TROS wasn't jarring for me because I knew friends disliked it, & I spent December watching The Expanse S1-4. Talk about rep! Only thing that EXP doesn't do well (& almost no mainstream SFF achieves) is good Native rep. The Expanse is (arguably?) the best on-screen SF ever made.
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So yes, my crappy argument for not being upset about Rose upon first viewing is "I was watching the Expanse, went to the theatre, turned off my brain, watched TROS, immersed myself in late Gen-X feels, became 6 again, insert emoji react, turned back on brain, cont. Expanse-ing.
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After further consideration, viewing & reading? Yeah, what they did to Rose stinks. A lot. I was happy to see Jannah on screen, but my God, where has she been all trilogy? Thinking more about it would require thinking more about Star Wars. And I've got new Trek coming, sooo.
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Also, I changed my mind about good Native & Indigenous rep on The Expanse, because BOBBIE DRAPER, hello? Frankie Adams is excellent in that role. Love that Pacific Islanders were among those who colonize Mars... (The Expanse. It's just so good. Guhhhh.)
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After the first three seasons, I told people that it was objectively amazing but "there's nothing like those Trek crews; you like the EXP characters but don't love them." But JUST LIKE IN TREK alllllllll it took to go from like to love was a bunch of planet-based episodes.
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Anyway. More of those rambles, next year, on
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And I stand corrected; one of my favorite characters, Camina Drummer, is played by an Ojibwe actress!https://twitter.com/cydharrell/status/1210060743485181957 …
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