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minus-squareUSSBurritoTruck@startrek.websiteOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoYeah, I’m also not sad that they removed a bit of backstory about a woman being killed causing Worf to revaluate his life and motivations.
minus-squareMajorHavoc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 months agoYeah. There’s no need for an off-screen tragic backstory to drive Worf toward samurai pacificism. His valuing both his Klingon and Federation heritages was always going to take him there. I’m glad they cut that scene.
minus-squareSiliconDon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months agoI agree. There’s an irritating trend in storytelling lately where characters are driven primarily by their trauma. It oversimplifies things.
minus-squareStillPaisleyCat@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·10 months agoFridging another woman or other equity group representative to advance a character has become a norm in the new Trek shows. I’m glad they cut this one.
Yeah, I’m also not sad that they removed a bit of backstory about a woman being killed causing Worf to revaluate his life and motivations.
Yeah. There’s no need for an off-screen tragic backstory to drive Worf toward samurai pacificism.
His valuing both his Klingon and Federation heritages was always going to take him there. I’m glad they cut that scene.
I agree. There’s an irritating trend in storytelling lately where characters are driven primarily by their trauma. It oversimplifies things.
Fridging another woman or other equity group representative to advance a character has become a norm in the new Trek shows. I’m glad they cut this one.