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This is the lemmy.ml Star Trek community.

There are many other Star Trek communities around the Lemmyverse, and there is a Lemmy instance entirely dedicated to the subject (startrek.website).

Here are links to some of those other communities:

/c/DaystromInstitute@startrek.website: Serious, in-depth Star Trek discussion

/c/Risa@startrek.website: Star Trek memes and shitposts

/c/tenforward@lemmy.world: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name ("post all the nonsense you want")

/c/startrek@lemmygrad.ml: These are the voyages of the Starship Lenin.

/c/StarTrek@startrek.website: General Star Trek news and discussion

/c/startrek@lemmy.world: Another general-purpose community

/c/Quarks@startrek.website: Off-topic chat

/c/StarTrekOnline@startrek.website: Star Trek Online discussion, tips, and tricks

/c/GreatestGen@startrek.website: For fans of the Greatest Generation and Greatest Trek podcasts

/c/startrekmemes@lemmy.ml: Meme-ory Alpha, another meme community

/c/startrekmemes@lemmy.world: Star Trek Memes & Shitposts

/c/startrek@possumpat.io: A community for all things Star Trek.

/c/star_trek@lemmy.zip: A Star Trek community where you’re free share your opinions about all things Trek.

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[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 years ago
[–] L26@ttrpg.network 23 points 2 years ago

Well that’s not very Chakotay

[–] dumpsterlid@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ok, well I always thought it was weird Chakotay didn't get mentioned much in newer trek. I thought it was mostly because his character was a massive fail in attempting to portray an indigenous character but maybe it is also just because the actor himself sucks?

[–] whiskeypickle@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

he’s not the only Trek (or even the only VOY) actor to run afoul of fans because said Bad Things™ on Twitter.

In 2017, Manu Intiraymi, who played Icheb on VOY, tweeted some nasty comments in defense of Kevin Spacey who was accused of sexually assaulting DIS actor Anthony Rapp when he was 14. Not only did Trek fans collectively have an aneurysm (and rightly so), Paramount cut ties with him over the incident. Not long after, his character, Icheb, was killed especially brutally in an episode of PIC— while also portrayed by a different actor. Many interpreted that as those working on Trek telling Intiraymi exactly how they felt about his comments— while also closing the door on his ever returning.

[–] flipbits@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why was his character a massive fail in that regard?

[–] RojaBunny@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not sure of all the details, but the guy the production hired to give them information on customs/culture to use in the show turned out to be a total sham, for one.

[–] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago