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kuroartsdotcom · 9 days

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Lost in the Fourth Wall.

#Kim Dokja #orv #omniscient reader’s viewpoint #omniscient reader #fourth wall #library #digital art #fanart #orv fanart #orv spoilers #kuro arts #digital #fav of mine #pro

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quasi-normalcy · 7 months

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Which Star Trek series should you start with?

The Original Series: Advantages: + The one that started it all + Has some sophisticated and socially conscious science fiction that has held up exceptionally well + The lead characters all have really good chemistry and fun to see play off of one another Disadvantages: - It can feel very dated and kind of sexist, particularly in its treatment of women - The sci-fi and social commentary may have held up, but damn it, the special effects really haven't - When TOS is bad, it's really, really bad.

The Animated Series: Advantages: + Basically just more TOS. Disadvantages: - Basically just more TOS, but substituting extremely cheap animation for bad special effects

The Next Generation: Advantages: + Probably the most popular one at this point + The crew is full of interesting characters and they're fun to spend time with + Just really smart people solving Space Mysteries + Socialist space utopia + Geordi-And-Data! + Lots of cool sci-fi concepts and social commentary Disadvantages: - Although not in the same way as TOS, it can feel dated at times, particularly in terms of its treatment of women and it's near complete refusal to acknowledge queerness - Without wanting to bias viewer opinion, the first season is widely considered to be pretty bad - The series makes no bones about the fact that the socialist space utopia is better than every other society that has ever existed and will reiterate this point over and over again

Deep Space Nine: Advantages: + The most popular Trek series on Tumblr + Has a complete story arc, as well as arcs for all of its characters, including the extremely minor ones + Plain, simple, Garak. The humble tailor. + Garashir, if you're into that + Seriously has a really sophisticated treatment of things like post-colonial politics, anthropology, worldbuilding, and the horrors of warfare + Just the characters in general + Is the only Star Trek prior to the 2010s to even look meaningfully at queer representation Disadvantages: - Has an absolutely massive inferiority complex with respect to TNG and this drives a few poor writing decisions that seemingly exist just to poke the Socialist Space Utopia in its eye - Introduces a space religion and then just slowly turns it into Christianity with the numbers filed off - Seems to think that sexual harassment is just a quirky eccentricity - There's no women in its writers' room, and frankly it shows

Voyager: Advantages: + Probably the clearest instance of found family in space + Lots of really good episodes + Lots of fun new characters + Strong female role models + "Set a course...for home." Disadvantages: - Continuity? I never knew her! - Probably about 90% of Trek's reputation for technobabble comes from this one series - Even less queerness than TNG. - Only like...3 characters actually get arcs. - The first few seasons lean very hard into bullshit fake "Native American" spiritualism with one of the characters - How do these guys have warp drive but can't find any water?

Enterprise: Advantages: + Chronologically the first series + 90% less technobabble + The only series to plausibly frame our heroes as astronauts...on some kind of...star trek. + Still has probably the best production values of any series + Makes alien cultures of the week feel somehow richer and deeper than other series + Faith of the Heart is good, fuck you. Disadvantages: - Oh my god, the decon scenes - Seriously, if you've ever wondered what a "sexy" series written by a 14 year old boy who's only ever seen a bit of scrambled softcore porn on late-night cable would be like, this is the show for you - Somehow feels more sexist and racist than the show from the '60s - Seriously, the POC characters mostly exist to fill seats on the bridge; the women constantly have to undress themselves - Hellooooo, Bush II-era political analogies - Scott Bakula is a good actor but you wouldn't know it from this series - In season 3, they add a tambourine beat to Faith of the Heart and ruin it

Discovery: Advantages: + Noticed the lack of queer characters in the first 50 years of Star Trek canon and decided to make up for lost time + Seriously, the "Bury Your Gays" tally for this series is like...negative two + Just incredible representation in general + Some really good science fiction plots, particularly in later series + Some really fun, memorable characters + It's still running, so it has an active fandom on Tumblr Disadvantages: - Makes Elon Musk out to be one of the great visionary geniuses of history - Not really representative of Star Trek as a whole - The series swerves wildly in tone because of constant, behind-the-scenes churn in the writers' room - Offputtingly grimdark first season - Let's be honest, none of the season-long arcs have actually had satisfying conclusions - Half the cast feels like it's just there for exposition and to be killed for cheap drama

Picard: Advantages: + Has the best dramatic acting of any Star Trek series by a fair margin + Has the best musical score of any Star Trek series + Introduces a whole crew of fascinating new characters + Introduces all kinds of fascinating transhumanist concepts + AGNES. JURATI. Disadvantages: - You know all of those fascinating new characters that I mentioned? Yeah, it unceremoniously gets rid of all of them to bring back the old TNG gang. - You know that all of those fascinating transhumanist concepts that I mentioned? Yeah, it gets rid of those too so that to give us some generic action - Oh my god, someone teach the set designers to operate a fucking light switch - Grimdark - Nossssstalgia - Each season is basically unrelated to every other season - Depends so heavily on TNG that its final season is basically unwatchable if you haven't already seen a 30-year-old TV series

Lower Decks: Advantages: + It has probably the most efficient storytelling that I've ever seen; seriously, it's incredible how much it can fit into a half hour episode + It has a bunch of delightful, archetypical characters you get to know and love + You like hanging out with these people + The ship is kind of crap and you will learn to love it that way. + Basically a sitcom version of TNG. + Has a big fandom on Tumblr Disadvantages: - The art style is pretty Rick & Morty-ish - It takes most of its first season to really strike a good balance between being a sitcom and being a Star Trek series - The main character, Mariner, is kind of unlikable for the first season or so (she gets better) - Lots of callbacks to other series (though always either incidental or clearly explained) - Given that it's the first Star Trek sitcom, the comedy is honestly kinda the weakest part? Subjective I know.

Prodigy: Advantages: + Absolutely gorgeous to look at; the most visually stunning Star Trek by quite a ways + Lots of fun new characters on a cool ship + Gives you clear on-boarding notes to the Star Trek franchise if you're watching it for the first time + Can be watched on its own, but also works as a direct sequel to Voyager and a prequel to Picard (making both of them retoractively better, in fact) + Kind of like the Clone Wars or Rebels of the Star Trek universe, I guess? + Found family in space! The next generation! + Soon to be running on Netflix, so if you already have a Netflix subscription, you don't need to pay for another service + Written for a younger audience. Not necessarily an advantage, but nice if you happen to like family friendly animation or YA. Disadvantages: - *sigh* You basically need to pirate it. Thanks, Paramount. - Has a second season that we may or may not ever actually get to see even through piracy. Thanks, Paramount. - Isn't airing on the same streaming service as all of the other ones. Thanks, Paramount

Strange New Worlds: Advantages: + Basically what the original series would be if it were released today, rather than 57 years ago; all of the cool, socially consciousness sci-fi adventure, none of the weird 60s sexism + Fun, awesome characters you get to like spending time with right away + Incredible visuals + Nifty sci-fi concepts, mostly without the 90s-style technobabble Disadvantages: - A huge cast with only ten episodes a season, so many of them feel underdeveloped - Unfortunately, a bunch of its characters are younger versions of the characters from The Original Series, and they hog most of the spotlight; and the characters whose futures aren't locked in stone are kind of treated as disposable - In general, it needs to spend less time being a prequel, and more time being its own thing - "What if Starfleet ran into the Xenomorphs from Alien?" "Well, they'd probably kill them." "Okay, let's spend several episodes on this."

#star trek #tos #tng #ds9 #voy #ent #tas #dsc #pic #lwd #pro #snw

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thatsbelievable · 1 month

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#The Pros and Cons of Tying a String Around Your Finger So You Remember Things #pros #cons #pros and cons #pros & cons #pro #con #memory #please don’t do this and cut off your circulation #that’s another con I suppose #and a pretty big one at that #unreality

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fate-motif · 1 year

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there’s something so messed up in how we’ve seen the breaking apart of the voyager family only out of the corner of our eyes in both picard and prodigy. seven gets rejected to the academy. chakotay goes missing. by picard seven isn’t on speaking terms with them anymore. i don’t know if we exactly need a proper followup to what happened to the voyager crew, but every time we meet a character who was from voyager you can just feel they have a hole in their heart where the voyager family used to be and it’s heartbreaking

#star trek #voy #pic #pro #fandom #star trek prodigy #star trek picard #not sure if the lower decks appearances count because neither tom nor tuvok’s appearances were like. actually part of the story

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skenisasleb · 8 days

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smol gift for @clownpalette bcause theyre so cool and idk why they followed me and now we’re mutuals🥹

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winterbat090 · 7 months

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"your not sick enough"-a thought constantly playing through my head

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w1llay · 29 days

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Objective: go to town and talk to the cat

#dank memes #memes #lol #humor #funny #jokes #cat #mythic quest #pro #side quests #orange cat #christ

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blond-b · 8 months

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Every time I think I’m close to my goal I realize that I actually want need to be thinner.

#weightloss #pro for only myself #pro for me #pro #tw ed rant #tw edd #calories #tw disordered eating #i want to be weightless #tw ana diary #i hate calories #4norexi4 #4n4rexia #4ana #ed not sheeren #ed not ed sheeran

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vivinaoquerkcal · 3 months

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repitam comigo,

eu não posso engordar

eu serei magra

eu devo ouvir a ana

eu mereço ser magra

#ana e mia #ana trigger #anabr #tw ana diary #ana mia brasil #borboletando #pretty girls dont eat #ed br #an4r3xia #ed bullshit #tw t.a #pro

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myenterpriseisparked · 5 months

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star-trek-dumb-comics · 6 months

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Ok so I finally watched Prodigy ! And it was surprisingly good. This is obviously a kids' show but I ended up being pretty invested in the story. The main character started as Ezra Bridger-ass annoying but he's grown on me. Genuinely I think this might be the best new trek show with Lower Decks lmao. It even got me caring about what happens to CHAKOTAY of all things !

Also it had GREAT alien rep omfg there were so few humans I LOVE THIS SHIT !!! especially UFP founding members rep ahhhhh !!!!!!!!!! I've been wanting this for YEARS they did it for me

#+ Enterprise aliens !!!!! Xindi ! Denobulan !!!!#But on the other hand I hope they won't go too “voyager season 8” in season 2 - I mean not more than season 1 #since there's the EMH and apparently even Harry Kim will show up #I still want this to keep it's identity I'm sick and tired of new trek leaning too hard on previous shows #anyway nice show and love the art style #plus Threshold got a mention so 100/10 #also that episode with the galaxy quest-ass aliens was hilarious with the TOS impersonations especially Kirk lmao #(not me complaning about fanservice then straight up saying “I loved this episode where they did fanservice !!!!”)#star trek #prodigy #pro #edit : oh I also hope to god they won't tie in to Picard shit please I want to keep ignoring that show please

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quasi-normalcy · 7 months

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EDIT: By popular demand, here's a second poll with more options: (x)

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thatsbelievable · 1 month

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#The Pros and Cons of Stopping Looking and Listening #pros #cons #pros & cons #pros and cons #pro #con #Stop Look Listen

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fate-motif · 1 year

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it's something else to watch people write posts about how star trek needs to be doing more shows with original casts and leave tos and tng alone already and then in the tags they clarify that they like lwd and that's it and it's like

i'm on my knees

watch prodigy. you want a new star trek epic? watch prodigy! new cast! new species and worldbuilding! arcs centered entirely on the new characters! sometimes there are legacy characters but they are there specifically to give the new characters agency! actually new interesting ideas and concepts about where the star trek world could go beyond rehashing old villains and better made commentary on society! watch prodigy! i promise you you're not gonna die because the writing is also meant to accommodate children, it's an actually good star trek, probably the best since ds9!

#istg if i see one more of those posts going #'oh i forgot prodigy exists lol. i mean who knows what they're doing'#THEY HAVE WHAT YOU WANT. WATCH IT.#star trek #pro #fandom

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funnywormz · 3 months

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i haven't had much time to draw lately and when i do it turns out Kinda Bad but anyways. have a hologram janeway and some vice admiral janeways. i think i'm becoming a little bit obsessed with her i have contracted the janeway disease. i don't think the prognosis is looking good for me...........

#kathryn janeway #captain janeway #hologram janeway #star trek #voy #star trek prodigy #pro #star trek voyager #vice admiral janeway #my art

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winterbat090 · 7 months

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does anyone elses boyfriend mean well but the things they say just feel like a hot knife poking you

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