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Stamets

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30s. Gay. Star Trek lover.

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Same but in Discovery. There’s a small moment with Tilly on the bridge where he plays a prank on her, within MINUTES of meeting her and beaming onto the ship. Then and there I fell in love with him… He was on screen for all of 5 minutes and I knew I’d die for him.

This is the prank I am speaking of, for the record.

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Doug Jones. Special effects. Visuals. Michelle Yeoh. Acting chops across the board. Bridge Officers getting more screentime. David fucking Cronenberg. Firmly establishing Kelvin timeline. Major LGBTQ+ representation for the first time in Trek (one off episodes don’t count). Una. Sharp increase in humor. The Enterprise. Culber returning. Tig Notaro! THAT Pike episode (You know the one. The big one.) USS Nog. Oded Fehr. Butterfly People (that’s just a personal favorite). Return of Space Cats.

I mean… there’s a lot of redeeming qualities of Discovery. It’s totally fine to not like Discovery, and to criticize it (respectfully) and the things you don’t like, but it’s a bit harsh to outright disregard the absolute slew of great things we’ve managed to get out of the show as well.

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doesn’t feel like Starfleet.

Starfleet, and Star Trek, do not have an singular feeling or vibe and honestly this criticism doesn’t hold any legs once you start getting into it. I’ve mentioned this elsewhere but every series (with the exception of TNG and VOY) all have their own individual themes and vibes. TOS is very campy while the TOS movies swing from campy to outright war, hostilities and loss. TNG (and VOY) are primarily explorative and philosophical while having their own episodes of strangeness. DS9’s entire theme is built around hostility and hatred between races that blows up into a full on war with extreme loss and casualties. Enterprise combines a variety of different themes from other shows while tackling the hardships of trying something for the first time. Not a single one of them share the exact same vibe across them all. They do share the same ideals, however, and Discovery is included in that. Just because the show focuses more on action/flashy scenes than others doesn’t mean that it isn’t Star Trek and it doesn’t diminish those traits which run integral to the entire show. Discovery doesn’t focus on war anymore than DS9 does, in fact it focuses on it less given the fact that it was one season in comparison to the multi-season arc for DS9. The core concepts of sacrifice for the good of all, hope, the quest for peace, wanting a better future, trying to do what’s best for all and (arguably most importantly) personal growth? They all exist in the show and while were buried a little in Season 1 (before becoming more visible in 2 and onwards) it’s still there.

As for ‘teeny sci-fi show’, why? The show outright tackles some pretty harsh subject matter and brutal decisions.

Lastly, if it’s a “good show overall” then why did you literally open with saying that Pike was “THE redeeming factor” of the show?

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Stamets,
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I’m someone who believes Janeway made the right choice.

I mean… I’ll leave if you want…

Stamets,
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Correct. He’s better.

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Honestly it’s the reason I don’t engage as much with Star Wars as I do with Trek. Trek has the same issue but it seems to be less pervasive. Everytime someone mentions anything to do with the sequels someone has to go “Yeah but it sucks” and start insulting it. Can’t have a decent conversation about it. Just gets really tiring. Like do the sequels have problems? Oh God yes. But not so much that saying something good is treason then.

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Put all opinions aside

Heavily and aggressively puts opinion full to the front, completely ignoring the point of the post and not even bothing to mention a single lightsaber fight.

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You’ll turn into us… slowly but surely. Sooner than later you’ll think something looks really cool and then look it up on YouTube. You’ll look up a few more clips then go “Eh, why not give this show a try.” From there it’s a slippery slope into bliss, my friend.

Welcome to the subspace fold.

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A plush toy? My guy you clearly haven’t played Fallen Order or Survivor or watched Rogue One. None of those show him remotely close to a plush toy

Stamets,
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Thank you for doing this! I probably should to be honest…

Stamets,
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Huh, that was actually quite fascinating. Thank you!

Stamets,
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Correct on every damn count. Even though I have my little digital watch.

Fantastic author with a fantastic set of books. The bit about how humans can fly will always make me laugh my ass off. Apparently we possess the capability of flight but we’re doing it wrong. The trick is to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Douglas Adams is a fucking genius.

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