These things happened all the time, yet they still thought it wasn’t completely tone deaf to produce a show that is basically gun porn. Idiots.

How do you know he was rejected by Section 31, Undead Kai Opaka? If you ask me, he sounds like exactly the kind of CO Section 31 would embrace like a long-lost brother.

All of the prophets’ children are flawed, so we should have patience with them. Having lots of time to absorb new narratives (big chunks of negotiation downtime lately) I have a high bar for writing and am more bothered by flawed characterization. Was absolutely everyone in Starfleet mentally unstable in those days? A…

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Discovery increasingly feels like it takes place specifically in the world of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, with the crazy science experiments, more militarized Starfleet, scientists who look down on Starfleet as a military org, etc.

This is Kelvin timeline tech and aesthetics, all the way through.

Is ‘stupidly optomistic’ code for I’m an arsehat that likes to swan around like a pretentious frat boy with a copy of ‘Atlas Shrugged’?

Man, “Rocket Man” is a badass nickname. Sounds like Kim Jong Un is riding around with a jetpack, punching out evil Western Capitalist Dogs and flying off into the night.

She’s very good, especially in her O. Russell films.