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Major Correction to a Previous Post: “What separates the Borg Queen from Michael Burnham?”

June 8, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

Just an FYI, when I first posted “What separates the Borg Queen from Michael Burnham?” it was incomplete. I have corrected that with a much longer post that actually makes sense now. It was my error. My apologies if you previously read that and it made no sense.

Posted in: Star Trek, Website Tagged: Borg, Michael Burnham, Star Trek, Star Trek Discovery, Trauma

Vic Fontaine and the Kindness of a Hologram

June 5, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

When Vic Fontaine sang “Here’s to the Losers” entertaining Doctor Bashir and Quark after they learned Jadzia Dax and Worf were planning on having a baby, Vic acted as Comforter-in-Chief, able to serenade away their sorrows and imagined digressions of lost love. However, his compassion was not strictly a matter of sympathy. Vic understood, from … [Read more…]

Posted in: Kindness Literacy, Star Trek Tagged: Doctor Bashir, Dominion, Jadzia Dax, Kindness, Kira, Kira Nerys, Nog, Odo, PTSD, Quark, Star Trek, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Trauma, Vic Fontaine, Worf

Star Trek Enterprise’s “Dear Doctor” and Voyager’s “Nothing Human”

June 5, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

In Star Trek Enterprise’s “Dear Doctor” (2002), Dr. Phlox hopes and aspires to not cure a global population suffering from a spreading disease that is killing them by the millions. Dr. Phlox would prefer not to find a cure. Such a harsh dialectic tone coming from the doctor invades our sense of ethics while turning … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek Tagged: Archer, Bajoran, BElanna, Captain Janeway, Crell Moset, Declaration of Helsinki, Enterprise, Ferengi, James Marion Sims, Janeway, Menk, Phlox, Prime Directive, Star Trek, Star Trek Enterprise, Star Trek Voyager, Tabor, The Doctor, The Nuremberg Code, TPol, Valakians, Voyager, Vulcans

A Partial Relationship between Admiral Picard and Elim Garak

June 5, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

In season one of Star Trek: Picard, on Chateau Picard, Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (retired) navigates his time as though lost, recovering, living out his days with bitterness under the surface that is enlaced with dignity. As Picard comes to accept that the galaxy is calling to him to reignite his sense of purpose, he comments, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek Tagged: Cardassian, Chateau Picard, Dahl, Deep Space Nine, Elim Garak, Enabran Tain, Picard, Star Trek, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Zhaban

Righteous Nation Ideology in Science Fiction and Climate Justice Today

May 24, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

John F. Sitton’s criticism in ‘Hannah Arendt’s Argument for Council Democracy’ (Polity) and Odd Arne Westad’s outline of the Korea’s Neo-Confucian ‘Righteous Nation’ ideology (Empire and Righteous Nation) perfectly shows what we know about the intended goals of the Abrahamic god, and the limitations of that god’s promises. This is essentially a conclusion that comes … [Read more…]

Posted in: Anti-Capitalism, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, The Orville Tagged: Abrahamic god, activism, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Climate, Climate Change, Climate Justice, god, John F Sitton, Odd Arne Westad, Realism, Righteous Nation, Science Fiction, Star Trek, The Orville, utopia

I know. This site is coming together rather slow

May 7, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

I still have about two dozen more Star Trek pre-written posts to add to this site. I then plan on writing posts about Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, and The Orville. I also want to write about various science fiction books, but I am trying to figure out a way to do something more interesting than … [Read more…]

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What separates the Borg Queen from Michael Burnham?

April 20, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

What separates the Borg Queen from Michael Burnham? On the surface the Borg Queen is composed of an archetype of a matriarch repeatedly referred to as the greatest evil Starfleet has encountered. Before Captain Janeway intentionally locates the Borg in Star Trek: Voyager’s “Scorpion,” (1997) she research previous Captain’s logs, JANEWAY: I’ve been looking through … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, Trauma Tagged: Borg, Borg Queen, Captain Janeway, Chakotay, Discovery, Janeway, Michael Burnham, Picard, Q, Star Trek, Star Trek Discovery, Star Trek First Contact, Star Trek Voyager, Trauma, Unimatrix Zero, Violence, Voyager, Wolf 359

Trauma and Post-Modern Subtext in Star Trek

April 20, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

B’Elanna Torres, martyrologies, the resolve of violence superstructures to persist as their own solutions – just as the competing martyrologies-imposed doctrines of violence, so, too, did Lt. Torres imposed violence upon herself in “Extreme Risk” as the solution to coming to terms with the holodeck grotesque imagery she created upon learning of the fate of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, Trauma Tagged: Aamin Marritza, Bajor, Bajoran, BElanna, Cardassian, Curzon Dax, Dax, Deep Space Nine, DS9, Gul Darhe’el, Gul Dukat, holodeck, Jadzia, Kira, Kira Nerys, martyrologies, Occupation, Odo, oppression, Star Trek, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Star Trek Voyager, Terok Nor, terrorism, Trauma, Vaatrik, Vaclav Havel, Voyager

Leadership, Rom, and Abundant Kindness

April 20, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

Elaborating for a strictly psycho-social explication, Rom’s strength of character no doubt was born from his brother’s, Quark’s, extensive, intentional, and constant derision. Countless times Quark called Rom “an idiot” while only sometimes – sometimes – annotating “but I love him.” Rom was forced to confront Quark a number of times, including when Quark attempted … [Read more…]

Posted in: Kindness Literacy, Star Trek Tagged: Deep Space Nine, Dominion, DS9, Ferengi, Ishka, Kindness, Leeta, Nog, Quark, Rom, Star Trek, Star Trek Deep Space Nine

Geordi La Forge and Kindness

April 20, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

In Star Trek: Insurrection, we see what was always just underneath the surface as Geordi La Forge sees the sunrise for the first time and is clearly almost crying. His eyes had completely regenerated from the metaphasic particles on the planet. However, the recaptured youth of spirit that, for the others, enhances their clarity of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Kindness Literacy, Star Trek Tagged: Chakotay, Data, Geordi La Forge, Grand Nagus, Kindness, Rom, Romulan, Star Trek, Star Trek Insurrection, Star Trek TNG, TNG, Vic Fontaine
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