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Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 3x06 - "Scavengers"

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It hasn't.

And, Kelvinwise, it never came up with Gaila either.

On a completely unrelated matter:

Anyone notice the TOS-style communicator among the items in the salvage yard? :cool:
Neither of those characters are villains. An Orion villain bent on defeating heroes would ensure that any defenses against pheromones were disabled by tampering with environmental controls or something.
 
On an unrelated matter,how do Michaels,Mickeys and Mikes feel about their name being non-gendered.As a male Rory it bugs the shit out of me.
Michael (and Gabriel) has been used for both genders in many languages for at least some 4000 years, I really don’t see the problem.

All of seasons 2 tears. I've counted roughly 30 different instances of Burnham crying. So that averages a little over 2 cases of Burnham crying per episode.
wow, would have said 10 or so. And now they say it was “justified”...how to totally miss the point.

how many examples of toxic or misogynistic men getting put in their place by a woman.
cant think of a single one.

Now that we finally have some gay characters in Trek and an Orion villain, I have to be honest I've been wondering since Enterprise if Orion women's pheromones have any, uh, shortcomings in this area. (Yeah, I know, what nerds think about in their free time).
They'll definitely going to avoid this kind of thing like TNG avoided homosexual...Too dangerous.
 
wow, would have said 10 or so. And now they say it was “justified”...how to totally miss the point.
Largely because we lack context with the video posted. I still don't have an issue with her crying though, regardless of frequency. Frequency doesn't equal a bad thing, otherwise the transporters should be written out of the show for not working :rommie:
 
Maybe,having being raised by Sarek (not exactly a picnic)Michael has made the decision to just go big with her emotions.

On an unrelated matter,how do Michaels,Mickeys and Mikes feel about their name being non-gendered.As a male Rory it bugs the shit out of me.:brickwall:
I'm good. Grew up watching Michael Learned as Olivia on the Waltons and had a bit of a crush on Michael Steel of the Bangles
 
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I feel like I need a disclaimer on posts where I have criticisms of Burnham because it has nothing to do with gender, race etc.

I am fine if they are going to have her be a Kirk-esque cowboy, doing the right thing even if it isn't in the best interests of the Federation or the Discovery crew. It fits in the in-universe history, even if in real life, Kirk was primarily that way because of how 1960's TV worked.

I feel that if she is going to do these kinds of things, especially to the point where she is going to leave Discovery or Starfleet and place them in danger from people seeking revenge on her, the eighty plus people on Discovery should be having more WTF comments about it. They followed her into the future, leaving all of their lives behind, into this dystopia and she's just running off doing whatever she thinks is best, consequences be damned. Saru's speech to her was a start, but I feel she should be getting far resistance from others. Take Detmer for example. Michael has literally put her through a super traumatic event twice within two or three years. At what point does she finally have enough of it?
 
At what point does she finally have enough of it?
Perhaps we shall find out.

Honestly, I feel this season is exposing how singularly focusely Burnham can be and showcase that it isn't always done in the best of ways. And, she might ultimately be proven right, but that is the nature of TV.
 
Heh... She actually kind-of did in the premiere, when she got jacked-up on that speed-like truth serum-whatever stuff. She was literally talking as fast and nearly as nonsensical as Mariner can get sometimes.

I do not in any way think that's a coincidence. They started off Season 2 following in Orville's shadow, something new and different that was able to deliver interesting sci-fi stories while still being able to poke fun at themselves and not be so bloody stiff. Enter Linus sneezing on people in the turbolift, re-introducing himself as a reasonably decent comedy relief on S2's first trailers. Disco S3 continues in LD's shadow, that cranked the meta humor up to 11. They are realizing that they don't need to have a titanium rod shoved up their collective asses a-la BermanVerse to deliver a good story. They're starting to relax a bit, but they still seem to be having a hard time fully embracing it due to the dramatic aspects the show normally demands. I don't think they entirely "get it" quite yet, but definitely better than they were doing in the beginning. Baby steps, an' all that...

You missed the part where they invented a time machine and used it to change history. Not to do something useful like warn people about COVID or, idk, go back to 2016 to save Carrie Fisher or prevent certain other disasters that happened that year. No, they went back in time to change the script of Discovery, which was written and filmed while Lower Decks was still in production, and only aired afterwards because COVID caused post-production delays for Disco.

Seriously, I don't know why people make up these elaborate stories that blatantly contradict reality. It is impossible for Discovery S3 to have been influenced by Lower Decks the way you think, beyond 'people working on the franchise talk to each other'.
 
She took off her badge in the last episode. I think we might be seeing congruant storylines with Burnham and Book as one and what happens with Starfleet and Discovery as the other.
Ultimately, she's her own person. And in a chain of command, you can't be your own person. She's also a natural leader. But Starfleet isn't going to make her a Captain when they don't even think she should be First Officer. So it all adds up to her becoming a free agent who can work with Starfleet instead of for it.
 
My only issue with her name being Michael is that before the series started they said her name being Michael would become important but it never really did. We're in season 3 and so far there's nothing special about the name. Then again, those original showrunners did leave midway through season 1.
 
This might save you some time..

All of seasons 2 tears. I've counted roughly 30 different instances of Burnham crying. So that averages a little over 2 cases of Burnham crying per episode.

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If tears aren't coming out of her eyes, it isn't crying. I shouldn't have to explain something this basic to you (or Major Grin), but apparently I do.

Thanks, but no thanks. I'll come to my own conclusions.
 
Imagine if the song was Baby Shark. At least that would make more sense as to how it spread. :)
 
Still not sure what Georgiou's job is, but I want it.
Blinky Bill.

Now that we finally have some gay characters in Trek and an Orion villain, I have to be honest I've been wondering since Enterprise if Orion women's pheromones have any, uh, shortcomings in this area. (Yeah, I know, what nerds think about in their free time).
When Trip wasn't affected, I thought Trek finally had a non-straight character.

major grin is part of the fandom menace so that pretty tells you everything you need to know about that :censored:
His videos are great, though. The recuts are hilarious, and the comparisons fit.
 
Dead Like Me featured a woman named George. Wonderfalls featured a woman named Jaye. Pushing Daisies featured a woman named Chuck. It's just something that Bryan Fuller does.

My name isn't Michael... but my name is Chuck and I can't imagine why anyone would object to their name being given to a character of a different gender.
 
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