leupagus:ifeelbetterer:micathemineral:trekgate:“I only work in outer space”#for better or for worse
leupagus:ifeelbetterer:micathemineral:trekgate:“I only work in outer space” #for better or for worse that is what separates Star Trek from a lot of other sci fi #the fact that its version of humanity is aggressively mundane… no matter how brave and clever and proud they might be #and if anything the point of TOS was that we need to broaden what ”mundane” means here on Earth before we can tackle the stars #in TOS humanity works in outer space #but we identify with these little regions of Earth that mean home and family to us #and I think that’s cool #we’re FROM here but we can GO there—that’s an optimistic message if I ever saw one (via raktajino-hot) also whalesmostly whales -- source link
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