FlyingSquid , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago)

Welcome, everyone! The way I described what I personally hope for this community is a place to have fun discussions about Star Trek that aren’t stuffy like DaystromInstitute on Reddit but also not pure silliness like Ten Forward (although I’m probably going to be the first one to end up being silly anyway, I can’t help myself). But there is definitely a place on Lemmy for people to talk Trek in a friendly way about subjects us fans care about.

My one personal rule is this- Star Trek canon doesn’t really exist and we shouldn’t pretend it does. It changes all the time. Even within a series.

That’s not a rule I’m going to enforce as a mod or anything, it’s just something I will not hesitate to point out when I see it.

And you don’t have to take my word for it. Ex Astris Scientia has a massive inconsistencies list. They make a valiant attempt to explain away as many as they can, but they admit failure all the time too.

www.ex-astris-scientia.org/inconsistencies.htm

They even have a page of stuff people think is canon but is not.

www.ex-astris-scientia.org/…/false_canon.htm