(star wars is not about anakin the whiny angsty baby who just whines about how his life isn't the way he wants it to
be and DOES NOTHING TO TRY TO CHANGE THAT EXCEPT WHINE SOME MORE THAN THEN TURN TO THE DARKSIDE it's about the balance of the force and I will sit you down and give you some cookies and discuss this like a civilized jedi if you disagree with me)

(I'm still confused as to how to feel when I realized, while growing up, from C-3PO's reactions that R2-D2 is essentially swearing like a sailor in every scene.  Suddenly the droid's got a lot more character.  I'm just not sure how I'm supposed to feel about that character now.)

kuribohs are tribbles with hands.  they're related species.

With all due respect to George Takei, there's absolutely no reason why Beyond would mean that his character would have had to be closeted.  It's bi-erasure in the fact that the idea doesn't even occur.  Also (and it's highly probable that they'd understand this better in the future) one relationship does not a sexuality make!  I would think in the world of Star Trek in the future, with attraction to aliens as a viable option, people would get that yeah, okay, maybe you have specific types, or are just open to whatever relationships come your way, or are in it for the personality, rather than assuming or throwing labels around. I feel representation is best done when it's just treated as normal, not worth commenting on or pointed out, and it was done brilliantly in the movie, where Jim's just happy for his subordinate and not being the stereotypical Straight Guy or even really being shocked.  We shouldn't judge people
for who they like, and it's interesting and kinda sad that Takei's mind immediately went 'it makes my character
closeted' rather than 'oh, it adds another dimension to my character; he was actually bisexual or mostly straight'.
It's probably because it hits close to home and therefore he's reacting emotionally rather than intellectually.

that dog at the party was rather like bones.  rather grumpy & voluble and "didn't care" until you started paying  attention to something else at which point he was like NOTICE. ME.

kirk knows how to cook because he's always worried the food replicators will just fritz out and he doesn't want his crew to starve and it's also romantic

the more I'm watching the more convinced I am that 90% of the 'isms' written into Star Trek are deliberate, designed to show off how awful they are (mccoy & spock's sexism, mccoy's xenophobia)

okay, the new doctor who was pretty good but i was yelling at the screen for a few solid minutes at the doctor being dumb--she was like 'hey, it's not here' and i was like 'it was a timed thing, you took a shortcut and arrived early, what the blank you're smart, you should be able to figure that out'
technically you get two because I occasionally react to episodes i watched that day
oh, and the first episode of vento aureo?  molta bene

as a person who tends to be very accepting and even welcomes diversity, unless you say something hateful
against someone else which is a pet peeve and gives me an almost visceral reaction (and I really need to learn to try
to speak up and bring them in to the awesomeness instead of>:( srsly), I want to live in the world of star trek

on subnautica acid mushrooms making batteries soooo...
the acid mushroom provides some type of acid for the solution such as in the lead-acid battery or is the cathode
or anode (if it's in solid form when incorporated that's at least somewhat likely)

reboot!kirk could've been better served by writing him kinda like Dean Winchester, who's constantly pretending:
*He's not a huge nerd (I love the episode where they're on set and Dean's trying not to show off how much he knows about Hollywood)
*He doesn't respect his partners or care a whole lot about consent (spoiler alert: it's wrong)
*he just wants sex, isn't a huge romantic, and doesn't want a long-term relationship (mostly because he thinks it's impossible in current situation)
all the while not hiding at all
*his giant love for his Enterprise (aka Baby)