this post was submitted on 07 Mar 2026
28 points (75.0% liked)

Risa: Your Home Away from Spacedock

567 readers
198 users here now

Welcome to Risa

All the pleasure of shore leave, none of the holodeck glitches.

Rule 1 — Be Civil, Not KlingonThis is a vacation planet, not the neutral zone.

  • No harassment, brigading, or trolling
  • No bigotry
  • Keep the banter playful, not hostile

Rule 2 — No Prohibited CargoSome things aren’t welcome aboard.

  • No spam or scams
  • No porn or sexually explicit content
  • No illegal content
  • NSFW memes must be properly tagged

Rule 3 — Keep It TrekPosts should be Star Trek memes or Trek-adjacent humor.

  • Crossovers are fine
  • Low-effort “unrelated” memes may be spaced out the nearest airlock

Rule 4 — Gatekeeping Belongs in a Black Hole
You’re welcome to have your own opinions on what counts as “real” Star Trek but forcing your view on others or pretending it’s the only valid one? That’s not the Starfleet way.
Everyone’s Trek is valid, from TOS purists to Lower Decks shitposters, and you don't get to dictate what is real or not for everyone.


If you see a post that violates the rules, or that doesn't inspire Jamaharon, report it so the mods can handle it.

Otherwise grab a horga’hn, order a Risan Mai Tai, and enjoy your shore leave.

founded 5 months ago
MODERATORS
 
all 19 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I have no loyalty to Gene or his vision. Both the movies and TNG started terrible under his control and only got better as he became less involved. DS9 directly challenged Gene's rules and assumptions on numerous occasions and was a much stronger series because of it.

Hell, I'll defend the first JJ Abrams movie because despite it being incredibly dumb and having only a surface level resemblance to Star Trek, it was still a lot of fun.

And on the flip side, I have a fairly low opinion of Voyager because while it's Star Trek to the core, it also tends to be very poorly written and squanders most of its potential.

I went into Discovery and Picard with an open mind. I wanted to like them, but they just couldn't meet me half way by being good. Eventually I decided to stop torturing myself with them because I have better things to do with the finite amount of time I have in this world.

[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Michael Burnham vacillating wildly between melodramatic mid-episode speeches and crying fits has nothing to do with Gene's vision.

It's just bad writing, and I don't need to support it just because it's wearing a Star Trek Edgar suit.

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 5 days ago

I dunno I don't care for it because I don't think it's good, but at least Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds were fun.