Post #3001655

2026-05-21 22:20 UTC

I think it's physically impossible for a Star Trek show to feature a Klingon that I don't like. I feel them in my bones. I'm watching starfleet academy and I love Jay-den (lmao at the name tho) already with the few lines he's had. His family seems to be extremely conservative tho, and it doesn't seem like it's unexpected, but this is 31st century, after the klingons joined and left the federation. I would love to learn how the joining happened, and why they regressed so fast post-burn.

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@z@blahaj.zone 2026-05-21 22:50

ok yeah this episode has some interesting implications. Without getting into the episode details: Through the many series we've seen individuals among the federation capable of understanding Klingons, how they value strength, independence, and identity at the cost of everything else. But this episode implies this is not shared amongst the federation; that it, as an organization, struggles to internalise and respect Klingon identity. Which is not surprising given again and again Klingons refuse apparently completely reasonable help. The degree to which their own identity is more important than survival is counter to the federation's core ideals, where survival must always come first. This is what fascinates me, the recurring inability to grasp this. They are more of a foil for each other than I realised huh.

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@z@blahaj.zone 2026-05-21 22:26

Other than the klingons I love having a gremlin captain, and the jem-hadar/klingon teacher is fascinating?????? in case there's any doubt the captain is human in everything but aging. By gremlin I literally mean by episode 2 she's curled up reading a book in the captain's chair, goes everywhere barefoot, and tries to help the kids with their pranks. Chaos teacher.

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