I’m sorry to anyone I gave shit to about the writing or about it being the Michael Burnham Whining Hour. Y’all were right.
Expect a name change soon.
I’m sorry to anyone I gave shit to about the writing or about it being the Michael Burnham Whining Hour. Y’all were right.
Expect a name change soon.
I’d say the way they handled the “wokeness” was generally rough.
A good contrast is that both discovery and strange new worlds features a non binary character. In discovery, a big deal is made, some insecurity and nervousness about coming out and then a supportive reaction when they reluctantly declare it. This implies that this a Is a “big deal” when it really should be boring, this is supposed to be a super progressive society, no reason the person should have been nervous. In strange new worlds, they just are. This seems consistent with the optimistic progressive universe, that contentious facets of personal identity today are boringly accepted in this future.
That’s not a good contrast. It’s a bad contrast. Discovery and SNW take place in two very different time periods. In SNW, Federation is still strong. When Adira comes out in Discovery it’s during a period where Earth is xenophobic as fuck and the Federation is crippled. It’s a big deal for Adira because they don’t live in the same Universe as the character from SNW. Then there’s the fact that the other non binary character was on screen for a single episode while Adira is a supporting character.
You can’t compare those two so easily while dismissing the surrounding atmosphere.