Fan reactions to Starfleet Academy's female Jem'Hadar/Klingon hybrid character
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I kinda think she looks half specifically early-DISCO Klingon.
*blinks in Spock*
It’s subtle, but she is missing those distinct, white, horned elements that most previous Jem’Hadar sported on their forehead. So I assume the idea is that her forehead is basically ridged like that of a Klingon. It’s not very obvious, though. There are also more ridges on her nose bridge than we typically saw on Jem’Hadar, and it looks like it’s closer to what we saw on some Klingons. The biggest difference to Jem’Hadar, however, seems to be that she has visible ears, like we saw on Klingons but never on a grown Jem’Hadar, as far as I recall. (Note: I think the single time we did see ears on a Jem’Hadar was during one of the several growth stages of the child Jem’Hadar in “The Abandoned”.)
I noticed they gave her straight teeth, not the fangs that Klingons usually had, which probably makes acting a lot easier for Gina Yashere. And her hair is much longer than we ever saw on any Jem’Hadar.
Thanks to the subtitles we now know how her full name is written down, by the way: “Lura Thok, daughter of Asmaret from the Klingon House of Dak’Hatas and the Jem’Hadar lineage of Kah-Baj.”
She also does not have the rhino-style Jem'Hadar nose/nostrils that all the adults seem to have.
I'm loving Lura Thok. The scene in 'Beta Test' where she is angrily mouthing to Caleb to say 'Nope Chancellor' was one of the highlights of the episode. Impeccable comedic timing.
She also does not have the rhino-style Jem'Hadar nose/nostrils that all the adults seem to have.
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Don't shame him. He was still a growing young lad!
Yup, not a fan of that aspect either. It’s such a Star Trek (or sci-fi?) cliché that everyone tells you immediately upon meeting them what planet they are from and what species their parents were. It feels like a very unnatural way of people engaging with each other.
Yeah, I was on team, "I didn't think the Jem'Hadar would have sex organs at all."
Maybe they didn't - given they were genetically engineered and this is 800 years since we last saw them, lots could have happened.
Maybe they still don't - and the hybrids we see are still grown in birthing chambers but with added genetical material from a "parent"?
Lots of different ways it could go.
This was also my interpretation when they were an engineered warrior caste. Definitely a vulnerability and an avenue for them to rebel. But after 800 years they arent slaves anymore and are now a 'real' people.
It's nice when people stop asking for a pedigree for every variant of aliens appearing. Imagine all the humans going through their lineage to prove they're human.
I liked her Jem Ha'dar heritage not being a house or family name but a "lineage". Goes with the cloning origin of that race. "I'm the kid of a clone trooper, from the lineage of Jango Fett".Interesting! It wasn’t white on Deep Space Nine, or was it? Did they perhaps confuse it with the ketracel-white? Would be kinda funny, after both regular red blood and Pepto Bismol pink blood is both canon for Klingon blood.
I mentioned it in the other thread, but one of the preview clips reveals her full name: Lura Thok, daughter of Ashmerekt from the Klingon house of DaH’ataQ and the Jem’hadar lineage of Ka’batch (no idea about the spelling of those names). I wonder if Ashmerekt is her Klingon mother or father.
Gives us a nice backstory in 1 sentence, but with enough room for interpretation to tell any type of stories later on (Jem Ha'dar now being a "normal" race, just a small "batch" being able to have kids, to her being a one-of-a-kind).
Well... It's tv writing. "Hi, I'm Barney, we met at the urinal". Pilot episodes especially are usually full of these. It's fine. How else are we the viewer supposed to know the characters in 30 seconds?
At least she didn't introduce herself to people who know her already.
And in the modern era, they also expect people to be watching these on phones while doing something else - a practical reality.
Isn't there some kind of described video variant that people who aren't paying full attention can turn on?
I have to admit I usually watch with my laptop open. Usually to the TrekBBS.
I like the character a great deal and then looked up what people were saying and like, "Ah, of course, the commentary is only surface level."
There's only one way to see Shakespeare... in 30 seconds long instagram reels with AI voice-over explaining what's happening on screen.
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