I would say they did Wesley Crusher wrong–how they finished Wesley Crusher on TNG

Is that really the point where you’d feel the writer’s room let Wesley down? I can honestly only think of a few TNG episodes where he didn’t feel stilted and out of place. And that’s from day one of watching the show as it aired, when I was only a few years younger than the character.

With all respect to Wil W, who had done nice work as a child actor in roles where he would more or less be expected to play a regular kid — I never felt he had the chops to spew 24th century technobabble in a way that sold Wesley as a genius level prodigy. And at the same time, the writers rarely gave him relatable teenage stuff to work with, so he was sort of in a catch-22.

(I know of some of the BS that Wil has had to deal with through his adolescence and career, and I sympathise. I just don’t think his character was ever written to his fortes as an actor, which probably led to the unfortunate spread of the “Shut up Wesley” meme)

As for Prodigy, if you wanted to bring back a grating nothing character that has already had too much screentime, Neelix was right there…

Borg King (Actual rank: ensign)

Lol, Dr Erin is a delight to read or listen to. Her knowledge and enthusiasm is just infectious!

Oh, so now we’re supposed to pay attention? Internet pundits came to the same realisation from the beginning, but we don’t have the same kind of purchasing power.

So, in your pottery story only one in 10 mass produced pots would be better (by some fuzzy criteria) than those by somebody who actually pit their mind and creativity to it? Sounds wasteful AF, dude.

Similarly, a glance at that Geerling guy’s website tells me that he is already maintaining around twenty different social profiles. So I guess his Youtube ad revenue goes into supporting that promotional effort, as well as the amazing work I’ve never heard of.

I respect your efforts with Communick, even if I don’t agree with your examples. I’m just not interested in an internet that tries to center commercial revenue as a raison d’être. I’ll support people who would be doing what they do without that motivation.

the number of people who are willing to put in the work and create quality content without any potential reward is too low

Maybe, but the number of dimwits willing to make sensationalist drivel to make a buck is staggering. Exhibit A, any Youtuber. I prefer not to have that incentive in the Fediverse.

The userbase is still anti-business.

And a significant part will remain so. This should be a haven from capitalist/corporate platforms, not a parallel market.

Right, the Voyager crew did temporarily implement the tech in their engines, so there was a blueprint to start from. I didn’t remember it was mentioned in Prodigy season 1!

I fully agree that your “rules” need adjustment, starting with the fact that you engineered them around your personal dislikes.

You know what, I’m out. I’d be down for >!Gary Seven!< or even >!Dark Kes!< but >!Renegade Timelord Wesley Crusher!< is beyond my capacity for suspension of disbelief.

People seem to have really strong opinions about this show, seeing how every episode discussion is evenly up- and downvoted before anybody have even had a chance to watch or comment 🙄

Huh. There is a worrying lack of license information, yes. I didn’t even notice.

This reads like a whole lot of research was boiled down to fit the “barely an article” constraints of a casual news outlet. The outline is all over the place but seems well-intended; it’s just not clear what information we’re supposed to take away from this.

Kudos for mentioning GNU Social, Zot and Diaspora, but I’m not really sure any of them are relevant anymore?

Can we just dwell on the subject line of “MISSING HAIR GOODS”? 🤣

I dunno, Odo’s morals are very much tied to his need to maintain control and appearances. Yes, that aligns perfectly with his shapeshifting ability 🙂

As a Doctor Who viewer, I thoroughly approve the “timey-wimey stuff” line. And as I’m currently rewatching Voyager I’m so glad to see the recurring crew in Prodigy ❤🖖

I know! Who would’ve guessed watching him in DS9 S1 (Quark’s doofus whipping boy passing down the abuse to Nog) that he would have one of the most low-key amazing character arcs of the series?

Also countries that probably started out socialist but took a sharp turn into authoritarianism and under-the-hood oligarchy… You know who you are.

You’re right, I wrote one thing but my head was still at the general economy matter! Will edit.