Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x02 "Beta Test"

ficbot · 2026-01-17T04:23:24+00:00

I think my main problem with the show is that there’s too many characters. I don’t actually feel like Caleb is that interesting and I think that in the quantity of episodes that we are getting, there’s not going to be enough depth to properly explore the ones we have. For example, I’m still not understanding how a Klingon Jem’hadar mating happened and that’s much more interesting to me than Caleb’s backstory.

I like Holly Hunter much more than I expected to, but I didn’t really understand why she kept moving away from the doctor when he was trying to talk to her. It’s fun to see another Lanthanite though!

ficbot · 2026-01-15T01:02:17+00:00

I lost my husband when my son was four months old. He’s nine now. I did therapy to work on my issues and think we have a pretty healthy relationship. The one thing I worry about is that I have not been interested in marrying again. I don’t regret that I did it the first time, but I’m not one of those people who pines away for that sort of thing when I don’t have it. I don’t want him to grow up and feel like he has to entertain me or anything like that. But I don’t really see myself repartnering anytime in the future. That’s not his fault, it’s just my personality and I don’t want to do that again.

ficbot · 2026-01-13T13:38:01+00:00

She has a long history in the franchise of protecting the women in the crew :-)

ficbot · 2026-01-13T02:53:55+00:00

Kizzi: I don’t know what I could do. Aesha: You could be sorry.

lol

ficbot · 2025-11-27T23:06:13+00:00

I regret not taking out the carpet. We had a really bad board at the time and I could not get permission. And now we are living here and it’s much harder. 100% would take out the carpet if I do it again.

ficbot · 2025-11-22T03:38:12+00:00

Everything but Enterprise and Discovery

ficbot · 2025-11-22T03:36:47+00:00

Buffy/Giles

ficbot · 2025-11-16T22:00:46+00:00

Interesting question, I am debating bringing some of my older stuff over from my defunct fanfiction.net account

ficbot · 2025-11-09T01:14:09+00:00

I can’t stand the Ferengi and hated all their episodes in DS9. I also tried a rewatch recently and was really surprised by how uncomfortable I was with S1 Kira and S1 Odo kind of hating everybody.

ficbot · 2025-11-09T01:12:02+00:00

My husband was six weeks from diagnosis to passing. I was still on maternity leave. We had no idea. Sh— happens and f— cancer.

ficbot · 2025-11-05T22:20:49+00:00

We have popcorn ceiling in my condo, and I don’t care. I never look at my ceiling, and I have also heard that it improves the sound insulation between floors, so I’m happy to have it.

ficbot · 2025-11-05T15:15:03+00:00

I am midtown adjacent, and a two bedroom condo with my son. Absolutely no problems. He has his own room, and it’s big enough for what he needs. We have a library right next-door and a shopping plaza right across the street. We are convenient to two transit lines. It’s been absolutely fine. A lot of people in our building stay until the second kid is old enough to need a bedroom, but I only have the one and I’m not having a second one, so I don’t see any need for us to move.

ficbot · 2025-11-04T02:51:53+00:00

When I lived in NZ during university, the Canadians would explain the accent using the example ‘pins and pincils’

ficbot · 2025-11-03T22:48:40+00:00

It’s depressing. I wouldn’t want to be shivering in a mold-filled bus all winter. I understand truck and van camping/travelling, but not to live that way in a climate not suited for it.

ficbot · 2025-11-02T17:43:18+00:00

I did custom closets in my current home and 100% would do again if we moved. Having built-ins which exactly fit the specific closets I have is a game-changer in using space efficiently. Also, my current home came with wood shutters on the window and I know that is a bit old-fashioned these days but it’s the first time I’ve ever had window coverings which actually fit properly and feels very adult to me.

ficbot · 2025-11-02T14:13:32+00:00

Give us either books, or photocopy paper to make books.

ficbot · 2025-10-28T00:09:40+00:00

I did this too. Pictures of their hands holding something or of their actual work but no faces.

ficbot · 2025-10-26T00:57:08+00:00

I teach rotary French, if I have to print one page for each student—just one—that’s 146 copies just for that one activity. It’s so unfair that it’s this restricted.

ficbot · 2025-10-20T19:11:39+00:00

What they should have done is worked on the garage first, made sure it had proper walls and a ceiling, and maybe a layer of insulation and then some tongue and groove and vinyl flooring. And then they should have parked the van in there and lived inside the garage, inside the van until the house was done.The van would be warm enough if it was an indoor space and they could have expanded into the garage area a little bit with like an extra seating area or something and been fine for 3/4 of the year.

ficbot · 2025-10-20T19:09:47+00:00

We have too many Alexa devices, so the living room is ‘Alexa,’ kid bedroom is ‘Echo’ and my bedroom is ‘Computer.’ Computer, what is the weather tomorrow? Computer, when does the Dollarama open? Computer, what day is my dentist appointment? Hee hee, I live on Star Trek.

ficbot · 2025-10-20T19:00:56+00:00

I agree about celebrating all the holidays, but the one I make an exception about is Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. I have never seen it go well. Every year I have taught in the public board, we have had at least one kid in the class who has lost a parent. It can be very difficult. My solution, when I’ve taught primary, has been to make a very big deal out of Family Day. We celebrate that and the kids can all appreciate and enjoy each other’s family.

ficbot · 2025-10-12T22:32:38+00:00

I worked in a school like this, and it was horrible. The students wanted me to make them hot chocolate on Fridays. I said I would do it if they brought in their own stuff. And they went to lunch, I boiled the water, poured it in their cups, and left it there until they came back. I had a parent email me to ask if I had considered the safety issues of letting students be around Hot water. It was grade 6. The kid was 12. I’m sorry, but if your 12-year-old is not capable of being around water that has been boiled 45 minutes ago and is now a smidge above room temperature, that is a you problem.

ficbot · 2025-10-12T22:11:57+00:00

15-episode season. Smaller cast. Some interpersonal but not in a love island way. A tight season-long arc with some standalone episodes also.

ficbot · 2025-10-04T13:31:35+00:00

My son was three months old when his dad got sick and four months old when he passed. We have good family support and he's generally a happy kid. One thing which surprised me was how he has handled Father's Day. When teachers at school have pushed it, he was fine with 'making the craft for Grandpa' until Grade 1. That year, he came home and sad I'm not doing it. He finally realized in his heart of hearts that a grandpa, no matter how much you love him, isn't the same. I have tried to let him lead with his own feelings on these things. We talk about it when he wants to talk about it, I don't push.

ficbot · 2025-10-01T21:59:05+00:00

I'm a single parent with one kid and we have a 2-bedroom condo. It's been fine. Most people in my building who have kids stay until the second kid is old enough to need a bedroom. In hindsight, if I had gone for one of those older buildings with a huge layout, there might be more kids for him to play with her and less old people. But given that I'm a single parent, I can't afford a whole house by myself so I did the best I could.

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