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Kelly Aster 🏳️‍⚧️
Kelly Aster 🏳️‍⚧️ @ kellyaster @lemmy.world
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  • This would come in handy for temporary outages or worst-case scenarios where the instance doesn't come back. Should be interesting to see how it develops

  • That's my personal favorite. It's something I didn't hear when I was younger, so now I try to recall it when I realize I am being too hard on myself. The fact that it's a Picard quote makes it more reassuring, if not comforting in a way.

  • That looks like a good one. Just picked it up, thanks for recommending it!

  • JFC, this troll again. You're the one who's been stalking Stamets for the past several months, posting shit about him constantly. What, did you get bored with your other account? Piss off.

  • If you feel personally attacked when people voice their dissent against regressive discriminatory behavior, perhaps consider it's your conscience trying to tell you something.

  • Argh I know! It's like, they couldn't think of something more original? Gotta keep them all in the same space? People who complain about this show's "wokeness" specifically have obviously never seen it, because it's strangely regressive in some ways.

  • The show's use of the 'bury your gays' trope is so disappointing. It was so noticeable on first viewing, I remember thinking "why the hell are they killing them off?"

    Ok, so you said something that really got me thinking:

    And Adira doesn't get the dignity of even existing without having to declare themselves and struggling to fit in as well.

    Yeah, thank you for saying this. I hadn't thought about this before, but Adira not even existing is crazy ironic because queer folks everywhere right now are fighting just to exist...not just as a byproduct that accompanies coming out in the modern era (having to explain your identity can be exhausting), but in the context of severe oppression where it's a crime to be queer or where laws are being changed to restrict queer rights. Take your pick of which state, or country, for that matter...queer erasure is happening in a lot of places.

    I wish I had enough faith in the writing team to believe this was intentional and meant to be an allegory, but nah. They were just tone deaf.

    They're regarded as objects of pity, cudgels for plot points, set pieces, and fucking ghosts, but never with the dignity and respect that any other crew member receives, and that's just fucked up.

    Thank you for saying this too. FFS, can't we just have a gay character on screen without constantly having to O'Brien the poor dude? It is fucked up, it's today's version of making all your female characters victims of rape (poor Deana, how many times was she violated?). So incredibly fucked up

  • @The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world there's been some movement on the meme-making site, and plans have changed; Jawa21 recommended a wiki-based solution that fits the bill, so I'm gonna go with that. I'll send you a DM in a minute.

  • @jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org Hey, quick update. I've been tinkering with the Miraheze wiki..... and you know what, I think this will work. Great recommendation! I'm gonna send you a DM in a few minutes, let's chat.

  • @Moxvallix@sopuli.xyz, Just a heads up about the Trek meme-making web development idea, as you offered your services earlier. I've decided to go in a slightly different direction than I initially thought; it's gonna be on a FOSS wiki that lives on the provider's (Miraheze) free managed hosting solution. We don't have source code access and thus won't be doing typical web dev stuff.

    I still kinda wanna do some collaborative development for something Trek-related one of these days, so if/when that happens, I'll let you know!

  • I think I'm still on the fence about the revamped Klingon look; I would be 100% ok with it, though, if they reveal it's just the way that Klingon house/subspecies evolved, as some of the fan theories go. The changes are so drastic (even moreso than the changes made between TOS and TNG) that it's jarring. What I never got used to was the Klingon mouth prosthetics; they were so unwieldy that it was hard to understand the dialogue at times. I had to turn on closed captioning.

  • But I have a hard time believe people who complain about Trek being woke are actually trekkies.

    Same here, and that's why I singled out out bad faith actors in my post. They aren't real fans of Trek any more than people who like to highlight black crime statistics in the U.S. are "just asking questions." It's bullshit, and they need to be called out on that bullshit. Star Trek has always had a progressive vision of the future; anyone who claims otherwise or complains about "wokeness" is sowing discord and trying to get people to subscribe to their brand of douchebaggery.

  • I think I only got like three or four episodes into Discovery

    Disco had a rough start because the showrunner Bryan Fuller was fired during preproduction, and they drastically changed the story he had in mind and just ran with it. Fuller has writing credits for the first 3 episodes, which is about where we both gave up on the show (I started again a few years later and got caught up). Those first two seasons are real hit & miss for me, it kinda looked like they were scrambling to develop a compelling story but were under a tight deadline.

    The part where they time travel was actually done well, I thought. I had some issues with the tone here and there, but I thought it made sense in universe. It's really too bad Disco had so much turmoil wrt creative control, because I look at how SNW and LD hit the ground running, and it's obvious they had a clear vision from day one and were able to plan everything properly.

  • Yes, but you have to avoid using words like "woke" and "diverse" and "agenda" so you come across as a generic hater.

  • I'm the opposite too, Disco really grabbed me in season 3. When Sadil told Burnham "that future is you," I was sold. I honestly teared up, you could feel the weight he carried his entire life being lifted. What a line. Plus the future is a better fit for them and helps avoid continuity issues and all that.

    All the gay killin' was disappointing, I agree there.

  • Lol it's not my style at all (I'm more a Barbarella cheese fan), but I do appreciate the spectacle it achieved, even if it looks outrageously silly today. It's definitely a product of its time. Seriously though, you could take the movie and all it's wild production stories, claim it was made in the 80s, and everybody would believe you. I'm not unconvinced Boorman wasn't a time traveler

  • Sry, I'm still seeing the typo ("That' kind of bbeautiful"). It seems to be loading pretty well, though!