I apologize for lashing out. One of my players threw themselves in acid after they were fully aware it was in fact acid. I did not and still do not know how to deal with that.
In the very first D&D game that I ever played, our party was standing right outside the entrance to a dungeon. Part of the area was covered in a red energy field. Inside the red energy field, all of the grass was dead, and right on the border between the area inside the energy field and outside of it, there was a collection of dead animals, insects, and other forest creatures. As we watched, a little bunny came hopping up, hopped into the red energy field, and, the moment that it entered the field, instantly dropped dead.
Guess what one of our players decided to do next. Take a wild fuckin guess.
In our first dnd game, two of our characters had an argument. One picked up and threw our cleric into a puddle. Our DM told her to make a saving throw against drowning. She rolled 1 and started drowning.
deep space nines biggest strength- aside from wonderful characters- is that it capitalizes on the extended universe so perfectly
it takes alien races and cultures that featured in tng for an episode or two and greatly expands them, it effortlessly brings worf into the established cast, it builds upon the foundations of interstellar politics and treats canon like actual history, with nods of varying degrees to both tos and tng interspersed
ds9 understands that it wouldnt exist as a show without what came before it, it doesnt try to ignore that or rely on that background too heavily, but instead is a believable and innovative expansion of the star trek universe
@blacksheepboybucky gahsfasjfsladk yes this exactly !!!!! not to call out your tags but they are amazing and so so true !!!
it really feels like a continuation of a universe rather than any rehashing or anything !! like ds9 turned SO much about the federation on its head, brought up questions about gray areas with federation morality, and is usually referred to as the “darkest” trek, all the while fleshing out stuff from previous shows AND giving us cool new alien concepts from the gamma quadrant
and all of it is fundamentally respecting what came before !!! its so good !!!! it has its own flavor and commentaries and its own big massive huge amazing WAR plot which is what tos and tng spent years getting close to and avoiding
and that lets ds9 go places the others really never went before ! and it does such a good job
star trek scenes i’d like to see: the enterprise crew discovers an archive of “21st century memes” and soon adapts it to their everyday interactions
“mood” is a favorite among crewmembers of all ages and backgrounds. kirk rips his shirt? “mood”. the landing party gets captured/lost? “mood”. red alert? “mood”.
a poll questioning which member of the bridge crew has the most “big dick energy” runs for 3 weeks before kirk is forced to shut it down (in case you want to know: it’s uhura)
someone finds a database of ‘vine compilations’ and soon it’s par the course to hear someone yelling “YEET” before tossing their rubbish across the rec room into the recycler, or crewmembers on the landing party screaming “I WON’T HESITATE, BITCH” while pointing their phaser at an alien threat
kirk:
your ship’s systems are compromised, your weapons have been disabled
and most of your crew is injured or dead. we are, however, willing to
provide assistance if you surrender.
random adversary #29473: i would rather DIE than accept help from YOU
kirk:
then perish
mccoy
will never forget the day he passed the science labs just as something
spock added to a test tube blew up in his face and, before he could let
himself in to assess the damage (and also make fun of the vulcan for
making a mistake), spock stood up, brushed himself off, and in his usual
calm, monotone voice, said “wig, ok”
