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simptasia · 3 months ago

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you know britpicking? like where an american writes a fanfic set in england, or with an english character, and they get an english friend to look through it and check through it to see if the terms and phrases are accurate? (eg. flat instead of apartment)

well i propose there be such a concept for star trek

because people in star trek talk differently than modern humans. they use different words, different slang, phrasings. yes, they can speak casually but mostly it isn't like us. watch any of 90s trek and you'll see These People Do Not Speak Like Us

and, no disrespect, a lot of fic does not reflect this. and it irks me. they just speak like modern day people instead of... star trek characters. i personally think part of the fun of writing trek characters is writing it out to how they speak and how they would think

hell, this isnt even a fanfic problem. modern trek has this issue too. i think outta laziness. they have their people talking (and when in casual wear, dressing) like 2020s people and it pisses me off

its part of why strange new worlds feels like a high budget SNL skit

annnnyways. i propose this idea be called fact trekking

#i came up with that pun literally just now and im so proud #im fucking pedantic okay #i understand that fanfic is transformative works but #it makes my eye twitch when they dont talk like star trek characters #i'd be lenient and allow swearing! even though use of the word ''fuck'' makes me flinch in moment trek. use it in fics. fine #an interesting little example is that trek characters rarely if at all refer to their job as ''work''#you ever notice that? they tend to say ''i'm on duty'' or ''i have a shift'' or something like that. never ''i have work''#uhm. chronometer instead of clock. they use 24 hour time instead of am/pm #and they say it way more than regular 24 time users #like. i use 24 hour and i still say things like 3 pm #but a star trek character would call that ''fifteen hundred hours''. even casually. this is ALWAYS the case #another one thats been BUGGING me: guys. i promise you. trek characters use minced oaths #they say ''oh god'' or ''oh dear god'' or ''oh my god'' and variations upon. they dont have cultural christianity but its still a thing #they just never use ''jesus christ'' as a minced oath. never ever. but i promise you a trek character can say ''oh my god''#they do it lots of times in canon. so its baffling and annoying #how often in fic i see trek characters saying ''oh stars'' and ''oh my stars'' ????? what the fuck guys. thats not a thing!#yeah most characters in trek are agnostic or athiest but that doesnt mean they cant use god as an exclamation #that doesnt apply in real life does it. and the ''stars'' thing is just. not a thing at all in canon. shut up #you wanna avoid religious reference so much it makes you look stupid. comes across as immature and petulant #its the ''religion doesnt exist in the future'' crowd i just know it is. but i digress #ohhh and not even just phrasings. theres also when theres just shit that doesnt conform to how federation society people would think #trek itself has this problem too because modern thinking sneaks in but OH MY GOSH THEY WOULDNT HAVE COMPHET #WHY WOULD THEY HAVE COMPHET AND SEXISM AND HOMOPHOBIA. it doesnt! go with! federation culture!#julian bashir has not felt internalized queerphobia a second in his life. why would he. what would cause that #sorry. that shit is a trek fandom peeve of mine. can y'all remind yourselves these people are from the 24th century #and their culture and way of thinking would be different. im saying these to actual trek writers too. sigh. have some imagination #julian has other serious issues. but having issues with being bi would not be one of them. you're making stuff up with no sensible basis #reading some fic or watching some trek like: ...okay does this writer even wanna write for trek #notice im not talking about treknobabble cuz that shit is over my head. i mean day to day manner of speech and certain ways of thinking

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