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mlmcaptainpike · 2 years

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while “weird guy who is actually from the mirror universe and snuck here for some diabolical hijinks” is a viable Star Trek character concept it also was a terrible explanation for lorca’s actions. lorca shouldn’t be an inherently evil guy. lorca should be a cautionary tale. this is how rampant violence breeds rampant violence. this is how the most well meaning people can do the most vile things. this how compromising your morals once makes it that much harder to stand by them ever again. this is how being so dedicated to a singular ideal can become an excuse for hurting anyone. choosing to make lorca some random twist villain robs discovery of its thematic integrity and robs michael of the resolution to her conflict with georgiou in the second episode (she would realize that unfettered consequentialism is a plague and in some cases you shouldn’t do something because it’s the wrong thing to do). oh my god it’s been three seasons and I’m still furious about this.

#star trek #dsc #gabriel lorca #captain lorca #michael burnham #captain burnham #philippa georgiou #captain georgiou #BITES THE DISCOVERY WRITERS REALLY HARD #Lorca must inherently give a shit about the war because why do we care if he’s just fucking around and finding out #broke: lorca was just fucking around and finding out #woke: lorca really did used to be a good guy but found that the war gave him an excuse to be vile so he became vile #and it just ties into my gripes about how badly s2 handled its ‘intelligence agencies bad’ plot #for a STAR TREK SHOW about WAR it certainly could have interrogated the ethics of war (and foreign policy in s2)#what I wanted: show that loudly condemns war and violence while speaking to the evils of militarism nationalism and imperialism #what I got: haha discovery go pew pew #and I still hate it :( we really could have had it all #bran thinks n stuff #emersen thinks n stuff

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