Man can you imagine Nog and/or Rom getting half the character development that they got in DS9 in a contemporary show format?
Not saying it’s all bad or all good one way or another, but your comment made me think back and totally appreciate those two fleshed out minor characters
future “big bad” situation with Sybok
For real though, wtf happened with that mic drop reveal. Not that I’m complaining; I don’t feel particularly excited to learn about another previously-unheard-of Spock sibling.
Then again, the amount of times Sarek’s name was dropped in this episode is probably a clear breadcrumb that this storyline is coming sooner than later.
humania
My first time seeing this; delightful term hahah
I also can’t agree enough with your observation about the human side as a lens through which to understand Spock and how he relates to those around him. Double points for noting the lack of quippiness in the vein of “Are we sure we want to fix him?” I hate that I need to praise that kind of restraint in TV / movie writing these days but, well, here we are.
As for my original contribution here:
I realllly liked the fact that while I’m sure I’m not alone in shipping TF out of Spock and Chapel, I feel like this episode went to decently robust character exploration such that the ending bit felt a lot less tacked on, or a writer’s wink “for the shippers”. A lot of that IMO rests on Spock’s monologue at the end of the dinner. For just another layer of appreciation of that character moment.
Birth of the first new ST pasta in the Fediverse??
But, were you T E R R I F I E D about six hours ago???
Not to sound doom gloomy here, but my reasons for ditching Blizzard games were absolutely not the launcher. I don’t think I’ll be going back to Overwatch or anything else in their portfolio because of my issues with game development/marketing (PvE in OW2 promises vs. reality, Warcraft 3 Reforged debacle, etc.).
That said, for anyone who still is up on Blizzard properties, having platform choice is always nice. I still play a ton of Apex Legends and love that it’s available via Steam rather than just EA’s launcher, for example.