#thats not why i watch star trek. sorry.

[waspstar]

ive been watching star trek back and forth on pluto the past few days just cause our tv has it and its convenient to just throw it on and right now the tng channel is playing chain of command (ew) the ds9 channel is playing shattered mirror (too cringe) and the voyager channel was playing some random borg episode from s6. nothing to enjoy here. last night both tinker tenor doctor spy and little green men were on. sorry i like the stupid st episodes

all star trek fans hate captain jellico too right like its not just me that genuinely cannot stand his screen presence and wishes i could watch him die a slow painful death reminiscient of reagan cut up while talking

[dustykneed]

you are my sunshine, my only sunshine

you make me happy when skies are gray

(prompt fill for @mcspirkevents' mcspirk bingo prompt "gone with the wind".)

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ouch! neck deep in aos bones feels rn... lmk if i should make a fix-it or somethin

[coredrill]

feliz jueves i was fucking right

[pwippy]

the monkey king havoc in heaven is literally so iconic i dont get why people discuss it more 😭 over the past few years i've noticed an influx of media retelling/remixing chinese myths

(a few familiar examples: lego monkie kid (2020) over the moon (2020) and the adaptation of the graphic novel 'american born chinese' into a show on disney plus (2023)) (more obscure(??) example: ne zha (2019). im sorry i cannot get behind the design they look like the kid from the robinsons but i digress!)

but honestly if you enjoy chinese mythology and specifically the monkey king pissing off the entirety of heaven this movies great. unlike disney's adaptation of folktales, i think chinese mythology created a lot of crossovers(??) so this movie is literally a huge crossover of major figures in myths. its a delight. and even if you dont know that much about mythology this movie is really entertaining in general!! (also it was made in the 1960s so if youre into the yellow submarine or classic disney films it has the same vibe) it's mainly based off of journey to the west and the animation style is reminiscent of peking opera.

characters + character design? especially the antagonists (at least for this movie lmao)?? actually top tier. theres straight up a rollerskating child that can grow 3 heads. (thats ne zha btw. very different from 2019)

the landscapes and worldbuilding have really surreal and gorgeous art. when it come to epithets/titles these types of myths go to the MAX with them and it translates really well to an animated medium.

i cant really demonstrate this well in a post but the score is also amazing!! as i mentioned earlier the animation is strongly influenced by peking opera and they incorporate the music into the film too. the percussion is insanely dramatic and the more melodic based segments are high energy. if you havent heard a full chinese orchestra (in western films its usually only individual instruments + western accompaniment- erhu was used in spocks theme from star trek!) you should- it diverges a ton from a 'classic' orchestra and the older compositions are incredibly unique

not going into the specifics of the plot to keep this post somewhat short but heres the movie if anyone wants to watch it 💃 its originally chinese so you'll have to watch with captions. overall very entertaining

[hajima-7]

i am sorry but i have a LOT of thoughts about star trek remake, and , i only watched bits and pieces and that was enough for me to not wanna watch the whole thing

(if u like those, thats fine, different tastes and all that, move along)

anyway

why the fuck do the remakes look like this

when the OG ones look like this

its giving sad beige moms...WHERE DID ALL THE COLOR GO

IM SO TIRED OF THE BLAND MINIMALIST SHIT IDC

[twisted-oak]

Hi Oakie,

I got three questions in a trench-coat for you

1 & 2 Pressures on storytelling & worldbuilding for storytelling:

Much as Startrek envisions an alternative economic system which outlasts our own in order to give breathing room for other stories to be told... What kinds of stories and challenges within worlds do you personally enjoy the most, and which pressures would you like to see alleviated or amplified for the sake of said storytelling, as a lens -- one of each (amplified and alleviated)?

2. Why I ask this:

I've noticed whatever successful SF speculation features becomes a cultural mould for a potential future... ...And SF which lampshades real things looking forward instead of looking back often ends up creating torture-nexuses which are recreated instead of like, solved or prevented. I'd also like to know your thoughts on this phenomenon too.

Sorry that this is such a big complex question, but you sent me a very lovely message, and I wanted to respond in turn with a nice meaty question :3

Take care

Big one! love this. I'll do my best First I have to just praise trek, the post-money economy is extremely interesting, mostly because of its optimism. thats probably my answer for favorite? in terms of just how revolutionary it was for my worldview. I was into star trek less growing up, thinking it was boring, and i was attracted to things that were cool and badass, like a lil boy. (thats why i liked robots so much, they fill your senses, hard angles of cold bright refecltive surfaces, theyre often loud, with engines and fans and computer tones and servos. and they so visually detailed and interesting and every tiny piece is crafted that just looking at one is like a visual puzzle you can feel how all the pieces fit together. sorry mech tangent) but thats why star trek was kinda boring to me was how simplistic it was, the robot was just a man in makeup. same with the aliens. but as ive gotten older i more appreciate how the very simplistic medium gives the show freedom to do creative stuff. its more cerebral than i was used to, more about ideas but yeah it was revolutionary for me that there was a show, not that i watched but it was in my orbit i was aware of it, where money didn't exist. it was a silly fiction, and i laughed at it and said thats dumb how would that even work? but again as ive gotten older and eventually watched all of TOS, TNG, DS9, ENT, VOY, the movies... like, i love it. i love it so so much. both for philosophical reasons and also its just relaxing to watch. Just to see how someone thought it might be possible to organize things without coercive incentive to work i think thats why im an anticapitalist. because of just the immense mind numbing waste of it all, the waste of resources the waste of potential the waste of everyones waking lives destroying the planet to create worthless goods nobody wants or needs for the enrichment of an increasingly small number of individuals. The sheer volume of effort no longer being put to waste, but put to use, can move mountains. What if we all just cared about eachother ? sorry its gonna be hard to stay on topic lol. but yeah the pressure i love to see alleviated is capitalism, coercive hierarchy, the endless meaningless grind. fiction can be bleak and still be good of course, but i ADORE fictional worlds where everyone is just nice to eachother and gets along and like, there are problems that need to be solved of course, but everyone is coming from a place of earnest compassion and collective self interest. More eloquent people than me have written about why the protagonists of star trek are heroic examples of stable healthy moral people

another fiction very like this is My Little Pony (please dont think im cringe) where they still have money and jobs, and bills to pay, but things are just generally very pleasant and the core of trust and friendship is solid, the government is ruling with the consent and trust of the people, and they all live in harmony with the environment (because there is no natural environment really, the weather is controlled with precise magic administered by the government) and its a system that works. it soothes my autism to see a system that works to change gears a little, Altered Carbon hit me with a ver unique idea, which was taking away the constraints of the link between body and mind. its a world where peoplle can switch bodies at will. as a trans person, err, it hit me lol. i topped watching because it gives me dysphoria. but its such a cool idea that, the idea that what if we were freed from the constraints of our bodies, of aging, of sex and anatomy and biology, of distance (they visit other planets over the itnernet instead of flying there physically by bodyswapping with people who are already there) but NOT relieving us from the constraints of wealth inequality or oppressive government or addiction or abusive relationships. like theyre ostensibly more free, but theyre also more free to be violated by the system

i am also a very technology focused writer and i like stories that focus on the transformative effect of technologies as they branch out and develop. one constraint i always enjoy seeing imposed is a lack of advanced computers. in our world computers have becomes a kind of end-tech, we want to use computer to do everything possible as fast as possible. "computerize it" has become a goal in and of itself, the solution to every problem i got off topic but im just gonna send this and finish my thought later so i dont get distracted and lose it

Problems I like to see overcome? same thing, is the destruction of hierarchy, the abandonment of harmful traditions, the overthrowing of corrupt institutions. revolution stories. star trek also got me interested in the science mystery where characters hvae to use a combination of deductive reasoning, technology, and lateral thinking to figure out a question or solve a puzzle or mystery. As well as the struggle to come to understand a person or creature or scoeity thats very different from you. Exchange from different cultural perspectives. Also, of course, like i said before, i love technology and i love reading about research and development, so i love a story thats about trying to invent or innovate some new advancement. Code Geass was fun because it had mechs, but also there was a big story focus on the arms race of developing faster and better mechs before the other side

The Torment Nexus problem is real. On the one hand i don't think it should stop people from writing. But on the other hand, yeah, its almost inevitable that somebody is going to extract a single fragmentary idea from a story, which should normally have a whole moral context to it, and then apply it to disasterous ends. I dont think its a problem with moral clarity in writing though, i dont think its a matter of "don't they know you're not supposed to create the tormnet nexus?" because thats almost irrelevant. we're dealing with a mass of humanity where maybe millions of people may read a particular work, its going to be interpreted in every possible ways. and the people who have monetary incentive to interpret it in a way where they simply disregard the moral context and imitate the systems of oppression to develop a product they can sell. the invisible third comment in between Sci-Fi Author and Tech Company is the silent, omnipresent profit incentive paying them to make the torment nexus. The problem isn't that Tech Company doesn't KNOW the torment nexus is bad. the book is called Don't Create the Torment Nexus. They know, theyre just paid not to care

[thegeminisage]

tng update time. last night we watched "datalore" together and this morning i caught "angel one" on my own

datalore: not terrible!! i felt really bad for data the entire time of course. kind of delighted to find out he is amnesiac-adjacent in this episode, at least as far as not knowing where he comes from or why. i've gotten used to thinking of him as friend-shaped but lore reminded me of just how creepy he actually does look because he was making the creepy faces

the planet and lab were cool though it was hilarious that one of the pieces was just an ass with the crotch faced away from us to protect data's modesty lol

i liked the bit about data having an off switch.it is ironically such a human vulnerability. we have those too! it's called head trauma.

ik what i said about picard not being a dick anymore but i noticed he IS still a dick sometimes and it's mostly to either wesley (valid) or data (may he DIE). i was glad data told him not to call lore "it" and that he APOLOGIZED. he should apologize to data more often

lore is literally just a data who is better at masking btw. like thats all it is. he thinks using contractions makes him allistic and he's like ha ha look at me i'm better than you meanwhile he has to use a little laser to remove his own facial tick and his special interest is murdering humans and good for him

one thing i HATED about this ep was once again wesley made a valid point and everyone told him to fuck off. meanwhile whenever hes fucking around they let him do whatever he wants. this is making me CRRRAZY. all this stuff about you would have listened to me if i was an adult!! i'll kill the little brat myself

however the episode was immediately rescued by the appearance of this meme:

which sent me immediately into screaming hysterics because i was NOT expecting to see it in its original format here. i quite literally had to pause the episode and explain this meme to catherine with tears running down my face

angel one: not as bad as the skip/watch lists led me to believe (i didnt have to play it on 2x speed for example) but still pretty fucking terrible. oh what if WOMEN were in charge wouldnt that be WEIRD AND SCARY? meanwhile the women are wearing what pretends to be "no makeup" in 1987 and theyre super fucking hot

i thought that blonde chick was rthe one from tos's backdoor pilot and even looked it up but no she just moves her face the same way

riker's slut outfit really was something. he was such a good sport about it that i thought it was kind of mean of deanna and tasha to laugh at him but considering how women are treated on this show they deserve to actually. tasha especially.

absolutely bonkers that he tried to turn the head woman down and she slept with him anyway. close encounters of the space babes riker version??? quite literally the man said i'm not an object to be seduced and then he got seduced. wild

anyway, the morals of this were all over the place. they cant remove these people bc theyre not bound by the prime directive but they literally are interfering with this planet's system of laws etc...also the fact that like everyone is arguing for gender equality when the genders are reversed is all well and good when they live in a utopian society where genders are equal but we live and star trek was made in the real world where the genders are NOT equal so it just comes out sounding like but what about the meeeeen?? i mean. what about them?? sorry.

i. HATED. the b-plot of this episode. everyone's like oh no i wonder how this virus spreads! and then they allow worf to stay on the bridge while he does those dad sneezes. maybe this episode should have been before the other to explain data's sudden hyperfixation on learning to sneeze lol. like ik all infectious disease media hits different post pandemic but jesus christ we had more sense than that even BEFORE the pandemic

tonight we do 11001001, and then i'm doing the next FOUR on my own...rough.

[quarktrinity]

quark watches star trek season 1 episode 29

oh cool this is the last episode of season 1

uhura girlsplains private transmitters to kirk

weirdly colorful star map

why do they call other ships "he" i thought ships were girls

hey wasnt warp factor 8 super dangerous are we just cool with that now

kirk determined to save other ship flying into the sun i love this dude

some cryptic shit

k that dudes dead. bye

omg jims brother is on this planet :0

i just called kirk jim. i didnt even think about it. oh god.

uhura girlsplains private transmitters to kirk... 2!

kirk wants to see his family :(

this planet looks like the mopop in seattle. if u get it u get it

kirk looks nauseous with emotional vulnerability

insane violent dudes

omg they actually stunned them for once

something fucked ups going on here

kirk please you cant keep plunging crying womens faces into your tits eventually one of thems not gonna be cool with it

kirks brother is dead???

hahahahah he looks exactly like him

yeah hes dead

his nephews ok though

spock uses comfort! its not very effective. can they make out now

alright kirk you can do this. dont seduce your sister in law. i believe in you

her names aurelan im not sure thats a real name

aurelan dont make those noises

what are you talking about

this actress is determined to sound overwhelmingly horny when shes supposed to sound upset

some weird brain shit going on

"they"

evil brain creatures doing evil brain things to build ships?

horniest scream ive ever heard

uh rip aurelan i guess. congrats kirk you got through an episode with a hot girl without making out with her

kirk status: Repressing Sadness

are the aliens bees. they sound like bees

oh GOD

theyre like flying manta rays oh jesus. ok thats fucked

they look silly as shit but also the direction lets them be terrifying

SPOCK GOT MANTA'D

oh shit i think its in his brain

this is gonna be gay isnt it

anyone who thinks mccoy isnt kinda gay for spock is stupidly wrong

eugh its all up in his bod

alright theyre a little like bees

fight it spock fight it

"locate and restrain mr spock" very normal of u to say kirk

kirk pins spock to the floor. ok

i got bingo

spock u good

"i will be able to return to duty" i dont believe you

spock says i can just turn off my pain

"i need you, spock" DO YOU NOW, KIRK?

spock youre so possessed rn

yes scotty threaten his life

spock has Determination

"i am in complete control of myself, doctor" NO YOURE NOOOOT

kirk no dont believe him i know youre in love but you gotta use your brain i know you have one

sigh. ok spock try ur best to resist the evil brain things i guess

they look like those things from half life

theres so many oh god

cmon spock u got this

grabs u with my pinchers

mission successful thank god. manta ray thing kidnapped.

spock says fuck my own needs i am Useful

its a giant brain cell? thats super cool ngl

a lot of these aliens have really cool concepts and still look silly as shit

more mcspock sexual tension

kirk says computers good this time

"your affection for spock" DUDE

to spread brainpox or commit genocide. that is the question. kirk says no

star trek doesnt know that light is radiation

kill the brain mantas with light. ok

sorry we might have to blind you to free you from brain disease

spocks blind now

"these creatures are sensitive to light which we cannot see" you have described radiation. you said you tried radiation and it didnt work. dont do this to me

sorry spock we didnt need to blind you. its ok though he forgives us anyway

ULTRAVIOLET? THEYRE WEAK TO ULTRAVIOLET???? DO THEY KNOW THAT ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EASILY BLINDS YOU????? DO THEY KNOW HUMANS ARE ALSO WEAK TO ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT??????? DO THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS LITERALLY WHAT RADIATION IS OH MY GOD IM LOSING MY MIND

exposing the entire planet to a giant blast of ultraviolet light is extremely dangerous and im not sure they know that. theyre gonna be so sunburned so many of them are going to get skin cancer

ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT ISNT RED

ugh. ok i guess the brain things are dead anyway. whatever

mcspirk is so real and true

spocks not blind anymore. hes fine now. vulcan stuff

"my first sight was the face of dr mccoy bending over me" WHAT

"tis a pity brief blindness did not increase your appreciation for beauty, mr spock" WHAT????????

MCSPIRK IS SO REAL AND TRUE

[maddgical-boy]

I think this would be a safe place for this, but like i was talking to my friend and i told them about the 'bubble world' i made around me when i was kid that never like. Left. And they said it was probably maladaptive daydreaming, and i looked into that and i was like 'yeah thats probably it' and like i go on tumblr to make sure im like. Correct ig. And now i dont know. Because, i dont, choose to daydream, i dont even really know if id call it daydreaming because im still, fully aware of my surroundings? Its really hard for me to describe. But like.

Say im watching star trek, and then i imagine that, data, is observing me, and then i 'talk' to him and explain why im doing things and shit like that.

Im not imagining myself in a different world im imagining the characters in my world, but im still here, and music would make it harder to imagine anything because my brain is focused on the music. And sometimes the characters arent fully there but i can feel them there? If that makes sense?

When i was a kid there was like, plot lines or characters where hopelessly in love with me or shit like that, but. It doesnt work like that anymore. Theyre kind of just there sometimes, and i talk to them if theyre there.

I'm sorry, i dont, know if this is okay or like. Anything. I think i just want to know if this is maladaptive daydreaming and you, post about that, apologies.

if it's not have a negative impact on your life in some way, even in a little way, it's not maladaptive, but it could still be immersive daydreaming (which is basically madd but it's good — your daydreams don't hinder you at all, you can control when they stop/start, etc). you can daydream in-depth about anything, even this kind of thing. honestly, you don't even have to call it that if you don't want to, labels are just Random Words. i think "bubble world" is a pretty accurate descriptor anyway!

it could also some other neurodivergence and not madd at all, but i hesitate to like. call it that. cause i'm not a medical expert

[ordinarymaine]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 for whatever you want <3

HEHEH

1. resident evil 8 was such a missed opportunity to do like. idk. anything. im not sure if i necessarily agree with people saying that it was nothing more than a tech demo for re4make, but i definitely see where they're coming from. the factory is a slog, moreau's swamp sucks. house beneviento is by far the scariest part of the entire game and the atmosphere is incredible, but it is CRIMINALLY short. castle d is gorgeous, but lady d herself falls flat as a nemesis / mr x type of enemy. i also just? dont like the writing in re8 at all. the characters are written strangely. i dont know how to put it into words. ethan feels weird. chris feels weird. mia feels weird and was tossed to the side and went from who she was in re7 to like an anime mom. this one is very petty but the fanbase for re8 is annoying as SHIT also. most re fans are irritating but re8 fans are something ELSE. the best thing about re8 is how it looks

2. this very quickly turned from unpopular opinions to Lilith's Hater Hour and im not sure how to word this either but a part of me hates how popular aw2 got. like a big part of me LOVES that, i feel like alan wake has always been underrated and ive loved it for years, its one of my favorite games ever, and im so happy to see it get recognition!! but predictably most of the fanbase has latched onto casey and zane/darling while completely ignoring saga as a character. its a bit annoying </3

3. i do not understand the hype around star wars, or why it got so popular. sorry to my mutuals for saying this on twitter like 3 times in the last 2 weeks and then again here FJFGHJH but i dont get it! i like the prequels, i like the sequels, i like rogue one, i like kotor (havent played either of them but i enjoy them nonetheless), i liked kenobi (pointing obi wan fan) i havent watched andor yet but i know i'll enjoy it. but most of star wars as a whole i just dont think its that. good? like. dont get me wrong when its done well its enjoyable!! but there are better sci fi serieses out there by far. star wars feels like lucasfilms throwing shit at the wall because it looks cool but has little sustenance. i will NOT start on my star trek vs star wars bullshit again because its INCREDIBLY biased LOL

4. i hate fallout 3. i hate traversing it. i hate playing it. i hate how it looks. i dont like the characters. i dont like the story. i dont like the writing. i like fallout 4 more than i like fallout 3, because 4 is at least enjoyable to play and lose myself in, even if the writing is arguably worse. when i first played fallout 3 i kept thinking to myself like. this is it? because for years all i heard was how good it was. and it just isnt LOL

5. i hate alien 3 also. i have not seen it and i do not plan on watching it because i KNOW it will make me angry. i am a BIG hater of shit thats just needlessly pessimistic / depressing / nihilistic simply for the sake of it, and from everything i've read of alien 3, thats exactly how it comes across to me. im sure if i WATCHED it i could more coherently explain why i dislike it, but im so attached to the dynamic that ripley, hicks and newt have that seeing it get thrown away immediately in the start of alien 3 would make me pass away badly

HELP. i didn't mean to ramble this much omg JJFDGJKFDGH i dont think most of this is very well written im sorry it's all very word vomit. i have had a little bit to drink and im feeling very haterish tonight. something in the air. thank you for indulging me <333

[almalvo]

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY | S1E4 "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry"

[I will react to each episode individually and in full, raw reception and then post as is unrevised here onto my tumblr for the full span of every and all NuTrek episodes and series that have been and will be released. If this falls under your field of interest - I welcome your company in joining me. Enjoy the ride.] -------

these effects are so pretty whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i love how that was a nanoscopic view on replication omlll what a wonderful uniform give it. to me. ugh i love this interiour hi saru man i cant wait for burnham to NOT be ostracised like this THREAD GANGLIA HMMM?? what. does he give himself away. when hes nervous. i love this screen. lorca youre a fun man huh. OOO WHAT IS THAT SPIDER HEAD WHO IS THATT i like his spider face oo how the lights just come on like this reminds me of the incredibles guess they have to save power SOMEhow. ugh these internals are so nice so spiffy

yeah i like the older bat'leth more right, his pet. lorca, the shroom man. yes a man with a name like lorca would indeed have em. war specialist hmm ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this INTROOOOO I CANT GET OVER ITTTTT now but like yall seriously to see a queen so crowned at long last - do you UNDERSTAND??? HOW THAT MAKES ME FEEL. ughhhh such a pretty introductionnnn and this music compliments so wonderfully but WAIT ALSO WHAWAIT HAHAHAHAH THOSE TSHOSE THOSE TWO SUITED GLOVED HANDS TOUCHING TOGETHER LIKE GOD AND ADAM. ARE YELLOW AND BLUE. UM UUMMMMMMMMMMM UUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ok ok breathe ok ok ok ok b r e a t h e . wheew ok . ok. ughhh these coloursss i really like how its all in klingon. cuz why wouldnt it. dude this fucking ROOMM theyre in is so gorgeous yeah im absolutely correct, lookin at this Xray view on the screen. fuckin space water bear THANK YOU BURNHAM YES

TARDIGRADE INDEED. fuckin galactic moss sucker. thats so intersting, to see an internal skeleton in a suped up tardigrade. you know. its funny. how nutrek starts off with what is literally my favourite animal since childhood. water bears for lyfe 👏 trek KNOWS im watching >;} hi stamets. im sorry bout your hubby :( ugh saru looks so good in any lighting. ah so lorca is "get it done" man is he ruder than "make it so" lolol ooo i like this klingon with the red stripes oh i love how convincing they make these inflections in klingon - they certainly put the care in to instil and preserve as much linguistic servicibility in their delivery - love it.

the warped DOWNwards hahah - but damn was it pretty ughhh these key shots are SOOO nice oml stamets are you ok?? ofc hes ok hes hard as steel. man im sry but watching this and seeing the tardigrade just gives me such a nostalgia wow that broken nose doc i see you talk, stamets. ugh keep elon musk out of this he didnt DO shit but be rich. "real life iron man" my ass. his ideas literally aint new. he just has the money to do stuff. ANYways. we dont give a fuck. back to what matters. IS WAIT IS THAT DID I JUST SEE CORRECTLY IS WHAT IS THAT ON THAT PLATTER ON THE TABLE WHY DOES THAT LOOK LIKE A DISSECTED TRIBBLE ? no. it better fucking not. ima kill a land orca... also this poor space bear.. alsso damn the way it just mauled the tactical officer. that sucks. but also i aint mad at the space bear for it. it just tryin to survive. UGHHHHH LOOK AT THISSSSS KLINGON IN ARMOUR UPSIDE DOWN WHY CANT WE GET A FUCKING GAME OF THIS CALIBRE STAR TREK IP PLEASE LETS GETS SOME DASTARD AAA GAMES IN THIS BITCH

man these klingon actors, i appreciate them so much to adorn this make up attire and speaking such a difficult tongue - fabulous. saru time ughh i cant wait to learn more about saru and cant wait till this animosity disa-fuckin-ppears. space bear better live after all this. it deserves that much. i hope it can have all the moss it can find. also wait are m;y eyes working is that a humanoid skeleton with a suspiciously reptilian looking skull and spikes on the back of its head. omll MY BOI IS EATIN THE SPORES?? wait MY BOI BEFRIENDING BURNHAM?? first contact lets GOOOOOOOOOOOO lower decks. hehe. ok sorry that was weird editing the outside shot of burnham talking to stamets is not aligned properly with her speech. awwwwwwwwwwwwww big baybeh so cuteeeeeeeeee i dont like the blur on the space bear among the mycelium though

awww it TALKS TO THE SHROOMS? oh my god please i love it i give it all my sentimental pets. also hey nice dragon fruit. the pale klingon has nice lashes pretteh boi whatever it is she just ate looks good ughhh these visuals outside of discovery are so nice awwww space bearrr so cuteeee UMMM THEY JUST STABBED HIS MILKERS sir they grippin his nonexistent nipples. sry but that girl screaming so mechanically was not the greatest lol also sorry but i really dont like how the shots when they zoom in from outside to into the birdge always end up blurry its hapened like 3 times now SPACE BEAR PECS ARE RED BRO STOP WHOA WHOA WHOAAAAA WHOAAAAA TH E SHIP JUST WARP ROLLED TFF whoa interstingggg i cant get mad a baby acting ofc ahhaha oml they did stab his milkers, not grab them. wtf. im so sorry. that is a waste of a padd. vengeful voq. hes not going to ally wiht the humans to reap vengence for the house of t'kuvma is he against kol.

these klingons are much more similar to the aos ones but the connection is likely not there. IS THAT A FUCKING GORN SKELETON IN THE CASE. IS IT. IS THAT WHAT MATURED GORN IN NUTREK LOOK LIKE. WHATEVER SNW'S XENOLIZARDS BECOME? they better fuckin have their dresses. aw sorry space bear. im sorry. me and you both, burnham. sylvia's delivery was a little fast on the mother joke hmm what did phllipa entrust to you. cant wait till burnham gets her starfleet badge. aw burnham SMILEE LET YOURSELF SMILEEE what is it. phillipa what is it. oml what is it. man bye mamma phillipa, ima miss you. WHAT IS IT. ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the telescropeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuteee curious where nutrek will go. its got some odd goofs here and there but im not being too critical on them so much that the story is ruined - lets continue.

[covenscribe]

Tag game: Show Us Your Comfort Characters

I was tagged by @btranwrites !

So this was actually super hard for me to fill out because I uh, don't really take comfort in characters as i rarely feel comforted??

Im sorry if thats super weird but my brain screams Run whenever I feel to comfortable. Mostly because my brain is like "Is this a comfort character or is this a piece of media I hid in when life was bad?"

That said here is a few under the cut besides star trek

That kid from The Pagemaster. Because i was Obsessed with this movie as a kid. I tore through reading so many books as a kid hoping I would get pulled into The World of Fiction. Still waiting :(

Dragonheart's Drago, Dragon Heart and Flight of Dragons are probably why i adore dragons so much. Dragonheart though has the best death song I have ever heard in a film and still makes me cry.

Okay teen years, I got called Hulk a lot because I had anger issue, or more accurately i would get pissed from being bullied and the teachers only cared that I was the one being loud telling people to fuck off. The only Bruce Banner I liked in the mcu was in the first Avengers movie and then oh boy did i hate him in ultron and stopped watching mcu.

Back to the media I actually watched in my teen years lol

Inuyasha is a fun time. Often ridiculous and it's been forever since I watched it but I loved it. I do need to read the manga though.

Fullmetal Alchemist is incredible, Edward Elric is 100% a comfort character for me. I love both animes but Brotherhood is the better story. Of course the manga is top tier.

And then canada stopped having anime on tv for awhile. I kid you not. And being that my area was stuck with only dial up as an option until my twenties I just stopped watching tv lol

I'm tagging: @calicojackofficial @athena-anna-rose @nicola-writes and anyone else who would like to fill these out.

[blackmoonrose13]

Same, I was asked once why am I doing "old fandoms" aka kingdom hearts, psychonaughts, earthbound, mass effect, etc or doing "old meme" formats. answer? Cause I enjoy it, I will still love them when they are no longer in the spot light,

And as much as I hate the joke of I was into x thing before it was cool, I swear I am more and more like that, but its more like I was into x thing after it was cool. I got into certain fandoms "late" because I just now have easier access to it. I now have (all bit limited) money to be able to finally spend on things I like. I don't care if there hasnt been a new season, or movie, or game, or what ever. If I enjoyed the thing I am gonna show love to the thing, popular or not.

There is a reason so many pre-tumblr, pre-netflix, pre-algorythimic bullshit, made fandoms are still going strong to this day. Like what op said Star trek oldest bloody fandom my grandma has been a fan since day 1 shit you not and she still loves this show...doesn't care for the new things because it feels off to her. I kinda figured out why it felt off because even me it felt off but thats a side track.

Due to algorithms and media dumping their shows in one batch and relying on folks to watch it when it dropped and not also take into account later viewings (which was actually an issue in this one youtuber sim I once watch someone play where it never takes into account rewatches or people not watching post one week after it was posted ah side tracking again) Which then in turn rely on if more of said content is going to be made via reaction in the moment, it ruined fandom.

I am "old" in the eyes of fandom, my mom and grandma who also have their fandoms they still enjoy to this day are defiantly old and they can see this massive shift and also hate it.

There is a problem in fandom and it needs to get fixed, let people enjoy things and express enjoyment whenever they want. Even if its not fresh off the presses.

X fandom isn't dying, there is a good chance you the enjoyer have just crap mind sets and or are lazy to not hunt for those still posting with full passion for a thing. Because the algy isnt showing it anymore and you yourself are not out there hunting for it.

When I want more stuff to enjoy I use the tumblr search and go out for it. Do algys sometimes suggest me things not in my sphere and then I enjoy it as well yes many times, how I got into Nier recently. But like you can't rely on algys to give you what you want, you need to search for it, you need to treat fandom and media less like candy and more like meat if that makes since. Hell media makers also need to treat it as such but eh.

sorry for adding a long rant op its just also my thoughts as well...I agree with you.

Not people saying “Fandom has always been like this” in that vent post I made. No. It hasn’t always been like this. Fandom has NEVER been like this until recently and if you were in fandom pre-tumblr purge, pre-twitter, pre-netflix boom, pre-tiktok….then you would fucking know it was nothing like this.

We still had the drive to create. We still sold prints and charms and made zines…but it was never like this.

The introduction of streaming, binge shows that drop all at once, tiktok and vine RIP i still love u vine but you were the beginning of a particularly ugly era) creating this bite sized, quick paced ‘content’ era of creation and it bled out into fucking everything else.

Fandoms didn’t die down when the show ended or the season was over. You didn’t mass unfollow artist, writers or moots just because they changed fandoms. There wasn’t this need to please the algorithm in order for your posts to get seen by people and enjoyed.

Fandoms used to last YEARS. Star Trek is literally the oldest running fandom out there and you got people in there that could care less about the new stuff and still have been happily prancing through their fucking fifty year old fandom today. Hell, even SPN after all it’s fuckups and shitshows has a dedicated fanbase STILL creating tons of art and fic.

There is no patience anymore. No calm feeling of taking in fandom and friends at a pace that which doesn’t make you stressed and is still fun.

Do I blame fandom for this? Of course not, but people are complacent with it and start changing their vocab to accommodate and end up making the situation so deep it cant be fixed.

We call Art & Fic Content now, completely stripping the value of what it is to a level of consumerism instead of personal entertainment & community bonding.

[pilotheather]

ok ep 1

the way i was like... unsure if gallifrey was dead or not.

his theme is insane btw. like what is with that. its so good

LETS DO A SILLY ONE A RANDOM ONE HE SAYS

idgaf btw i said that right

idgaf

i mean i think actually my same issues as before still stand i kind of wish there were just more quiet moments in between thats what my issue was before with the other rtd specials like i LIKE how slow the original rtds were

him-

sorry? did she make a star trek re

I WILL SAY. WHENEVER THERES A SOFT RESET THE FUCKING INSANE FUCKING EXPOSITION DROPS EVERY 2 SECONDS KINDA KILL ME.

ok b ack to my point about the speed the pacing genuinely takes me out of it sometimes like help me like the dialogue isnt bad their performances arent either its all good but like ruby has had like several insane WOWWWWWWWWWW moments in 10 minutes with the tardis, with the going back in time, with the seeing the planet- CAN YOU . SLOW DOWN. LIKE DO ONE EPIC THING. BREATHEEEEE. the time in between HELPS man and the score thats just CONSTANT it feels so... im never a fan of it it feels so inorganic

i dont have a job either made me laugh a little sorry

im crying the dorky fucking exposition again ruby. i can do this look. (conects her phone). its so silly

I LOVE HIS FUCKING PERFROAMCNE THOUGH, PLEAAASEE NCUTI IM OBSSESSED

what the fuck is occurring

this is so goofy

this cornball shit

rtd is so funny for doubling down so hard on timeless children.

DOGGO?

THE FUCKING BABIES ARE GENUINELY STARTING TO GIVE ME THE HEEBIE JEEBIES

WHY DID HE DOTRHAT

NAN-E YOU;RE SUCHHH A GOOFBALL

SPACE BABIES

god we need a game do shots for all the cliche expositiony bits

THEYRE EVEN EXPOSITIONING RUBY IF YOU DIDNT FUCKING CATHCH THE CHRISTMAS SPECIALSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

YAPPINGGGGG

their fucking trekky outfits

the accountant is kind of a slay

that is an insane abortion line

girlie thats insane.

you dont know. 🤔

eric you fucking mad man

I KNOW JOCELYN IS CUSSING DOWN THIS FUCKING KID ALL THE TIMEEEEE LIKE FUCKKK

THEY KILLED THAT FUCKING BABY?

oh they could have killed that baby

are we sure jocelyn is not trying to fucking kill them

the censoring bit is actually funny as fuck i wont even lie

again with the fucking music can someone HELP ME WE DONT NEED THE FUCKING FANFARE AFTER EVERY SINGLE FUCKING INSTANCE IT JUST DOESNT FEEL. RIGHT. SHUT UP . CAN WE ENJOY THE SCENES PLEASE

ewwwwwww

ITS SNOT its not

i kind of love her drama shes silly

RUBNY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAAAYYYY I LIKE THAT I SHANT LIE

jocelyn is the real one i'd kill that thing with hammers i tell you that thing for free

his insane trauma youre watching a thing of snot deteriorate

JOCELYN IS LIKE NOT LISTENINGGGGG SHE PUT THAT PHONE DOWN SHE WAS LIKE IDGAF DIE

i thought this was like all building up to a sugarbabes thing i wont lie

ARE THEY JSUT GOING TO FUCKING KEEP IT IN THERE

GOD I FORGOT HOW FUCKING DUMB AS SHIT RTD WAS

WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH ERIC LIKE SOMETHING ABOUT HIS FACE IM SORRY IF THATS LIKE HSI REAL BABY FACE BUT HH

he's so funny

the gorgeous paradox looming above us all does anyone wanna go rewatch fathers day with me

IN THEIR KITCHEN?

[isaacathom]

my friends been trying to get me to watch ds9 for ages, and after a several month hiatus ive finally started watching again, and it sort of helped me clarify a bit of why ive found it so hard to get 'in'. its a combo of so many things.

i preceeded watching ds9 by watching 95% of tng (skipping a few episodes, ie The Naked Now). and that means that part of me, however unfairly, is comparing tng at its peak (like seasons 3-5 or so) to ds9 s1. and that is unfair! bc s1 of tng also isnt that good! but i watched that with no expectations of quality, and now that i know what star trek CAN be, s1 of ds9 is a bit weak. not bad! just finding its footing.

relatedly, ds9s pilot sucks shit. i dont like it. its a two episode character study and somehow i come out of it feeling like i understand sisko less than i did after the first episode. also just personally i dont find religion an interesting plot, especially on a character who... isnt... part of that religion. (compare sisko in the pilot to kira in Battle Lines. THATS the good shit. battle lines is a really good episode imho)

everyone kept telling me ds9 was really good so a weak s1 is. unfortunate

i just have not found an 'in' to liking Dax. she just doesnt interest me. the most interesting shes been so far is the few times when she and sisko are just like. bantering? bc its when you get a sense that she has literally anything going on that isnt just her job. to that, she has the unfortunate job of being the Main Science Gal (vs Obrien being the Engineering guy, and Bashir being the Medical Guy). and that means shes being compared to Data. And im sorry but Data's my fucking blorbo, my hometown boy, my perfectly aged wine, and so on. she never had a chance.

related to the way people have tried to sell me on ds9, whenever ive mentioned my lack of investment in Dax, ive been assured that she gets better. Particularly once Worf shows up and they start a relationship. and while im certain that will be good - i like worf! hes not my blorbo but, yknow, he's my guy - it sucks to me that dax only gets more interesting once a man shows up and she enters a romantic arc. that sours me a little pre-emptively

and theres probably arent really fair criticisms? im sure if i wanted i could try to properly unpack why the ds9 pilot failed for me and started me on a bad foot for the whole series beyond just 'religion plot boring', maybe more into the vein of 'its weird that sisko is the chosen one when he has no connection to this religion, this region, or this culture', or present a nuanced critique of why a heavily character focused episode is a choice that doesnt work for me when its the start of a series with an ensemble cast, but 🤷. and my dislike of dax definitely isnt fair.

but i feel like i gotta unpack it in some capacity as a way to help me get over the growing pains and find where ds9 hits its stride. because there has been some good stuff! odo and quark are exceptional together, with an excellent dynamic that already is more than just one note, with a usual rhythm and the ways it interacts with the episode plots to bring the two closer together and further apart.

when bashir isnt being horny, he's great! he was the character i was most excited to see, weirdly enough, bc im a sucker for a hot man with a british accent and man! bashir! and he's got good potential to be interesting, and i know he will be, even outside of the widely accepted pairing with the cardassian guy (which, thats a lil cringe but in a cute way instead of a bad way, like when hes trying to flirt with dax, bc that shits bad)

and there have been really good episodes so far, i think! Battle Lines is really good, bc it explores aspects of Kira's character and how her religion is important to her, and also Kai Opaka is a really good character. I liked The Nagus as a way to get a bit more into Quark's head and the ways he is similar to and different from his companions and peers. that shits good. I think Progress was really interesting. I also enjoyed If Wishes Were Horses, minus the bit with the two dax's. like yea the scene was funny but i also wanted to smother my boy bashir with a pillow. stop! being! horny! and so on.

idk. i needed to get words out to unpack myself. i wanna give myself the chance to enjoy the show. i already forewarned my friends that i was probably not going to get as far as Voyager (which. well. mixed bag. also theyre the bastards who do the fucking holodeck thing with the village and *smashes the ship* stop that) but i do want to watch ds9. i am excited for it. i just need to get into it.

[quarktrinity]

quark watches star trek season 2 episode 18

KIRK GREEN SHIRT MY BELOATHED!!!!!! DIE!!!!!!!

spocks having a vulcan brain thing happen

vulcan ship dead

planet dead

hm

spock dropping some sick lines on how humans arent better than vulcans actually

we havent seen sulu in a while :(

Big Evil Space Blob. the BESB for short

so this thing ate the vulcan ship and also the planet? thats fucked up

jesus that sound effect is awful

mccoys drugging the crew to keep them conscious after The Mental Attack

BESB what have you done

is this show gonna make up some shit about dark matter

sure lets get closer to the Big Evil Space Blob

awful sound effect... 2!

are. are they. inside the Big Evil Space Blob. jesus christ.

mccoy offers the revolutionary advice of Leave the Big Evil Space Blob.

Were Dying Now

why the fuck did you go inside that thing.

is this supposed to be a black hole

the vulcans dying because they cant conceive being killed by the blob in any logical sense is deeply tragic

ANOTHER EVIL SPACE BLOB

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST ITS HORRIFYING

The Big Evil Space Amoeba

uh oh!!

kirk has to decide whether to put spock or mccoy at risk of death because both are qualified to take the risk to kill the thing and are also volunteering and kirk says "im sorry, mr spock. youre best qualified to go" GOD i love this character drama

mcspock sexual tension

make out

"the area of penetration will no doubt be sensitive" ok spock

the BESB is ready to reproduce. yippee.

whats telemetry

spock, even in mortal peril, is extremely petty

how could anyone not understand how obvious mcspirk is after seeing this episode

"vahrus"

mckirk sexual tension

unnamed helmsman is unnamed

lets blow up the BESB from the inside

spock loves his friends :( <3

kirk loves his friends :( <3

"do not risk the ship on my behalf" "SHUT UP SPOCK WERE RESCUING YOU!" "...why thank you, captain mccoy" MAKE OUT

Weve Done It!

YAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

"spock! youre alive!" "obviously, captain."