Regarding the recent cancellation of ST: Starfleet Academy

[bimo]

I guess Paramount pulling the plug after just two seasons, with only one season being aired so far, was kind of inevitable, given the circumstances and the general direction in which Paramount is currently heading as a company.

And still I don't know what saddens me more. Being robbed of a perfectly good, imaginative and fun to watch Trek Show boldly embodying all the Humanist values that Star Trek has stood for ever since TOS graced our screens in the 1960s.

Or the silencing, bullying "Hooray! Finally and end to that garbage!" of all the hater comments that I stumbled across reading about Star Fleet Academy's cancellation.

I would never have thought I'd like to quote William Shatner. On anything. But here we go:

I've been watching Star Trek ever since I was a kid in the 1980s. I'd love to have seen those Academy students' journey completed.

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[selenak]

It is utterly depressing and said for all of those reasons. I'm currently telling myself that I shouldn't idealize past fandom, I mean, I remember the Spike Wars etc., but still, currently there is so much hate and toxicness that I really limit myself on where I look for fannish reactions to anything I enjoy.

[bimo]

I mean, I remember the Spike Wars etc., but still, currently there is so much hate and toxicness that I really limit myself on where I look for fannish reactions to anything I enjoy.

Ye olden days... .Sometimes, when I meet a fellow fan roughly belonging to the same age bracket as I do (rare but it happens), and I want to explain how long I have actually been involved in online fandom, my standard sentence is "I've been online long enough to remember the Due South Ray Wars", which I never actively fought in, I am far too conflict avoidant for that, but still have a very strong opinion regarding which side I stood on, and why. ;)

But today's fandom toxicity is so politically charged, overwhelming and brutal that it's silencing, I fear. Like you, I mostly limit myself to people and places I know to be civil and fair. Oh, and another side effect of said toxicity: Over the last couple of years I have become rather hesitant to openly talk about the shows, films or books I enjoy.

So maybe it's time to be more vocal again, just out of spite.