Poll Who will YOU ship for?

seriously though, another Mudd bottle episode would be fun.

 

Would a Mudd appearance conflict with any established canon? Who could he ship with? I didn’t include him in the poll as I never envisioned that he would appear in a Pike series. He never was one of my favourite characters though tbh… mostly skippable episodes usually. Maybe he can actually join this crew on a swashbuckling adventure or two if he wants to get in on the shipping?

 

More Mudd would be fun.

Otherwise, I don't give a ship.

 

Not really seeing romance between any of the main characters. Other than Chapel flirting with Spock, that is. If/when they go there, I hope the relationships will be with guest stars. Uhura (for example) goes on a date with some day player portraying an ensign, or Pike's f-buddy fellow captain from the pilot shows up in an ep, stuff like that.

 

The sapphic shipping love is in full force mix and match on AO3. Which is awesome fun. But I'm okay with most of the fan shipping staying in fanfic.until we know a little more about the characters. I don't mind the occasional romance story B plot though. I also think it would be really nice to see people who deeply care about and love each other without it having to be sexual. Humans are pretty good at that if we give them a chance.

 

I hold out some hope for an alternate timeline. Otherwise I know what happened so why would I invest in character relationships that are basically doomed? I’d like to see Pike and Una/No. 1 together and I would prefer that Pike not end up in that wheelchair.

 

Well, as far as Spock and T'Pring are concerned, I'm intrigued by how it all went to hell. It's not exactly "shipping" but as an investment in character development, I'm intrigued with how things could fall apart so spectacularly from where we see them in the first episode. I mean, I have a notion

 

Didn’t T’Pring cheat on Spock and try to have him killed just before their wedding or something like that? I can’t remember the fine details, I just remember Spock fighting over her with someone in the deserts of Vulcan with that cool TOS fighting music playing in the background. Spock was definitely going through Pon Farr at the time though…

 

The cool track that plays over this fight scene in the episode is called ‘The Ancient Combat & 2nd Kroykah’ from the album Star Trek The Ultimate Voyage, renditioned by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. It’s a classic track that I often enjoy listening to. I can highly recommend the rest of the album too.

 

Chape/Spock. Never shipped it when it was Majel Barret and Leonard Nimoy, but Jess Bush and Ethan Peck go well together.

 

I wouldn’t object to some rehab of T’Pring’s character. She must have had her reasons.

 

I've never understood this outlook. The vast majority of all relationships are doomed. Out of all the romantic relationships the average person will have in their life, maybe one of them will last long enough for one or more of the partners to die before the relationship ends. So, depending on how you feel about such a death, either 100% of relationships are doomed, or only 99% of them are.

The experience of every relationship you have should be enjoyed while it lasts, learned from, and hopefully cherished. Otherwise, what's the point?

 

Yes. Sorry. I was assuming everyone already knew how their divorce went..

 

I think it's more like, why invest in a story where the final outcome is already known (and unpleasant). Nearly all prequels suffer from this.

 

Yes. Spock was never there, and Stonn was...
http://chakoteya.net/StarTrek/34.htm
..so when Spock absolutely utterly had to consummate their union or die... a classic Trek show was born.

 

Yup most are doomed which is why I care little about watching them on tv shows. Most people thing relationships are like TV and movies. They aren't. After my divorce I can barely stand to watch people faking liking each other on tv shows like it's the best thing ever. Its doesn't exist. I would rather order a pizza with beer and read a book on my days off these days then waste that time watching that crap. Lol

 

Well, er, I still haven't seen SNW yet, but I didn't expect T'Pring to be around at all. In Amok Time I got the impression that Spock hadn't seen her since they were kids. I'll need to start up my Paramount+ subscription soon and check this out.

Do you run the Chakoteya site? If so, thanks! It's an essential resource for me, as I refer to the episode and movie transcripts all the time.

Kor

 

No shipping for me. I'm kind of hoping this series stays away from building romantic relationships.

I hate to say it, but Star Trek typically sucks at that, and this series is pretty good so far. Let's stay the course.

 

It's about the journey. We frequently know the outcome of stories and enjoy them just the same. We know our heroes will prevail. We know the Enterprise will get out of the predicament. We know the mystery will be solved. We know the murderer will be caught. We know Pike will have a terrible accident. We know Kirk will fall off a stupid bridge. We know Spock will die more than once... etc., etc., ad infinitum...