him, yet he completely ignores that and goes to warp speed because now nothing matters more than getting Spock’s soul to its resting place

Even in the middle of an intense confrontation with the Klingons, Jim’s face still betrays his hope and joy after he hears about the “Vulcan scientist [he’s] acquainted with”

Jim BLOWS UP the Enterprise instead of surrendering to the Klingons because he can’t give up on saving Spock now, and barely even mourns since he’s already lost someone more important

Jim demanding that Spock get beamed up and the Klingon captain refusing because he can tell how much Jim wants it/cares for Spock

Jim immediately rushing to Spock’s unconscious body and shielding it with his own, draping Spock’s body over himself in a protective “white knight” stance

Unlike everyone else, Jim is restless during the fal-tor-pan, wanting to be with Spock but being prevented from doing so and resorting to pacing instead

Jim not even asking about how Bones is faring but immediately wondering about Spock

“I had to do [it]. If I hadn’t tried, the cost would’ve been my soul.”

Sarek even points out that Jim paid with his ship and his son, but Jim genuinely feels it was worth it

Spock, having just been revived, is supposed to leave to get healed but is compelled to turn back — he cannot recognize any of them (not even McCoy who he literally cohabitated in the same body with) except Jim

Spock asking why Jim came back for him, and Jim responding “because the needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many” (the reverse of the Vulcan philosophy—he’s saying it was illogical but he needed Spock back and Spock too needed him)

Spock parroting the “I have been and always shall be your friend” line, then finally identifying him as “Jim”

Jim’s face melts into the biggest smile ever seen on his face, even as he’s tearing up from joy

Suffice to say, I love this movie and will be considering it a romance with a side of action from now on.

[snowluthor]

Garak not only got Julian a birthday present, but he also took the time to wrap it. Why is that so cute to me 🥹🥹

[spirk-trek]

within five minutes i'm mad at kirk AND spock in the undiscovered country because what do you mean "where's spock" ?? what do you mean you haven't spoken to him today??? you've watched each other die multiple times. life is fleeting. why aren't you having breakfast together every morning?? what are you doing!! fools!!!!!!!

[pissfaggit]

in awe of their gay little tussle

[fluorescentbrains]

they did t’pol so dirty in so many ways but the panar syndrome arc goes crazy in a good way. t’pol was telepathically assaulted and infected with what is essentially just vulcan hiv and when vulcan doctors deny her medical care because they consider telepathy users “undesirables” she refuses to reveal that she was not a willing participant in telepathy because she doesn’t want to contribute to more discrimination. because she believes everyone deserves medical care no matter what. ally of all time no one is doing it like her

[pussypopstiel]

Destiel is another spirk but castiel is not just spock but jensen ackles copied all his facial expressions off of kirk yknow

[gayspock]

ok

idk if im gonna even have any thoguths im just watching ep 1 before bed .

im like gonna be so real like i feel like im not gonna like this show which is like. like im gonna give it a chance and not let my expectations cloud my judgement (like let me be pleasantly surprised plz) but also. LOL. it just doesnt have appeal for me. yadda yadda. so im gonna give s1 + a bit a go and will be a hater if it sucks warning

its like how do i say this its like i say theres v few cartoons i like cuz i do mean it but everyones like "oh is it cuz its ANIMATEDDD DO YOU THINK CARTOONS ARE CHILDISH OR SHT" like no theres just ugh. several things in combination that all exist in this genre (said vaguely) that have a high likelihood of pissing me off or me not liking do you know what i mean so ifeel like im just. i know im turned off by most things o f this ilk and whilst i give it a go for things to surprise me sometimesits like. the world wont end youknow if you have a preference. does anyone know what i eman

you guys were morons why didnt you tell me he was scared , sturggled with his emotions, and had an eyebrow slit and was a cyborg engineer. like i would have barked like a dog

ithinkagain. preconceptions sorry i had this feeling andi am starting to get it. the 20 minutes of it all. the pacing im not pleased by and the way that forces certain choices . i feel like im being cocomeloned (negative)

sorry this is me being negative lready . a plot b plot

i will say i like the animation more than i thought. im still not hugely into it but the actual animation is good if that mkes literally any sense.

DUDE

YOU IS SEX RIGHT NOW?

AUTISMMMMMMMMMMM LOSES

ok. ugh.

see now thats crazy because i liked a mariner a lot right up until that character choice and then my opinion went down to rock bottom... SORRY JUST MY TRUTH DUDE. like my least favourite fucking trope in the world like fuck thisss we're NOT DOING MY PARENTS ARE ACTUALLY IMPORTANT STARFLEET PEOPLE SHIT AND IM REBELLING UGHHHH BECAUSE THAT PUTS HER ENTIRELY PERSONALTIY IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAT I NOW FUCKING HATE. SORRY. im already idgaf. im jumpignthe gun

no sorry no im not

I LIKED HER FOR 18 MINUTES

AND NO EVERYONES GONNA BE LIKE YOURE JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS SORRY NO IM LIKE I KNOW I AM BUT LIKE MY MOST HATED FUCKING ARCHETYPE ITS SO PREDICTABLE AND FUCKING ANNOYING AND I SWEAR I CBA TO DEAL WITH IT RN

but

guys i like rutherford

can we just play with rutherford

idgaf about boimler that much either kick him whatever

im notsure on tendi yet it can go either way

[noitsbecky127]

rebecca watches ds9: invasive procedures

oh christ another ds9 evacuation? y’all JUST took the station back from evil bajorans!

ah yes, classic trek technobabble

why is quark here

what is he planning now

idk what that device is but i’m guessing it spells trouble

whatever’s happening with that ship i’m guessing it’s bad

thank god for tractor beams

oh ffs, of course it’s klingons

miles: HEY IDIOT WE’RE NOT AT WAR ANYMORE

why is a trill working with klingons

is odo just gonna chill in the box for this episode

no doubt this is somehow connected to whatever that device quark left was

julian was expecting to be doing medicine and then he got flung into a hostage situation

so what exactly do they WANT here

oh quark definitely neutralized those security systems

kira is plotting quark’s murder i think

idk what’s going on but i fully endorse close-up shots of dax’s face

sir you can’t have the worm

you really don’t have to steal the worm

you really do have a choice

look man i’m sorry you didn’t get your own worm but that’s not jadzia’s fault and you can’t have her worm

surely there are other routes to a good life than having a symbiont

he really didn’t need to shoot miles over it. just imho. but what do i know

obviously the worm’s gonna stay in jadzia, but this is still distressing

i think julian should just kill this guy on the operating table. guess that’s why he wants to be awake

god dax is so hot

time to fight klingons!!!

actually i don’t think that lady is a klingon. idk what she is though

the worm is gross

did trill evolve from kangaroos or some shit

quark shut the fuck up

“i used to help him relax” is that code for sex

was verad lying or does he just not know shit about the joining

he’s verad dax now. not for long though, the episode ends in 20 minutes

yeto shut the fuck up challenge

i fully support julian yelling at this klingon but also that is insane of him. yeto could snap him in half

so is jadzia still dying and just awake or did julian just figure out how to remove a symbiont from a trill without killing them? bc if it’s the latter then they should probably head to trill and let them know. that seems pretty groundbreaking

what’s with the familiarity? is sisko planning smth here or is he just being like “oh well, dax has a new face”

kira’s about to start screaming. her gf is dead and her boss is laughing with the guy who did it

ok good, looks like he’s trying to talk some sense into verad

girl you need to dump your shitty murdery boyfriend

quark’s plan is just “throw coin. jump on klingon. somehow overpower klingon”

i don’t think it’s working

oh wait ok ig he wanted to be brought to the infirmary. what will he do here then

quark i think you can stop screaming now

the worm definitely made him fall out of love with her

get his ass julian

ok so jadzia’s only stabilized for now. so there have been no medical breakthroughs. not yet anyway

of course quark is a master of lockpicking

time for odo to save the day

looks like sisko will get verad’s ass!

odo and kira are kicking ass

i think sisko is gonna shoot him

there we go!!!

i think we should eject this guy into space

[the-obnoxious-sibling]

they're smug about how statistically unlikely their love is…