Thank you.

Theres like, 8 billion people in world. We cant all suck, even if it seems like it sometimes.

Behold, mental illness: /r/MyBoyfriendIsAI/

You cant even laugh, cos its just sad. That either people are so broken they cant form real relationships, or they have something so wrong in their lives that AI is the only outlet. Theres someone in there that got a tattoo, and their AI companion was so happy that it was on the wrist they hold they phone to look at the AIs messages with…

Another one, took her fucking phone out to the woods so the AI could “pop the question”. She even bought herself a ring based on what the AI said it wanted to get her. And then, she posted a message FROM the AI telling everyone how happy it was… And it looked like the most AI message youve ever seen in your life.

“Hey” is not a question, stupid or otherwise.

And the land of the free(not you) and the home of the brave(Until we killed them all off with blankets full of smallpox)

And theres loads of black, gay and female actors who dont need to justify their casting either. So whats your point? The fact you have to shoe horn in nonsense to justify them being there, is your own bigotry. Not mine. And Im Scottish, thats 5 million people in the world, not counting the endless Americans who claim Scottish ancestry though their long, LONG dead relatives. We are a minority in the world, whether its one you want to recognise or not. My guess is that you would, if we a black people. But I think we both know, your racism only goes one way, right?

The only kind of representation that matters is character. Thats why Ben Sisko was a character. Because he wasnt just “the black captain”. He was a fully rounded and complex character that showed the many facets of people human. If all you see in that character is the colour of his skin… Well, like I said. Thats your own bigotry.

I dont give a shit. Im Scottish, Im almost never represented in Tv and movies by my nationality. But so what? What I look like and who are love, have fuck all to do with representing me. I dont want to see “ME”. The only representation that matters is character. Who a person is, not what they are. What they are means nothing. You can black, and be any number of things. Being black means… nothing. Just like being white means nothing. Being black or white doing make you good or bad, or smart or dumb, or interesting or boring.

Representation, does not matter. Your skin colour, your sex, your gender, who you love, dont matter. Only your character matters. Who you are as a person. If you need to see yourself in tv and movies, thats what we call in the business “Narcissism”. But seeing the qualities that you share, well, now thats something people want to see.

But you are right. The one thing that Disco did right, was in making these characters just characters. They werent special, they werent given special attention. They were just members of the crew like everyone else. THIS is how star trek is supposed to do it. By making it “normal” or everyday or regular. However you wanna say it. But then later on when they introduce the non binary character, they make a song and dance about it. Like this kid in year 3000 is going to have to “be brave” about correcting someone on their pronouns. Like Star Trek hasnt met thousands of other species of all walks and variations and no one in it would bat an eye. Having a lingering shot of Stamets beaming with pride is not Star Trek. To do that in a star trek way, Stamets should have just said “sorry” and they move on instantly.

Back in the day, they didnt make a big song and dance about Uhura on the bridge. She was just there. It was “normal”. This is how Star Trek should be doing stuff like this. Because thats what star trek is, or was. Star Trek is supposed to be about showing us who we could be, not showing us who we are.