I feel like Star Trek Discovery was amazing in the first season. The second season was… still okay, I guess?
Then I watched three episodes of the third season and just… drifted off. I kept wondering why. Why did I not want to watch it more? Why did I just stop because I felt… almost… tired?
I finally figured it out while watching TNG. Star Trek is not a show, it's a play.
In Star Trek, the cheesy sets are not a flaw, they are a feature. Almost any episode of Star Trek could be performed on a stage. It's all dialog and interpersonal conflict. It's character driven.
Discovery is like the JJ Abrams movies. Plot driven. It's too glitzy, too refined, and so dramatic that it's tiring. It's a flashy science fiction movie.
I think that's why Patrick Stewart was such a brilliant choice for TNG, and why everyone after took a page from his book. He was trained as a theater actor. He leaned into Star Trek as play instead of show.
Seeing posts about trans women who are objectively beautiful getting misgendered really hits hard. I’ll never be that pretty, and they’re STILL getting misgendered.
She may have, but until substack stops profiting off Nazi content, I won’t be reading anything that generates traffic for them. To my knowledge, they haven’t modified their stance on hate speech.
I just can’t generate traffic for them, I’m sorry. I appreciate that they may moderate hateful commenters, but they’re STILL platforming and monetizing Nazi shit. If they would, at minimum, de-monetize the Nazi stuff, I’d consider it a fair compromise, but they won’t.
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My reading comprehension is pretty decent, actually. I get that many other platforms do the same thing. I appreciate the position you’re in, and harbor no ill will toward you for being forced to choose between shitty options.
But I take stances where I’m able. I do my best. The option is to just throw my hands up and do nothing. I’m sorry if it comes off as a special pleading. I guess I might as well go back to X and resume generating traffic for them as well.
An hour and 50 years ago, I was born. It was like today, a Thursday and about the same temperature. After my birth I was taken and placed in a humidicrib as I was exhausted. That's my daily vibe 50 years later.
This is a pay-walled (account-walled?) article, but I appreciate the vibe from the first few sentences. Turns out gender affirming care is good for everyone, not just trans people. It's just good healthcare, that's it.