[Interview] As a Star Trek Era Ends, Discovery's Mary Wiseman Reveals the Franchise's Greatest Lesson

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• porthos@startrek.website ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I love how upset some people get about Tilly serving on a big burly masculine warship that sometimes has the serious job of killing people.

  If a crew like this didn’t have people like Tilly on it, it would catastrophically fall apart after the 10th crisis or so.

  Especially in this season it so obvious how Tilly’s intelligence manifests in being able to bypass entire complexes of prejudice and social norms whether they be human or alien, and get right to the point with somebody. In an organization that is constantly trying to establish trust with a variety of unknown actors, Tilly is an incredible asset.

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  • CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is an excellent distillation of what makes Tilly great. Imho she’s the best written character across the board in any Trek of the past two decades. I missed her sorely in season 4.

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  • Corgana@startrek.website ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Especially in this season it so obvious how Tilly’s intelligence manifests in being able to bypass entire complexes of prejudice and social norms (perceived and unconscious, spoken and unspoken) whether they be human or alien, and get right to the point with somebody. In an organization that is constantly trying to establish trust with a variety of unknown actors, Tilly is an incredible asset.

    Very well said!

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• The_Incredible_G@mastodon.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  @ValueSubtracted When I first saw her as Tilly, it made me feel less alone as an neurodiverse oddball in this world. After that, I worked more of who I was into my own fictional world of characters. Plus, her as Captain Killy in Disco & STO gave me chills. It was really well done. :3

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• Son_of_dad@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Tilly was my least favorite character. I never bought her as anything more than an ensign. The fact that she went from an ensign with self esteem issues to a top officer within like a year is awful writing

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  • ValueSubtracted@startrek.website ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Going from ensign to lieutenant. How totally amazing.

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  • porthos@startrek.website ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Harry Kim, we all want you to be promoted, but it isn’t productive to be upset with other Ensigns for getting promoted more than you.

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