kendall @morae@witches.town

@alyx they do seem to be trying! they use transhumanism in ways other star trek shows write around or use as a gimmick. and they poke fun at the boring musical tastes of typical star trek characters.

@alyx yeah :<

one day i'll finally write down all my thoughts on diversity in star trek and then throw them in the trash because they've all been said better

@alyx re, gambit, this is from the memory-alpha article

"The story broke one of Gene Roddenberry's long-standing Star Trek taboos – specifically, that there would be no such thing as space pirates."

unfortunately it's not as cool as it sounds

@alyx huh, i thought everyone loved that episode!

@alyx uh oh i'm back on my bullshit help

@alyx a lot of people might say "sub rosa" but it's such a fucked up premise that I still love it

probably the worst might be the insufferable, boring two-parter "gambit"

but uh "conspiracy" is totally the standout of the first season, probably because it's just so out of form for star trek. uncharacteristically creepy and violent. it's a good stand-alone horror show.

@alyx ok that is the best episode from the first season and the not-the-worst episode from the seventh so yeah you're doing ok

@alyx if you want i'd be happy to give you a CURATED LIST of SELECT EPISODES that are very good

@alyx i mean it's a very episodic show so you can skip around -- no need to binge-watch or marathon or anything.

@alyx i guess that is what i get for being partially raised by a television show

@alyx I use TNG as a healing salve sometimes, i'll just pick an episode quasi-randomly from the series and watch it (i've seen nearly every episode at least like, a half-dozen times by now)

@sophia star trek: recovery

@HTHR with colloidal oatmeal, even

@jk N64 Blast Corps except the runaway nuke truck is PS1 graphics

@nergdron eeeeeeeeee eeee eeeeeeeeee I'm so excited for you two!!!!! AND ALSO EXCITED TO SEE YOU THIS WEEKEND and absorb some of these vibes

@jk this is why I kind of dislike the recent elder scrolls games tbh

excessive "realism" without good design is an express ticket to the uncanny valley

@bea @er1n ah yes ok that's -sql

@mimtschan @punsandpotions yessssss