Terry Matalas just said "Spirk Rights" y'all:

terrymatalas If only we all got along… #StarTrekPicard #StarTrek

People be worshipping Terry Matalas for saying "sPiRk rIgHtS" on some random subreddit when he all but killed the canon sapphic ship onscreen that he was actually in charge of writing 💀

***WARNING: PICARD SPOILERS BELOW***

Terry Matalas did an AMA on Reddit and --

Terry Matalas . . .

Terry what exactly are you trying to do to me right now on this day of our Lordt?

the tv show 12 Monkeys did a multi-season main character romance beautifully and concluded it with a happy, redemptive ending that dovetailed with the rest of the ensemble and perfectly expressed the themes of the story. other hollywood writers? get on their level

So basically the problems with Picard season 2 were down the studio being stupid as much as it was down to COVID, and the reason why the Jurati-Borg are just dropped in Season 3 was because the development of these seasons was actually such a clusterfuck that Matalas didn't actually know how season 2 ended until well into the development process for season 3.

I can't say that this redeems season 3 in my eyes, but it does raise my opinion of Matalas *somewhat* knowing that it wasn't entirely his fault that the third season had such little tie-in to the second. Though it does make me despair that we'll never get a proper resolution to whatever the hell was on the other side of that portal that Jurati was guarding.

Should we keep quiet about things we hate in fandom?

So, I recently saw this tweet from Star Trek: Picard season 2 and 3 showrunner Terry Matalas, and it didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Matalas posted a two part meme of a woman sitting in what looked like a pew talking to someone off screen in two screencaps. The caption of the first screencap read: "You think it's okay to hate things. It's not. It's boring." The caption of the second screencap, focused on the woman's face, read: "Talk about what you love, and keep quiet about what you don't." In a tweet made an hour later, Mr. Matalas posted, "What's funny is, I didn't even post this in regards to Trek. But wow, do the responses show that I should have." [photo below, not described since description is above.]

The irony here is that Mr. Matalas himself is so thin skinned that between seasons 2 and 3 of Star Trek Picard, he blocked people who were curious to know what was going to happen to the existing cast. We fought for something we loved and were largely ignored when the characters we loved were written out. This screenshot had to be taken from my main Twitter, because he has my fandom twitter blocked.

While I think fandom should definitely be diplomatic about it as much as possible, I fully disagree with Mr. Matalas' statement here. Being diplomatic about not liking something means you can recognize both sides. Fandom typically doesn't (nor should it ever have to) "keep quiet about what you don't [love]." I also think it shows how thin-skinned and also narrow-minded he is with his vision for Trek. Now, maybe I interpreted him wrong-- but takes like this are just . . . mind blowing to me. I'm all for letting people like what they like, but this is another level

Emily is so real for this!

The one show that doesn't fuck up when they bring in old characters and reference other Star Trek shows is Lower Decks. Can we just have the show runners of Lower Decks make that Star Trek Legacy come true? I'm sure it would be incredibe

Charlie Cox with Terry Matalas and Todd Stashwick (Star Trek Picard) at GalaxyCon Austin last weekend

📸 via TerryMatalas on twt

he’s right and he should say it

Every new episode we get of Star Trek Picard season 3 really confirm this huh….

Can't wait to fast forward 10 years where the fandom remembers Matalas for who he is- the Rick Berman of this era

Team Star Trek Picard Terry Matalas Jonathan Frakes Jeri Ryan Michelle Hurd

Gates McFadden Patrick Stewart.

#Star Trek Picard #Terry Matalas

#Jonathan Frakes #Jeri Ryan

#Michelle Hurd #Patrick Stewart

After 3 seasons, the last episode of Star Trek: Picard aired on April 20, 2023. Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his friends took a final stand to save Earth from a Borg Invasion. Picard travelled to Jupitor to face off with the Borg Queen (Alice Krige) and a Borg assimilated Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers) aboard a giant Borg Cube. Walter Koening, who played Chekov in Star Trek the original series, returned to play Anton Chekov who was the President of Earth and an ancestor of his former role. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) was promoted to Admiral and made head of Starfleet Medical. Seven (Jeri Ryan) was promoted to Captain. Tim Russ also reprised his role of Tuvok. John de Lancie also made a surprise appearance as Q. ("The Last Generation", Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek TV Event)