#and that cast is full of weird eccentrics who have the capacity to tug at my heart

[andromediae]

God it hurts me every day that they bunked up the Kirk/Spock casting and characters so epically on Strange New Worlds that I can't ever get my TOS-adjacent needs met. Forget Spirk, can't I just have characterizations that don't chew up and spit out and then MURDER some of my favorite TV characters of all time? Is it too much to ask that they just leave these characters BE.

#I'm allergic to the idea of this K/S #much less the bits I've seen #which SUCKS because some of the other cast are really cool and I'd rather we just followed them rather than ruining iconic characters #Lower Decks is the only new trek that doesnt give me hives #tho I'm willing to give Discovery another go #especially since it seems like they have an interesting concept for the last two seasons #and that cast is full of weird eccentrics who have the capacity to tug at my heart #strange new worlds #new trek #Lower Decks is actually really proper trek and its a chaotic combo of parody and homage strung together with space ooze and friendship #it shouldn't work but it does #I'd venture to say that it actually is created by fans #Lower Decks #star trek: discovery #one of the worst things about Discovery is that Burnham reads as QUEER AF but the show doesn't serm to know that which is super awkward #like when everyone at the dinner table knows your sibling is gay (or hell - half of your siblings) except your parents