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[–]chandra 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Woke retconning has already destroyed Star Trek...

What did you have in mind when you wrote this? All I can think of is that they've added a nonbinary and a trans character recently, but those are new characters, not retconning.

[–]Femaleisnthateful 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Star Trek: Discovery - Diverse Female Space Jesus is given credit for Spock's genius. More broadly, the replacement of Roddenberry's humanist vision with identity politics.

[–]chandra 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh. Well to be honest, whilst I don't like Burnham (or Discovery generally, really) and I think she is a total Mary Sue, I don't remember that her being black or female has ever been brought up explicitly at any point. Sisko's race was given a lot more explicit treatment than Burnham's has been. And considering the circumstances of his conception and role in the story of DS9, 'Diverse Space Jesus' seems like just as appropriate a label for him as well.