• Corgana@startrek.websiteOP
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    2 months ago

    If I can produce examples from the show of Burhnam being wrong would it change your opinion? Because while I’m sure you do not mean it this way, it feels icky to single out this particular character for the crime of “being special” when that “criticism” is (in my experience) almost never applied to other characters who’s actors have lower amounts of melanin in their skin.

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      2 months ago

      My dude, I am literally praising the writing they did on DS9 and LD with Sisko and Freeman. Two people of color who are in charge.

      I am not criticizing Disco or the writers for the existence of the characters. I think it is very cool that there’s a woman of color running the ship. And that the mushroom engineer has a loving marriage with his doctor husband. And that they picked up a cool enby person with a ghost boyfriend who plays the cello.

      I am not criticizing the existence of these characters. I am criticizing the execution.

      I am saying that the writing was bad, the plots made no sense, and the characters’ motivations were all over the place. And yeah, the main character thing was bothersome. Not very Star Trek. The show about an ensemble cast doing space stuff.

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        2 months ago

        It’s just weird to me that you and so many others frequently direct these same criticisms only at this one specific character? Discovery is bad because it has a main character? It’s bad because that character is “special?” Am I meant to understand that you don’t like any shows with a main character or “special” characters? If so I apologize for the interrogation, but again, it just seems odd that I have never in my life until this one specific show heard the existence of a “main character” described as a bad thing.

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          2 months ago

          It is equally baffling to me that because you don’t understand why I have an opinion, it must be because I’m a racist.

          I’m kinda done trying to explain to you why I have an opinion. It’s not that I haven’t explained it well enough. It’s that you refuse to believe me.

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            2 months ago

            I have not accused you of being racist, just pointing out that you are repeating the exact same “concerns” that racists frequently do.

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              2 months ago

              I don’t suppose you can elaborate on what makes a main character bad without using the word woke?

              Your words. Maybe you didn’t explicitly accuse me of racism. But you did the Joe Rogan “just asking the question” thing of proposing a question and already implying the answer you presupposed.

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                2 months ago

                It was absolutely presupposed when I saw you you echoing the same tired racist “concerns”.

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                  2 months ago

                  You assumed I was saying a thing because I was a racist. I explained why I wasn’t. And you just refuse to believe me. That says so much more about you than it does about me, and I’m pretty tired of explaining it to you. Consider the conversation over.

                  LLAP 🖖