Value Subtracted
Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?
That’s rather up to us, isn’t it?
A couple of thoughts on this:
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I don’t think it’s possible to follow Mastodon accounts through Lemmy - at least not yet. To be honest, though, after playing with their interoperability, in my opinion it’s best to just set up a Mastodon account and use it as a separate platform. The formats are different enough that you’ll be grateful for the more Twitter-like UI experience.
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I’m personally not big on messaging actors or other series personnel without a very specific reason. These are personal social media accounts, and not everyone appreciates extra “noise” in their feed. Those who are interested will likely find out about us organically, and we would always reach out if the timing seemed right and we thought they would be receptive.
A tragic tale, told in the most overwrought way imaginable.
Unfortunately, it looks like it’s currently not available in Sweden. Hopefully that will change before season five starts.
I think you might be able to draw a parallel with long-running serials like comic books, or even Star Trek itself. They tend to revisit old themes and revolve around a certain status quo.
They tend not to involve multigenerational obedience to an authoritarian regime, though…
Let’s be honest: at this point, they could make the greatest Star Trek film of all time, and it would only be 1/47 as entertaining as watching the executives at Paramount Pictures stepping on infinite rakes in infinite combinations as they try to make the damn thing.
Captain Picard falls asleep; dreams of some dead people.
I think there are some factors to consider that might make it seem less bad.
Firstly, it may not be reasonable to impose human-scale values upon Zora - you could argue that she’s already hundreds of thousands of years old, and she almost certainly has a unique perspective on existence.
There’s also no indication that she was coerced into accepting the assignment, and she had demonstrated the capacity to disobey orders before. It appears she’s there by choice, even if she is lonely.