Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread
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Every bit as valid now.
Seriously though... why are we focusing on this character? How can there possibly be any sort of redemption?
She delivers snarky one-liners and these days the actress has an Oscar.
“Why didn’t you tell him?”
“How can you ask me that?”
It’s a bit explicit that David does not know because Carol never told him.
Loki is a villain, sure, who caused too many deaths.
Empress Georgiou is a genocidal fascist tyrant who eats people...
This is not a character to be cheering on.
Loki literally tried to destroy Jodenheim (sp?) and all of the frost giants.
Then he gave a speech in Germany about how freedom makes us all miserable.
He doesn't eat people. So, advantage Loki?
I just watched Thor. Loki wants to wipe out the Frost Giants, and an entire realm. Pretty sure that falls under genocide.
And who is cheering on Georgiou?
Ate you saying she will be the antagonist of this new movie?
Also: Michael Burnham.
I think a lot of it is just that she was born and raised in a fascist society that eats people, and we get the Terra Firma two parter in season 3 which shows that these aren't things she would choose for herself after being exposed to a different way of life. I don't think I'd hold it against the character for not being able to see outside their own context
Protagonist's aren't always a hero. Protagonist just means the central character of the story.
I say Wesley's perfect for a post TMP Pre-TWOK series
That's my DREAM.
Being a protagonist does not mean "cheering on."
I thoroughly enjoy Chronicles of Riddick but certainly don't find Riddick someone to cheer on. But, it's a drama, not prescriptive.
The audience is absolutely cheering for Riddick.
Just as the audience was meant to be rooting for Loki and will be rooting for Georgiou.
I look at Tom Hiddleston and I think: "Oh, yeah. That dude's eaten somebody." 
