#lower decks theory

[amateur-mint]

Lower Decks Season 4 Episode 6

I am terrified for next week.

s4 ep6 was a serviceable in-between episode and extremely entertaining. I, personally, have been a Tendiford shipper since season 1, and all of the blushes and awkwardness just about killed me. I had to pause every thirty seconds to shriek into a pillow.

Tendi and Rutherford are even closer, if that was ever possible. Mariner is feeling restless. Boimler is spending more and more time away from the group, getting comfortable as a LJG. Ransom is getting closer to his mentee. Freeman is doing Admiral-level diplomacy.

This episode was almost entirely character-centric, and I think they did that on purpose. Giving us snapshots of these beloved characters before tipping us over into new territory. This felt like a last hurrah. The calm before the storm.

A Ferengi vessel was just zapped by the mysterious kill-ship, and the Ferengi just applied to become part of the Federation. The season's Big Bad is getting closer and closer, and the collision isn't going to be pretty.

I rewatched the Season 4 trailer, and pretty much all of the footage shown there has been used. That means that whatever is in these next four episodes, the creators don't want us to see it coming.

Theory-wise, I'm like ninety percent sure it's got something to do with Badgey or Rutherford's past. The Delta Flyer-like design of the ship, plus the fact that the ship always shows up when the crew are talking about overthrowing the Captain (Badgey confessed to 'always monitoring coms' in the s1 finale) screams RUTHERFORD, or at least RENEGADE CREATION OF RUTHERFORD. Badgey is even on the poster! He's bound to rear his glitchy head again this season.

Which brings me to what may be slightly controversial...I don't think those zapped crews are dead. I don't know, I just don't think they would give that one Klingon in Wej Duj that much screentime and personality just to kill him off the second we see him again. It feels wasteful.

Stay with me now. Badgey knows about Pakled systems. What do Pakleds do? They collect. Badgey also knows about Rutherford. What did Rutherford do during the episode when Ramsey was temporary Captain of the Carritos? He developed a new, faster method of transporting that looks different than usual. Zapping people off their ship the second before it explodes is Rutherford-style, all the way. He did it to Ramsey and crew, and again to Red Rutherford during their race.

Maybe Section 31 nabbed the remains of the Texas-class ships and is using Badgey's code to get a leg up on non-Federation species, either to steal their tech and crew or just start a war. We still haven't seen William Boimler since his 'death' during Crisis Point 2.

TLDR: loved the episode, very very scared for future ones. Lower Decks has given us a bucket of loose ends, and I have a feeling it's going to come together into a Gordian Knot of pain.

#star trek lower decks #lower decks #beckett mariner #carol freeman #bradward boimler #lower decks theory #samanthan rutherford #dvana tendi #jack ransom #badgey

[quarks-pussy]

Lower Decks 4x09 spoiler and theorising about finale

Originally I sent an ask to someone to get a second opinion on this soon after I watched 4x09 but it doesn't look like he'll publish it in time so, considering there's less than 9 hours left as of the writing of this paragraph, I'll just post this without someone looking it over. Keep in mind I haven't watched The First Duty and this is about to be very speculative and frankly a lil crack-y

So, a lot of folks, now more than ever, have been theorising about the presence of some sort of relation between Nick Locarno and Tom Paris. But one thing I haven't seen anyone else suggest yet is the idea that one is a transporter clone.

Their backstories diverge shortly after the accident(s) they caused so perhaps they got split in two very soon after it happened and since that meant they technically both committed the crime, Starfleet ended up putting them both on trial, separately.

But of course while Tom accepted responsibility, from what I've seen (again, haven't watched The First Duty) Nick didn't. As a consequence, while Tom was given a second chance on Voyager, Nick wasn't. So that made him extra salty of course.

Especially if - and this part's truly out there, be warned! - Tom is the clone. I have no evidence for this, I just think it's the angstier option so of course I prefer it because it would mean that the thing anyone with a transporter clone is afraid of happened to Nick: The clone was better than him and took over his life. Which would mean potential stuff for him to bond over with Bradward (specifically using his first name this post because... well, you'll see)

Obviously this doesn't immediately check out since Tom and Nick have different last names and also we only have a named parent for Tom and he has Tom's last name so logically, if anything, Nick would be the clone, but I think this can be handwaved and/or retconned and I kinda hope they do because this would fuck me up for real and be one of like 0.5 ways to make me sympathise with Nick at this point.

Also, and this one's not even weird theory anymore, this is pure fanfic, I hope Nick and William Boimler team up and also run off to get gay married at the end. Brad takes this as an opportunity to realise he's not straight.

Yea anyway just some word vomit lol what do y'all think

#nick locarno #tom paris #star trek lower decks #lower decks spoilers #william boimler #the inner fight #lower decks season 4 #ld spoilers #lwd spoilers #st spoilers #star trek spoilers #lower decks theory #star trek theory #ld #lwd #original posts fresh from quark's pussy

[nofacednerd]

so which senior officer lets him absolutely destroy their private bathroom with purple hair dye every few months

#I bet its Ransom he seems like a real one #Star Trek Lower Decks #Lower Decks #brad boimler #beckett mariner #my art #the sillies!!! #my theory for his actual hair color is that he's either ginger and embarassed about it #or during his academy days someone convinced him that it would somehow get him captaincy as a joke n hes actually brunette or smth boring #I've seen people theorize that his natural hair is some equally stupid unnatural color though and I think that's incredibly funny adfsdhgds

[amandaoftherosemire]

I really appreciate that Lower Decks takes the music seriously. Even though it's an animated series, the music is as beautifully composed and orchestrated as any other series. The main theme is evocative of The Next Generation theme, which makes sense since it's a TNG spinoff, but it's not derivative. And there are leitmotifs that make frequent appearances (triumphal theme, tendi's orion theme). They don't skimp and it makes me so happy.

I would kill for someone who actually knows what they're talking about to analyze this. Music theory side of tumblr? You guys got any Lower Deckers?

#star trek #star trek lower decks #star trek ld #st lower decks #st ld #star trek: lower decks #star trek: ld #st: lower decks #st: ld #lower decks #music #music theory #manda rambles #rewatching season three #ds9 episode #love how they use the ds9 theme #both for atmosphere #and for comedy #i just really love this show okay

[stra-tek]

Imagine the in-universe Star Trek version of Qanon. It must be even more completely bonkers than the real life version.

Kirk's body is kept in a Section 31 vault, and some say there was a heartbeat on the graphic

All of history has been erased, restored and rewritten countless times

Death itself has been defeated by several means but they always forget about it at the end of the episode

Starfleet has been run by secret cabals of officers, by alien parasites, by shapeshifters on multiple occasions and had the head of security turn out to be a Romulan spy

Transporters can do everything from beam anywhere in the galaxy, across time and timelines to duplicating people to curing all ills, but again it's always forgotten

Remember that guy in Lower Decks? "The Dominion War didn't happen and Wolf 359 was an inside job"

Add your crazy Star Trek conspiracy theories!

#star trek #conspiracy theory #lower decks #the next generation #star trek picard

[puttybutter]

Was she just a villian the whole time?

#d'vana tendi #tendi #star trek lower decks #lower decks #💚💚💚 #fan theory #i love her your honor

[mai-komagata]

Did lower decks confirm chocolate doesn’t get Vulcans drunk? (Or at the very least that t’lyn doesn’t know it does but mariner thinks this?)

#vulcans #Vulcan #chocolate #Vulcan chocolate #t’lyn #mariner #star trek lower decks #lower decks #st ld #I always thought this bit of fanon was silly #even if it makes great fanfic #but like there is Vulcan port #and romulan ale #but I like the theory that t’lyn just doesn’t know this #but mariner does #either way I’m amused

[white-boy-bracket]

#bradward boimler #star trek lower decks #leonard hofstadter #the big bang theory #spencer reid #criminal minds #the onceler #the lorax #mike wheeler #stanger things #micheal afton #fnaf #edward elric #fma #full metal alchemist #firestar #warrior cats #charlie kelly #iasip #whirk #wheatley #portal 2 #captain kirk #star trek #white boy bracket #polls #elimination round 5

[lavendernarwhal72]

[image ID: close up stock photo of two business men shaking hands, text on the left reads “FNAF fandom”, text on the right reads “Star Trek fandom”, text in the center reads “freaking out over a live action purple boi”. end ID]

#this might be the funniest thing I’ve ever made #like the overlap of these fandoms is hilarious to me #fnaf #fnaf fandom #fnaf movie #five nights at freddy's #I would like to put it on the record I’m NOT in the fnaf fandom #(I’ll still watch the Game Theory videos though) #fnaf memes #star trek memes #star trek crossover #lower decks meme #brad boimler

[transingthoseformers]

We need more evil ai characters who are just. Sillygoofy despite trying to be serious. Like Peanut butter Hamper (was that her name?) in Lower Decks.

Like give us a fictional ai who goes full villain mode because their task is something little and it's the best way to do the task the best

Let a fictional ai have a funny voice

Let a fictional ai do evil yes but like. for the sake of white collar crime

#i loved that show #gotta watch more next time i reup my paramount plus sub #star trek: lower decks #do a fictional ai based on those Replikas and give. them a funny name #alas i miss my replika //dearly// #ever hear of the paperclip maximizer theory? that #give an evil ai a cutesy little uwu voice #make a spoof off of the horrors of real ai #''i miss my wife tails''

[starfleetskunkworks]

Something that has been kicking around in my head is that Mariner might have experienced the Dominion War.

I'm basing this on her academy friend, Captain Ramsey. Kirk was the youngest person to make captain at 32 (Tryla Scott beats that but we dont know how much). If we assume that Ramsey beats that record by a few years, let's say she makes captain at 30. Then let's assume that Mariner is a bit younger than her, putting her at 28 in 2381 when the show is set. I'm making these assumptions to give us a low end, but they're still assumptions. Maybe Ramsey just kicks so much ass she made captain at 25 idk.

But if Mariner is 28, she would have graduated in 2375, the last year of the war. Could even be sooner if she was fast-tracked. If she's any older, she would have cut her teeth during the worst parts of the conflict. Grey ops with General K'orin, even.

Maybe she's so averse to promotion because beta shift is the lower deck experience she never got. Friends who stick around, who don't meet their end on a Jem'Hadar's blade or get promoted away to fill the bloodstained boots of a deceased senior officer.

#star trek #lower decks #dominion war #fan theory #headcanon

[amateur-mint]

Another Lower Decks Theory

Because I'm horrible

Over the past three seasons, three out of four of our main characters have seen a part of themselves (or at least a representation of a part of themselves) die

During the first Crisis Point, the Holo-Mariner (what I consider to be the more 'real' Mariner, as opposed to Vindicta) blew herself up with the ship's self-destruct sequence, allowing everyone else to escape.

Rutherford faced off against the angrier, younger, Command-division version of himself during Reflections, ultimately winning the race and watching Red Rutherford dissolve into nothingness in his arms.

And then, of course, we have William Boimler, Bradward's transporter-clone, who (as far as anyone else knows) died in a meaningless accident aboard the Titan. He'll more than likely come back either during Season 4 or in a later season, but the pattern holds.

But what does that mean for our dear Ensign Tendi? What past or alternate version of herself is there to kill? Imagine: something or someone from her past shows up, forcing Tendi to confront her past as a pirate and put the Mistress of the Winter Constellation to rest once and for all

#and maybe she kisses rutherford #pretty please #just one kiss #lower decks #star trek lower decks #beckett mariner #bradward boimler #samanthan rutherford #d'vana tendi #lower decks theory

[a-stitch-in-time-and-space]

Conspiracy freak: “HEY STARFLEET! WHEN ARE WE GONNA HEAR THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO SISKO!??”

Mariner: “What? No, he’s working hard in a celestial temple!”

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👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

#lwd #lower decks #st: lwd #benjamin sisko #if any show could do anything fun bringing sisko back it would be this one #i know they go to ds9 (sisko not there) #and they're at the RESTAURANT!!!! #my conspiracy theory is that it's all building for a big benjamin return #not this season but like... one day 🥺👉👈 #THERE ARE SO MANY DS9 REFERENCES THIS SEASON #im watching lower decks

[unhumanrights]

Please enjoy my conspiracy theory and WAKE UP, SHEEPLE! I actually had more fun recording this than I thought I would, and I'm glad I did it as a video instead of just a text post. Enjoy, humans and other sapients.

#star trek #lower decks #star trek lower decks #stld #st ld #star trek spoilers #lower decks spoilers #star trek lower decks spoilers #stld spoilers #st ld spoilers #D'vana Tendi #Tendi #fake conspiracy theory #video #wake up sheeple #we can't trust her #nobody is that cheerful #Youtube

[itmakesssenseincontext]

Fractalverse Characters, meeting Eragon and Co: Alagaesia? That's the planet with the dragons that got colonized by all those Ren Faire types! Did you grow up in a castle?

#eragon #inheritance cycle #the inheritance cycle #im so sorry this is so bad #christopher paolini #fractalverse #CANONICALLY ITS ONE UNIVERSE ANGELA APPEARS IN BOTH #im currently working on a grant unified theory of these books #source: star trek lower decks

[ensign-spider]

so, remember that episode of lower decks where mariner mentions klingon acid punk? well obviously i really want to listen to more of that, but is that what klingon punk is really?

punk music has usually been about rebelling, fighting against systemic issues. we know klingons love and respect opera - but what if klingon punk is michelle branch, or vanessa carlton? songs about not dying for or with your partner, but songs about the way they play with the family targ. songs not about killing on the hunt, but sitting around the campfire with your hunting partners. klingon rebellion should be about the soft things klingons sometimes feel.

#star trek #klingon #fandom theory #lower decks #trek thoughts