#i don't actually mind section 31 as a narrative element it just needs to be done right
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...so guess who's rewatching star trek discovery
#star trek#star trek discovery#section 31#i don't actually mind section 31 as a narrative element it just needs to be done right#and it rarely has been since its introduction#the narrative purpose section 31 serves is to be like 'hey maybe the Federation Isn't Perfect'#or like 'maybe it's got some systemic problems that are being allowed to continue because they benefit the people in power'#if you just treat it like another part of starfleet/the federation that just has a few bad apples it loses that narrative purpose#because the entire point of it is that it IS the bad apple and it IS spoiling the bunch simply by existing as itself#and that if the federation wants to have any chance at all of actually being what it claims to be#then section 31 and what it represents needs to be excised#you simply CANNOT have 'unambiguous postscarcity utopia' and 'omnipresent unrestricted intelligence agency' at the same time#at least not if you want to have any degree of narrative consistency#the last time i watched this arc in discovery was before i got into ds9 (and met mars!! ily airota) and it's almost unbearable now
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