That's how it is commonly used. It is a humorous way to title a brief summary of the main points.
Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 2x10 - "The Red Angel"
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Yes, I am. Otherwise, a lot of regular fiction is fan fiction.
Never seen it used that way. I mean like ever. In my experience it's commonly deployed as a "you went on excessively".
Well, yeah. It is. (Conversely, to be fair and avoid treating fanfic strictly as a pejorative, some fan fiction is better than a lot of regular published fiction...)
Some times. But, I'm biased since my wife writes fan fiction. However, since I commonly see it used a pejorative I find it rather an odd remark to call something "fan fiction" when it happens in all fiction...it makes little sense to me.
Wiktionary:
tl;dr
(chiefly Internet slang) Initialism of too long; didn’t read. Used to indicate that one did not read a (long) text, or to introduce a short summary of an overly long text.
I'm still wondering if there was a major change in direction again part way through the filming process, honestly.... we will see.
This could explain Lorca in Season 1 as well - he seemed downright mellow and heroic at times, and was able to pass for longer then most MU denizens should have.
I honestly expected more time shenanigans - like Michael *actually dying* only to narratively have a little rewind.
What part?
From Memory Alpha:
Leland claims that Burnham's parents were working on a theory that certain technological leaps were not happenstance, but the result of time travel. This resonates with the Star Trek: Voyager two-parter "Future's End" and "Future's End, Part II", which plot centers around a businessman, who revolutionized late-20th century computer science by stealing technology from the wreck of a 29th century timeship. Another of such intervention occured when Montgomery Scott gave Nichols the formula for transparent aluminum in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
Thanks guys. Never seen a lot of Voyager. I'm a 23rd century kind of guy. Appreciate it.
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Was the weird Georgiou/Stamets sexuality conversation confirmation that in the Trek universe, sexuality is the result of environment and not genetics?
I have no specific expertise on the matter in real life, but I would tend to expect like many aspects of an individual it's probably a combination of both, with genetic factors providing potential predispositions, and environmental factors from gestation onward shaping their expression?
[EDITED TO ADD: In any case, we know there is a biological difference as well between Mirror and Prime; the sensitivity to sudden changes in light was said to be one in "Vaulting Ambition" (DSC).]
-MMoM
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I word for word said this when that scene aired!! I also said I wondered what kind of shit storm is that going to kick up on the online boards?
I answered my own question, with the fact that most Terrans probably could not actually say "no" to the Empress....
That's a good point about saying "no" to Georgiou. Her perspective may be a little off... but surely she'd know if he was, umm, truly enjoying himself or not?I word for word said this when that scene aired!! I also said I wondered what kind of shit storm is that going to kick up on the online boards?
Yikes. Better to steer clear of that can of worms.
A similar debate arose, IIRC, when NuSulu was revealed to be gay in STBeyond and there was no indication of such a thing with prime-Sulu. Even Takei apparently weighed in on the matter, saying that Sulu was not gay, with the new movie implying that it was more of a choice rather than genetics. Caused quite a ruckus back then.
My answer to all that is that there could have been quantum-level genetic changes made as well in the alternate timeline. Remember Kirk’s eye color changed between universes. Why not Sulu’s sexual orientation?
My answer to all that is that there could have been quantum-level genetic changes made as well in the alternate timeline. Remember Kirk’s eye color changed between universes. Why not Sulu’s sexual orientation?
The gods of dramatic convenience.
That's what prompted this response from Simon Pegg...
http://simonpegg.net/2016/07/11/a-word-about-canon/
Of course, Pegg is wrong when he says "Canon tells us, Hikaru Sulu was born before the Kelvin incident"—Canon is mute on the subject of Sulu's age, and even the Okuda Chronology always conjectured that he was born in 2237, after it. So the additional timey-wimey elaboration was a wholly unnecessary complication to invoke in defense of this particular front, even if it might potentially hold other appeals as a general proposition, in the eyes of some (no pun intended).
Further, with all due respect to Takei, I see no real reason Sulu Prime can't be reinterpreted as gay. Can anyone point out instances of him displaying overt attraction for women when he wasn't being affected by sci-fi stuff like the Venus drug in "Mudd's Women" (TOS) or Deltan pheromones in TMP? There aren't really any that stick out substantially in my memory, although I stand to be set straight (pun intended). In TFF, he could have just been playing wingman for his buddy Chekov, bemused at the latter's drooling over Vixis.
Kelvin Chekov is several years older than Chekov Prime...but then, perhaps they were both test-tube babies conceived from the same frozen sperm/egg at two different times?
In any case though, looking it up, studies have consistently shown that identical twins (of which each pair indeed stems from the exact same sperm/egg combination) don't always share their sexual orientation in common, so whatever makes the difference there could presumably apply here too.
I'm not sure where all the false dichotomies spring from. Just because orientation isn't purely a matter of genetics, that doesn't make it a "choice." (We certainly don't choose the levels of various hormones to which we're exposed in our mothers' wombs as we develop, for one example.) And just because environmental factors may contribute, that doesn't preclude there being an underlying genetic component as well. Nature/nurture needn't be an either/or question.
-MMoM
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