#star trek theories

[family-confrontation-and-bonding]

The standard way to call someone on a combadge in the Startrek universe is to say "callers last name" to "recipients last name" right?

How does this work if you have a common last name? Is it like university emails? When you enlist on the Enterprise you are assigned the comsign "Johnson43"

It would just come out like:

Random yellowshirt firing a phaser: "Madison28 to Garcia43, we have an intruder on deck 9. Lee24, and Murphy12 are down. Requesting back up."

[coolestpersontoeverexist]

No comment

[incorrectdarmok]

[macleod]

Told you.

[nofacednerd]

so which senior officer lets him absolutely destroy their private bathroom with purple hair dye every few months

[thresholdbb]

what's the threshold theory

There was a post about how Tom is the only crew member who isn't really affected by the Borg, and there's a theory that he has so much luck because he saw the past and the future when he crossed the transwarp threshold. He saw the past and the future, all of time and space. There's some subconscious part of him that remembers that experience. In fact, Tom refused to play a part in Chakotay indulging Annorax's temporal incursions, probably because a part of him knew nothing good could come of it.

If we extend that same theory to Janeway, some of her wild luck with time travel and other crack plans starts to make sense. She doesn't verbally hate time travel until after the events of Threshold, since it happens in Time and Again without complaint. Janeway has an uncanny knack for time travel, as evidenced every time she deals with it. She hates time travel, but it might be because part of her knows exactly how to manipulate the timeline. She manages to avoid the "inevitable" temporal explosion in Future's End, saving both Voyager and Braxton. She resets the entire timeline in Year of Hell, and no one else followed her reasoning. She pulled it off flawlessly. In Relativity, she senses the incidents are all related, despite it being just one reading that connects them. By the time she's involved, she has a temporal incursion factor of .0036 and a time travel protocol named after her, even if that may just be Braxton's personal grudge. Then there's Endgame, where she intentionally changes the timeline. Up until this point, she has been dragged into time travel, but for the first time, she jumps in on purpose. How does Admiral Janeway know how to get them home sooner in a way that completely avoids the Temporal Integrity Commission? It's because she has seen all of time, and part of her knows exactly what needs to happen so she can get Voyager home and do it in a way that becomes baked into the prime timeline. Maybe she doesn't consciously remember what happened during her transformation, but the experience lives in her mind somewhere, guiding her decisions.

[lonesomedreamer]

I expect nothing, Mr. Scott. It is merely logical to try all the alternatives. Doctor McCoy, a reading on the atmosphere, please.

STAR TREK | The Galileo Seven

[drchucktingle]

any thoughts on the theory that you're chris pine?

i do not FULLY endorse buds trying to figure out identity of chuck because in many ways this would be outing someones sexuality and neurodivergence. when this pink bag over my dang head is off my bi way (and autistic way) are not outwardly visible, and while i would certainly say with pride YES THIS IS MY WAY to a close bud who asked, it is a very different journey in public.

however this has changed over time as i have gotten louder and louder in my bisexual way outside of chuck. i am more comfortable and one day we might chat without this mask who knows. maybe right before i board the lonesome train in many decades.

anyway ALL THAT SAID the chris pine theory is something that i find very moving and touches my heart. chuck said on twitter a while back why and i think i summed it up pretty well so i will post screenshots here

i just find it very powerful to see that perception of autistic buds like myself has changed to the point where buds will say 'yes chuck could be this sex symbol'. i think this proves love.

ANYWAY it is complicated issue and DEEP DIVES should probably not happen but maybe a surface skim for a little bit of fun is okay.

LOVE IS REAL thank you for question

[astralbondpro]

Star Trek: The Original Series // S02E16: A Private Little War

[jenlrossman]

Janeway and Chakotay totally slept together in "Timeless"

The evidence:

That is NOT platonic lighting.

And then she greets him with "I hope you've got an appetite" in that extra soft, sultry voice she only uses when she's alone with him

Then, in the same voice, "It's a special occasion"

She also mentions "After desert"—but at no point does she actually mention having made dessert!

And then… she walks over to him, touches him on the shoulder, and says…

"Are you ready to try some home cooking?"

Like. Excuse me? I don't care how close we are, if someone I'm in a platonic relationship with talks to me like that, I would assume it is no longer platonic.

But then! He puts down his PADD…

And the very next shot! Is it still on her table, frosted over, 15 years later!

HE DIDN'T LEAVE WITH IT THAT NIGHT

BECAUSE HE DIDN'T LEAVE AT ALL

They slept together, your honor😭

[spongynova]

Marketing choices were made.

[montgomerydadbodyscotty]

Kirk: It is not my fault that your father likes me better than he likes you!

Spock: Oh, don’t flatter yourself. My father likes everybody more than he likes me.

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

hey if puppets bathed how would they do that. if with water they'd get waterlogged and wouldn't be able to move until they dried enough, i presume. plus that can cause Damage. what the fuck do they do to get the grime off

[leenfiend]

based on the train chapter 95 of Observations by J-anon

[catgirljaneway]

Very Special Flashback (S3 E2) Voy + Textposts Edition

Voy + Textposts 11 Flashback Edition

(Voy + Textposts 10) > (Voy + Textposts 12)

[amandaoftherosemire]

I really appreciate that Lower Decks takes the music seriously. Even though it's an animated series, the music is as beautifully composed and orchestrated as any other series. The main theme is evocative of The Next Generation theme, which makes sense since it's a TNG spinoff, but it's not derivative. And there are leitmotifs that make frequent appearances (triumphal theme, tendi's orion theme). They don't skimp and it makes me so happy.

I would kill for someone who actually knows what they're talking about to analyze this. Music theory side of tumblr? You guys got any Lower Deckers?