Well let's look at the other trek shows. And I think we will discover (pun intended) something very interesting.
DS9 is the lone exception every Trek series has been absolutely dominated by the lead of the show who also has been the captain until now.
So then TNG could be the Picard show while Voyager is certainly the Janeway show.
DS9 screen time the Exception
https://youtu.be/bmurCvXtH_w
Rest of Trek screen time
https://youtu.be/HU6_qHfP1Cw
https://youtu.be/U60s31UTD78
https://youtu.be/-E9r7CrxZLk
https://youtu.be/hjwqOwp4fr0
Tng word count
https://youtu.be/zX-5XTfvrPc
Voyager Line Count
https://i.redd.it/1ppfukml2ncz.png
DS9 Word Count the Exception (edit forgot DS9).
https://youtu.be/QUpaqUn3GMQ
People like to refer to those shows (not DS9) as ensembles but each one is dominated by the captain. And certainly dominated by 2 characters which is captain + science officer.
The only surprising thing we detect is how much Seven in half the time stole Janeway's spotlight. Seven dominates the last 3 seasons.
Discovery follows the same model as the other Trek shows. So not sure why Michael being the lead of Discovery is made to be a negative thing.
How can one not feel like it's some sexist/racist feeling, even unconsciously, that "fans" keep coming at Michael.
This quarantine is hectic to all of us. But as I look back, I discovered two of my favourite albums in this lockdown. Random Access Memories and Discovery. I knew the robots and some of their famous singles like "One more time", "Get lucky"etc. But when I listened to these albums I discovered(pun intended) they were more than those singles. These are the albums I can listen to in one sitting on repeat, other than Green Day's American Idiot, JT's Futuresex/Lovesounds. These robots helped me go through my difficult homeworks and fun times. So thank you Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel(sorry if there is any mistake in the name)
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They say it’s a blast from the past!
*credit to my 9 year old daughter
Confession: The Kelvin-verse was my first Star Trek love.
I know that's not a popular thing to admit around here. It was the last quarter of my sophomore year of college, and I'd broken my ankle a few weeks before. I basically only saw the inside of a classroom and my bedroom during that time. Although I didn't recognize it at the time, I was a bit depressed. Like most people, I'd heard of Star Trek even if I had never watched it. I'd never thought of watching it because I remembered vague childhood impressions of beige on beige, bad special effects, and people with weird foreheads. I was also under the impression that all futuristic sci-fi was depressing and a bit apocalyptic like Blade Runner or Battlestar Galactica. I was dragged to the 2009 Star Trek movie against my will, and at the end of the movie, I didn't want to leave. I wanted to go back to a universe where even the sky wasn't a limit. After that, I started watching TOS on YouTube (back when CBS was streaming it for free) to get my fix. The bright colors, Kirk-Spock-McCoy chemistry, Shacting, and optimistic view of the future got me through a rough time. Since then, I've finished every iteration of Star Trek including Enterprise and TAS.
Now that I've seen all of Star Trek, do I think the Kelvin-verse is the best Star Trek? Absolutely not. Do I still love it? Absolutely yes. Because without the Kelvin-verse, I wouldn't have been introduced to the wonderful larger Star Trek universe and its ideals. And that brings me to Star Trek: Discovery. I've been really disappointed with a lot of the reaction to Discovery so far (enough to comment on Reddit for the first time). I understand that Discovery (and the Kelvin-verse) is not how many people envision their Star Trek. But I'm sure TNG was not how a lot of people envisioned their Star Trek when it first premiered. All of the ST shows all try to have a timeless quality, but the fact is that they very much reflect the time during which they were created. Discovery can't possibly have the same pace, aesthetic, and formula of the Berman era because that's not what the TV landscape looks like anymore. It would kneecap the show to make it conform to TV produced 30 years ago. Just as it would have hurt TNG to follow the strict, episodic formula and pacing of 1960's TOS. I don't know if Discovery will be good or not, but I'm willing to give it a chance. Even if it's not what I want, it could be what a new generation of fans want. And who am I to dictate
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Last year, I bought a Japanese Neo Discovery booster box and I discovered (pun fully intended) that all the holofoil cards have this print where the holo pattern merges with the the entire surface area of the card.
I have some images uploaded to demonstrate the case: http://imgur.com/a/37oQU As you can see, the holofoil pattern slightly appears as darker spots on the card. You can see it well on the yellow border.
Does anyone here have any information on these bad prints? Were the printing machines badly set or is this an effect of bad storage/heat/humidity (before opening the packs)? Do you know about other specimen where they are in the same condition in this or other sets? And does this occur to Japanese cards only?
Can't believe I've spent all that money and have nothing to chauffer it.
Sign language
My parents didn't raise me the right way regarding jobs: For them, if it's something you don't like, toss it.
But real life is not like that, tons of people who have an okay job to pay the bills and do their passions after 5 pm.
How old were you when you learned this truth?
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I guess you could say, bread baguette bread
In February I (37M) discovered my wife (39F) of 10 years (together total 16) had gotten deep into the BD$M community on Instagram when syncing photos between our computers and seeing some very interesting photos.
I knew she always had an interest in that stuff, something I was happy to indulge in the bedroom, but wasn't necessarily my thing, I am just glad she was having fun. It's part of the give and take of marriage.
I learned she now identified as a 'bratty sub' (sub missive) and had a 'dom' who was a married man in France. She openly, in her bio and posts, identified as 'belonging' to him. There were daily 'on topic' texts, calls, photos, videos, between the two, in addition to photos and videos on her Instagram page. She also shared intimate details about our married life with him.
We have an elementary school child, the AP has small children as well.
She was planning to visit him in France. I occasionally have conferences there and she had asked next time if she could come along and do some solo travel while I worked, I said sure. Later in texts she even bragged I had gotten a raise so they could go somewhere nice when she came to visit. She denies all of this as just a 'fantasy'.
It makes sense now why she was learning French, which I thought was a COVID hobby. It also makes sense why she was spending so much time 'running errands', I thought she needed to get out of the house but it was to call and text him.
I confronted her about the online affair, she said it would stop. I asked her to cut off all contact with AP, she resisted and did not seem very remorseful, which should have been red flags.
I tried to be compassionate towards someone I see as in pain, I was not angry all the time. She said it was the result of not having her emotional needs fulfilled after our daughter was born and my career took off, reasonable enough, we can fix that. I kept things cool for a few weeks as I recovered, tried to be more affectionate, but it was clear she was not interested in sx, with me at least. I figured time would heal. I pushed couple's counselling.
A few weeks later she was back in contact with AP. When I confronted her again her explanation for this was that I did not respond 'strongly' enough to discovering the first affair. Was I supposed to be a 'dom' and claim her for myself like that? Maybe.
This time I told her we were getting divorced or she needed to take responsibility, give up her accounts, and get help. She waited for days to decide,
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Now it's a doe friend.
No shit, Sherlock.
Throwaway.
I (F32) have a younger brother (18) who's struggling with transportation and because of his recent medical condition. I let him take my car to go to his shift at 6 til 10 at a restaurant that's not close to where me and my family lives. My husband was perfectly okay with helping and supporting my brother. both our parents are deceased my brother lives with me and as his big sister I'd get a little overprotective of him to be completely honest...
Anyway. I have a recording device inside my car for safety reasons and I only got it after my car was almost stolen and I became paranoid eversince I have dashboard camera but isn't working currently. Yesterday my husband was checking the recorder if it was working and he came to me to tell me that I needed to hear what has been recorded. I listened to some of it and it sounded like my brother was with someone-a female and after hearing some inappropriate words it was clear they both were doing it (the deed-) inside the car. My husband looked red in the face after listening to it. I felt upset and enraged. I talked to my brother right away. Basically started a huge argument about what he did. My brother knows about the recording device of course he said he didn't it was working. Then said it just happened and he didn't make plans for this to happen. It was clearly not a one time thing I yelled at him because he was not respecting the fact that the car is my property and I just wanted to help him out of love but he was using that to his advantage by what he did. The argument went til I told him he can't take the car anymore. He pitched a fit saying I was cruel reminding that he can not stop going to work. I suggested public transportation but he made excuses about his health issues. I stood my ground and refused to let him take my car after this. My husband says he's just being a teenager and shouldn't be too controlling about his personal business. I'm not that's my car so its my business.
My brother has been criticizing me calling me unsupportive wanting me to give him a break. My husband can't drive him since he works night shifts as well. I still feel upset thought I could have had more patiant with him.
That's called Toxic Molluskulinity.
What the title says really... tried a few things like careful tears of the individual tubes, taking it from the box, over the sink but there are crumbs everywhere regardless.
For example I remember being taught "comme ci comme ça" in french class, but I've been told no-one really says that.
Or for example in English, I think the only time I have heard "how do you do" or "whom" was from non-native speakers. At least where I live, no-one says those. Well, whom has hung around in set phrases like "to whom it may concern", but even then you would write it, not say it.
