Starfleet's Most Unwanted

i love the speculative biology of phm but it also drives me insane bc it’s like “oh wow this is such a complicated & well-thought out ecosystem that’s simultaneously familiar & completely foreign, the designs of these creatures are so unique and perfectly suited to their environmen- wait a minute it’s jUST FUCKING CRABS AGAIN”

if i could pick any super power i’d pick invisibility so i just disappear whenever i get embarrassed or overwhelmed

I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with relating to characters, “they’re literally me” etc but if that’s the only way you engage with stories you’re kinda missing the whole point of Characters being vehicles through which we can see perspectives outside of our own. and also you’re going to get upset when the Character acts in a way that is not Personally Relatable to You

doubly for shipping. at risk if biting the hand that feeds me, a well written fictional relationship should ideally be more than a didactic template for how to have a nice relationship