Sometimes I think about how Star Trek Deep Space Nine depicted the Bajorans as having just come out of a 50 yr long brutal fascist, colonial, genocidal occupation that they used terrorism (the show explicitly used this word) to kick out.
And how the show depicts this as unquestionably a good thing.
One of the lead characters in the show, Major Kira, was a "terrorist", and we're not meant to think less of her because of it. She was resisting the occupation of her home!
one of the funniest things you can realize about star trek when you think about it is that at SOME point between Kirk's captaincy and Picard's, the federation regulations changed so that captains were no longer able to generally go on away missions unless it was absolutely necessary. this regulation clearly doesn't appear until the 24th century, which leads to a logical conclusion that Kirk was such a hazard with the enterprise by leaving it on damn near every away mission that they had to CHANGE THE REGULATION
I have been thinking about gul dukats skull all day and I need a moment alone with the cardassian lovers to discuss why the spoon would have a Hole. Its like the soft spot of a babys skull… what are the anatomical implications here…
(gordon ramsay on star trek) oh what the hell? the gagh is fucking dead! look at this! it’s not moving. it’s feasting with its fucking ancestors in sto’vo’kor! excuse me, darling, how fresh is this gagh? they’re what? fucking hell. thank you. my god, it’s fucking replicated. wow, fuck me.