It's also fun.
ST canon is inconsistent and contradictory.
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It's also fun.
Indeed!
* Worf's dad was at that camp!
* Paris just flat out is Locarno!
* Klingons have a variety of races!
That being said for most things, especially the Klingon one, I prefer the out-of-universe explanation (they updated the makeup)
Not quite accurate...Starfleet is the only organization mentioned in the Menagerie, though, at that time in the series, The Federation (UFP) hadn't been developed yet.
1. Sure, why not? He understandably didn't want his son to know he was there, and was probably hiding in the canteen the whole time.
2. Unfortunately, the preponderance of evidence on Paris's past doesn't really work for him being Locarno, even if we assume he was using an alias for anti-nepotistic reasons. He would have to reenroll at the Academy after being expelled, and commit a similar pilot error that kills three more people this time.
3. "Klingon" is a culture, not a species, independent of the Qo'noSites, the Borethites, the Klinzhai, the Levodians... Prove me wrong.
This would explain a lot of things.
It would be a definite change in thinking for the franchise.
I mean, I personally prefer it, even over the "fusions" that older RPG games suggested. The only wrinkle to that is Bashier's comment "those are Klingons?" in surprise. So either the Klingons have hidden away histories of the different races inside the empire,
But, I would lean towards it as a much more positive way of reconciling different appearances.
I can reconcile all Trek continuity errors easily - - tap my heels three times and speak the magic words.
"It's just a show; I should really just relax."?
More like "being Klingon" or "becoming Klingon" is such an all-encompassing identity that they actively oppress other divisions. The original Klingons (Qo'noSians?) were so adamant about cultural assimilation that they pushed away other cultures.
Vulcans and Romulans are one species but two monocultures. Klingons are/were five or six species but one monoculture. Rampant genetic engineering and the occasional retcon virus have blurred the lines somewhat on how many individual species there are.
I mean, for an expanding interstellar empire it makes perfect sense.
For real-world examples, just look at the diversity in the US armed forces. Even the old Soviet forces included numerous ethnicities from all around the Union, including Asians. Even as far back as ancient Rome, their legions included conscripts from the regions they conquered.
Yes, I was thinking of the Romans as I wrote.
"The only wrinkle to that is Bashier's comment "those are Klingons?" in surprise."
Imagine if in ENT every single human on the ship looked liked Archer (Europeans) and years later Shran ('pinksins)' met humans who looked liked Sato and Mayweather and exclaiming 'Those are humans?' Since all Andorians seem to be blue , they do not have a diverse culture (until the Aenar showed up).
Humans are diverse in skin tone, hair texture, nose bridge size, lips and eyelid shape.
Klingons can be diverse in appearance, in ridges, skin tone and other features.
Trek's monolithic culture of nonhumans is a bit annoying for the likes of me.
Imagine if in ENT every single human on the ship looked liked Archer (Europeans) and years later Shran ('pinksins)' met humans who looked liked Sato and Mayweather and exclaiming 'Those are humans?' Since all Andorians seem to be blue , they do not have a diverse culture (until the Aenar showed up).
Humans are diverse in skin tone, hair texture, nose bridge size, lips and eyelid shape.
Klingons can be diverse in appearance, in ridges, skin tone and other features.
Trek's monolithic culture of nonhumans is a bit annoying for the likes of me.
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Monolithic cultures are ridiculous and tiresome.
The only real way to get around it is to spend more time among those cultures, like seasons at a time fleshing them out. Honestly, there is no particular Trek culture that I care enough about to follow something like that.
Not really, a few lines, in the script can take care of it, the 'silly Northerner' line in Picard explained the ridged head Romulans
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