decided to more or less restart the strange new worlds experience from the beginning and just watched “ask not.” i was going to post about how wild it is that starfleet just does this stuff to undergrads and then i remembered that a psychological trauma test was part of wesley’s SATs when he was literally fifteen. no wonder no one is normal in starfleet.

also i haven’t watched the new season except in gifs, but “we need to know that you’ll honor your commitment to starfleet even when those you hold dear are on the line, even when old wounds are triggered and loopholes appear” feels like idk. a theme. that might become important later.