Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

[Quinton]

Which is too bad — I really like both

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La’an as a character

and

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Christina Chong as an actor

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She’s my fave.

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There’s a certain unmistakable storm cloud hovering over her, though, for sure. Like, in terms of these totally-new TOS characters, I fully expect Ortegas to live a long life, but La’an… not so much. :/ At least they’re nicely allowing her to conquer her demons and move forward more happily with the time she has left, if so!

 

[FredH]

She’s my fave.

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There’s a certain unmistakable storm cloud hovering over her, though, for sure. Like, in terms of these totally-new TOS characters, I fully expect Ortegas to live a long life, but La’an… not so much. :/ At least they’re nicely allowing her to conquer her demons and move forward more happily with the time she has left, if so!

I could still see a heroic end for anyone not seen in TOS or later (especially Ortegas, although once again I hope not, for pretty much the same reasons).

 

[Firebird]

I do feel like this apparent new relationship between

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Spock and La’an

has come out of the blue. I wouldn’t be surprised if, now that the show has an end date, eventually

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La’an dies heroically, and Spock recedes further emotionally, to the point that even years later in “Space Seed” he won’t even reveal a flinch when he first learns Khan’s surname, or speak of this even in his still-later more-humanizing years when Khan returns in TWOK

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It would be kinda odd if SNW does that given that Star Trek Continues did the exact same storyline, albeit a platonic friendship, with Spock and Dr. McKennah.

 

[FredH]

It would be kinda odd if SNW does that given that Star Trek Continues did the exact same storyline, albeit a platonic friendship, with Spock and Dr. McKennah.

It’s an easy enough sort of thread to see developing, so I’m not surprised at different productions/writers dealing with the same character coming up with such. I think the old J.M. Dillard novel (The Lost Years?) did something similar, too. I wouldn’t be surprised if others have.