Wooster

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[–] Wooster@startrek.website 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

As a fan of mysteries, my mind tends to clasp onto details that writers felt important enough to mention, but had no bearing on the plot up to this point.

The fact that the ship Tendi recovered was a “medical frigate” triggered such an alarm in my head. Yes the ship was able to gas the Blue Orions, but that’s hardly a feature unique to medical ships.

We Know:

  • Tendi wants to come back to help raise her niece.
  • Tendi wants to be a captain
  • The finale is going to have some tear jerking moments
  • This is the last season.

I think we’re being prepped for the main cast to go their separate ways, not unlike the DS9 finale.

We’ve had some foreshadowing with Freeman and Starbase 80. I wonder if the finale might end with her being posted there, as an admiral. Fix it up, that sort of thing, rather than an exile.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I really want the S5 set, and the S1 poster.

Not really sold on a full set at the moment.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 8 points 1 month ago

This is why minorities are a prime scape goat for politicians.

Why be mad at some faceless corporation/politician, when you can blame the world’s issues on Garry that you see in the supermarket?

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago

No. They’re aiming for that regardless.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

Actually, I didn’t know. Never heard it used in an offensive context before today. But I’ll edit my comment just the same.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Airbags, Anti lock Brakes, and hopefully leg room are probably bonuses too.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cerritos?

Protostar?

La Sirena?

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Eeh.

While I agree with the sentiment, I think we’re in this situation because of the current medical climate.

  • You call an ambulance? You get charged an arm and a leg.

  • You take yourself to the hospital, you get charged an arm and a leg.

  • You get medical insurance, and you’re somehow even further behind because it’s their priority to find reasons to deny having to give you money back,

The current system does not work. As a consequence, people are attempting, however incompetently, to take their care into their own hands.

Fix why folks are resorting to this, and this should stop being an issue, or at least stop gaining traction.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Butter used to be dyed yellow. Now no one bats an eye that it’s off white.

It takes time, but new normals take over.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

If we go by the gap between Strange New Worlds beginning filming, and S1’s release, we could see Academy around November of next year.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 3 points 3 months ago

I feel like Dennis the buffer buff from the Lower Decks S3 Premiere was intended to be O’Brien, (Transporter enthusiast, war veteran) but for whatever reason it didn’t pan out…

… which I honestly felt worked out for the best. Dennis was like my grandpa.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dude, you’re missing out then. I was dubious going in, but Time Lord Wesley was the absolute delight I didn’t know I needed. Wheaton’s performance was probably leagues better than in TNG.

 

No Discovery, Protostar, or La Sirenia… but I'll absolutely take what I can get.

 

So, to summarize before I start explaining myself:

I don’t think Ralsei is the prince from the legend. I do however believe he is actively updating his résumé so when the prophecy comes into play he fulfills a loophole by being’dark prince shaped’.

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When we first meet Ralsei, his town is mysteriously empty. No citizens. No guards. No royalty. Further, the town shows no evidence of an attack or other forms of distress which throws doubt into the postulation that there could’ve once been a community that was forced to leave.

By completing chapters 1 and 2, the castle and town become occupied by refugees. Amidst those refugees are the King of Spades and the Cyber Queen.

So now we have a kingdom. It has subjects. It has a king. It has a queen.

On paper, these are all the things you’d need to have a proper kingdom. The pieces don’t properly fit, but they should be enough to pass a cursory check. Letter of the law vs Spirit of the law.

So… that leads to the question: Who is the intended prince from the dark?

Lancer seems like an obvious contender… except he introduces himself as the “Teardrop-headed kid. From the legend”—suggesting Lancer does indeed have a future role to play, but not necessarily as the prince from the dark.

Frankly, I have no idea who the intended prince could be. As far as we know, we might not have even been introduced to him yet.

So, assuming Ralsei is trying to insert himself into the legend… that begs the question of why.

When we first enter the dark world in Ch1, there’s a lot of iconography reminiscent of the Titans revealed in Ch2. It’s probably a safe assumption that the Titans are directly related to Ralsei’s true goals. But whether that’s to thwart them on his terms or set them in motion… I really don’t know.

 

My biggest complaint with Live Action Trek vs the two Animation shows is that they seem obsessed with giving us a black ship on a black background. It’s nice to be given a reprieve, even if for only one episode.

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