What if Su’kal was preventing the next Burn?

[Go-Captain]

Instead of what we got, what if Su’kal was somehow preventing the next Burn from happening? Removing him will absolutely cause the next Burn, but leaving him in place has him live in perpetual fear and pain. He’s not a volunteer either, he’s been a kind of unwitting key component his whole life.

That way the story isn’t just solving a mystery, and Saru, who am I kidding it will be Burnham, faces a moral dilemma.

 

[fireproof78]

That sounds more like a fantasy style story.

 

[nic3636]

That's an interest idea and in line with the emotions centric style of storytelling the show gravitates towards, but it might be hard to explain from a storytelling / sci-fi standpoint (though that hasn't really stopped the show in the past).

 

[Agony_Boothb]

Instead of what we got, what if Su’kal was somehow preventing the next Burn from happening? Removing him will absolutely cause the next Burn, but leaving him in place has him live in perpetual fear and pain. He’s not a volunteer either, he’s been a kind of unwitting key component his whole life.

That way the story isn’t just solving a mystery, and Saru, who am I kidding it will be Burnham, faces a moral dilemma.

No thanks because then the show will just be criticised for having a crew/character who wouldn't help a being in need.

 

[Dryson]

If Su'Kal was trying to stop the Burn, then who or what, is behind the Burn?

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

I was only slightly disappointed that Su'kal was the only factor in The Burn™, rather than there being some sort of second aspect that may have used him and his genetics as a focal point.

I mean, there still could be if they decided to revisit it, but hopefully they just move on and tell some good stories in S4.

 

[nic3636]

I was only slightly disappointed that Su'kal was the only factor in The Burn™, rather than there being some sort of second aspect that may have used him and his genetics as a focal point.

I mean, there still could be if they decided to revisit it, but hopefully they just move on and tell some good stories in S4.

Yeah, by making it all about one person, they missed an opportunity to advance the world building. You could say the dilithium planet was that though so it wasn't totally wasted.

 

[fireproof78]

I was only slightly disappointed that Su'kal was the only factor in The Burn™, rather than there being some sort of second aspect that may have used him and his genetics as a focal point.

I mean, there still could be if they decided to revisit it, but hopefully they just move on and tell some good stories in S4.

On the one hand, yes I would love for the Burn to have a secondary aspect, including some sort of damage to subspace for a longer lasting effect that needs addressing. On the other hand, I think that between the dilithium planet and Su'Kal's own genetic abnormality have set up really nice story potential for Season 4.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

On the one hand, yes I would love for the Burn to have a secondary aspect, including some sort of damage to subspace for a longer lasting effect that needs addressing. On the other hand, I think that between the dilithium planet and Su'Kal's own genetic abnormality have set up really nice story potential for Season 4.

They could and hopefully will do what you're saying, more damage than they saw right off. Maybe something only another time-crystal will fix

I was thinking of a secondary cause for The Burn™ that could have been uncovered later. Like, the more they mine the planet, the more info they turn up that points to an interdimensional catalyst. Again, not really expecting anything like this. It was a child's tantrum, so be it.

 

[fireproof78]

They could and hopefully will do what you're saying, more damage than they saw right off. Maybe something only another time-crystal will fix

I was thinking of a secondary cause for The Burn™ that could have been uncovered later. Like, the more they mine the planet, the more info they turn up that points to an interdimensional catalyst. Again, not really expecting anything like this. It was a child's tantrum, so be it.

I can get behind this.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I posted this elsewhere supposedly this was the inspiration for the burn

https://trekmovie.com/2021/01/10/an...big-mystery-for-star-trek-discovery-season-3/

 

[dupersuper]

That sounds more like a fantasy style story.

As opposed to the hard sci-fi we got?

 

[fireproof78]

As opposed to the hard sci-fi we got?

That was not what was meant at all.

 

[nic3636]

Funny you should say that, I'd been thinking that myself: this show has a huge emotional impact compared to other shows -- which, on a personal note, was what I needed these last couple weeks, current circumstances over the last year mounting up on me like it has -- but still, it's just non-stop strumming your emotional strings every single scene. Made me wonder how many of Discoverys' crew end up being treated for stress-related ailments, or end up alcoholics/drug addicts, or risk having their heads explode.

I get numb to it after a while. There are only so many times I can see Burnham explode into tears before it loses its impact, but that's just me.

 

[fireproof78]

Made me wonder how many of Discoverys' crew end up being treated for stress-related ailments, or end up alcoholics/drug addicts, or risk having their heads explode.

Probably most. Hopefully it will be explored more.

 

[fireproof78]

Now that I think about it, one has to wonder how that works for her when she spent so many years living on Vulcan and graduating from the Vulcan Science Academy. Overcompensating sometimes for having lived in a society that represses their emotions?

How about exposure to trauma trigger resulting in unburied wounds from her childhood. Now she has to learn to manage emotions rather than repress them.

 

[nic3636]

How about exposure to trauma trigger resulting in unburied wounds from her childhood. Now she has to learn to manage emotions rather than repress them.

She must have a lot of trauma triggers.

 

[fireproof78]

She must have a lot of trauma triggers.

More like she's still learning healthy emotional management.