• data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.website
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    5 天前

    You’re right that the attempt wasn’t necessarily malicious. I feel it can be possible to have good intentions and still end up doing something wrong, whether that be sexist, racist, or otherwise hurtful.

    Inaccurate cultural depictions can take away control of a people’s story and misrepresent them in such a way that distracts from the fact that they are a present-day people living their own everyday lives.

    Of course, I think the failures in Chakotay’s character development that you mention are also very real and are a major factor in the failure of his character.

    Overall, though, I still quite enjoy Voyager.

    • quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 天前

      They still do similar stuff, one thing that annoys me is that they pluralized the last name Ortega, to make it sound more Spanish? I’d love to know the reason.

      I’m from Spain, even though I know the last name Ortegas does not exist it made doubt so I checked an old phone book, there were many pages of Ortega and Ortiga, not a single Ortegas I could find.

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        5 天前

        Her family is an ancient line named after a stronghold they built in an abandoned mexican bistro during world war 3. It’s also why she has that haircut, as a tribute to the raiders who kept them supplied