I love this article. I guess he might be proven right eventually.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12488484
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12488484
Interesting article about the Klingons in Discovery
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With a headline that reads "Kilngons in Discovery. More likely then you think!", it's not worth my time to read further.
I never noticed a single Kilngon. Do they make pottery?
I never noticed a single Kilngon. Do they make pottery?
No wonder Lorca hates them. They're Potter-y.
I have a confession. I have NEVER LIKED Klingons in Trek. They annoy the hell out of me with their bluster and, frankly, bore me with those tales of the great tribble hunt (hehe).
This is the first time I've liked them. The very FIRST time.
Plus, missing a comma. More likely, then you think!
Edit: Holy shit, I never should have tried to read that "article". "Okay, but like."? "Bois"? Feh.
So he thinks they are inbred? Or did I read the whole thing wrong lol.
Personally I like to view these Klingons as ones who underwent cranial reconstruction hence the hair loss and slightly more aggressive ridges. I actually like the new design to be honest and the armor design. They still act very much like Klingons and even speak the language more than they ever did on the older shows. I am down with this.
Personally I like to view these Klingons as ones who underwent cranial reconstruction hence the hair loss and slightly more aggressive ridges. I actually like the new design to be honest and the armor design. They still act very much like Klingons and even speak the language more than they ever did on the older shows. I am down with this.
I could not read that article. The quality of the writing is terrible.
They don't act at all like Klingons. I don't see any resemblance whatsoever between DIS Klingons and TNG/DS9 Klingons.
However, while the writing in this article is atrocious and painful to read through, the idea that they're all inbred royals because they're obsessed with purity and avoiding the augment virus is actually a pretty good one.
However, while the writing in this article is atrocious and painful to read through, the idea that they're all inbred royals because they're obsessed with purity and avoiding the augment virus is actually a pretty good one.
So this guy thinks that Disco Klingons are hillbillies. Being half West Virginian, I’m not sure what I think of this. 
So this guy thinks that Disco Klingons are hillbillies. Being half West Virginian, I’m not sure what I think of this.
I'll bet they listen to Dwight Yoakam too.
Damn hicks.
I've liked them before, but in hindsight, they were pretty one note-- just a run-of-the-mill warrior race, no different than any other alien race on Trek based around one attribute.
Discovery has given them context. Depth. Layers. Motivation.
Except that none of that depth fits into how they have been previously portrayed. It's great to add depth to a species, but it has to fit in to what has already been established. DS9 did a good job of fleshing out the Klingons a little more from what we had seen in TNG. DIS could have just kept exploring the inner political and religious workings of the Klingons while still staying true to them as a species.
I'm willing to wait and see. DS9 took four seasons to do that, TBH.
Yes DS9 took four seasons to do that, but they spent the first four seasons ignoring the Klingons, not actively contradicting everything we had previously known about them. That's a bit different.
I think it fits in rather well, actually.
I've been on an ENT and prior a DS9 binge the past month or so, and since DSC premiered I've been viewing the Klingon episodes in an entirely different light, and seeing lots of connective tissue I had never considered. Not talking about the makeup, the costumes, or the ship designs, but their ideology, their philosophy, and their culture.
It strikes me that the writers re-watched all Trek before sitting down and crafting this new show, and dug beneath the surface to develop the Klingons. I suggest you do the same when evaluating them as predecessors to what we've seen before.
It strikes me that the writers re-watched all Trek before sitting down and crafting this new show, and dug beneath the surface to develop the Klingons. I suggest you do the same when evaluating them as predecessors to what we've seen before.
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