Shaxs' Bear Pack

Star Trek blog watching TNG and DS9 on repeat. I am plagued with scenarios and must release them. Love all things Star Trek. I am obsessed with The X-Files. Dipping the toe into Stargate.

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New Star Trek blog here! Watching DS9 for the first time and loving it! I'd like to get to know more people in the Fandom, so please interact with this post if you are an active Trek Blog.

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I think the reason people tend to get bored with canonically married couples in most episodic shows is because a huge aspect to relationships is the anticipation of something happening. So once that disappears through marriage/permanent status, the relationship feels lacking, the investment has no payoff, but in reality they've just lost a fundamental tool of storytelling: narrative tension.

So no, the couple that got married in canon isn't "badly written", (usually), they simply closed the door on the "will they/won't they". Unfortunately, writers often try to reignite this tension by replacing it with contrived breakups/affairs, etc. and THAT is usually poorly written because it's a frantic patch-job to lure back audiences.

This is why the slow-burn/non-canonical ships that never get a satisfactory ending (UST anyone?) tend to produce the most fanfic and fanart. That "what if?" door is still wide open and therefore creates a massive sandbox of possibilities to play with, thousands of ways for the tension to culminate.

Fun fact: anticipation of something positive creates a huge dopamine rush so keep being enamored with all those USTy ships. This is also one of the main drivers of gambling addiction though so... uhh stick with fanfic.

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They could never make me hate you, Mr Barclay.

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I like the part where Picard tells Riker and Geordi to “Find ways to help him make a positive contribution.” Because transferring a problem to someone else is too easy. Then we get to watch him grow over the years.

Yes it’s uncomfortable to watch the holodeck fantasy episode but that’s the point. You’re supposed to feel uncomfortable so that it’s a victory when he grows out of that through the power of friendship.

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uniform playlist on shuffle

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Widow's Bay 1.04 "Beach Reads"

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I hate this piece, i'll probably not finish it

And here are some WIP's -if anyone cares-

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I don’t often see a lot of appreciation for how excellently scored and beautifully shot Search for Spock is…just wonderful.

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Underrated power dynamic: CMO vs. Captain.

It would’ve been awesome to actually see Beverly relieve Picard of command. And by awesome I mean stressful (positive).

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*twirls hair* he's just so... obnoxiously boring.

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Star Trek has always had phenomenal makeup but my word, look at the detail here. The seam, the little wires barely visible, the glint of metal, the fact that Brent's actual skin looks like it's the fake part, it's just insane. And not even a drop of CGI used.

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Love it when we get the full color wheel

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listening to an audiobook version of The Lord of the Rings, and there is a Hobbit waiter called "Nob" at an inn but I, being trek-brained, keep hearing it as "Nog" and imagining the character as a Ferengi

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tfw when an anaphasic parasite that lives in a candle steals your girl

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Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

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Cyber bullying human Neelix

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category 5 nose scrunch event

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A potent testament to the effectiveness of Star Trek’s efforts to make audiences believe they are witnessing something in the far future is when you see one of the actors in normal clothes and it’s just so shocking. Like your brain rejects the visual input it’s receiving. T-shirts and hoodies don’t exist anymore, Mr. Stewart. Get back in your period appropriate space clothes. And cover your normal skin-tone forearms, Brent and Andy.

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