#v; Prime Lorca

[blindedbyburan]

@time-traveling-pitchforks

When the war stars, the Buran is on the other side of the quadrant.  They’re far removed from the war, but Starfleet Command updates them anyways.  hey never really expect to run into Klingons- they’re a small research vessel, ill equipped for battle and often deep inside spacial anomalies.  

Never the less, Captain Lorca prepared a plan should they ever encounter Klingons.  It involved nearly everyone abandoning ship while a skeleton crew would remain on board to draw fire away from the escape pods.  Lorca himself had always planned on going down with his ship.  Without his knowledge, his senior staff, headed by Commander Hewell, devised another plan to ensure their Captain would be among the survivors.

Captain Lorca and much of the Buran’s senior staff was in the Captian’s ready room when they were attacked and red alert went up.  And in those final moments, that same senior staff committed mutiny- they sedated their Captain and ensured that he made it into the remaining escape pods (while the Buran was equipped with 200 escape pods- nearly 70 more then were necessary, but over 100 had been destroyed in the initial volley by the Klingons).  All in all, the Buran lasted ten minutes in combat with the Klingons.  Only seven escape pods were launched and only two would survive the Klingons and the explosion of the Buran.  Lorca’s, by pure luck, was one of them. 

He woke from his sedation just in time to see his beloved ship explode, permanently damaging his eyes - and then he floated in space four days before Starfleet found him.  In the other pod was Ensign Lakta, the ship’s cat, and Lt. Shelas.  Both were recovered by Starfleet, but unfortunately their injuries were too severed and they perished.  The black box of the Buran was unrecoverable and the only living person who knew what went down was Captain Lorca.  

When Starfleet Command asked what happened- Lorca lied.  He refused to have the last actions of his crew be remembered as mutiny.  Instead, it was his plan- and most of the crew volunteered to stay behind when Lorca ordered an evacuation.  When the Buran was boarded, Lorca activated the remote self-destruct, despite the fact not all the remaining escape pods had been launched.  There was some deliberation over if he’d done the right thing,most people, knowing the horrors of Klingon torture (or a least believing themselves to) thought he spared his crew a horrific fate. His refusal to get his eyes treated landed him in mandatory psych evaluations, but they didn’t have the foresight to give him Kat, so he passed with flying colors.

Many of the families of the Buran purposefully uninvited him to the funerals of their wives, husbands, children, or parents (or in Lex’s case- grandparents).To this day, Lorca has no idea where Elizabeth’s mothers buried the empty coffin for his Commander.  Instead he leaves tiger lilies and peonies at the memorial for the Klingon War.  But try as they might, the families couldn’t stop the wills.  Among other things, Lorca received his Chief Science Officer Evan Hawking’s sterilized tribble Merkin and a book of hard candy recipes from Dr. Acorta.

Then Starfleet Command gave him the Discovery and asked him to lead once again.  The only reason he agreed was so he could get his revenge- it never occurred to him that he might like the Discovery’s crew.

[warsighted]

                                                     || Closed Starter for @wentastray ||

It was very odd to be on a ship that he had technically been captain of without ever having set foot on it before today. Gabriel had barely been conscious when he was brought aboard. He recognize the sound of a transport beam and felt his weakened body held up by someone he could have sworn sounded like Katrina Cornwell on one side. The other woman he didn’t recognize. He was pretty out of it though. 

Hours passed with Lorca reliving a lot of what he’d gone through with his body, but in a healing fashion for once. The doctors aboard the Discovery were excellent and Kat was by his side through much of it, explaining what had happened. Breaking the news of the Buran and how he’d been replaced with an imposter for nearly two years. It was---a lot to take in and Gabriel stayed silent for most of it. Crew members would occasionally poke their head into medbay or make excuses for needing to stop by that were rather obvious, just to get a look at the captain who was not their captain. He didn’t blame them for being curious but being avoided for something he didn’t do was rather tiresome. 

Katrina promised to return, but of course Gabriel understood she was clearly very busy with the war. From what she’d told him, the ship was still on Q'onoS but beneath the planet’s surface in the caves. Lorca felt he’d much rather be out of there and flying far away through space but their mission was apparently vital. 

It was Dr. Pollard who returned first and asked if Gabriel was okay for a visitor who he guessed was the woman standing a bit back. Lorca recognized her as one of the ones who’d brought him on board. He had no clue what this woman could possibly want but the break from silence was welcomed. “Hmm--You’re Burnham, right?”

[thetv-junkie]

Why MU Lorca did nothing wrong - A Controverse Theory

Okay, I really need to get that of my chest. – While I understand that many of you are upset about the latest Discovery episode and especially the (still not proved) revelation of MU Burnham and MU Lorca being more then most of us expected, please try to look at it less emotional and give it a more logical and unbiased approach:

First, we need to take step back from attempting to force our Prime Universe moral code on the Mirror Universe. I don't know how familiar you are with the other shows in the Star Trek Legacy, but, since I've watched every show, every episode, films and specials etc. there is on Star Trek I dare say that the MU has always been a place of corruption, dictation based on fear and cruelty. Also, we can not deny that all MUs have always been a very sexually charged place to be.

Remember Hoshi Sato? Intendant Kyra Nerris, only to mention a few? They have all used sex/seduction/attraction as means to an end, so even if individuals of the Prime Universe might personally not condone of such practice, MU Burnham and MU Lorca having an intimate relationship is perfectly legit and way less scandalous then you might think.

The "grooming". (Side note: I thought since Tilly successfully broke the taboo of actually saying "fucking" on the show this would have been the perfect situation to use the word in its literal sense, but okay, let's stick to "grooming" for a more dramatic effect.) I've read many outraged comments on Lorca being labelled as "pedophile" (Georgiou's "when you grew up" disqualifies that term for me, also we know shit about MU sex etiquette, not even know when people become of age, so who are we to jump to conclusions?), "sexual predator" and many, many more indignant accusations like considering the MU Burnham/MU Lorca ship as "disgusting" and "wrong".

Really? I don't think so. We can only vaguely guess based on the little information we have at present. And even if this suspicion will prove to be right - has anyone even considered that this was a consensual by both MU Burnham and MU Lorca? I doubt that any of those two could/would coerce the other into anything they didn't want. What makes you so uncomfortable about that pairing? The concept of mentor turning lover is not exactly new, nor is the Lolita concept in case Burnham initiated this sexual relationship.

Personally I consider this not as a revolting bummer and it didn’t come to me as that much of a surprise but rather another splendidly written, interesting plot twist that adds even more depth to the characters involved and I'm so in for that ride. (On a lighter note: Can we take a moment to realise that, whatever "grooming technique" MU Lorca used on MU Burnham that work its magic on her and made her betray her (presumably) beloved mother must have been utterly stellar? Just saying. Give the man some credit for his prowess.)

Also, even the oh-so-noble Kirk, or rather his MU version, did much worse things than anything you accuse Lorca of. Like actually trying to force himself on an unsuspecting female crew member (Janice Rand) in her own quarters. Don't believe me? See for yourself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm0LdLgwg18

Furthermore, especially since the Lorca we know turned out to be MU Lorca indeed we have no right to judge him for whatever he did/did not and it is not our place to make accusations that stand no ground in a universe with an entirely different mindset, morality and ethics. By MU standards he did nothing wrong. Nothing. Just try to remember: This is fucking canon! We need to understand that even if these events and revelations are not conform with our perceptions of the ideal they are still legitimate in the MU. It’s fact. Whether we like it or not. Their universe, their rules.

In conclusion a quick word on MU Georgiou/The Emperor. To me she seemed very bitter when she told Michael about all that happened, so there are only three logical options:

1) She told the truth and is still hurt due to MU Michael's betrayal. (I don't think    she cares much about Lorca's betrayal anymore.)

2) She's lying to manipulate MU Burnham in her favour (and against MU Lorca).

3) She told the truth, but she's rather hurt than she's jealous. I'm not sure whether that jealousy roots in motherly feelings or, since everything is possible in the MU, more intimate reasons. Everything's possible there, that much we know for sure. So if 3) applies I can't tell over whom she's jealous, MU Burnham or MU Lorca. But that's another story.

I know that my point of view might not be overly popular but still, give my approach a second to sink in. I'm so sorry for Lorca that he, again, gets so much bashing in the social media for acting on his natural MU instincts and attitude.

NOT GUILTY!

And to all the self-righteous, narrow minded bigots out there that can’t cope with this reality and pathetically claim “This isn’t Star Trek any more!” - You couldn’t be further from the truth - This is Star Trek. It’s just more Star Trek than you can handle.

[aion-rsa]

Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Episode 9 Easter Eggs & References

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This Star Trek: Discovery article contains spoilers for Season 3, Episode 9.

Although a casual fan doesn’t need to know the ins-and-outs of Star Trek canon to get into Star Trek: Discovery, it certainly helps! Although all of Discovery Season 3 has been set in a “new” part of the Trek timeline, the 32nd Century to be exact, the series hasn’t entirely been freed of canon restraints. From Trill, to Starfleet history, and beyond, Discovery Season 3 has been a rollercoaster of connections to the entire sprawling canon of Trek. And, as “Terra Firma Part 1” proves, that canon isn’t just limited to one universe. Here are all the Easter eggs and references we caught in Discovery Season 3, Episode 9, “Terra Firma, Part 1.”

The Kelvin Universe 

Right at the top of the episode, the mysterious Kovich (David Cronenberg) explains to Culber that traveling both across time and jumping from different universes can “make you pretty sick,” and in the case of a “time soldier” named Yor, can be fatal. This 2379 Starfleet officer is a Betelgeusian, but also “from a parallel universe caused by the temporal incursion of a Romulan mining ship.” This is the first time in “Prime” Trek canon that we’ve been told outright that they’re even aware of the Kelvin Universe. Further, Yor is the first glimpse of the future of what Starfleet looks after the reboot films in that timeline. Basically, Yor’s uniform might look like an early TNG-era jumpsuit, but because he’s got a 2370s combadge, it’s a bit of a mishmash. 

TLDR: In the future of the Kelvin Universe, they dress like it’s the beginning of TNG. But, who knows? Maybe in Yor’s universe, gold in 2379 still means “command.” 

Oh! And Yor’s death also neatly explains why Old Spock died off screen in Star Trek Beyond. Kovich says: “Before Georgiou, Yor was the only individual known to have traveled across time and dimensions.” This implies his files don’t know about Old Spock, who did the same. The question is: How does Starfleet in the Prime Universe know about the Kelvin Universe (and how it was created) and not know about Old Spock going there? Hmmm?

The Temporal Wars and the Temporal Accords 

Kovich mentions both the Temporal Wars and the Temporal Accords, and mentions that the “Interdimensional displacement restriction” prevents people from going to other parallel universes on purpose. According to Daniels in Star Trek: Enterprise, the Temporal Accords existed sometime in the 31st century, roughly a hundred years before the events of Discovery Season 3, and likely before the burn. Although Discovery has mentioned “the Temporal Wars” before, it stands to reason that one aspect of these wars was the “Temporal Cold War” seen throughout all four seasons of Enterprise. 

“Maybe they’ll call you Killy after all”

Georgiou jokes that if Tilly manages to kill the crew by accident that “maybe they’ll call you Killy after all.” This references Season 1 of Discovery in which we learned that Mirror Tilly’s nickname was “Captain Killy.” Notably, we never saw Captain Killy in “Despite Yourself,” or any of the other Season 1 episodes in which she was referenced. Obviously, that changes in this episode. 

The Gamma Quadrant 

The Discovery’s computer suggests taking Georgiou to the planet Dannus V, which Michael Burnham says is “just shy of the Gamma Quadrant near the galactic rim.” So, to put this in perspective, the Gamma Quadrant is the area of space that the Bajoran Wormhole led to in Deep Space Nine. Saying this planet is just shy of the Gamma Quadrant, could indicate it’s right on the border between the Alpha and Gamma Quadrants, which would be “north” of Federation space, roughly. The galactic rim might refer to the barrier at the edge of the galaxy. This barrier was breached by the USS Enterprise in “Where No Man Has Gone Before” and again in “By Any Other Name.” Relevantly, passing through that barrier caused Gary Mitchell and Dr. Dehner to acquire PSI powers and slowly go nuts. 

Speaking of Gary Mitchell…

Admiral Vance suggests that leaving Georgiou on an “Uninhabited planet is better than a brig in the starship.” This kind of references the idea that Kirk was going to maroon Gary Mitchell on Delta Vega, rather than just kill him outright. Meanwhile, while the name of the planet here — Dannus V — is new to Trek canon, the word could reference writer Richard Danus, who wrote for both TNG and DS9.

The needs of the many must outweigh the needs of the one

Saru quotes Spock from The Wrath of Khan in his decision not to help Georgiou with her condition. He’s overruled eventually, which kind of echoes Saru’s conversation with the Vulcan president T’Rina in “Unification III,” in which she told him that maxim’s like that one were part of some bagge the Vulcans were trying to get over.

“You hesitated last time”

Vance tells Burnham that he needs to know she won’t hesitate if Georgiou gets dangerous. Burnham says, “you’re referring to Commander Airiam.” This references the events of “Project Daedalus,” in which Airiam nearly killed everyone after getting possessed by the AI called Control.

New phasers 

We’ve been seeing “new” Starfleet phasers in the opening credits for a while, but this looks like the first time someone picks one up. It also appears that the phaser morphs into something on Georgiou’s wrist. So, maybe these phasers are made of programmable matter? 

“Where I’m from we were Prime and you were the Mirror”

The idea that there is an “objective” Prime Universe, is of course fanspeak that has bled into the actual canon of Star Trek. Nobody in the Mirror Universe considers themselves to be from an alternate dimension, and ditto with the Kelvin Universe. This is the first time this kind of thing has been openly addressed on-screen in Trek canon.

“Door Doesn’t Register at All”

Burnham says that the mysterious door doesn’t “register�� on her Tricorder. This is a little like the Guardian of Forever in the TOS episode “City on the Edge of Forever.” In that episode, Spock says, “For this to do what it does it does is impossible by any science I understand.”

Prefix code

When Adira and Stamets locate the Kelpien ship that is still sending a signal in the Verubin Nebula, they mention that they have the prefix code, which should be able to open up a backdoor to the systems. This references The Wrath of Khan when Kirk uses the prefix code of the Reliant to order the ship to lower its shields. 

“Die standing”

Before Georgiou walks through the magic door, she says she’d rather “die standing.” This might reference a recent tie-in novel Discovery novel called Die Standing by John Jackson Miller. In that book, there’s a character from Georgiou’s past named San, and it seems like this is the person she’s mourning in the Mirror Universe flashbacks from this season.

Lorca’s Coup

Georgiou has seemingly traveled into the Mirror Universe, and back into the year 2255. All of these events served as the backstory for Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, and effectively happened “before” the show began. For a full breakdown of all the ways Georgiou’s new trip to the Mirror Universe changes what we know of this timeline, check out this handy article. 

Epsilon Indi IV 

“Killy” references the Imperial shipyards on Epsilon Indi IV. This star system first appeared in the TOS episode “And the Children Shall Lead.”

Mirror Landry returns 

Ellen Landry, played by Battlestar Galactica veteran Rekha Sharma, returns in this episode. We haven’t seen Landry since season 1 of Discovery in which she seemingly died twice, once as Prime Landry, and again, when DISCO blew-up the Charon. Notably, Landry was part of Lorca’s coup, but it looks like nobody knows that right now.

Georgiou’s fancy title

We hear Emperor Georgiou’s fancy title twice in this episode: Her Most Imperial Majesty, Mother of the Fatherland, Overlord of Vulcan, Dominus of Qo’noS, Regina Andor, Philippa Georgiou Augustus Iaponius Centarius. We first heard this title in the Discovery episode “Vaulting Ambition.”

Evil DOT bots

The last time we visited the Mirror Universe, we hadn’t been introduced to the DOT bots from Season 2 of Discovery, yet. Here, it appears that the Terran Starfleet has red-eyed versions of these cute little things, because, of course they do.

Vahar’ai retcon

In Season 1 of Discovery, we didn’t know about the process of Vahar’ai, in which Kelpiens are supposed to turn into baddasses. In the Mirror Universe, it seems that the Terrans have taken the place of the Ba’ul, introduced in the episode, “A Sound of Thunder.” Did Georgiou know about Vahar’ai only because of her trip to the Prime Universe? Or do high-level Terrans know about it?

Owo, the security chief of the Charon

We see Owo battling to keep her job as the security chief of the Charon. In the first Mirror Timeline, she had this job. 

Georgiou’s backstory seems to foreshadow Deep Space Nine’s Mirror Universe

During the christening ceremony, we see a dramatic recreation of Georgiou’s ascension to become Emperor of the Terran Empire. One aspect of this has to do with her totally dominating the Klingons. In the future of the Mirror Universe, we learn that the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance eventually destroyed the Terran Empire. Clearly, the Klingons were harboring a hundred-year-long grudge.

Daughter of Rome

Did the Roman Empire just not fall in the Mirror Universe? When Stamets calls Georgiou a “daughter of Rome” it really makes you think that’s the case. But, if we’re meant to think that the Roman Empire didn’t fall in the ancient history of the Terran Universe, then it feels super-unlikely that all the same people would have even been born, in order to like, establish duplicates of Tilly, Stamets, Kirk, Spock, etc. I mean, I guess it’s possible, but wow, the divergence goes back that far?

Georgiou is kinda like Kirk in “Mirror, Mirror”

In terms of story beats, Georgiou is in a similar place Kirk was in “Mirror, Mirror.” Kirk spared Mirror Chekov’s life, Georgiou spares Mirror Burnham’s life. Kirk started being nice to his concubine, Georgiou is being nice to her slave, the Mirror Saru. In both cases, the characters know that everyone will freak out if they keep acting nice and forgiving to people around them, so an air of arrogance and bluster is required. The difference is Kirk only had to fake it until he made it out of the Mirror Universe. What’s Georgiou gonna do? Fake it until she reforms the Terran Empire? 

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[queencornwell]

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About: She was the Emperor’s executioner- until Captain Gabriel Lorca came along.  The charming and quick tongued rebel soon seduced her to his side.  Calling her morally grey might be a stretch, but she’s loyal (or rather- possessive).  More then that, she’s dangerous and she’s connected.  Playing both sides of the fence doesn’t bother her, but she wants to see Lorca’s dream come to fruition with Georgiou dead and she’ll do just about anything to have that realized.

While Gabriel was missing in the prime verse, she and Landry ran the Rebellion side by side.  They were biding their time to kill Georgiou and disband the Empire.  It was also Cornwell who ran meticulous interference, making sure the captured rebels agonizer booths were never at full power and would spontaneously stop to give their occupants a respite.  

[warsighted]

        || @queencornwell gets a returned prime!lorca because fuck canon || 

Qo'noS. The Klingon homeworld and center of it’s Empire which had only expanded during this war Gabriel had barely been a part of. The universe had played a sick game of switch-a-roo on him, sending him to---someplace else for a few months. It had been a universe of unimaginable cruelty and a regime so different from the Federation that it made the Starfleet captain sick to his stomach. It had been nothing less than a miracle that Gabriel had survived that place, let alone that he would get back to his own universe. Unfortunately, his luck would not extend him any more favors. He had been captured before he could even attempt to try to contact his people.

This is what hell felt like. The public humiliation and torture was enough to crush any man’s spirit and Gabriel was no different. The days it was bad enough for him to black out were a blessing and the closest thing to a proper night’s rest as he could get apart from the days they allowed him a break. A break to heal up enough to last longer the next round. Sometimes he was put to work in the many caves of the planet the work was grueling but preferable to the beatings. Five months he’d been here. Five months of hell and wishing death would come already. His body had taken a toll. Ribs and fingers, broken and improperly healed. Much of his back scarred. Chest covered in bruises atop bruises. There had been a day he had gotten his hands on a phaser with plans of killing every single one of his captors before turning it on himself but the constant tremor in his hand and weak grip left them laughing.

Lorca hadn’t tried to escape in some time. He was exhausted. That day was no different. Gabriel found himself scarfing down the partially rotten food he was given, beggars can’t be choosers when he was barely fed. They kept him too weak to escape but strong enough not to just keel over. Afterwards, Gabriel was dragged out to one of the capital’s city centers. This was practically like watching television for these people. A rough grip tugged at his wrist before a broadsword length blunt weapon was pressed into his palm. Its weight was uncomfortable and Gabriel dropped it at first. The weapon clattered to the ground and he heard laughter as he bent down to scoop it back up. His hands were a mess, making it hard to get a real grip on the handle. “yIHub'egh!” Defend yourself! Lorca jolted lightly at the yell before forcing his brain to remember what it meant. You learned Klingon pretty fast when you had to. The man rose his weapon just in time to parry the blow and the clang of metal sounded into the air as Lorca stumbled backwards.  

His Klingon opponent just toyed with him, getting the cheers and taunts from the crowd as Gabriel struggled to defend himself against the other man’s half-hearted blows. A rough jab to the gut left Lorca keeling over his knees as he gasped for breath, the blunted end of his weapon scraping against the ground. A hard boot to the collar bone sent Gabriel tumbling backwards with a hard landing. Blue eyes stared upwards, blinkingly in a daze before he got enough sense in him to roll when the other’s weapon came down to try to bash him in the head. Scrambling for his weapon, Gabriel swung it with as much force as he could muster from the ground and rapt the man across the shin. Klingon or human, a long nerve ran there and it had the same effect. The Klingon roared in pain before dropping his weapon to instead yank Lorca up to his feet. Gabriel came face to face with barred teeth before the Klingon reared his head back to then bash his head into Lorca’s. Stunned, Gabriel gripped at the other’s chest plate as he tried to remain standing, sounds around him coming in and out of focus as he tried to clear the ringing in his ears. Sluggishly, Lorca tried to throw a right-hook, only for his arm to be parried away before he was thrown several feet away. 

Head laying in the dirt, Gabriel prayed for himself to black out, then at least it would be over for that day. He could feel it coming. The pounding sound of blood pumping in his ear that went in and out of the yells are slurs being thrown at him in Kling. Coughing harshly at the dirt he’d inhaled, Lorca tried to focus on anything he could as his vision went in and out before finally, a boot came down at the back of his head and everything went dark.

[aion-rsa]

Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Episode 9 Review: Terra Firma, Part 1

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This Star Trek: Discovery review contains spoilers for Season 3, Episode 8.

Star Trek: Discovery Season 3, Episode 9

The Mirror Universe works best when we know the characters and world it warps well. The fascinations of visiting the Mirror Universe often come in observing the characters (and actors) we know and love exhibit wildly different behavior (and looks)—for example, the franchise’s original visit to the Mirror Universe came in Season 2 of The Original Series, only after we had properly gotten use to a Spock without facial hair. This is why the Discovery‘s original visit to the Mirror Universe back in Season 1, while not without its high points, was a bit of a waste of the Mirror Universe setting. We didn’t know the characters and world well enough at this point in the show’s run to appreciate the Terran deviations from the show’s status quo. (I liked Ensign Connor as much as the next fresh-faced character who died in the Battle of the Binary Stars, but when he pops up alive in the Mirror Universe, it’s more of a “huh” moment than an “OMG” one.)

By Season 3, a season with the best and most consistent characterization yet, this is no longer the case. We know Burnham and Saru and Stamets and Michael and Tilly (OK, we always knew exactly who Tilly was). In Season 1, I was constantly Googling the bridge crews’ names because the show invested so little time in giving them any kind of characterization. Now, when the Mirror Universe versions of Joann and Rhys face off in a hallway brawl for promotion, I know enough about these characters to know this would not happen in our universe. (I would still like to know more about these characters though, please.)

And we know Emperor Georgiou, better than we ever did Captain Georgiou. Season 3 of Discovery has spent a fair amount of narrative time exploring how Emperor Georgiou’s time spent with the supportive, earnest, and idealistic crew of the Discovery has changed her from a singleminded tyrant into a tyrant who also knows the Kelpien term “Vahar’ai,” and her unexpectedly earnest goodbyes with Saru and Tilly are a testament to that. This episode wouldn’t work if we didn’t care about Georgiou, if we didn’t think there was a chance that, when placed back in the ultimate position of power in the Mirror Universe, she might make different kinds of decisions after her time spent with Discovery. Because, as fun as it is to see Captain Killy again, a Mirror Universe episode needs stakes and thematic focus too. And, in “Terra Firm, Part 1,” all of that comes from Georgiou.

For as long as Emperor Georgiou has been in our universe, she has been talking about the glory of her own. She is constantly comparing the Federation to the Terran Empire, and finding the former wanting. It’s a coping mechanism, sure, but that doesn’t make her feelings on the matter any less true. Now, when Georgiou steps through Carl’s mysterious door, she is given the chance to return to her world before everything fell apart. It’s a dream come true, but is this still Georgiou’s dream? Now that she’s gotten to know our version of Michael, one with a deep well of compassion for Georgiou, surely Mirror Michael’s shallow hate hits different?

One needs look no further than Georgiou’s interactions with the Mirror Universe version of Saru, who is a slave, than to see that Emperor Georgiou has changed. When Mirror Michael orders Saru be made into dinner for a absurdly minor “error,” Georgiou saves him, making him her eyes and ears on the ship. At this point, it’s unclear if Georgiou does it because she feels something like compassion for Mirror Saru or if she simply knows she can probably trust him more than most other people around her, but it’s certainly the kind of measured move that the Emperor Georgiou we originally met never would have made.

The episode ends on an abrupt and anti-climactic cliffhanger, the kind that feels more like a “fade to black” before a commercial break than the end of a first-parter: Georgiou gets Mirror Michael to admit that she has been plotting with Lorca to overthrow her, and chooses not to kill her daughter but rather to bring her to The Agonizer. Again, is this a decision based in compassion or strategy? Is the growth that even Georgiou recognizes in herself grounded in empathy or something else? If the cliffhanger has any narrative tension, it comes in this question. Because I don’t actually care what happens to Mirror Michael; I care what it says about, for lack of a better term, Georgiou’s soul.

I’m not convinced all of this isn’t some kind of test put into motion by some “higher” power trying to decide if they want to save Georgiou or not. (That Carl guy has Q vibes, is all I’m saying.) Either way, it’s an interesting narrative thread for Discovery to follow, albeit one that probably would have been served better by an episode fully devoted to its exploration. Instead, the first half of “Terra Firma, Part 1” awkwardly checks in with some larger plots, most notably the mysterious nebula-based distress signal related to the source of The Burn, before diving into a full-on Mirror Universe episode. I would have loved to see what this story would have looked like if it could have been completely Georgiou-focused, though I also understand why that would have been hard to justify—especially for a two-parter. As it stands now, it’s hard to judge the success of this episode without having seen the next episode, so mundanely abrupt was this ending.

While “Terra Firma, Part 1” may have its structural faults, it also does something incredibly clever: it makes Georgiou the audience surrogate in the Mirror Universe, the one character who knows what we know, aligning the audience with her point of view. It creates a bond between Georgiou and the audience, and that kind of narrative element can be an incredibly powerful thing. I hope “Terra Firma, Part 2” doesn’t waste it.

Additional thoughts.

It would have been interesting to see Adira in the Mirror Universe. Are they Trill here? What does non-binary identity look like in the Terran Empire? Does Adira just murder anyone who doesn’t use the correct pronouns? Because that would be awesome.

Sonequa Martin-Green looks like she is having so much fun portraying Mirror Michael.

If this is a backdoor pilot for Michelle Yeoh’s Star Trek spinoff, then it is an impressively thorough one.

There is a Jason Isaacs-shaped hole in this episode. I keep waiting for Lorca to come around the corner and… he doesn’t.

David Kronenberg is back. He gives us some important backstory about what the heck is up with Georgiou. Basically, creatures are not made to travel too far from their own time and universe. Kronenberg only knows of one other person who has traveled through both time and away from their own universe, and… things did not end well for them.

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While Kronenberg may not have an appaling solution to Georgiou’s illness, the Discovery computer does (hey, Zora), with a major assist from the Sphere data. According to the computer, Georgiou has a 5% chance of survival if she travels to Danus V. The computer gives very few details on what that chance might look like, but Georgiou and Michal eventually learn that it looks like a smarmy man in a bowler hat and a door to the unknown amidst a snowscape.

Visually, Georgiou and Michael traipsing across a deserted yet beautiful planet had to be a callback to the opening scene of this show.

It’s great for movie night, doesn’t mean we should trust, it is a hilarious and understandable take on Zora.

Saru is 100% ready to sacrifice the needs of the few for the needs. ofthe many, but “Terra Firma, Part 1” begins to ask the question: What will happen when he’s the one who really cares about the few? The distress call related to the source of The Burn came from a Kelpien ship that was investigating a dilithium nursery inside of the nebula over 100 years ago and Saru really cares about it. Kelpian, over 100 years old.

“Your crew member is drowning. If you let her, your crew will never look at you or the Federation ever again. And you’ll never look at yourself the same way again.” Admiral Vance has been a cool addition to this season.

“You’re never going to get the death you want here.” Michael, attempting to motivate Georgiou to fight for her life.

Not so unlike my Burnham. Bending people to your will. The only difference is you lie to yourself about it.

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Whenever Georgiou and Michael have a scene in profile together, all I can think about is how long and beautiful their hair is.

This episode should have been called “Death’s Alarm Clock.” Fight me.

“Where I’m from, we were prime and you were the mirror.” “As it should be.”

Saru tells Georgiou that he has learned as much from her as he did from Captain Georgiou, which same, but also Saru spent way more time with Captain Georgiou than we did.

“Number One, I suspect your crew may survive you after all.” No once can freeze out Tilly forever.

“I just cost us so much time.” Oh, man. Adira’s critical voice is so relatable. This truly is a crew of perfectionists.

Book maybe wants to join the Federation?

“Perhaps I should join your Phillipa Georgiou in hell.”

“What do you call a cute portal? A-door-able.”

“Why is it here?” “So she can go through.” Carl’s got jokes, you guys.

The way Mary Wiseman delivers that reading of Georgiou’s titles. *Chef’s kiss*

“I slept with him a few times last year, but I quickly grew bored.” Mirror Michael’s Lorca update made me laugh.

A Christ crown and absurdly high-necked robe? Emperor Georgiou has lewks.

“If strength is what my Michael seeks, she will find that I have more than enough.”

“If you have something to say to me, say it.” “You need to find better assassins”

“Do not confuse growth with weakness.” I’m just gonna keep quoting this episode.

“I was master of that trash heap.”

“As of this moment, our future is unwritten. Let’s make it count, shall we?”

Give me the Michelle Yeoh spinoff now, please.

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Tim Buckley Anthology

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Timothy Charles Buckley III nacque a Washington, figlio di Elaine, un’italoamericana, e di Tim Charles Buckley Jr., un pluridecorato della seconda guerra mondiale con origini irlandesi. Trascorse l’infanzia ad Amsterdam, cittadina industriale dello Stato di New York, dove ebbe i primi contatti con la musica: la madre era una fan di Miles Davis e il padre della musica country. Nel 1956 la famiglia si trasferì a Bell Gardens in California.[6]

A tredici anni imparò a suonare il banjo e con il compagno di scuola Dan Gordon formò un gruppo ispirato al The Kingston Trio. Entrò nella squadra di football americanodella scuola, dove coprì il ruolo di quarterback. Durante uno scontro di gioco si ruppe le prime due dita della mano sinistra. Non riottenne mai l’uso completo delle dita, tanto che non poté più suonare il barré e ciò lo costrinse a usare accordi estesi. Durante il periodo delle scuole superiori conobbe Larry Beckett, autore della maggior parte dei testi dei suoi primi brani, e Jim Fiedler. Il 25 ottobre del 1965, a diciannove anni, sposò la compagna di scuola Mary Guibert, dalla quale, un anno più tardi, ebbe un figlio, Jeff Buckley, nato il 17 novembre 1966. Anche egli, negli anni novanta, sarebbe divenuto un musicista.

Finita la scuola iniziò a esibirsi in diversi club di Los Angeles. In uno di questi spettacoli venne notato da Jac Holzman, proprietario della Elektra Records, che lo mise sotto contratto, permettendogli di pubblicare nel dicembre del 1966 il suo primo LP, l’omonimo Tim Buckley. In supporto al disco cominciò un lungo tour negli Stati Uniti, durante il quale partecipò anche allo show televisivo di Johnny Carson.[7]

Nel 1967, ancora per l’Elektra, pubblicò Goodbye and Hello, disco fortemente influenzato dal folk rock di Bob Dylan e dal rock psichedelico in auge in quegli anni. L’album è considerato dalla critica il primo dei suoi capolavori.[8] I brani I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain e Once I Was verranno reinterpretati dal figlio Jeff durante il concerto in memoria del padre, tenutosi a New York il 26 aprile del 1991. Un altro brano, Morning Glory, verrà reinterpretato dalla band britannica This Mortal Coil nell’album del 1986 Filigree & Shadow. Anche a questo disco fece seguito un lungo tour, che giunse anche in Europa, dove si esibì per lo show radiofonico di John Peel.

Nel 1969 uscì il terzo album, Happy Sad, influenzato questa volta più dal jazz, in particolare da Miles Davis, con brani più dilatati rispetto al disco precedente. Anche questo lavoro è ben valutato dalla critica, nonostante lo scarso successo di vendite.[9]

Nello stesso anno rescisse il contratto con l’Elektra, passando alla Straight Records di Frank Zappa e del produttore Herb Cohen. Per questa etichetta pubblicò Blue Afternoon (1969). Nel 1970 uscì per l’Elektra l’album Lorca, che venne registrato contemporaneamente a Blue Afternoon.[10] Proprio Lorca è generalmente considerato dalla critica come l’album di passaggio fra il “periodo folk” di Goodbye and Hello e Happy Sad a quello “psichedelico” del successivo Starsailor.[11]

Nel 1970 realizzò e diede alle stampe Starsailor, disco più vicino alla sperimentazione, considerato da molti critici il suo massimo capolavoro e indubbiamente uno dei più ardui esperimenti sul canto mai realizzati.[12]In questo album è presente il brano Song to the Siren, probabilmente il più famoso di Buckley, la cui reinterpretazione della band inglese This Mortal Coil sull’album It’ll End in Tears del 1984 riscuoterà notevole successo. Il brano verrà inoltre reinterpretato nel 2002 da Robert Plant sul suo album Dreamland, nel 2009 da John Frusciante su The Empyrean e nel 2010 da Sinéad O’Connor.

In seguito allo scarso successo commerciale dei suoi dischi, dopo la pubblicazione di Starsailor Buckley sospese temporaneamente l’attività musicale, cadendo preda della depressione e sviluppando una dipendenza per l’alcool e le droghe. Inoltre, si dedica ad altre attività, come il cinema, scrivendo sceneggiature e recitando nel film mai uscito Why?, di Victor Stoloff.[13]

Nel 1972 vi fu il ritorno sulle scene con l’album Greetings from L.A., che virò il suono verso il funk,[14] a cui fecero seguito nel 1973 Sefronia e nel 1974 Look at the Fool, due album considerati dalla critica come il punto più basso della sua produzione.[15][16]

Tim Buckley morì la sera del 29 giugno 1975 a Santa Monica, in California, per overdose di eroina e alcool.[17]

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Buckley

  Tim Buckley was born in Washington, D.C. on St. Valentine’s Day, to Elaine (née Scalia), an Italian American, and Timothy Charles Buckley Jr., a highly decoratedWorld War II veteran who was the son of Irish immigrants from Cork. He spent his early childhood in Amsterdam, New York, an industrial city approximately 40 miles northwest of Albany; at five years old he began listening to his mother’s progressive jazz recordings, particularly Miles Davis.

Buckley’s musical life began in earnest after his family moved to Bell Gardens in southern California in 1956. His grandmother introduced him to the work of Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday, his mother to Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland and his father to the country music of Hank Williams and Johnny Cash.[1] When the folk music revolution came around in the early 1960s, Buckley taught himself the banjo at age 13, and with several friends formed a folk group inspired by the Kingston Trio that played local high school events.[2]

During his initial high school years, Buckley was a popular and engaged student; he was elected to numerous offices, played on the baseball team and quarterbacked the football team.[3] During a football game he broke the first two fingers on his left hand, permanently damaging them. He later said that the injury prevented him from playing barre chords. This disability may have led to his use of extended chords, many of which don’t require barres.[4]

Buckley attended Loara High School in Anaheim, California,[5] which left him disillusioned. He quit football and cut classes regularly, focusing most of his attention on music instead. He befriended Larry Beckett, his future lyricist, and Jim Fielder, a bass player with whom he formed two separate musical groups, The Bohemians, who initially played popular music,[6] and The Harlequin 3, a folk group which regularly incorporatedspoken word and beat poetry into their gigs.[1]

In 1965, during French class, Buckley met Mary Guibert, one grade his junior. Their relationship inspired some of Buckley’s music, and provided him time away from his turbulent home life. His father had become unstable, angry and occasionally violent in his later years. He had suffered a serious head injury during the war; that, along with a severe work-related injury, was said to have affected his mental balance.[7]

Buckley and Guibert married on October 25, 1965, as Guibert believed she was pregnant.[3] The marriage angered Mary’s father and he did not attend the wedding; Buckley’s father attended, but joked to the priest, “I give it six months”. Shortly after the wedding Mary realized that she was not pregnant after all.

The marriage was tumultuous, and Buckley quickly moved out, but Mary soon became pregnant. After several months, Buckley found himself neither willing nor able to cope with marriage and impending fatherhood. From then on he and Mary only saw each other sporadically. They divorced in October 1966, about a month before their son Jeffrey Scott was born.[8]

By then, he and lyricist/friend Beckett had written dozens of songs; several were to appear on Tim’s debut album, Tim Buckley. “Buzzin’ Fly”, was also written during this period, and was featured on Happy Sad, his 1969 LP.[8]

Buckley’s ill-conceived college career at Fullerton College lasted only two weeks in 1965;[2][3] Buckley dropped out and dedicated himself fully to his music and to playing L.A. folk clubs. During the summer of 1965 he played regularly at a club co-founded by Dan Gordon. Later in the year he played various Orange County coffeehouses, such as the White Room in Buena Park, and the Monday night hootenannies at the famed Los Angeles Troubadour.[9] That year Cheetah Magazine deemed Buckley an up-and-comer, one of “The Orange County Three”, along with Steve Noonan and Jackson Browne.[1]

In February 1966, following a gig at L.A.’s It’s Boss, The Mothers of Invention‘s drummer Jimmy Carl Black recommended Buckley to Mothers manager, Herb Cohen. Cohen saw potential in Tim[2] and landed him an extended gig at the Nite Owl Cafe in Greenwich Village. Buckley’s new girlfriend, Jainie Goldstein, drove him cross-country to New York in her VW bug.[7] While living in the Bowery with Jainie, Buckley ran into Lee Underwood, and asked him to play guitar for him. From there, they became lifelong friends and collaborators.

Under Cohen’s management, Buckley recorded a six song demo acetate disc, which he sent to Elektra records owner Jac Holzman,[1][6] who offered him a recording contract.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Buckley

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Tim Buckley Anthology

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9xFTX011O8]

Timothy Charles Buckley III nacque a Washington, figlio di Elaine, un’italoamericana, e di Tim Charles Buckley Jr., un pluridecorato della seconda guerra mondiale con origini irlandesi. Trascorse l’infanzia ad Amsterdam, cittadina industriale dello Stato di New York, dove ebbe i primi contatti con la musica: la madre era una fan di Miles Davis e il padre della musica country. Nel 1956 la famiglia si trasferì a Bell Gardens in California.[6]

A tredici anni imparò a suonare il banjo e con il compagno di scuola Dan Gordon formò un gruppo ispirato al The Kingston Trio. Entrò nella squadra di football americanodella scuola, dove coprì il ruolo di quarterback. Durante uno scontro di gioco si ruppe le prime due dita della mano sinistra. Non riottenne mai l’uso completo delle dita, tanto che non poté più suonare il barré e ciò lo costrinse a usare accordi estesi. Durante il periodo delle scuole superiori conobbe Larry Beckett, autore della maggior parte dei testi dei suoi primi brani, e Jim Fiedler. Il 25 ottobre del 1965, a diciannove anni, sposò la compagna di scuola Mary Guibert, dalla quale, un anno più tardi, ebbe un figlio, Jeff Buckley, nato il 17 novembre 1966. Anche egli, negli anni novanta, sarebbe divenuto un musicista.

Finita la scuola iniziò a esibirsi in diversi club di Los Angeles. In uno di questi spettacoli venne notato da Jac Holzman, proprietario della Elektra Records, che lo mise sotto contratto, permettendogli di pubblicare nel dicembre del 1966 il suo primo LP, l’omonimo Tim Buckley. In supporto al disco cominciò un lungo tour negli Stati Uniti, durante il quale partecipò anche allo show televisivo di Johnny Carson.[7]

Nel 1967, ancora per l’Elektra, pubblicò Goodbye and Hello, disco fortemente influenzato dal folk rock di Bob Dylan e dal rock psichedelico in auge in quegli anni. L’album è considerato dalla critica il primo dei suoi capolavori.[8] I brani I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain e Once I Was verranno reinterpretati dal figlio Jeff durante il concerto in memoria del padre, tenutosi a New York il 26 aprile del 1991. Un altro brano, Morning Glory, verrà reinterpretato dalla band britannica This Mortal Coil nell’album del 1986 Filigree & Shadow. Anche a questo disco fece seguito un lungo tour, che giunse anche in Europa, dove si esibì per lo show radiofonico di John Peel.

Nel 1969 uscì il terzo album, Happy Sad, influenzato questa volta più dal jazz, in particolare da Miles Davis, con brani più dilatati rispetto al disco precedente. Anche questo lavoro è ben valutato dalla critica, nonostante lo scarso successo di vendite.[9]

Nello stesso anno rescisse il contratto con l’Elektra, passando alla Straight Records di Frank Zappa e del produttore Herb Cohen. Per questa etichetta pubblicò Blue Afternoon (1969). Nel 1970 uscì per l’Elektra l’album Lorca, che venne registrato contemporaneamente a Blue Afternoon.[10] Proprio Lorca è generalmente considerato dalla critica come l’album di passaggio fra il “periodo folk” di Goodbye and Hello e Happy Sad a quello “psichedelico” del successivo Starsailor.[11]

Nel 1970 realizzò e diede alle stampe Starsailor, disco più vicino alla sperimentazione, considerato da molti critici il suo massimo capolavoro e indubbiamente uno dei più ardui esperimenti sul canto mai realizzati.[12]In questo album è presente il brano Song to the Siren, probabilmente il più famoso di Buckley, la cui reinterpretazione della band inglese This Mortal Coil sull’album It’ll End in Tears del 1984 riscuoterà notevole successo. Il brano verrà inoltre reinterpretato nel 2002 da Robert Plant sul suo album Dreamland, nel 2009 da John Frusciante su The Empyrean e nel 2010 da Sinéad O’Connor.

In seguito allo scarso successo commerciale dei suoi dischi, dopo la pubblicazione di Starsailor Buckley sospese temporaneamente l’attività musicale, cadendo preda della depressione e sviluppando una dipendenza per l’alcool e le droghe. Inoltre, si dedica ad altre attività, come il cinema, scrivendo sceneggiature e recitando nel film mai uscito Why?, di Victor Stoloff.[13]

Nel 1972 vi fu il ritorno sulle scene con l’album Greetings from L.A., che virò il suono verso il funk,[14] a cui fecero seguito nel 1973 Sefronia e nel 1974 Look at the Fool, due album considerati dalla critica come il punto più basso della sua produzione.[15][16]

Tim Buckley morì la sera del 29 giugno 1975 a Santa Monica, in California, per overdose di eroina e alcool.[17]

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Buckley

  Tim Buckley was born in Washington, D.C. on St. Valentine’s Day, to Elaine (née Scalia), an Italian American, and Timothy Charles Buckley Jr., a highly decoratedWorld War II veteran who was the son of Irish immigrants from Cork. He spent his early childhood in Amsterdam, New York, an industrial city approximately 40 miles northwest of Albany; at five years old he began listening to his mother’s progressive jazz recordings, particularly Miles Davis.

Buckley’s musical life began in earnest after his family moved to Bell Gardens in southern California in 1956. His grandmother introduced him to the work of Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday, his mother to Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland and his father to the country music of Hank Williams and Johnny Cash.[1] When the folk music revolution came around in the early 1960s, Buckley taught himself the banjo at age 13, and with several friends formed a folk group inspired by the Kingston Trio that played local high school events.[2]

During his initial high school years, Buckley was a popular and engaged student; he was elected to numerous offices, played on the baseball team and quarterbacked the football team.[3] During a football game he broke the first two fingers on his left hand, permanently damaging them. He later said that the injury prevented him from playing barre chords. This disability may have led to his use of extended chords, many of which don’t require barres.[4]

Buckley attended Loara High School in Anaheim, California,[5] which left him disillusioned. He quit football and cut classes regularly, focusing most of his attention on music instead. He befriended Larry Beckett, his future lyricist, and Jim Fielder, a bass player with whom he formed two separate musical groups, The Bohemians, who initially played popular music,[6] and The Harlequin 3, a folk group which regularly incorporatedspoken word and beat poetry into their gigs.[1]

In 1965, during French class, Buckley met Mary Guibert, one grade his junior. Their relationship inspired some of Buckley’s music, and provided him time away from his turbulent home life. His father had become unstable, angry and occasionally violent in his later years. He had suffered a serious head injury during the war; that, along with a severe work-related injury, was said to have affected his mental balance.[7]

Buckley and Guibert married on October 25, 1965, as Guibert believed she was pregnant.[3] The marriage angered Mary’s father and he did not attend the wedding; Buckley’s father attended, but joked to the priest, “I give it six months”. Shortly after the wedding Mary realized that she was not pregnant after all.

The marriage was tumultuous, and Buckley quickly moved out, but Mary soon became pregnant. After several months, Buckley found himself neither willing nor able to cope with marriage and impending fatherhood. From then on he and Mary only saw each other sporadically. They divorced in October 1966, about a month before their son Jeffrey Scott was born.[8]

By then, he and lyricist/friend Beckett had written dozens of songs; several were to appear on Tim’s debut album, Tim Buckley. “Buzzin’ Fly”, was also written during this period, and was featured on Happy Sad, his 1969 LP.[8]

Buckley’s ill-conceived college career at Fullerton College lasted only two weeks in 1965;[2][3] Buckley dropped out and dedicated himself fully to his music and to playing L.A. folk clubs. During the summer of 1965 he played regularly at a club co-founded by Dan Gordon. Later in the year he played various Orange County coffeehouses, such as the White Room in Buena Park, and the Monday night hootenannies at the famed Los Angeles Troubadour.[9] That year Cheetah Magazine deemed Buckley an up-and-comer, one of “The Orange County Three”, along with Steve Noonan and Jackson Browne.[1]

In February 1966, following a gig at L.A.’s It’s Boss, The Mothers of Invention‘s drummer Jimmy Carl Black recommended Buckley to Mothers manager, Herb Cohen. Cohen saw potential in Tim[2] and landed him an extended gig at the Nite Owl Cafe in Greenwich Village. Buckley’s new girlfriend, Jainie Goldstein, drove him cross-country to New York in her VW bug.[7] While living in the Bowery with Jainie, Buckley ran into Lee Underwood, and asked him to play guitar for him. From there, they became lifelong friends and collaborators.

Under Cohen’s management, Buckley recorded a six song demo acetate disc, which he sent to Elektra records owner Jac Holzman,[1][6] who offered him a recording contract.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Buckley

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