James T Kirk Did Not Say Leave Your Bigotry In Your Quarters, Theres No Room For It On The Bridge. In

James T Kirk did not say “leave your bigotry in your quarters, there’s no room for it on the bridge.” in 1966 for any bigots to love Star Trek. Get out of the fandom you’re not welcome here.

This was funnier when I thought the original post said "hellsite"

STARTING TOS LETSGO

book wesper is your first pet that you buy and it’s elegant, wise and regal. it’s name is something relating to that of a greek myth and it demonstrates just how strong and independent this animal is and the respect and love you hold for it, this animal would die for you and you would die for it, it makes you understand why certain religions bow down to these creatures and worship them so heavily

show wesper is the rabid cat you found on the side of the road one day and name Keyboard McKeyboardson, will throw themselves out of the five story building if left unsupervised for more than 5 seconds and is one sneeze away from having a heart attack but you will defend that scruffy, violent animal to the ends of the earth and if anyone tried to hurt it you pull a knife-

i would already like to punch ruon tarka in his stupid smug face

(DISCO 4x5)

agree with you about picard! same goes with strange new worlds.

i see some people being pissed that "snw spock doesn't feel like tos spock, he is too human", "snw chapel is too different from tos chapel, she is too cool", and so on.

but i prefer to think of it all this way: these series are the realities existing in the different continuity.

this way we can stop policing how canon accurate these new stories are, we can stop being afraid that the new installments are going to ruin our beloved established canon for us, and this way we can be more open-minded in allowing the new series about old characters to be flexible.

I totally agree with you, anon! 💕

I think there are a few points to unpack here:

First, fanon has compressed some characters and sometimes people expect canon to accommodate fanon. (Or vice-versa in the case of the AOS films.)

Second, not all canon is good. I have big issues with the 1960s vision of Pike getting sent away to a life of fantasy as a happy ending for him. Let disabled people contribute to society or, at minimum, be included and respected in reality (the way Pike was and did when he voted Spock guilty of mutiny for trying to send Pike away). So some canon can go fuck itself and I’m fine with it being overwritten (see also Janice Lester).

Third, I do think this is somewhat of a problem of Trek bringing back legacy characters instead of creating new ones. Established characterizations are valid. But, on the flip side, to gain more context (and modernized standards) for underutilized characters is a joy.

Fourth and finally, as you said, looking at each series as its own reality within a multiverse of possibility is just easier. Trek canon has gotten too big and sprawling (and, at times, outdated or offensive) to be constrained into a coherent whole. So many writers and so many episodes and even little things like whether Klingons can cry even though they don’t have tear ducts can become rabbit holes unless we remember that these stories are about people and people have always been open to interpretation and renewal and rebirth.

So, yes, anon, so, so, so much yes to what you said. 💕