All of Trek is a tale told by storytellers in the 40th century. One told the TOS-era stories. Another told the TOS-movie stories. Another told the TNG/DS9/VOY/ENT stories. Another told the Kelvin stories. And another told the DSC stories. Each storyteller has visual aids to enhance the storytelling and, as they are different people, they have different artistic tastes and provide occasionally contradictory embellishments/changes to preceding stories. No one in the 40th century cares one whit about these inconsistencies as they are recounting the equivalent of myths. In the 45th century, someone finds these stories and, for fun, has been delivering them in a form modified for 20th/21st century visual broadcast and scattering them through the 1960s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s. They are also watching the infighting among fans and find it highly amusing.
No one can, in any way, disprove my story, so it is, of course, true.
(Or not).