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  • Maybe they didn’t want Stovokor to mistakenly let the albino in or something. It would be interesting if that’s an actual consideration that Klingons need to be aware of, like “Quick! We need to roar for the fallen!” “Wait! This guy over here died like a cowardly petaQ!” “Shit, let’s drag his body away from the others! And hurry, or their souls will already be gone!” “How far do we need to drag it?” “Out of earshot!” “WHAT??” “I SAID OUT OF… FUCK IT THAT’S FAR ENOUGH”









  • I think the main goal of the Maquis was not to evoke sympathy for them, but to put the main characters in interesting moral/ethical quandaries. Both TNG and DS9 did “forced relocation” episodes where the narrative focus was on the fact that there were no “right” answers, only “less wrong” ones.

    In that sense, it’s like the Kobayashi Maru: the main characters are presented with a no-win scenario and the purpose of the episode is that watching how they deal with that tells us more about who these characters are and what they stand for. Kira’s episode certainly helped define her character, especially when Sisko summed it up for her: she was used to fighting for the underdog, but she was on the other side now.








  • Because I don’t trust anybody who tells me things I wanna hear like “you bear no responsibility; it’s somebody else’s fault”.

    Oil companies couldn’t sell if nobody was buying. The idea that the world can be fixed and I won’t need to sacrifice a thing is a little too good to be true. Sure, maybe others will need to make more changes than me, and I’m certainly not gonna let them off the hook, but I’m not gonna let myself off the hook either, and anyone who tells me I can is selling me something.