oh yay... more Michael Burnham. The most shoe-horned-into-a-franchise-lead-character-ever. Why should I care about this character or vision of ST? Because Spock’s her “brother” ? Because she’s got mommy issues? Picard had family issues in TNG as Did Riker w/his dad, then later his doppelganger, Worf, Sisko, and of…

Spot on. 

Every day regardless of reality is a slow news day here in Japan.

From Aksum Empire (with a Solomonic ancient lineage and trade power), to Mali (which had a very democratic system- ripe with intrigue) to Benin to North African Moorish Raiders and Ghanaian gold kings— the Middle Ages of Africa do offer a lot of rich opportunities. It s a whole continent of potential and awe…

Hm, I didn’t mind Michael’ push on the tardigrade— I felt like it was one of the truer to ST moments thus far in the series, holding to a open minded this altering perspective to find a solution is pretty base to the model. But I really don’t like the crew conflicts, it’s really too far from the nature Star Trek. I’m…

Wow, that is so simple- starch and sauce, yet somehow so very wrong. It gives me the creeps,you are bad and yet awesome for this answer. It strikes a chord with me.