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Trying to rapidly finish Prodigy, on Season 2
Rok continues to be the best at everything, and deserves all the hugs. Though I remain baffled how ST thinks they can on one hand have post-scarcity nearly everywhere (including, one presumes, in places just outside of the Federation where they can easily abscond with probable Federation citizens) and also have seedy underbellies everywhere as well. The problem is that they never actually worked out how it all works, and I think the only solution is to ditch the idea that even the Federation really has no currency and is totally post-scarcity. Everybody has their basic needs met, I'll agree is supported by the writing. Anything past that, no.
Anyway, Rok's friend in her tragic backstory was clearly no more able to leave that situation than she was and though I can see there's too much plot for that to happen in canon I really hope they could rescue him.
Speaking of tragic backstories, I cannot believe a. that Dal tried to say his was the worst and b. his version of being "the worst" absolutely skips past the part where his adoptive mother sold him - twice! But seriously, dude, you grew up as a slave on a mine full of child slaves. It's not a situation people get into because their life was just so great beforehand. If everything was hunky-dory, none of you would've been targeted in the first damn place. You all have a terrible backstory, you don't need to prove it!
Moving on, Murf continues to also be the best, but ffs, can somebody get him an AAC? Or a whiteboard, at least? Teach him sign language? This is a solved problem even in the real world, surely Starfleet can figure it out!
Nothing to say about Jankom, he's just there. *shrug* And I feel kinda ditto about Zero, tbh. I mean, I like them, but....
Ma'Jel, between her cool hair and her increasingly consternated expression as the turbolift got more and more crowded, is clearly not one of the most unemotional Vulcans out there. (I don't care what Vulcans say, the opposite of "logical" is not "emotional", it's just "illogical".) I feel like she and our darling T'Lyn would have a lot to talk about.
The adults on the ship - this show is clearly trying to walk a fine line between keeping them competent and allowing the kids to run circles around them. I'm not sure it always works, but I appreciate the effort, and also I appreciate how they were careful to make it clear that the adults, whether they're being strict or a bit Too Much, are only acting the way they do because they're sympathetic. (Frankly, all the kids could stand to appreciate their new situation a bit more - except Rok, she already gets it - but I understand why they're struggling a bit.)
So, can we all agree that this mission was too much to give to Gwyn with the amount of backup she had? She's a kid! You can't ask her to be ambassador, especially with as little prep as she was given! They were not exactly setting her up for success, and really - was it even necessary? Couldn't they just have said "Okay, got it, that planet is not ready for First Contact" and gone and done something else? Just worried about it later, it's not like anything terrible will happen while you wait for them to unify. Maybe sneak in and start influencing their TV shows or something.
And now it's all timey-wimey, I guess we're never getting rid of that phrasing, and I have two thirds of the season left to do!
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Anyway, Rok's friend in her tragic backstory was clearly no more able to leave that situation than she was and though I can see there's too much plot for that to happen in canon I really hope they could rescue him.
Speaking of tragic backstories, I cannot believe a. that Dal tried to say his was the worst and b. his version of being "the worst" absolutely skips past the part where his adoptive mother sold him - twice! But seriously, dude, you grew up as a slave on a mine full of child slaves. It's not a situation people get into because their life was just so great beforehand. If everything was hunky-dory, none of you would've been targeted in the first damn place. You all have a terrible backstory, you don't need to prove it!
Moving on, Murf continues to also be the best, but ffs, can somebody get him an AAC? Or a whiteboard, at least? Teach him sign language? This is a solved problem even in the real world, surely Starfleet can figure it out!
Nothing to say about Jankom, he's just there. *shrug* And I feel kinda ditto about Zero, tbh. I mean, I like them, but....
Ma'Jel, between her cool hair and her increasingly consternated expression as the turbolift got more and more crowded, is clearly not one of the most unemotional Vulcans out there. (I don't care what Vulcans say, the opposite of "logical" is not "emotional", it's just "illogical".) I feel like she and our darling T'Lyn would have a lot to talk about.
The adults on the ship - this show is clearly trying to walk a fine line between keeping them competent and allowing the kids to run circles around them. I'm not sure it always works, but I appreciate the effort, and also I appreciate how they were careful to make it clear that the adults, whether they're being strict or a bit Too Much, are only acting the way they do because they're sympathetic. (Frankly, all the kids could stand to appreciate their new situation a bit more - except Rok, she already gets it - but I understand why they're struggling a bit.)
So, can we all agree that this mission was too much to give to Gwyn with the amount of backup she had? She's a kid! You can't ask her to be ambassador, especially with as little prep as she was given! They were not exactly setting her up for success, and really - was it even necessary? Couldn't they just have said "Okay, got it, that planet is not ready for First Contact" and gone and done something else? Just worried about it later, it's not like anything terrible will happen while you wait for them to unify. Maybe sneak in and start influencing their TV shows or something.
And now it's all timey-wimey, I guess we're never getting rid of that phrasing, and I have two thirds of the season left to do!
London's Knight Club brings chess and chatter to a new generation
A Risky Plan Made in America
How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter
Many coastal communities are flooding more than we thought, researchers find
Hurricane season is here. NOAA is in shambles. What could go wrong?
Trump deploys California National Guard to LA to quell protests despite the governor’s objections and protests intensify in Los Angeles after Trump deploys hundreds of National Guard troops
How Trump defanged the Justice Department’s political corruption watchdogs
Okay so just to sum up recent events on the US Right
Republican push for proof of citizenship to vote proves a tough sell in the states