#jay-den

I love this shy awkward Klingon! I kept trying to figure out the vibe he gave off every time I saw him in the skirt and hoodie combo and decided upon Allison Reynold’s from Breakfast Club!

Ref below

Many Klingons aim to die in glorious battle, but they're not suicidal. Do you think Klingons magically didn't need healers? They needed trusted healers who could heal ailments and sooth old wounds.

Like how else were you going to keep going and reach Stovakor? How many would have died uselessly from gagh poisoning without a healer present?

In my mind, Jay-Den's family didn't hate that he wanted to be a healer, but cowardly Starfleet? A Hippocratic oath to do no harm?

In my mind, a traditional Klingon healer would heal with one hand and strike enemies down with their bat'leth with the other. As Jay-Den was the remaining son to survive and inherit their house, how can he do that by only healing? How will he enter Stovakor by letting everyone else fight?

He saw you for who you are! A Klingon warrior. Whose passion for death is surpassed only by his passion for life. Now you must see yourself as he did, and as your brother did – a warrior not with weapons, but words."

- Lura Thok, to Jay-Den Kraag

Once I said to someone if I was in Star Trek, I'd probably be a Klingon. And they were so surprised because I seemingly don't have the traits of a typical Klingon.

But I said to them, hey I would be the poet. I would stand after the battle and sing the song of the fight. Who died with glory, who will be gliding to Stovakor with ease. Praising Kahless for those who survived to see another glorious day of battle.

I definitely called the doctor's subplot re:Sam; but since the Voyager episode referenced is exemplary, the academy episode holds up, and absolutely does justice to the source material.

I haven't teared up during an episode of trek since Picard.

Say what you want, believe what you want, I don't F'ing care.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is the trek we don't deserve, but the Trek we need right now.